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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 3h

“Oh what a tangled web!” — Sir Walter Scott.

Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 4h

Pearson Engineering is owned by the Israeli government. Now, it has hired a lobbying firm run by the husband of Hollie Ridley, Labour’s general secretary.

www.declassifieduk.org/top-labour-o...

Top Labour official married to lobbyist for Israeli arms firm

Pearson Engineering is owned by the Israeli government. Now, it has hired a lobbying firm run by the husband of Hollie Ridley, Labour’s general secretary.

www.declassifieduk.org

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MedievalWomenSpeak @medievalwomenspeak.bsky.social · 23h

I have discovered that women are more than capable of undertaking any task which requires physical strength or of learning any discipline which requires discernment and intelligence. Books which say otherwise were definitely not written by women.

- Christine de Pizan, b. 1365

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Peter Ricketts @lordrickettsp.bsky.social · 21h

Unusually I disagree with this @TheEconomist leader on Gaza. Trump’s plan is NOT a ‘radically different vision from the moribund approach under Oslo’. Indeed one of the most striking things about the 20 points is that they move the US towards the classic Oslo vision of the end-state 1/3

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melhamnavoe.bsky.social @melhamnavoe.bsky.social · 1d

Fear of the Daily Mail & Farage?

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adorabelleheart.bsky.social @adorabelleheart.bsky.social · 1d

A Tesla executive is leading Australia’s R&D review. That’s not OK. Public roles should serve the people – not billionaires. Add your name to demand Denholm’s resignation and new integrity laws: getup.to/QZAN3eS779SW...

Billionaire Hands off Public Policy!

Tesla's chair is in charge of our tech future - but it should be us shaping policy

getup.to

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melhamnavoe.bsky.social @melhamnavoe.bsky.social · 1d

This may mollify #Trump a bit, or as #PeterThiel might put it, #TheAntichrist. #WhatATimeToBeAlive

melhamnavoe.bsky.social @melhamnavoe.bsky.social · 1d

Read the article, this nutter believes in the actual fecking Antichrist (that he thinks it may be Trump adds to the hilarity), the conspiracy theory is denying that these men pose a clear and present danger.

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melhamnavoe.bsky.social @melhamnavoe.bsky.social · 1d

MOD, intelligence, NHS, Thiel is the poster child for the #Techbro oligarchs who need to be smashed into smithereens with Teddy Roosevelt’s big #AntiTrust stick.

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melhamnavoe.bsky.social @melhamnavoe.bsky.social · 1d

This is the lunatic #Starmer is outsourcing much of the state to, #PeterThiel #Antichrist

www.reuters.com/world/us/pet...

Exclusive: Peter Thiel in talk on 'Antichrist' says he told Elon Musk not to give wealth to charity

Peter Thiel, the billionaire venture capitalist and early supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump, has urged long-time associate Elon Musk to quit the Giving Pledge under which signatories leave the majority of their wealth to charity.

www.reuters.com

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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 1d

Earlier this month, Reform UK members were spreading “concern” that Kilgraston, a former boarding school in Perthshire, was to be turned into accommodation for asylum seekers. Now, they’re lying about giving the developer "pause for thought". Quality journalism by @alasdairclark.bsky.social.

EXCLUSIVE: Reform UK figures linked to fake Kilgraston School asylum hotel rumours

A councillor for Nigel Farage's Reform UK shared a petition claiming the former private school would be turned into housing for asylum seekers.

www.thecourier.co.uk

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 3d

The Bishop of Birmingham has written to the Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick about his comments about Handsworth

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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 4d

Some of London’s poorest areas could see their share of the children’s services funding formula halved under Labour’s plans to reform local government grants.

By me, for Politics Home: www.politicshome.com/news/article...

London Councils Face Losing Half Their Share Of Children's Services Funding

Some of London’s poorest areas could see their share of funding for children’s services halved under Labour’s plans to reform local government gran...

www.politicshome.com

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 4d

If you can't see how this will end, then you're not paying attention (not least to what's going on on the other side of the Atlantic).

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melhamnavoe.bsky.social @melhamnavoe.bsky.social · 4d

Agree sort of, government by soundbite de jour isn’t working for anyone.

melhamnavoe.bsky.social @melhamnavoe.bsky.social · 4d

Isn’t there an argument for separate election & governing/policy teams?

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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 6d

How Storm Amy brought negative electricity prices to the UK

Storm Amy brings negative electricity prices to UK

Gusty weather drives huge amounts of wind power into the grid

www.ft.com

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Mollie Goodfellow @hansmollman.bsky.social · 6d

my word

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 6d

Palantir has pulled out of involvement with the UK Digital ID card, according to an interview with their UK CEO on Times Radio. They’re concerned about the reputational damage of being involved with an unpopular Starmer policy.

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melhamnavoe.bsky.social @melhamnavoe.bsky.social · 7d

Wikipedia for all its faults will still be immeasurably better than Musk’s alternate facts version.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 7d

Anyone who thinks promoting a vicious racist conspiracist like Robinson is good for Jews has lost any grip on reality

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Doremus Schafer @doremus-schafer.bsky.social · 7d

"In November last year, Robinson was arrested for attempting to join a rally against antisemitism in central London after Jewish groups who organised it made clear that his presence would be unwelcome." www.thejc.com/news/board-o...

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 7d

This Israeli government decision to host Tommy Robinson will widen the growing gulf between the Netanyahu government and the British public, including the broad majority of Jews in Britain (3/4 of whom dsapproved of Netanyahu, before this new link to this anti-Muslim racist UK far right convict).

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melhamnavoe.bsky.social @melhamnavoe.bsky.social · 8d

‘I will not be shot by an effin Traffic Warden’

melhamnavoe.bsky.social @melhamnavoe.bsky.social · 9d

I see when #Trump’s racism came up #Starmer folded like a cheap suit. It’s only racism if it’s from the #Farage region of #Reform. The inabilities to see beyond the sound bite and to hold to a moral position continue. 🤷‍♂️

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melhamnavoe.bsky.social @melhamnavoe.bsky.social · 10d

“But you know as well as I, patriotism is a word; and one that generally comes to mean either my country, right or wrong, which is infamous, or my country is always right, which is imbecile.”

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Laurent Pech 🇺🇦 @profpech.bsky.social · 10d

JD Vance nonsense v real world (latest): "Rubio and Noem "acted in concert to misuse the sweeping powers of their respective offices to target noncitizen pro-Palestinians for deportation primarily on account of their First Amendment protected political speech.""

edition.cnn.com/2025/09/30/p...

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melhamnavoe.bsky.social @melhamnavoe.bsky.social · 10d

Will the immigrants forced to do ‘voluntary’ work wear coloured logos to enable us to identify them? The ‘ no benefits’ rule in this age of corporate welfare is unworkable. As always there is a gulf one could pour the Atlantic into, between what Starmer says & what he does.

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