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Politico @politico.com · 2h

Pope Leo XIV says he will "stand with" Catholic leaders in protecting immigrants facing mass deportations in the U.S., according to advocates who recently met with the Pope.

Pope Leo will ‘stand with’ Catholic leaders in protecting immigrants’ rights, advocates say

The comments from the pope mark the most recent push from the Vatican against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

www.politico.com

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 1d

An important (global) public service announcement from Ed Miliband on the day that renewables have over taken coal as the largest source of electricity.

"Clean energy, it's happening and it's the future."

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Rick Burin @rickburin.bsky.social · 11h

I can’t believe we have the same people on both jobs. It’s a failure of planning if anything.

Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 11h

Badenoch: "While Britain was redefining what a woman is, China built five nuclear reactors."

A perfect summary of conservative idiocy. Glorifying authoritarian post-communism for its efficiency while vilifying democracy for seeking nuance and respect.

It is the Right who hate their own countries.

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Jay Zedbee @jayzedbee.bsky.social · 11h

These people hate britain! They really really hate that its people arent aggro bigots and want to live in dubai or something!!

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Jay Zedbee @jayzedbee.bsky.social · 11h

Tolerance and respect for diversity were values that seemed to guide modern life in this country and it feels like someone just pressed an off switch and the lights went out just depressing really

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Jay Zedbee @jayzedbee.bsky.social · 11h

I genuinely found the years I spend here, warts and all! Fundamentally different from the rest of my life and its sad to see people trying to destroy it i am sorry

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Jay Zedbee @jayzedbee.bsky.social · 11h

Its honestly deeply sad how much people fundamentally hate all the things about UK that I really admire and love and find it an honour to be a part of

Iain Mansfield @igmansfield.bsky.social · 11h

Outstanding piece by Stephen Daisley.

Ethnicity is no barrier to Britishness - it's culture and integration.

That means 'smaller cohorts and aggressive integration policies' - and tackling the institutions that 'have amplified grievance narratives and radical anti-Western ideologies'.

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Jay Zedbee @jayzedbee.bsky.social · 12h

Yes tbh you dont need everything to the letter but if you use as broad outlining principles that works

Jay Zedbee @jayzedbee.bsky.social · 12h

Hed be happier bc the average person in the plp is ok with those pledges and it would be a general vibe which this govt lacks other than "kinda shit"..i think other problems would still be happening bc of the general world picture

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Jay Zedbee @jayzedbee.bsky.social · 12h

She puts out policy shes gonna be spending the entire contest defending stuff from nitpickers that shes never gonna get to implement. Shes just there to punch mcsweeneys in the nuts and everyone knows it

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Jay Zedbee @jayzedbee.bsky.social · 12h

Thats just never going to happen because deputy leader doesnt have any power if the leader doesnt want it so they cant actually do anything but pester + the timeline for the entire contest is fairly rushed

Jay Zedbee @jayzedbee.bsky.social · 13h

Do you remember when corbyn could only beat one thing and it was labour right losers and they kinda learned the lesson that to win they had to not be disagreeable fucks incapable of defending left wing ideas? Well then

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Jay Zedbee @jayzedbee.bsky.social · 13h

I dont think thesd people understand. Members are actively voting for lucy powell as a fuck you to the leadership. Saying it would make the leadership sad only makes the case for powell

James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 13h

I have a very simple solution to this: Invite her to be around the table.

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Jay Zedbee @jayzedbee.bsky.social · 13h

Disagree. What change can powell offer as deputy leader? Change of tone in her conference speech? Her pitch is "get me in the room with those bastards and i will kick them in the nuts for you when they get too annoying" and thats all she can do.

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Jay Zedbee @jayzedbee.bsky.social · 13h

I genuinely think Wuthering Heights is much more self-aware its pretty silly in some parts than people give it credit for!! i genuinely think there is an overall feeling that both cathy and heathcliff are crazy for this!!

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Jay Zedbee @jayzedbee.bsky.social · 13h

the fact the entire plot of wuthering heights basically hinges on heathcliff misunderstanding something he heard that nelly could just go like, hey no, you got it backwards she didnt mean that, but she just doesnt because fuck these guys is so funny....i love wuthering heights

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Jay Zedbee @jayzedbee.bsky.social · 13h

the funniest bit in wuthering heights is when cathy tells nelly she had a dream she was in heaven but didnt feel like she belonged there and nelly is like thats right you dont. you're a horrible person

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 1d

All these people really want is to pay no taxes and be treated with floor scraping deference. Everything else is just bullshit in pursuit of that goal.

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

Party donor Nick Candy says "I cherish the values we grew up with here in the West. But today you are more likely to find the values we grew up with in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.’

Via Sam Leith in the Spectator
www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-...

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 1d

Jenrick being the loudest member of the Conservative party has already been a huge contributor to the poisoning of our politics. We really don't need any four-dimensional chess about him becoming leader. When it happens, it will be a terrible day for our country.

Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 1d

A Tory party under Jenrick might take a few of the racist votes from Reform, but they’d haemorrhage bucketloads to the Lib Dems.

So, on balance…

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Jay Zedbee @jayzedbee.bsky.social · 1d

I genuinely find myself more british than these people just because imo britain is 100x better than a slavery fueled rich persons dystopia

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 1d

it's weird to me how much Gulf states seem to dominate the imagination of the UK right at the moment. I assume it's largely about who's giving them money, but I also think "Dubai expat" is a common social type in their circles.

Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 1d

I was on a panel at Conservative conference today where the UAE model was seriously proposed as a direction to take Britain’s immigration system.

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Jay Zedbee @jayzedbee.bsky.social · 1d

Very possible but imo most likely hypothesis is they will fail because they will propose things which demand a gargantous state while also not spending enough to get it, but irretreveably destroy lives and scar british democracy forever

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Jay Zedbee @jayzedbee.bsky.social · 1d

Me when i win the news

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 1d

Bari Weiss introduced herself to CBS News staff today on the network's 9AM call, saying she wants to "win," which requires restoring trust to CBS. She also said she was excited for staff to get to know the Free Press, and ended her remarks by saying: "Let's do the fucking news."

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Jay Zedbee @jayzedbee.bsky.social · 1d

Spend MORE in candles you are the fucking united kingdom

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Jay Zedbee @jayzedbee.bsky.social · 1d

Its genuinely like at some point the british state simply forgot it can spend money and now keeps trying to find work arounds

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Jay Zedbee @jayzedbee.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah tbh finding a song that takes the piss out of your school funny if anything just makes him seem not that fussed about the whole school thing which was very cameron

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