@CllrBrant on 🦋 Labour Councillor for Fazakerley West Ward
Liverpool
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The Mississippi Senate race is an extraordinary story. If you dig up the history between the two Scott Colom (Dem) vs Cindy Hyde (GOP). This guy Colom was minding his own business and was on track to be a district judge (local bi partisan choice btw) under Biden.
But Hyde Smith the current Senator wouldn't give her approval, she blocked Colom's nomination and that was the end of his district judge path. So last year Colom decided to run against Hyde Smith. He is within striking distance of becoming the first black Senator for Mississippi since 1871, and the first Dem Senator since 1989.
Extraordinarily, Scott Colom is on track to win the uncalled Senate race in Mississippi (the last margin I saw was 39 votes but the remaining count favours him, as Kornacki shows in this clip).
Colom is a black attorney who ran on a "Common Sense" economic-populist platform aimed at daily life: gas, groceries, healthcare and closing hospitals, plus Medicaid expansion. He won many switchers, and the Republican vote collapsed. That’s how a race which was classed likely or safe Republican until the final week was flipped.
This will turn out to be a more than ten-point swing in a poor red state in the Deep South. Swing voters are more volatile than ever, especially when they’re economically hard pressed. They respond to common sense, and they’ve decided Trump and the Republicans are not on their side.
Fierce attacks on Colom’s socially liberal track record on some issues didn’t dent him. He said he was Christian and has always been “pro-life”, but that he would trust his daughters to make their own decisions.
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Merseyside Police issue urgent warning after scammers use force's real phone number liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liv…
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Cyberattack on France’s national blood service (EFS) via its refrigeration contractor Coolworld. Hackers reset freezers keeping blood donor samples at -30°C to a target of 110°C. The thing that stopped it from destructive impact was an on-call technician who noticed the temperatures going up. Frozen plasma intended for transfusion was stored there too. Fortunately nothing was destroyed. This was a cyberattack on a sensitive layer of healthcare. From frozen peas to boiling plasma in three weeks...?
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It’s @lpoolcouncil leader Liam Robinson in the Hot Seat @bbcmerseyside this morning! Join us from 10 and call with your questions 0800 731 93 33
You can WhatsApp 08000 321 333 start your message with word MERSEY
Or pop your question below 👇
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Why give boys a cervical cancer vaccine?
Because HPV causes 60-70% of US throat cancers, and about 10% of men carry oral HPV
Men don't have a cervix. They do have tonsils
AND they can pass it on to women
cdc.gov/cancer/hpv/oropharyn…
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The Leaders of the Liverpool Labour Party, @LiverpoolGreens, @LiberalParty_UK and the Liverpool Community Independents have released a joint statement condemning the Liberal Democrats for their vote against new Article 4 Powers at last week's Culture & Economy Scrutiny Committee
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Disclaimer: there’s an important detail missing from this article. 👀
Merseyside residents travel free on public transport from 60 - the most generous concessionary scheme in the country.
Just a little local perk Echo readers might like to know about! 😉
liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/uk-…
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NEW: UK Foreign Secretary @Ed_Miliband has told Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov that he and his government are responsible for killing innocent civilians, condemning Thursday’s attack on Dnipro railway station
Speaking directly to Lavrov at a meeting of G20 foreign ministers in the US today, Miliband said:
"Let me say this directly to the Russian Foreign Minister: we all know who the aggressor in this war is. Let's talk about what happened at Dnipro railway yesterday. Only yesterday your drones attacked and killed 15 people. And there are countless examples like this of you killing innocent civilians throughout this war. We all know you are the aggressor. We all know you started this war four and a half years ago with the full scale invasion of Ukraine. "
"And Putin thought then he would win this war easily. But you are are not winning this war. Thanks to the courage of the Ukrainian people and the solidarity of countries round this table, you are not winning. If you had the courage to tell the truth and to do what is right you would tell Putin that he is not winning this war and will not win."
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This evening, the Council held a special meeting to discuss Article 4 HMO restrictions which were due to come into force last week. The Liberal Democrats called the decision in, delaying implementation .
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These are the "American patriots" and "concerned Europeans" you're talking to on X.
There's no reason to argue with computers. Just block them all and move on.
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This chart shows that Labour’s fiscal choices continue to be progressive, with the poorest households benefiting most as a proportion of their income! #Budget2026
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I can't find words.
Dnipro 💔
A railway platform is covered in people's bodies after a Russian strike.
Russia started this war. Russia continues killing Ukrainian civilians every single day. Russia won't stop until it is stopped.
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A Russian bot forgot to switch its account from MAGA to "Ukrainian." 😀
This is how Russians simulate public opinion and pressure politicians into adopting a pro-Russian stance—leading them to believe that this is what their electorate demands. That is why it is important to express your position openly.
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% of overall donations that came from foreign donors in the last 12 months....
Labour = 0.15%
Tories = 3.57%
Reform = 80%
Source: @indeoendent
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Monday night and Russia has just launched a ballistic missile strike on the dormitories of Kyiv's State University of Trade and Economics. Students are dead.
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I've been going after Musk hard the last few days and he's throttling my account.
He's absolutely petrified that Talarico will win Texas.
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Lula now pulling ahead in the Brazilian presidential election. Could be on verge of a major upset.
Would mean a fourth term for the 80 year old president.
