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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 20h

NHS England waiting list hits 7.41m appointments, 6.26m patients; lower than the Tory legacy.

Billions sucked out of the NHS through PFI, outsourcing, profiteering; more privatisation planned.

Thousands die awaiting hospital appointment.

Save lives, not fiscal rules.

Doubts over Labour promises as NHS waiting lists rise for third month

LABOUR’S NHS waiting list promises look increasingly unlikely after data published today showed a third consecutive rise in delays for planned hospital treatment in England.The number of treatments wa...

morningstaronline.co.uk

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 2h

At least one senior Labour official seems to finally remember they aren't in Reform.
The changes won't just harm economy and country, they'll destroy families and force more people into becoming undocumented, leading to more deportations. They need scrapping not pausing.
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Sir Sadiq Khan calls for pause on new immigration rules

The mayor of London said the changes had "moved the goalposts".

www.bbc.com

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Tom Easton @tomeaston.bsky.social · 1h

Hop not Hate

Three protesters in Portland Oregon in inflatable frog suits. One holds a placard reading FROGS TOGETHER STRONG

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7h

Trump got a Covid vaccine today.

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 45m

We should also hold the media - including the Times - for their role in Brexit. They failed to hold the Brexiters to account for their lies, instead pushing and supporting those lies.

Frank - Queen of Schengen 🇪🇺🌈 @chillaxbcn.bsky.social · 3h

"Farage is ultimately to blame as the man who delivered Brexit...Farage, not us, is responsible for putting up your taxes." Times

This is what LAB is to say when they announce tax rises. Please forgive me if I keep repeating it but LAB is complicit in Brexit.

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 1h

Rachel Reeves set to blame Nigel Farage for tax rises in the Budget, saying he delivered Brexit with “easy sloganeering” and then walked away

It’s about time

www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Keir Starmer’s plan to blame Nigel Farage for budget tax rises

With Reform UK threatening the end of two-party politics, both Labour and the Tories are fighting to stay relevant as conference season comes to an end

www.thetimes.com

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 1d

Inside Manchester's tour guide turf wars.

The Mill @manchestermill.bsky.social · 1d

This may all seem innocent but, behind the scenes, the people in charge of showing other people around Manchester are engaged in a constant turf war, one of stolen customers, destroyed equipment, false reviews, and the occasional physical scrap.

Read the full story by @ophiraophira.bsky.social here

Inside Manchester’s tour guide turf wars

Stolen customers, broken flags, physical fights: have the people taking us around Manchester lost their way?

manchestermill.co.uk

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 1d

Emmeline Pankhurst founded the Women's Social and Political Union with her daughter Christabel on this day 1903.

Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · Mar 21

Made in Manchester: Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928), born in Moss Side, founded the suffragettes, yet ended as a Conservative. Historians argue about whether her militancy helped or hurt the women's suffrage movement. She certainly raised its profile. 1/8

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 1d

Liverpool, 1956, photo by Thurston Hopkins.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 19h

First non-white footballer to play for England - Frank Soo from Buxton, Derbyshire - has been honoured at a special ceremony at Wembley Stadium. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'Trailblazing' England star Frank Soo honoured at Wembley

Buxton-born Frank Soo was the first non-white footballer to play for England.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 1h

Jodrell Bank in Cheshire, the world’s largest steerable dish radio telescope at the time (now the third largest). was switched on in 1957 on this day. Built by Bernard Lovell, it was the only radar device that could track the carrier rocket of the Soviet Union’s Sputnik I.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 1h

Wigan pit brow lasses, or coal mine surface workers, 19th century (WiganWorld).

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Mark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com · 1h

Cracking band

Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 1h

Wigan pit brow lasses, or coal mine surface workers, 19th century (WiganWorld).

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johnw60.bsky.social @johnw60.bsky.social · 33m

Apologies for your non receipt of the Nobel Prize for Fashion.

johnw60.bsky.social @johnw60.bsky.social · 35m

At £7 a pint in London?!

johnw60.bsky.social @johnw60.bsky.social · 36m

Unfortunately we‘ll always have Parris.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 11h

Give up satirists.

Move to Saudi or something.

You're not needed any more.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 10h

this man's name is written in the book of life

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 13h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 13h

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 9h

11 October 1891 | A Czech Jewish woman, Kitty Mautnerová, was born in Prague.

She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. She did not survive.
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Women at Auschwitz

Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/
Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8

Portrait of a woman, featuring a vintage black and white photo with a signature at the bottom.

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johnw60.bsky.social @johnw60.bsky.social · 9h

He’s in Gone with the Wind

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10h

The president says there are very few stores left in Portland, Oregon, and the ones that are left are made of plywood.

I know we’re numb to this, but in any other time he’d have been removed by the 25th Amendment by now

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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johnw60.bsky.social @johnw60.bsky.social · 11h

My favourite. Cheddar, peanuts, banana and strawberry jam.

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johnw60.bsky.social @johnw60.bsky.social · 11h

The reverse Dick van Dyke manoeuvre old bean.

johnw60.bsky.social @johnw60.bsky.social · 11h

Le U Corn.