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Labour's rivers policy is unbelievable. 1. Steve Reed, the Environment Secretary, has decided our rivers are insufficiently polluted with chicken shit, so he’s loosening the rules. Never mind that it's the primary cause of rivercide in the Welsh border region. www.theguardian.com/environment/... 🧵

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The Renters' Rights Bill is a welcome step towards improved living standards for renters. But there's a gaping hole in the legislation... We desperately need rent controls to stop tenants being treated as cash cows by landlords.

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Shadow Treasury Sec, Gareth Davies: Rachel Reeves inherited a brilliant economy. Wilf Frost: She didn't though, did she. It was terrible. Gareth Davies: Ok. Yes. It was terrible. But none of it was our fault. And it was ABOUT to be brilliant. That took less than 90 seconds to fall apart. Oof! ~AA

submitted 104 days ago • 51 comments

We already knew - but here’s the confirmation. War criminal.

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In a few days, I post a second starter pack with 150 accounts so that we can use them simultaneously for our first campaign on BueSky. The opposition in Georgia desperately needs our support; we are on their side in the fight against Putin! #FreeGeorgia #DefendDemocracy

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CO2 emissions from new North Sea drilling sites would match 30 years’ worth from UK households The urgency of the climate crisis is ignored by the UK www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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“Musk, the world's richest man right now holding the country hostage” www.cnn.com/2024/12/19/p...

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Swiped: The School That Banned Smartphones review – makes you long to lock your own device in a box

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This man is the star of #BBCQT he's spot on

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“Some small British businesses have stopped selling their products to the EU & Northern Ireland as a result of new…rules coming into effect next week”. Nothing “crazy” about the EU protecting its consumers. Brexit & GB leaving the single market is what’s crazy here. inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...

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Why is the government not capable wiping the floor with Nigel Farage every single day like this? Alastair Campbell effortlessly destroys him over his Brexit legacy which by almost every economic and financial measure has been disastrous for the country

submitted 143 days ago • 568 comments

Struck once again by the way Elon Musk has become all the things his admirers claimed to despise when they lied about George Soros doing them…

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Night after night, the people of Georgia face down the police. They face down plastic bullets and water cannons and truncheons. They’re risking everything for the dream of Europe. inews.co.uk/opinion/coun...

submitted 145 days ago • 41 comments

This is how you take the first steps to repair Britain's appalling reputation in Europe. Important move. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

submitted 146 days ago • 90 comments

I find this so fascinating. Keir Starmer has used the Lord Mayor’s banquet as the stage for a major foreign policy speech. But it’s what he’s not saying that’s so striking. 1/ www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

submitted 147 days ago • 26 comments

Sometimes, I wonder what would have happened if the Truss-a-nator had made it to 4 years. Then, thank whatever deity is appropriate that she didn't. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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“The polls are saying it, the governor of the Bank of England is saying it. And when immigration levels are four times higher now than when we were in the EU, the issue that served as the Brexiters’ trump card lies in shreds” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 150 days ago • 63 comments

Well they say a picture is worth a thousand words, this is spot on. Do not obey in advance!

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The fact that we are even having this conversation is absolute insanity. It’s been 4 months for Christ’s sake. Are we going to allow X to set our political agenda? Is it time for another general election? I mean it’s been four months | John Crace www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

submitted 151 days ago • 2 comments

Today's biggest self own comes once again from Kemi Badenoch

submitted 152 days ago • 71 comments

X is trying to block the transfer of the platform’s InfoWars accounts to the Onion. Musk clearly wants to defend what he can of Alex Jones' fascist pro-Russian account. Musk is working hand-in-hand with Putin to destroy democracy. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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Inside the UK’s conspiracy theory paper that shares violence and hate www.bbc.com/news/uk-6582...

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Still trying to decide which derogative name best suits the billionaire South African facist. Leon Skum (a definite contender) Elonia (the funniest?) Ketatonia (a newer option) Will probably use all of them 😀😀

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Literally......

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Several British police forces have largely withdrawn from Elon Musk’s X social media platform as concerns over its role in promoting violence and extreme content persist, a Reuters survey of forces’ social media output showed www.businesslive.co.za/bd/world/eur...

submitted 153 days ago • 73 comments

Time for regulators and judiciary to get tough about disinformation before it's too late... ?

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“people in the local fishing community openly tell me that they feel betrayed and that they were lied to with promises that could never have been met.” Brexit liars. #BrexitLies www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymout...

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Mmmm 🤔 Let’s stick to what’s left of our democracy FFS www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Ignore the online CV truthers. If anything, Rachel Reeves is overqualified to be UK chancellor | Gaby Hinsliff

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This in the Telegraph is based on the view of one Reform MP who is cited at the end. He’s the one calling this “indoctrination”. That’s it. That’s how poor this non-story is. Still: the harm it does is real and it all serves the continuous reactionary onslaught.

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Labour cosying up to Blackrock is bad news for the people of the UK. It will mean an expansion of the framework for the existing 74 Special Economic Zones and 12 Freeports. This article in @europeanpowell.bsky.social ‘s post is well worth a read. Vulture capitalism at its worst. #SocialistSunday

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Word of the day is ‘librocubicularist’: one who loves nothing better than reading in bed. (Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).

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A really clear article about the Farmer protests. And how much ridiculous confected rubbish they are. By the wealthy trying to avoid IHT. Looking at you Clarkson Farage and Dyson. Not at the thousands and THOUSANDS of hardworking farmers who won’t be affected. bylinetimes.com/2024/11/19/j...

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Ian Hislop explaining to farmers on #hignfy why Jeremy Clarkson is the very last person who should champion their cause 🚜 #FarmersProtests

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www.theneweuropean.co.uk/why-wont-sta... If Labour won't shift their Brexit position, don't we at least deserve an explanation as to why?

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Brexit the Elephant was feeling pensive today as he sat on a bench in St James’ Park. “Why don’t the politicians hold another advisory-only referendum?” he wondered. “Just like in 2016, it could be advisory only so politicians could still decide what to do with the result”. #BrexitTheElephant

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Yes, I agree. It's brilliantly written.

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As the Trump reality hardens into something world-threateningly grim with a cabinet chock full of dangerously vindictive inadequates; including power-abusing billionaires, sex pests, conspiracy theorists, Russian assets, racists and climate deniers… Never forget who cheered this nightmare on…

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1/ 🚨 Conspiracy theories about the 2024 election miss the bigger picture. The truth? It wasn’t one night, one hack, or one fraud. It was a system rigged in plain sight – right in front of us. The playbook was out in the open for years. But hardly anyone paid attention. Here’s how they did it... 🧵

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I love Ian Hislop but it’s worth noting that most of us would balk at the prospect of publicly admonishing a wrongdoer whose conduct you condemn in this way. I did it once to the UKIP/Reform/Brexit twerp Richard Tice but that took exactly zero guts. This is speaking truth to actual power…

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🚨🚨 EU boss no 1 has arrived to Bluesky suggesting a larger 'mainstream' trend for the platform. 👇👇

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Another searing @russincheshire.bsky.social piece on Clarkson, Farage and the be-wellied obsessions of the privately educated large landowner elite, so dear to most the media. All Aboard With Jeremy and Nigel on the Inheritance Tax-Avoiding Tractor Wagon! www.bylinesupplement.com/p/russell-jo...

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World beating UK, energy prices nearly double anywhere else. Also the UK, every energy firm making 4-10x profits. I wonder if they are related?

submitted 157 days ago • 223 comments

In the USA, it would seem that ignorance, economic failure, and right-wing extremism go together in a vicious circle.

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