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Try and be nice to people, avoid eating sugar, read a good book every now and then, get some walking in, and try and live in peace and harmony with people...
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We've created a simple tool so you can find out whether your local NHS trust is using Palantir's software and asking them to resist Wes Streeting's push to sign up for it. goodlaw.social/zr8w
Stop Palantir in the NHS | Good Law Project
NHS trusts are rolling out Palantir software, but we’re fighting back
goodlaw.social
December 1, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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NEWS! Family struggling to pay mansion tax urged to cancel Netflix and eat fewer avocados newsthump.com/2025/12/01/f...
Family struggling to pay mansion tax urged to cancel Netflix and eat fewer avocados
A Surrey family who say they are “on the brink financially” after the introduction of Rachel Reeves’ so-called mansion tax have been urged to take some simple lifestyle steps, including cancelling …
newsthump.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:32 AM
It's not just Gaza. From the West Bank to Syria and Lebanon, Israel's onslaught continues | Nesrine Malik www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It's not just Gaza. From the West Bank to Syria and Lebanon, Israel's onslaught continues | Nesrine Malik
Broken ceasefires, bombing, ground incursions and mounting deaths: Israeli imperialism is now expanding across the region, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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As Islamophobia Awareness Month ends, the rise in anti-Muslim hate remains impossible to ignore.

Together, we must call it out and build the inclusive Britain we all need and deserve.
November 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Barry Elliott, a Reform councillor in the Blyth ward of Newsham, appeared in court on Tuesday in relation to more than £38,000 worth of council tax and business rates owed to Northumberland County Council www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
Northumberland Reform councillor ordered to pay £38,000 debt to his own council
Barry Elliott, a Reform councillor in the Blyth ward of Newsham, appeared in court on Tuesday in relation to more than £38,000 worth of council tax and business rates owed to Northumberland County Cou...
www.chroniclelive.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Reform Party chair banned from the road following drink driving conviction

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/tamesid...
Reform party chair banned from the road following drink driving conviction
The politician was driving over the legal alcohol limit
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Tech companies are pouring billions into AI chips and data centers. Increasingly, they are relying on debt and risky tactics. Financial analysts are worried there's a bubble that will soon pop.
Here's why concerns about an AI bubble are bigger than ever
Tech companies are pouring billions into AI chips and data centers. Increasingly, they are relying on debt and risky tactics. Financial analysts are worried there's a bubble that will soon pop.
n.pr
November 29, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Okay, here we go.

Health & care staff are no longer allowed a Covid booster, but they're still expected to look after COVID+ patients.

NHS/govt is reneging on its duty of care. Staff will become unwell, and patients too will suffer.

You know what to do
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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Everyone is talking about Coburn. It would be terrible to keep David Coburn, UKIP (former leader) really prominent. Share this to raise awareness.
David Coburn, former leader of UKIP Scotland & mentioned in WhatsApp messages sent between Gill and his handler answers "no" when a journalist asks him if he took money to give a speech to promote pro-Russian campaigners.

The video of him outside his chateau is lol

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Former Brexit Party MEP denies taking payment from pro-Russian campaign
A prominent former MEP for Nigel Farage's old party denies taking bribes in a pro-Russian campaign.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Here's UKIP's former Scottish leader David Coburn, who has denied taking Russian bribes after being named in Whatsapp messages between Nathan Gill and a pawn of the Putin administration, being applauded by Gill for arguing against Ukraine's entry to the EU
November 28, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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Every year Tesla ranks as the worst for road worthiness amongst ALL brands, not just EV.

Every. Single. Year.

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Tesla Model Y Is The Most Defective Car This Year, Germany Says - Jalopnik
The report comes from TÜV SÜD, a German auditing, inspection, and certification firm, and is based on data collected from about 9.5 million vehicle inspections.
www.jalopnik.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Farage: epic grifter
November 27, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Farage cited Enoch Powell as his political hero in an interview in Total Politics magazine in 2008.

In 2014 he cited Vladimir Putin as the world leader he most admired.

You want this guy as your next prime minister???
November 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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You wonder why META/Facebook is slow to take down scam ads?

It makes a fortune from them.
Scam ads on Meta in UK likely worth more than all online news advertising. Meta probably made more than £600m from fraudulent UK advertising in 2024 pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/sc...
Scam ads on Meta in UK likely worth more than all online news advertising
Meta likely made more than £600m from fraudulent UK advertising in 2024.
pressgazette.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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More than 700,000 homes across the ten English councils now governed by Reform UK are projected to face medium or higher flood risk by the middle of the century, exclusive analysis of national modelling by Byline Times and Bylines Network shows.
Drowning in denial: one in five homes in Reform UK heartlands faces flooding in 25 years
Even as the party rolls back climate action, Reform-controlled councils sit on some of England’s worst rising flood risks
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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"Brexit didn’t behave like a normal economic shock. There was no singular collapse or dramatic turning point. Instead, it created a rolling fog of uncertainty that has lasted almost a decade. It made it impossible for thousands of firms to plan." ~AA

eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
New: Boris Johnson’s ‘Brexit Titanic success’ was half right
Nearly ten years on, the first full assessment of Brexit confirms what millions warned: Britain made itself poorer
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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Twenty people allege he has a racist past. He denies it. Who’s telling the truth about Farage’s schooldays?
Twenty people allege he has a racist past. He denies it. Who’s telling the truth about Farage’s schooldays?
Reform UK’s leader refuses to answer questions about his abusive behaviour, claiming there’s ‘no evidence’. We talk to victims and witnesses
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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1/ What a Russian breaking of the ceasefire will look like, step by step.

There are far better experts on this, but I was an Australian diplomat in Ukraine in 2014 so I've seen this play out up close.

So join me, brothers and sisters, as we count down to a fullscale re-invasion.
November 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Cancer Detectives: Finding the Cures review – this vaccine documentary is so inspirational it’ll make you weep
Cancer Detectives: Finding the Cures review – this vaccine documentary is so inspirational it’ll make you weep
The tale of Prof Sarah Blagden’s attempt to find a treatment that stops the disease is the rarest of things – TV that makes you dare to hope
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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Some key stats on UK immigration
October 25, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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British surgeon Victoria Rose, who's just returned from Gaza: "They're coming through the doors like a conveyor belt... really small children with massive injuries.. bits of their bodies blown off... every day at least half [of my cases] were under the age of 11.. its barbaric"
June 5, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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The next Budget could define Rachel Reeves’ legacy – and maybe Labour’s future.

Rumours are she's backing off balancing the books with one bold move, favouring a dozen small ones that will anger everyone.

Here’s a menu of her choices.
Rachel Reeves’ budget options: nothing popular
Reeves inherited a nightmare: austerity, Brexit, Covid, ageing population. Now she must balance the books. Here are some of the options.
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 10:56 PM