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That'd be nicked or trashed if they tried them where I live
Just as you thought food delivery companies couldn't inflict any more misery on society:
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
November 28, 2025 at 3:54 PM
That'd be nicked or trashed if they tried them where I live
Get out the tiny violins
Just cancel your Netflix subscription and stop buying avocados. You'll be fine
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Get out the tiny violins
That would be another pillar of democracy removed.
November 28, 2025 at 8:28 AM
What a waste of our money.
OBR commentary on the budget:
"The implementation of digital ID cards is provisionally forecast to cost £1.8 billion in total over the next three years".
Govt says the cost will be met from existing departmental budgets.
Which services will be cut? Will the budget overrun?
obr.uk/docs/dlm_upl...
"The implementation of digital ID cards is provisionally forecast to cost £1.8 billion in total over the next three years".
Govt says the cost will be met from existing departmental budgets.
Which services will be cut? Will the budget overrun?
obr.uk/docs/dlm_upl...
obr.uk
November 28, 2025 at 8:17 AM
What a waste of our money.
FFS. The state of the English popular media.
November 28, 2025 at 8:15 AM
FFS. The state of the English popular media.
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Somehow this got missed off the "Benefit Street" front pages today
70% of the additional spending from removing the two-child limit will go to families who are in work. This is targeting support for low-income working households who are being priced out of a decent standard of living despite doing everything asked of them.
November 27, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Somehow this got missed off the "Benefit Street" front pages today
Authentic Algarve: exploring Portugal beyond the beach www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/... Monchique is beautiful, well worth a visit.
Authentic Algarve: exploring Portugal beyond the beach
A series of walking festivals and cultural programmes aim to lure visitors to the Algarve’s woodland interiors and pretty villages to help boost tourism year round
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Authentic Algarve: exploring Portugal beyond the beach www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/... Monchique is beautiful, well worth a visit.
Perhaps her local police force should invite her to go out with them to see the devastation that drink-driving causes.
November 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Perhaps her local police force should invite her to go out with them to see the devastation that drink-driving causes.
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How easily they are persuaded🙄
470,000 children lifted out of poverty, but 1 million in poverty rather than absolute poverty and 4.1 million remain there. Frozen Housing benefits, welfare cuts and keeping the frozen tax threshold will mean more children are likely to fall in to poverty in future
470,000 children lifted out of poverty, but 1 million in poverty rather than absolute poverty and 4.1 million remain there. Frozen Housing benefits, welfare cuts and keeping the frozen tax threshold will mean more children are likely to fall in to poverty in future
Scrapping the two-child benefit cap in full will lift hundreds of thousands of kids out of poverty over the course of this Parliament.
A major victory for all the families who have suffered hardship because of it and all those who campaigned for so long to end it.
A major victory for all the families who have suffered hardship because of it and all those who campaigned for so long to end it.
November 26, 2025 at 3:46 PM
How easily they are persuaded🙄
470,000 children lifted out of poverty, but 1 million in poverty rather than absolute poverty and 4.1 million remain there. Frozen Housing benefits, welfare cuts and keeping the frozen tax threshold will mean more children are likely to fall in to poverty in future
470,000 children lifted out of poverty, but 1 million in poverty rather than absolute poverty and 4.1 million remain there. Frozen Housing benefits, welfare cuts and keeping the frozen tax threshold will mean more children are likely to fall in to poverty in future
The life and limbo of a UK asylum seeker: one man’s harrowing 17-year wait for leave to remain www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... This makes me ashamed to be British.
The life and limbo of a UK asylum seeker: one man’s harrowing 17-year wait for leave to remain
Ussu fled imprisonment and torture, only to find himself treated like a liar and outcast in the UK. Here’s how he survived homelessness and horrific injury in almost two decades without a decision
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:15 AM
The life and limbo of a UK asylum seeker: one man’s harrowing 17-year wait for leave to remain www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... This makes me ashamed to be British.
This 100%. Now we provide arms for countries to be at war and wonder why people want to leave these countries?
November 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM
This 100%. Now we provide arms for countries to be at war and wonder why people want to leave these countries?
This 100%. If you don't want fascists to agree with you, don't act like one.
Remarkably simple solution. If you don't want the backing of the far-right for your immigration policy, or to have people point out that you have their backing, don't base your immigration policy on the far-right's rhetoric and ideology.
www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/shab...
www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/shab...
Shabana Mahmood hits out at Tommy Robinson’s backing of Labour’s migration policy
Shabana Mahmood has said she finds it “deeply offensive” when MPs quote Tommy Robinson at her in the Commons, after the far-right activist backed the government’s sweeping asylum reforms. Asked about ...
www.independent.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 1:31 PM
This 100%. If you don't want fascists to agree with you, don't act like one.
Yay, Deep Purple ticket in the bag-buying process is far more civilised with Eventim compared to Ticketmaster. Seeing DP at Hammersmith Odeon (sorry, it will never be the Apollo to me) is going to be one special event! 🎸🤟
November 19, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Yay, Deep Purple ticket in the bag-buying process is far more civilised with Eventim compared to Ticketmaster. Seeing DP at Hammersmith Odeon (sorry, it will never be the Apollo to me) is going to be one special event! 🎸🤟
But not if you're an immigrant it would seem.....
One to bookmark. His presence on social media seems all a bit leaden.
November 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
But not if you're an immigrant it would seem.....
This seems to be a general metaphor for the UK! I stopped buying tubs of chocolate several years ago-it's depressing how they've shrunk over the years.
November 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
This seems to be a general metaphor for the UK! I stopped buying tubs of chocolate several years ago-it's depressing how they've shrunk over the years.
This is a disgrace. Please sign if you agree.
Right now, the UK government is preparing for negotiations to set fishing quotas.
This is our time to push them to set sustainable limits for catching fish and protect the rights of coastal fishing communities.
It’s a vital time to speak up - please sign the petition now: act.gp/43BVnTr
This is our time to push them to set sustainable limits for catching fish and protect the rights of coastal fishing communities.
It’s a vital time to speak up - please sign the petition now: act.gp/43BVnTr
Stop Greedy Fishing Corporations
The UK government is putting big business over the health of our precious UK waters and coastal communities - this betrayal ends now.
act.gp
November 18, 2025 at 12:53 PM
This is a disgrace. Please sign if you agree.
As someone who has been an avid reader since childhood I can't imagine not having a book on the go.
Keep it short and find what you enjoy: how to start reading for fun
Keep it short and find what you enjoy: how to start reading for fun
In a world full of distractions, it can be difficult to form a habit that needs attention. Experts advise on getting out of the rut
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
As someone who has been an avid reader since childhood I can't imagine not having a book on the go.
This has made my day.
Breaking news.
Train worker who saved passengers from stabbings has left hospital.
Samir Zitouni, the whole country has been willing you through.
What fantastic news, a true hero.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Train worker who saved passengers from stabbings has left hospital.
Samir Zitouni, the whole country has been willing you through.
What fantastic news, a true hero.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Train worker who saved passengers from stabbings leaves hospital
Samir Zitouni's family say they are "really happy" but that he faces a significant recovery.
www.bbc.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:46 PM
This has made my day.
"Made to hand over jewellery" - what next, yellow stars? What the hell has happened to Labour?
If the government really intends to seize jewellery and other valuables from refugees,
either
- it is staggeringly ignorant of the historical precedents
or
- it's aware of the precedents, and thinks, yeah, we'll have some of that.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
either
- it is staggeringly ignorant of the historical precedents
or
- it's aware of the precedents, and thinks, yeah, we'll have some of that.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
No 10 tells Labour MPs it expects support for tough new asylum policies
Some backbenchers already opposing planned immigration crackdown seen as ‘economically and culturally illiterate’
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
"Made to hand over jewellery" - what next, yellow stars? What the hell has happened to Labour?
Same with SERCO, Capita, G4S etc. Constantly make errors but frequently have new Government contracts at vast expense.
Post Office Horizon IT contract extended for another year.
PO to pay £41m to Fujitsu.
Fujitsu was instrumental in persecution of innocent postmasters. £1.2bn compensation paid from public purse. More to follow. Fujitsu haven't paid a penny, no one has been charged.
Why is Fujitsu being rewarded?
PO to pay £41m to Fujitsu.
Fujitsu was instrumental in persecution of innocent postmasters. £1.2bn compensation paid from public purse. More to follow. Fujitsu haven't paid a penny, no one has been charged.
Why is Fujitsu being rewarded?
Post Office Horizon IT contract extended for another year
It is paying £41m to the Japanese-owned company Fujitsu to use the Horizon system until March 2027.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Same with SERCO, Capita, G4S etc. Constantly make errors but frequently have new Government contracts at vast expense.
Eat Pray Love is one of a handful of books I didn't finish.
Giving a review zero stars sets a dreadful precedent. But here are the one-star shockers I’d downgrade | Peter Bradshaw
Giving a review zero stars sets a dreadful precedent. But here are the one-star shockers I’d downgrade | Peter Bradshaw
A singularly horrendous TV show has crashed the star-rating review economy. But if zero stars is the new normal for critical rage, three films deserve the big 0
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Eat Pray Love is one of a handful of books I didn't finish.
What a surprise.....
“PPE Medpro, linked to Michelle Mone & Doug Barrowman, has entered administration with debts exceeding £188 million, including £39 million owed to HMRC & £148 million in damages for supplying non-sterile gowns”
Public money siphoned off facilitated by the Tories.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Public money siphoned off facilitated by the Tories.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Company linked to Michelle Mone owes £39m in unpaid taxes
Statement by administrators puts PPE Medpro’s total debts at £188m, including £39m said to be owed to HMRC
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
What a surprise.....
Watch parties sound like my idea of hell.
Always amazed by people who have watch parties for their favourite TV shows. If I was ever forced to attend one, it would be remembered for me shouting ‘CAN EVERYONE SHUT THE FUCK UP PLEASE?’
November 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Watch parties sound like my idea of hell.
I urge everyone to watch this, it's superb. "If men went through the menopause they'd be getting HRT in Tesco's". How. Bloody. True. #riotwomen
I saved it up until I came back home, but finished Riot Women last night and MY GOD, if you haven't seen it, do. So brilliant. Angry, funny, exquisitely acted, THE SINGING!, relevant (shouldn't have to be but still is). Not saying anything everyone else hasn't said. Best thing I've watched in ages.
November 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I urge everyone to watch this, it's superb. "If men went through the menopause they'd be getting HRT in Tesco's". How. Bloody. True. #riotwomen
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84% of trans people polled by YouGov said Britain is “fairly unsafe” or “very unsafe” for trans people. A terrifying story - founded on actual data - which the BBC still refused to carry.
Link to polling in the blog. goodlawproject.org/abject-terro...
Link to polling in the blog. goodlawproject.org/abject-terro...
November 6, 2025 at 7:43 AM
84% of trans people polled by YouGov said Britain is “fairly unsafe” or “very unsafe” for trans people. A terrifying story - founded on actual data - which the BBC still refused to carry.
Link to polling in the blog. goodlawproject.org/abject-terro...
Link to polling in the blog. goodlawproject.org/abject-terro...