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different williams sister but i will always take any excuse to share one of my all-time favorite tweets (from @longwall26.bsky.social)
December 20, 2025 at 9:53 PM
different williams sister but i will always take any excuse to share one of my all-time favorite tweets (from @longwall26.bsky.social)
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Jo Cox was murdered before the vote by a far-right terrorist & this is the language this complete disgrace chooses to use
December 20, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Jo Cox was murdered before the vote by a far-right terrorist & this is the language this complete disgrace chooses to use
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Your usual reminder that the UCKG is an extraordinarily shady outfit. It is not clear what the money they collect is for or where it goes. They are collecting all over London today. Avoid.
December 20, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Your usual reminder that the UCKG is an extraordinarily shady outfit. It is not clear what the money they collect is for or where it goes. They are collecting all over London today. Avoid.
I've just had to speak to John Lewis customer service on the phone and I am delighted to say their hold music is Where Love Lives by Alison Limerick!
December 20, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I've just had to speak to John Lewis customer service on the phone and I am delighted to say their hold music is Where Love Lives by Alison Limerick!
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To everyone on Bluesky finding out about Walliams and despairing at the fact that "I read those books to my kids" I just want to reassure them that it's OK. He didn't write them.
December 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
To everyone on Bluesky finding out about Walliams and despairing at the fact that "I read those books to my kids" I just want to reassure them that it's OK. He didn't write them.
Bunch of bastards... seize her yacht!
Michel Mone linked firm goes bust bit.ly/3Yzqwns Liquidation means the money will not be repaid unless the govt can go after the personal assets in trust but that could be tricky.
PPE company linked to ex-Tory peer Michelle Mone goes into liquidation
PPE Medpro owes government £148m for supplying unusable personal protective equipment during Covid-19 pandemic
bit.ly
December 19, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Bunch of bastards... seize her yacht!
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Because our politics is in such a terrible place, I think we downplay quite how awful Kemi Badenoch has been.
In any other era the leader of the Conservatives saying 'only migrants commit sex crimes - mass deportations now' would have not just been career ending but would've sunk the whole party
In any other era the leader of the Conservatives saying 'only migrants commit sex crimes - mass deportations now' would have not just been career ending but would've sunk the whole party
December 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Because our politics is in such a terrible place, I think we downplay quite how awful Kemi Badenoch has been.
In any other era the leader of the Conservatives saying 'only migrants commit sex crimes - mass deportations now' would have not just been career ending but would've sunk the whole party
In any other era the leader of the Conservatives saying 'only migrants commit sex crimes - mass deportations now' would have not just been career ending but would've sunk the whole party
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Interesting background on Paul Doyle, who drove his car into the Liverpool parade www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
December 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Interesting background on Paul Doyle, who drove his car into the Liverpool parade www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
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There has been a really bizarre outpouring of sympathy/defence in some quarters for Paul Doyle, who deliberately drove his car into hundreds of people, causing horrific trauma and injuries. This person says that he knows more than Doyle’s own lawyers because he happens to have a degree.
December 16, 2025 at 2:23 PM
There has been a really bizarre outpouring of sympathy/defence in some quarters for Paul Doyle, who deliberately drove his car into hundreds of people, causing horrific trauma and injuries. This person says that he knows more than Doyle’s own lawyers because he happens to have a degree.
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Sounds about right.
December 15, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Sounds about right.
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Christmas, innit. How about we get some things for women and children with nothing who are escaping domestic violence? You can do that, as ever, via the brilliant Refuge. Check this out: donate.refuge.org.uk/page/180196/...
Buy a parcel and help give mums and their children in our refuges their first Christmas of freedom.
When a child arrives at a refuge in the countdown to Christmas, they’re withdrawn and in shock.
donate.refuge.org.uk
December 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Christmas, innit. How about we get some things for women and children with nothing who are escaping domestic violence? You can do that, as ever, via the brilliant Refuge. Check this out: donate.refuge.org.uk/page/180196/...
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In the post-truth era we live in, the fact a Muslim man risked his own life to protect Jewish lives is an inconvenience to those who seek to spread hate. And so the misinformation strategy begins to erase the name Ahmed al Ahmed from existence. Thus the invention of 'Edward Crabtree'
December 14, 2025 at 6:09 PM
In the post-truth era we live in, the fact a Muslim man risked his own life to protect Jewish lives is an inconvenience to those who seek to spread hate. And so the misinformation strategy begins to erase the name Ahmed al Ahmed from existence. Thus the invention of 'Edward Crabtree'
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See also: a separate area at the bar for anyone ordering Guinness or cocktails
There should be two queues in coffee shops. One for the people ordering 6 skinny double frappacino chocolate decaff mocha lattes that take the best part of a week to make, and one for the people (ok, one for me) ordering a black coffee, no sugar.
December 14, 2025 at 11:14 AM
See also: a separate area at the bar for anyone ordering Guinness or cocktails
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WHY ARE YOU ANNOYED THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO HAPPEN
December 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
WHY ARE YOU ANNOYED THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO HAPPEN
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Wes Streeting blaming doctors for the chaos from rising flu cases #C4News
Wes Streeting did not offer covid or flu boosters to everyone who wanted one
Wes Streeting did not care enough to ensure clean indoor air in schools, workplaces, hospitality
Both would have brought down cases significantly
Wes Streeting did not offer covid or flu boosters to everyone who wanted one
Wes Streeting did not care enough to ensure clean indoor air in schools, workplaces, hospitality
Both would have brought down cases significantly
December 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Wes Streeting blaming doctors for the chaos from rising flu cases #C4News
Wes Streeting did not offer covid or flu boosters to everyone who wanted one
Wes Streeting did not care enough to ensure clean indoor air in schools, workplaces, hospitality
Both would have brought down cases significantly
Wes Streeting did not offer covid or flu boosters to everyone who wanted one
Wes Streeting did not care enough to ensure clean indoor air in schools, workplaces, hospitality
Both would have brought down cases significantly
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Just in time for the World Cup ticket sales!
(I guess the ball tickling trophy wasn’t enough, FIFA)
(I guess the ball tickling trophy wasn’t enough, FIFA)
Citizens of countries including the UK and France will have to disclose the past five years of their social media history to visit the US even though they are covered by visa waiver schemes, under new proposals by the Trump administration.
www.ft.com/content/683b...
www.ft.com/content/683b...
US to require social media disclosure for visa-waiver requests
Change would affect visitors from countries including the UK, France and Australia
www.ft.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Just in time for the World Cup ticket sales!
(I guess the ball tickling trophy wasn’t enough, FIFA)
(I guess the ball tickling trophy wasn’t enough, FIFA)
MANA - Make America Normal Again. Please.
you'd think that the fact the president of the united states is completely fucking insane would be a bigger news story
December 11, 2025 at 10:50 AM
MANA - Make America Normal Again. Please.
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A bunch of affluent people who have gotten everything and want more, light the pitchforks at getting something that they actually asked for, just not near them. So boringly evil. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Not in our village’: asylum camp rumours prompt fear and night vigils in East Sussex
Crowborough on edge as unconfirmed plan to house asylum seekers in training camp spurs street patrols and pre-emptive protests
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:48 AM
A bunch of affluent people who have gotten everything and want more, light the pitchforks at getting something that they actually asked for, just not near them. So boringly evil. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Immigrants have helped, improved and enriched this country more than the likes of Farage and Yaxley-Lennon could do in a thousand lifetimes, so it would be quite nice if the government didn’t pander to feeble dickheads like them with rhetoric like this.
December 7, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Immigrants have helped, improved and enriched this country more than the likes of Farage and Yaxley-Lennon could do in a thousand lifetimes, so it would be quite nice if the government didn’t pander to feeble dickheads like them with rhetoric like this.
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wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics
December 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics
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[to the tune of Eleanor Rigby]
Jonathan Gullis
Studies his shorts on the train with a sense of unease
Too much Febreze
Jonathan Gullis
Studies his shorts on the train with a sense of unease
Too much Febreze
December 4, 2025 at 1:07 PM
[to the tune of Eleanor Rigby]
Jonathan Gullis
Studies his shorts on the train with a sense of unease
Too much Febreze
Jonathan Gullis
Studies his shorts on the train with a sense of unease
Too much Febreze
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Not trying to burst any bubbles; but Spotify is over.
They are airing ICE recruitment ads, the CEO has been investing in military/AI tech, they barely pay their artists; sometimes a percentage of a cent per stream, they promote “fake/AI artist” playlists, and there’s major concerns about data use.
They are airing ICE recruitment ads, the CEO has been investing in military/AI tech, they barely pay their artists; sometimes a percentage of a cent per stream, they promote “fake/AI artist” playlists, and there’s major concerns about data use.
December 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Not trying to burst any bubbles; but Spotify is over.
They are airing ICE recruitment ads, the CEO has been investing in military/AI tech, they barely pay their artists; sometimes a percentage of a cent per stream, they promote “fake/AI artist” playlists, and there’s major concerns about data use.
They are airing ICE recruitment ads, the CEO has been investing in military/AI tech, they barely pay their artists; sometimes a percentage of a cent per stream, they promote “fake/AI artist” playlists, and there’s major concerns about data use.