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Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
November 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
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Take the wedding rings? Gold fillings? Does this remind anyone of anything?
The Sun has been told Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will on Monday propose confiscating jewellery, watches, necklaces from asylum seekers to meet asylum costs
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
November 17, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Take the wedding rings? Gold fillings? Does this remind anyone of anything?
At this time, absolutely nothing is known about the perpetrator of the dreadful attack in Manchester or their motives. This doesn’t stop Sheila Fogarty @lbc.co.uk immediately pinning the blame on people protesting about a genocide rather than those actually perpetrating it. Filthy gutter journalism.
October 2, 2025 at 12:18 PM
At this time, absolutely nothing is known about the perpetrator of the dreadful attack in Manchester or their motives. This doesn’t stop Sheila Fogarty @lbc.co.uk immediately pinning the blame on people protesting about a genocide rather than those actually perpetrating it. Filthy gutter journalism.
I love ChatGPT. I fed it a 56 word para that I needed shortened and made more concise and it not only proudly fed me back one that was 53 words long, but also needed 3 words added back in to make it grammatically correct! 😂
August 13, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I love ChatGPT. I fed it a 56 word para that I needed shortened and made more concise and it not only proudly fed me back one that was 53 words long, but also needed 3 words added back in to make it grammatically correct! 😂
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OLIVER: "Gaza is starving is a sentence that's objectively true, but it's also slightly misleading because it's too passive — Gaza is being starved by Israel."
August 4, 2025 at 12:23 PM
OLIVER: "Gaza is starving is a sentence that's objectively true, but it's also slightly misleading because it's too passive — Gaza is being starved by Israel."
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No one has ever LinkedIn this hard.
I am CRINE.
I am CRINE.
May 21, 2025 at 12:40 PM
No one has ever LinkedIn this hard.
I am CRINE.
I am CRINE.
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Someone has finally been held accountable for the war in Gaza, and it's Gary Lineker www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Match of the Day host Gary Lineker expected to leave the BBC
It comes after he faced criticism for sharing a social media post about Zionism.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 19, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Someone has finally been held accountable for the war in Gaza, and it's Gary Lineker www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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A brilliant piece of poetry from Michael Rosen, clearly directed at Starmer and the current Labour Government.
May 13, 2025 at 8:37 AM
A brilliant piece of poetry from Michael Rosen, clearly directed at Starmer and the current Labour Government.
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this internet was a mistake, but sometimes it’s the best thing ever created
May 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
this internet was a mistake, but sometimes it’s the best thing ever created
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If you ask someone today to name the builder of Hadrian's Wall, they would give you a funny look. But historical memory is odd, and right up to the 1800s we forgot who built it.
Until in 1840 John Hodgson, an obscure Northumbrian clergyman, published the LONGEST footnote in history... 1/22
Until in 1840 John Hodgson, an obscure Northumbrian clergyman, published the LONGEST footnote in history... 1/22
January 5, 2024 at 11:17 AM
If you ask someone today to name the builder of Hadrian's Wall, they would give you a funny look. But historical memory is odd, and right up to the 1800s we forgot who built it.
Until in 1840 John Hodgson, an obscure Northumbrian clergyman, published the LONGEST footnote in history... 1/22
Until in 1840 John Hodgson, an obscure Northumbrian clergyman, published the LONGEST footnote in history... 1/22
“A liberal has to tell a hundred stories, or a thousand. A communist has one story, which might not turn out to be true. A fascist just has to be a storyteller.” Exceptional analysis, as ever, from Timothy Snyder.
Fascism is now in the algorithms, the neural pathways, the social interactions. How did we fail to see all this? “We wanted to see Trump in terms of his absences, so that our way of seeing the world would go unchallenged,” Timothy Snyder writes.
What Does It Mean That Donald Trump Is a Fascist?
Trump takes the tools of dictators and adapts them for the Internet. We should expect him to try to cling to power until death, and create a cult of January 6th martyrs.
www.newyorker.com
April 20, 2025 at 7:55 AM
“A liberal has to tell a hundred stories, or a thousand. A communist has one story, which might not turn out to be true. A fascist just has to be a storyteller.” Exceptional analysis, as ever, from Timothy Snyder.
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At this rate MAGA will only be able to afford to rent the libs.
April 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
At this rate MAGA will only be able to afford to rent the libs.
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We're in London today with a big old bus to tell our Govt this country cannot afford cuts. Instead they should tax us, the super rich. A 2% wealth tax alone could raise up to £460mln a week. @Keir_starmer - invest in a fairer economy. Patriotic Millionaires say Tax Our Wealth
March 18, 2025 at 9:51 AM
We're in London today with a big old bus to tell our Govt this country cannot afford cuts. Instead they should tax us, the super rich. A 2% wealth tax alone could raise up to £460mln a week. @Keir_starmer - invest in a fairer economy. Patriotic Millionaires say Tax Our Wealth
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Brilliant column by @nesrinemalik.bsky.social, which everyone in the UK should read. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Many said the Starmer era would be just Tory-lite – now it’s worse than that. Time to stop the pretence
He’ll be radical, the PM’s allies claimed. Well, look now, as the poor are targeted and ministers boast of wearing Tory clothes better than the Tories, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
March 17, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Brilliant column by @nesrinemalik.bsky.social, which everyone in the UK should read. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Gotta love Samuel! ❤️✨
March 15, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Gotta love Samuel! ❤️✨
In a world that seems to be doing everything it can to forget the pandemic ever happened, I would just like to urge people not to forget that, for millions of peple, it was never over. They still live with the consequences each and every day. #longcovid #internationallongcovidawarenessday
This year International Long Covid Awareness Day falls on a day when I find my self struggling to recover from 2 relatively easy days filming in London. Ever since having flu/covid again before Xmas, any progress I've made in the last 3 years seems to have slipped away like sand through my fingers.
March 15, 2025 at 3:17 PM
In a world that seems to be doing everything it can to forget the pandemic ever happened, I would just like to urge people not to forget that, for millions of peple, it was never over. They still live with the consequences each and every day. #longcovid #internationallongcovidawarenessday
This year International Long Covid Awareness Day falls on a day when I find my self struggling to recover from 2 relatively easy days filming in London. Ever since having flu/covid again before Xmas, any progress I've made in the last 3 years seems to have slipped away like sand through my fingers.
March 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This year International Long Covid Awareness Day falls on a day when I find my self struggling to recover from 2 relatively easy days filming in London. Ever since having flu/covid again before Xmas, any progress I've made in the last 3 years seems to have slipped away like sand through my fingers.
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Five of the billionaires who attended Donald Trump's inauguration have lost a combined $210 billion in wealth since then, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index
Oh dear
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Oh dear
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Billionaires at Trump’s Swearing-In Have Since Lost $210 Billion
As Donald Trump took the oath of office on Jan. 20, he was flanked by some of the world’s wealthiest people. The billionaires present that day — including Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg — h...
www.bloomberg.com
March 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Five of the billionaires who attended Donald Trump's inauguration have lost a combined $210 billion in wealth since then, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index
Oh dear
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Oh dear
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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That speech translated and transcribed. Very much worth reading again (and again).
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Trump Is Nero While Washington Burns
‘Trump’s message is that being his ally serves no purpose, because he will not defend you.’
www.theatlantic.com
March 10, 2025 at 5:52 AM
That speech translated and transcribed. Very much worth reading again (and again).
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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“The United States has not just abandoned Ukraine, the United States is now actively helping Vladimir Putin and the Russian state kill Ukrainians to try and force Ukraine to accept a bad peace deal that very well might spell the end of their country.”
Hi All, I released the first part of my weekend update early (it’s all free) because what we are seeing is so extreme it needs to be said now. The USA is now openly admitting to helping Russia kill Ukrainians. Indeed, Trump seems to be enjoying it. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Weekend Update #123: The Week The USA Started Killing Ukrainians
Part 1: The Trump Plan to Damage Ukraine and Help Russia
open.substack.com
March 9, 2025 at 9:52 AM
“The United States has not just abandoned Ukraine, the United States is now actively helping Vladimir Putin and the Russian state kill Ukrainians to try and force Ukraine to accept a bad peace deal that very well might spell the end of their country.”
Dutch TV's take on Trump, Vance and Zelensky
Rutger Bregman (@rutgerbregman) on Threads
Dutch television on Trump, Vance, Zelensky and "Have you even said 'thank you'?"
Excellent summary of the current geopolitical situation.
www.threads.net
March 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Dutch TV's take on Trump, Vance and Zelensky
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Rip USA. Established 1776 from a British colony. Ended 2025 as a Russian colony.
March 4, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Rip USA. Established 1776 from a British colony. Ended 2025 as a Russian colony.