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Jack Russell @jackru.bsky.social · 49m

I'm ~25-35 tabs across 3-6 windows, strict inbox zero. Who's with me?

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Jack Russell @jackru.bsky.social · 1h

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Jack Russell @jackru.bsky.social · 1h

We need the crosstab against # of unread emails 🤣

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Jack Russell @jackru.bsky.social · 3h

Snap! 27 across 4. But that feels relatively sane for me. My wife regularly has 50+ in a single window which I just can't wrap my head around.

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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 5h

Withdrawal from the European Convention on Human Rights would represent a grave attack on the basic values of fairness, dignity, and equality that underpin our democracy.

humanists.uk/2025/10/08/h...

Humanists alarmed by further attacks on the European Convention on Human Rights

Humanists UK has condemned the Conservative Party’s commitment to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) if they win the next election. The announcement comes only weeks after Re...

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Progressive Politics NI @ppni.bsky.social · 7h

More proof that we in NI are, unfortunately, playing our part in the genocide in Palestine. We must call it out to play our part in stopping it.
m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/norther...

Further proof NI firm supplied fighter jet parts to Israel

A company in Northern Ireland supplied parts for F-35 fighter jets, despite assurances from economy ministers that Invest NI does not support projects that supply arms to Israel.

m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 1d

What is happening in Gaza is Genocide summed up perfectly in 2 minutes while a stunned Piers Morgan sits in silence.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 1d

The Bishop of Birmingham has written to the Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick about his comments about Handsworth

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Omar Khan @omaromalleykhan.bsky.social · 1d

I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter

Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them

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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 1d

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Jack Russell @jackru.bsky.social · 1d

I've updated my Local Election 2026 projection to reflect the CON -> RFM defections today. It's a very basic model which makes some pretty big assumptions (mainly that byelection results will be representative of LE2026). Effective number of parties = 6.4 🤯

A table showing projected seat totals following the local elections in 2026, assuming current trends continue.

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Jack Russell @jackru.bsky.social · 1d

The Tories' 21 defections to Reform so far today have now put them ahead of Labour on total defections since LE2025:

CON: 134↘ ↗12 (-122)
LAB: 130↘ ↗11 (-119)
IND: 45↘ ↗239 (+194)
LOC: 34↘ ↗6 (-28)
LDM: 18↘ ↗14 (-4)
RFM: 14↘ ↗85 (+71)
GRN: 5↘ ↗16 (+11)
SNP: 3↘ ↗0 (-3)

A sankey diagram showing the flow of defections since the local elections in May 2025. The Tories have now had 134 defections, putting them ahead of Labour on 130.

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Jack Russell @jackru.bsky.social · 1d

This nails Jenrick's hypocrisy.

Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 1d

Am wondering if all of those suddenly deciding they’re against communities living “parallel lives” might reconsider their support of religious schools? Or indeed private ones?

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 1d

Psephologist Sir John Curtice told a Demos-sponsored event at the Conservative Party conference fringe that the Lib Dems “will almost undoubtedly win more seats” than the Tories at the next GE.

“The LD vote is now more geographically concentrated than your vote.”

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1d

This is shocking racism from Jenrick and Badenoch should sack him immediately.

No further comment necessary.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Robert Jenrick complained of ‘not seeing another white face’ in Birmingham neighbourhood

Shadow justice secretary criticised for suggesting he could tell how integrated Handsworth was based on short visit

www.theguardian.com

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Claire Mullaly @clairemullaly.bsky.social · 2d

When the PSNI were over arresting peaceful protesters in London, loyalist terror groups with 12,500+ members threatened terror attacks for using this island's native tongue. No COBRA meetings, no British reporting, nothing.

Irish language group calls for all parties to condemn UDA and UVF threats to burn Belfast council facilities over language proposals

A leading Irish language organisation has called for all parties to condemn threats from the UVF and UDA saying they would carry out an arson campaign against Belfast City Council property displaying ...

www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk

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Jack Russell @jackru.bsky.social · 5d

That's crazy high turnout for a by-election. Local council elections normally have 30-40% turnout, whereas by-elections can be in the 20s. So could well be that other parties' turnout dropped by normal amounts but Reform's rocketed. But obviously nothing can be proved - just seems likely to me.

Jack Russell @jackru.bsky.social · 5d

More excellent bubble charts from @benansell.bsky.social - this thread is well worth a read.

Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 5d

A little end of the week treat with my new bubble graphs. Thought I would break down some of the cross party differences (at least as of May 2025) on a few different 'cultural' variables. So a very quick thread 1/n

Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 8d

On the morning of Keir Starmer's conference speech here's a new post on an odd psychopathology in British politics - our main parties don't like the people who vote for them - the dreaded Professional Managerial Class. And so they are acting out like a divorced dad seeking cooler voters. 1/n

Jack Russell @jackru.bsky.social · 5d

Yes - a few of those have already occurred over this period (and are deduplicated so just show start and end parties). This is just a snapshot of the current situation.

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Jack Russell @jackru.bsky.social · 5d

And movement between parties (or independent designation) due to defections / losses of whip over the same period:

LAB: 126↘ ↗11 (-115)
CON: 111↘ ↗12 (-99)
IND: 44↘ ↗234 (+190)
LOC: 34↘ ↗5 (-29)
LDM: 18↘ ↗14 (-4)
RFM: 14↘ ↗63 (+49)
GRN: 5↘ ↗16 (+11)
SNP: 3↘ ↗0 (-3)

A sankey diagram showing the flow of defections since the local elections in May 2025.

Jack Russell @jackru.bsky.social · 5d

Wow. Just wow. Incredibly bad.

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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 5d

Imagine being the leader of the party which delivered Brexit going into a filmed interview with a Northern Ireland journalist at a time when your competence is being questioned, and not thinking to check how Northern Ireland voted in the EU referendum beforehand.

Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 5d

Fascinated by her exact blend of over-confidence, where you can see her doing that weird blinking thing she does when 'her complete lack of preparation or genuine intellectual curiosity' collides with 'facts she had not previously bothered to be across'.

Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 5d

no excuse for being this bad

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Jack Russell @jackru.bsky.social · 5d

Or their support is just more enthusiastic and spontaneously turns out at a higher rate than exhausted supporters of the other parties.

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Jack Russell @jackru.bsky.social · 5d

More likely that Reform have an effective get out the vote ground game that turns out previous non-voters, and everyone else's share shrinks in comparison (not direct switchers).

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