BLS
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British - left/centrist - MUFC - MCR/LANC - retweets not always endorsements
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The nationalist right is arguing that people should lose UK citizenship because of views they express. The government is not rejecting this outright. Yet another total failure of leadership. It's pointless hoping for Starmer to do better. He can't. It's not going to happen.
December 29, 2025 at 11:25 AM
The nationalist right is arguing that people should lose UK citizenship because of views they express. The government is not rejecting this outright. Yet another total failure of leadership. It's pointless hoping for Starmer to do better. He can't. It's not going to happen.
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I already agree with this in principle - citizenship is an untouchable status or it is nothing - but also for reasons of prudence. “The Home Sec can revoke citizenship when he/she deems someone’s online output sufficiently offensive” is a v dangerous precedent to set with Reform leading all polls.
Hell, I'm not convinced we should revoke citizenship at all.
But certainly not for being a twat online.
But certainly not for being a twat online.
December 29, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I already agree with this in principle - citizenship is an untouchable status or it is nothing - but also for reasons of prudence. “The Home Sec can revoke citizenship when he/she deems someone’s online output sufficiently offensive” is a v dangerous precedent to set with Reform leading all polls.
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Ah fuck off. I have no time for Labourites who think their internal squabbles are the be all and end all of British politics. Grow the fuck up, and see the damage your government is doing to the country
December 29, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Ah fuck off. I have no time for Labourites who think their internal squabbles are the be all and end all of British politics. Grow the fuck up, and see the damage your government is doing to the country
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I did not think this at the start of the year. I am convinced of it now.
December 29, 2025 at 11:34 AM
I did not think this at the start of the year. I am convinced of it now.
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This latest shitshow is another reminder why Starmer needs to go - not in May but now. He is not willing or capable of playing the role of PM. He is vindicating the far-right and demoralising the left. He should be removed for being bad for the country not merely losing Labour elections
December 29, 2025 at 11:27 AM
This latest shitshow is another reminder why Starmer needs to go - not in May but now. He is not willing or capable of playing the role of PM. He is vindicating the far-right and demoralising the left. He should be removed for being bad for the country not merely losing Labour elections
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A thoroughly depressing read. It could be that the liberal, open, outward looking Spain that I fell in love with 40+ years ago - and which flourished under both centre-left and centre-right governments - will soon give way to something far darker and more reactionary. If so, it will not end well.
December 29, 2025 at 2:14 PM
A thoroughly depressing read. It could be that the liberal, open, outward looking Spain that I fell in love with 40+ years ago - and which flourished under both centre-left and centre-right governments - will soon give way to something far darker and more reactionary. If so, it will not end well.
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Looking back on my favourite walks of 2025 - November (Lake District)
andrewswalks.co.uk/2025/11
andrewswalks.co.uk/2025/11
December 24, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Looking back on my favourite walks of 2025 - November (Lake District)
andrewswalks.co.uk/2025/11
andrewswalks.co.uk/2025/11
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Britain's Right have gone completely off the deep end into an invented fantasy world. The country as a whole agrees with them on almost nothing - culture, identity, religion, human rights, Europe, public services. Yet they could easily hold power in just 3.5 years. Won't end well.
Just Harry Cole interviewing the guy who called for ethnicity checks on MPs, by the way
December 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Britain's Right have gone completely off the deep end into an invented fantasy world. The country as a whole agrees with them on almost nothing - culture, identity, religion, human rights, Europe, public services. Yet they could easily hold power in just 3.5 years. Won't end well.
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Germany is sending soldiers to strengthen Poland's eastern border with Belarus and Russia, multiple media reported today.
Germany sending troops to reinforce Poland’s eastern border
Several dozen German soldiers will join Poland’s East Shield in the spring.
www.politico.eu
December 13, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Germany is sending soldiers to strengthen Poland's eastern border with Belarus and Russia, multiple media reported today.
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You can just see from walking around regional cities how un-dense they are. Even Manchester, which remains busy with a mega building spree, has a city centre that stops dead and turns into a series of sparsely developed gaps.
V good this. Would add: we also need to demolish more!
British cities are too flat — and it’s holding back housing supply.
Our new blog shows a big density gap with France and Japan, driven by missing mid-rise homes.
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Our new blog shows a big density gap with France and Japan, driven by missing mid-rise homes.
Read more 👉 buff.ly/mm3GBRX
November 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
You can just see from walking around regional cities how un-dense they are. Even Manchester, which remains busy with a mega building spree, has a city centre that stops dead and turns into a series of sparsely developed gaps.
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Nice bit of snark from the Northern Agenda
November 21, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Nice bit of snark from the Northern Agenda
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I often struggle to come up with tangible examples of English devolution but this is one. Greater Manchester is doing its own £1bn regeneration investment fund
on.ft.com/43InqRk
on.ft.com/43InqRk
Greater Manchester to launch £1bn public investment fund
[FREE TO READ] City region aims to capitalise on sustained economic growth with first fund of its kind
on.ft.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I often struggle to come up with tangible examples of English devolution but this is one. Greater Manchester is doing its own £1bn regeneration investment fund
on.ft.com/43InqRk
on.ft.com/43InqRk
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I meant to do a thread on this but got sidetracked. So a couple of thoughts…
I often struggle to come up with tangible examples of English devolution but this is one. Greater Manchester is doing its own £1bn regeneration investment fund
on.ft.com/43InqRk
on.ft.com/43InqRk
Greater Manchester to launch £1bn public investment fund
[FREE TO READ] City region aims to capitalise on sustained economic growth with first fund of its kind
on.ft.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:01 AM
I meant to do a thread on this but got sidetracked. So a couple of thoughts…
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I don’t know how many ways there are to say “Manchester’s economy is growing, so if we’re not going to do much proactive on infrastructure, can we at least not do stuff that’s actively damaging”
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Soon-to-be-axed 7am Manchester-London train will still run – but without passengers
Exclusive: Rail regulator pulls Avanti service from timetable from mid-December but it is needed for staff travel
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:52 AM
I don’t know how many ways there are to say “Manchester’s economy is growing, so if we’re not going to do much proactive on infrastructure, can we at least not do stuff that’s actively damaging”
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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I hadn’t seen this argument until yday, when I saw it being made by an X account now being investigated by Reform as an undisclosed personal account of Staffordshire council’s leader. Spent a lot of yday mulling how far and fast the window has moved
GB News now broadcasting calls to remove the ethnic minority MPs from parliament
December 4, 2025 at 10:28 AM
I hadn’t seen this argument until yday, when I saw it being made by an X account now being investigated by Reform as an undisclosed personal account of Staffordshire council’s leader. Spent a lot of yday mulling how far and fast the window has moved
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How ever since Labour came to power, the British media has started to notice a whole series of problems they spent the previous 14 years completely ignoring
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-great-...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-great-...
The 'Great Noticing' Era
Ever since Labour came to power, the British media has started to notice a whole series of problems they spent the previous 14 years completely ignoring
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 12:23 PM
How ever since Labour came to power, the British media has started to notice a whole series of problems they spent the previous 14 years completely ignoring
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-great-...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-great-...
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Spain should deport these violence-inciting foreigners who have no interest in integrating.
Just some British patriots in Benidorm, taking over a street in Spain to shout in their own language about unwanted foreigners. It’s a blessing that they are too thick to understand irony.
November 15, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Spain should deport these violence-inciting foreigners who have no interest in integrating.
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That’s why “blue Labour” is doomed and was doomed from the start: you cannot make water run uphill. A party whose core electorate for over a decade has been socially liberal university graduates and ethnic minorities cannot sell itself as a party hostile to socially liberal values.
November 15, 2025 at 12:49 PM
That’s why “blue Labour” is doomed and was doomed from the start: you cannot make water run uphill. A party whose core electorate for over a decade has been socially liberal university graduates and ethnic minorities cannot sell itself as a party hostile to socially liberal values.
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UK Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez meets prominent human rights lawyer Keir Starmer, who was paying a courtesy visit to Downing Street. Then I woke up 😢
November 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
UK Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez meets prominent human rights lawyer Keir Starmer, who was paying a courtesy visit to Downing Street. Then I woke up 😢
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SECESSION/PARTITION is never ever happening.
November 15, 2025 at 10:09 AM
SECESSION/PARTITION is never ever happening.
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Mahmood believes what she says. Starmer doesn't care. That actually makes him worse.
November 15, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Mahmood believes what she says. Starmer doesn't care. That actually makes him worse.