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"It's something unpredictable
But in the end, it's right"
But in the end, it's right"
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He rubs nearly everyone up the wrong way - including, rather importantly, the French - but I think he's simply marvellous.
President Macron speaking at Guildhall,
"The European Union was stronger with the UK, and the UK was stronger with the European Union"
"We want to write our future and not be the story written by another continent.. The only way to chose our future is to do it together"
"The European Union was stronger with the UK, and the UK was stronger with the European Union"
"We want to write our future and not be the story written by another continent.. The only way to chose our future is to do it together"
July 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
He rubs nearly everyone up the wrong way - including, rather importantly, the French - but I think he's simply marvellous.
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It’s not at all clear how the assisted dying bill now works in the Lords, who often bring expert scrutiny to the practical detail of bills. 🧵
Generally, the Lords don’t amend private members bills because to do so is to kill them, as there’s no Commons time to debate them.
Generally, the Lords don’t amend private members bills because to do so is to kill them, as there’s no Commons time to debate them.
June 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
It’s not at all clear how the assisted dying bill now works in the Lords, who often bring expert scrutiny to the practical detail of bills. 🧵
Generally, the Lords don’t amend private members bills because to do so is to kill them, as there’s no Commons time to debate them.
Generally, the Lords don’t amend private members bills because to do so is to kill them, as there’s no Commons time to debate them.
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All rather obvious I suppose. But then Trump, Ceaușescu, the Kims, Putin and indeed all the other wannabe strong men in history are "obvious". It's what defines them. Noise, parades, big egos and a total lack of subtlety. A sort of bludgeoning big idiocy.
Have some Auden.
Have some Auden.
June 15, 2025 at 7:26 AM
All rather obvious I suppose. But then Trump, Ceaușescu, the Kims, Putin and indeed all the other wannabe strong men in history are "obvious". It's what defines them. Noise, parades, big egos and a total lack of subtlety. A sort of bludgeoning big idiocy.
Have some Auden.
Have some Auden.
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In Commons just now: PM “As the economy improves we want to make sure people feel those improvements... That is why we want to ensure that as we go forward more pensioners are eligible for winter fuel payment...we will look at that as part of a fiscal event”
May 21, 2025 at 11:26 AM
In Commons just now: PM “As the economy improves we want to make sure people feel those improvements... That is why we want to ensure that as we go forward more pensioners are eligible for winter fuel payment...we will look at that as part of a fiscal event”
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I note that Keir Starmer has come out against the Trump Netanyahu plan to ethnically cleanse Gaza, while Farage has backed it and Badenoch is silent.
As the grandson of a survivor of the Armenian genocide, this matters. Don’t believe the lie that all politicians are the same
As the grandson of a survivor of the Armenian genocide, this matters. Don’t believe the lie that all politicians are the same
February 7, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I note that Keir Starmer has come out against the Trump Netanyahu plan to ethnically cleanse Gaza, while Farage has backed it and Badenoch is silent.
As the grandson of a survivor of the Armenian genocide, this matters. Don’t believe the lie that all politicians are the same
As the grandson of a survivor of the Armenian genocide, this matters. Don’t believe the lie that all politicians are the same
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Thar’s gold in them thar cells bit.ly/4hnpiTI we pay Prince of Wales £1.5m a year until 2048 under lease signed by Johnson government for Dartmoor prison which is empty, falling to bits, and may never reopen.
Rat-infested prison that may never reopen pays Prince William’s Duchy £1.5m a year
HMP Dartmoor, which closed in August over toxic gas fears, has 24 years left on its lease
bit.ly
January 19, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Thar’s gold in them thar cells bit.ly/4hnpiTI we pay Prince of Wales £1.5m a year until 2048 under lease signed by Johnson government for Dartmoor prison which is empty, falling to bits, and may never reopen.
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Shared ownership is generally a racket designed to make money for developers and freeholders at the expense of the people who pay for the homes but Lord Fink supercharged it with unfair contracts but is only fined pocket money for exploiting them bit.ly/3VSnda1
Tory-linked developer fined £236k over unfair leases on flats
Platinum Skies received at least £15 million in subsidies to help build shared-ownership retirement flats
bit.ly
December 23, 2024 at 8:29 AM
Shared ownership is generally a racket designed to make money for developers and freeholders at the expense of the people who pay for the homes but Lord Fink supercharged it with unfair contracts but is only fined pocket money for exploiting them bit.ly/3VSnda1
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As of March 30, 2019, shortly after the founding of the Hong Kong entity, his UK entity Pitch@Palace Global saw cash assets rise to £3.13 million, up from £944,000 the previous financial year.
December 14, 2024 at 1:22 PM
As of March 30, 2019, shortly after the founding of the Hong Kong entity, his UK entity Pitch@Palace Global saw cash assets rise to £3.13 million, up from £944,000 the previous financial year.
Perfect summary
Man in blue jacket, "I hope Labour can do a good job with this, I really genuine do" #BBCQT
"My experience with the NHS.. My father went in.. It was solved in a week.. But he stayed in hospital for nine weeks because there was nowhere for him to go"
"My experience with the NHS.. My father went in.. It was solved in a week.. But he stayed in hospital for nine weeks because there was nowhere for him to go"
December 13, 2024 at 8:05 AM
Perfect summary
Increasing those able to get vaccinated would help surely?
Wes Streeting holds urgent talks with NHS bosses in England as winter crisis expected
Wes Streeting holds urgent talks with NHS bosses in England as winter crisis expected
Health secretary tells hospitals to put safety above waiting time targets days after warning of potential ‘quad-demic’
Wes Streeting has held urgent talks with NHS leaders in England about how the service will cope with an impending winter crisis amid…
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2024 at 3:03 PM
Increasing those able to get vaccinated would help surely?
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We *do* have a decent idea about what's going on in the brain, neuro-physiologically and neuro-chemically. We've been studying this for a long time, after all. And a lot of brain chemicals dictate what happens when we fall in love. And in often unexpected ways
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November 20, 2024 at 7:42 PM
We *do* have a decent idea about what's going on in the brain, neuro-physiologically and neuro-chemically. We've been studying this for a long time, after all. And a lot of brain chemicals dictate what happens when we fall in love. And in often unexpected ways
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It's a really remarkable achievement that an essential piece of technical literacy has become: "You MUST ignore the first two inches of the Google result."
my wife googled “united airlines customer service” the other day and the AI summary seemed legit enough so she called the number that it listed. she got like 30 seconds into the call before they were asking for her BANK INFO. a scammer had gotten their number prominent enough that the AI grabbed it.
October 24, 2024 at 6:00 AM
It's a really remarkable achievement that an essential piece of technical literacy has become: "You MUST ignore the first two inches of the Google result."
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #6,215,004!
September 24, 2024 at 5:06 AM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #6,215,004!
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Quoted in this great Esther Webber piece - current levels of disillusionment with politics aren’t sustainable. The Starmer Government’s mission has to be convincing voters - in a brutally transactional way - that politics can deliver improvements to their everyday. www.politico.eu/article/keir...
August 20, 2024 at 1:06 PM
Quoted in this great Esther Webber piece - current levels of disillusionment with politics aren’t sustainable. The Starmer Government’s mission has to be convincing voters - in a brutally transactional way - that politics can deliver improvements to their everyday. www.politico.eu/article/keir...