paulusthewoodgnome
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The only thing that will redeem mankind is co-operation — Bertrand Russell
The only thing that will redeem mankind is co-operation — Bertrand Russell
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All of us are creatures of a day; the rememberer and the remembered alike. All is ephemeral-both memory & the object of memory. The time is at hand when you will have forgotten everything; and the time is at hand when all will have forgotten you.
Marcus Aurelius, The Meditations
Marcus Aurelius, The Meditations
'Hamit Coskun's appeal was funded by the National Secular Society and the Free Speech Union. NSS chief executive, Stephen Evans, said: "This appeal marks a renewed assault on free expression. The CPS seems determined to establish a blasphemy law by the back door".'
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CPS appeals against overturning of Quran-burning conviction
Hamit Coskun has been in a legal battle since setting fire to a Quran outside the Turkish consulate.
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November 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
'Hamit Coskun's appeal was funded by the National Secular Society and the Free Speech Union. NSS chief executive, Stephen Evans, said: "This appeal marks a renewed assault on free expression. The CPS seems determined to establish a blasphemy law by the back door".'
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Grounded but optimistic piece on the global future of solar.
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November 22, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Grounded but optimistic piece on the global future of solar.
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Just tell them that they must be based in the UK & pay all taxes here.
November 22, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Just tell them that they must be based in the UK & pay all taxes here.
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The most amazing thing about Danny Kruger isn't that he holds these views. It's that he voluntarily expressed them to a journalist.
Mr Dunning was not available for comment.
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Mr Dunning was not available for comment.
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‘America is British’. Heaven is ‘a socialist state’. David Attenborough is ‘anti-human’ – the startling theories of Reform MP Danny Kruger
He was a Conservative party big-hitter who wrote speeches for David Cameron and worked with Boris Johnson before he suddenly jumped ship. He talks family, flags and why Nigel Farage is ‘top dog’
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November 22, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The most amazing thing about Danny Kruger isn't that he holds these views. It's that he voluntarily expressed them to a journalist.
Mr Dunning was not available for comment.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Mr Dunning was not available for comment.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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If you’re wondering why MTG is waiting for January 5 to resign….it’s always about the money
November 22, 2025 at 2:38 AM
If you’re wondering why MTG is waiting for January 5 to resign….it’s always about the money
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So apparently this is fine but Canadian governments using advertising to share views with Americans about trade is completely inappropriate.
Got it.
Got it.
November 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
So apparently this is fine but Canadian governments using advertising to share views with Americans about trade is completely inappropriate.
Got it.
Got it.
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Fantasy numbers.
Many of those "EU nationals" claims he can cut benefits to *are already UK citizens*.
Almost all the rest are entitled to UK citizenship.
Idea this will save any significant sum is simply absurd.
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Many of those "EU nationals" claims he can cut benefits to *are already UK citizens*.
Almost all the rest are entitled to UK citizenship.
Idea this will save any significant sum is simply absurd.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reform plans to strip EU citizens of benefit rights, says Farage
Leader Nigel Farage says his party would renegotiate the Brexit deal struck by the Tory government.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Fantasy numbers.
Many of those "EU nationals" claims he can cut benefits to *are already UK citizens*.
Almost all the rest are entitled to UK citizenship.
Idea this will save any significant sum is simply absurd.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Many of those "EU nationals" claims he can cut benefits to *are already UK citizens*.
Almost all the rest are entitled to UK citizenship.
Idea this will save any significant sum is simply absurd.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Mesmerising footage of a pyroclastic flow from Indonesia’s Mount Semeru on 19 Nov 2025.
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Eerie Sound from Approaching Pyroclastic Flow at Semeru Volcano (Nov 19, 2025)
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November 22, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Mesmerising footage of a pyroclastic flow from Indonesia’s Mount Semeru on 19 Nov 2025.
youtu.be/T02pJdKARLo?...
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Rep. Jasmine Crockett has released receipts that reveal that ProPublica has reported that Kristi Noem secretly diverted hundreds of millions of dollars in Department of Homeland Security funds to a consulting firm affiliated with her own campaign.
November 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Rep. Jasmine Crockett has released receipts that reveal that ProPublica has reported that Kristi Noem secretly diverted hundreds of millions of dollars in Department of Homeland Security funds to a consulting firm affiliated with her own campaign.
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This is correct. Europe must protect Europe. US is broken and cannot be trusted now. But it cannot happen at usual EU speed. BE must quickly release RU money, Orban and Fico neutered, strong physical responses to Russian attacks on EU. 5% from all including ES. NO RU trade. More weapons for ukraine.
November 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
This is correct. Europe must protect Europe. US is broken and cannot be trusted now. But it cannot happen at usual EU speed. BE must quickly release RU money, Orban and Fico neutered, strong physical responses to Russian attacks on EU. 5% from all including ES. NO RU trade. More weapons for ukraine.
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Completely agree.
The fates of Ukraine and Europe are linked.
European security system will be destroyed without Ukraine.
The fates of Ukraine and Europe are linked.
European security system will be destroyed without Ukraine.
November 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Completely agree.
The fates of Ukraine and Europe are linked.
European security system will be destroyed without Ukraine.
The fates of Ukraine and Europe are linked.
European security system will be destroyed without Ukraine.
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Reform's former Leader in Wales, Nathan Gill, a 10.5 year jail term for taking bribes from the Kremlin.
Cosied up to authoritarian powers & traded principles for payoffs. Reform's leadership laughably claimed they barely knew Gill.
Will all this be on tomorrow's front pages?
Cosied up to authoritarian powers & traded principles for payoffs. Reform's leadership laughably claimed they barely knew Gill.
Will all this be on tomorrow's front pages?
November 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Reform's former Leader in Wales, Nathan Gill, a 10.5 year jail term for taking bribes from the Kremlin.
Cosied up to authoritarian powers & traded principles for payoffs. Reform's leadership laughably claimed they barely knew Gill.
Will all this be on tomorrow's front pages?
Cosied up to authoritarian powers & traded principles for payoffs. Reform's leadership laughably claimed they barely knew Gill.
Will all this be on tomorrow's front pages?
November 21, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Remember how Conservative ministers boycotted #newsnight, #c4news and other flagship news programmes as the pandemic unfolded?
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Remember how Conservative ministers boycotted #newsnight, #c4news and other flagship news programmes as the pandemic unfolded?
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Ugh! The things that man has to do for his country. Talk about above and beyond...
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❗️Zelensky to discuss peace plan with Vance today, Axios.
November 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Ugh! The things that man has to do for his country. Talk about above and beyond...
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We have this quote as a framed picture on our wall. I think about it all the time, but especially now.
July 31, 2025 at 7:02 PM
We have this quote as a framed picture on our wall. I think about it all the time, but especially now.
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Trump isn't just a narcissist but a stupid one, who doesn't understand his narcissism is abused. For a moment I thought Trump had caught on to the fact that Putin is taking him for a ride, but no. The same thing keeps repeating time after time. And the "negotiator in chief" is as oblivious as ever.
Trump’s problem is that while he may truly want to end this war, and the cost to Ukraine is probably pretty irrelevant to him, Russia clearly does not want the war to end. Trump may think that he’s working with Putin, but Putin isn’t working with him.
November 21, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Trump isn't just a narcissist but a stupid one, who doesn't understand his narcissism is abused. For a moment I thought Trump had caught on to the fact that Putin is taking him for a ride, but no. The same thing keeps repeating time after time. And the "negotiator in chief" is as oblivious as ever.
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Trump’s problem is that while he may truly want to end this war, and the cost to Ukraine is probably pretty irrelevant to him, Russia clearly does not want the war to end. Trump may think that he’s working with Putin, but Putin isn’t working with him.
November 21, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Trump’s problem is that while he may truly want to end this war, and the cost to Ukraine is probably pretty irrelevant to him, Russia clearly does not want the war to end. Trump may think that he’s working with Putin, but Putin isn’t working with him.
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Ukraine is on the brink of an historic betrayal by Trump to Putin.
Keir Starmer must bring our European allies together to back Zelensky, starting by seizing frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine.
Keir Starmer must bring our European allies together to back Zelensky, starting by seizing frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine.
November 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Ukraine is on the brink of an historic betrayal by Trump to Putin.
Keir Starmer must bring our European allies together to back Zelensky, starting by seizing frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine.
Keir Starmer must bring our European allies together to back Zelensky, starting by seizing frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine.
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He's not challenging "orthodoxy", he's ignoring data. Stop dancing around his disinformation campaign and call it what it is -- an all out attack on Science and America's place in the scientific world.
November 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
He's not challenging "orthodoxy", he's ignoring data. Stop dancing around his disinformation campaign and call it what it is -- an all out attack on Science and America's place in the scientific world.
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Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
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November 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
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Press restrictions were once the hallmark of autocracies. Now even democracies like the US and UK are imposing limits on journalists.
Press Freedom Is Under Fire Around the World
A dispute between an English local council and the newspaper that covers it shows how press limits are spreading to places once thought immune.
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November 21, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Press restrictions were once the hallmark of autocracies. Now even democracies like the US and UK are imposing limits on journalists.
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As the Budget looms, Labour is ignoring the most obvious cause of Britain's economic woes: Brexit. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rachel Reeves is studiously ignoring the cause of Britain’s woes: the Brexit-shaped hole in its roof | Jonathan Freedland
The autumn budget will mop up some damage, but the true source of the economic crisis is clear. The government should now fix it – tragically, it won’t, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
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November 21, 2025 at 6:33 PM
As the Budget looms, Labour is ignoring the most obvious cause of Britain's economic woes: Brexit. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Judging by the report, the Reform Party official in question is quite a charmer, even by the standards of that party.
“'Peter Morgan shouldn’t be anywhere near politics regardless of the level. He is dangerous,' was the firm opinion of one Reform member ...
“'Peter Morgan shouldn’t be anywhere near politics regardless of the level. He is dangerous,' was the firm opinion of one Reform member ...
Reform party official wants to scrap vital New Addington trams insidecroydon.com/2025/11/21/r... #Croydon #Reform #Trams @christianwolmar.bsky.social @ldntravelwatch.bsky.social
Reform party official wants to scrap vital New Addington trams
EXCLUSIVE: As Nigel Farage’s company-cum-party struggles with a constant credibility crisis, here in Croydon, one member has a policy idea which could damage their election chances. By STEVEN…
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November 21, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Judging by the report, the Reform Party official in question is quite a charmer, even by the standards of that party.
“'Peter Morgan shouldn’t be anywhere near politics regardless of the level. He is dangerous,' was the firm opinion of one Reform member ...
“'Peter Morgan shouldn’t be anywhere near politics regardless of the level. He is dangerous,' was the firm opinion of one Reform member ...