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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 11h

County Lines

Since Labour came to power and invested in the County Lines Programme, record outcomes have been reported:

1,120 senior gang members charged

Over 2300 'deal lines' closed down

stabbings down 20% in county line areas

3,200 children & vulnerable people supported

More of this please!

Record number of gang leaders charged for county lines offences

A record 2,300 ‘deal lines’ closed in first year of this government.

www.gov.uk

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LaindonFeminist: 10 Year Keir @viviane49.bsky.social · 11h

Amazing what a decent government with decent Ministers can do.

Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 11h

County Lines

Since Labour came to power and invested in the County Lines Programme, record outcomes have been reported:

1,120 senior gang members charged

Over 2300 'deal lines' closed down

stabbings down 20% in county line areas

3,200 children & vulnerable people supported

More of this please!

Record number of gang leaders charged for county lines offences

A record 2,300 ‘deal lines’ closed in first year of this government.

www.gov.uk

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Mandoline Blue 🕸️ @mandolineblue.bsky.social · 13h

Looks like No. 10 has blocked the launch of a crucial report from UK defence chiefs that says UK national security is under severe threat from the climate crisis/looming collapse of vital natural ecosystems, with food shortages & economic disaster potentially just years away.

FFS. I mean SERIOUSLY?

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 15h

National security threatened by climate crisis, UK defence chiefs due to warn

Report by joint intelligence committee delayed, with concerns expressed that it may not be published The UK’s national security is under severe threat from the climate crisis and the looming collapse of vital natural ecosystems, with food shortages and economic disaster potentially just years away, a powerful report by the UK’s defence chiefs is due to warn. However, the report, which was supposed to launch tomorrow at a landmark event in London, has been delayed, and concerns have been expressed to the Guardian that it may not now be published. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Wanderscotwild @wanderscotwild.bsky.social · 20h

I'd rather this woman go and speak to her MP about this. This officer has a job to do, and bills to pay. He's not being violent, he's being professional. As a Jew, I desperately want the Palestinians to be saved and given their land back, but no amount of supporting PA, is going to do that

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Stephen Morgan MP @stephenmorganmp.bsky.social · 1d

Access to our colleges and universities shouldn’t just be for a wealthy few.

Labour is bringing back maintenance grants to break down barriers to opportunity and support tens of thousands of working-class students👇🏻
www.stephenmorgan.org.uk/return-of-ma...

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1d

"As one of the few Jews on [the flotilla]...they asked me if I was Jewish...threw me in front of the Israeli flag... we were strip-searched & zip-tied & blindfolded, & sent to this detention camp."

Horrifying testimony to Zeteo from freed activist David Adler:
zeteo.com/p/exclusive-...

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Wanderscotwild @wanderscotwild.bsky.social · 1d

I looked on my credit file via MoneySavingExpert, and found the information there

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · 1d

A transphobic pressure group is trying to ban trans women from Hampstead women’s pond – it's time to fight back.

Keep Hampstead women’s pond inclusive - add your name 👇
https://goodlawproject.org/petition/keep-hampstead-womens-pond-inclusive

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Ruth Pearce @notrightruth.bsky.social · 1d

"Television at its best is a beacon, it's a lighthouse, it's an emergency flare. It's a light in the dark. It is a torch bearer that stands for truth and insight and wisdom and justice, and we must not let that flame go out."

Aieee-Iain Clark @iainjclarkart.com · 1d

Part of Russell T Davies' speech on being awarded Outstanding Contribution to Television at the Bafta Cymru awards. (via www.instagram.com/baftacymru)

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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 1d

Ed Miliband is much more effective as Energy Minister than he was as opposition leader.

Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 1d

HAHAHA!

I missed this the other day, Ed Miliband has a message for Kemi Badenoch from the Labour Party:

"Keep up the good work...

...in uniting so many against her and her plans to rip up the Climate Change Act."

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Wanderscotwild @wanderscotwild.bsky.social · 1d

As a Jew, who has long hated what Israel has been doing to Palestinians, this confirms my opinion of them 😕

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Wanderscotwild @wanderscotwild.bsky.social · 1d

Wow, wow, wow 😮

This is what happened to the people who bravely tried to take food supplies to Gaza

Israel should be ashamed of themselves

Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1d

Zeteo has the exclusive first interview with David Adler, the Jewish American flotilla activist and journalist who was just released from illegal detention by Israel.

Join us as he tells his story to @premthakker.bsky.social live at 11.15am ET and takes your questions, too.

EXCLUSIVE: Flotilla Activist David Adler LIVE Hours After Being Released From Israeli Prison

YouTube video by Zeteo

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Patriotic Millionaires UK @patmillsuk.bsky.social · 1d

"Every time a wealth tax is mentioned, one of the arguments against it seems to be that the rich people will leave. Actually the factual evidence points to the contrary."

Our member Guillaume Rambourg speaks to TRT World about France's proposed wealth tax.

#ZucmanTax

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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 1d

This is chilling. The American far right Project 2025 is coming to the UK. Please read and distribute

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 1d

How the Far Right Project 2025 is going to be brought to the UK through the Reform Trojan horse.

Project 2025: The UK Edition (Part 2)

A Cambridge academic, a YouTube influencer, and Reform UK’s old HQ - the ingredients for our own Project 2025 are already mixed.

open.substack.com

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 1d

How the Far Right Project 2025 is going to be brought to the UK through the Reform Trojan horse.

Project 2025: The UK Edition (Part 2)

A Cambridge academic, a YouTube influencer, and Reform UK’s old HQ - the ingredients for our own Project 2025 are already mixed.

open.substack.com

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Wanderscotwild @wanderscotwild.bsky.social · 2d

There's loads of pharmacies that do. I'm getting a private COVID jab in our local pharmacy in Bucks tomorrow

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Russell Scott @russellscott1.bsky.social · 2d

The previous government spent £billions storing and incinerating unused PPE.

The same VIP’s that supplied unusable PPE made a killing storing and destroying it.

To date 1million pallets have gone up in smoke costing the taxpayer £8.6billion

🎥ITV: The Covid Contracts

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 2d

She called out world leaders for sitting by and watching a live-streamed genocide without taking action.

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 2d

To celebrate International Geodiversity Day - promoting the Earth's most spectacular non-living features - for starters, here's a whopper that I was surprised more people don't know about:

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · Nov 26

I recently learned something amazing about the Arctic - & my tiny mind is blown.

Like many folk, I've always believed it's a featureless, empty place. Which is true! But this week I learned what's underneath it - & if THAT was on dry land, it'd be a wonder of the modern world.

Buckle up!

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Map of the Arctic Circle, showing Canada on the left, Russia on the right, Greenland below, and the frozen Arctic Ocean over the Pole.

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 2d

Gary Neville, "Brexit has had a devastating impact on this country"

"The messaging is getting dangerous"

"All these idiots out there spreading hate speech in any form, abuse in any form, we must stop promoting them"

"And get back to a country of love, peace and harmony"

"And become a team again"

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Wanderscotwild @wanderscotwild.bsky.social · 2d

If I'd been there with you, I'd've told those folks where to go (and given you a huge hug)

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 2d

It's time people took some responsibility for ensuring they themselves are fully informed on a topic before acting.

Far too many take an 'act instantly, think about it later' approach...then blame the government for not personally informing them of all details that they should have first looked up.

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Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social · 3d

Free stickers suitable for flag-bearing lampposts. Send a large A4 envelope with a 1st class large stamp to me at Bragg Office, PO Box 6830 Bridport DT6 9BH and I’ll send you a sheet. #ReclaimtheFlag 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 3d

NEW FROM THE NERVE

Inside the church of (Nigel) Farageology!

We’ve signed award-winning investigative reporter @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social as our Reform UK correspondent. Here he previews a new series in which he will report on every UK county council now controlled by the party ⬇️

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