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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 3h

On social media and their website, the Liberal Democrats have claimed “Keir Starmer says everyone in the UK will be required to have mandatory digital ID”.

But this isn’t the case, and we can’t find any evidence the Prime Minister said it was.

Digital ID won’t be mandatory for ‘everyone in the UK’ – Full Fact

The Liberal Democrats have claimed Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said everyone in the UK will have to have digital ID, but that’s not the case.

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[email protected] @blueangie.bsky.social · 22h

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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 3h

Russia has struck the factory of Ukraine’s largest hummus producer, forcing the company to suspend deliveries to stores, according to an official statement.

Don't ask me what the logic behind it was. It's just as stupid as everything else they do.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 2h

Criminals should face "the full force of the law" says Kemi Badenoch

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ISS Piss Tracker @iss-piss-tracker.bsky.social · 2h

The piss tank on the ISS is now 64% full.

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LaindonFeminist: 10 Year Keir @viviane49.bsky.social · 7h

Our media lets us down badly :

Labours accomplishments - rarely mentioned

Nigel Farage’s house - dropped/ignored

Nathan Gill’s admission of working for Russia - zilch

Russia/Iran funding Reform/Farage - silence

Instead they spread lies on the Budget/MPs/anything to discredit Labour

Why????

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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 3h

“I wish our government was as obligated to the hostages' return as the Americans are right now.”

Israel’s opposition leader, Yair Lapid, speaks to @krishgm.bsky.social on his hopes for the proposed peace plan to end the war in Gaza.

Read and watch:
www.channel4.com/news/right-n...

‘Right now, more reasons to be hopeful for deal’ – Israeli opposition leader

We spoke to Israel's opposition leader Yair Lapid as he was leaving Hostages Square in Tel Aviv.

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Chris Gooch @chrisdg.bsky.social · 3h

Needs an air raid siren sound effect

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 3h

BoE flags risk of ‘sudden correction’ in tech stocks inflated by AI on.ft.com/3WqHK5t

BoE flags risk of ‘sudden correction’ in tech stocks inflated by AI

Financial Policy Committee warns equity prices are at levels comparable with dotcom bubble

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Kiran Stacey @kiranstacey.bsky.social · 3h

Whoops! Seems the ONS has overestimated govt borrowing by £3bn. Rare bit of good news for Rachel Reeves.

Story by @guardianheather.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Rachel Reeves given extra £3bn for budget after VAT error fixed

ONS says public borrowing estimates have been out by £200m-£500m a month since January

www.theguardian.com

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Rebecca Long-Bailey @rebeccalongbailey.com · 3h

Wealth taxes are not only sensible – they are urgently needed. They are the key to unlocking the funds required to build an NHS fit for the future, deliver schools that inspire, create green jobs, & ensure no child grows up in poverty.

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labouroutlook.org/2025/09/25/w...

Wealth Taxes Are Sensible and Urgently Needed – Rebecca Long-Bailey MP

We need wealth taxes now, writes Rebecca-Long Bailey.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 3h

8 October 1942 | SS-Brigadeführer August Frank from WVHA wrote to Reichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler that the Office of Medical Affairs and Camp Hygiene had so far collected 50 kilograms of gold from the teeth of deceased prisoners for dental purposes of the SS. This supply would last for five years.

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The New Statesman @handle.invalid · 3h

What Nigel Farage won’t tell you

The truth about the small-boats crisis

www.newstatesman.com

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 4d

Citizen Lab found that an online network pushed out deepfake videos during Israel's airstrikes on Tehran's Evin Prison. An investigation by TheMarker and Haaretz reveals the Persian-language online campaigns indirectly funded by Israel. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

The Israeli influence operation in Iran pushing to reinstate the shah monarchy

Citizen Lab Found That an Online Network Pushed Out Deepfake Videos During Israel's Airstrikes on Tehran's Evin Prison. An Investigation by TheMarker and Haaretz Reveals the Persian-language Online Ca...

www.haaretz.com

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 4h

Reform UK Councils are finding that DOGE was a gimmick and its cheerleaders were frauds.

Now they are facing upping council tax 5%.

Their May promises:

Cut tax
Find DOGE savings
Save services

All gone. Lies.

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Chris Gooch @chrisdg.bsky.social · 4h

Presumably the degrees that can’t guarantee a job at the end

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

First-year resident doctors back strike action over jobs shortage - BBC News

British Medical Association say 30,000 medics were chasing 10,000 jobs this year.

www.bbc.co.uk

Chris Gooch @chrisdg.bsky.social · 4h

I presume she means the degrees that can’t guarantee a job at the end

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 4h

Democide in our times

Austerity, wage & public service cuts kill, but are govt policy.

Millions can't get good food, housing, education, healthcare, pension.

Men in poorer UK areas live 9.7 yrs less than those in least deprived areas. Women 8 years.

Govts silent on the human cost of fiscal rules

The government must ensure fair distribution of income

'The average real wage of workers has hardly moved from the 2008 level whilst bosses never had it so good.'

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 14h

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Chris Gooch @chrisdg.bsky.social · 4h

Exactly. I keep telling people this, but they refuse to believe it.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14h

Greg Abbott sends the elite Meal Team 6 from the Texas National Guard into Illinois.

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Chris Gooch @chrisdg.bsky.social · 4h

FFS

Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 5h

Oh fuck off

Badenoch: Curb students taking 'rip-off' degrees such as English
The performing arts, sociology and anthropology are among the subjects the Conservatives would like to cut

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Chris Gooch @chrisdg.bsky.social · 4h

Hear hear

David Desi Pubs Dason @davidjesudason.bsky.social · 5h

Tory Robert Jenrick says the Handsworth area of Birmingham was ‘one of the worst-integrated places’ he had ever been to.

Visit the Grove, dickhead

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Chris Gooch @chrisdg.bsky.social · 4h

Dewsbury : majority white

citypopulation.de/en/uk/yorksh...

Dewsbury (West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information

Dewsbury (West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, United Kingdom) with population statistics, charts, map, location, weather and web information.

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Chris Gooch @chrisdg.bsky.social · 4h

Everyone should read this to help understand the factors that contributed to today’s population distribution. It is easy to read the census to see that these communities are majority white.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_a...

Anita and Me - Wikipedia

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Chris Gooch @chrisdg.bsky.social · 4h

They don’t understand the history of immigration at all. They people moved to areas of low cost housing or centres of industry. They didn’t choose an enclave. Hands worth has such a mix of ethnic origin, only the list ignorant person could think it was single ethnicity

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