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I don’t want to go viral. I’m far too busy.
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Labour Minister Baroness Smith claims universities (paid for by students) waste public money.

In 2009, she was forced to resign as Home Secretary after wrongly claiming more than £116,000 of public money, including charges for scatter cushions & porn movies.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05...
Universities have ‘lost sight of responsibility over public money’
Baroness Smith says institutions failing to rein in spending despite demanding financial support from government
www.telegraph.co.uk
May 10, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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🚨Some major errors & misleading claims from experienced presenter Nick Robinson on BBC Radio 4 Today, when discussing British Steel with Treasury Minister James Murray

I hope these are corrected on tomorrow's programme, and Robinson sticks to the facts in future.

Here's what he got wrong... 🧵
April 14, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Remember, it’s now illegal NOT to by a Tesla.
The fight for democracy is now

#Musk #Tesla
March 11, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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For officials in Europe or other US allied states: if you know of examples of the US government applying pressure on you to cut allied flows of aid or intelligence to Ukraine, whether on grounds of ITAR or end user licenses or other means, please get in touch with me.
March 7, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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If the Government is committed to benefits cuts, freezing UC LCWRA element at 2025-26 levels would save £1bn in 2029-30.

Cuts would be shared out among the millions of claimants – while being clearly communicated as holding benefits at current levels while Government embarks on long-term reform.
March 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Many Marks and Spencer customers will be disappointed to learn that they've been advertising on GB News radio.

You can take action by leaving a friendly message on the Marks and Spencer Facebook page asking them to #StopFundingHate 👇

www.facebook.com/MarksandSpen...
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www.facebook.com
February 19, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier:

"We must not freeze in fear, or as the English saying goes,let's not be deers caught in the headlights. It is clear that the new American administration holds a world view that is very different from our own. One that shows no regard for established rules."
February 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Today's GB News advertisers include •TrailFinders •Staysure •Bullards Gin •All Clear Travel •Boxt •Simply Factoring •Body By Nature Supplements•Raging Bull Snacks •DialaFlight •Belgica •Selectspecs •TonicSurgery •Dormeo •City Moves •Trivago •Madison and mayfair
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/31/g...
GB News Hit by Guest Boycott After Hosts Label LGBT+ People 'Paedos' and 'Deviants'
There was a flurry of Ofcom complaints after a series of offensive remarks by presenters on the right-wing channel
bylinetimes.com
January 31, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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For all the transgender kids out there tonight feeling frightened and furious… we see you.

And we’ll fight to keep you safe.
January 29, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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This is the kind of toxic rhetoric that GB News advertisers are enabling.

Today's GB News advertisers include •All Clear Travel •Body By Nature •Staysure •The Polish National Tourism Office •Belgica •Raging Bull Snack •World Choice Sports •Windows 5 Star •Bullards Gin •Hafren Furnishers
January 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Eddie Marsden. You just look silly with the hair dye.
January 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Hugh Grant urges POLICE to investigate Sun owners

And he’s absolutely right

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Hugh Grant calls for police to investigate Sun owners
He also wants to see the government launch part two of the Leveson Inquiry into press standards.
www.bbc.com
January 24, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The bus fare thingy in #Manchester is bloody brilliant, could use it on another bus within the hour. @andyburnham.bsky.social
January 23, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Well darling, it’s back to the future. #Trump @mrjamesob.bsky.social
January 22, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Deputy head editor of the FT says what?
don’t shoot me but my contentious view is that it probably wasn’t a Nazi salute - despite obvious similarities - and we shouldn’t claim to *know* that it was one
January 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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January 19, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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'Made in Manchester: A People's History of the City That Shaped the Modern World' out now, available from bookshops and websites. Bestselling 'Northerners: A History' available in hardback and paperback. Publisher: @harpernorth.bsky.social
November 29, 2024 at 8:34 PM
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That's NOT how THAT works you ignorant old cunt.
And you know it!

Healthcare and support into work are down the shitter AND that is a governmental issue.

Stop with the attacks on the worst off and make workable solutions happen... Or simply shut the fuck up Blair.
Tony Blair tells Brits to stop self-diagnosing with depression as 'UK can't afford spiralling benefits bill'
Tony Blair has warned British people against self-diagnosing with mental health conditions, pointing to the country's spiralling sickness benefits bill.
www.lbc.co.uk
January 19, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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it’s OK if your version of self-care doesn’t look Instagram-perfect
January 14, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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If you haven’t yet listened to this excellent expose of Russian manipulation of British political life, then you should do so
Presented by @carolecadwalla.bsky.social and @peterjukes.bsky.social

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
A Meeting at the Carlton Club
Podcast Episode · Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring · EP1 · 24m
podcasts.apple.com
January 16, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I don’t think anyone really cares what she has to say. She’ll lie anyway.
January 16, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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🚨 PSA: If you are an Israeli army soldier or officer and have firsthand knowledge of unreported war crimes or other atrocities committed in Gaza, the West Bank, Israel, Lebanon, or Syria, find a news outlet that uses SecureDrop and send it an anonymous, encrypted tip.
January 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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In early 2020, a pandemic was spreading. The UK’s PM went on a 10 day half-term holiday during which he was uncontactable and the government went into panic mode, focusing, as Hancock related to the COVID enquiry, on buying enough body bags. 1/8
January 14, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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Well, glad to see it is going so well over on Twitter.

At what point does the EU and the UK Government take action and shut it down?
January 13, 2025 at 10:32 PM