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Richard Barfield @richardbarfield.bsky.social · 3h

David would have been a good character for W1A.

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Richard Barfield @richardbarfield.bsky.social · 3h

Perhaps he’d been told ‘we don’t know’ which wouldn’t have gone down well.

Richard Barfield @richardbarfield.bsky.social · 3h

Not as much as confusagram, David.

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Dan Murphy @dan-murphy.bsky.social · 15h

Lancashire's Reform-run council is planning to save £4m a year by closing 10 council-run care homes and day care centres, and moving them into the private sector. In unrelated news, Graham Dalton (Reform) is Lancashire council's Head of Adult Social Care, and owns a private care home business.

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António Costa @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu · 4h

The EU’s commitment to climate action is unwavering—we are the world’s largest donor of climate financing, and we have just set an ambitious #NDC for 2035 and agreed on a binding 90% reduction in emissions by 2040. ⬇️

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David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 9h

Well that's a really helpful intervention 🤦I really don't see how Labour can govern if it refuses to engage with reality www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Lucy Powell says Labour must stand by promise not to raise key taxes

New deputy leader also calls on government to lift two-child benefit cap urgently and in full

www.theguardian.com

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Richard Barfield @richardbarfield.bsky.social · 4h

My money is on Joe #celebritytraitors

Richard Barfield @richardbarfield.bsky.social · 7h

We look forward to its collaboration with the non-partisan Growth Commission, a think-tank chaired by Shanker Singham.

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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 7h

Ah! I see the IEA are responding to the Charity Commission criticisms by appointing a highly politically biased DG.

Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 8h

Taking the think out of tank

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 13h

Elon Musk is deliberately using his platform to poison our politics and divide our country.

It's time for the government to wake up to the threat he poses to our democracy.

Headline: Elon Musk is booting the British right- and this shows how

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 16h

That the UK - one of the architects of this fund, designed to save the world’s forests - is now refusing to put any money into it is frankly shameful. Starmer’s claim that he still continues to back the fund is meaningless without resources - so much for climate leadership

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Richard Barfield @richardbarfield.bsky.social · 15h

@ianadreyer.bsky.social fyi

Richard Barfield @richardbarfield.bsky.social · 15h

Correction: the “Growth Commission” is not a government body but a think tank of economists.

h/t @peterryley.bsky.social

Liz Webster 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺 @lizwebster.bsky.social · 16h

Labour’s “Growth Commission” is chaired by Shanker Singham 👉 the same Brexit deregulator backed by Liz Truss + Tufton Street.

The man who sold “Singapore-on-Thames” 🦄 is advising Starmer’s Labour.

McSweeney’s fingerprints all over it.

Proof Labour’s been captured
www.express.co.uk/news/politic...

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Richard Barfield @richardbarfield.bsky.social · 15h

@lizwebster.bsky.social

www.growth-commission.com

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Richard Barfield @richardbarfield.bsky.social · 15h

Correction: the “Growth Commission” is not a government body but a think tank of economists.

h/t @peterryley.bsky.social

Liz Webster 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺 @lizwebster.bsky.social · 16h

Labour’s “Growth Commission” is chaired by Shanker Singham 👉 the same Brexit deregulator backed by Liz Truss + Tufton Street.

The man who sold “Singapore-on-Thames” 🦄 is advising Starmer’s Labour.

McSweeney’s fingerprints all over it.

Proof Labour’s been captured
www.express.co.uk/news/politic...

Brexit guru warns getting closer to EU will kill growth

Shanker Singham says Britain can boost growth by breaking further away from EU regulations and says the UK's present woes are result of decades of bad decisions

www.express.co.uk

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Richard Barfield @richardbarfield.bsky.social · 15h

Thanks - I will delete my skeet!

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Richard Barfield @richardbarfield.bsky.social · 17h

‘Studying the classics’ could have a whole new meaning

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Richard Barfield @richardbarfield.bsky.social · 1d

Well said! @paulkohlersw19.bsky.social

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 1d

First the likes of Farage said we needed to leave the EU. Now they’re coming for the ECHR.

Paul Kohler MP: "It feels like Brexit déjà vu with the same hollow promises of taking back control, the same disregard for facts, the same blindness to consequence."

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David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 1d

The UK tax system is a mess — these are priorities for Reeves to reform - on.ft.com/47nYFvX via @FT

The UK tax system is a mess — these are priorities for Reeves to reform

The list of inconsistencies goes on and on. Nobody should have designed such an absurdity

on.ft.com

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 1d

Nigel Farage's favoured Mayoral candidate for Doncaster said black people cannot be English.

Reform councillor Alexander Jones claimed being English requires Anglo-Saxon ‘lineage’.

The messages were deleted after questions were raised by Byline Times

bylinetimes.com/2025/11/05/n...

Nigel Farage's Chosen Reform Mayoral Candidate Suggested Black Britons Can’t Be English

The party's candidate for Mayor of Doncaster claimed being English requires Anglo-Saxon 'lineage' and attacked 'third world cultures' in now-deleted posts

bylinetimes.com

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 2d

If government excuses were included in GDP, our economic woes would be over. But what we really need to hear from the Chancellor is action – especially on Europe.

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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 3d

Yesterday’s Train Stabbing

CPS says Anthony Williams, 32, from Peterborough charged with 11 counts of attempted murder, 1 count of actual bodily harm & 1 count of possession of a bladed article.
Police: Not terrorist related. 11 people were treated in hospital, 2 in a life-threatening condition,

Richard Barfield @richardbarfield.bsky.social · 3d

In Great Britain, there are about 1.7 billion passenger rail journeys each year without serious incident (about 150 million a month). It's worth keeping perspective as news media discuss banning knives on trains or installing scanners at stations.
dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/u...

Chart from Office of Rail and Road (HMG) showing annual and quarterly passenger rail journeys for Great Britain from April 2015 to March 2025.

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Richard Barfield @richardbarfield.bsky.social · 3d

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Richard Barfield @richardbarfield.bsky.social · 3d

In Great Britain, there are about 1.7 billion passenger rail journeys each year without serious incident (about 150 million a month). It's worth keeping perspective as news media discuss banning knives on trains or installing scanners at stations.
dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/u...

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Richard Barfield @richardbarfield.bsky.social · 3d

@itvnews.bsky.social @channel4news.bsky.social

Richard Barfield @richardbarfield.bsky.social · 3d

In Great Britain, there are about 1.7 billion passenger rail journeys each year without serious incident (about 150 million a month). It's worth keeping perspective as news media discuss banning knives on trains or installing scanners at stations.
dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/u...

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Richard Barfield @richardbarfield.bsky.social · 3d

In Great Britain, there are about 1.7 billion passenger rail journeys each year without serious incident (about 150 million a month). It's worth keeping perspective as news media discuss banning knives on trains or installing scanners at stations.
dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/u...

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