Andy Burnham has hinted at a new multibillion-pound spending commitment if he becomes prime minister, saying more than 3.5mn women “deserve” compensation over what he regards as a pension scandal
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Ukraine has tested a new surface-to-air missile designed as a cheaper, mass-producible alternative to the shortage-plagued US Patriot system
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Labour leadership hopeful says he’ll ‘stick by the Waspi women’, whose demands could exceed £10bn
Arms maker Fire Point says it has successfully tested surface-to-air projectiles
The family of the Belfast stabbing victim have released a statement saying - like the family of Henry Nowak last week - that the attack should not be used to "divide people or fuel hostility"
They condemned disorder and praised the "valuable contribution" by migrants
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Jim Pickard
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Right-wing UK MPs are posting far more on X/twitter since Musk's takeover, while the left retreats (but has not fully abandoned the site)
One notable exception is the very online @zackpolanski.bsky.social
My article w @pickardje.bsky.social & @rachel-rees.bsky.social
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Condemning riots isn't enough. We need policy action, including an immediate appraisal of X as a vehicle for coordinating far-right disorder. And we need political leadership, to challenge white nationalism as an idea, not to validate it daily and then complain when it turns violent.
