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Mike Williamson
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Socialist, union full timer, living rent member, Edinburgh via Merseyside. livingrent.org/join
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One hand washes the other
July 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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July 12, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Kristi Noem must resign now.
July 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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The 14th Street Busway has been a smashing success: faster commutes, fewer crashes, calmer streets.

So why is Eric Adams blocking a similar plan for 34th Street?
July 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Having stand named in his honour was “almost like a fairy tale” says emotional Pat Stanton

An emotional Pat Stanton described having a stand named in his honour as “almost like a fairy tale.”  The Hibs legend delivered the match ball ahead of Wednesday night’s game against Rot-Weiss Essen and was…
Having stand named in his honour was “almost like a fairy tale” says emotional Pat Stanton
An emotional Pat Stanton described having a stand named in his honour as “almost like a fairy tale.”  The Hibs legend delivered the match ball ahead of Wednesday night’s game against Rot-Weiss Essen and was greeted by a huge standing ovation from all sides of the ground with chants of ‘There’s only one Paddy Stanton’ ringing out from the newly named stand.
theedinburghreporter.co.uk
July 11, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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Incontrovertible evidence, now, of *police* investigating families supporting their kids with gender affirming healthcare in the UK. For trying to do the best for your child, following best practice in most of the world, here you get a visit from the police.

Thank you, Wes Streeting.
July 11, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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The Tories keep banging on about "disability benefit fraud" like 2000s TV presenters. The fraud rate for PIP is non-existent: 0.2%.
July 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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"That little girl that we saw.. paralysed from the waist down, who was brushing her teeth when there was an air strike on the shelter she was staying in. As she hit the ground she was still conscious & watched her friend die in front of her"

James Elder from UNICEF on #GMB
July 10, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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Zoe Gardner: "70% of the asylum seekers who've come to the UK in the last 20 years came from countries that we had previously colonised. That means they speak the language, they have ties to this country, we have communities here"

Yep. #GMB
July 10, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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July 9, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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Breaking: per FEMA sources Kristi Noem was responsible for THREE DAY DELAY in deploying search-and-rescue in Texas

Fire her. Blood on her hands.
July 10, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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More than a quarter of people think MPs expenses are one of the top three costs for government. A higher % than think the same for pensions or education.
July 7, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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Oh this is funny from Spiked. Tell me you don't know mining history without telling me you don't know mining history.
Spiked having a normal one.

Can't quite believe Durham Miners Association are positive about migrants.

Neglecting generations of working class solidarity with marginalised groups.

Newsflash: People are generally pretty compassionate when they're not fed Daily Mail spleen.
July 6, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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"Bob Vylan must be stopped!"

"50 Palestinians dead"

"Antisemitic students to be deported!"

"42 Palestinians dead"

"Protestors banned!"

"67 Palestinians dead"

Again and again and again.
July 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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‘They’re skin and bones’: doctors in Gaza warn babies at risk of death from lack of formula

Doctors say Israel is blocking deliveries of formula urgently needed as mothers are either dead or too malnourished to feed their babies

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
‘They’re skin and bones’: doctors in Gaza warn babies at risk of death from lack of formula
Doctors say Israel is blocking deliveries of formula urgently needed as mothers are either dead or too malnourished to feed their babies
www.theguardian.com
July 5, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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After media reports & experts warned for months that drastic & sudden cuts at the Nat Weather Service by Trump could impair their forecasting ability & endanger lives during the storm season, TX officials blame an inaccurate forecast by NWS for the deadly results of the flood.
July 5, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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What about biggest success? Here it’s not a particularly cheery verdict from the public. Asked in their own words, nothing dominates the word cloud, followed by the NHS.
July 4, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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🎂 It’s the anniversary of Labour’s election win. The Government had some early stumbles, but what do the public think is their biggest mistake? Asked to say in their own words, it’s one of the most stark word clouds we’ve seen. Winter Fuel Allowance drowns everything else out.
July 4, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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Thank goodness we have a presidential task force to combat antisemitism which will surely look into this pronto.
Trump refers to bankers as "shylocks"
July 4, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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No comment
June 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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The federal government could announce tomorrow that it will no longer recognize same-sex marriages and every single person in one would need to sue to enforce the recognition of their marriage. If you can't sue, it won't be recognized.

No right is safe.
Sotomayor issues a blistering dissent that states plainly that this decision renders constitutional protections meaningless.
June 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Do all the Tough Guys feel safe yet?
Monstrous:

"They were crying in fear. One of the agents at one point lifted up his shirt, which displayed the gun that he was carrying....The 6-year-old boy was terrified to see the gun. He urinated on himself and wet all his clothing. No one offered him a change of clothing for many hours."
ICE arrested a 6-year-old boy with leukemia at immigration court. His family is suing.
A Honduran mother and her two children — ages 6 and 9 — sued the Trump administration over their arrest at Los Angeles Immigration Court, the first lawsuit challenging the arrests of children under a ...
www.tpr.org
June 27, 2025 at 6:52 PM