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Simon Mayo @simonmayo.bsky.social · 5h

Excellent piece

Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 23h

I've responded to Robert Jenrick's vile comments in @thetimes.com

www.thetimes.com/life-style/c...

I sang Jerusalem with Robert Jenrick at school — he’s wrong about race

The Conservative MP has complained that, visiting Handsworth in Birmingham, he didn’t see ‘another white face’. You can’t judge whether someone is integrated by skin colour, argues fellow Wulfrunian S...

www.thetimes.com

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 6h

James Cleverly: "I cannot understand the motivation for protests of this type so regularly"

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@stemwinder @stemwinder.bsky.social · 6h

definitely time to dig out cak! again (and the fish people tapes) - "whats on in stoke newington? it's a big bit of paper with "fuck all" writtent on it". Sayle in his pomp.

@stemwinder @stemwinder.bsky.social · 6h

god save us from multi-millionaire TV and radio presenters

I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 6h

Reform's Nadine Dorries on Labour potentially lifting the 2 child benefit limit: "One thing we cannot afford to do, but are doing on a daily basis, is increase the welfare bill"

Susanna Reid: "Exactly!"

Another banner day for notionally impartial journalism on #GMB

#r4today

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@stemwinder @stemwinder.bsky.social · 15h

Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 1d

If I cringe any harder at the Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp's stand-up comedy routine, I may fold in on myself, collapsing into a PSR-J0952–0607-style neutron star of vicarious embarrassment. ~AA

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@stemwinder @stemwinder.bsky.social · 15h

"tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat"

Labour have no strategy.

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 16h

Oli Dugmore, "A word of warning to Keir Starmer and his Labour government"

"You can feed the bigoted dragon as much as your like, but you will never appease it and it will eat you in the end"

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 17h

Conservative MP Mel Stride claims PIP benefit is thousands of pounds per month.

No it is an absolute maximum of £720 a month, and most people only get £250 or less.

Meanwhile he claims £1,250 a month in rent on his expenses

Lying, thieving b******

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Simon Pegg @simonpegg.bsky.social · 16h

"What do you think of the show so far?"

"RUGGISH!"

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 18h

Do watch this. It’s very good. Sound absolutely on.

Dave Bagpuss Forsey 🍺 @bagpuss.org · 19h

Robert Jenrick and his wiggy puppet

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BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 20h

“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”

“Because that’s what they are”

@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.

#Newsnight

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17h

Sorta difficult for Congress to perform its constitutionally mandated oversight when the temperamental toddlers in the Trump administration petulantly keep everything out of plain sight.

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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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 1d

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social · 1d

Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild

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@stemwinder @stemwinder.bsky.social · 1d

sound up

The Jase @thejase.bsky.social · 1d

Robert Jenrick with the tragic tale of the wig that lost its head.

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 1d

“Gottle of geer.”

Honest Bob Jenrick holding a judge’s wig in a manner that makes it look like his ventriloquist’s dummy.

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@stemwinder @stemwinder.bsky.social · 1d

it's just an endless stream of utter drivel from these two idiots

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@stemwinder @stemwinder.bsky.social · 1d

it doesn't specify "in person"... maybe when you get there it's just a big screen with a Teams session running. he dials in from home.

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Chinny Honk @chinnyhonk.bsky.social · 1d

"Ladies and Gentlemen, please put your hands together for Max Beasley and Cheeky Monkey!"

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John R. @tribe.bsky.social · 1d

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@stemwinder @stemwinder.bsky.social · 1d

dance, dance, dance, dance, dance to the radio...

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@stemwinder @stemwinder.bsky.social · 1d

christ almighty

LBC @lbc.co.uk · 1d

"So you're laying waste to people's jobs, but you don't know how many?"

Kemi Badenoch plans to get rid of 'quite a lot' of civil servants.

She doesn't have the exact figure, but she assures Nick that she's 'looked at it'.

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@stemwinder @stemwinder.bsky.social · 1d

don't forget Chris Philp - nasty piece of work

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Si Parallel Universe MDANT ☘️🎬🎶🎨🎭⚽️ @siparalleluniverse.bsky.social · 1d

Current mood

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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 1d

And of course, your reminder that the Conservatives in government enthusiastically approved every single one of the Sentencing Guidelines that they now claim are evidence of the far-right “two tier justice” myth.

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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 1d

It’s largely academic, because @KemiBadenoch is on a Liz Truss trajectory towards the US Nutter Circuit. But that the Leader of the Opposition would spread such utter lies - adding in her ignorance by suggesting the Sentencing Council has any role in immigration - is pathetic.

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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 1d

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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