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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20h

The Justice Department had 36 attorneys assigned full-time to investigate corrupt politicians when Trump took office in January.

Today it has two.

See how this works?

Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 22h

1. On Monday, Trump delivered a $70 million windfall to his billionaire buddy, John Paulson.

Paulson hosted the biggest fundraiser of Trump's 2024 campaign, raising over $50 million.

This week, Trump returned the favor.

Follow along for details.

Trump approves mining road, delivers $70 million windfall to MAGA billionaire

On April 6, 2024, a procession of Range Rovers, Aston Martins, and Bentleys rolled up to the Palm Beach mansion of billionaire John Paulson. The occasion was a glitzy fundraiser for Donald Trump’s…

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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 1d

Farage has a keen understanding of political publicity. So when he portrayed himself in a classic Mussolini pose and his Brexit Party rally as an echo of Mosley's gathering of 30,000 fascists at Earl's Court in July 1939 he knew exactly what he was doing. He was proclaiming his fascism.

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Parody Keir Starmer @parodypm.bsky.social · 1d

Reform's brilliant DOGE team at Kent council found zero savings and now want to raise council tax. It's almost as if they were lying and haven't got a clue what they're doing.

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eurovanman.bsky.social @eurovanman.bsky.social · 1d

A big Brexit benefit coming in 5 days time …..

EES could push British hauliers to breaking point

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Andrew @dartsmaster.bsky.social · 20h

Badenoch’s ‘thoughtful Conservatism’ turns out to be just the slower road to Faragism www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Badenoch’s ‘thoughtful Conservatism’ turns out to be just the slower road to Faragism | Rafael Behr

The Tory leader’s intellectual meanderings have shrunk her party into little more than a holding pen for future Reform party candidates, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 1d

Lords Heseltine & Kinnock seem more alive to these self-evident truths than most members of the Commons. Similarly, I find thinkers with direct lived experience of far right dictatorship, Greeks of a certain age for example, crystal clear about what’s happening now.

BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 1d

“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”

“Because that’s what they are”

@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.

#Newsnight

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The Rejoin EU Party @therejoineuparty.com · 1d

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 1d

One very very lonely Tory voice on the letters page of The Times.
Sorry, Robert. It’s too late. Your party has gone completely nuts. Driven mad by 14 years of failure, Farage and your monumentally stupid Brexit.
You can ask them to put the petrol can down but they’re mesmerised by the fire.

Leaving the ECHR could split Union Sir, In his article "Leaving the ECHR won't fix illegal migration" (Oct 6; letters, Oct 7), David Gauke makes the point that the Conservatives' decision to support complete withdrawal from the European convention of human rights is, at best, wholly unnecessary and at worst will make international co-operation on migration control and deportation much more difficult.
He is right to do so. It is time for Tories to stop heading for the exit every time there is perceived tension caused by so-called foreign institutions that my party actually helped to create in the first place.
To claim that ECHR withdrawal will not affect the Northern Ireland Good Friday agreement is naive. Not only will it risk undermining trust in policing and criminal justice cross-border co-operation, it will trigger a breach of article 2 of the Windsor framework and a climate of instability that can only assist advocates of a border poll that could lead to the break-up of the Union. For the Conservative Party to advocate such a move is a betrayal of Conservative principles.
Sir Robert Buckland KC
Former lord chancellor and justice secretary; former chair, Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee

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Andrew @dartsmaster.bsky.social · 20h

Reform Watch 12: Reform promise cuts and deliver tax rises hopenothate.org.uk/2025/10/08/r...

Reform Watch: Reform promise cuts and deliver tax rises

Back in May, after his party won control of ten local councils, Reform’s then-chairman Zia Yusuf was invited onto the BBC. He spoke about what voters expect from their local authorities — they want bi...

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Andrew @dartsmaster.bsky.social · 20h

The Tory party is now proposing tyranny www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...

The Tory party is now proposing tyranny

I struggled with whether to comment on the Conservative Party conference this morning. I did so partly because of this YouGov poll, which shows he current state of the parties, in their opinion: T...

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Andrew @dartsmaster.bsky.social · 20h

Office Hours: Where are we headed before the midterm elections — civil war, martial law, or democracy? robertreich.substack.com/p/office-hou...

Office Hours: Where are we headed before the midterm elections — civil war, martial law, or democracy?

The biggest question hanging over the next year

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Andrew @dartsmaster.bsky.social · 20h

Lord Heseltine: 'Reform UK are equivalent of 1930s right wing fascists' www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/lor...

Lord Heseltine: 'Reform UK are equivalent of 1930s right wing fascists'

Lord Heseltine has said Reform UK are the modern day equivalent of the "right wing fascists of the 1930s."

www.thelondoneconomic.com

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 1d

This is magnificent.

Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 1d

I've responded to Robert Jenrick's vile comments in @thetimes.com

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I sang Jerusalem with Robert Jenrick at school — he’s wrong about race

The Conservative MP has complained that, visiting Handsworth in Birmingham, he didn’t see ‘another white face’. You can’t judge whether someone is integrated by skin colour, argues fellow Wulfrunian S...

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 1d

My message to the millions of One Nation conservatives who reject the divisive politics of Badenoch and Farage is this:

Come and join us. Help us save our country. Come and win with us.

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Andrew @dartsmaster.bsky.social · 20h

Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan to Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule newrepublic.com/article/2014...

Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan to Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule

He wants to supercharge searing civil tensions to get low-information voters to embrace their inner authoritarian. Exactly two Democrats appear to fully grasp this.

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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 1d

SPOILER ALERT: Reform and several other parties across Europe (and elsewhere) are fascists.

BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 1d

“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”

“Because that’s what they are”

@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.

#Newsnight

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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 1d

Greens have been very successful in Europe since the 1990s. But that never really happened in UK – until now. The unique thing about Greens is that you don't need to have been involved in the party since the youth stage to make a career. Greens welcome newcomers from outside the world of politics!

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

This is how we turn our country around.

Away from the forces of hate and division.

We're going to do it together.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 1d

The Green surge continues ... We’ve just passed 90,000 members! 💚

People everywhere are joining the movement for real change.

Want hope to be normal again? Join the Green Party today ↩️

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Andrew @dartsmaster.bsky.social · 21h

Conservative voters say Brexit has failed and damaged UK economy www.bestforbritain.org/conservative...

Conservative voters say Brexit has failed and damaged UK economy

The Conservative Party’s flagship policy - Brexit - has been a failure according to people intending to vote for them at the next election.

www.bestforbritain.org

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 1d

"Last year the Byline Times published an embarrassing story about Conservative party councillors pretending to be ordinary folk during a televised election campaign event. A year later, Bienkov is suddenly off the invite list."

www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/10/free...

Free speech tested at party conferences - Index on Censorship

Political parties in the UK must allow critical voices in

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 1d

Kemi Badenoch, who was part of a Government that delivered 14 years of economic stagnation and record increases in immigration, says the Conservatives are "the only party that can deliver a stronger economy and stronger borders"

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 1d

"15 years ago, Polish workers came here to find opportunity. Now Poland is growing twice as fast as we are," says Kemi Badenoch.

Any ideas what may have happened in the interim?

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 1d

Labour have presided over a "doom loop of higher taxes, weaker borders and month after month of chaos" says Kemi Badenoch who was part of a government that raised taxes and immigration levels by record amounts, whilst changing leader no fewer than four times

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Andrew @dartsmaster.bsky.social · 21h

Of course.

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 1d

Kemi Badenoch says she will give a tax cut for private school fees and take away all the new workers rights brought in by Labour

Andrew @dartsmaster.bsky.social · 21h

'Robert Jenrick's Authoritarian Plans for the Justice System Are Straight Out of the Trump Playbook' bylinetimes.com/2025/10/08/r...

'Robert Jenrick's Authoritarian Plans for the Justice System Are Straight Out of the Trump Playbook'

One only has to look at Trump's America to see what happens when a government, led by a narcissist with an authoritarian bent, decides that he is more powerful than any court of law, argues Gareth Rob...

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Andrew @dartsmaster.bsky.social · 21h

Has Farage forgotten his own immigration promises? writesbright.substack.com/p/has-farage...

Has Farage forgotten his own immigration promises?

We have the receipts, Nigel...

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