Turned on Question Time by mistake and managed five minutes of Suella Braverman’s toxic stupidity before turning off. How can she cheer for the England football team when, according to her, most of its players aren’t English?
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South West England via Spain and the Midlands - but made in NW5. Trying hard not to give in to despair
Ni olvido ni perdón a toda la basura de la izda connivente con los indepes, los que se abrazaban a Junts desde el proces. Por culpa de la basura nacionalista hemos perdido lustros de luchas sociales. Ni olvido ni perdón
Pues parece que los nacionalismos de las Españas vuelven a ser el puto cáncer.
Yes. Y no contesta nadie del PSOE en dos meses ninguna pregunta que no sea sobre vivienda, y en todas las respuestas explica de Sánchez al último militante lo que vas a hacer en vivienda si te dan mayoría, que es mucho más que lo de los decretos, que esos los has tenido que pactar con la derecha
Well, if the votes are lost tmrw and he decides to go the country it'll be fascinating to see if her can pull it off one more time. In spite of my reservations about aspects of his foreign policy he has my unwavering support
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Éamann Mac Donnchada@almagroschool.bsky.social · 7h agothe Spanish govt looks certain to lose both housing decrees in the congressional vote tmrw bc the rightist Catalan nationalists won´t back them. Have they made a deal with the PP? Chance of a late November election shoots up unless there is a last minute deal to change their minds
The UK party Junts most closely resembles in its blind, small-minded, self-defeating, bigoted stupidity is the DUP.
Guillem Martínez@guillemmartinez.bsky.social · 7h agoCipolla ya definió la estupidez como perjudicarse a uno mismo en el trance de querer perjudicar a un tercero. Ya lo hicieron en 2017. Son, por ello, la escuela estilística peninsular más constante y dilatada, solo tras los heavys
En el novè aniversari del 1-O, Junts ha firmat la seua sentència de mort. Puigdemont "el centrista" de bracet amb PP, Vox i UPN. Ni tan sols ha quedat Coalición Canaria per a maquillar l'engendre. En les properes eleccions al Parlament no trauran ni el 10%.
The one thing almost guaranteed to revive Catalan separatism is a PP/Vox government. That was why Sánchez should never have gone near Junts. They long for confrontation with Madrid. It is what drives them above all else. They are ethno-nationalist, Catalan supremacists.
JWexTheSpa@jwsidders.bsky.social · 7h agoThe biggest mistake Pedro Sánchez ever made was to do a deal with Junts after the last election when he should have called another one that PSOE would have won. It looked like a disastrous move at the time, and so it has proved. Sánchez killed off Catalan separatism. But Catalonia will destroy him.
The biggest mistake Pedro Sánchez ever made was to do a deal with Junts after the last election when he should have called another one that PSOE would have won. It looked like a disastrous move at the time, and so it has proved. Sánchez killed off Catalan separatism. But Catalonia will destroy him.
Éamann Mac Donnchada@almagroschool.bsky.social · 7h agothe Spanish govt looks certain to lose both housing decrees in the congressional vote tmrw bc the rightist Catalan nationalists won´t back them. Have they made a deal with the PP? Chance of a late November election shoots up unless there is a last minute deal to change their minds
No other city in the world has 4 universities in the top 50. Congrats to Imperial, UCL, King’s College and LSE. Another feather in London’s (graduation) cap as the greatest city in the world.
World university rankings 2027: Where are London's institutions on the list?
The US and UK dominated the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027, but which London university was highest?
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Burnham's comms have generally been sure-footed. This wasn't and needed fixing.
Henry Zeffman@hzeffman.bsky.social · 12h agoNEW Downing Street issues fresh statement on Man City case in an attempt to clarify Andy Burnham's comments to Chris Mason yesterday
I would vote Tory in Jenrick's constituency and in Braverman's. Nowhere else.
Best for Britain@bestforbritain.org · 13h ago😉 Turns out not everyone is happy when their MP jumps ship...
Presumably Christa Pike will wake up in hospital and if she still has a functioning brain that can relate back to her execution, will think there is an afterlife and she is in it. Imagine then finding out the truth and realising your doctors are working hard to get you healthy enough to be killed.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 14h agoTennessee governor suspends all executions after Christa Pike’s lethal injections fail
A PR voting system creates the kind of stability that allows for long-term planning. As things stand, Labour could get cracking on an NCS tomorrow, lose power to a party that gets 30% of the vote and see all the work done thrown out. That is an insane waste of time and resource.
Am I just missing the coverage of the Holborn & St Pancras by-election or is it just that there isn't very much? If the latter, I guess it's conference season, but it's still a bit surprising.
We're repeatedly told that asylum seekers pose a threat to the good people of our country... Reading about the threatening and violent treatment of elderly and open minded locals in Crowborough I get the impression that the real threat comes from closer to home. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
You either bow down to the assumption that voters’ preferences are fixed or at least exogenous. Or you decide that they’re malleable and endogenous - and so prepare to make a political argument. Better, perhaps, to risk dying on your feet than live on your knees.
Britain Elects@britainelects.com · 21h agoOn rejoining the EU Support: 55% Oppose: 34% ... but on the conditions of single currency and Schengen membership Support: 35% Oppose: 43% via YouGov, Jun 2026 britainelects.substack.com/p/is-rejoin-...
A *functioning* NCS would have a revolutionary effect on the UK economy, and it would be pronounced in areas with aging demographics- like ex-industrial areas
JWexTheSpa@jwsidders.bsky.social · 20h agoJanan Ganesh writes a lot of nonsense a lot of the time, but the idea a National Care Service is anti-growth is bollocks for the ages. Freeing up NHS beds and staff to accelerate treatment times, and family members to work and generate wealth, is about as pro-growth as you can get.
"The party has also said it would look closer at whether parents' earnings and savings should be factored into welfare payments for their children" So according to the Tories, it's wrong to means-test benefits for boomers... but totally fine to do so for their adult children children.
Conservatives pledge 'tough love' benefit rules for under-25s
The party says it would bring in new work requirements for young people claiming Universal Credit.
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Targeting voters who have a remaining life expectancy in single digits bodes great for the future of your party.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 20h agoBadenoch proposes welfare reform that would stop many jobless under-25s getting universal credit – UK politics live
Tell me that you prefer busking stuff to doing the reading in a way that you think makes you sound dynamic.
Twlldun@twlldun.bsky.social · 18h agoYes, the thing I think about Kemi Badenoch most is “good at dealing with volatile black swan events” what
Yep - Kemi's reaction to Trump's insane, global economy destroying attack on Iran was that the UK should have been a part of it
Twlldun@twlldun.bsky.social · 18h agoYes, the thing I think about Kemi Badenoch most is “good at dealing with volatile black swan events” what
Yet Chelsea have successfully created a PR narrative that they fessed up, hence the paltry fine. Fact is, the FA appears to have believed that using hidden fees to land players like Eden Hazard, Willian, Nemanja Matic didn't confer a sporting advantage. Make of that what you will.
Getting a bit sick of the narrative that Chelsea FC received a lenient punishment because they self-reported. Many of the offshore payments exposed by the Guardian and media partners were not self-reported (possibly because the new owners didn't know, although we can't be sure of that).
Chelsea FC face new questions over how Roman Abramovich funded success
Leaked files reveal secret payments that may have breached football’s strict ‘financial fair play’ rules
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Getting Farage to talk about and defend Brexit would be a big win for the government.
Best for Britain@bestforbritain.org · 18h ago⚠️ He might want a fight on Brexit. Bring it on. Farage and his fellow Brexiteers have been proved wrong time and time again. 👏 This is a fight we will win.
This is horrific on just about every level imaginable. What a grotesque country …
Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike survives execution attempt after two injections
Killer Christa Pike's lawyer says she is being given "life-saving measures" in hospital after two syringes of pentobarbital.
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When the US State Department is doing such great work to project a friendly American face to the world, it’s a total mystery why fewer people are choosing to visit.
‘For the birds’: Lib Dem MP tells Ed Davey to ‘think again’ on triple lock defence @tomgordonld.bsky.social says the argument that it helps millennials is “at best for the birds, and at worst downright insulting” Full quotes 👇 www.politics.co.uk/2026/10/for-...
‘For the birds’: Lib Dem MP tells Ed Davey to ‘think again’ on triple lock defence - Politics.co.uk
A Liberal Democrat MP has criticised Ed Davey over the party’s position on the pension triple lock, saying the argument that it should be kept to help millennials is “at best for the birds, and at worst downright insulting”. In a post on X, Tom Gordon said he had listened to Davey on BBC Radio […]
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