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Nick Rochford

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English. But Welsh. Irish. Scots. Londoner. Books, football, cricket, beer, wine, moussaka. But not at one sitting. Necessarily. CPFC ST Holder | DHFC | Dulwich cricket | Surrey cricket | Mediterranean fan, West Norwood dweller....

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Nick Rochford @nickrochford.bsky.social · Jan 22

Finally left X today, ranting into the ether. Appropriate I thought..no more

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 18h

We must make racism disgraceful again. This kind of shameless ugly inadequacy from Pochin should be career-ending, not career-enhancing. Honestly… the Little England nastiness is repulsive.

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Nick Rochford @nickrochford.bsky.social · 7h

Damien Lewis superb British actor

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16h

Keir Starmer shouldn't wait until the likely fiasco of the May local elections. If he has any concern for party and country, he should step aside now, giving his successor as long as possible to undo the damage of his disastrous premiership and restore hope in politics.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 7h

There are many good science fiction novels. Not a single one that I have read delivers a happy vision of the future in which aged right-wing billionaires control the media.

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Nick Rochford @nickrochford.bsky.social · 7h

Bye

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mcmananam was a winger

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 1d

Yay. Priceless. The right column at the right time. And a gleefully English two fingers to the haters.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

When Massachusetts passed a "millionaires tax" in 2023, conservatives claimed the rich would flee.

But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education.

A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 1d

A reference to China being an "enemy" of the UK was removed from key evidence for a collapsed spy trial in 2023 as it "did not reflect government policy" under the Conservatives at the time, according to the national security adviser

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China 'enemy' reference removed from key witness statement for collapsed spy trial

The publication of letters comes amid a political row over the collapse of the prosecution of two men accused of conducting espionage for China.

news.sky.com

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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 1d

Stockbroking company puts out a campaign statement to convince the Chancellor to cut stamp duty on share dealings, gets a call from #R4Today to make the case for seven minutes.

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Nick Rochford @nickrochford.bsky.social · 2d

a woman in a blue dress stands in a crowd

ALT: a woman in a blue dress stands in a crowd

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Nick Rochford @nickrochford.bsky.social · 3d

Much worse news, US still pronounces 'Graham' like 'Gram'.
Shocking.

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

Home Sec describes a widely held public perception (UK is the destination of choice for asylum seekers in Europe) + endorses it as true. Home Office data shows it is not true. Whatever merits of her policy change, should not make false factual claims
www.thesun.co.uk/news/3709465...

Migrants come to Britain because they think we're Europe's most generous country

TODAY’S small boat numbers are shameful, and the British people deserve better. They contain a lesson: we must go further and faster to secure our borders. Under the last Conservative Government, t…

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Arbeitology @arbeitology.bsky.social · 3d

the Biggest criticism of Polanski seems to be that his politics are utopian and unrealisable in practice - these same people saying this are voting for parties who are all arguing about who can ethnically cleansed Britain the fastest, so you know… pinch of salt pinch of salt

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 3d

(if anyone would like to maybe start some sort of campaigning or pressure group of and on behalf of immigrants with ILR and settled status in Britain then I would be interested in helping, or indeed trying to get it off the ground myself, email in bio, etc)

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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 3d

“A Led By Donkeys spokesperson said: “It’s good the police now accept it’s not illegal to project a film about Donald Trump’s close relationship with America’s most notorious child sex trafficker on to a wall.”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Police take no further action against men arrested for Trump Windsor projections

Investigation ends after Led By Donkeys stunt highlighting the US president’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein

www.theguardian.com

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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 3d

Katie Lam should be hounded by public outcry to resign from parliament and it’s disturbing that not enough people are calling for her resignation

Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 4d

To be clear: deportations to increase cultural homogeneity is the text book definition of ethnic cleansing. Demands that come even close to this are so far outside any democratic norm and the rule of law. What has happened to a country when this is not condemned in the strongest possible terms?

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 3d

Honestly, the mainstream media reaction to Zack Polanski entering the elites’ own conversation space…

…with widely-held public opinions…

…tells you everything you need to know about why our mainstream media is a closed shop, broken, and no longer fit for purpose.

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Nick Rochford @nickrochford.bsky.social · 3d

Shame it wasn't Modi

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 3d

The only way Mike Graham's day could get worse is for him to return home and discover his concrete plants have died.

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 3d

Sky News now offering clarification.

They’d previously stated that the Maccabi ban was just about safety of Maccabi fans.

Now they admit it was also about Maccabi violence.

Ladies & gentlemen, our corrupt journo-political complex just got caught out.

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Indy @indy.bsky.social · 3d

The fact that Labour need to have an massive internal discussion about their fear of losing the vote of "that bloke who votes Reform and likes setting fire to buildings with foreigners trapped in them" before it condemns Katie Lam's plans is not a comms issue, it's a decency one.

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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 3d

‘The threat couldn’t be more urgent and imminent. Yet here we are, still putting our head in the sand.’

@carolecadwalla.bsky.social says it’s ‘peculiar’ that the case of Farage ally Nathan Gill admitting to making pro-Russia speeches for cash isn’t being followed more closely.

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 3d

A lot of people seem to struggle with the simple reality that Labour government comms are not part of some grand game of 4D chess they are playing. They are just bad. I mean, really, really bad.

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 3d

Mehdi Hasan, "Is rejoining the EU a Green Party aim"

Zack Polanski, "Yes it is"

And just like that, the Green Party have leapfrogged the LibDems

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