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@atamverdi.bsky.social

Yorkshireman, business owner. Economics, housing, regeneration, communities, equality + equity.

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Hey @nytimes.com, did you change your headline, and change "Islamophobic attacks" on Mamdani to just "attacks," because Elise Stefanik and the GOP bullied you into it? Really? Why are they no longer Islamophobic attacks, as your headline originally and correctly stated?

17.10.2025 20:03 β€” πŸ‘ 4861    πŸ” 1339    πŸ’¬ 118    πŸ“Œ 42
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Tim Walz: "It's almost unimaginable that he's got Milei in there, giving him $20 billion, so that they can undercut us and China can buy their soybeans from them. And now China has learned they can replace our markets."

15.10.2025 01:02 β€” πŸ‘ 19369    πŸ” 6647    πŸ’¬ 595    πŸ“Œ 287
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Children, young people and the built environment The children, young people and the built environment briefing sets out the challenges facing children and young people in accessing formal and informal play spaces. It highlights the opportunities off...

Really good to see this House of Commons research briefing on Children, Young People & the Built Environment, by Louise Whitley, following the LUHC inquiry last year.

It covers a huge of academic and policy evidence, from all sorts of angles, from the UK and beyond.

15.10.2025 08:43 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

What do people think of #Labour in the #UK delaying the #Budget into late Nov? Does this delay benefit the economy? Any lessons from history on this one? #econsky

15.10.2025 08:52 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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California, this November 4th, the whole country is counting on you.

Prop 50 puts our elections back on a level playing field, preserves independent redistricting over the long term, and lets the people decide.

So return your ballot today. Vote yes on 50.

14.10.2025 17:04 β€” πŸ‘ 27796    πŸ” 8985    πŸ’¬ 600    πŸ“Œ 433
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Kent police apologise to protester threatened with arrest for holding Palestine flag Force agrees to pay damages to Laura Murton, 43, who also had sign saying β€˜Israel is committing genocide’

This under Sir Keir - former human rights lawyer and DPP. #Labour are making a mess of navigating this - alienating their own natural base. #PR #Comms www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

13.10.2025 12:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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12.10.2025 04:06 β€” πŸ‘ 295    πŸ” 112    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 4
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They already have the Americans in their pocket.

12.10.2025 08:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Russia and the rise of the radical right Marine Le Pen meets with Putin before the 2017 French Presidential election (Photo credit Mikhail Klimentyev/AFP via Getty Images)

New post just out:

The relationship between Russia and the European radical right goes well beyond Reform's Nathan Gill being bribed.

In this post I trace the history back to the 1990s and look at the threat it poses now.

(Β£/free trial)

open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/r...

12.10.2025 08:01 β€” πŸ‘ 753    πŸ” 419    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 17
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Tony Blair met Jeffrey Epstein while prime minister The ex-PM confirms he met Epstein in 2002, six years before the financier pleaded guilty to soliciting prostitution from a minor.

The story of how Blair met Epstein - a word from his mate Mandelson - speaks volumes about the private influence and access of the super rich to govt. Often hidden but the effects are everywhere. Look at the funding of the Blair Institute. Larry Ellison. www.bbc.com/news/article...

11.10.2025 07:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Miliband refused to discuss North Sea with me, says Ratcliffe Ineos owner urges policymakers to reform net zero taxes or risk β€˜irreversible decline’

Why does this tax exile 'foreigner' think our government should discuss policy with him? He should feck off back to Monaco. Made his choice based on his own interest, to avoid tax. Anything he has to say will be only in his own interests,Β again.

buff.ly/6XvNGfT

11.10.2025 08:54 β€” πŸ‘ 957    πŸ” 320    πŸ’¬ 63    πŸ“Œ 19

Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack.

Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.

Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.

11.10.2025 06:42 β€” πŸ‘ 6562    πŸ” 2389    πŸ’¬ 278    πŸ“Œ 89

YES. Journalists need to be more simple and direct. What do these people mean. Words matter.

10.10.2025 10:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Lots being said about #integration, separate lives etc. Not one commentator or politician has commented on the corrosive effect of social media and the deep silos being created. There are no solutions being given, just more click bait for the attention economy.

07.10.2025 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Men only clubs, private hospitals, the list can go on.

07.10.2025 13:07 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Here should leave the Conservatives.

07.10.2025 13:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Andy Street is spot on. Birmingham is a brilliant city. Vibrant, diverse, wonderful.

07.10.2025 12:18 β€” πŸ‘ 396    πŸ” 72    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 2
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Love this. Superbly done. Please send this far and wide. @donwinslow.bsky.social

06.10.2025 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 23523    πŸ” 15159    πŸ’¬ 811    πŸ“Œ 1091

Agreed.

05.10.2025 13:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is what Farage and Badenoch want to see on our streets.
Gestapo policy repackaged for the 21st crntury.

05.10.2025 13:06 β€” πŸ‘ 124    πŸ” 59    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 1
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Victims are not faceless. Kurt Reach was stripped of his citizenship and deported on Dec. 18, 1943, from the Theresienstadt ghetto to Auschwitz, where he was murdered.

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Peacehaven: Fire at East Sussex mosque probed as 'hate crime' Video appears to show two people in balaclavas at the mosque before a large blaze spreads.

Arson attack at East Sussex mosque. Nobody injured, after two men failed to gain entry, then set fire to car outside & building
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

05.10.2025 10:09 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1

Coming to Britain if Badenoch wins.

05.10.2025 12:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And Kemi Badenoch thought, oooo yes please, lets have some of that

05.10.2025 12:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

We do need @teamlabouruk.bsky.social to be thinking about protections in UK law that protect key aspects. Otherwise the implications of a #Reform government could be catastrophic for individuals, families and the economy.

04.10.2025 12:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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History repeats.

04.10.2025 06:54 β€” πŸ‘ 11628    πŸ” 5610    πŸ’¬ 275    πŸ“Œ 301

This is due to a law signed by Ronald Reagan and has nothing to do with this shutdown fight.

But consider this...

Emergency Medicaid spending in 2023 cost $3.8 billion β€” just 0.4% of total Medicaid spending.

Now what about the $20 billion taxpayers are giving to Argentina?

03.10.2025 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 11761    πŸ” 4714    πŸ’¬ 911    πŸ“Œ 229

My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan MuΓ±oz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

03.10.2025 17:12 β€” πŸ‘ 26591    πŸ” 13727    πŸ’¬ 768    πŸ“Œ 532

Why isn't the #BBC more broadly represented on #Bluesky?

03.10.2025 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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