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A white British father and son BOTH raped the same child and pled guilty to multiple counts of Sexual assault.
This has been in the press for 2 days.
The Mirror is the only National newspaper to report on it…
And THAT’s why people have such a skewed perception of the links between race and SA🤷🏼♀️
This has been in the press for 2 days.
The Mirror is the only National newspaper to report on it…
And THAT’s why people have such a skewed perception of the links between race and SA🤷🏼♀️
December 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A white British father and son BOTH raped the same child and pled guilty to multiple counts of Sexual assault.
This has been in the press for 2 days.
The Mirror is the only National newspaper to report on it…
And THAT’s why people have such a skewed perception of the links between race and SA🤷🏼♀️
This has been in the press for 2 days.
The Mirror is the only National newspaper to report on it…
And THAT’s why people have such a skewed perception of the links between race and SA🤷🏼♀️
Good times!
2. This doesn't mean the IA process doesn't work! Quite the opposite. It has forced the government to be transparent about the fact that its anti-immigration agenda means higher taxes/worse public services *according to its own analysis*.
That's why they tried to avoid publishing this.
That's why they tried to avoid publishing this.
December 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Good times!
If we can’t even rely on an ex human rights lawyer standing up for human rights, then we are all lost. Power corrupts, and Starmer has fallen down badly against what should be very basic expectations
But the question remains: why is Keir Starmer not making the case for the ECHR and what protections it brings to British people?
He spent his entire career defending it. He wrote a 900 page book on it! A prime minister who left his principles at the door the minute he got into power.
He spent his entire career defending it. He wrote a 900 page book on it! A prime minister who left his principles at the door the minute he got into power.
December 10, 2025 at 1:09 PM
If we can’t even rely on an ex human rights lawyer standing up for human rights, then we are all lost. Power corrupts, and Starmer has fallen down badly against what should be very basic expectations
To be honest, it shouldn't have even been an email, it should have been a rant delivered to her own mirror in the small flat she should be living in, far away from society so she cant spread her hatred, bile and ultimately utterly pointless bollocks. Zero redeeming features to her.
December 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
To be honest, it shouldn't have even been an email, it should have been a rant delivered to her own mirror in the small flat she should be living in, far away from society so she cant spread her hatred, bile and ultimately utterly pointless bollocks. Zero redeeming features to her.
Badenoch is one of the worst people in politics today, so the fact she's a leader is ten times worse - she has no empathy and nothing positive about her in any way, and should be nowhere near front line public service. Perhaps given her hatred for those who need help, she should be banned from any
The thing is, she knows (or certainly should know) about conditions that people suffer with, why, what that means for them, how difficult it is to get support and how long that takes, and the help it can actually bring when it comes. Yet she still demonises, because she hates people who need help.
I don't really speak about details because it's his story to tell, but my son's ADHD is life threatening. He has nearly died 3 times in his almost 7 years of life. The NHS has supported us wonderfully, but I live each day hoping I get to a 100 because I'm worried what happens when I'm gone.
December 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Badenoch is one of the worst people in politics today, so the fact she's a leader is ten times worse - she has no empathy and nothing positive about her in any way, and should be nowhere near front line public service. Perhaps given her hatred for those who need help, she should be banned from any
The thing is, she knows (or certainly should know) about conditions that people suffer with, why, what that means for them, how difficult it is to get support and how long that takes, and the help it can actually bring when it comes. Yet she still demonises, because she hates people who need help.
I don't really speak about details because it's his story to tell, but my son's ADHD is life threatening. He has nearly died 3 times in his almost 7 years of life. The NHS has supported us wonderfully, but I live each day hoping I get to a 100 because I'm worried what happens when I'm gone.
Tory leader uses title of Age Of Diagnosis book, spouts toxic stuff
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
December 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The thing is, she knows (or certainly should know) about conditions that people suffer with, why, what that means for them, how difficult it is to get support and how long that takes, and the help it can actually bring when it comes. Yet she still demonises, because she hates people who need help.
Peace award latest.
200,000 flee new advance of Rwanda-backed rebels in Congo despite Trump peace deal reut.rs/4iImYso
200,000 flee new advance of Rwanda-backed rebels in Congo despite Trump peace deal
Two hundred thousand people have fled their homes in eastern Congo in recent days, the United Nations said, as Rwanda-backed rebels march on a strategic town just days after Donald Trump hosted the Rwandan and Congolese leaders to proclaim peace.
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December 9, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Peace award latest.
A genuine puppet who has supported or covered up for atrocious and very damaging behaviour, all while talking calmly and smirking. Quiet evil.
Johnson's major achievements are jamming through a regressive "big beautiful" bill chock full of politically disastrous items and ensuring Congress remained entirely prone (and often out of session) as Trump seized dictatorial power.
Now Mike wonders why he's a widely reviled and mocked failure.
Now Mike wonders why he's a widely reviled and mocked failure.
New in PN: Mike Johnson's downward spiral
"His speakership is a story of chaos and failure at a time when he and his party should be racking up wins. Apparently, the Lord played a trick on his humble servant: He may have given Johnson the job, but He didn’t say he’d be any good at it."
"His speakership is a story of chaos and failure at a time when he and his party should be racking up wins. Apparently, the Lord played a trick on his humble servant: He may have given Johnson the job, but He didn’t say he’d be any good at it."
December 9, 2025 at 3:16 PM
A genuine puppet who has supported or covered up for atrocious and very damaging behaviour, all while talking calmly and smirking. Quiet evil.
Trump will be all over this, and handing back his peace prize then...
It seems that the "war Trump finished" is flaring up again. Fighting on the Thailand–Cambodia border is not subsiding. The Thai army has crossed into Cambodia and captured two settlements, and the air force is carrying out airstrikes along the border.
December 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Trump will be all over this, and handing back his peace prize then...
This is what the racists want, and yet when confronted with the consequences of their shouting, they all go quiet. They hate our country, and will not be happy until they've broken everything
New Home Office impact assessment finds that cutting skilled and social care visas will cost the UK up to £10 billion with a central estimate of -£5.4 billion.
It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
December 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
This is what the racists want, and yet when confronted with the consequences of their shouting, they all go quiet. They hate our country, and will not be happy until they've broken everything
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But the good news is, by doing this, we defeated racism in the UK.
Government has now - belatedly -published the impact assessment for the changes to skilled worker and care worker visas announced in May.
Impact is estimated between -£2 billion and £-10 billion (central - £10 billion).
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6937e6...
Impact is estimated between -£2 billion and £-10 billion (central - £10 billion).
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6937e6...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
December 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
But the good news is, by doing this, we defeated racism in the UK.
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sitting next to a sweaty guy on a plane who just finished a workout at terminal 8 while wearing a shirt, tie, and suit
Duffy on what he's doing to improve the airport experience for travelers: "Maybe I want a workout area where people might get some blood flowing doing some pull ups or step ups in the airport."
December 8, 2025 at 10:26 PM
sitting next to a sweaty guy on a plane who just finished a workout at terminal 8 while wearing a shirt, tie, and suit
‘88 shots’.
Q: Would you support ending federal vaccine mandates and just making those recommendations for schools?
TRUMP: We're looking at a lot of things having to do with vaccines. We're going to be reducing it very substantially
TRUMP: We're looking at a lot of things having to do with vaccines. We're going to be reducing it very substantially
December 8, 2025 at 10:40 PM
‘88 shots’.
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Absurd. The bailout exists to ameliorate the negative impact of the tariffs.
Trump on his farm bailout: "This money would not be possible without tariffs ... because of tariffs, this is possible."
December 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Absurd. The bailout exists to ameliorate the negative impact of the tariffs.
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Critics of disability benefits largely frame it as a concern for government spending but beneath it, there’s often a clear prejudice: disabled people should have miserable little lives (unlike hardworking, normal people).
December 8, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Critics of disability benefits largely frame it as a concern for government spending but beneath it, there’s often a clear prejudice: disabled people should have miserable little lives (unlike hardworking, normal people).
We’re at an incredible stage of rewriting history here. The seriousness with which he delivers these lies now - and people believe it
Q: Everyone knows that J6 was a Fed-surrection to set you and your supporters up. What's your gut instinct about the new pipe bomber suspect taken into custody?
TRUMP: I really appreciate that question. It's sort of a statement, and I appreciate it very much. The whole thing was a Democrat hoax.
TRUMP: I really appreciate that question. It's sort of a statement, and I appreciate it very much. The whole thing was a Democrat hoax.
December 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
We’re at an incredible stage of rewriting history here. The seriousness with which he delivers these lies now - and people believe it
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What is this high school debate shit?
Everyone wants peace!
Adults just realize that any peace which lasts beyond a Russian re-arming / recruitment cycle has to be on terms that don't reward Russia's initial invasion with land and legitimacy, and which meaningfully deter future aggression.
Everyone wants peace!
Adults just realize that any peace which lasts beyond a Russian re-arming / recruitment cycle has to be on terms that don't reward Russia's initial invasion with land and legitimacy, and which meaningfully deter future aggression.
December 8, 2025 at 7:17 PM
What is this high school debate shit?
Everyone wants peace!
Adults just realize that any peace which lasts beyond a Russian re-arming / recruitment cycle has to be on terms that don't reward Russia's initial invasion with land and legitimacy, and which meaningfully deter future aggression.
Everyone wants peace!
Adults just realize that any peace which lasts beyond a Russian re-arming / recruitment cycle has to be on terms that don't reward Russia's initial invasion with land and legitimacy, and which meaningfully deter future aggression.
Another attack on a female reporter
Trump to ABC's Rachel Scott: "You are the most obnoxious reporter in the whole place. Let me just tell you -- you are an obnoxious-- a terrible reporter. And it's always the same thing with you. I told you."
December 8, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Another attack on a female reporter
Everyone should know who he is and what he's said and done by now. There shouldnt be any being sold anymore.
New figures show Tesla's sales struggles are continuing
December 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Everyone should know who he is and what he's said and done by now. There shouldnt be any being sold anymore.
"I was making a general point" meaning you were lying to help demonise people and spread your hatred because you're a nasty piece of work. Pathetic. Try actually navigating the system you utter moron. Free car for tennis elbow?! Get to fuck you Tory troll
Conservative Helen Whately humiliating herself on #BBCLauraK
She starts by complaining about Motability which the Conservatives actually expanded
Then acknowledges she doesn't know how many are actually on Motability
She starts by complaining about Motability which the Conservatives actually expanded
Then acknowledges she doesn't know how many are actually on Motability
December 8, 2025 at 12:21 PM
"I was making a general point" meaning you were lying to help demonise people and spread your hatred because you're a nasty piece of work. Pathetic. Try actually navigating the system you utter moron. Free car for tennis elbow?! Get to fuck you Tory troll
“In the document, the EU is blamed for blocking US efforts to end the conflict and says that the US must "re-establish strategic stability to Russia" which would "stabilise European economies".” Extraordinary
"Russia has welcomed Donald Trump's new US National Security Strategy, calling it "largely consistent" with Moscow's vision."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
New US Security Strategy aligns with Russia's vision, Moscow says
The Kremlin welcomes the starkly worded document, which does not cast Russia as a threat to the US.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 6:20 PM
“In the document, the EU is blamed for blocking US efforts to end the conflict and says that the US must "re-establish strategic stability to Russia" which would "stabilise European economies".” Extraordinary
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It's also emblematic of Starmer's government having the worst comms instincts imaginable.
A policy of fast tracking settlement as an incentive is, at least by the standards of modern immigration debate, relatively inoffensive...
... but then they couch it in Reform talking points about "takers".
A policy of fast tracking settlement as an incentive is, at least by the standards of modern immigration debate, relatively inoffensive...
... but then they couch it in Reform talking points about "takers".
December 7, 2025 at 10:24 AM
It's also emblematic of Starmer's government having the worst comms instincts imaginable.
A policy of fast tracking settlement as an incentive is, at least by the standards of modern immigration debate, relatively inoffensive...
... but then they couch it in Reform talking points about "takers".
A policy of fast tracking settlement as an incentive is, at least by the standards of modern immigration debate, relatively inoffensive...
... but then they couch it in Reform talking points about "takers".
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Oh look. They’ve actually drawn a diagram for all the people stupid enough to need a bloody diagram.
Elon Musk and his Russian friends call for the abolishment of the EU
December 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Oh look. They’ve actually drawn a diagram for all the people stupid enough to need a bloody diagram.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... how on earth have they still not worked out Putin doesn’t want peace. They just look like utter fools to the rest of the world.
US-Ukraine talks: Witkoff says progress made on plan to end war with Russia
The talks in Florida follow US envoy Steve Witkoff's meeting with Russia's President Vladimir Putin.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 11:53 AM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... how on earth have they still not worked out Putin doesn’t want peace. They just look like utter fools to the rest of the world.
Him standing there with his stupid medal and certificate, totally made up to appease his short temper and huge ego clearly had nothing to do with football. Infantino is a terrible, terrible leader for FIFA
Infantino said this isn’t “a normal draw”
That was at least thing said on stage that was true
There were moments that approached propaganda, especially in the highly politicised interpretations to justify Trump’s Peace Prize - a debasing of football
www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...
That was at least thing said on stage that was true
There were moments that approached propaganda, especially in the highly politicised interpretations to justify Trump’s Peace Prize - a debasing of football
www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...
Trump, Infantino and Ferdinand’s bad jokes: Inside Fifa’s shameful World Cup draw
The drawn-out ceremony at Washington’s Kennedy Center was a highly politicised show and a glimpse into football’s dystopian future
www.independent.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Him standing there with his stupid medal and certificate, totally made up to appease his short temper and huge ego clearly had nothing to do with football. Infantino is a terrible, terrible leader for FIFA