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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 1h

Love this, 4,000 local residents bring the biggest ever environment lawsuit, to protect the river Wye from the effluent of factory farming and water companies - both of who literally don’t give a shit about the environment or this once beautiful river.

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LaindonFeminist: 10 Year Keir @viviane49.bsky.social · 1h

From FT: positivity on the economy.

It has become fashionable to express Eeyorish views on the state of the UK economy. But amid talk of rising debts and falling growth, there’s a more reassuring diagnosis: things are, at worst, solidly mediocre, and maybe not bad at all.

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Households are also more willing than they were to make big purchases. Young people are particularly optimistic, the index shows. This shouldn’t be surprising. Inflation hit hard in 2022, but wages have now been rising faster than prices for more than two years.

The UK’s animal spirits may not be driven by record highs in the stock market, unlike the US where share ownership is more widespread. But the housing market is helping. Interest rates are falling, while various indices show prices rising.

This is filtering down to companies, with signs of higher demand for large discretionary purchases such as cars, kitchens and sofas. New car registrations jumped almost 14 per cent year on year in September, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. Yorkshire-based settee specialist DFS just reported its first year of revenue growth since 2022, with like-for-like orders up 10 per cent.

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 1h

Darren Jones, Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister tells us all about New Towns - what they are, what is being done, what will they be like - in just 3 and a half minutes!

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Everything you need to know about the government’s New Towns programme | Darren Explains

YouTube video by 10 Downing Street

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 2h

👏👏👏 Greenland to join the EU alongside Iceland & Canada please. 🙏

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European Parliament @europarl.europa.eu · 21h

"Greenland needs the European Union, and the European Union needs Greenland." 🇬🇱🤝🇪🇺

Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen spoke at the European Parliament today, emphasising the potential of broader and stronger cooperation with the EU.

Read more: link.europa.eu/wwffTf

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Tony @toekneee.bsky.social · 4h

That’s great news. Now have a word in Starmer’s ear and get the Government to abandon Twitter and come on here. We will all feel so much better for it 🫠

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Tony @toekneee.bsky.social · 4h

That’s reassuring to know 😂

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Tony @toekneee.bsky.social · 4h

Little Donnie thinks that his own cities require military action 😂

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 6h

Thanks to London’s bold action, almost 10 million people are now breathing cleaner air.

That means fewer children will grow up with stunted lungs and fewer people will have to suffer from asthma, dementia and heart disease.

London hits clean air milestone 184 years early - ULEZ makes 'big difference'

A professor has branded the success a 'truly remarkable turnaround for the city's air quality'

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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 5h

Reform says one thing and does the opposite - this is not reforming our politics, it’s what we’ve come to expect after 14 years of Tory rule - is there really any difference between Reform and the Tories? I can’t see it.

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 5h

I sometimes worry I exaggerate the collective madness of our media but the people who cheered Brexit, Boris Johnson & Liz Truss's mini-budget are now applauding Kemi Badenoch's speech. 'Parallell universe' doesn't come close. I suppose her not falling over is a win of sorts for them at the moment.

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Tony @toekneee.bsky.social · 5h

They are not a serious party. Have not been for some time. For one, the Net Zero Target is 2030 and, at best, the earliest they can be elected is 2029. So what exactly is their plan 🤷🏼‍♂️

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 5h

🔵 “I think the Tories are manoeuvring [towards Trump]. Look at the conference promising to deport thousands of people. It’s very Trumpian stuff. And on net zero. There’s no question.”

https://bit.ly/4nJDABQ

Conservatives Accused of ‘Trumpian’ Tactics After Barring Second Byline Times Journalist From Conference

Veteran award-winning investigative journalist David Hencke has attended Conservative party conference since 1987 but is now hundreds of pounds out of pocket after being blocked from attending

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 6h

Ballot papers for the Labour Deputy Leader election started arriving via email yesterday with all arrived being sent out by Monday 13th October.

If you are a Labour Party member, a member of an affiliated society or a member of an affiliated trade union (e.g. Unite, Unison) you get a vote.

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 6h

The UK Foreign Secretary is today hosting foreign ministers from across Europe in Northern Ireland for the Western Balkans Summit.

Topics include

- combating Russian attempts to destabilise the region

- tackling people snuggling routes through the region and organised crime

- boosting trade

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Foreign Secretary to put boosting security and tackling illegal migration at the heart of foreign policy during meeting of European partners

Foreign Secretary hosts meeting in Northern Ireland, focused on preserving security and stability in the Western Balkans.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 6h

With encouraging news on Gaza this morning read @ldfreedman.bsky.social's post on how this peace deal emerged and its prospects of success.

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Will there finally be peace in Gaza?

One never goes too far wrong by being pessimistic about events in the Middle East.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 6h

Sarah Smith #r4today says Trump gave no details about (didn’t know or care) what happens next with the Gaza/Israel peace deal but she can confirm that Trump will be “furious” on Friday if he isn’t awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Wow.
Priorities.
Inspirational.

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Parody Keir Starmer @parodypm.bsky.social · 6h

Kemi Badenoch reveals her new economic advisor.

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 18h

Here is our PM in action on the trade mission to India.

He tells us that as well as business leaders, they expanded and invited people from the film and theatre industires.

This is what has secured the deal today huge investment in the UK film industry as 3 Bollywood films will now be made here.

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 3d

When the Tories were last in office - according to international Human Rights Watch - UK was on course to make list of countries that abuse rather than protect human rights. Is it any wonder they want us to join Russia & Belarus as only European countries outside the ECHR
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🚨UK will leave the ECHR if Tories win next election Kemi Badenoch has announced

YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 22h

Portland has elevated protesting to an art form.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson: "This president is unstable, unhinged, a double-minded individual that quite frankly is a threat to our democracy. It's certainly not the first time that Donald Trump has called for the arresting of a Black man unjustly."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Johnson: "He has defunded our education system. He has defunded our transportation system. He's firing black women across this country. He's defunding our healthcare system. This president is absolutely out of control... Chicago is going to stand firm in protecting humanity."

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Tony @toekneee.bsky.social · 22h

They are opposed to National ID and yet want us to emulate a country that has National ID. They oppose the Online Safety Act and yet accepted its chief architect, Nadine Dorries, into Reform. They are a party of contradictions, hungry for power. And that’s why they must never win.

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Tony @toekneee.bsky.social · 22h

Ditto.

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Kieran Tait-Green @kierangreen96.bsky.social · 22h

Just backed Bridget

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