Mark Carney: âI would now like to inform you that the teleprompter has ceased to function. Unlike a certain world leader, I do not view this as a conspiracy.â
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The Left absolutely smoked the AfD in Berlin my goodness đđ my heart!
Deutschland Wählt / Ăsterreich Wählt@de.whln.eu ¡ yesterdayBERLIN | 18 Uhr Prognose Abgeordnetenhauswahl Forschungsgruppe Wahlen/ZDF LINKE: 26,0% (+13,8) CDU: 20,0% (-8,2) GRĂNE: 15,5% (-2,9) AfD: 13,5% (+4,4) SPD: 12,0% (-6,4) BSW: 5,0% (NEU) Sonstige: 8,0% (-5,6) Ănderungen zum Wahlergebnis von 2023 #aghw #ltwbe
What happens when anti-migrant activism becomes wrapped in the language of Christianity and patriotism? Patriot Platform points to a changing UK far right â more networked, more mobile and potentially more vigilante in its tactics. @eastangliabylines.co.uk
What Patriot Platform tells us about how the far right in the UK is changing #
With cries of âChrist is Kingâ, Patriot Platform events in Dover and Portsmouth show a new phenomenon on the right. What does this mean? With cries of âChrist is Kingâ, Patriot Platform events in Dove...
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Keep sharing this link - even after you write to your own MP to ask them to attend the "join the EU" debate... just keep sharing to family and friends. This is a huge campaigning drive just starting up...
Ask your MP to stand up for our future in Europe
On 12 October, Parliament will debate the UK's future relationship with Europe, after a government petition got over 100,000 signatures. Will you write to your MP to ask them to attend the debate?
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Online disinformation about channel rescues is no longer just poisonous rhetoric, itâs putting real people at risk | The Bear
The far right has put RNLI volunteers in the crosshairs
Online disinformation about channel rescues is no longer just poisonous rhetoric, itâs putting real people at risk
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Online disinformation about channel rescues is no longer just poisonous rhetoric, itâs putting real people at risk | The Bear
The far right has put RNLI volunteers in the crosshairs
Online disinformation about channel rescues is no longer just poisonous rhetoric, itâs putting real people at risk
westenglandbylines.co.uk
The future of the private companies that run Englandâs water industry has been debated in Westminster after more than 200,000 people signed a petition calling for change westenglandbylines.co.uk/features/bro...
Sewage Watch â Protect our rivers and beaches
Since April 2023 Sewage Watch has been keeping a running log of press coverage on the state of sewage dumping into our rivers and onto our beaches
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Are we in safe hands, or can we expect two years of U-turns followed by a disastrous Labour loss at the election booths in 2029? | Don McGowan
Summer sea-change: Burnhamâs U-turns on devolution, defence & donations
Are we in safe hands, or can we expect two years of U-turns followed by a disastrous Labour loss at the election booths in 2029?
westenglandbylines.co.uk
Action needed for Bristol's sky-high rents | The Editor
Carla Denyer launches renters survey for residents in England’s “least affordable city”
Action needed for Bristol's sky-high rents
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Plans which threaten community spaces were made without informing the local business owners | The Editor
Press release: Petition launched to save local businesses from Oxford University land grab
Plans which threaten community spaces were made without informing the local business owners
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Plans which threaten community spaces were made without informing the local business owners | The Editor
Press release: Petition launched to save local businesses from Oxford University land grab
Plans which threaten community spaces were made without informing the local business owners
westenglandbylines.co.uk
Action needed for Bristol's sky-high rents | The Editor
Carla Denyer launches renters survey for residents in England’s “least affordable city”
Action needed for Bristol's sky-high rents
westenglandbylines.co.uk
The AfD surge and political deadlock: what Sachsen-Anhalt tells us about PR, FPTP and the far right | Philip Cole
Upset in Sachsen-Anhalt: is this the fault of proportional representation?
The AfD surge and political deadlock: what Sachsen-Anhalt tells us about PR, FPTP and the far right
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The AfD surge and political deadlock: what Sachsen-Anhalt tells us about PR, FPTP and the far right | Philip Cole
Upset in Sachsen-Anhalt: is this the fault of proportional representation?
The AfD surge and political deadlock: what Sachsen-Anhalt tells us about PR, FPTP and the far right
westenglandbylines.co.uk
Houses and homes in multiple occupation should be challenged at community level and far more very low-cost accommodation should be available | Steve Dawe
The case against houses in multiple occupation – part one
Houses and homes in multiple occupation should be challenged at community level and far more very low-cost accommodation should be available
westenglandbylines.co.uk
Anonymous stories collected by Hazel and Steve Dawe | Hazel and Steve Dawe
The case against houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) – part two: personal stories from two cities
Anonymous stories collected by Hazel and Steve Dawe
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Houses and homes in multiple occupation should be challenged at community level and far more very low-cost accommodation should be available | Steve Dawe
The case against houses in multiple occupation – part one
Houses and homes in multiple occupation should be challenged at community level and far more very low-cost accommodation should be available
westenglandbylines.co.uk
"Who watches the watchers?" is a phrase we hear a great deal but, in these dystopian times, one to which we should perhaps pay more heed | Don McGowan
Regulators: who watches the watchers?
"Who watches the watchers?" is a phrase we hear a great deal but, in these dystopian times, one to which we should perhaps pay more heed
westenglandbylines.co.uk
Poem by Bob Copeland | Bob Copeland
What Britain Means to Me
Poem by Bob Copeland
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Can our democracy be saved from the authoritarian forces in politics? | Jon Hill
Book Review: Twilight of Democracy by Anne Applebaum
Can our democracy be saved from the authoritarian forces in politics?
westenglandbylines.co.uk
We have a chance to influence the new government, using the power of our citizen journalism - and the weight, literally, of our Gazette - to make politicians do more to secure justice for those abused by Mohamed Al Fayed. We are raising ÂŁ6,000 to print and send the Gazette to every MP đ
Where is justice? Survivors voices in parliament
Put survivorsâ testimony about Mohamed Al-Fayed in front of MPs â securing an inquiry, breaking down barriers and holding power to account.
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We have a chance to influence the new government, using the power of our citizen journalism - and the weight, literally, of our Gazette - to make politicians do more to secure justice for those abused by Mohamed Al Fayed. We are raising ÂŁ6,000 to print and send the Gazette to every MP đ
Where is justice? Survivors voices in parliament
Put survivorsâ testimony about Mohamed Al-Fayed in front of MPs â securing an inquiry, breaking down barriers and holding power to account.
crowdfunder.co.uk
westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/pro... "Questions remain over Burnhamâs positions on Israel, wealth inequality, and the climate emergency. But he does at least appear to be a man with some kind of mission; a man of some principle"
Progressive politics 101: the new wave in America
What can Andy Burnham learn from the green shoots of progressive rebirth in the US Democratic Party?
westenglandbylines.co.uk
westenglandbylines.co.uk/news/educati... "Harried by the governmentâs shrill promise to âmake life (even) harder for Universal Credit receiversâ, NEETs live under the constant threat of waking up skint ..."
Welcome to the âYouth Hunger Gamesâ: the brutal NEET race for shrinking pickings
Young people are being exhorted to keep chasing the elusive prize of employment, even as our work-centred world is diminishing
westenglandbylines.co.uk
westenglandbylines.co.uk/opinion/the-... "If all countries were functioning democracies, the climate crisis would have been resolved by now. No one voluntarily chooses their own demise, and the transition would proceed apace."
The climate crisis: a war on the world
The climate crisis is a self-destructive war, with aggressors and victims
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EU membership offers at least ÂŁ639mn boost to South West England per year, new report finds
After Andy Burnham pledged âgood growth in every postcodeâ, campaigners stress that he must prioritise genuine economic improvement, which is only available via EU membership
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Thereâs high demand for electric vehicles, but combustion engines are still on the roads. Which European countries are driving the oldest cars? | Rebecca Kotey
An automotive challenge: the European nations still driving outdated vehicles
Thereâs high demand for electric vehicles, but combustion engines are still on the roads. Which European countries are driving the oldest cars?
westenglandbylines.co.uk
westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/pro... "Questions remain over Burnhamâs positions on Israel, wealth inequality, and the climate emergency. But he does at least appear to be a man with some kind of mission; a man of some principle"
Progressive politics 101: the new wave in America
What can Andy Burnham learn from the green shoots of progressive rebirth in the US Democratic Party?
westenglandbylines.co.uk
westenglandbylines.co.uk/news/educati... "Harried by the governmentâs shrill promise to âmake life (even) harder for Universal Credit receiversâ, NEETs live under the constant threat of waking up skint ..."
Welcome to the âYouth Hunger Gamesâ: the brutal NEET race for shrinking pickings
Young people are being exhorted to keep chasing the elusive prize of employment, even as our work-centred world is diminishing
westenglandbylines.co.uk