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Tony Gurney @tonygurney.bsky.social · 13h

It’s not the UK’s Green Party.

And other parties have been doing this for years with spectacular success.

onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

watching the UKs green party elect an actual unafraid leftist into leadership and see party membership double in under a month is once again endless proof that if you stand up for leftist causes and treat the electorate like adults, you’ll win people over easily

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Boothby Graffoe @boothbygraffoe.bsky.social · 14h

How long before Richard Tice & Nigel Farage deny they’ve ever met?

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 15h

Tbf mass lead poisoning of young men might explain *quite a lot* of what’s been happening in recent years.

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 18h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Tony Gurney @tonygurney.bsky.social · 14h

Bit harsh on the rest of us.

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Politico @politico.com · 17h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 16h

Reading that cretin Alex Jones was put on blast by the conservative Supreme Court and "Dr. Phil" has had to declare bankruptcy on the same day? What an embarrassment of riches! Only one other breaking news story about another odious man would make things better.
www.rawstory.com/dr-phil-trum...

Dr Phil faces 'total collapse' after MAGA alignment backfires massively: report

Dr. Phil McGraw's attempt to transition from daytime television personality to a politically aligned media mogul during Donald Trump's second presidential term has been marked by spectacular failure a...

www.rawstory.com

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 16h

Woah! So Labour's position really is, 'telling us off for breaching human rights undermines the case for human rights'? Proper Trumpian stuff from Labour's answer to Suella Braverman.

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 20h

This is absolutely nuts. As well as racist, xenophobic, deeply offensive and entirely ineffective.

The Independent @the-independent.com · 22h

Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in UK

www.independent.co.uk

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 20h

BREAKING: Shabana Mahmood announces that immigrants will have to recite Beowulf in its entirety in Old English, without notes, before being allowed entry to the U.K.

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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 19h

Free tuition.
Free prescriptions.
Scottish Child Payment.
Lowest council tax bills in the UK.
Peak rail fares gone for good.
Child poverty falling.

That is our SNP record and proof that self-government works.

Imagine how much more we could do with the powers of independence.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 1d

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Tony Gurney @tonygurney.bsky.social · 18h

I've got a Higher.

It's been nice knowing you.

The Independent @the-independent.com · 22h

Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in UK

www.independent.co.uk

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Tony Gurney @tonygurney.bsky.social · 18h

The far right Murdoch Times' normal schtick is to complain that Scotland doesn't slavishly follow English policies.

You know, like when they got all excited about the Tory Truss budget.

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 20h

Doctors have criticised SNP plans to adopt English-style GP walk-in centres in Scotland, warning that they risked making the crisis in the NHS worse

Doctors cast doubt on Swinney’s plan for GP walk-in centres

The first minister used his speech at the SNP conference to unveil proposals designed to reduce waiting times for appointments. But only 15 centres are planned

www.thetimes.com

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Tony Gurney @tonygurney.bsky.social · 19h

Don't ask questions to which you do not want to know the answer.

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Ed Morrish @edmorrish.bsky.social · 1d

listen to it, or don't if you want to send radio 4 a message that you won't listen to anything made outside london i guess you metropolitan elite MONSTERS

Lead Mojo @leadmojo.bsky.social · 1d

@paulsinha.bsky.social is back on your radios in five minutes with an episode of Perfect Pub Quiz we recorded in Sunderland last month. Expect questions about white suits, portmanteaux, and Sunderland's local football heroes.

Available afterwards on BBC Sounds:

BBC Radio 4 - Paul Sinha's Perfect Pub Quiz - Available now

Available episodes of Paul Sinha's Perfect Pub Quiz

www.bbc.co.uk

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Tony Gurney @tonygurney.bsky.social · 1d

And we can still quote them now.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 1d

Promoting the editor-in-chief's personal side project. Zero named sources in a story that promotes the editor-in-chief's personal political position. Misspelling the subject's name. It took one day for CBS News to become a conservative blog.

www.cbsnews.com/video/some-n...

CBS News: Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming NYC mayor the Free Press reports.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 3d

Multi billionaire conducts months of historical and theological research into the Antichrist. Discovers, shockingly, that one thing the Antichrist would definitely do is tax billionaires. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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He believes the Armageddon will be ushered in by an antichrist-type figure who cultivates a fear of existential threats such as climate change, Al and nuclear war to amass inordinate power. The idea is this figure will convince people to do everything they can to avoid something like a third world war, including accepting a one-world order charged with protecting everyone from the apocalypse that implements a complete restriction of technological progress. In his mind, this is already happening. Thiel said that international financial bodies, which make it more difficult for people to shelter their wealth in tax havens, are one sign the antichrist may be amassing power and hastening Armageddon, saying: "It's become quite difficult to hide one's money."

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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 1d

We can build a society free from poverty.
We can use our energy wealth to lower bills.
And we can transform lives across Scotland.

It’s time for independence. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 1d

He is far from alone.
Do you know how many people I know, journalists, thinktankers, civil servants, politicians, who always excel at explaining to you why what is currently happening was always bound to happen, from which they conclude that it should happen?

Feelingantsy 🇬🇧🇩🇪. Maker of Puns @feelingantsy.bsky.social · 1d

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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 1d

On the centenary of Thatcher's birth, there have been predictable calls for a memorial to her memory. But Britain's 2300 food banks serve that purpose already.

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National Yes Network @nationalyesnetwork.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine how much more we can do when we have #ScottishIndependence.

The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: The SNP Government will 'step in' and sponsor care worker visas to get around UK Labour's ban, John Swinney has announced

Read more on this: www.thenational.scot/news/2...

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Ethics in Bricks @ethicsinbricks.bsky.social · 2d

"Academic" is just a fancy job title for Elsevier's content creators.

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Tony Gurney @tonygurney.bsky.social · 2d

“Yeah, man, we’re more, like, into vibe judging, you know?”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 2d

I'm sure BBC investigative documentary strand Panorama is even now working on an incisive exposé of Reform's financial links to Russia and it's just that they haven't announced it publicly yet

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