Sheep Attacks Rocket

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In reverence to all those who think they know what they thought they meant to say. Curated by Chris Church.

Too many mothers and babies are being let down by unsafe maternity care. Ministers cannot turn a blind eye. We’re calling for one-to-one maternity care so every mother gets safe, compassionate support.

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Robert Jenrick, what a plonker. As easy as he is to mock, the ideas him and Reform are pushing are dangerous. While the Conservatives weakly follow their lead, Liberal Democrats will stand up to them.

Good morning @tomwatsonofficial.bsky.social Your journey from MP who most understood the Cambridge Analytica scandal to paid-up Palantir apologist is really quite the journey. Hope the pay packet is worth it. 💰 Here’s some background reading ahead of your first day 🧵👇

A throwback to Tom Watson’s days as the MP fighting back against Facebook after the Nerve team published the Cambridge Analytica investigation at the Observer 
(Tom’s standing, with investigative reporter Carole Cadwalladr on right and whistleblower Chris Wyler 2nd from left)🏁

Talk Radio just lashed out grumpily over @dpcarrington.bsky.social's excellent Guardian article detailing their wild inaccuracies on climate change, which we were v happy to feed into... Here's the piece, which Talk *probably* don't want you to read or share... www.theguardian.com/environment/...

From ‘psyops’ to ‘hysterical hysteria’: how GB News and Talk TV lost their cool in the heatwaves

Thousands of heat-related deaths in record-breaking temperatures appeared to only intensify hosts’ climate denials

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The only 4 constituencies where rejoining the EU wasn’t the preferred option were those of Lee Anderson, Farage, Tice and Lowe. In those 4, the top answer was ‘don’t know’. Confirming that Brexit has no real support at all. Not surprising for a total shitshow. And makes red lines seem very silly.

Independent front page. 

Voters across Britain back rejoining EU
Reversing Brexit is most popular option in 646 of 650 constituencies, finds new electoral survey of 12,000Bar chart showing
Which EU relationship respondents most wanted the Uk government to propose

EU membership 35%
Single market 6%
Customs Union 5%
Uk govt position  18/19%
Starts quo 8/9%
Don’t know 16%
Loosen ties 11%

25 years after 9/11, I still feel that overwhelming mix of shock, grief and outrage. Today we remember the thousands cruelly murdered by terrorists. We pray for the families, survivors and all our American friends. And we stand united against terror, and in defence of freedom.

‘US President Donald Trump posted a screenshot of the German TV projection on his Truth Social platform, and Russian presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev took a screengrab of Trump's post and praised a "historic win for the pragmatic AfD".’

The Health Committee has heard how in too many cases of child suicide the different parts of the system were not talking to each other properly. The Deputy Prime Minister agreed to meet with me to discuss how we can stop these stories from happening.