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Vaughan Edward Roberts is a Church of England clergyman. Since 1998, he has been the rector of St Ebbe's, Oxford.… more

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The Bishop of Birmingham has written to the Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick about his comments about Handsworth
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Very helpful analysis ⬇️
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dag @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 18h
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Freedom is just another word for "a gap in the law"

The Home Secretary wants to ban more things

By me

Substack
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Personal blog
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Home Secretary tells Sky News that “there is a gap in the law” when it comes to frequent, repeated protests on the same issue. Hence she will be giving police greater powers to move them to another location or time.

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It's dangerous and it's also incoherent: I heard Jenrick saying today that when judges don the wig it symbolizes the point they leave personal views & identifications aside. Fine, but this makes his claim (if even true) that some judges have 'links' with immigrants' charities utterly irrelevant.
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 1d
If you can't see how this will end, then you're not paying attention (not least to what's going on on the other side of the Atlantic).
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Reposted by: Vaughan S. Roberts, Steve Peers, Stuart White

davidallengreen.bsky.social
NEW

Freedom is just another word for "a gap in the law"

The Home Secretary wants to ban more things

By me

Substack
emptycity.substack.com/p/freedom-is...

Personal blog
davidallengreen.com/2025/10/free...
Home Secretary tells Sky News that “there is a gap in the law” when it comes to frequent, repeated protests on the same issue. Hence she will be giving police greater powers to move them to another location or time.
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by Tim Bale — Reposted by: Vaughan S. Roberts, Ben H. Ansell, Anand Menon , and 1 more

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I'm guessing Robert Jenrick might be hard-pressed to see a black face if he walked round his own constituency of Newark for 90 minutes, given the ethnic minority population of its main town looks to be smaller than the white population of Handsworth. (Source: citypopulation.de/en/uk/eastmi...)
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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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by Alan Lester — Reposted by: Vaughan S. Roberts

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Follow the money

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Asylum hotel provider makes £180m profit despite claims of inedible food and rationed loo paper
Asylum seekers and charities tell BBC of
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by Tim Bale — Reposted by: Vaughan S. Roberts

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Well played everyone! 'The error was met with derision on social media, with one person writing: “I’m hearing Wispas about Kemi’s leadership.”'
Tories set a low bar after misspelling Britain on conference chocolate
Misprinted wrappers pulled from Manchester goodie bags after derision on social media
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by Vaughan S. Roberts

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WTAF⬇️
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 1d
A work of art

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The U.S. Treasury shared a proposal to mint $1 Trump coins to mark America’s 250th anniversary.

But U.S. code says only deceased individuals may appear on U.S. currency, a tradition dating back to efforts to break from monarchical rule. https://wapo.st/4pWsyL3
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economist.com
The escalating grey-zone conflict between the West and Russia is being contested on the sea as well as in the air. A rise in worrying maritime incidents is forcing NATO to step up econ.st/3ILHiM8

Photo: Reuters
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REPORTER: Will Trump rule out offering Ghislaine Maxwell clemency?

LEAVITT: It's not something I've heard discussed

(That's not a yes!)
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Greta Thunberg has arrived in Greece following her deportation from Israel,
after the Gaza aid flotilla was intercepted
#GlobalSumudFlotilla
She said:
“I could talk for a very,very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment.
Trust me, but that is not the story.”
#Athens airport
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Say hello to literally the only protesters outside Tory conference this year
Two protesters holding up a sign saying “pedestrianise the M6”
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I strongly object to the comparison many are making these days between Stephen Miller and Joseph Goebbels.

I think it's deeply misguided, and unfair, to compare them.

Goebbels was a far better propagandist, and didn't execute much policy.

Miller far more closely resembles Heinrich Himmler.
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A work of art
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by Alan Lester — Reposted by: Vaughan S. Roberts, Alan Lester

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What a deeply problematic column from Lord Sewell in today’s @thetimes.com. Makes you wonder whether why those on the right are so unwilling to distinguish between objecting to a UN-recognised GENOCIDE and anti-semitism?
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by Vaughan S. Roberts

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Gosh!
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David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 2d
Wow.
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 2d
They’re using American tax dollars to fund infrastructure in Argentina because that’s where they’re all going to flee when we kick them out of office
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Wow.
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 2d
They’re using American tax dollars to fund infrastructure in Argentina because that’s where they’re all going to flee when we kick them out of office
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Ryan Grim @ryangrim.bsky.social · 6d
After announcing a $20 billion bailout of Argentina, the White House now says it's pausing $18 billion in funding for NYC infrastructure projects

Russ Vought would love nothing more than to tear this country down to its studs
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French prosecutors launch war-crimes probe into photojournalist’s death in Ukraine
French prosecutors launch war-crimes probe into photojournalist’s death in Ukraine
French prosecutors have launched a war-crimes probe into the death of French photojournalist Antoni Lallican, who was killed in a drone strike earlier this week in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region. Lallican was embedded with Ukrainian forces at the time of the attack, which President Emmanuel Macron has blamed on Russia.
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Leaving the ECHR would allow the State Pension, the Minimum Wage, Sick Pay, Maternity Pay, Paid Holiday and working hour limits to all be abolished.

They would make hundreds of billions from this.

That is what they want.
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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Free Greta Thunberg and the rest of the illegally detained flotilla activists.
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What an admirably clear statement from the Jewish Leadership Council, especially when all of those involved must surely have been dealing with so many other urgent challenges in safety, security and grief + shock today before having this further divisive and distracting intervention to address too.
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When Israeli forces captured Jaffa in 1948, the municipal archives vanished, erasing Palestinians' legal proof of land ownership.

@philipmetres.bsky.social's DISPATCHES FROM THE LAND OF ERASURE shows how Arab poets have sought to preserve this disappeared history.

press.umich.edu/Books/D/Disp...
Book cover for ‘Dispatches from the Land of Erasure: Essays and Conversations’ by Philip Metres. The cover features an abstract geometric composition of overlapping rectangular blocks in various colors including blues, reds, greens, yellows, purples, and browns against a light gray background. The blocks appear layered and fragmented, creating a mosaic-like pattern that suggests themes of fragmentation and reconstruction. The title and author name are displayed in clean, dark typography at the top of the cover.
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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’...
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by Jonathan Portes — Reposted by: Vaughan S. Roberts, Steve Peers, Andrew Scott , and 3 more

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Tommy Robinson posted a neo-Nazi blog that accused me and my fellow Jews Jack Straw and Barbara Roche of conspiring to flood the UK with immigrants.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 4d
Tommy Robinson invited to Israel by Amichai Chikli the Minister of Diaspora Affairs.
In the wake of the horrific Manchester terrorist attack, Israel and the Jewish people stand firmly with our allies in the United Kingdom. On behalf of the State of Israel, I am proud to host British patriot @TRobinsonNewEra who will visit Israel in mid-October. Tommy is a courageous leader on the front line against radical Islam. At a time when Jews across Europe face rising antisemitism, it is vital to strengthen bonds with allies who refuse to be silent. He has proven himself a true friend of Israel and the Jewish people, unafraid to speak the truth and confront hate. Israel will always stand with the Jewish community and our allies worldwide. Together with friends like Tommy Robinson, we will build stronger bridges of solidarity, fight terror,
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Tommy Robinson invited to Israel by Amichai Chikli the Minister of Diaspora Affairs.
In the wake of the horrific Manchester terrorist attack, Israel and the Jewish people stand firmly with our allies in the United Kingdom. On behalf of the State of Israel, I am proud to host British patriot @TRobinsonNewEra who will visit Israel in mid-October. Tommy is a courageous leader on the front line against radical Islam. At a time when Jews across Europe face rising antisemitism, it is vital to strengthen bonds with allies who refuse to be silent. He has proven himself a true friend of Israel and the Jewish people, unafraid to speak the truth and confront hate. Israel will always stand with the Jewish community and our allies worldwide. Together with friends like Tommy Robinson, we will build stronger bridges of solidarity, fight terror,
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NEW on the SCM Press blog: Sarah Brush reflects on the changing of the seasons
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Starmer on the “Farage boats”, Rachel Reeves on the economic benefits of youth mobility…

Are the Labour leadership starting to poke their heads out of their shells and dare to see a pro-EU pathway as a route both to fixing our woes and also attacking Farage’s Achilles’ heel?

Let’s hope so.
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