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We all gained an hour of sleep over the weekend as the clocks went back, but spare a thought for our collections teams... they've had to change over 2,500 of them across the places we care for! Photos: Jaron James, Anglesey Abbey & Hugh Mothersole, Cliveden

Nigel Farage was asked a very simple question on BBC Breakfast. Did he think Raheem Kassam calling Kemi Badenoch a “Nigerian scammer” was racist? Farage tried to explain that Kassam is “of Indian heritage”. Sally Nugent immediately hit back: “Does that mean he can’t be racist?”

🇪🇺 The freedom to live, work, travel, study, retire across 27 countries. Give us back that freedom.

This is how the UK Chancellor can increase the income tax personal allowance by £3,000. Must end/curtail subsidies to banks. Align tax rates on capital gains & dividends with those on wages. Inconvenience to a few, but millions will be lifted out of hardship.

So Farage thinks that Brexit has been a success and that we're "standing taller in the world"!!! He's as demented as his orange boyfriend.

Every aspect of Farage's political history needs close inspection for corruption ... "Transparency International EU calls for investigation into Nigel Farage Brexit campaign use of EU funds" transparency.eu/transparency...

Nigel Farage has given Reform UK candidates permission to publicly support the serial criminally convicted fraudster, thug, stalker and far-right activist who founded the English Defence League. This is who they are. Never forget it.

20,000 business gave up trading with Europe because of Brexit. Time to put that right.

#BrexitDisaster #RejoinEU #JoinEU #Breturn

HSBC quarterly pre-tax profits surge 32% to $9.6bn (£7.14bn). Banks receive bailouts, subsidies, pay measly return to savers, hike charges, rely on the state as lender of the last resort but threaten retaliation if taxed. Must levy windfall tax.

#bbcbreakfast Brexit has not been “reopened because of Andy Burnham”, but because: - it’s turned out to be a costly mistake - geopolitics shows we can’t rely on the US, but need to work with our neighbours with whom we share common interests - the public has turned against it

Our polling shows 63% of people support freedom of movement with the EU. Andy Burnham's catching up with the country on this. Watch @pimlicat.bsky.social on Politics Live 👇

Momentum is gathering ...... www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

The same US president who treats our friend Canada as an enemy is trying to give Alaska to Russia, a country whose absolutely overt foreign policy is to destroy us. This superpower suicide has to be stopped. www.ft.com/content/e9cf...

Why are the people who accuse those talking about reversing Brexit of "living in the past" never asked about their own plans to rip up an international agreement that was first signed by the UK some 75 years ago?

Every argument you need to hear about why the UK must pursue EU membership, in 90 seconds. @pimlicat.bsky.social on Politics Live 👏

Super-rich get ‘double dividend’ from causes and costs of climate crisis. They profit from polluting industries, and through the ‘adaptation economy’. Super-rich buy govts, control means of production and think tanks. Victims pay higher prices for food, homes, relocations. Who governs?

Always double-check your ballot!

2 down, 3 to go 🇷🇸 Serbia — Vucic lost 🇧🇷 Brazil — Bolsonaro lost 🇮🇱 Israel — 27 Oct 🇧🇬 Bulgaria — 1 Nov 🇺🇸 USA — 3 Nov

If Brazil can reject Trump, the Broligarchs and right-wing authoritarianism, so can we.

Together with Cameron, Johnson and the rest of the Tories, this man is to blame... #BrexitDisaster

UK Chancellor pledges cheaper marmalade and gherkins in pre-Budget package of 'everyday fixes'. Fiddling at the edges. Need redistribution of income and wealth. End profiteering in housing, energy, water, essentials. Increase tax personal allowance.

This promises to be a really interesting read....and I must do this in my wildlife garden.

Newspapers call the tolerant left "extremist" While right wingers with vile bigoted views are portrayed as sensible & moderate Why? Because the media is owned by tax-avoiding billionaires who want no-one to #BlameMillionairesNotMigrants for poverty and campaign to #TaxTheRich meme via Steve Benson

“For more than eight hours, we were held, interrogated and made to feel as though we had done something wrong simply by attempting to enter.” - Clive Lewis

How solar power is quietly becoming bigger than nuclear bbc.com/future/artic...

Good morning from RHS Garden Wisley #UKGardens

Did u know?Grow food in your house during the winter,for free:Cut off the base of a lettuce & pop it in a ramekin of water in a warm,light room-windowsill are ideal.In a few of days,it'll send up new leaves-ideal for sarnies.This works with spring onions,cabbages & beetroots.Give it a grow. 🌱🌿🇬🇧🌱🌍🥬🧄🧅

CEO of scandal-ridden Deloitte gets 45% pay rise to £7.1m, 1,360 jobs cut. CEO pay = 93 times median employee pay. Firm doesn't pay employer NIC on profits shared by partners, worth £150,000 for £1m profit shared. £899m shared. 108 govt contracts in 2026, worth £650m. Friends in high places.

Five tests for nationalism in the next 10 days. Could be genuinely transformative. 🇷🇸 Serbia — Vucic lost (yay!) 🇧🇷 Brazil — Lula leads early count 🇮🇱 Israel — 27 Oct 🇧🇬 Bulgaria — 1 Nov 🇺🇸 USA — 3 Nov One down, one looks promising, three to go.

Today - alongside MPs, @fbunational.bsky.social and @38degrees.bsky.social - we delivered our wildfire petition to Number 10 Downing Street. Photos: Nigel Howard Media

NEW: Trump is a Russian asset. And the UK government is finally waking from its decade-long slumber Read this. And order a wind-up radio. broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-dark-t...