Peter MᶜNamara
@mcnanarama.bsky.social
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stephenkb.bsky.social
This is maybe my least pro-market position: the good thing about drinking in a pub is there is an adult who can cut you off, something which cannot happen when you are drinking alone with the booze you bought at Tesco.
altreik.bsky.social
Should go further and tax supermarket beer at a higher rate than at the moment- raises revenue, targets the biggest source of binge drinking and might help get people back into pubs.
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mehdirhasan.bsky.social
Omar Yaghi, the new Nobel Laureate, was born to a Palestinian refugee family.
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dandouglas.bsky.social
to be clear: you can drive a souped-up uninsured car with a fake numberplate at over 130mph while evading police, hit-and-run someone who later has his leg amputated, concoct an elaborate lie about it all, and be allowed to drive again in less than 6 years www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Merthyr Tydfil hit-and-run driver caught by Ring doorbell - BBC News
Anthony Tregonning reported his car stolen in an attempted cover-up before admitting he hit a worker.
www.bbc.co.uk
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hkesvani.bsky.social
Amazing to me that the number of people killed by cars continues to grow and you only ever hear about it if the news thinks the person driving the vehicle might be Muslim
dandouglas.bsky.social
to be clear: you can drive a souped-up uninsured car with a fake numberplate at over 130mph while evading police, hit-and-run someone who later has his leg amputated, concoct an elaborate lie about it all, and be allowed to drive again in less than 6 years www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Merthyr Tydfil hit-and-run driver caught by Ring doorbell - BBC News
Anthony Tregonning reported his car stolen in an attempted cover-up before admitting he hit a worker.
www.bbc.co.uk
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adambienkov.bsky.social
Robert Jenrick, who just said he doesn't want to live in a country filled with non-white faces, begins his speech with a series of jokes suggesting that David Lammy is thick
mcnanarama.bsky.social
Asthma gets me the flu but not COVID now, too. Which doesn't strike me as logical
mcnanarama.bsky.social
@owenjones.bsky.social vindicated for pointing out that Labour MPs can no longer properly reckon with Russia's war crimes
mcnanarama.bsky.social
What? But the government assured me that we had a watertight export regime, that absolutely nothing more needed to be done and it was ridiculous to suggest that we could be supplying parts for the bombing of civilians?
jamesmaccleary.bsky.social
Our sanctions against Russia have to be watertight and they clearly are not.

British-made parts being used in drones to kill Ukrainian civilians is appalling.

We must do more to slam shut the back doors that Russia is using to keep their war machine going.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
British parts found in Russian drones, Zelesnky says
The Ukrainian leader says British-made microcomputers were used in weapons launched at Ukraine this weekend.
www.bbc.com
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gemma.transwrites.world
I've said it before and I'll say it again

racists, transphobes and bigots more generally are absolutely objectively and factually those things.

But they truly do not believe they are not for any real reason. they just know those things are bad and refuse to accept them about themselves.
snig.bsky.social
In November 2024, Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage, Liz Truss, Robert Jenrick, and Lee Anderson (among other high-profile political figures) attended a dinner at the Carlton Club where guests laughed at Hitler jokes and sang ‘we’re all racist now’. #ToryRacism
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ins...
Inside Carlton Club bash where guests laugh at Hitler jokes and sing 'we're all racist now'
The dinner was attended by Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage, Liz Truss, Robert Jenrick and Lee Anderson among other high-profile political figures.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
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mikeachim.bsky.social
Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."
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saulstaniforth.bsky.social
Can you imagine if Russia attacked and seized a UK vessel in international waters & kidnapped the people on board, including UK citizens, and the only response from the UK govt was to say that's "a matter for the Russian govt".

No, me neither.
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adambienkov.bsky.social
BBC now suggesting they didn't interview Zack Polanski on Laura Kuenssberg when he was elected because they weren't on air then. Which is technically true because he was elected on a Tuesday. However, they did air just days later on Sunday and featured interviews with Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch
BBC Laura Kuenssberg Show Accused of Anti-Green Bias After Cancelling Zack Polanski Interview
The new Green Party leader was the only major party leader not to have been granted a conference interview on the flagship BBC show
bylinetimes.com
mcnanarama.bsky.social
No, this is Britain. Politicians aren't allowed to champion people and their interests.

You're supposed to tell us that everything has to get worse and we're silly to expect any better.
zackpolanski.bsky.social
Or is it that I'm saying things the Telegraph doesn't want to hear?

I suggest they might want to avoid our Party Broadcast this evening!
Courageous political leadership means telling an audience what they don't want to hear. Zack Polanski will never do that.
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thesinankose.bsky.social
This is probably the last actual benefit of being a British citizen which is that they'll intercede on your behalf when things like this happen and in the face of their pet pariah state they refuse to even do that.
adambienkov.bsky.social
Keir Starmer’s spokesman asked about Israel detaining British citizens who were on the Gaza aid flotilla, while in international waters, replies that it is a “matter for the Israeli Government”
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adambienkov.bsky.social
A BBC spokesperson now says they will offer to interview Zack Polanski on the Laura Kuenssberg show "in the coming weeks" after cancelling their planned interview with him during the Green Party conference.

Requests for an interview following his election as Green leader were also denied
BBC Laura Kuenssberg Show Accused of Anti-Green Bias After Cancelling Zack Polanski Interview
The new Green Party leader was the only major party leader not to have been granted a conference interview on the flagship BBC show
bylinetimes.com
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adambienkov.bsky.social
Looks like they got carried away with banning journalists
roberthutton.co.uk
The bar of the Midland Hotel, lunchtime on the Sunday of Tory conference.
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wabzis.bsky.social
Did she give her transphobia a rest when Brianna was murdered, or did she double down? There's a direct correlation between anti-trans rhetoric and anti-trans violence. There isn't one between opposing genocide and antisemitic violence.
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zackpolanski.bsky.social
I'm Jewish. I'm also Mancunian.

Every other national party leader was interviewed by Laura Kunesberg during their conference.

Maybe the BBC thought as someone who also supports Palestine - I had nothing to say?

Let's keep growing: join.greenparty.org.uk
Zack on Bold Politics podium