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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 23h

Reform UK’s rise isn’t just bad news for the right.

It’s an existential test for Labour – and they’re failing it.

Analysis by Dr Seth Thévoz

On the Reform problem, Labour faces a serious strategic dilemma

Labour has long been divided. But these are not normal times, and arguments between factions may hand power to Farage

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Trump has turned the Department of Justice into his own personal vendetta machine. And Pam Bondi has been happy to go along for the ride.

We're witnessing the most egregious politicization of the DOJ in recent memory — and I lived through the Nixon years.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

DURBIN: You won't even say whether you talked to the WH about this?

BONDI: I'm not going to discuss any internal conversations with you

D: They're going to transfer TX Guard troops to the state of Illinois. What's the rationale?

B: I wish you loved Chicago as much as you hate President Trump

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Sen. Kennedy with another set of probing questions about Epstein 👇

KENNEDY: Have you interviewed Secretary Lutnick?

BONDI: No senator

K: Do you plan to?

B: If he wants to talk to the FBI--

K: Don't you think you ought to talk to him after this interview? Maybe we ought to get Lutnick in here

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 2d

Just keep watching.

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 1d

Yup - they most certainly are.

Mike Galsworthy warns: Protest rights under threat

Mike Galsworthy warns of potential erosion of protest rights amid concerning developments.

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 1d

A request to keep this crowdfunder rolling...

We're rebuilding media from the grassroots up. Our empowering of citizens to write news has generated over 20 million article reads and vast social media and search engine reach.

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 1d

Sakher has written for us at @bylinesnetwork.co.uk - it's so important to get the personal stories of those in Gaza, in their own voice, out there.

You can read it here --> northeastbylines.co.uk/news/world-n...

And please support him too.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 16h

I'm never actually going to need to write another comment piece again am I?

The right wing shit rags are just going to keep recruiting for us.

Folks - want a better country?

Join.greenparty.org.uk

The party even more dangerous than Starmers labour - UK's answer to Putin's communists

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 10h

🔥 Wow!

“Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni says she has been accused of “complicity in genocide” in a complaint lodged with the International Criminal Court (ICC) over Rome’s support for Israel as it bombards Gaza”

Italy’s Meloni says ICC complaint accuses her of Gaza genocide complicity

A complaint lodged with the ICC points to the Italian government's role supplying lethal weapons to Israel amid Gaza war

www.aljazeera.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 4d

Spot on.

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 2d

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

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 1d

Sakher has written for us at @bylinesnetwork.co.uk - it's so important to get the personal stories of those in Gaza, in their own voice, out there.

You can read it here --> northeastbylines.co.uk/news/world-n...

And please support him too.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 5d

After clashing with Maurice Glasman recently, I've come to realise just how pernicious he and his Blue Labour movement are. We could discuss his chumminess with Steve Bannon and JD Vance, endless pandering to the far right and evident hatred of the Labour left. But there's something even worse. 🧵

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 1d

A request to keep this crowdfunder rolling...

We're rebuilding media from the grassroots up. Our empowering of citizens to write news has generated over 20 million article reads and vast social media and search engine reach.

✊ And we do it all on a shoestring --> chuffed.org/project/byli...

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 1d

Yup - they most certainly are.

Mike Galsworthy warns: Protest rights under threat

Mike Galsworthy warns of potential erosion of protest rights amid concerning developments.

tradersunion.com

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 1d

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

I'd actually forgotten how extraordinary it is that when I won the leadership - I wasn't interviewed as it was too close to our party conference interviewed.

And then refused a second time!

Part of the antidote to all of this is creating our own media platforms.

Hey @boldpolitics.bsky.social 👋🏼

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 2d

BBC accused of 'extraordinary' anti-Green bias after party say the Laura Kuenssberg Show scrapped a promised interview with @zackpolanski.bsky.social on Sunday.

Green sources say the show also refused to interview Polanski after he was elected as leader last month

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/06/b...

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 5d

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 4d

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 3d

Jane Goodall said she’d like to send off to another planet: Musk, Trump, Putin, Xi & Netanyahu. 🚀

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 2d

She was arrested for holding a sign reading:

“I do not support the proscription of Palestine Action”

How that would warrant arrest is very unclear. I wonder if the police here even understand the boundaries of the bizarre law they’ve been forced to enforce.

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 2d

Just keep watching.

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 2d

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

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 2d

For shame. 😡

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