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Ukraine war latest: US pauses intelligence sharing with Ukraine, national security adviser says The move comes as Mike Waltz also says the president is open to lifting the freeze on military aid to the country.

This is just pure spite. It has sod all to do with encouraging peace and saving lives. This will in fact cost and endanger many more Ukrainian lives.

Shame on Trump.

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Elon Musk calls for Nigel Farage to be replaced as Reform UK leader Nigel Farage claims Musk's call is due to a disagreement support for far-right activist Tommy Robinson.

Obviously wonderful to see these two appalling individuals falling out.

But this won't be the end of Musk's interest in UK politics.

Will he instead court Kemi Badenoch? Will she lurch the Tories further right to appeal to his wallet?

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One of the things you are taught at lawyer school is not to try and persuade your opponent: they are professionally unpersuadable.

There's a lesson there for Labour, which will learn the hard way that there's no version of Musk which wants what it does (or should), however accommodating we are.

Musk accused of ‘politicising’ rape of young girls in UK to attack Starmer Ex-health worker who exposed paedophile ring says billionaire’s triggering of row ignores plight of survivors

It's patently obvious that Musk sees this as one big political game, and will exploit any issue (goddamn distastefully in this instance) to serve his purpose.

Labour should ditch the niceties and show him that our democracy is not to be played with.

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If you ever fancy a glimpse of what privatised healthcare looks like, try taking a pet to the vets without insurance. General examination, antibiotic eye drops, anti-inflammatories, and two sets of blood tests: £511.

No plan for more tax rises, Starmer tells BBC The PM says voters can judge him at the next general election on whether their living standards have improved.

'Unforseen circumstances' are exactly that - things we don't know right now.

After the pandemic we've all been through, who on earth thinks it's sensible for the PM to rule out any further tax rises, under *any* circumstances, for the sake of popularity?

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Heidi Alexander’s appointment as transport secretary means the cabinet is now 100% state-educated for the first time in history - great stat from @georgeeaton.bsky.social

The descent in US political standards plumbs yet further.

Yes, I'm very aware of Boris Johnson.

There's a very slow but steady osmosis of the Trump brand of shameless, amoral politicking from the US, and it's crucial that we resist it at the earliest opportunities if we all agree that our politicians and politics need to be held accountable to the highest standards.

Tax due if parents hand on £3m house: £940k
Tax due if parents hand on a £3m farm: £0
A reminder of significant tax advantage to farmers vs everyone else AFTER these changes

Both in the news today for differing reasons. Michael Sheen who remortgaged his house to fund the Homeless World Cup, Jeremy Clarkson who bought a farm to evade tax.

Thanks for this, Dawn. Really useful! Lots of people I didn't know were here!

Twitter was an echo chamber in its early days, and Bluesky feels much the same. The point is that this platform facilitates a more constructive dialogue, which doesn't feel weighted either way. Keep that ethos at its core, and people from across the spectrum will choose Bluesky over Musk's X.

It seems good so far. Lots to do to build up connections though. Part of why it's taken so long for me to commit.

Glad to be connected too! 🙂

Nice! I just had this sudden realisation/acceptance that I don't get anything positive from X/Twitter anymore, so I thought I'd just do it.

Also, I saw a news story on Musk earlier and it pissed me off enough to commit. #Xodus

It's done. Bye bye, X!

2/2 enables and promotes far-right users and content, and which happily cultivates division by having an open door policy on racism, homophobia, transphobia, and just about any offensive viewpoint you can think of, under the guise of 'free speech'.

Here's hoping for respectful dialogue on Bluesky!

Lots of commentary about people deserting X and retreating to a liberal bubble.

I'm not here to escape from right-wing view points - I think Bluesky should flourish with viewpoints from across the spectrum.

What I *am* leaving behind is a platform which now actively promotes disinformation 1/2

Beyond the obvious WTF - how on earth does RFK Jr reconcile his long-standing convictions on the environment and climate change, with serving for the world's most powerful climate crisis denier?

Closure of National Citizen Service a backwards step, says Lord Cameron The scheme gives 16 to 17-year-olds volunteering opportunities to help them to gain skills and build their confidence.

And how many Sure Start centres (which helped the very poorest families, in the very poorest areas) did you and subsequent Tory government close? (500+)

Get back in your box, you massive, vacuous hypocrite.

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Giving this another shot in the hope that I can leave Twitter behind for good.

Let's do this!

This has always, *always* been part of the Tories' ideology. Cut public spending for a smaller state - painted as a lesser "burden" on "the taxpayer" (as if the taxpayer and those needing public services are exclusive) - and let charity pick up the burden.

This is the result.