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Always remember that a parliamentary majority can (purport to) render a country "safe" by an Act. The Conservatives sought to do that with Rwanda, regardless of the facts.
Another chilling aspect... The Tories simply passed a law declaring Rwanda "safe".
Do we really trust that this govt or the next won't resort to similar tactics if this finds them politically convenient?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Do we really trust that this govt or the next won't resort to similar tactics if this finds them politically convenient?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
November 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Always remember that a parliamentary majority can (purport to) render a country "safe" by an Act. The Conservatives sought to do that with Rwanda, regardless of the facts.
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Hark! the Season approaches!
As we approach The Season, a reminder of the rules of the two games available.
#HARKAGEDDON
#HARKHUNTER
As we approach The Season, a reminder of the rules of the two games available.
#HARKAGEDDON
#HARKHUNTER
November 16, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Hark! the Season approaches!
As we approach The Season, a reminder of the rules of the two games available.
#HARKAGEDDON
#HARKHUNTER
As we approach The Season, a reminder of the rules of the two games available.
#HARKAGEDDON
#HARKHUNTER
There's a trend for Americans to name their home.
But forget the Brits with "Rose Cottage" or "Dunroamin", these guys choose "Hampton House" or "Rancho Relaxo"
I'm against all house-naming, but especially if you live on an unlit country road and are impossible to find
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/s...
But forget the Brits with "Rose Cottage" or "Dunroamin", these guys choose "Hampton House" or "Rancho Relaxo"
I'm against all house-naming, but especially if you live on an unlit country road and are impossible to find
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/s...
Does Your House Need a Name?
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:09 PM
There's a trend for Americans to name their home.
But forget the Brits with "Rose Cottage" or "Dunroamin", these guys choose "Hampton House" or "Rancho Relaxo"
I'm against all house-naming, but especially if you live on an unlit country road and are impossible to find
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/s...
But forget the Brits with "Rose Cottage" or "Dunroamin", these guys choose "Hampton House" or "Rancho Relaxo"
I'm against all house-naming, but especially if you live on an unlit country road and are impossible to find
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/s...
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‘No head should ever have to consider the impact on their attendance figures of accepting a pupil onto the school’s roll’: @michaelt1979.bsky.social warns that the DfE’s AI-powered attendance targets will jeopardise inclusion
Why AI attendance targets will make inclusion harder
There are multiple issues with the government’s new AI-powered attendance targets - but the most pressing is that they will deter schools from being inclusive, argues headteacher Michael Tidd
www.tes.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:44 PM
‘No head should ever have to consider the impact on their attendance figures of accepting a pupil onto the school’s roll’: @michaelt1979.bsky.social warns that the DfE’s AI-powered attendance targets will jeopardise inclusion
Kirsty Gallacher is banned from driving after her 5th driving offence in 8 years
She asked to be spared from a ban so she could drive in order to "take care of her sons" and to "receive medical care for a benign brain tumour"
In 2017 she was found to be 3 times over the legal alcohol limit
She asked to be spared from a ban so she could drive in order to "take care of her sons" and to "receive medical care for a benign brain tumour"
In 2017 she was found to be 3 times over the legal alcohol limit
I found this one fun for entitlement this week: www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/kirs...
Earns £150,000 a year, £80,000 in savings, and can't afford to pay for taxis...
Earns £150,000 a year, £80,000 in savings, and can't afford to pay for taxis...
Kirsty Gallacher says judge has 'no empathy' after being banned from driving
The presenter asked the court to spare her from a driving ban, saying it would prevent her from taking care of her teenage sons
www.standard.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Kirsty Gallacher is banned from driving after her 5th driving offence in 8 years
She asked to be spared from a ban so she could drive in order to "take care of her sons" and to "receive medical care for a benign brain tumour"
In 2017 she was found to be 3 times over the legal alcohol limit
She asked to be spared from a ban so she could drive in order to "take care of her sons" and to "receive medical care for a benign brain tumour"
In 2017 she was found to be 3 times over the legal alcohol limit
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Someone call the police, there’s been a triple homicide.
(Great post though.)
(Great post though.)
November 16, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Someone call the police, there’s been a triple homicide.
(Great post though.)
(Great post though.)
Just booked our panto tickets (oh yes we have!)
November 16, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Just booked our panto tickets (oh yes we have!)
It's true, I was walking through Russell Square last night and I was stabbed in the ass twice.
November 16, 2025 at 8:20 AM
It's true, I was walking through Russell Square last night and I was stabbed in the ass twice.
Today the Times has a sympathetic article with sexual assaulter Luis Rubiales. Have we learnt nothing from Epstein?
November 16, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Today the Times has a sympathetic article with sexual assaulter Luis Rubiales. Have we learnt nothing from Epstein?
1. the price would have gone up even if their partner had not died
2. this is why you should shop around every year - my Aviva car insurance went up 100% in 3 years, despite no change in circumstances - just cancel and get a cheaper deal
3. stop putting AI in headlines like it means something
2. this is why you should shop around every year - my Aviva car insurance went up 100% in 3 years, despite no change in circumstances - just cancel and get a cheaper deal
3. stop putting AI in headlines like it means something
November 16, 2025 at 8:00 AM
1. the price would have gone up even if their partner had not died
2. this is why you should shop around every year - my Aviva car insurance went up 100% in 3 years, despite no change in circumstances - just cancel and get a cheaper deal
3. stop putting AI in headlines like it means something
2. this is why you should shop around every year - my Aviva car insurance went up 100% in 3 years, despite no change in circumstances - just cancel and get a cheaper deal
3. stop putting AI in headlines like it means something
Poor Pete Dick. Only 15 mph over the speed limit and they fined him. What a victim.
November 15, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Poor Pete Dick. Only 15 mph over the speed limit and they fined him. What a victim.
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Alan Dershowitz is one of those claiming Epstein was not a pedophile because he pleaded guilty to one count of having sex for money with a 17-year-and-10-month-old person. "That’s not a pedophile." See this important response from Julia Brown, the brave reporter who broke the news on this
November 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Alan Dershowitz is one of those claiming Epstein was not a pedophile because he pleaded guilty to one count of having sex for money with a 17-year-and-10-month-old person. "That’s not a pedophile." See this important response from Julia Brown, the brave reporter who broke the news on this
Two truths:
The vast majority of them are of course White.
The proportion of them that are members of Parliament is higher than that for the general population
The vast majority of them are of course White.
The proportion of them that are members of Parliament is higher than that for the general population
Full-on, unapologetic racism, not dog whistle but bloody foghorn, is now mainstream on the right.
November 15, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Two truths:
The vast majority of them are of course White.
The proportion of them that are members of Parliament is higher than that for the general population
The vast majority of them are of course White.
The proportion of them that are members of Parliament is higher than that for the general population
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hey babe, wake up, new time signature just dropped
November 15, 2025 at 9:53 AM
hey babe, wake up, new time signature just dropped
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If the UK is on the brink of civil war, as Musk claims, it follows that in 300 years time there will be be a new generation of civil war re-enactment societies.
"Geoff,you defend Laurence Fox. Can you guys shout outside a hostel. Brian, i need you to relentlessly slag off Nish Kumar on Facebook."
"Geoff,you defend Laurence Fox. Can you guys shout outside a hostel. Brian, i need you to relentlessly slag off Nish Kumar on Facebook."
November 15, 2025 at 9:12 AM
If the UK is on the brink of civil war, as Musk claims, it follows that in 300 years time there will be be a new generation of civil war re-enactment societies.
"Geoff,you defend Laurence Fox. Can you guys shout outside a hostel. Brian, i need you to relentlessly slag off Nish Kumar on Facebook."
"Geoff,you defend Laurence Fox. Can you guys shout outside a hostel. Brian, i need you to relentlessly slag off Nish Kumar on Facebook."
Back at Royal Institution for another hexagon #MathsMasterclass
November 15, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Back at Royal Institution for another hexagon #MathsMasterclass
When units go wrong. Try this out on your students.
Is this 2 metres x feet, ie 6000 cm^2 of film?
What's so bad about the word million, and why is film measured in feet?
Is this 2 metres x feet, ie 6000 cm^2 of film?
What's so bad about the word million, and why is film measured in feet?
November 15, 2025 at 6:45 AM
When units go wrong. Try this out on your students.
Is this 2 metres x feet, ie 6000 cm^2 of film?
What's so bad about the word million, and why is film measured in feet?
Is this 2 metres x feet, ie 6000 cm^2 of film?
What's so bad about the word million, and why is film measured in feet?
Everyone is mocking economist Noah Smith after he had a meltdown at Heathrow blaming the UK's "systemic failure" because he didn't realise he was meant to follow the purple "Flight Connections" signs:
aviationa2z.com/index.php/20...
aviationa2z.com/index.php/20...
Economist's Heathrow Blunder: Traveler Error or UK Decline?
Economist Noah Smith’s difficult layover at Heathrow (LHR) stemmed from an avoidable navigational error, not a systemic UK failure.
aviationa2z.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Everyone is mocking economist Noah Smith after he had a meltdown at Heathrow blaming the UK's "systemic failure" because he didn't realise he was meant to follow the purple "Flight Connections" signs:
aviationa2z.com/index.php/20...
aviationa2z.com/index.php/20...
Spoiler alert: at the end of #KingAndConquerer Harold dies. BUT after EIGHT episodes I would have thought at least we would get a decent "arrow in the eye" shot. No, just a bit of stabbing and throat slitting, then William handily sticks an arrow into Harold's head. That's not what I signed up for.
November 14, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Spoiler alert: at the end of #KingAndConquerer Harold dies. BUT after EIGHT episodes I would have thought at least we would get a decent "arrow in the eye" shot. No, just a bit of stabbing and throat slitting, then William handily sticks an arrow into Harold's head. That's not what I signed up for.
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only in the small print of this article do they make clear that the pensioners paying an extra £2,500 of tax would have to have
“earnings over £125,140”
I know many pensioners are asset rich but how many have income at that level?
“earnings over £125,140”
I know many pensioners are asset rich but how many have income at that level?
November 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
only in the small print of this article do they make clear that the pensioners paying an extra £2,500 of tax would have to have
“earnings over £125,140”
I know many pensioners are asset rich but how many have income at that level?
“earnings over £125,140”
I know many pensioners are asset rich but how many have income at that level?
She made a death threat against a reviewer. Then claimed it was just "inspired" by Johnny Cash. Why Bluesky let her back on I'll never know.
She's claiming she was "disappeared" because she couldn't post for 72 hours.
November 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
She made a death threat against a reviewer. Then claimed it was just "inspired" by Johnny Cash. Why Bluesky let her back on I'll never know.
Ha O2, IN YOUR FACE
"We’re concerned about people being confused by the information O2 has given about device plans. We’ve told O2 to change this so it’s clearer.”
November 14, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Ha O2, IN YOUR FACE
Amazingly, despite not yet being a proper political party or having any MPs, they have managed to lose one of their MPs.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
MP Adnan Hussain quits Your Party over ‘persistent infighting’
Blackburn MP criticises ‘struggle for power’ amid tensions between Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Amazingly, despite not yet being a proper political party or having any MPs, they have managed to lose one of their MPs.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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