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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 19h

A pilot out in Nova Scotia seems to have had some fun yesterday.

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C-GZPT Flight Tracking and History - FlightAware

Flight status, tracking, and historical data for C-GZPT including scheduled, estimated, and actual departure and arrival times.

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Oddbins Furuhashi @oddbinsfuruhashi.bsky.social · 16h

This Labour govt has already fucked its advantage over its predecessors on improved EU relations. The new reset will be a failure. And the govt will blame Europe because it’s shite.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 16h

Border failings in Europe are eroding trust in nation states, warns Mahmood

Home secretary to tell meeting of interior ministers that international cooperation is way to curb irregular migration The failure to bring order to European borders is eroding trust in politicians and the concept of nation states, Shabana Mahmood will warn. As she hosts a meeting of fellow interior ministers to discuss migration routes through the western Balkans on Tuesday, the home secretary will say that international cooperation is the way to curb irregular migration. Continue reading...

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Oddbins Furuhashi @oddbinsfuruhashi.bsky.social · 18h

Got 3 wrong.

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 22h

This is the cloze test - part of the C2 Proficiency exam required of some foreign language learners who want to work/study here.

It's TOUGH. You have to put one word in the gaps.

Link to test itself
www.flo-joe.co.uk/cpe/students...

Oddbins Furuhashi @oddbinsfuruhashi.bsky.social · 1d

That clown Singham gets government face time whenever he wants.

Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 1d

Important to see the shooting feet policy as a tool to run faster

Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 1d

Righty-o.

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 1d

Important to see the shooting feet policy as a tool to run faster

Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 1d

Righty-o.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1d

Elon Musk is paying Tommy Robinson's legal bills.

The British media and political establishment is still on X and maybe this is the wake up call they need.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Tommy Robinson says Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as trial begins

Far-right activist is accused of refusing to comply with counter-terrorism police request at Channel tunnel

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d

Carole Cadwalladr was right and we’d be in a better world if more people had listened.

Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 16d

This tweet has been doing the rounds on Twitter now that Nathan Gill has pleaded guilty.

If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐

There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 5d

So the immediate effect of abolishing stamp duty is that house prices rise, with a disproportionate benefit for people in £10m+ homes.

Abolition would literally be handing them £1m+

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 5d

Who benefits from the abolition of stamp duty land tax?

The first answer: people buying very expensive homes. Average saving for someone buying a £10m+ home is £1.7m. Average saving for someone buying a £250k-£500k home is £5k.

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Oddbins Furuhashi @oddbinsfuruhashi.bsky.social · 3d

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11d

Keeping people in poverty is an expensive luxury.
My column on the false economies of austerity, which costs us all a fortune. Despite the government's claims, austerity continues under Labour. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It hurt when I crashed my bike into a pothole – and it taught me the true price of austerity | George Monbiot

Fixing that hole could have cost under £100; the cost of not doing so is limitless. My prang highlights the neoliberal folly of false economies, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Oddbins Furuhashi @oddbinsfuruhashi.bsky.social · 4d

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 4d

Tony Blair and Nick Clegg hosted dinner giving tech bosses access to UK minister

Exclusive: Six tech leaders dined with investment minister, documents reveal, underlining growing influence of ex-PM’s consultancy Tony Blair and Nick Clegg hosted a private dinner earlier this year at which a select group of technology entrepreneurs were given access to a key minister, official documents have revealed. The former prime minister, who is a champion of the tech industry, held the dinner in an upmarket London hotel in his capacity as the head of the Tony Blair Institute (TBI) political consultancy. Continue reading...

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 6d

Labour's clearly inadequate plan for government was evident within weeks. So, wahey, Kemi Badenoch does even less and it is a great speech?

Come on folks, this isn't serious politics.

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 13d

Douglas Barrowman and Michelle Mone's company, PPE Medpro, has just been ordered to refund the Government £122m from a PPE contract.

There are two very odd things about PPE Medpro that may affect the odds of the Government ever getting that £122m...

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BeardedGenius @beardedgenius.bsky.social · 13d

This is Robbie Williams waxing lyrical about how *he( is treated in Israel - and how it 'annoys' him to be used as part of a 'narrative'. It echoes what comics are now saying about being part of the Riyadh Comedy Festival. So disingenuous. It's not about how *you* are treated - it's how others are.

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Oddbins Furuhashi @oddbinsfuruhashi.bsky.social · 13d

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 15d

How weird that this should have disappeared from the Telegraph archive...

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KDaver @kdaver.bsky.social · 15d

Another hero that does not wear a cape.

Please share to show this paperreading constable that should get a clue by doing this to an completely peacufull young lady.

Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 16d

What has Yvette Cooper’s proscription of Palestine Action done to this country?

Beyond absurd. It’s extreme authoritarianism. These police should be arresting rapists & crooks, not neglecting those duties to spend time arresting citizens standing against genocide.

It undermines police and the law.

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 16d

Yes. That was always there.

But ownership of British press was big factor & its outsize impact on the BBC.

Other outlets did some great work but the lawsuit stopped all reporting dead. And it’s why the correct response to a SLAPP is a) protect your journalist & b) keep going.

Sean MacGabhann @seanmacgabhann.bsky.social · 16d

I sometimes wonder if the sheer amount of “lads” energy from fellow commentators was all it took to neglect Carole’s work and so much more happening in the world

“ a girl? Wanging on about Russia? Brexit was a democratic vote you silly little girl. Mwah ha ha “

Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 16d

This tweet has been doing the rounds on Twitter now that Nathan Gill has pleaded guilty.

If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐

There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 16d

Ooh, ooh, I know, I know. It won’t!

flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 16d

Yes, I see how that would be a problem

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 16d

Obviously, anyone who talks about an "open borders experiment", whether Syed or Starmer, is talking arrant nonsense.

But, had it actually happened, to describe it as "statism" (rather than libertarianism) is just doublethink. Beyond stupid.