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Controversial 'anti-extremism' adviser Lord Walney, appointed by Boris Johnson, is now leaving Government, the Home Office confirms. Walney had pushed for draconian new protest restrictions, while working as a lobbyist for firms with arms and fossil fuel clients bylinetimes.com/2025/02/14/k...

submitted 45 days ago • 30 comments

You've probably seen a lot of dodgy reporting over the past couple of weeks suggesting that Gen Z is desperate to be ruled by a dictator The reality, as @natashadevon.bsky.social found this week, is very different bylinetimes.com/2025/02/14/n...

submitted 45 days ago • 12 comments

Free speech "is in retreat" in Britain, says JD Vance, who is part of a Government which is now targeting critical news organisations with politically-motivated investigations, while banning others from the White House for the crime of referring to the Gulf of Mexico by its actual name

submitted 45 days ago • 96 comments

I'd say the biggest forces "undermining our nation from within" are the fake patriots loudly cheering on these attacks on our country by a hostile foreign government

submitted 45 days ago • 84 comments

It says a lot that even someone like Blunkett is so concerned about the Government's decision to block so many refugees from ever being granted citizenship in the UK www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/keir-starm...

submitted 47 days ago • 6 comments

Absolutely spot on from Rory Stewart

submitted 57 days ago • 629 comments

They really, really need to pin this on Farage. When you think of the 'big beasts' of Brexit bollocks, there's not really anyone else left in the game so it should be quite easy.

submitted 61 days ago • 128 comments

Absolutely @the-tuc.bsky.social Work should enable us to flourish and grow, not just survive

submitted 60 days ago • 37 comments

A good time to remind ourselves why joining Russia and Belarus as the only European countries outside the ECHR is a very bad idea youtu.be/iSTN-h8NoyY?...

submitted 61 days ago • 20 comments

I am a little bored with the 'What About Brexit?' bombardment tbh but you really can't talk about the UK's "deep economic scars" without bloody mentioning it. Unless you're the BBC, apparently. Its negative impact is not an opinion, it's counting.

submitted 61 days ago • 94 comments

I’ve been listening to Trump speak since inauguration and his speech has slowed down. And just listened to what he said about the AI challenge from China and he sounded a bit like a robot. Deep fake????

submitted 61 days ago • 0 comments

@nationalhighways.bsky.social terrifying drive down the M4 yesterday. It was dark & wet and many of the lines were worn & cats eyes non existent. There were just 7 in 0.5 mile on one lane. Loads of missing green and red ones. Slip lanes with just 3 or 4 at beginning and end of lane.

submitted 62 days ago • 0 comments

Finland is winning the war on fake news. What it’s learned may be crucial to Western democracy edition.cnn.com/interactive/...

submitted 76 days ago • 62 comments

Here's a bit of news for Talk TV and Mike Graham: No British prime minister has ever attended the inauguration of a US president. The UK ambassador to the US traditionally attends US presidential inaugurations on behalf of the British government.

submitted 76 days ago • 34 comments

BBC Verify has examined a 24 hour snapshot of Elon Musks timeline and found a wave of misinformation amplified in the posts. The BBC's Analysis editor examines one day on the platform for the owner of X www.bbc.com/news/videos/...

submitted 80 days ago • 76 comments

Today's lesson discusses the American health care system for those in countries where their system provides care for free or reasonable fees. 👇

submitted 114 days ago • 50 comments