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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 14h

Another day.

Another presidential threat to jail two of his political opponents.

What will it take for Republicans in Congress to speak out?

While we still have a democracy left.

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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 1d

This is a lie.

There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.

But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.

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Tanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net · 1d

Direct comparisons with the 1930s are ahistorical and unhelpful: 2025 simply is not 1930s Germany. BUT what we can look at are patterns. And on the basis of those patterns we absolutely can see common trajectories here. I would also urge everyone again to remember that death camps and … 1/2

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 1d

Heseltine at the Tory conf:

"Fascists of the 30s are back... Trump's language coincides with words here... The immigrant has replaced the Jew as the problem. We must make clear we will never have any part in the populist extremism of Farage... We don't need Trump's mouthpiece anywhere near No. 10.”

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 1d

Not just NHS.
That's the thing with anti-immigration policies, as well as harming migrants themselves, they harm everyone. Undermining infrastructure and industries inevitably causes a decline in services and additional job losses for non-migrants as a knock on.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

NHS could cease to function under Labour’s new visa rules, say nurses

Exclusive: Royal College of Nursing says plan to tighten rules for foreign workers is ‘pandering’ to Reform UK

www.theguardian.com

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 1d

Mourning those murdered by Hamas isn't incompatible with mourning those murdered by the Israeli state.

Demanding that the hostages return isn't incompatible with naming & demanding an end to genocide.

Naming the power imbalance & impact thereof doesn't desecrate those murdered two years ago today.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 3d

Here is a thing that I hear from *almost every British Jew I know* but have barely heard expressed in any of these programmes: No single person has done more to make Jewish people globally less safe than Benjamin Netanyahu.

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Tanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net · 4d

It’s easy to say that this is the last desperate hurrah of a dying party, but can we be clear: Trump’s ICE agents are literally kidnapping people, detaining them without due process in concentration camps (yes, this is the right term) and 1000s have disappeared. These are fascist practices.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 4d

Tories to pledge to create immigration taskforce modelled on Trump’s Ice

Proposed ‘removals force’ will be tasked with deporting 150,000 people a year in bid to tackle illegal immigration The Conservatives will pledge to create a new immigration taskforce modelled on Donald Trump’s controversial Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agency, the Guardian understands. The party’s leader, Kemi Badenoch, is expected to announce the policy on Sunday as it heads into its annual conference following a year of historic low poll ratings. The proposed “removals force” will be tasked with deporting 150,000 people a year in a bid to tackle illegal immigration. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Danielle Turney @danielleturney1.bsky.social · 3d

Yup, chaos, corruption and cruelty - not to mention complete disregard for law and due process ... I'm sure the Tory party can style it out

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 4d

"I see gangs of masked thugs roaming the streets rounding up anyone the wrong colour, and I think: *this* is what Britain needs."

Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 4d

Batshit.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 4d

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

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Danielle Turney @danielleturney1.bsky.social · 4d

Disgusted and furious that ANY British politician believes anything "modelled on Trump" is even worth thinking, never mind saying out loud

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 4d

What an admirably clear statement from the Jewish Leadership Council, especially when all of those involved must surely have been dealing with so many other urgent challenges in safety, security and grief + shock today before having this further divisive and distracting intervention to address too.

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Danielle Turney @danielleturney1.bsky.social · 4d

Although journey out this morning was fine, despite involving 2 train companies, similar fun and frolics travelling home this afternoon: delay of 20+ mins on 1st train because "congestion", late for connecting train so a wait for next one, then 3rd train in the chain cancelled. Did last bit by bus!

Danielle Turney @danielleturney1.bsky.social · 5d

Head spinning reading this. We are truly through the looking glass and in a place where language (and sense) has been vapourised:
“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less.”

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 5d

Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment

Sky News @news.sky.com · 5d

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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Danielle Turney @danielleturney1.bsky.social · 6d

Your Badenoch Gaffe Counter is spinning! Must be quite a job to keep up with them

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Danielle Turney @danielleturney1.bsky.social · 6d

Apart from anything else, it seems to completely disregard the reasons why someone would seek asylum in the first place - and therefore the circumstances their family may still be living in ...

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Danielle Turney @danielleturney1.bsky.social · 6d

More like the hokey cokey. :(

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 7d

Once again Labour's strategy is to say that racism is terrible, and therefore we will defeat the racists by giving them almost everything they want
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/01/k...

Keir Starmer's Farage-Dominated Conference Takes Labour Up a 'Darker Path' Towards a Reform Government

The Prime Minister's condemnations of Reform's racist rhetoric, was undermined by him accepting the central premise of Nigel Farage's anti-migrant politics, argues Adam Bienkov

bylinetimes.com

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Research in Practice @researchip.bsky.social · 7d

Join our team!

We are looking for a Senior Research and Development Officer who is passionate about evidence-informed practice to join our Adults team.

Closing date for applications is 24 October. www.researchinpractice.org.uk/adults/conte...

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Danielle Turney @danielleturney1.bsky.social · 7d

Delighted to share info about this new venture: Professional development workshops for freelancers in the creative industries ... Go take a look!

Eleanor @eleanorturney.co.uk · 7d

My new business many-hats.org is LIVE.

Professional development for freelancers, with workshops led by some amazing people including @ambermb.bsky.social @verybrinteresting.bsky.social @cloreleadership.bsky.social @katbrownwrites.com @mazhedgehog.bsky.social @nadpatel.bsky.social

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The words MANY HATS in black caps with a series of rainbow-coloured hats arranged in a circle around the M

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Danielle Turney @danielleturney1.bsky.social · 7d

Stop and take a moment with this. You just know it's going to improve your day ...

womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 7d

Otomi textiles originate from the indigenous people of eastern Mexico, an ancient craft using hand embroidering techniques. Otomi textiles, known as tenangos, incorporate colourful images of plants, animals, people and activities #WomensArt

Circular embroidered textile with images of colourful stylised wild birds, animals and plants on a white background

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Danielle Turney @danielleturney1.bsky.social · 7d

Nah, dedicated! 😆
Bon appetit

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Danielle Turney @danielleturney1.bsky.social · 7d

I'll have to go off and practice ... :)

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