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sky2b.bsky.social @sky2b.bsky.social · 9h

Murdoch's mouthpiece or is it codpiece 🤔?

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sky2b.bsky.social @sky2b.bsky.social · 23h

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Irritated Llama @irritatedllama.bsky.social · 23h

It's amazing how many "bad apples" they've ended up with.
Like...all of them.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Farage insists ex-Reform UK Wales leader convicted of bribery is ‘bad apple’

Farage said he was shocked by Nathan Gill’s admissions relating to pro-Russia statements Nigel Farage has insisted his party’s former leader in Wales who was convicted of taking pro-Russian bribes was a “bad apple” who betrayed him. The Reform UK leader was in Caerphilly campaigning for his candidate in a forthcoming Senedd byelection when he was asked about his links to Nathan Gill. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Cornish Skipper #FBPE #RejoinEU 🇪🇺 〓〓 🔶🌹💚💙 @cornishskipper.bsky.social · 23h

“The £1m man: why did #LiarJohnson take his donor to Ukraine?” Yet another oligarch buying our democracy. Harbourne bankrolled #Brexit & gave £10m to the fascist tapeworm’s company - Reform.
When they run out of things to buy these people buy democracies
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The £1m man: why did Boris Johnson take his donor to Ukraine?

Exclusive: Leaked files offer a glimpse of the ex-prime minister’s relationship with Christopher Harborne

www.theguardian.com

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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 2d

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 2d

I sometimes worry I exaggerate the collective madness of our media but the people who cheered Brexit, Boris Johnson & Liz Truss's mini-budget are now applauding Kemi Badenoch's speech. 'Parallell universe' doesn't come close. I suppose her not falling over is a win of sorts for them at the moment.

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 2d

I really don't know what to do about a situation where a plurality of the group that (rightly!) takes up most government spending thinks that it is unrepresented in politics.

Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 2d

Hollow laughter

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dag @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 2d

In the United States we appear to have an example of a stridently partisan attorney general in Pamela Bondi. As Joyce White Vance insightfully put it, Donald Trump has finally found his new Roy Cohn. In a boisterous and evasive session this week before the Senate, it was plain that Bondi did not think much of congressional oversight, though as Jay Kuo wisely points out her refusal to answer certain direct questions may become increasingly politically and legally significant.

In England we seem to have a sustained assault upon the office of attorney general itself. The current office holder Richard Hermer is faced with constant media criticism about the role of independent legal advice within government, especially in respect of its compliance with international law. But the underlying issue pre-dates his term of office, as one of his predecessors wanted a more “solution”-orientated approach.

As a deepening dividing line develops in the politics of both the United Kingdom and the United States between those who want brute uninhibited executive power and those who think this may not be a good idea, the theory and practice of having an attorney general semi-detached from the government is an obvious point of conflict.

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dag @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 2d

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Law versus politics

Both the UK and the US face a choice between unchecked executive power or a balanced constitution

By me at @prospectmagazine.co.uk

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

This is the crucial choice facing those both in the United Kingdom and the United States. What is to be the relationship between those with political power and the force of law?

In the United States it would seem that, at a federal level, both Congress and the Supreme Court are content to nod along with excessive use of presidential power. It is only the individual states themselves and the lower courts that are seeking to hold that executive power to account.

While in the United Kingdom there are louder political demands for the government to be free from the constraints placed by international law and supposedly activist judges. The implicit call is that ministers and officials should be able to do as they like to the rest of us without any possibility of a court ever saying otherwise.

What will happen in this contest between executive power and legal restraint cannot be predicted. The happy assumption of the Whig interpretation of history may not be well-grounded. From a liberal perspective things are not only getting worse, but could get a lot worse. The illiberals know what they are doing and they are doing it well.

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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 2d

Nigel Farage - "I've never met the Russian ambassador."

I remember the furore about 'spin' during the Blair years. Brexit politicians replaced spin with blatant lies, and they've carried on ever since. It's another element of fascism that has entered our politics.

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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 3d

Scrapping stamp duty will cost £11.6bn a year. But it won't house a single one of Britain's 240,000 homeless.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 3d

UAE has no democratically elected institutions, no free speech and an appalling human rights record.

Its economy functions on completely different metrics to the ours & ranks well below us for GDP

No serious person would ever think that we should emulate it.

But here's Tice calling us decadent

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 3d

Ursula von der Leyen:
Europe must boost its defense capability to deter the Russian hybrid warfare

"These incidents are calculated to linger in the twilight of deniability.This isn’t random harassment.It’s a coherent&escalating campaign"she said

"To those who still doubt,look at what is happening

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sky2b.bsky.social @sky2b.bsky.social · 3d

In your opinion..

Which is no more valid than anyone else.

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Simon Gosden @simongosden.bsky.social · 5d

"The division that's been created is absolutely disgusting. Mainly created by angry middle-aged white men who know exactly what they're doing." - Gary Neville.

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Barry Glendenning @barryglendenning.bsky.social · 3d

As an immigrant who has come over here, etc and so on, I support Gary Neville on this one.

He has infuriated and enraged all the right racists and media outlet gobshites, in a state of affairs which suggests every word he said was spot on.

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Barry Glendenning @barryglendenning.bsky.social · 3d

Simon Jordan on TalkSport, unchallenged yet again.

As a Talksport employee, I am embarrassed by this rebuttal of what Neville said. This moron pontificates without question. It is bonkers.

And yeah, i'll probably be sacked. Fuck it.

youtube.com/watch?v=FrXr...

"APPALLING STANCE!" Simon Jordan rages at "COWARD" Gary Neville after Union Jack REMOVAL admission!

YouTube video by talkSPORT

youtube.com

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sky2b.bsky.social @sky2b.bsky.social · 3d

Fair points, fundamentally don't disagree. Challenge is taking 99% of population along given where we are.

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Paul Marshall @pmarsha11.bsky.social · 4d

Israel denies Greta Thunberg was dragged by her hair, beaten and paraded in an Israeli flag while imprisoned without insufficient food and proper care. Who do we believe?

'Dragged by hair, paraded in Israeli flag': Eyewitnesses detail Greta Thunberg's detention; Israel says 'brazen lies' - The Times of India

Middle East News: Eyewitnesses on a Gaza aid flotilla reported Greta Thunberg was dragged, beaten, and paraded by Israeli forces after her detention. A Swedish official

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

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sky2b.bsky.social @sky2b.bsky.social · 3d

Lie, make up stuff. Get reported to ofcom then obscurely 'correct the record' before they report. Repeat. The right wing 'news' model. How about a £million pound fine each time they misreport or make stuff up ?

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 4d

Chris Philp: "Now, what I've got to tell you now will shock you. There is a so-called Anti Racism Commitment Plan that literally says: policing should not be colour-blind."

Only, it literally does not. It just explains the difference between equality and equity. ~AA