Paul
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Glorious, cathartic, taking no shit at all, Stewart Lee.
Brexit: “like someone stepping round a massive pile of dogshit on the living room carpet. Every day. For nine years.”
If only all our media could be as ruthlessly challenging as this.
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
Brexit: “like someone stepping round a massive pile of dogshit on the living room carpet. Every day. For nine years.”
If only all our media could be as ruthlessly challenging as this.
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
November 30, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Glorious, cathartic, taking no shit at all, Stewart Lee.
Brexit: “like someone stepping round a massive pile of dogshit on the living room carpet. Every day. For nine years.”
If only all our media could be as ruthlessly challenging as this.
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
Brexit: “like someone stepping round a massive pile of dogshit on the living room carpet. Every day. For nine years.”
If only all our media could be as ruthlessly challenging as this.
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
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So take this in. Straight from the NATO meeting after Russia’s attack Britain’s primary military town, Salisbury, Boris Johnson flew unofficially to party in Umbria with a former KGB officer working for the Kremlin.
Can anyone tell me how this has been forgotten?
It is Profumo on stilts
Can anyone tell me how this has been forgotten?
It is Profumo on stilts
November 30, 2025 at 4:45 AM
So take this in. Straight from the NATO meeting after Russia’s attack Britain’s primary military town, Salisbury, Boris Johnson flew unofficially to party in Umbria with a former KGB officer working for the Kremlin.
Can anyone tell me how this has been forgotten?
It is Profumo on stilts
Can anyone tell me how this has been forgotten?
It is Profumo on stilts
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Budget hits the young in England
From 2027, repayment threshold for student loans frozen at salary of £29,385. Due to fiscal drag repayments will be sooner.
Graduates face 37% marginal tax rate
By 2030 minimum wage likely to be £29k. Graduates on min wage will be forced to repay loans. Why?
From 2027, repayment threshold for student loans frozen at salary of £29,385. Due to fiscal drag repayments will be sooner.
Graduates face 37% marginal tax rate
By 2030 minimum wage likely to be £29k. Graduates on min wage will be forced to repay loans. Why?
The government’s budget is simply managing decline
The budget does little to improve living standards or facilitate sustained economic growth
leftfootforward.org
November 30, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Budget hits the young in England
From 2027, repayment threshold for student loans frozen at salary of £29,385. Due to fiscal drag repayments will be sooner.
Graduates face 37% marginal tax rate
By 2030 minimum wage likely to be £29k. Graduates on min wage will be forced to repay loans. Why?
From 2027, repayment threshold for student loans frozen at salary of £29,385. Due to fiscal drag repayments will be sooner.
Graduates face 37% marginal tax rate
By 2030 minimum wage likely to be £29k. Graduates on min wage will be forced to repay loans. Why?
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There you go.
Parliament will now consider debate on calls for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
Parliament will now consider debate on calls for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
November 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
There you go.
Parliament will now consider debate on calls for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
Parliament will now consider debate on calls for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
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Japanese embroidery artist Hiroko Kubota, known for her work highlighting cats #WomensArt
November 29, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Japanese embroidery artist Hiroko Kubota, known for her work highlighting cats #WomensArt
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Minister defends 'pragmatic' U-turn on workers' rights.
It was a manifesto pledge
Why no 'pragmatic' U-turn' on nationalising water, energy, rail rolling stock companies and freight; ending privatisation of the NHS and social care; taxing the super rich?
It was a manifesto pledge
Why no 'pragmatic' U-turn' on nationalising water, energy, rail rolling stock companies and freight; ending privatisation of the NHS and social care; taxing the super rich?
Minister defends 'pragmatic' U-turn on workers' rights
Bridget Phillipson told the BBC the climbdown would enable wider benefits to be delivered quickly.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Minister defends 'pragmatic' U-turn on workers' rights.
It was a manifesto pledge
Why no 'pragmatic' U-turn' on nationalising water, energy, rail rolling stock companies and freight; ending privatisation of the NHS and social care; taxing the super rich?
It was a manifesto pledge
Why no 'pragmatic' U-turn' on nationalising water, energy, rail rolling stock companies and freight; ending privatisation of the NHS and social care; taxing the super rich?
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Self portrait 1886
https://botfrens.com/collections/90/contents/24911
https://botfrens.com/collections/90/contents/24911
November 15, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Self portrait 1886
https://botfrens.com/collections/90/contents/24911
https://botfrens.com/collections/90/contents/24911
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The Stones release the “Let it Bleed” LP today in ‘69
Martin Scorsese said people sometimes ask why he uses “Gimme Shelter” so often in his films. It does something, he said, “no other piece of music does for me .. There’s fear. There’s seduction. It’s the sound of consequences rushing toward you.”
Martin Scorsese said people sometimes ask why he uses “Gimme Shelter” so often in his films. It does something, he said, “no other piece of music does for me .. There’s fear. There’s seduction. It’s the sound of consequences rushing toward you.”
November 28, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The Stones release the “Let it Bleed” LP today in ‘69
Martin Scorsese said people sometimes ask why he uses “Gimme Shelter” so often in his films. It does something, he said, “no other piece of music does for me .. There’s fear. There’s seduction. It’s the sound of consequences rushing toward you.”
Martin Scorsese said people sometimes ask why he uses “Gimme Shelter” so often in his films. It does something, he said, “no other piece of music does for me .. There’s fear. There’s seduction. It’s the sound of consequences rushing toward you.”
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I’m not saying anything particularly smart or new here: A press that runs on sensationalism is just a rolled out red carpet waiting for any fascist weirdo who prints money for “both sides” by saying and doing crazy things all day.
there's no way to explain our politics without the media being overwhelmingly complicit
Now only did White House pool reporters not stick up for their colleague who Trump repeatedly called “stupid” but you can hear them thanking Trump a few minutes later after he ended the Q&A. Sad stuff.
November 28, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I’m not saying anything particularly smart or new here: A press that runs on sensationalism is just a rolled out red carpet waiting for any fascist weirdo who prints money for “both sides” by saying and doing crazy things all day.
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I’m 35 with student loans I live in one of the most expensive cities in the world I dreamt and studied my whole life to be a journalist at this level and I just got fired because I told the president “hey don’t call her a pig” i am now blacklisted from the industry that has this same gun to its head
November 28, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I’m 35 with student loans I live in one of the most expensive cities in the world I dreamt and studied my whole life to be a journalist at this level and I just got fired because I told the president “hey don’t call her a pig” i am now blacklisted from the industry that has this same gun to its head
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Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
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Today's 70% fall in net migration to 205,000 was not one of the six stories in BBC ten o'clock news.
Ta massive assymetry in whether rises in immigration and falls in immigration are considered newsworthy by broadcasters
Down by 140k isn't thought to be.
Up by 140k undoubtedly would be.
Ta massive assymetry in whether rises in immigration and falls in immigration are considered newsworthy by broadcasters
Down by 140k isn't thought to be.
Up by 140k undoubtedly would be.
November 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Today's 70% fall in net migration to 205,000 was not one of the six stories in BBC ten o'clock news.
Ta massive assymetry in whether rises in immigration and falls in immigration are considered newsworthy by broadcasters
Down by 140k isn't thought to be.
Up by 140k undoubtedly would be.
Ta massive assymetry in whether rises in immigration and falls in immigration are considered newsworthy by broadcasters
Down by 140k isn't thought to be.
Up by 140k undoubtedly would be.
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Me when it was my wife’s turn to cook. 😆
November 26, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Me when it was my wife’s turn to cook. 😆
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Today on Volts: I've had more requests to cover this than almost any other topic in the pod's history, so now, at long last, balcony solar! We dig into how "plug-in solar" took off in Europe & how it's making its way to the US, starting in Utah. Backyard DIY types rejoice!
What's the deal with balcony solar?
Cora Stryker joins me to explain how "plug-in" solar took Europe by storm and is finally, via Utah (?), making its way to America.
www.volts.wtf
November 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Today on Volts: I've had more requests to cover this than almost any other topic in the pod's history, so now, at long last, balcony solar! We dig into how "plug-in solar" took off in Europe & how it's making its way to the US, starting in Utah. Backyard DIY types rejoice!
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How the Daily Mail has responded to a Budget that will slightly raise wages for young people, vs how they responded to a Budget that almost crashed the entire economy
November 26, 2025 at 11:32 AM
How the Daily Mail has responded to a Budget that will slightly raise wages for young people, vs how they responded to a Budget that almost crashed the entire economy
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Labour seems frozen by “twin fears…that swing voters would freak out if they thought Reeves was a tax-and-spend fiend or Starmer might smuggle remainer convictions into Downing St”
But, the foreign state that benefits most from Brexit inaction is Putin’s Russia.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
But, the foreign state that benefits most from Brexit inaction is Putin’s Russia.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rachel Reeves has many problems. She’s realising that her Brexit bind may be the biggest of all | Rafael Behr
Brutal economic realities are prompting a shift in Labour’s tone on Europe. But will it dare tell the whole truth about Britain’s predicament, asks Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Labour seems frozen by “twin fears…that swing voters would freak out if they thought Reeves was a tax-and-spend fiend or Starmer might smuggle remainer convictions into Downing St”
But, the foreign state that benefits most from Brexit inaction is Putin’s Russia.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
But, the foreign state that benefits most from Brexit inaction is Putin’s Russia.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This is a big deal. The reduction in sulphur emissions from ships means clouds aren’t as reflective and persistent, so the warming from greenhouse gases is not offset as much. So, while this change is very good for air quality, it’s very bad for almost everything else. #climate
A second opportunity to examine the cloud reduction effects from shipping fuel pollution measures has revealed that the 80% cut in sulphur emissions reduces cloud droplet formation by 67%.
acp.copernicus.org/articles/25/...
#aerosols #climatechange #clouds #IMO2020 #ECS
acp.copernicus.org/articles/25/...
#aerosols #climatechange #clouds #IMO2020 #ECS
acp.copernicus.org
November 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
This is a big deal. The reduction in sulphur emissions from ships means clouds aren’t as reflective and persistent, so the warming from greenhouse gases is not offset as much. So, while this change is very good for air quality, it’s very bad for almost everything else. #climate
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Given that the BBC endlessly gives platforms to lobbyists from the dark money junktanks without revealing their interests, shouldn't we be seeing such apologies every day?
Better still, how about not doing it? If they want to appear, we should know on whose behalf they are speaking.
Better still, how about not doing it? If they want to appear, we should know on whose behalf they are speaking.
Exclusive: The BBC has issued an apology after one of its presenters failed to challenge a climate-sceptic lobbyist who runs a group that has received funding from fossil-fuel interests
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
BBC Apologises for Failing to Challenge 'Dark Money' Climate-Denial Lobbyist
EXCLUSIVE: BBC faces fresh allegations of bias after corporation admits interview with ‘Net Zero Watch’ lobbying chief Andrew Montford 'fell below usual standards'
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Given that the BBC endlessly gives platforms to lobbyists from the dark money junktanks without revealing their interests, shouldn't we be seeing such apologies every day?
Better still, how about not doing it? If they want to appear, we should know on whose behalf they are speaking.
Better still, how about not doing it? If they want to appear, we should know on whose behalf they are speaking.
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I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
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In Poland, The Terminator is ‘Electronic Murderer’ c/o @wiggypop.bsky.social
Looked up its poster & it’s a Jakub Erol classic
Looked up its poster & it’s a Jakub Erol classic
November 25, 2025 at 12:37 PM
In Poland, The Terminator is ‘Electronic Murderer’ c/o @wiggypop.bsky.social
Looked up its poster & it’s a Jakub Erol classic
Looked up its poster & it’s a Jakub Erol classic
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We don't have to accept this slop
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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We're only able to do this work - helping people stand up to Far right bullies - because tens of thousands of you have set up direct debits to support our work. But the cost of living crisis means our income is getting squeezed - and we could really use your support. goodlawproject.org/donate/
Support us | Good Law Project
We can only keep fighting thanks to individual donations. Our people-powered model keeps us fiercely independent, so we can hold power to account.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:55 AM
We're only able to do this work - helping people stand up to Far right bullies - because tens of thousands of you have set up direct debits to support our work. But the cost of living crisis means our income is getting squeezed - and we could really use your support. goodlawproject.org/donate/
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Might be time to activate the Grift Klaxon.
The US Space Force has awarded several sub-$9 million contracts to undisclosed companies to build early prototypes of space-based missile interceptors for Trump’s Golden Dome defence program, Bloomberg reports.
All names kept secret.
The US Space Force has awarded several sub-$9 million contracts to undisclosed companies to build early prototypes of space-based missile interceptors for Trump’s Golden Dome defence program, Bloomberg reports.
All names kept secret.
November 25, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Might be time to activate the Grift Klaxon.
The US Space Force has awarded several sub-$9 million contracts to undisclosed companies to build early prototypes of space-based missile interceptors for Trump’s Golden Dome defence program, Bloomberg reports.
All names kept secret.
The US Space Force has awarded several sub-$9 million contracts to undisclosed companies to build early prototypes of space-based missile interceptors for Trump’s Golden Dome defence program, Bloomberg reports.
All names kept secret.
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NEW WEBSITE FEATURE: Westminster Voting Intention Polling Dashboard
🌈 Current Weighted Polling Average
📅 Latest Poll from Each Pollster
📊 Smoothed Weighted-Average Chart
📈 Sortable Table of all Polls since GE2024
electionmaps.uk/polling/vi
🌈 Current Weighted Polling Average
📅 Latest Poll from Each Pollster
📊 Smoothed Weighted-Average Chart
📈 Sortable Table of all Polls since GE2024
electionmaps.uk/polling/vi
November 24, 2025 at 11:19 PM
NEW WEBSITE FEATURE: Westminster Voting Intention Polling Dashboard
🌈 Current Weighted Polling Average
📅 Latest Poll from Each Pollster
📊 Smoothed Weighted-Average Chart
📈 Sortable Table of all Polls since GE2024
electionmaps.uk/polling/vi
🌈 Current Weighted Polling Average
📅 Latest Poll from Each Pollster
📊 Smoothed Weighted-Average Chart
📈 Sortable Table of all Polls since GE2024
electionmaps.uk/polling/vi