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November 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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November 22, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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"Then Lee Anderson MP turned up, claiming he knew what the area wanted... We have many positive local groups, businesses, and individuals working to make Llantarnam better. Yet they’re not approached to talk about it. Instead, someone who doesn’t even live here gets the media"
Exactly the problem.
Exactly the problem.
The view from Llantarnam: combatting the populist right
Alternately insulting and ignoring voters won’t tackle growing support for the populist right in Wales – quite the opposite. Other parties must roll their sleeves up
bylines.cymru
November 22, 2025 at 6:39 PM
"Then Lee Anderson MP turned up, claiming he knew what the area wanted... We have many positive local groups, businesses, and individuals working to make Llantarnam better. Yet they’re not approached to talk about it. Instead, someone who doesn’t even live here gets the media"
Exactly the problem.
Exactly the problem.
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The black hole in Durham County Council’s budget has grown by £11.1mn in the past two months under the control of Reform UK.
Its cabinet has been forced to approve a £10mn list of cuts.
Its cabinet has been forced to approve a £10mn list of cuts.
Reform cabinet backs £10mn cuts to start filling Durham’s growing black hole
Reform is now learning that running a big council is not as easy as it probably thought
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The black hole in Durham County Council’s budget has grown by £11.1mn in the past two months under the control of Reform UK.
Its cabinet has been forced to approve a £10mn list of cuts.
Its cabinet has been forced to approve a £10mn list of cuts.
The government paying the Chinese an agreed increase in unit price to cover the building of Hinckley point C at 5p per electric unit up until 2030 means the price will go up again year after year because the failure in the private market allows companies to increase their prices covertly.
November 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The government paying the Chinese an agreed increase in unit price to cover the building of Hinckley point C at 5p per electric unit up until 2030 means the price will go up again year after year because the failure in the private market allows companies to increase their prices covertly.
Covid Inquiry: Too little, too late - too many lives lost
Krishnan Guru-Murthy writes in the latest edition of our weekly long read newsletter, InDepth
channel4news.substack.com/p/covid-inqu...
Krishnan Guru-Murthy writes in the latest edition of our weekly long read newsletter, InDepth
channel4news.substack.com/p/covid-inqu...
Covid Inquiry: Too little, too late - too many lives lost
Many will conclude what they knew already: the government acted too little, too late, there was chaos and toxicity, and later decisions were not backed by data, writes Krishnan Guru-Murthy.
channel4news.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Covid Inquiry: Too little, too late - too many lives lost
Krishnan Guru-Murthy writes in the latest edition of our weekly long read newsletter, InDepth
channel4news.substack.com/p/covid-inqu...
Krishnan Guru-Murthy writes in the latest edition of our weekly long read newsletter, InDepth
channel4news.substack.com/p/covid-inqu...
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70 years ago UK was conducting a brutal colonial intervention in Malaya.
British forces herded hundreds of thousands of people into fortified camps, heavily bombed rural areas and resorted to extensive propaganda to win the conflict.
www.declassifieduk.org/britains-for...
British forces herded hundreds of thousands of people into fortified camps, heavily bombed rural areas and resorted to extensive propaganda to win the conflict.
www.declassifieduk.org/britains-for...
Britain’s forgotten war for rubber
70 years ago the UK stepped up a brutal colonial intervention in Malaya, presenting it as a war against Chinese communism.
www.declassifieduk.org
November 22, 2025 at 12:40 PM
70 years ago UK was conducting a brutal colonial intervention in Malaya.
British forces herded hundreds of thousands of people into fortified camps, heavily bombed rural areas and resorted to extensive propaganda to win the conflict.
www.declassifieduk.org/britains-for...
British forces herded hundreds of thousands of people into fortified camps, heavily bombed rural areas and resorted to extensive propaganda to win the conflict.
www.declassifieduk.org/britains-for...
Virginia Giuffre’s ghostwriter says she’s sitting on the complete list of Epstein-connected names, supported by private recordings. And in a twist, France is rumored to have copies of everything as well.
The truth will set us free !
The truth will set us free !
November 22, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Virginia Giuffre’s ghostwriter says she’s sitting on the complete list of Epstein-connected names, supported by private recordings. And in a twist, France is rumored to have copies of everything as well.
The truth will set us free !
The truth will set us free !
The Bill to abolish the remaining hereditary peers was published 443 days ago and STILL hasn't passed!
All this time wasted on a Bill that’s just tinkering around the edges.
What we need is major reform of the system and exploitation by the powerful.
All this time wasted on a Bill that’s just tinkering around the edges.
What we need is major reform of the system and exploitation by the powerful.
November 22, 2025 at 8:43 AM
The Bill to abolish the remaining hereditary peers was published 443 days ago and STILL hasn't passed!
All this time wasted on a Bill that’s just tinkering around the edges.
What we need is major reform of the system and exploitation by the powerful.
All this time wasted on a Bill that’s just tinkering around the edges.
What we need is major reform of the system and exploitation by the powerful.