LonWon
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LonWon
@lonwon.bsky.social
Curious about politics. Hoping for more than slogans.
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SPECIAL REPORTS // Labour and Conservative councillors join forces to block Exeter city centre antisocial behaviour initiative

Rejection of voluntary & community sector calls for more inclusive response follows 13-year council failure to comply with legal duties.

exeterobserver.org/2025/11/09/l...
Labour and Conservative councillors join forces to block Exeter city centre antisocial behaviour initiative - Exeter Observer
Rejection of voluntary and community sector calls for more inclusive response follows thirteen-year council failure to comply with legal duties under crime and disorder legislation in relation to Exet...
exeterobserver.org
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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There's a case for raising income tax to fund public services, but there's a much stronger case to tackle the cost of living crisis by clamping down on profiteering.
November 5, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Where is the money to repair public services, to pay for Brexit, to deal with climate change, to reduce the cost of living?

@georgemonbiot.bsky.social says we're being pointed away from taxing those who are growing rich by impoverishing others.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis. But he’s a billionaire, so we can’t | George Monbiot
Money talks – and his essay denouncing ‘near-term emissions goals’ at Cop30 mostly argues the case for letting the ultra-rich off the hook
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Immigration has become the number one political priority for the public.

Here's an excellent article by Prof Bobby Duffy & Eliel Cohen looking at the phenomenon of "imagined immigration".

blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
Imagined immigration is shaping our politics | British Politics and Policy at LSE
Enjoying this post? Then sign up to our newsletter and receive a weekly roundup of all our articles. Immigration has become the central issue in British politics. The public now rank it as the most im...
blogs.lse.ac.uk
November 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Prof @richardjmurphy.bsky.social proposes a number of tax measures that the Chancellor could implement instead of raising basic income tax rates

www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11...
November 4, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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NHS staff face ‘ugly’ racism akin to the 70s and 80s, says Wes Streeting. Health secretary and NHS England chief warn of winter pressures and rising levels of abuse.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS staff face ‘ugly’ racism akin to the 70s and 80s, says Wes Streeting
Health secretary and NHS England chief warn of winter pressures and rising levels of abuse
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The two-child benefit cap affects 1.7 million children in the UK.

It has failed in its stated objectives: supporting people into work, or discouraging them from having larger families.

largerfamilies.study/publications...
Benefit changes and larger families
We are a group of university-based researchers investigating how families with more than two children are coping with the benefit cap or the two-child limit.
largerfamilies.study
November 4, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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In a generous gift to future historians, while the US government shutdown causes millions of Americans ongoing food poverty and lost healthcare, President Trump and his MAGA henchmen at a Gatsby-themed Mar-a-Lago party toast the White House receiving a gold and marble makeover and a new ballroom.
November 1, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Devon Live posted this story on Facebook yesterday, with open comments. The jury hadn't retired.

Many comments include opinions about the evidence, mentions of the defendant's character, and claims about the defendant's previous behaviour.

Contempt of court? @barristersecret.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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This really is a shame.

In times like these we really should be commissioning more engaging, informative evidence-based shows, not fewer.
For 61 years the #BBCWorldService has been broadcasting the latest in science via its weekly Science in Action programme. That dies in the next half hour, with this final edition, reflecting on the fall in trust in expertise driven by malign interests over recent years.
October 30, 2025 at 9:08 PM
JD Vance rightly condemns "the terrible terrorist attacks of October 7 [2023]. We remember all of the innocent people brutally murdered by Hamas" but describes the IDF's killing of innocent people this week as "skirmishes".

Why are Palestinian lives worth less?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Israel strikes Gaza again after overnight bombardment that killed at least 104
Attacks shatter Palestinians’ short-lived relief since start of ceasefire that now looks increasingly fragile
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Totally not racist, of course 🙄
October 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Nigel Farage dismissed female victims of grooming gangs who didn't fit his narrative.

He doesn't give a shit about victims. He just wants to push his own bigoted agenda
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Female survivors of grooming gangs demand apology from Nigel Farage
Exclusive: Five women said Reform leader’s comments that they were victims of other types of sexual abuse were ‘degrading’
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Tories confirm Chris Philp's bill proposing mass deportation of people with indefinite leave to remain no longer party policy - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
October 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Labour can't be trusted to defend our ideals.

Had backbenchers not intervened to override Labour Whips' orders to abstain, Farage's proposal for the UK to leave the European Court of Human Rights would have been taken forward for further debate
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
MPs vote down Farage’s proposal for UK to leave ECHR – UK politics live
Lib Dems say ECHR protects ‘our elderly and most vulnerable…the very people who need it most’
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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The digging will continue until the hole disappears
I’m told Labour MPs have been told by whips to *abstain* in the vote on Nigel Farage’s ten-min rule bill on leaving the ECHR, which has left some furious. Whips’ arguments seems to be to just ignore it. Labour MPs worry it leaves Lib Dems/Greens looking like only they care on this.
October 29, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Lol I just asked Grok whether Grokipedia is more neutral than Wikipedia and even it can't lie about this
October 29, 2025 at 10:15 AM
You might have faith in the famous "checks and balances" of the USA's constitution. Trump has found ways to subvert them, outlined here by @owenjones.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
From CBS to TikTok, US media are falling to Trump’s allies. This is how democracy crumbles | Owen Jones
We’re watching the Orbánisation of the US – and as in Hungary, control of the media is key to consolidating power, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Disturbing links between the Exeter branch of Reform UK and openly fascist Britain First
searchlightmagazine.com/2025/10/unho...
Unholy alliance as Reform UK in Exeter cosy up to Britain First | Searchlight
Far-right march in Exeter - new concerns at Reform links with Britain First Reform UK’s Exeter branch is under growing pressure to explain itself as some it ...
searchlightmagazine.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Exeter Conservatives stand by their councillor Alison Sheridan who joined far right thugs from hate group Britain First in protesting outside an Exeter hotel housing refugee families.

Women and children staying at the hotel have been subjected to physical intimidation by protesters in recent weeks.
October 27, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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I’m sorry, why are we using “critics accuse” language here? These are factually, unambiguously, extrajudicial killings. It’s not an opinion. It’s not a disputed or disputable claim.
October 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Exeter civic leaders say “Exeter is for everyone”

Exeter civic leaders have come together to invite fellow residents to “choose unity over division, and hope over fear”.
Exeter civic leaders say “Exeter is for everyone”
Exeter civic leaders have come together to invite fellow residents to “choose unity over division, and hope over fear”.
www.theprsd.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM