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Call Jonathan Pie Series 2
Available on BBC Sounds and other podcast platforms.
Available on BBC Sounds and other podcast platforms.
April 24, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Call Jonathan Pie Series 2
Available on BBC Sounds and other podcast platforms.
Available on BBC Sounds and other podcast platforms.
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Episode 5 of Call Jonathan Pie Series 2 is available now on @BBCSounds (and other podcast platforms).
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
April 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Episode 5 of Call Jonathan Pie Series 2 is available now on @BBCSounds (and other podcast platforms).
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
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Who Speaks for Earth?
- Carl Sagan, Cosmos
- Carl Sagan, Cosmos
April 25, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Who Speaks for Earth?
- Carl Sagan, Cosmos
- Carl Sagan, Cosmos
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Imported the BFI editions, gotta have that Dolby Vision!
April 25, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Imported the BFI editions, gotta have that Dolby Vision!
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An interesting piece of trivia which is not widely known is “berk” (which most people find only mildly insulting) is rhyming slang for the worst of the lot of them, it being a contraction of “Berkley Hunt”.
(Helpfully, of course, the pronunciation changes with the contraction, too...)
(Helpfully, of course, the pronunciation changes with the contraction, too...)
Which swear words do Britons find the most offensive?
C*nt: 82% say very or fairly offensive
Motherf*cker: 70%
Fatherf*cker: 62%
B*tch: 55%
F*ck: 53%
W*nker: 53%
B*stard: 45%
P*ssy: 44%
Pr*ck: 42%
Tw*t: 40%
A*sehole: 39%
D*ckhead: 39%
Son of b*tch: 36%
C*ck: 34%
Full list in the chart 👇
C*nt: 82% say very or fairly offensive
Motherf*cker: 70%
Fatherf*cker: 62%
B*tch: 55%
F*ck: 53%
W*nker: 53%
B*stard: 45%
P*ssy: 44%
Pr*ck: 42%
Tw*t: 40%
A*sehole: 39%
D*ckhead: 39%
Son of b*tch: 36%
C*ck: 34%
Full list in the chart 👇
April 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
An interesting piece of trivia which is not widely known is “berk” (which most people find only mildly insulting) is rhyming slang for the worst of the lot of them, it being a contraction of “Berkley Hunt”.
(Helpfully, of course, the pronunciation changes with the contraction, too...)
(Helpfully, of course, the pronunciation changes with the contraction, too...)
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A school of jack crevalles swims in formation, glinting golden rays at day’s end #jackcrevalle #jack #school #formation #goldenhour #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #bfi #noaa #aoml #coralcity #civicpridethroughbiodiversity #glennnevis #coralcityfoundation #ccf
April 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
A school of jack crevalles swims in formation, glinting golden rays at day’s end #jackcrevalle #jack #school #formation #goldenhour #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #bfi #noaa #aoml #coralcity #civicpridethroughbiodiversity #glennnevis #coralcityfoundation #ccf
Attachment like gravity should ever weaken.
February 15, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Attachment like gravity should ever weaken.
Think upon the action of a proposed law, not in a utopia or ideal but in difficult circumstances enforced by bad actors with malicious intent.
February 12, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Think upon the action of a proposed law, not in a utopia or ideal but in difficult circumstances enforced by bad actors with malicious intent.
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After making judicial oversight by the High Court a principal ornament of her Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill to encourage MPs to vote for it at Second Reading, Kim Leadbeater MP now proposes to abandon that provision www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I’m changing my bill to ensure people have the right to a dignified death – here’s how | Kim Leadbeater
I’ve listened to the evidence, and believe that the new safeguarding process will protect terminally ill people and their families as best as possible, says Kim Leadbeater MP, sponsor of the assisted ...
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February 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
After making judicial oversight by the High Court a principal ornament of her Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill to encourage MPs to vote for it at Second Reading, Kim Leadbeater MP now proposes to abandon that provision www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I just learned a flock of penguins is called a “waddle” and for a moment, all feels right with the world
February 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I just learned a flock of penguins is called a “waddle” and for a moment, all feels right with the world
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Is this the worst thing to happen to barristers since they let us speak to the public about our own cases
February 6, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Is this the worst thing to happen to barristers since they let us speak to the public about our own cases
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A few claim form issues here. Is a claim form properly served when a (slightly) incorrect address is given? Was the claimant able to serve on this as the defendant's "last known residence"? www.civillitigationbrief.com/2025/02/03/4...
SERVICE OF THE CLAIM FORM: THE CORRECT ADDRESS ON THE ENVELOPE AND THE “LAST KNOWN RESIDENCE” CONSIDERED BY THE HIGH COURT
In Xenfin Fund 1 Trading Ltd v GFG Ltd & Ors [2025] EWHC 172 (Ch) Joanna Wicks KC (sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge) considered two issues relating to service of the claim form. Firstly whe…
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February 3, 2025 at 11:43 AM
A few claim form issues here. Is a claim form properly served when a (slightly) incorrect address is given? Was the claimant able to serve on this as the defendant's "last known residence"? www.civillitigationbrief.com/2025/02/03/4...
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This is what Dr Henry Marsh, a leading proponent of assisted suicide, is saying in the open. Ask yourself: do you want to live in a society that makes such a tradeoff?
February 1, 2025 at 3:49 PM
This is what Dr Henry Marsh, a leading proponent of assisted suicide, is saying in the open. Ask yourself: do you want to live in a society that makes such a tradeoff?
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Well, well, well, it seems that even Lord Hermer's ministerial colleagues agree with our "thoroughly bad Policy Exchange paper"!
January 31, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Well, well, well, it seems that even Lord Hermer's ministerial colleagues agree with our "thoroughly bad Policy Exchange paper"!
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Constitutions, including written ones, are ultimately only as strong as the institutions responsible for upholding them. If leaders & governments are determined to defy the law & the constitution, who will stop them? The legislature? Not if weak or craven.
February 1, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Constitutions, including written ones, are ultimately only as strong as the institutions responsible for upholding them. If leaders & governments are determined to defy the law & the constitution, who will stop them? The legislature? Not if weak or craven.
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At the first committee hearing of the Assisted Dying Bill today my name was put forward as a witness in an amendment which was rejected - see transcript of Jake Ben Richards MP. I will submit written evidence to the committee. It should not have been given the impression that I am in my early career
January 21, 2025 at 11:52 PM
At the first committee hearing of the Assisted Dying Bill today my name was put forward as a witness in an amendment which was rejected - see transcript of Jake Ben Richards MP. I will submit written evidence to the committee. It should not have been given the impression that I am in my early career
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The Leadbeater assisted suicide committee has just voted 14 to 8 against hearing evidence from the Royal College of Psychiatrists. Both ministers on the committee voted against.
This is shameful. The entire scrutiny process has been discredited before it even began.
This is shameful. The entire scrutiny process has been discredited before it even began.
January 21, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The Leadbeater assisted suicide committee has just voted 14 to 8 against hearing evidence from the Royal College of Psychiatrists. Both ministers on the committee voted against.
This is shameful. The entire scrutiny process has been discredited before it even began.
This is shameful. The entire scrutiny process has been discredited before it even began.
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A foreseeable and indeed foreseen development in the course of the public bill committee hearings of the Assisted Dying Bill www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
January 29, 2025 at 11:06 PM
A foreseeable and indeed foreseen development in the course of the public bill committee hearings of the Assisted Dying Bill www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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And heresy though it may be to write it here, there is much, much more, livelier, and wider ranging discussion and first hand reporting of this week’s evidence sessions on the Bill on Twitter/X than there is here - worth a glance for those interested
January 30, 2025 at 7:58 PM
And heresy though it may be to write it here, there is much, much more, livelier, and wider ranging discussion and first hand reporting of this week’s evidence sessions on the Bill on Twitter/X than there is here - worth a glance for those interested
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I hope the MPs on the Bill committee and those who vote on it at its Third Reading will hold the need for protection of the least fortunate at the forefront of their minds, over and above accommodating the wishes of the largely privileged, or of celebrities, or the euphemisms of campaign groups
January 30, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I hope the MPs on the Bill committee and those who vote on it at its Third Reading will hold the need for protection of the least fortunate at the forefront of their minds, over and above accommodating the wishes of the largely privileged, or of celebrities, or the euphemisms of campaign groups
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Neatly epitomised by the divide between those who imagine the act itself as the conclusion to a terminal mini break in Zurich with souvenir chocolate and cuckoo clock and those who see realities of disability, and if inadequate public health and palliative care services in the UK
January 30, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Neatly epitomised by the divide between those who imagine the act itself as the conclusion to a terminal mini break in Zurich with souvenir chocolate and cuckoo clock and those who see realities of disability, and if inadequate public health and palliative care services in the UK
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I’m ever more conscious of a culture divide in the assisted dying debate between people without disabilities, used to exercising choice and direction over their lives, with close and trusting bonds to those around them, and no financial anxieties, and people much less fortunate
January 30, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I’m ever more conscious of a culture divide in the assisted dying debate between people without disabilities, used to exercising choice and direction over their lives, with close and trusting bonds to those around them, and no financial anxieties, and people much less fortunate
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📢 NEW: How was the #AssistedDying Bill drafted?
We have an exclusive conversation with Dame Elizabeth Gardiner, the ex-head of the Office of Parliamentary Counsel, who drafted the Bill for @kimleadbeater that MPs are now examining.
👇Links to the episode in the 🧵 below.
We have an exclusive conversation with Dame Elizabeth Gardiner, the ex-head of the Office of Parliamentary Counsel, who drafted the Bill for @kimleadbeater that MPs are now examining.
👇Links to the episode in the 🧵 below.
January 31, 2025 at 12:45 PM
📢 NEW: How was the #AssistedDying Bill drafted?
We have an exclusive conversation with Dame Elizabeth Gardiner, the ex-head of the Office of Parliamentary Counsel, who drafted the Bill for @kimleadbeater that MPs are now examining.
👇Links to the episode in the 🧵 below.
We have an exclusive conversation with Dame Elizabeth Gardiner, the ex-head of the Office of Parliamentary Counsel, who drafted the Bill for @kimleadbeater that MPs are now examining.
👇Links to the episode in the 🧵 below.
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I spoke about the judicial oversight provisions in the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (the Assisted Dying Bill) with Max Hill KC and Nick Robinson on BBC Radio 4 Today this morning (starts at 2 hrs 36 mins in) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Today - 31/01/2025 - BBC Sounds
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 31, 2025 at 11:11 AM
I spoke about the judicial oversight provisions in the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (the Assisted Dying Bill) with Max Hill KC and Nick Robinson on BBC Radio 4 Today this morning (starts at 2 hrs 36 mins in) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Very pleased to release this new long paper on where EU defence is heading. A thread with my key points:
www.cer.org.uk/publications...
www.cer.org.uk/publications...
Towards an EU 'defence union'?
The EU can play a substantial role in strengthening Europe's defences, in synergy with NATO and national efforts, if it adopts a pragmatic approach, sharply focused on military needs.
www.cer.org.uk
January 30, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Very pleased to release this new long paper on where EU defence is heading. A thread with my key points:
www.cer.org.uk/publications...
www.cer.org.uk/publications...