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Calls for a "huge nationwide wave" of protests in last 48 hours saw about 300 people attend one locally-organised protest in Nuneaton (serious charges in local case) + 19 protests range from 6 peoole (Wolverhampton) with about four more reaching 100-200 people (Altrincham,Canary Wharf)
Total < 2000
Total < 2000
August 10, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Calls for a "huge nationwide wave" of protests in last 48 hours saw about 300 people attend one locally-organised protest in Nuneaton (serious charges in local case) + 19 protests range from 6 peoole (Wolverhampton) with about four more reaching 100-200 people (Altrincham,Canary Wharf)
Total < 2000
Total < 2000
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'Don't you dare try to invest in our area or create jobs'.
Just imagine this lot in charge of the country
Just imagine this lot in charge of the country
May 4, 2025 at 6:11 AM
'Don't you dare try to invest in our area or create jobs'.
Just imagine this lot in charge of the country
Just imagine this lot in charge of the country
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Badass Surgeon Puts On Fingerless Latex Gloves Before Operating
April 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Badass Surgeon Puts On Fingerless Latex Gloves Before Operating
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It’s Election Day, Canada.
Go vote Canada Strong.
Go vote Canada Strong.
April 28, 2025 at 11:23 AM
It’s Election Day, Canada.
Go vote Canada Strong.
Go vote Canada Strong.
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Blimey. One of Nigel Farage's biggest donors, and the owner of 55 Tufton Street, is helping the Russian military effort www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/w...
March 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Blimey. One of Nigel Farage's biggest donors, and the owner of 55 Tufton Street, is helping the Russian military effort www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/w...
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prediction vs reality
March 10, 2025 at 9:40 AM
prediction vs reality
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Badenoch: “The govt is recruiting a new chief inspector of borders, who lives in Finland & wants to WFH, this is not serious”
Starmer: “He was appointed in 2019 by the last govt, he then worked from Finland. He’ll now be working from the UK full time”
#PMQs #PoliticsLive
Starmer: “He was appointed in 2019 by the last govt, he then worked from Finland. He’ll now be working from the UK full time”
#PMQs #PoliticsLive
February 12, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Badenoch: “The govt is recruiting a new chief inspector of borders, who lives in Finland & wants to WFH, this is not serious”
Starmer: “He was appointed in 2019 by the last govt, he then worked from Finland. He’ll now be working from the UK full time”
#PMQs #PoliticsLive
Starmer: “He was appointed in 2019 by the last govt, he then worked from Finland. He’ll now be working from the UK full time”
#PMQs #PoliticsLive
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Yes, I've now reached that point. Doing an in-depth interview about How Westminster Works this afternoon and I have to actually read the book to remember what's in it.
January 30, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Yes, I've now reached that point. Doing an in-depth interview about How Westminster Works this afternoon and I have to actually read the book to remember what's in it.
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consolation for the Super Bowl losing team: don't have to go to WH
January 27, 2025 at 3:01 AM
consolation for the Super Bowl losing team: don't have to go to WH
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If it gestures like a duck and is a conspicuous supporter of ducks then, I gotta say, my base case is gonna be: it's a duck. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Elon Musk responds to backlash over gesture at Donald Trump rally
The billionaire says his critics
www.bbc.co.uk
January 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
If it gestures like a duck and is a conspicuous supporter of ducks then, I gotta say, my base case is gonna be: it's a duck. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Fascinating. Next maybe the Mail can republish the years of pro-Hitler coverage it provided in the years leading up to the Second World War.
Daily Mail: Found after 80 years, secret diary of Hitler’s English girlfriend #TomorrowsPapersToday
January 18, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Fascinating. Next maybe the Mail can republish the years of pro-Hitler coverage it provided in the years leading up to the Second World War.
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I've always loved the fact that the word 'sneeze' is the result of a historical accident. The original form, in the Middle Ages, was 'fnese', but someone mistook the 'f' for the long medieval 's' and wrote down 'sn-' instead.
Fneezing sounds much more like a proper, nasal sneeze.
Fneezing sounds much more like a proper, nasal sneeze.
January 18, 2025 at 11:13 AM
I've always loved the fact that the word 'sneeze' is the result of a historical accident. The original form, in the Middle Ages, was 'fnese', but someone mistook the 'f' for the long medieval 's' and wrote down 'sn-' instead.
Fneezing sounds much more like a proper, nasal sneeze.
Fneezing sounds much more like a proper, nasal sneeze.
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There are around 10k private school kids in Edinburgh.
51 have moved to state schools in January.
As I've repeatedly said the effects of VAT on fees are going to be minimal.
www.thetimes.com/article/ab42...
51 have moved to state schools in January.
As I've repeatedly said the effects of VAT on fees are going to be minimal.
www.thetimes.com/article/ab42...
VAT on private school fees puts Edinburgh state schools at capacity
Majority of the capital’s 15 private schools are understood to have lost pupils, dispersed to state schools throughout the city
www.thetimes.com
January 17, 2025 at 9:11 AM
There are around 10k private school kids in Edinburgh.
51 have moved to state schools in January.
As I've repeatedly said the effects of VAT on fees are going to be minimal.
www.thetimes.com/article/ab42...
51 have moved to state schools in January.
As I've repeatedly said the effects of VAT on fees are going to be minimal.
www.thetimes.com/article/ab42...
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Starmer’s comment in PMQs on that gloriously daft Truss libel threat:
January 15, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Starmer’s comment in PMQs on that gloriously daft Truss libel threat:
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Keir Starmer repeats that Liz Truss "crashed the economy."
Seems extremely unbothered by her cease and desist letter.
Seems extremely unbothered by her cease and desist letter.
January 15, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Keir Starmer repeats that Liz Truss "crashed the economy."
Seems extremely unbothered by her cease and desist letter.
Seems extremely unbothered by her cease and desist letter.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene has made it abundantly clear that she didn’t study atmospheric sciences in college, launching an unhinged suggestion that officials could end the Los Angeles wildfires by manipulating the weather.
Marjorie Taylor Greene Launches Unhinged Call for Officials to Manipulate the Weather to Stop L.A. Wildfires
“Please keep politicians away from weather,” said meteorologist Bryce Jones after Greene’s latest insanity.
www.thedailybeast.com
January 13, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene has made it abundantly clear that she didn’t study atmospheric sciences in college, launching an unhinged suggestion that officials could end the Los Angeles wildfires by manipulating the weather.
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I mean, that's outstanding.
January 9, 2025 at 8:12 AM
I mean, that's outstanding.
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Lawyers for Liz Truss have asked me to stop saying Liz Truss crashed the economy. I only said Liz Truss crashed the economy because Liz Truss did crash the economy. If she wanted me to not say Liz Truss crashed the economy, she shouldn’t have crashed the economy.
Please don’t share.
Please don’t share.
January 9, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Lawyers for Liz Truss have asked me to stop saying Liz Truss crashed the economy. I only said Liz Truss crashed the economy because Liz Truss did crash the economy. If she wanted me to not say Liz Truss crashed the economy, she shouldn’t have crashed the economy.
Please don’t share.
Please don’t share.
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Liz Truss crashed the economy. And I'm happy to accept service of proceedings at Good Law Project's registered address.
January 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Liz Truss crashed the economy. And I'm happy to accept service of proceedings at Good Law Project's registered address.
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I really wish I'd made this up, but somehow it is real.
January 9, 2025 at 11:57 AM
I really wish I'd made this up, but somehow it is real.
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Probably just me, but I'm struggling to remember any of the times Kemi Badenoch called for an inquiry into grooming gangs when she was Minister for Women and Equality.
January 9, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Probably just me, but I'm struggling to remember any of the times Kemi Badenoch called for an inquiry into grooming gangs when she was Minister for Women and Equality.
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Nigel Farage cares so much about the grooming gangs issue that he couldn't be arsed to turn up for the debate about it in Parliament yesterday.
January 7, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Nigel Farage cares so much about the grooming gangs issue that he couldn't be arsed to turn up for the debate about it in Parliament yesterday.
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can anyone point to Musk expressing any outrage anywhere over abuse within the Catholic Church, Boy Scouts, Church of England, boarding schools, USA Gymnastics?
January 7, 2025 at 10:07 AM
can anyone point to Musk expressing any outrage anywhere over abuse within the Catholic Church, Boy Scouts, Church of England, boarding schools, USA Gymnastics?