@aheanne.bsky.social
Music, theatre, film. Hoping for a more peaceful world soon
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So, it turns out that the much haunted UK-US trade deal is a bust.
The US is demanding the UK cut the digital services tax, as well as online protections and food standards.
The UK public opposes these demands.
Another reminder that our future is with Europe!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The US is demanding the UK cut the digital services tax, as well as online protections and food standards.
The UK public opposes these demands.
Another reminder that our future is with Europe!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US puts £31bn tech ‘prosperity deal’ with Britain on ice
Pledge to invest billions in UK paused, with Washington citing lack of progress on trade barriers across pond
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:42 PM
So, it turns out that the much haunted UK-US trade deal is a bust.
The US is demanding the UK cut the digital services tax, as well as online protections and food standards.
The UK public opposes these demands.
Another reminder that our future is with Europe!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The US is demanding the UK cut the digital services tax, as well as online protections and food standards.
The UK public opposes these demands.
Another reminder that our future is with Europe!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Outstanding reportage on the structure of the operation, and finances, that rapidly globalized and connected far right movements from Brexit to MAGA.
New pic: Bannon & Epstein
🔴 Steve Bannon Offered Trump’s MAGA as Shield for Jeffrey Epstein @nafeez.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2025/11/14/s...
🔴 Dinner with Mr Brexit: Bannon’s European Revolution – Planned with Farage, Backed by Epstein @peterjukes.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/d...
🔴 Steve Bannon Offered Trump’s MAGA as Shield for Jeffrey Epstein @nafeez.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2025/11/14/s...
🔴 Dinner with Mr Brexit: Bannon’s European Revolution – Planned with Farage, Backed by Epstein @peterjukes.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/d...
December 13, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Outstanding reportage on the structure of the operation, and finances, that rapidly globalized and connected far right movements from Brexit to MAGA.
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For those people who think the world started in October 2023, watch this.
This is Tony Benn in 2009 appealing for Gaza aid and speaking about the hypocrisy and bias of the BBC.
One of Tony Benn’s finest moments a man who spoke truth with heart.
This is Tony Benn in 2009 appealing for Gaza aid and speaking about the hypocrisy and bias of the BBC.
One of Tony Benn’s finest moments a man who spoke truth with heart.
December 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
For those people who think the world started in October 2023, watch this.
This is Tony Benn in 2009 appealing for Gaza aid and speaking about the hypocrisy and bias of the BBC.
One of Tony Benn’s finest moments a man who spoke truth with heart.
This is Tony Benn in 2009 appealing for Gaza aid and speaking about the hypocrisy and bias of the BBC.
One of Tony Benn’s finest moments a man who spoke truth with heart.
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60,000 people – 0.001% of the world’s population – control three times as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity.
Top 10% earn more than the other 90%.
They control govts, means of production; inflict civil strife, deaths; thwart possibilities of democracy.
Tax the rich.
Top 10% earn more than the other 90%.
They control govts, means of production; inflict civil strife, deaths; thwart possibilities of democracy.
Tax the rich.
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:21 AM
60,000 people – 0.001% of the world’s population – control three times as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity.
Top 10% earn more than the other 90%.
They control govts, means of production; inflict civil strife, deaths; thwart possibilities of democracy.
Tax the rich.
Top 10% earn more than the other 90%.
They control govts, means of production; inflict civil strife, deaths; thwart possibilities of democracy.
Tax the rich.
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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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No kidding.
December 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
No kidding.
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I wrote about the Brits who affect to despise migration, and go and live in an autocracy where’s there no income tax.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/ros-taylor-d...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/ros-taylor-d...
Dubai: a safe space for hypocrisy
The UAE is attracting right wing Brits who mock Britain’s supposed decline while ignoring their hosts’ repression
www.thenewworld.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I wrote about the Brits who affect to despise migration, and go and live in an autocracy where’s there no income tax.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/ros-taylor-d...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/ros-taylor-d...
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Grokipedia promises a backward-looking dystopia where one conspiracy-minded individual can overturn established knowledge, writes @ethanz.bsky.social.
Elon Musk versus Wikipedia continues an age-old battle over truth
Musk’s Grokipedia wants to take us back to a time when established knowledge was controlled by one opaque voice
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Grokipedia promises a backward-looking dystopia where one conspiracy-minded individual can overturn established knowledge, writes @ethanz.bsky.social.
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How did Mail on Sunday’s US editor become ‘rock solid friend’ of Meghan’s father?
How did Mail on Sunday’s US editor become ‘rock solid friend’ of Meghan’s father?
Duchess of Sussex says journalistic ethics breached as dad turns to journalist first to break news of leg amputation
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:29 PM
How did Mail on Sunday’s US editor become ‘rock solid friend’ of Meghan’s father?
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A+ trolling from Zelenskyy
December 13, 2025 at 2:33 AM
A+ trolling from Zelenskyy
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His mother was an immigrant.
His wife is an immigrant.
His grandfather and grandmother were immigrants.
Four of his five offspring are the children of immigrants.
His wife is an immigrant.
His grandfather and grandmother were immigrants.
Four of his five offspring are the children of immigrants.
December 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM
His mother was an immigrant.
His wife is an immigrant.
His grandfather and grandmother were immigrants.
Four of his five offspring are the children of immigrants.
His wife is an immigrant.
His grandfather and grandmother were immigrants.
Four of his five offspring are the children of immigrants.
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Suffering of people in Gaza manufactured by Israeli restriction of aid, not weather, Oxfam says.
‘Result of aid obstruction': Gaza storm passes, misery remains as 14 killed
Suffering of people in Gaza manufactured by Israeli restriction of aid, not weather, Oxfam says.
www.aljazeera.com
December 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Suffering of people in Gaza manufactured by Israeli restriction of aid, not weather, Oxfam says.
Trump’s talking nonsense again news.sky.com/story/metrop...
Metropolitan police chief accuses Trump of talking 'nonsense' about London crime
While admitting the situation was "not perfect" for the UK's largest force, Sir Mark Rowley insisted that some attempts to "rubbish London" were "driven by politics".
news.sky.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Trump’s talking nonsense again news.sky.com/story/metrop...
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Oh, and wait till you hear that the same team behind the Press Gazette hit job and Wikipedia rewrite - at the same time - reported us to HMRC. Once again, in their eagerness to tarnish Byline Times, they got their facts wrong.
Press Gazette won't reveal his sources but we see the bigger picture
Press Gazette won't reveal his sources but we see the bigger picture
This also explains why some troll rewrote Byline Times’ Wikipedia entry to include endless erroneous paragraphs about how Hacked Off and anti media activists created it. Pure BS. Just gratifying to know Dacre’s minions wasted so much money and time on us
December 13, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Oh, and wait till you hear that the same team behind the Press Gazette hit job and Wikipedia rewrite - at the same time - reported us to HMRC. Once again, in their eagerness to tarnish Byline Times, they got their facts wrong.
Press Gazette won't reveal his sources but we see the bigger picture
Press Gazette won't reveal his sources but we see the bigger picture
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Other crimes are also continuing to fall. Compared to the same time period in 2024/25, in the first quarter of the financial year 2025/26, residential burglary in London fell by 10 per cent, theft from person by 13 per cent and personal robbery by 13 per cent9
December 13, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Other crimes are also continuing to fall. Compared to the same time period in 2024/25, in the first quarter of the financial year 2025/26, residential burglary in London fell by 10 per cent, theft from person by 13 per cent and personal robbery by 13 per cent9
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Reform UK Ltd gets 92% of its funding from climate change deniers and fossil fuel corporate interests
A new survey reveals negative attitudes to Reform UK Ltd
Reform UK Ltd gets 92% of its funding from climate change deniers and fossil fuel corporate interests, provoking negative reactions
centralbylines.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Reform UK Ltd gets 92% of its funding from climate change deniers and fossil fuel corporate interests
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California and 19 other states are suing over Trump’s $100K H-1B visa fee.
They argue it goes beyond what Congress authorized and threatens access to highly skilled foreign physicians, nurses, researchers and tech workers.
They argue it goes beyond what Congress authorized and threatens access to highly skilled foreign physicians, nurses, researchers and tech workers.
20 states lodge lawsuit against Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee
The new levy for highly skilled workers has been of particular concern for tech and health care employers.
www.politico.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:06 PM
California and 19 other states are suing over Trump’s $100K H-1B visa fee.
They argue it goes beyond what Congress authorized and threatens access to highly skilled foreign physicians, nurses, researchers and tech workers.
They argue it goes beyond what Congress authorized and threatens access to highly skilled foreign physicians, nurses, researchers and tech workers.
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Posted by the Tax Foundation — the world's leading nonpartisan tax policy nonprofit organization.
December 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Posted by the Tax Foundation — the world's leading nonpartisan tax policy nonprofit organization.
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MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
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New filings find hundreds of migrant children held in US custody far past the 20-day legal limit — some for over five months aje.io/caanlp
US authorities acknowledge immigrant children held beyond court-set limit
Court filings indicate that several children were held for up to 168 days, far surpassing the 20-day limit on custody.
aje.io
December 10, 2025 at 2:59 AM
New filings find hundreds of migrant children held in US custody far past the 20-day legal limit — some for over five months aje.io/caanlp
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Democrat Eileen Higgins won Miami’s run-off, giving Democrats fresh momentum before the midterms.
Democrat Eileen Higgins wins Miami mayoral election, defeats Trump’s pick
Democrat Eileen Higgins won Miami’s run-off, giving Democrats fresh momentum before the midterms.
bit.ly
December 10, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Democrat Eileen Higgins won Miami’s run-off, giving Democrats fresh momentum before the midterms.
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Most importantly more people watched my TED talk than watched Sam Altman’s for which I thank everybody involved 🙏
December 9, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Most importantly more people watched my TED talk than watched Sam Altman’s for which I thank everybody involved 🙏
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Powerful statements pulling no punches regarding the murders on the high seas by American fighters following illegal orders apparently with a faux justification by DOJ lawyers who should be disbarred. Ambassador Eisen is raising the key issue: can Americans now get away with murder under Trump?
The supposed legal justifications for these boat strikes just don't make sense
Even in war you can’t target civilians
Experts across party lines agree: this looks like murder
We need the memo, the full video & an investigation
I explained on @ms.now 👇
Even in war you can’t target civilians
Experts across party lines agree: this looks like murder
We need the memo, the full video & an investigation
I explained on @ms.now 👇
December 10, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Powerful statements pulling no punches regarding the murders on the high seas by American fighters following illegal orders apparently with a faux justification by DOJ lawyers who should be disbarred. Ambassador Eisen is raising the key issue: can Americans now get away with murder under Trump?