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Andrew Sparrow @andrewsparrowgdn.bsky.social · 40m

Britons back staying in ECHR by 46% to 29%, poll suggests - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 43m

If I was running the Labour campaign in Leicester I'd stick Hollinrake's quote slagging off a fairly well-integrated and successful city that locals are quite proud of on my leaflets.

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Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 46m

There was a time when the Tories were serious about ethnic minority voters, who are increasingly affluent and moving into whiter, more affluent suburbs too. That ship has sailed for another decade.

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Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 50m

That's one of the problems with this stuff. They mean Muslims, and Muslim Pakistanis especially. But other minority groups can hear them too. Whether that be on Belgrave Road or in North London.

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Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 53m

Ironically, one of Leicester's "single ethnicity" areas is Belgrave Road, although actually it's not at all mono-ethnic.

Belgrave Road is the heart of Leicester East, the only seat the Tories gained in the 2024 election. Not sure the Hindus who gave them that victory will be as keen to do it again.

Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 2h

"You go to some places like Handsworth.. parts of Dewsbury, Bradford, Leicester, where you see.. a single ethnicity.. we don't think that's healthy thing"

Kevin Hollinrake is MP for Thirsk and Malton, which according to the 2021 census is 98% white.

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Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 1h

"She extols the value of historic institutions and the rule of law ... then she endorses ICE, Trump’s paramilitary kidnap squad, as the template for a putative Tory immigration regime."

Rafael Behr @rafaelbehr.bsky.social · 2h

Badenoch’s only achievement is to have shrunk the Tories to a low-wattage Faragist think tank and warehouse storing future parliamentary candidates for Reform 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

www.theguardian.com

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Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 10h

Luckily my DC fund hedged with Nvidia.

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Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 10h

Still. Actual, real FSD is coming, right? Right?

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Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 10h

Even in the US where BEV choice is pretty pathetic, people are laughing at the poverty-spec "new" Teslas. Stick a fork in Tesla as a conventional car producer. It is done.

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Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 13h

In the US constitution, no. There is no mechanism for secession at all. An indissoluble union. But a continuing political crisis - and maybe an economic one - which makes voters in richer blue states wonder why they're subsidising Alabama?

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Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 13h

Soft secession. Maybe this is nonsense, but it reminds me a bit of how Slovenia and Croatia begin to tug at the bonds of another federation.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 16h

California is the 4th largest economy in the world. It’s time it and other blue states used their economic clout to fight Trump’s agenda.

The latest from @clarajeffery:

It’s time for soft secession

How blue states can use their economic clout to stand up to Trump’s agenda—starting with California.

www.motherjones.com

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Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 14h

Really don't like the editing on this. Her answers might not be much good but I'd like to hear them. Cutting them out is misleading. If I was Sky News I'd be annoyed too.

Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 15h

Among the worse interviews I've seen a politician give. There is no way Badenoch can (or should) survive until May.

- Do you admire Nigel Farage?
- On what basis?
- Do you admire him?
- I don't understand your question.
- What do you think of him?
- Why don't you ask me about Ed Davey?" 😱 ~AA

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Mïra Vogel ïs responsïble ()=== @trabimechanic.bsky.social · 19h

I do take Palestine demos today as expressions of support for the October 7th atrocities, and I do assume the people attending are either clueless or active supporters. I do consider 'Globalise the intifada' to be inciteful, and certainly as outrageous as 'Gllobalise the nakbah' would be.

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Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 19h

Laibach and NSK had a playful side, though.

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Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 19h

Both Jenrick and Laibach make me think of Neue Slowenische Kunst.

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Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 20h

The American mind cannot comprehend...

Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 21h

It's so incredible how low homicide rates are in Europe. The UK, with a population of 70 million people, had fewer than 600 murders in 2023.
www.connexionfrance.com/news/double-...

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Alon Pinkas @alonpinkas.bsky.social · 20h

Excellent thread

Dov Waxman @dovwaxman.bsky.social · 20h

On the second anniversary of the outbreak of the Gaza war that Hamas initiated with its horrific surprise attack in southern Israel, it’s worth taking stock of the war’s devastating toll. Here's a long thread, which is not exhaustive, of the toll:

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Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 22h

Not wholly outlandish scenario in seats like this: Moderate voters desert the Tories while reactionaries go to Reform despite everything Jenrick has said and done - because they still hate the his party. LDs and maybe Greens put up paper candidates as part of a tacit Popular Front. Labour gain.

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Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 22h

A phenomenon which would leave Jenrick himself highly exposed.

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Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 22h

A one-man mission to drive up anti-Tory tactical voting by probably 10 points in marginals.

Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 1d

Wow. Robert Jenrick doubles down by branding a black journalist's questions "ridiculous" and saying that the problem is not his comments, but "journalists like you who pop up and try to knock me down", adding that "this is the reason why terrorist attacks happen". ~AA

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Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 22h

Armour, infantry, special forces.

Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 1d

% of of all GCSEs awarded at Grade 9 (the top grade) in 2025.

London 7.6%
Herefordshire 2.6%

Could do with virtually any metric you like btw. This was the top one on Google.

analytics.ofqual.gov.uk/apps/GCSE/Co...

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Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 1d

Lincolnshire should be lucky enough to have schools half as good as those in London.

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Monica Marks @monicamarks.bsky.social · 1d

Today is a day of grief. Absolutely.

Those who celebrate violence & suffering are edgelords. We need more people who have internalised this wisdom.

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Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 1d

That's trouble with being against pluralism, diversity and difference. You never quite know where it ends.

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