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Luke Tryl@luketryl.bsky.social · last wk.

this chart is *bonkers*

Once second choices are taken into account, Bev Craig leads Sian Astley by 65 per cent to 35 per cent. Labour picks up most Green second choices, Restore Britain voters opt for Sian Astley. Tory voters split more for Reform but a sizeable chunk of their second prefs go Labour

Y'know, why *isn't* Hannah Spencer the Green leader. For one, she is an MP and for two she is really good at doing her comms authentically....

The insane humidity has put me in a bad mood already!

You can’t have it both ways: you can’t be the edgelord, ‘well this T-shirt that implies guillotining my political opposition is funny’ and want to legitimately run a major European democracy.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · last wk.

Love that the PM is from the north now; we're going to get loads of investment here!!

Jodrell Bank Observatory facing closure after major funder cuts support

CN Lester 🏳️‍⚧️@cnlester.bsky.social · 2w ago

The *idea* of the House of Lords is crazy to me. You mean to tell me some freak has undue influence over me cos he’s rich.

Just obscene to come home safe from pride celebrations in London and know there are people who won’t in Berlin. Our fight is global and united, and it’s wrong that we need to fight at all.

Libby@captainlibatron.bsky.social · 2w ago

God, MPs really have this mentality that you can be mega pass-agg to their constituents. The last sentence is all that was required here.

Lol "What do you do for Whitstable Rosie?" "Go to Tesco"

Sky News@news.sky.com · 2w ago

Okay but like £50 would buy you a week’s groceries for two people so idk what to say.

'£50 doesn't even buy a meal': What people think of Burnham's electricity VAT cut

Ian Rennie@theangelremiel.bsky.social · 2w ago

Buying and using a car is not irreversible - you can sell it!!! Just be honest: you got the car cos it was easier to move your child around with it! And that’s fine!!!

Who are these weirdos? And why are the BBC interviewing them?

'Bus price hikes led us to irreversible shift to driving'
published at 15:34
15:34
Adam Clarkson
BBC Your Voice

Katerina Bowes pictured with her husband and their child
Image source,Katerina Bowes
Katerina Bowes and her husband used to take buses everyday for their commutes to work and to take their child to nursery, but as prices increased in Plymouth in 2025 the option became unaffordable for them.

The Plymouth couple ended up learning to drive and purchasing a car to save money.

"It took my husband a long time to learn as it’s very difficult to find an instructor and a test slot, but in May 2026, he passed his test. Now we almost never use buses anymore."

The 29-year-old says that even if bus prices go back down their switch to driving is "irreversible". Bowes says they've "already adopted a new lifestyle" and invested a lot of money on making the move from public transport to having their own car.

"The cap is not likely to help us. It just maybe makes us feel bitter".

David Gregory-Kumar@drdavidgk.bsky.social · 2w ago

More extraordinary is, having read the story, the police officers in this case seem like they would struggle to tie their own shoes

This is such an extraordinary story. Hopefully this court case will give the police pause. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

feature request for streamers nobody seems to be prioritising for some reason: the shuffle button which shuffles the episodes of a sitcom because I don't actually care about watching it in order

Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 3w ago

What does this woman have on these stupid men?

Shabana Mahmood set to be named UK chancellor by Andy Burnham ft.trib.al/B8BshzA

James Ball@jamesrball.com · 3w ago

every self-respecting queer person will have quite unkind memories actually 🙂‍↕️

Contrary to whst the 20 remaining ultras on here think: no, history will not remember Keir Starmer's premiership kindly. The best he can hope for – and the likeliest outcome by far – is that history will barely remember his premiership at all.

Tristan Grayford@tristangrayford.scot · 3w ago

"But the curfew will not be mandatory and can be overridden. " Okay so a colossal waste of everyone's time!

Labour will do absolutely anything before they actually enforce their own existing laws on social media companies www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

GreenSwizzleWooster @gswooster.bsky.social · 3w ago

english fans watching them play argentina be normal challenge, difficulty impossible

Timothée Mallette

TW@twesq.bsky.social · 3w ago

The most French looking man I’ve ever seen. Just missing the cigarette and a quote about existential ennui

Stephen Bush@stephenkb.bsky.social · 3w ago

Boyfriend and I tag team the: “Toni, it’s hot!” “It’s the heat”

What’s the cultural reference you must frequently have to stop yourself from making at work, because no-one else would get it? Mine is “ze price stabilité is ze most important thing”.