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Jockyfox @jockyfox.bsky.social · 1h

David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 1h

We will also hear a lot about Washington's "diplomatic achievement", a travesty of a framing. The US could have pulled the plug on Israel's genocide at any point over the past two years, and chose not to. The basis of a ceasefire has long been there, but Israel and its allies weren't interested.

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 1h

We will also hear a lot about Washington's "diplomatic achievement", a travesty of a framing. The US could have pulled the plug on Israel's genocide at any point over the past two years, and chose not to. The basis of a ceasefire has long been there, but Israel and its allies weren't interested.

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Jockyfox @jockyfox.bsky.social · 1h

This just cheapens the whole Nobel thing … 🌮 is in effect buying the prize - like everything else

@atrupar.com

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Martin Lewis @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com · 1h

More water bills rises announced today, on top of those already planned.

Privatisation without competition, arguably the worst of both worlds

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 1h

Sarah Smith #r4today says Trump gave no details about (didn’t know or care) what happens next with the Gaza/Israel peace deal but she can confirm that Trump will be “furious” on Friday if he isn’t awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Wow.
Priorities.
Inspirational.

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Jockyfox @jockyfox.bsky.social · 1h

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

The channel lost £33 million to communicate its content to a large audience
www.business-live.co.uk/enterprise/g...

GB News suffers huge loss despite doubling revenue and growing audience

The TV channel, whose well-known presenters include Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, fell to a pre-tax loss of £33.4m in the year to 31 May, 2024

www.business-live.co.uk

Jockyfox @jockyfox.bsky.social · 2h

Perhaps the MSM will ask him?!

@vicderbyshire.bsky.social @paulbrand.bsky.social @mrjamesob.bsky.social @josiah.writes.news

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Jockyfox @jockyfox.bsky.social · 2h

@paullewismoney.bsky.social is this right?

LaindonFeminist: 10 Year Keir @viviane49.bsky.social · 4h

I worked as an Estate Agent during the COVID years. When Sunak gave a Stamp Duty break. Result was buyers put up their asking prices. When it ended in a mad dash for completions, those prices dropped back.

Jockyfox @jockyfox.bsky.social · 2h

@josiah.writes.news thoughts?!

Tea Junkie @teajunkie.bsky.social · 3h

In the UK, we need to be ready for when Farage tries to bring this sort of authoritarian government here. He undoubtedly will try to do it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Schiff: "You begin to wonder -- do they believe they have the authority by putting some groups on a list, even domestic groups, to use lethal force against them, with no trial, no due process, no nothing? The reality is we can't rule that out."

Jockyfox @jockyfox.bsky.social · 2h

Thoughts / comment @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social
(Apologies for the language used but the message is relevant!)

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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 3h

So Starmer at Labour party conference has his chance for a reset what does he do

Give us a bunch of Aims for his government that are wildly popular among the public?
Nationalise water
Nationalise the railways
Properly fund the NHS
Fund schools and education

No he wants digital ID's

Fucking twat

Jockyfox @jockyfox.bsky.social · 2h

Copying his idol

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Lisa Gerrish 💙 @gerrishlisa.bsky.social · 6h

Trump Administration now has acquired stakes in 5 corporations - a 10% stake in semiconductor giant Intel, a 15% stake in rare earth producer MP Materials, a 10% stake in Lithium Americas, a 10% stake in Trilogy Metals, and a “golden share” in US Steel. WTF? 🤔

finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-a...

Trump Administration Now Holds Stakes In 5 Public Companies: Here's A List—INTC, MP, LAC And More

In a significant shift in U.S. industrial policy, the Donald Trump administration has acquired direct ownership stakes in five major publicly traded companies. This series of interventions, framed as ...

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Jockyfox @jockyfox.bsky.social · 2h

Copying his idol

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Lisa Gerrish 💙 @gerrishlisa.bsky.social · 6h

Trump Administration now has acquired stakes in 5 corporations - a 10% stake in semiconductor giant Intel, a 15% stake in rare earth producer MP Materials, a 10% stake in Lithium Americas, a 10% stake in Trilogy Metals, and a “golden share” in US Steel. WTF? 🤔

finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-a...

Trump Administration Now Holds Stakes In 5 Public Companies: Here's A List—INTC, MP, LAC And More

In a significant shift in U.S. industrial policy, the Donald Trump administration has acquired direct ownership stakes in five major publicly traded companies. This series of interventions, framed as ...

finance.yahoo.com

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Jockyfox @jockyfox.bsky.social · 2h

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Sam Macrory @sammacrory.bsky.social · 3h

Flagged in this morning’s Politico Playbook, here’s @tompope.bsky.social’s excellent new @instituteforgovernment.org.uk blog on Kemi Badenoch’s stamp duty plan - and why the sums don’t quite add up.

www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/kemi...

Kemi Badenoch’s promise to abolish stamp duty has ducked tax trade-offs | Institute for Government

Do Kemi Badenoch's stamp duty sums add up?

www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk

Jockyfox @jockyfox.bsky.social · 3h

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Lisa Gerrish 💙 @gerrishlisa.bsky.social · 6h

Trump Administration now has acquired stakes in 5 corporations - a 10% stake in semiconductor giant Intel, a 15% stake in rare earth producer MP Materials, a 10% stake in Lithium Americas, a 10% stake in Trilogy Metals, and a “golden share” in US Steel. WTF? 🤔

finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-a...

Trump Administration Now Holds Stakes In 5 Public Companies: Here's A List—INTC, MP, LAC And More

In a significant shift in U.S. industrial policy, the Donald Trump administration has acquired direct ownership stakes in five major publicly traded companies. This series of interventions, framed as ...

finance.yahoo.com

Jockyfox @jockyfox.bsky.social · 3h

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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 4h

A couple of weeks ago I heard an Israeli Govt spokesperson on Piers Morgan’s show…

He said Israel had killed 20,000 Hamas terrorists

This week we learn:

18,457 children confirmed dead

55,000 children acutely malnourished

So a war on children as much as a war on Hamas.

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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 4h

A couple of weeks ago I heard an Israeli Govt spokesperson on Piers Morgan’s show…

He said Israel had killed 20,000 Hamas terrorists

This week we learn:

18,457 children confirmed dead

55,000 children acutely malnourished

So a war on children as much as a war on Hamas.

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Jockyfox @jockyfox.bsky.social · 3h

Cannon fodder

Jockyfox @jockyfox.bsky.social · 3h

Not great for proper local true fans 👎🏼
Stupid decision motivated only by money 🤬

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 14h

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Jockyfox @jockyfox.bsky.social · 14h

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Jockyfox @jockyfox.bsky.social · 14h

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Jockyfox @jockyfox.bsky.social · 14h

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David Bull CBE @davidnbull.bsky.social · 14h

Stamp duty revenue is expected to rise steadily to £26.5billion by 2029-30. Abolition, as proposed by the Tories, would take those funds away from public services - probably without saving house buyers any money as house prices rise.

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 14h

A record 1,611 people — including 11 children — died while homeless in 2024.

Both Labour and the Conservatives have failed to fix Britain’s housing crisis.

A home is not a privilege.
A home is a human right.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 14h

He finally got the election-denying MAGA A.G. he always dreamed of. Bondi was openly partisan, scornful & highly combative, her non-answers dripping with disdain. Very telling when she was asked if she'd seen the photos of her boss "with half-naked young women." PATHETIC
#ProtectingHerPedophilePrez

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Jockyfox @jockyfox.bsky.social · 14h

Labour are, like the Tories, yesterdays party

Never has a party had such an opportunity to make change for the better and so spectacularly failed to do so