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Even a big far-right vote couldn’t give the far-right total control, because the Dutch democracy promotes cooperation.
Here in the UK, just one-third of the vote could give Nigel Farage a huge majority of MPs.
Our democracy isn't fit for 21st-century politics. We need Proportional Representation.
Here in the UK, just one-third of the vote could give Nigel Farage a huge majority of MPs.
Our democracy isn't fit for 21st-century politics. We need Proportional Representation.
October 31, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Even a big far-right vote couldn’t give the far-right total control, because the Dutch democracy promotes cooperation.
Here in the UK, just one-third of the vote could give Nigel Farage a huge majority of MPs.
Our democracy isn't fit for 21st-century politics. We need Proportional Representation.
Here in the UK, just one-third of the vote could give Nigel Farage a huge majority of MPs.
Our democracy isn't fit for 21st-century politics. We need Proportional Representation.
Reform UK's former leader in Wales has admitted taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia while being an MEP.
This seems the opposite of patriotism?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This seems the opposite of patriotism?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reform UK's ex-Wales leader Nathan Gill admits pro-Russia bribery
Nathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 27, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Reform UK's former leader in Wales has admitted taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia while being an MEP.
This seems the opposite of patriotism?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This seems the opposite of patriotism?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Israel - please stop starving and killing innocent people. Please stop the genocide.
September 23, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Israel - please stop starving and killing innocent people. Please stop the genocide.
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#Gaza is not just facing a humanitarian catastrophe. It is facing the systematic destruction of a people.
Doctors in Gaza know they cannot stop a genocide. But world leaders can, if they choose to act: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/palestine-do...
Doctors in Gaza know they cannot stop a genocide. But world leaders can, if they choose to act: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/palestine-do...
September 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
#Gaza is not just facing a humanitarian catastrophe. It is facing the systematic destruction of a people.
Doctors in Gaza know they cannot stop a genocide. But world leaders can, if they choose to act: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/palestine-do...
Doctors in Gaza know they cannot stop a genocide. But world leaders can, if they choose to act: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/palestine-do...
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Our new BARN Cymru poll run with @itvcymruwales.bsky.social and @yougov.co.uk has landed 📈 #Senedd26 #Wales #Cymru
September 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Don’t name the dead children.
The people must not know the names of the dead children.
The names of the children must be hidden.
The children must be nameless.
The children must leave this world having no names.
No one must know the names of the dead children.
The people must not know the names of the dead children.
The names of the children must be hidden.
The children must be nameless.
The children must leave this world having no names.
No one must know the names of the dead children.
September 14, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Don’t name the dead children.
The people must not know the names of the dead children.
The names of the children must be hidden.
The children must be nameless.
The children must leave this world having no names.
No one must know the names of the dead children.
The people must not know the names of the dead children.
The names of the children must be hidden.
The children must be nameless.
The children must leave this world having no names.
No one must know the names of the dead children.
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I think Musk's comments to a rally of 100k people are the highest profile advocacy of political violence in the UK since the end of the Northern Ireland conflict. Does anybody have a counter-example?
"Whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you. You either fight back or you die."
"Whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you. You either fight back or you die."
September 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I think Musk's comments to a rally of 100k people are the highest profile advocacy of political violence in the UK since the end of the Northern Ireland conflict. Does anybody have a counter-example?
"Whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you. You either fight back or you die."
"Whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you. You either fight back or you die."
Loss without limit and suffering without end. Israel - please stop starving and killing innocent people.
news.sky.com/story/at-lea...
news.sky.com/story/at-lea...
At least 32 people killed as Israel intensifies airstrikes in Gaza City, medical staff say
Israel has in recent days increased its strikes on Gaza City, having ordered residents to leave what it says is Hamas's last stronghold.
news.sky.com
September 13, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Loss without limit and suffering without end. Israel - please stop starving and killing innocent people.
news.sky.com/story/at-lea...
news.sky.com/story/at-lea...
Labour fall from first to fourth
Illtyd (Vale of Glamorgan) Council By-Election Result:
➡️ RFM: 31.3% (New)
🌼 PLC: 28.2% (+10.1)
🌳 CON: 19.1% (-10.2)
🌹 LAB: 17.8% (-22.7)
🌍 GRN: 3.6% (-8.6)
Reform GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2022.
➡️ RFM: 31.3% (New)
🌼 PLC: 28.2% (+10.1)
🌳 CON: 19.1% (-10.2)
🌹 LAB: 17.8% (-22.7)
🌍 GRN: 3.6% (-8.6)
Reform GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2022.
September 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Labour fall from first to fourth
Emma Murphy ITV News:
"Building by building, Gaza is being erased"
"Cities like broken skeletons laid waste by war"
"The streets, homes, coffee houses of old, now cast to the ground"
"The soul of this place and the souls of those who lived here brought to ruin and to dust"
"Building by building, Gaza is being erased"
"Cities like broken skeletons laid waste by war"
"The streets, homes, coffee houses of old, now cast to the ground"
"The soul of this place and the souls of those who lived here brought to ruin and to dust"
This is amongst the most impactful two minutes of broadcasting I’ve ever seen.
By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza
By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza
August 4, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Emma Murphy ITV News:
"Building by building, Gaza is being erased"
"Cities like broken skeletons laid waste by war"
"The streets, homes, coffee houses of old, now cast to the ground"
"The soul of this place and the souls of those who lived here brought to ruin and to dust"
"Building by building, Gaza is being erased"
"Cities like broken skeletons laid waste by war"
"The streets, homes, coffee houses of old, now cast to the ground"
"The soul of this place and the souls of those who lived here brought to ruin and to dust"
"At least 91 people have been killed & 600 wounded while waiting for aid in Gaza over the past 24 hrs"
"7 children died of hunger on Wednesday, bringing the total number of malnutrition deaths to 154"
“Dying of starvation is slow & painful” WHO said in statement
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
"7 children died of hunger on Wednesday, bringing the total number of malnutrition deaths to 154"
“Dying of starvation is slow & painful” WHO said in statement
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
At least 91 killed seeking aid in Gaza as US envoy Steve Witkoff visits Israel
Crowds of hungry people waiting for humanitarian aid at Zikim crossing shot at by Israeli soldiers
www.theguardian.com
July 31, 2025 at 9:53 PM
"At least 91 people have been killed & 600 wounded while waiting for aid in Gaza over the past 24 hrs"
"7 children died of hunger on Wednesday, bringing the total number of malnutrition deaths to 154"
“Dying of starvation is slow & painful” WHO said in statement
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
"7 children died of hunger on Wednesday, bringing the total number of malnutrition deaths to 154"
“Dying of starvation is slow & painful” WHO said in statement
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
The World Health Organisation has said its assessments show that a quarter of the population is facing famine-like conditions, and that almost 100,000 women and children are suffering from severe acute malnutrition and need treatment as soon as possible.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
More than 100 humanitarian groups warn of mass starvation in Gaza
A joint statement says the Israeli government's
www.bbc.co.uk
July 23, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The World Health Organisation has said its assessments show that a quarter of the population is facing famine-like conditions, and that almost 100,000 women and children are suffering from severe acute malnutrition and need treatment as soon as possible.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Managed to miss this wisdom until recently:
"Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit:
There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect. There is nothing more or else to it" - Frank Wilhoit
"Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit:
There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect. There is nothing more or else to it" - Frank Wilhoit
January 8, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Managed to miss this wisdom until recently:
"Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit:
There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect. There is nothing more or else to it" - Frank Wilhoit
"Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit:
There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect. There is nothing more or else to it" - Frank Wilhoit
WFP Statement.. "Gaza’s hunger crisis has reached new levels of desperation. People are dying from lack of humanitarian assistance. Malnutrition is surging with 90,000 women and children in urgent need of treatment. Nearly one person in three is not eating for days.
July 20, 2025 at 11:24 PM
WFP Statement.. "Gaza’s hunger crisis has reached new levels of desperation. People are dying from lack of humanitarian assistance. Malnutrition is surging with 90,000 women and children in urgent need of treatment. Nearly one person in three is not eating for days.
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“This is the worst I’ve ever seen."
🧵 Read the words of WFP’s Deputy Executive Director Carl Skau describing the conditions, danger, and shortages driving hunger in #Gaza.
🧵 Read the words of WFP’s Deputy Executive Director Carl Skau describing the conditions, danger, and shortages driving hunger in #Gaza.
July 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
“This is the worst I’ve ever seen."
🧵 Read the words of WFP’s Deputy Executive Director Carl Skau describing the conditions, danger, and shortages driving hunger in #Gaza.
🧵 Read the words of WFP’s Deputy Executive Director Carl Skau describing the conditions, danger, and shortages driving hunger in #Gaza.
"As shocking as Sunday’s deaths were, they are commonplace in Gaza: a classroom-worth of children have been killed each day since the war began. What marked them out was that so many deaths happened at once and publicly."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on the children of Gaza: when 17,000 die, it’s more than a mistake | Editorial
Editorial: Israel’s military blamed the deaths of six Palestinian children on Sunday on a technical error. But a staggering toll continues to mount
www.theguardian.com
July 16, 2025 at 7:02 AM
"As shocking as Sunday’s deaths were, they are commonplace in Gaza: a classroom-worth of children have been killed each day since the war began. What marked them out was that so many deaths happened at once and publicly."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Doctors are AMAZED at these 10 ways to BOOST your immune system:
The Tetanus vaccine
The Measles vaccine
The Polio vaccine
The Mumps vaccine
The HPV vaccine
The Pneumonia vaccine
The Hepatitis B vaccine
The Rubella vaccine
The Diphtheria vaccine
The Covid-19 vaccine
- @hislopmd.bsky.social
The Tetanus vaccine
The Measles vaccine
The Polio vaccine
The Mumps vaccine
The HPV vaccine
The Pneumonia vaccine
The Hepatitis B vaccine
The Rubella vaccine
The Diphtheria vaccine
The Covid-19 vaccine
- @hislopmd.bsky.social
July 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Doctors are AMAZED at these 10 ways to BOOST your immune system:
The Tetanus vaccine
The Measles vaccine
The Polio vaccine
The Mumps vaccine
The HPV vaccine
The Pneumonia vaccine
The Hepatitis B vaccine
The Rubella vaccine
The Diphtheria vaccine
The Covid-19 vaccine
- @hislopmd.bsky.social
The Tetanus vaccine
The Measles vaccine
The Polio vaccine
The Mumps vaccine
The HPV vaccine
The Pneumonia vaccine
The Hepatitis B vaccine
The Rubella vaccine
The Diphtheria vaccine
The Covid-19 vaccine
- @hislopmd.bsky.social
America’s leaders are increasingly casting aside empathy and compassionate care as dangerous liabilities. Elon Musk has called empathy “the fundamental weakness of Western civilization"
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/o...
Opinion | You Don’t Have to Be a Doctor to Understand This
www.nytimes.com
July 7, 2025 at 8:39 PM
America’s leaders are increasingly casting aside empathy and compassionate care as dangerous liabilities. Elon Musk has called empathy “the fundamental weakness of Western civilization"
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/o...
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The 14:55 ferry from Fishguard to Roslare has been cancelled and there will be a replacement bus service
January 24, 2025 at 8:02 AM
The 14:55 ferry from Fishguard to Roslare has been cancelled and there will be a replacement bus service
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Israel - please stop killing innocent people.
May 25, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Israel - please stop killing innocent people.
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Every country is warming.
Every country is experiencing more extreme weather events because of climate change, mainly caused by burning fossil fuels. www.ShowYourStripes.info
Time to #ShowYourStripes and start climate conversations to prompt actions to reduce emissions, personally & collectively.
Every country is experiencing more extreme weather events because of climate change, mainly caused by burning fossil fuels. www.ShowYourStripes.info
Time to #ShowYourStripes and start climate conversations to prompt actions to reduce emissions, personally & collectively.
June 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Every country is warming.
Every country is experiencing more extreme weather events because of climate change, mainly caused by burning fossil fuels. www.ShowYourStripes.info
Time to #ShowYourStripes and start climate conversations to prompt actions to reduce emissions, personally & collectively.
Every country is experiencing more extreme weather events because of climate change, mainly caused by burning fossil fuels. www.ShowYourStripes.info
Time to #ShowYourStripes and start climate conversations to prompt actions to reduce emissions, personally & collectively.
June 22, 2025 at 11:14 PM
“We stand shoulder to shoulder with you. These bigots and racists will not win the day.” - Jon Boutcher, Chief Constable of PSNI
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ck...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ck...
Northern Ireland riots latest: Police chief says disorder in Northern Ireland is ‘absolutely race-motivated’
Police say 41 officers have been injured and 13 people have been arrested after three nights of rioting across several towns.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 12, 2025 at 9:03 PM
“We stand shoulder to shoulder with you. These bigots and racists will not win the day.” - Jon Boutcher, Chief Constable of PSNI
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ck...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ck...