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Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 4d

I think this is a tragedy for the CofE. It means they are still a long way from where the country of which it proclaims it is the national church is on gay marriage. How should gay people, or those of us who have gay friends or family members, think of an institution which doesn't respect them?

Kaya Burgess | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 @kayaburgess.bsky.social · 4d

FULL STORY IN @THETIMES:

Gay couples hoping to have special blessing ceremonies in church have seen plans for a trial halted by CofE bishops

Bishops have also extended ban on gay priests having civil marriages: www.thetimes.com/uk/religion/...

Church of England bishops halt plans for blessing services for gay couples

The ban on priests marrying same-sex partners will also be extended because changes would require the rewriting of canon law, say leaders

www.thetimes.com

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Tom Clark @tom-clark.bsky.social · 5d

In one crisp para — & the 2 charts he highlights — @chrisgiles.ft.com bursts a huge number of “welfare” myths www.ft.com/content/ee67...

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Janine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com · 6d

See if you make an announcement such as “There is fixed, structural damage in the ticket hall at Mornington Crescent” I am going to spend the next 35 minutes trying to decode it

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Jeremy Limb @jlimb.bsky.social · 8d

That really moving Marseillaise scene in Casablanca is now 400% more moving youtu.be/CbWgOpG1988

Casablanca - Marseillaise Scene (extended edition)

YouTube video by Jeremy Limb

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 12d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Rhymer Rigby @rhymerrigby.bsky.social · 13d

Phew, that's ages away, I'll worry about it later

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The Digester @thedigester.bsky.social · 13d

Bit of a departure for Nige but I guess everything is political.

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Ben Stanley @benstanley.eu · 13d

“The advantages of a first past the post system, of course, are that it prevents an overly fragmented parliament in which a stable governing majority cannot be found, and that it keeps the radical right down.”

Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 13d

Westminster Voting Intention:

RFM: 27% (-2)
LAB: 20% (-2)
CON: 17% (+1)
LDM: 17% (+2)
GRN: 12% (+1)
SNP: 4% (+1)

Via @yougov.co.uk, 5-6 Oct.
Changes w/ 28-29 Sep.

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The Digester @thedigester.bsky.social · 14d

Nosferatu accompanied by Radiohead's Kid A & Amnesia was excellent. Now obsessed with Hutter's coat.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 14d

It helps to be able to spell the country you say only you are competent enough to run.

Goody-bag merch from Tory Conference branded "When Labour negotiates Britian loses" and signed "Kemi Badenoch".

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Alasdair Cameron @alasdaircameron.bsky.social · 15d

I find it amazing that we live in societies where pretty much everyone thinks they would have been in the French Resistance/Rebel Alliance/Sufragettes or would have ‘shot Hitler if they had had the chance’, and yet even the mildest acts of political dissent and protest are vilified.

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 17d

Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment

Sky News @news.sky.com · 17d

Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first

Bishop of London Dame Sarah Mullally, a former nurse, has been named as the next Archbishop of Canterbury - the first time a woman has been appointed to the role in the Church of England's history.

news.sky.com

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The Digester @thedigester.bsky.social · 18d

Perhaps the author is hallucinating.

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Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 20d

We already have a system where unwilling, unpaid "volunteers" are made to do work in the community. It's called Community Payback, undertaken by convicted offenders.

So Labour's message to people wanting to come to the UK and build a life is literally "We'll treat you like criminals."

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Tom Clark @tom-clark.bsky.social · 22d

Budget dilemmas look to be an ocean apart from ours just across the Irish Sea. (Just look at that sub-headline!)

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 24d

Really wonderful evening at the Southbank Centre hearing wonderful performances of Beethoven’s third piano concerto and Saint-Saens organ symphony, plus a lovely new piece by Gabriela Ortiz. On Radio 3 on Monday and on Sounds for 30 days thereafter!

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The Digester @thedigester.bsky.social · 25d

If you see this, post a concert picture you took.

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 27d

It will all be worth it when documentary makers get to play the White Stripes song, "Girl, You Have No Faith In Medicine" underneath this bit of US history.

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The Digester @thedigester.bsky.social · 27d

Clubland

The Ineffable Horror of Joe Muggs @joemuggs.bsky.social · 28d

What’s the most Tory-coded thing you actively love?

Me: Essex. Elgar. Country pubs.

The Digester @thedigester.bsky.social · Sep 18

I'm in a profession which (for historical reasons) had a lower level of privately educated people than you'd expect. My close work friends are all state educated. All of them (apart from me) have sent their kids to private school.

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The Digester @thedigester.bsky.social · Sep 18

Right turn

The Mall in London with British and US flags.

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The Digester @thedigester.bsky.social · Sep 17

Withdrawing from the ECHR is the new Brexit: a misguided act that will not solve the problems it seeks to address (screenshot from @theobserveruk.bsky.social)

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · Sep 16

"These are dark times, but those who seek to divide us will not win. The capital’s soul and spirit are as inclusive and optimistic as ever."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

After the far right’s march on our streets, Londoners must show Trump we reject his politics of fear | Sadiq Khan

These are dark times, but those who seek to divide us will not win. The capital’s soul and spirit are as inclusive and optimistic as ever, says London mayor Sadiq Khan

www.theguardian.com

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The Digester @thedigester.bsky.social · Sep 11

WTF? 17 year-old is applying for a provisional licence. Since when was this a thing?

Screen grab from provisional licence application.

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Richard K @rkemb.bsky.social · Sep 10

See I think Starmer could get ahead of this by just saying, "Peter Mandelson is exactly the kind of slimeball we need in Washington right now."

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