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Mike Walsh #fbpe @drmpwalsh.bsky.social · 1h

Then they came for you and no-one was left to speak out for you.
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Letitia James: New York attorney general criminally indicted

James, who led a civil fraud case against US President Donald Trump, was indicted in Alexandria, Virginia.

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Mike Walsh #fbpe @drmpwalsh.bsky.social · 1h

The other war that Trump said would never have started had he been president.
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Ukraine says ‘massive’ Russian attack underway targeting energy infrastructure | CNN

Russia is carrying out a “massive attack” on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, top Ukrainian officials said early Friday, with parts of the capital Kyiv left without power.

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Mike Walsh #fbpe @drmpwalsh.bsky.social · 1h

Of course.
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Rishi Sunak hired by Microsoft and Anthropic as paid adviser

The former prime minister has been told not to lobby the UK government by the appointments watchdog.

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 9h

Explosions in Kyiv. In Brovary, a Russian drone crashed into a house.

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BrexitPirates @brexitpirates.bsky.social · 22h

In summary:
Conservative supporters can't spell "car".
Lib Dem supporters think everyone else is having more fun than they are.
Labour supporters will have fun with literally everyone else.
The far-right can go fuck themselves...

James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 1d

I feel the need to draw everyones attention to this truely cursed bit of polling

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 22h

Twelve Jobs Nigel has earned over £1 million in additional income since the general election.

To understand the scale of it, since the July 2024 election he's earned roughly £100k more as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion than Starmer gets as PM.

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Nigel Farage earns over £1m from 12 'second jobs' - check how much your MP earns

The Reform UK leader's most lucrative second jobs include hosting on GB News, serving as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion and recording videos for Cameo

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

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Mike Walsh #fbpe @drmpwalsh.bsky.social · 1d

"Come the end there were chants of “Kemi, Kemi” from the very people who want her gone. The very essence of Tory Little Britain."
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Badenoch enjoys her first, and probably last, Tory conference leader’s speech | John Crace

The audience cheered and clapped to convince themselves the whole thing hadn’t been a waste of time

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Tim L 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇬🇧🇨🇦 @tim0.bsky.social · 3d

🅱latant 🅱ias 🅲orporation 🤬

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3d

I'd actually forgotten how extraordinary it is that when I won the leadership - I wasn't interviewed as it was too close to our party conference interviewed.

And then refused a second time!

Part of the antidote to all of this is creating our own media platforms.

Hey @boldpolitics.bsky.social 👋🏼

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 3d

BBC accused of 'extraordinary' anti-Green bias after party say the Laura Kuenssberg Show scrapped a promised interview with @zackpolanski.bsky.social on Sunday.

Green sources say the show also refused to interview Polanski after he was elected as leader last month

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🇨🇦 l.faraday 🇨🇦 @mizati.bsky.social · 1d

The Island by Gabriele Corno.
Good morning

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

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BremainInSpain @bremaininspain.com · 1d

The headline should read: Since 2020, Brits could be banned from the EU due to Brexit removing our status, freedoms, and opportunities as European citizens. Now it will be harder to cheat the 90/180 rule.

Also another example of the UK tabloids hating it when the EU takes 'control' of its borders

Brits could be banned from holiday homes under EU's 90-day rule

The EU has ordered member states to apply the 90/180-day rule 'rigidly', meaning Brits who overstay could be hit with hefty fines of up to £8,700 and even ten-year bans from entering the bloc.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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Alastair Somerville @acuity.design · 1d

Fast and Reckless Product Management

Fast or slow, reckless or careful diagram. AI as fast/reckless government as slow/careful

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godlessbitch.bsky.social @godlessbitch.bsky.social · 2d

The party of Lie & Deny

#Resist
#Defy
#Defend
#EpsteinFiles

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Daniel Pomarède @pomarede.bsky.social · 3d

#APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day

The Changing Ion Tail of Comet Lemmon

Credit: Victor Sabet & Julien De Winter
www.star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a... 🧪🔭

Five shots side-by-side capturing Comet Lemmon at different times, illustrating how a comet tail might change. The ion tail of Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) has been changing markedly, as detailed in the featured image sequenced over five days between September 25 and October 3 (left to right) from Texas, USA. On some days, the comet's ion tail was relatively more complex than other days. Reasons for tail changes include the rate of ejection of material from the comet's nucleus, the strength and complexity of the passing solar wind, and the rotation rate of the comet. Sometimes, over the course of a week, apparent differences even result from a change of perspective from the Earth. In general, a comet's ion tail will point away from the Sun, as gas expelled is pushed out by the Sun's wind. Comet Lemmon is still inbound and brightening, passing nearest the Earth on October 21 and nearest the Sun on November 8.

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 4d

Given that it was the Green Party conference last week

Does anyone know why Zack Polanski wasn't invited onto Laura Kuenssberg's BBC show, or onto Trevor Phillips's Sky News program?

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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 22d

A quarter of your energy bill has gone in straight profit to the privatised energy corporations

Anyone out there still think they shouldn't be renationalised?

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‘Privatisation premium’: billions from UK energy bills paid to shareholders

Analysis reveals £416 of average bill of £1,719 taken as pre-tax profits by the major energy industries last year, rather than being reinvested

www.theguardian.com

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Alastair Παν 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇷🇪🇺 @alastair-pandelus.bsky.social · 10d

The power of the Scottish child payment, small amount, yet seems impossible to find elsewhere.

flossyflook.bsky.social @flossyflook.bsky.social · 11d

WoW, London would rather let kids starve and never wash in warm water before they'd admit that SNP are correct and they should follow Scotland's example!
He says he finds it worrying....
"𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝑳𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒏".
(𝐇𝐞'𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐍 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝! & the .....

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 4d

She was arrested for holding a sign reading:

“I do not support the proscription of Palestine Action”

How that would warrant arrest is very unclear. I wonder if the police here even understand the boundaries of the bizarre law they’ve been forced to enforce.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 4d

Removing her will be an act of mercy at this point. It's getting unbearable to watch her flail around.

Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 4d

Well, at least that's over now. (The speech. Her leadership has between one to seven months left to run.)

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 4d

Kemi Badenoch, after five minutes of saying things where you go 'this is all very well, but uh, what are you actually proposing to *do*?' rails against making bold statements without working out the policy detail first.

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theestablishment.bsky.social @theestablishment.bsky.social · 4d

Labour Policy @teamlabouruk.bsky.social

Nobody should be defending this and nobody should be voting for Labour under Starmer.

Normal Island News @normalisland.co.uk · 5d

BREAKING: Heroic police officers save public from this terrifying terrorist who was holding a sign the government doesn’t like x

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 4d

An ammunition depot in Pavlopil', near Mariupol, was reportedly hit by Ukrainian forces moments ago. Local sources report explosions and a large fire at the site.

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