Deb
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Why can’t we live in a kinder, more respectful world? Call me naive, but I’m living in hope that it will all come good in the end. The baddies will get their comeuppance and the rest of us will ride off into the sunset. The End
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And nor should it. Farage is a dangerous racist and yet is being fast tracked into No.10 on a ruinous populist agenda, funded by shady right wing money and malign foreign interests.
People must know who and what they are voting for. That’s the very lowest bar in a democracy.
People must know who and what they are voting for. That’s the very lowest bar in a democracy.
December 5, 2025 at 9:01 AM
And nor should it. Farage is a dangerous racist and yet is being fast tracked into No.10 on a ruinous populist agenda, funded by shady right wing money and malign foreign interests.
People must know who and what they are voting for. That’s the very lowest bar in a democracy.
People must know who and what they are voting for. That’s the very lowest bar in a democracy.
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Eurovision getting it completely wrong, more countries will follow, so are we watching the dying breaths of a competition that is ignoring the feelings of core competitors?
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Ireland, Spain and the Netherlands to boycott Eurovision 2026 as Israel cleared to compete
Ireland, Spain and the Netherlands to boycott Eurovision 2026 as Israel cleared to compete
Decision not to hold vote on Israel’s participation comes in spite of several broadcasters calling for its exclusion
Ireland, Spain and the Netherlands will boycott next year’s Eurovision after Israel was given the all-clear to compete in next year’s song contest in spite of several participating broadcasters calling for its exclusion.
At the general assembly of the European Broadcasting Union, the body that organises the hugely popular international annual singing competition, no vote on Israel’s participation was held. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Eurovision getting it completely wrong, more countries will follow, so are we watching the dying breaths of a competition that is ignoring the feelings of core competitors?
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Good. Let’s not let it go away. This man wants to be Britain’s next PM. His denials and obfuscations around his long history of repulsive behaviour show that he is utterly unfit.
December 5, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Good. Let’s not let it go away. This man wants to be Britain’s next PM. His denials and obfuscations around his long history of repulsive behaviour show that he is utterly unfit.
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The Deep State is a conspiracy theory.
I know we all find Truss amusing, but I find it deeply concerning that you've got an actual former Prime Minister even saying this stuff.
I know we all find Truss amusing, but I find it deeply concerning that you've got an actual former Prime Minister even saying this stuff.
December 5, 2025 at 8:26 AM
The Deep State is a conspiracy theory.
I know we all find Truss amusing, but I find it deeply concerning that you've got an actual former Prime Minister even saying this stuff.
I know we all find Truss amusing, but I find it deeply concerning that you've got an actual former Prime Minister even saying this stuff.
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Best Start Family Hubs
You may have missed that the Labour government is setting up these new hubs - a rebranded & modernised version of Sure Start!
The latest announcement is that from April they will act as a one-stop-shop for SEND support, & speech & language services!
Great stuff from Labour!
You may have missed that the Labour government is setting up these new hubs - a rebranded & modernised version of Sure Start!
The latest announcement is that from April they will act as a one-stop-shop for SEND support, & speech & language services!
Great stuff from Labour!
Access to early SEND support through Best Start Family Hubs
Best Start Family Hubs to act as one-stop-shop for parents with SEND professional and services to support speech and language development confirmed.
www.gov.uk
December 5, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Best Start Family Hubs
You may have missed that the Labour government is setting up these new hubs - a rebranded & modernised version of Sure Start!
The latest announcement is that from April they will act as a one-stop-shop for SEND support, & speech & language services!
Great stuff from Labour!
You may have missed that the Labour government is setting up these new hubs - a rebranded & modernised version of Sure Start!
The latest announcement is that from April they will act as a one-stop-shop for SEND support, & speech & language services!
Great stuff from Labour!
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Proud to unveil the Child Poverty Strategy.
Child poverty is a scourge I grew up with, it is a scourge I want to end.
This government will drive the biggest reduction of child poverty in a single Parliament. This is how we get there.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Child poverty is a scourge I grew up with, it is a scourge I want to end.
This government will drive the biggest reduction of child poverty in a single Parliament. This is how we get there.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Our Children, Our Future: Tackling Child Poverty
Strategy document setting out the government’s ambitious decade long mission to tackle the drivers of child poverty across the UK.
www.gov.uk
December 5, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Proud to unveil the Child Poverty Strategy.
Child poverty is a scourge I grew up with, it is a scourge I want to end.
This government will drive the biggest reduction of child poverty in a single Parliament. This is how we get there.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Child poverty is a scourge I grew up with, it is a scourge I want to end.
This government will drive the biggest reduction of child poverty in a single Parliament. This is how we get there.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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I remember when Farage was insisting that Brexit wasn’t a racist enterprise because it would open the door to immigration from Commonwealth countries. Now that European exclusion is safely in the bag, it seems that the goalposts have moved✍️Ben Wildsmith wp.me/p8Mk4U-1a65
December 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I remember when Farage was insisting that Brexit wasn’t a racist enterprise because it would open the door to immigration from Commonwealth countries. Now that European exclusion is safely in the bag, it seems that the goalposts have moved✍️Ben Wildsmith wp.me/p8Mk4U-1a65
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Finland President Alexander Stubb has been doing some thinking about the world we need to create.
The West’s Last Chance
How to build a new global order before it’s too late.
www.foreignaffairs.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Finland President Alexander Stubb has been doing some thinking about the world we need to create.
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🆕 #UKHSAVirusWatch: The latest flu, COVID-19 and RSV data from our weekly winter surveillance report.
🟢 Flu is rising sharply and is circulating at medium levels. It is now impacting adults more severely. (1/3)
🟢 Flu is rising sharply and is circulating at medium levels. It is now impacting adults more severely. (1/3)
December 4, 2025 at 3:24 PM
🆕 #UKHSAVirusWatch: The latest flu, COVID-19 and RSV data from our weekly winter surveillance report.
🟢 Flu is rising sharply and is circulating at medium levels. It is now impacting adults more severely. (1/3)
🟢 Flu is rising sharply and is circulating at medium levels. It is now impacting adults more severely. (1/3)
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While this BBC article on ever-bigger SUVs is perfectly good, it's absurd the way there has to be quotes from people who insist they could not get around without a vehicle the size of a Sherman tank. It's just bollocks. I'm one of three kids and we were all ferried around in a Vauxhall Astra estate.
December 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM
While this BBC article on ever-bigger SUVs is perfectly good, it's absurd the way there has to be quotes from people who insist they could not get around without a vehicle the size of a Sherman tank. It's just bollocks. I'm one of three kids and we were all ferried around in a Vauxhall Astra estate.
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As history moves in circles, every time followed by a counter time & every period of hate by one of kindness & reconciliation, I remain convinced we'll move out of the storm to enter kinder, calmer waters.
No, we're don't learn from history, but we do learn from our own experience.
No, we're don't learn from history, but we do learn from our own experience.
December 4, 2025 at 7:27 AM
As history moves in circles, every time followed by a counter time & every period of hate by one of kindness & reconciliation, I remain convinced we'll move out of the storm to enter kinder, calmer waters.
No, we're don't learn from history, but we do learn from our own experience.
No, we're don't learn from history, but we do learn from our own experience.
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Australia's world-first ban requires 10 major online platforms to block users aged 16.
Meta starts blocking teens in Australia under social media ban
Australia's world-first ban requires 10 major online platforms to block users aged 16.
bit.ly
December 4, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Australia's world-first ban requires 10 major online platforms to block users aged 16.
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Another major step forward in addressing the imbalance between north and south in terms of transport provision | Peter Sagar
Contractors appointed for Metro Washington loop
Another major step forward in addressing the imbalance between north and south in terms of transport provision
northeastbylines.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Another major step forward in addressing the imbalance between north and south in terms of transport provision | Peter Sagar
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Family of Colombian fisherman Alejandro Carranza say his right to life was violated in US 'narco-terrorist' strikes.
Family of man slain in a US boat strike in the Caribbean lodges complaint
Family of Colombian fisherman Alejandro Carranza say his right to life was violated in US 'narco-terrorist' strikes.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Family of Colombian fisherman Alejandro Carranza say his right to life was violated in US 'narco-terrorist' strikes.
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This is vile and so so wrong. GB News is the TV version of X.
Extreme racism like this should not be platformed as ‘news.’
It is absolutely disgusting and another attempt to drag ‘debate’ to the right and destabilise our democracy.
Extreme racism like this should not be platformed as ‘news.’
It is absolutely disgusting and another attempt to drag ‘debate’ to the right and destabilise our democracy.
GB News now broadcasting calls to remove the ethnic minority MPs from parliament
December 3, 2025 at 7:53 PM
This is vile and so so wrong. GB News is the TV version of X.
Extreme racism like this should not be platformed as ‘news.’
It is absolutely disgusting and another attempt to drag ‘debate’ to the right and destabilise our democracy.
Extreme racism like this should not be platformed as ‘news.’
It is absolutely disgusting and another attempt to drag ‘debate’ to the right and destabilise our democracy.
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In a surprise to absolutely no one, the mum she’s describing is not claiming benefits as a “lifestyle choice”.
This paywalled article is full of “in my grandparents day, blah blah blah” and nasty sneery comments about latest iPhones for spoilt children🙄
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This paywalled article is full of “in my grandparents day, blah blah blah” and nasty sneery comments about latest iPhones for spoilt children🙄
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December 3, 2025 at 6:26 PM
In a surprise to absolutely no one, the mum she’s describing is not claiming benefits as a “lifestyle choice”.
This paywalled article is full of “in my grandparents day, blah blah blah” and nasty sneery comments about latest iPhones for spoilt children🙄
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This paywalled article is full of “in my grandparents day, blah blah blah” and nasty sneery comments about latest iPhones for spoilt children🙄
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🔥How Epstein Infiltrated the Silicon Valley Network Behind Trump’s New Tech Order
Epstein was not cast out after his child sex-crime conviction but remained embedded in a confidential inner circle of broligarchs, including Musk, Bezos, Brin, Page, Gates & Zuckerberg
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/03/h...
Epstein was not cast out after his child sex-crime conviction but remained embedded in a confidential inner circle of broligarchs, including Musk, Bezos, Brin, Page, Gates & Zuckerberg
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/03/h...
How Epstein Infiltrated the Silicon Valley Network Behind Trump’s New Tech Order
Documents show Jeffrey Epstein was not cast out after his child sex-crime conviction but remained embedded in a confidential inner circle of Silicon Valley founders with strategic influence on the mod...
bylinetimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:44 PM
🔥How Epstein Infiltrated the Silicon Valley Network Behind Trump’s New Tech Order
Epstein was not cast out after his child sex-crime conviction but remained embedded in a confidential inner circle of broligarchs, including Musk, Bezos, Brin, Page, Gates & Zuckerberg
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/03/h...
Epstein was not cast out after his child sex-crime conviction but remained embedded in a confidential inner circle of broligarchs, including Musk, Bezos, Brin, Page, Gates & Zuckerberg
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/03/h...
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This is the point where the anti-Reeves stories tip into madness. Criticise her performance all you like but what the hell is this?
December 2, 2025 at 9:57 PM
This is the point where the anti-Reeves stories tip into madness. Criticise her performance all you like but what the hell is this?
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The rate of businesses closing their doors in the UK last year was the lowest level since 2016, recent figures show
Rate of business closures in the UK falls to lowest level since 2016
The rate of businesses closing their doors in the UK last year was the lowest level since 2016, recent figures show. Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveals around 280,000 businesse...
nation.cymru
December 3, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The rate of businesses closing their doors in the UK last year was the lowest level since 2016, recent figures show
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Truly shocking that Rachel Reeves had the audacity to call herself the U14 girls chess champions when she won the U14 girls chess championship but some bloke thought she was talking about something else.
December 3, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Truly shocking that Rachel Reeves had the audacity to call herself the U14 girls chess champions when she won the U14 girls chess championship but some bloke thought she was talking about something else.
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Survivors have been retraumatised for too long. Our reforms will end intrusive irrelevant questions about their past & put the focus back on the perpetrator. As Minister for Victims & VAWG I’m proud of the steps this Labour Government is taking to protect victims
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Rape victims in England and Wales to be protected from ‘serial liar’ trope in legal shake-up
Exclusive: New laws will also curb questioning and aim to stop complainants being discredited over previous reports
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Survivors have been retraumatised for too long. Our reforms will end intrusive irrelevant questions about their past & put the focus back on the perpetrator. As Minister for Victims & VAWG I’m proud of the steps this Labour Government is taking to protect victims
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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BBC complaint form. Bias is top of their list. Took two minutes as drop down lists are well ropey.
www.bbc.co.uk/contact/comp...
www.bbc.co.uk/contact/comp...
Make A Complaint | Contact the BBC
www.bbc.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 8:06 AM
BBC complaint form. Bias is top of their list. Took two minutes as drop down lists are well ropey.
www.bbc.co.uk/contact/comp...
www.bbc.co.uk/contact/comp...
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This is getting properly unhinged
A former junior champion said Reeves did not hold the official British girls’ under-14 title, and critics ask broader questions about her CV and career claims ⬇️
Rachel Reeves accused of overstating junior chess title
A former junior champion said Reeves did not hold the official British girls’ under-14 title, and critics ask broader questions about her CV and career claims
www.thetimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:05 PM
This is getting properly unhinged
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Brexit robbed young people of countless opportunities - rejoining Erasmus is the right step to undo some of the damage.
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/dec/01/uk-agreement-rejoin-erasmus-eu-student-exchange-scheme-brexit?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/dec/01/uk-agreement-rejoin-erasmus-eu-student-exchange-scheme-brexit?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
UK aims to secure agreement to rejoin Erasmus student exchange scheme
Britain quit EU programme after Brexit, when Boris Johnson claimed it did not offer good value for money
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Brexit robbed young people of countless opportunities - rejoining Erasmus is the right step to undo some of the damage.
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/dec/01/uk-agreement-rejoin-erasmus-eu-student-exchange-scheme-brexit?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/dec/01/uk-agreement-rejoin-erasmus-eu-student-exchange-scheme-brexit?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other