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Nick Langley @nicklangley.bsky.social · 1h

Reform Councillor Francesca O’Brien claimed pupils were being forced to pray on Muslim mats & recite prayers from the Quran.

O’Brien appeared to team up with far-right group Voice of Wales, who claim that Swansea children are regularly “abducted” by “migrant men”.
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Welsh Reform councillor teams up with Tommy Robinson allies in parents meeting

Emily Price A Reform councillor has chaired a meeting with a far-right group and parents of young children to discuss “completely untrue” allegations about religious education at a Swansea school. Re...

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Nick Langley @nicklangley.bsky.social · 2h

'The investigator is said to have found his behaviour “abused his position of authority”, leaving the woman “vulnerable, upset, undermined, humiliated and threatened” and creating an “intimidating, hostile and humiliating environment”.'

He'll fit right in.

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Reform defector 'bullied and harassed Tory staffer' and branded 'massive creep'

Robbie Lammas, who worked for then-party chairman Richard Holden MP, had an allegation of bullying upheld by Parliament’s Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme

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Nick Langley @nicklangley.bsky.social · 3h

"the authority could be paying the new chief exec more than £200,000 a year for several extra years, instead of the new incumbent gaining that over time."

Pre-election Reform pledged: No more £200,000 salaries for incompetent bosses.

Snouts in the trough.

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Derbyshire's Reform team defends increasing chief exec salary to £201k

The chief executive salary at Derbyshire County Council had been criticised by Reform in May but they have now increased it

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Nick Langley @nicklangley.bsky.social · 3h

The first man to notice time passes more slowly when you are with your relatives.

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Matt Owen @mjowen174.bsky.social · 4h

Meanwhile, in “Oh You Fucking Idiots” news…

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Nick Langley @nicklangley.bsky.social · 3h

"reports of a 500-year-old oak tree in Whitewebbs Park, that had been felled by a Toby Carvery..."

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Spurs contractors assessed felled oak tree last year as part of academy plans

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 9h

The reason the Right are so invested in the myth that the arts have no value isn’t because the arts don’t generate wealth (they do); it’s that studying the arts teaches people to imagine better ways of judging the value of an idea than by counting how much money it makes…

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 4h

And Black History Month.

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 4h

Like his views on Muslims.

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 4h

Reform UK Kent Councillor and Cabinet member Chris Hespe would rather save Adolf Hitler from a burning building than a trans person.

There’s more.

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Nick Langley @nicklangley.bsky.social · 4h

Microsoft's schools deal meant 2 generations of kids grew up thinking nothing else or better than Word etc was available, lowered expectations, & entrenched mediocre software for 30 years.

(That's our UK experience.)

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Nick Langley @nicklangley.bsky.social · 4h

(That's the UK experience.)

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Tim Morton @timmorton2.bsky.social · 5h

Emma Goldman approves @jowolff.bsky.social

Diane Ravitch🇺🇸❤️🇺🇦🗽🇨🇱🏳️‍🌈✡️🇨🇦 @dianeravitch.bsky.social · 1d

Resist peacefully! With style and humor!

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Greenpeace UK @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social · 7h

Add your name if you think industrial fishing should be banned from marine protected areas!

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Emma Reynolds: stop the industrial fishing frenzy

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Nick Langley @nicklangley.bsky.social · 5h

Only a killer would wear shades like those.

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Nick Langley @nicklangley.bsky.social · 5h

I'll need to check if there's real elephant in the jumbo sausages I've been buying. Who do I sue if they're pork & rusk?

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Nick Langley @nicklangley.bsky.social · 5h

That white face he's so proud of. I know Freud's unfashionable these days, but he would have taken one look at Jenrick's pale, strained, clammy complexion & diagnosed a chronic compulsive masturbator

Nick Langley @nicklangley.bsky.social · 5h

Durham's Reform-led council will cut funding for leisure centres & a scheme that helps poor residents pay council tax. At the same time Council leader Andrew Husband has called for an increase in councillor pay.

Two Reform councillors in Northumberland have been suspended pending an investigation.

Nick Langley @nicklangley.bsky.social · 6h

20 Cons councillors defected to Reform yesterday. Most are based in Kent... dep leader of Reform Medway, Robbie Lammas, was found by a parliamentary investigation to have bullied a colleague. Chris Hespe, Elham Valley, has an X account sharing racist material.

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Reform Watch: Reform promise cuts and deliver tax rises

Back in May, after his party won control of ten local councils, Reform’s then-chairman Zia Yusuf was invited onto the BBC. He spoke about what voters expect from their local authorities — they want bi...

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Nick Langley @nicklangley.bsky.social · 6h

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Stand with Indigenous People in Brazil!

Stand with Indigenous People in Brazil as they demand a real seat at the table in the world’s top climate talks. Let’s make sure their voices rise above the fossil fuel lobbyists! Sign the petition no...

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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 7h

In June, Tory leader hopeful Robert Jenrick, who recently complained about not seeing white faces in a Birmingham suburb, declared he is an Anglofuturist.

We got inside a secret Anglofuturist Discord server to find out what that really means 👇

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Robert Jenrick says he’s an Anglofuturist. What does that mean? – HOPE not hate

In late June, the shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick took the stand at a conference. Addressing the crowd of Tories and radical-right political figures, he made an unusual statement. “I am what c...

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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 11h

There is nothing Badenoch cares more about than hating trans people so of course she has to throw that in and of course she does it in the crassest, thickest, most nonsensical way possible

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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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 1d

We'd love to have a huge turn out for Nic's talk. Please help spread the word. There are downloadable pdf adverts in the link below. They can be emailed or printed. If you work in a public space (e.g. Library) you could help by printing and posting one of the flyers. Ngā mihi nui!

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 14h

Reform UK’s new Councillor Jack Rydeheard, who defected yesterday was out campaigning for the Conservatives just THIS weekend.

A cynical person would say he’s jumped ship because his seat is up for re-election soon and he’s got the principles of a weather vane.

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Parody Keir Starmer @parodypm.bsky.social · 1d

Reform's brilliant DOGE team at Kent council found zero savings and now want to raise council tax. It's almost as if they were lying and haven't got a clue what they're doing.

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