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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 8h

Maybe I'm just stuck in the past but on balance I think I preferred the country before we had likely leaders of the Conservative party actively trying to stoke religious conflict on the streets of Britain

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 8h

Call me crazy but I've got a sneaking feeling that putting the country in charge of a politician who likes to encourage people to publicly burn religious texts won't work out too well

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johnw60.bsky.social @johnw60.bsky.social · 3h

India is very good for that. You think you are a kind,generous, person who would help anyone. Around the 50th beggar you realise you really aren’t. “Pluck down your vanity, pluck down”.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 3h

Lots of flag-botherers over on Facebook now suddenly demanding the council step in to take these down
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Signs of kindness put up along Nottingham road in place of flags

It is not clear who put up the signs, which have appeared on lamp-posts along a road in Nottingham.

www.bbc.co.uk

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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 19h

Every single time I see Alan Carr on #CelebrityTraitors I think of this scene from Goodfellas

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johnw60.bsky.social @johnw60.bsky.social · 3h

“
The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers.
CADE
Nay, that I mean to do” Henry VI part 2

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John Petrie @johnpetrie.bsky.social · 4h

If anyone doubted that the BBC is deliberately not covering the Russian/Reform bribery scandal, those doubts should have been removed by Fiona Bruce interrupting to prevent it being discussed on BBC Question time last night. #BBCQT

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Jae H @considermycat.bsky.social · 6h

So… smartphones for teenagers are going to be *banned* in schools, but *mandatory* everywhere else. Got it. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Government to consult on digital IDs for 13-year-olds

There has been a backlash to the announcement a UK-wide digital ID scheme will be introduced by 2029.

www.bbc.com

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Mediaite @mediaite.com · 1d

Trump appeared caught off guard when asked about suspending habeas corpus, responding, “Suspending who?”

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Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 4h

"I don't think the plane is going to cry from it's hurt wounds" 🎤⤵️

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Jason Kander @jasonkander.bsky.social · 4h

One indicator you’re not Nobel Peace Prize material is if the country which hosts the totally independent Nobel committee believes you’re gonna retaliate against them because you didn’t win.

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Martin Lewis @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com · 1d

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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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 15h

I FINALLY figured out what Pam Bondi's PETULANT behavior at her hearing reminded me of: Veruca Salt!

a girl in a red sweater and white collar is standing with her arms outstretched in a room .

Alt: a girl in a red sweater and white collar is standing with her arms outstretched in a room .

media.tenor.com

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johnw60.bsky.social @johnw60.bsky.social · 4h

My spell check returned Heinrich for Jenrick…

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 4h

The empty horror of Robert Jenrick iandunt.substack.com/p/the-empty-...

The empty horror of Robert Jenrick

We deserve a better class of villain. Or at least a more memorable one.

iandunt.substack.com

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Julz 🦋 🇨🇦🇱🇷🚨 @julzsaveusa.bsky.social · 1d

This needs to spread over and over.

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johnw60.bsky.social @johnw60.bsky.social · 4h

Thank you Mr McSweeney for nothing.

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 1d

The genius of McSweeney and Glasman

Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 1d

Seat Projection:

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johnw60.bsky.social @johnw60.bsky.social · 4h

Not in the home of the English language it ain’t.

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Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 7h

Congratulations to the Telegraph for a headline even worse than Sky News's sterling effort in telling us the new Archbishop's husband's name before her own.

gerrarrdus @gerrarrdus.bsky.social · 8h

If you look at the @telegraphnews.bsky.social headline, which manages to name him but not her, apparently so.

Torygraph headline: "Trump beaten to Nobel Peace Prize by Venezuelan politician
Despite brokering ‘peace in the Middle East’, US president is overlooked for accolade he has so openly coveted"

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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 4h

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 4h

‘It is extraordinary that the UK Supreme Court’s recent decision on the rights of trans people in For Women Scotland v. The Scottish Ministers completely ignores the impact of human rights law.’

Conor Gearty on the Supreme Court’s reinterpretation of the HRA: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Conor Gearty · Unwelcome Remnant: Erasing the Human Rights Act

The Supreme Court is quietly editing the Human Rights Act out of existence. In cases where human rights cannot be...

www.lrb.co.uk

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johnw60.bsky.social @johnw60.bsky.social · 4h

Does he mean the type in dust and bandages ?

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KimBo @zapperfan7.bsky.social · 8h

On #BBCQT - Fiona Bruce said that the audience and public didn't want to press Reform UK on their dodgy links to Russia.

I disagree.

RT if you agree it's in the public interest for Reform to explain about their links to Russian money and bribery!

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 9h

If they had a Left wing person on Question Time every single week like they have a Reform person, the polls in the UK would be completely different.

But of course they only put a Left wing person on once every blue moon to prevent this.

#bbcqt

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