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NPR @npr.org · 49m

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

Pope Leo XIV says 'inhuman treatment of immigrants' in the U.S. isn't 'pro-life'

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

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Wee English Woman @mariemba1.bsky.social · 45m

Same here! Very efficient. Congrats to the NHS and thank you to all the staff who gave up their weekends to do this. Reminds me of when I was a vaccine steward in the covid times. The centre I volunteered in was next to Heathrow and we did 100,000 vaccines in 2 months.

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Natasha Devon @natashadevon.bsky.social · 1h

Number of deportations the ECHR have actually blocked since 1980 - 13 (THIRTEEN).

Please remember this next time some grifting populist claims us leaving the ECHR (and sacrificing the rights it gives us in the process) will allow us to ‘control our borders’.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 5h

Having illustrated the problem of X ignoring its legal duties, I want to build an effective coalition for intervention. If you are or know people on X receiving racist abuse, rape threats, I would welcome receipts of one rejected attempt to report to the platform an indefensible case

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for this kind note. I hope to do something useful with this by Nov/Dec (new Ofcom powers, new EHRC chair). I'd like more women + ethnic minorities to go through (futile) process of reporting shocking stuff (eg rape threats, p-word, n-word) & share receipts with me of one egregious example

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 1d

If I had 6-12 people who had reported something unlawful & obviously indefensible, get the report rejected, and be willing to speak/advocate about it, that would be a good basis for asking a wider group of people - eg MPs - to support the call for an intervention & investigation of legal duties

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for this kind note. I hope to do something useful with this by Nov/Dec (new Ofcom powers, new EHRC chair). I'd like more women + ethnic minorities to go through (futile) process of reporting shocking stuff (eg rape threats, p-word, n-word) & share receipts with me of one egregious example

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Wee English Woman @mariemba1.bsky.social · 17h

I know, right 🤔

Wee English Woman @mariemba1.bsky.social · 18h

Thank you!

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 23h

And it shall be known as: ‘The Nobel Peace Prize (That You Don’t Know Because It Goes To A Different School.’)

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Rep. Buddy Carter: "Donald Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. That's why I'm introducing a resolution today that will honor him with the Nobel Peace Prize."

(It doesn't work like that lol)

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Benjo the Banjo @gwedlid.bsky.social · 23h

JD Vance and Pam Bondi have tried to console Donald Trump after narrowly missing out on The Nobel Peace Prize.

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 1d

New polling by YouGov, commissioned by Best for Britain, shows: 46% of potential Conservative voters consider Brexit a failure.

Of those voters, 51% say that Brexit has damaged the economy, and 50% say it has damaged our ability to trade with the EU.

Full research here: https://bit.ly/46LZq1G

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 1d

I see Robert Jenrick is supporting Hamit Coskun who is appealing his conviction by reference to the ECHR (which Jenrick wants to withdraw from).

Who knew that the ECHR could be useful, even to the anti-ECHR Hard Right?

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1d

That's Nigel "Twelve Jobs, Four Homes and a Chauffeur driven BMW" Farage to you !

Paul Singh @paulsingh.bsky.social · 1d

Labour need to shouting this from the roof tops.

They need to be challenging Farage over his multiple jobs.
They need to be challenging Reform over their tex exile donor base.
They need to be challenging Reform policies at every opportunity.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

Machado, a 58-year-old industrial engineer who lives in hiding, was blocked in 2024 by Venezuela's courts from running for president and thus challenging President Nicolas Maduro, who has been in power since 2013. Here's what we know about her: reut.rs/4nHaDpX

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Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

Venezuelan opposition leader Machado won the prestigious prize for promoting democratic rights in her country, and for her struggle to achieve a transition to democracy
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Maria Corina Machado wins 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

YouTube video by Reuters

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Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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Wee English Woman @mariemba1.bsky.social · 1d

I’m listening on catch up and he’s just started in on the ID cards…finally some recognition for you ☺️

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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 1d

All my comics have happy endings!

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Wee English Woman @mariemba1.bsky.social · 1d

I’m quite liking the cut of this fella’s jib tbh…Zack I mean, not the RefUK lunatic.

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 1d

🚨The IPP scandal is one of the most cruel, monumental and shocking injustices of the past half century. If you are not yet familiar with it watch this jaw dropping update.

PM Keir Starmer now has an opportunity to take the politics out of it and end this injustice

youtu.be/HVOWDnYBzDI?...

🚨The SHOCKING IPP SCANDAL is one of the most cruel & inhumane injustices of the past half-century

YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic

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Wee English Woman @mariemba1.bsky.social · 1d

I think you’d be fab!

Wee English Woman @mariemba1.bsky.social · 1d

There’s gonna be the mother of all tantrums going on in the WH… doubled by the fact that it’s a lady, tripled by the fact that’s she’s Venezuelan…

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 1d

Private Eye offers up an excellently scornful commentary on the relentless polling. It’s become ridiculous and has oversimplified our politics to dangerous levels of stupid and irresponsible.

SHOCK POLL:
NIGEL FARAGE WILL BE PM TOMORROW
IN an amazing poll conducted
by The Pointless Polling Company, it was revealed that voters' intentions
may well change over the next three and a half years and at present it's 100 percent impossible to guess what the next government might look like.
However, 99 percent of journalists
agree that it would be much more fun if we had an election tomorrow and everybody resigned and everything was chaos and Farage had a go at being PM, just for the hell of it, because it was so much fun when
Brexit happened and then the government kept falling every five minutes and we could write endless pieces about (cont. p94)

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✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 1d

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · 1d

Is the Thames Water bailout plan – which relieves the company from fines for up to fifteen years – lawful?

Our director Jo Maugham breaks it down.
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https://www.whatthelawdoes.com/p/is-the-thames-water-bailout-plan?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=1o8vlm

Is the Thames Water bailout plan - which relieves the company from fines for up to fifteen years - lawful?

A group of Thames Water’s senior creditors, London & Valley Water (“L&VW”), has submitted to Ofwat proposals for them to be relieved from fines for past or future sewage dumping for a period of up to ...

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