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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 6d

Hate is on the rise, but on 18–19 Oct, thousands of us will take to the streets with one message:

Our communities are stronger when we stand together.

Join us: hopenothate.org.uk/weekend-of-h...

Join the Weekend of HOPE | 18–19 Oct

On 18–19 Oct, thousands of us will take to the streets with one message:our communities are stronger when we stand together.

hopenothate.org.uk

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 1d

No, it's not. It's all a lie. The blunt truth is across 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.

Iain Mansfield @igmansfield.bsky.social · 1d

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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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 19h

Lord Heseltine, "The number of people aged below 50 who think it was right for us to leave the European Union, is less than 20%

"The latest polls tells us 56% now believe it was mistake to leave the European Union"

Hands up if you are one of the 56% 🙋‍♂️

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Mark Lazarowicz @marklazarowicz.bsky.social · 1d

A very fair point.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3d

I'm Jewish. I'm also Mancunian.

Every other national party leader was interviewed by Laura Kunesberg during their conference.

Maybe the BBC thought as someone who also supports Palestine - I had nothing to say?

Let's keep growing: join.greenparty.org.uk

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Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 1d

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

The UAE is an authoritarian autocracy, a petro-state with no income tax for citizens, to bribe them for the lack of democratic voice or free speech

It is 85% migrant, a segregated society with a ban on integration in principle and practice, few rights, equal opportunities, nor voice for incomers

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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 2d

Four parties within a 5 point swing of first place and five parties on 12% plus.

This would be pure chaos under first past the post.

Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 2d

Westminster Voting Intention:

RFM: 27% (-2)
LAB: 20% (-2)
CON: 17% (+1)
LDM: 17% (+2)
GRN: 12% (+1)
SNP: 4% (+1)

Via @yougov.co.uk, 5-6 Oct.
Changes w/ 28-29 Sep.

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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 2d

This is a lie.

There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.

But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.

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Jakub Jaraczewski @jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social · 2d

🇺🇸🇸🇰🇭🇺🇵🇱 Once again, NGOs in the US would benefit greatly from talking to civil society in Hungary, Poland, Slovakia (and several other places) about how to deal with a government that's hostile to the part of the third sector that doesn't align with its ideology. 1/

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Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 2d

Will any senior Tories at Westminster condemn Robert Jenrick's remarks which are unapologetic ethno-nationalism? So far the only Tory of note who has broken ranks & condemned them has been Andy Street, mayor of the West Midlands 2017-24. #CPC25

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eugeniat2.bsky.social @eugeniat2.bsky.social · 4d

Greta and Jane ❤️

Jane Goodall
and a very young
Greta Thunberg sharing a moment.

Two brave and
beautiful people.

Young Greta listening to Jane Goodall whisper something in her ear

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 3d

Something significant people might have missed on Nathan Gill’s indictment for bribery… “conspired with Oleg Voloshyn, and with others”

Maybe sentencing in November will make this clearer

www.spotlightcorruption.org/wp-content/u...

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 3d

"Deported" is a very interesting way to say kidnapped, imprisoned illegally, abused, then released. 🤔

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 8d

At least a third of EU citizens in UK report discrimination by public bodies

Long-term residents post Brexit also say they have faced difficulties exercising travel and equal treatment rights A significant number of EU citizens living long term in the UK post Brexit are experiencing discrimination in work and in public services, a report by the UK’s statutory Brexit watchdog has revealed. Five years after the UK quit the bloc, more than a third reported feeling discriminated against by public bodies. One in five said they had experienced difficulties accessing their rights including the right to work, the right to travel in and out of the country and their right to equal treatment in public services. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Adam Vaughan @adamvaughan.bsky.social · 8d

"The excuse most often provided for turning away from green measures, for expanding fossil fuel production, for ignoring the science, is pragmatism.... this is dangerous drivel".

@profbillmcguire.bsky.social hits the nail on the head
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Our world is hurtling into climate disaster and what do politicians give us? Oilfields and new runways | Bill McGuire

In the name of ‘pragmatism’, green measures are being ditched, net zero derided. Be very clear: without slashing emissions we are in deep, deep trouble, says UCL professor Bill McGuire

www.theguardian.com

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 8d

PODCAST | Transformation of Auschwitz

Listen about the process of turning Auschwitz concentration camp into a killing center for Jewish people from all over German-occupied Europe: https://www.auschwitz.org/en/education/e-learning/podcast/transformation-of-auschwitz-concentration-camp-/

A two-story building with a sloping roof standing behind a barbed wire fence. A tall chimney protrudes from the outbuilding. The building of the gas chamber and crematorium III at the Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp.

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 9d

Wow Starmer finally drawing a line!

"If you say or imply that people cannot be English or British because of the colour of their skin, that mixed-heritage families owe you an explanation... If you say that they should now be deported, then mark my words - we will fight you with everything we have".

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Sue Wilson MBE @suewilson91.bsky.social · 9d

A Labour MP has said ‘not a single tax’ would have had to increase if Britain had not left the EU.

More of this please. A lot more!

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Brexit to blame for Rachel Reeves’ tax hikes, Labour MP claims

A Labour MP has said ‘not a single tax’ would have had to increase if Britain had not left the EU

www.independent.co.uk

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Richard Corbett @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 12d

Labour voters overwhelmingly cite Brexit as the number one cause of our current difficulties, with 69% naming the decision to leave the EU as the main reason behind the country’s problems.
inews.co.uk/news/politic...

Britain is going backwards under Starmer, Labour voters say

Disappointing figures come on the eve of a crucial Labour Party Conference

inews.co.uk

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Tanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net · 10d

When I was a teenager there was a bus direct from my hometown in Germany to London - we had a British army base, and this direct bus connection was one of the benefits of that. One summer I went on that bus to go volunteer in an old people's home in Southend-on-Sea. I had just turned 18 and was... 🧵

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Spotlight on Corruption @spotlightcorruption.org · 11d

💥 The independence of @electoralcommission.org.uk must be fully restored to safeguard the UK’s electoral integrity from a future authoritarian government, our new report warns. Covered exclusively by Rowena Mason in today’s @theguardian.com 👇

UK government urged to restore Electoral Commission’s independence to protect democracy

Oversight of watchdog could be abused by a future authoritarian government, report warns

www.theguardian.com

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Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 10d

The decline of political interviewing in the UK grows apace. Today #trevorphillips said part of the Labour Party "first wanted the country [UK] to be Russia & now Venezuela" which is OTT. While #bbclaurak only talked process with Starmer & wanted him to admit he was in trouble.

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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 12d

Euronews.com: Former Brexit Party MEP admits accepting bribes to shill for Russia
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

Latest breaking news available as free video on demand | Euronews

Latest breaking news available as free video on demand. Stay informed on European and world news about economy, politics, diplomacy… with Euronews.

Euronews.com

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 12d

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Vivienne Dunstan @vivdunstan.bsky.social · 12d

From @chrismpaton.bsky.social Ancestry and the NRS - when the corporate genealogy world turns ugly. Extremely alarming legal saga involving US genealogy company Ancestry and National Records of Scotland re core Scottish genealogy and family history records. scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2025/09/ance...

Ancestry and the NRS - when the corporate genealogy world turns ugly

From Scotland, a daily news blog about genealogy, family history and personal heritage.

scottishgenes.blogspot.com

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