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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 6h

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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 6h

My new album LIAR (Love Isn't A Right) is out on Friday.

Pre-save or get a limited signed copy: ttikaram.lnk.to/LIAR

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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 19h

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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 23h

Catch me tonight with Ellie Crisell on BBC Southeast!
And yes I’m matching with the wall again, I swear it’s on purpose!

As part of my instore tour I’ll be at Resident in Brighton this Sunday 12th Oct - see you there!
ttikaram.lnk.to/LIAR

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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 23h

LIAR (Love Isn't A Right) is out on Friday. Not long to go until you can listen to my new album! Pre-save it now to get it in your library on release day ☀️
ttikaram.lnk.to/LIAR

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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 1d

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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations 🙌🏼

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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 1d

My new album LIAR is out THIS FRIDAY and we've been celebrating it around the UK on my instore tour.

Thank you Assai Records for the fantastic time, it was lovely to see you all and celebrate the new album together!

Tickets: ttikaram.lnk.to/InStore

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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 19d

Lover Don't Come Around, the last single from LIAR (Love Isn't A Right) is out now! 🎉
This song makes me feel like a teenager, it’s such fun to play! Hope you enjoy it too!
Watch the lyric video to learn it before the tour, I'll see you soon!
Love, Tanita

Listen now: ttikaram.lnk.to/LDCA

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Yorkshire Wolds Weather @yorkswoldsweather.bsky.social · 2d

October Morning Tracks. 16°C and clear skies. Wood Pigeon.

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 1d

Other work by the Ladybird artists
‘October’
(From a 1958 calendar by the always fabulous Ronald Lampitt)

A scene on a busy, beautifully tended allotment. The star of the scene is the wonderfully delicate, slightly hazy October light.

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Mark Thomas @markthomasinfo.bsky.social · 1d

Robert Jenrick tried to help porn baron and ex Express owner avoid millions in tax on housing deal, discussed at Tory party fund raiser, he admitted he had acted illegally.

So if you are a racist and you like your fellow racists to be bent, grifting incompetents then Jenrick is your man.

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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 1d

Some of London’s poorest areas could see their share of the children’s services funding formula halved under Labour’s plans to reform local government grants.

By me, for Politics Home: www.politicshome.com/news/article...

London Councils Face Losing Half Their Share Of Children's Services Funding

Some of London’s poorest areas could see their share of funding for children’s services halved under Labour’s plans to reform local government gran...

www.politicshome.com

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 4d

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@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12

‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem

Far from being distant from the Reform UK Leader, insiders told Byline Times that the former MEP convicted of bribery was one of Farage’s closest aides, while we reveal how Gill worked on the Kremlin’...

bylinetimes.com

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 2d

💚 Greens are on the rise everywhere!

📈 New polling from YouGov shows the Green Party is viewed more favourably than any other party in London and among younger voters.

💪 And we're just getting started. Join the Green Party today ⤵️

Greens most popular party in London
Green Party 27%
Labour 20%
Reform 16%
YouG0v
REAL HOPE. REAL CHANGE.
Green Party
Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

With photo of Dalston in the background

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 1d

JFC the man has not one ounce of shame in him.

He went to private school and Cambridge. He owns three homes and rents a fourth!

James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 1d

I know plenty of politicians 'working classify' their backgrounds, but this from Jenrick is taking the piss.

His father's linked in is here: uk.linkedin.com/in/bill-jenr...

He was a managing accountant who ended up as the Managing Director of Cannon Industries

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Marie Phillips @mariephillips.bsky.social · 1d

This article about Alex Leger, producer of those Blue Peter 1970s stunts, is sensational. “When I started, there were simply no hazard assessment forms, I don’t recall any formal safety training either, apart from common sense.” COMMON SENSE? H/t @redwellyfeats.bsky.social lady.co.uk/risk-assessm...

The risk assessment read ‘HE MAY DIE’ | lady.co.uk

In continuous publication since 1885 and widely respected as England's longest running magazine for women.

lady.co.uk

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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 1d

Bit worrying , now that Starmer has finally recognised Palestine , he’s unable to recognise his own citizens.

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 2d

Keir Starmer’s spokesman asked about Israel detaining British citizens who were on the Gaza aid flotilla, while in international waters, replies that it is a “matter for the Israeli Government”

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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 1d

Badenoch’s law:

Racism aimed at Badenoch by someone she thinks is on the left: very bad

Racism aimed at literally anybody else: fine

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 1d

🔴BBC Laura Kuenssberg Show Accused of Anti-Green Bias After Cancelling Zack Polanski Interview

The new Green leader was the only major party leader not to have been granted an interview on the flagship BBC show after being elected, or during his party conference

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

BBC Laura Kuenssberg Show Accused of Anti-Green Bias After Cancelling Zack Polanski Interview

The new Green Party leader was the only major party leader not to have been granted a conference interview on the flagship BBC show

bylinetimes.com

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 2d

We're pleased that the loathsome comments carried by GB News, which equated being LGBT+ with being a paedophile, have been found in breach of the Ofcom code, following 71,000 complaints collected by @goodlawproject.bsky.social. pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/new...

GB News comment about LGBTQ+ including 'paedos' in breach of Ofcom code

A GB News presenter saying “full inclusion of LGBTQ+ persons” at a church would “include paedos” breached the Broadcasting Code, Ofcom said.

pressgazette.co.uk

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Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 1d

There's nothing "un-British" about protesting genocide. Britain fought a war against genocidal fascists between 1939 & 1945.

And there's nothing "antisemitic" about doing this on 7 October. Conflating opposition to genocide with antisemitism & terrorism is irresponsible & dangerous.

Alan Stedman @alanjstedman.bsky.social · 1d

This 'un-British' vibe is really beginning to piss me off

I'm being gas lit by my own Govt and I'm really not happy about it

Labour are seemingly happy to drift into the authoritarian arena daily

BBC News - Starmer urges students not to protest on 7 October
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Keir Starmer asks students not to join protests on 7 October

The prime minister says it is "un-British" to hold pro-Palestinian protests on the second anniversary of Hamas's attacks on Israel.

www.bbc.com

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 1d

Ironically the most segregated community in the UK is the English upper class.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Robert Jenrick complained of ‘not seeing another white face’ in part of Birmingham

Shadow justice secretary criticised for suggesting he could tell how integrated Handsworth was based on 90-minute visit Robert Jenrick complained about visiting an area of Birmingham where he “didn’t see another white face” and said it was not the kind of country he wanted to live in. After highlighting the lack of white people, the shadow justice secretary said it was not about “the colour of your skin or your faith” and he wanted people to live alongside each other. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Cecil Sharp House @cecilsharphouse.bsky.social · 1d

STATEMENT OF SOLIDARITY FROM EFDSS

At the English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS) we strive to create an open culture of belonging where everyone feels safe, represented and respected.

Folk is for Everyone.

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 1d

Pablo Picasso, Landscape, 1928

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