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Alpine Migrant @alpinemigrant.bsky.social · 1h

Your occasional reminder that 93% of UK parents do not send their children to a private school.

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 1h

Private school can feel like the only option when the state system isn’t meeting your child’s needs, but the financial burden goes far beyond school fees ⬇️

School fees were a shock, then came VAT, uniforms, trips …

www.thetimes.com

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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 2d

stop thinking right now

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Dr K WILDSCHUT @drkwildschut1984.bsky.social · 2d

Disgusting! Gambling disorder wrecks lives.

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

High street slot machine shops pay staff bonuses linked to how much gamblers lose

Exclusive: MPs and campaigners condemn ‘appalling’ reward scheme for Merkur venue managers

www.theguardian.com

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Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 2h

Some of these are real jobs (though possibly sometimes the respondent has been trying to make them posher?) Others make you suspect the respondent may have been taking the mickey, which is always a risk when polling the British public…

waltydunlop @waltydunlop.bsky.social · 1d

Job occupations, from an 1881 census. Every one of these sounds like something a sorely provoked Captain Haddock would should at someone in times of heavy stress.

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Alan White @aljwhite.bsky.social · 17h

I ❤️ Viz

A letter to viz on why we should be removing British objects from people’s rectums, not foreign ones

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merritt @merrittk.com · 7h

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 2h

Inevitably, when any group of people on a policy meeting realises they have no good recommendations that don’t cost a fortune or take more political will than is present, they suggest the issue could be helped by adding it into the national curriculum. And then they go for lunch.

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David Wallace-Wells @dwallacewells.bsky.social · 8h

“The earth has reached its first catastrophic tipping point linked to greenhouse gas emissions, with warm water coral reefs now facing a long-term decline and risking the livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people, according to a new report.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’

Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns

www.theguardian.com

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 19h

Reform UK need to come clean about refugees in Wales.

85% of refugees in Wales being supported are Ukrainian and the grand total of ALL refugees being supported is under 3k.

Formal complaint to Returning Officer as Reform is accused of lying about Nation of Sanctuary

nation.cymru/news/formal-...

Formal complaint to Returning Officer as Reform is accused of lying about Nation of Sanctuary

Martin Shipton Leading members of the Ukrainian community in Caerphilly are making a formal complaint to the official running the seat’s Senedd by-election, alleging that Reform UK is lying about the ...

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UK Politics @politicsintheuk.bsky.social · 3h

Flip-flop Farage #ukpolitics

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Tharg @tjrh.uk · 3h

I've had to switch off #bbcbreakfast and their live coverage of people on an airport's apron.
Oh, look, there's "the president" talking to his daughter.
Not for the first time, BBC News needs to be reminded that he is not president of the United Kingdom.

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 3h

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Tom Freeman @tomfreeman.bsky.social · 4h

Radio 4 (yes, radio) giving extensive live coverage of people waiting for Trump to get off his plane. The sort of vapid gushing the BBC usually reserves for royal weddings

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 3h

Listening to the Today programme, you'd think Donald Trump was about to be released as a hostage

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Guy Harvey @guyharvey70.bsky.social · 3h

The long *walk to **freedom

*time-fill
**fawnification

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Ghislaine Hull @ghizzybear.bsky.social · 1d

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Rich @hoxtonrich.bsky.social · 4h

About 5 years #carfree for us. Well north of £10k saved. I’m used to it now but ‘free’ is the right term. It honestly felt like having a weight lifted. No stressing about insurance, huge unexpected bills & money wasted at petrol pumps. Journeys are now fun. 🚆 🚊 🚃 🚌 🚲 🚶‍♀️

Kirsten de Vos 🚶🏻‍♀️💚🚲🍃 @kirstendevos.bsky.social · 19h

3+ years #carfree for me too 🚶🏻‍♀️🚲🚌🚖

Walk, ride, public transport, and the occasional car share (Co-Wheels) or taxi when needed. Honestly? It’s nowhere near as hard as we thought it would be

Still saving money, still getting places, still feeling good.
#CarFree #NoRegrets #ActiveTravel #BrumbyBike

A woman (me!) wearing a red jacket is standing next to her bike beside a street sign which reads ‘Carless Avenue’

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winstons25.bsky.social @winstons25.bsky.social · 4h

The people that write and agree with this sort of stuff,clearly weren’t affected by 14 years of Tory mismanagement.They breezed into NHS appts ,their mortgages were fine and never had to bother with soaring debt and inflation.That is even before the crumbling infrastructure and failing services….

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 4h

How austerity hit young people.

In the decade after 2010 councils’ funding for youth services in England and Wales suffered a real-terms cut of 70%.

By 2023, 1,200 publicly run youth centres closed.

Young people abandoned to fund tax cuts for corporations the rich.

Britain's youth clubs have been quietly decimated. What's most revealing is that few seem to care | John Harris

These vital spaces have been the first targets of cuts in a nation that favours age over youth – despite being the remedy for blights such as social division, polarisation and loneliness, says Guardia...

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 5h

Pushing for a cease fire so you can look good in a genocide you specifically enabled, at the same time as you’re assaulting your own democracy & waging war on your own cities, is never going to get you a prize for peace. If there’s a prize for hypocrisy and narcissism though, you’ve got a real shot.

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Mike Cookson 🔶 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mikecookson.bsky.social · 23h

Interesting read. Protests against immigration, but "protects R kidz" by driving a stolen car at 90mph down the Great North Road, ramming other vehicles, driving on the wrong side of the road.

www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...

Has 35 previous convictions, but is worried about immigrants?

Road menace did 90mph in 30 zone and wrote off two cars during police chase

Jack Fowler, of Elswick, jailed for violent disorder during the Sunderland riot last year, was behind the wheel of a stolen Land Rover when police tried to pull him over

www.chroniclelive.co.uk

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 1d

WELL THEN IT'S NOT MEANINGFUL IS IT, NICK www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

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Guy Harvey @guyharvey70.bsky.social · 1d

There's only Jayden's nostalgia between it and the skip poor thing

Guy Harvey @guyharvey70.bsky.social · 1d

The laundry basket is being scapegoated

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Guy Harvey @guyharvey70.bsky.social · 1d

Hang on there's another life hack here

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Guy Harvey @guyharvey70.bsky.social · 1d

Genius life hack Anita!

Our laundry basket has been out of the washing loop for a long time.

There's stuff down in there never seen the light of day for years.