@connor19.bsky.social
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RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
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Massive difference in the way that mental health review is being described by the charities involved and by the press….
December 4, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Massive difference in the way that mental health review is being described by the charities involved and by the press….
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In a surprise to absolutely no one, the mum she’s describing is not claiming benefits as a “lifestyle choice”.
This paywalled article is full of “in my grandparents day, blah blah blah” and nasty sneery comments about latest iPhones for spoilt children🙄
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1/9
This paywalled article is full of “in my grandparents day, blah blah blah” and nasty sneery comments about latest iPhones for spoilt children🙄
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1/9
December 3, 2025 at 6:26 PM
In a surprise to absolutely no one, the mum she’s describing is not claiming benefits as a “lifestyle choice”.
This paywalled article is full of “in my grandparents day, blah blah blah” and nasty sneery comments about latest iPhones for spoilt children🙄
🧵
1/9
This paywalled article is full of “in my grandparents day, blah blah blah” and nasty sneery comments about latest iPhones for spoilt children🙄
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“The picture they are painting is completely wrong. Untrue. They are peddling lies.”
Magisterial dismantling by Gordon Brown of “Benefits Street” bollocks from Badenoch and Britain’s reactionary Right-whiners after 500k kids were lifted out of poverty.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Magisterial dismantling by Gordon Brown of “Benefits Street” bollocks from Badenoch and Britain’s reactionary Right-whiners after 500k kids were lifted out of poverty.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Tories should hang their heads in shame after Benefits Street lies
Former PM Gordon Brown lambasts the Conservatives for peddling cruel myths about welfare scroungers - and shines a light on their record pushing children into poverty
www.mirror.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 7:28 AM
“The picture they are painting is completely wrong. Untrue. They are peddling lies.”
Magisterial dismantling by Gordon Brown of “Benefits Street” bollocks from Badenoch and Britain’s reactionary Right-whiners after 500k kids were lifted out of poverty.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Magisterial dismantling by Gordon Brown of “Benefits Street” bollocks from Badenoch and Britain’s reactionary Right-whiners after 500k kids were lifted out of poverty.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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David Miles (of the OBR) at the Treasury Select Committee: Reeves’ speech was not inconsistent with the OBR’s assessment.
December 2, 2025 at 10:20 AM
David Miles (of the OBR) at the Treasury Select Committee: Reeves’ speech was not inconsistent with the OBR’s assessment.
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INTERVIEW 🎤 “I do have beef with people who use their money and power and influence to try to make lives worse for people” - Naomi Alderman
✏️ @jamesrball.com
✏️ @jamesrball.com
Naomi Alderman: 'The right side is not largely defined by your opinions'
Being right or wrong is not as important as what you do in the service of those opinions and how far you are willing to go
www.thenewworld.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 11:55 AM
INTERVIEW 🎤 “I do have beef with people who use their money and power and influence to try to make lives worse for people” - Naomi Alderman
✏️ @jamesrball.com
✏️ @jamesrball.com
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@mrjamesob.bsky.social today on Doctor strikes and the distorting media lens is excellent. The market has failed, time to ensure medical support is fulsome.
December 2, 2025 at 11:56 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social today on Doctor strikes and the distorting media lens is excellent. The market has failed, time to ensure medical support is fulsome.
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Why does a man responsible for delivering one of the most shattering economic blows in Britain’s history still regard himself as an economic authority?
✏️ Rats in a Sack 🐀
✏️ Rats in a Sack 🐀
Daniel Hannan, the man with no shame
Why does a man responsible for delivering one of the most shattering economic blows in Britain’s history still regard himself as an economic authority?
www.thenewworld.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Why does a man responsible for delivering one of the most shattering economic blows in Britain’s history still regard himself as an economic authority?
✏️ Rats in a Sack 🐀
✏️ Rats in a Sack 🐀
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To Avoid Tariffs, U.K. Agrees to Trump’s Demand to Pay More for Drugs
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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This is somewhat nerdy/technical but reveals utterly woeful practices at the OBR – where they relied on free Wordpress plugins to protect some of the most sensitive economic data the UK publishes.
Absolutely dismal stuff, and not just one junior staffer screwing up.
Absolutely dismal stuff, and not just one junior staffer screwing up.
OBR PDFgate investigation is out. obr.uk/docs/dlm_upl...
obr.uk
December 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
This is somewhat nerdy/technical but reveals utterly woeful practices at the OBR – where they relied on free Wordpress plugins to protect some of the most sensitive economic data the UK publishes.
Absolutely dismal stuff, and not just one junior staffer screwing up.
Absolutely dismal stuff, and not just one junior staffer screwing up.
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Michael Gove has been widely criticised for his decision to publish, under the front-page tagline “My Life And Loves”, a 2100-word article by Taki Theodoracopulos. The columnist was convicted of attempted rape in 2023
✏️ Rats in a Sack 🐀
✏️ Rats in a Sack 🐀
Gove gives sex offender Taki a shameful Spectator return
The columnist was convicted of attempted rape in 2023
www.thenewworld.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Michael Gove has been widely criticised for his decision to publish, under the front-page tagline “My Life And Loves”, a 2100-word article by Taki Theodoracopulos. The columnist was convicted of attempted rape in 2023
✏️ Rats in a Sack 🐀
✏️ Rats in a Sack 🐀
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Let’s have a new code of practice for editors demanding a clear rationale for any race or ethnicity discrimination in reporting
✏️ @editormattkelly.bsky.social
✏️ @editormattkelly.bsky.social
Journalism’s race to the bottom
For decades, the reporting of race and ethnicity has been banned unless strictly relevant to the story. All of a sudden that’s changed. Why?
www.thenewworld.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Let’s have a new code of practice for editors demanding a clear rationale for any race or ethnicity discrimination in reporting
✏️ @editormattkelly.bsky.social
✏️ @editormattkelly.bsky.social
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"There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad."
This story is starting to make me feel I’m going slightly mad - maybe RR overdid the gloom, but the tax rises are paying for a) the welfare U-turns b) the £10bn-plus increase in headroom c) scrapping the two child limit d) bits of other spending eg higher local gov costs 🤷🏻♀️
December 1, 2025 at 9:19 AM
"There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad."
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V good thread
This OBR/Treasury row on who said what, when... is very muddy and complicated.
A few points:
• idea that the OBR said on Oct 31 Reeves was already meeting her target by £4b isn't really the full picture - fcast excluded the welfare u-turns since March (some media have pointed that out, others not)
A few points:
• idea that the OBR said on Oct 31 Reeves was already meeting her target by £4b isn't really the full picture - fcast excluded the welfare u-turns since March (some media have pointed that out, others not)
November 30, 2025 at 9:03 AM
V good thread
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Join me from 6pm on @lbc.co.uk (Sat 29th November)
- Do you agree with Lammy’s plans to reduce jury use?
- What’s behind the Tories’ small poll surge (coinciding with a dip for reform)?
- Denmark are banning social media for under 15s. Should we do the same.
Plus - more Your Party drama 🙄
- Do you agree with Lammy’s plans to reduce jury use?
- What’s behind the Tories’ small poll surge (coinciding with a dip for reform)?
- Denmark are banning social media for under 15s. Should we do the same.
Plus - more Your Party drama 🙄
November 29, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Join me from 6pm on @lbc.co.uk (Sat 29th November)
- Do you agree with Lammy’s plans to reduce jury use?
- What’s behind the Tories’ small poll surge (coinciding with a dip for reform)?
- Denmark are banning social media for under 15s. Should we do the same.
Plus - more Your Party drama 🙄
- Do you agree with Lammy’s plans to reduce jury use?
- What’s behind the Tories’ small poll surge (coinciding with a dip for reform)?
- Denmark are banning social media for under 15s. Should we do the same.
Plus - more Your Party drama 🙄
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All the supposed ‘big brains’ in the Labour Party/government have been plotting a grim course that isn’t even based on the feeling in the country. Politicians selling their souls for absolutely zip.
Why do people think England flags have been raised on lampposts?
White adults
National pride: 26%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 49%
Both: 19%
Ethnic minority adults
National pride: 15%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 55%
Both: 20%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
White adults
National pride: 26%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 49%
Both: 19%
Ethnic minority adults
National pride: 15%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 55%
Both: 20%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
November 22, 2025 at 8:08 PM
All the supposed ‘big brains’ in the Labour Party/government have been plotting a grim course that isn’t even based on the feeling in the country. Politicians selling their souls for absolutely zip.
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Turns out the media & most of Parliament is as out of touch with reality as Twitter. Dear England.
Why do people think England flags have been raised on lampposts?
White adults
National pride: 26%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 49%
Both: 19%
Ethnic minority adults
National pride: 15%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 55%
Both: 20%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
White adults
National pride: 26%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 49%
Both: 19%
Ethnic minority adults
National pride: 15%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 55%
Both: 20%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
November 22, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Turns out the media & most of Parliament is as out of touch with reality as Twitter. Dear England.
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Revised ONS net migration estimates published this week have led to claims there’s been an “exodus” of British nationals, with some suggesting Labour’s policies are responsible.
We’ve looked at what the figures show. 👇
We’ve looked at what the figures show. 👇
Do new migration figures show an ‘exodus’ of British nationals in response to Labour? – Full Fact
The ONS has published revised estimates of net migration based on new methods, leading to claims of an “exodus”—here’s what the data shows.
fullfact.org
November 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Revised ONS net migration estimates published this week have led to claims there’s been an “exodus” of British nationals, with some suggesting Labour’s policies are responsible.
We’ve looked at what the figures show. 👇
We’ve looked at what the figures show. 👇
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This story is all Nigel Farage should be asked about by journalists for months
Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales sentenced to 10-and-a-half years for taking pro-Russian bribes
The judge tells Nathan Gill his actions were a
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
This story is all Nigel Farage should be asked about by journalists for months
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Not so much a plastic patriot as a Putin traitor puppet.
Funny how Reform's top brass now pretend they never knew their colleague and friend.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Funny how Reform's top brass now pretend they never knew their colleague and friend.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform UK’s former Wales leader jailed for taking bribes for pro-Russia speeches
Police say Nathan Gill received at least £40,000 while he was an MEP from Oleg Voloshyn, an alleged Russian asset
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Not so much a plastic patriot as a Putin traitor puppet.
Funny how Reform's top brass now pretend they never knew their colleague and friend.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Funny how Reform's top brass now pretend they never knew their colleague and friend.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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This is Zelenskyy's "if necessary for years, if necessary alone" moment.
A chapter in history that will be remembered both for the shame of Washington's betrayal, and for the dignity, bravery, defiance and resolve of the Ukrainian people in the face of it all.
A chapter in history that will be remembered both for the shame of Washington's betrayal, and for the dignity, bravery, defiance and resolve of the Ukrainian people in the face of it all.
November 21, 2025 at 3:43 PM
This is Zelenskyy's "if necessary for years, if necessary alone" moment.
A chapter in history that will be remembered both for the shame of Washington's betrayal, and for the dignity, bravery, defiance and resolve of the Ukrainian people in the face of it all.
A chapter in history that will be remembered both for the shame of Washington's betrayal, and for the dignity, bravery, defiance and resolve of the Ukrainian people in the face of it all.
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The Covid Inquiry finds that if Boris Johnson had called the first lockdown even one week earlier then it could have saved at least 20,000 lives.
Here's a quick reminder of what Johnson was actually doing during those weeks
Here's a quick reminder of what Johnson was actually doing during those weeks
November 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The Covid Inquiry finds that if Boris Johnson had called the first lockdown even one week earlier then it could have saved at least 20,000 lives.
Here's a quick reminder of what Johnson was actually doing during those weeks
Here's a quick reminder of what Johnson was actually doing during those weeks
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Gosh. What a surprise.
🚨 BREAKING: Kent County Council is hurtling towards financial oblivion under Reform.
A shocking new council report reveals a projected budget black hole of £46.5 million for this year. The Reform Administration has completely lost control of our finances. 🔶
A shocking new council report reveals a projected budget black hole of £46.5 million for this year. The Reform Administration has completely lost control of our finances. 🔶
November 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Gosh. What a surprise.
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"Calling a journalist 'piggy' is silencing her by making her feel humiliated... He doesn't like the attempt by journalists to get to the bottom of why he's so disinclined to see those Epstein files."
Is Trump unravelling in real time, on live TV?
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/quie...
Is Trump unravelling in real time, on live TV?
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/quie...
Quiet piggy: ‘Trump finds the easiest response is to shame women into silence’ | The News Agents
The president has had two public outbursts against female reporters in the past week, showing a leader unravelling on live TV. Is the Epstein Files pressure finally getting to him?
www.thenewsagents.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 4:27 PM
"Calling a journalist 'piggy' is silencing her by making her feel humiliated... He doesn't like the attempt by journalists to get to the bottom of why he's so disinclined to see those Epstein files."
Is Trump unravelling in real time, on live TV?
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/quie...
Is Trump unravelling in real time, on live TV?
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/quie...