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A gay friend of my dad's came back from holiday, having seen NFL and excitedly declared, "I've discovered 'Rugby: The Musical'"
December 17, 2025 at 1:29 AM
A gay friend of my dad's came back from holiday, having seen NFL and excitedly declared, "I've discovered 'Rugby: The Musical'"
Whatever else they do this government approach to the Genocide in Gaza will be something that I will never understand from a humanitarian perspective.
This is just hideous. We're speaking to specialist public and terrorism lawyers in about half an hour to see if there's anything we can do. www.thenational.scot/news/2570443...
MP vows not to leave prison protest as pro-Palestine hunger striker 'may die'
AN MP has joined a prison-gate protest, declaring she will not leave until a hunger striker alleged to be near death receives an ambulance
www.thenational.scot
December 17, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Whatever else they do this government approach to the Genocide in Gaza will be something that I will never understand from a humanitarian perspective.
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Kinnock voice - "I’ll tell you what happens with impossible promises. You start with far-fetched resolutions....and you end up in the grotesque chaos of a Labour government, a *Labour* government, rejecting visas for homeless 8 yr olds trying to joing their parents"
November 28, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Kinnock voice - "I’ll tell you what happens with impossible promises. You start with far-fetched resolutions....and you end up in the grotesque chaos of a Labour government, a *Labour* government, rejecting visas for homeless 8 yr olds trying to joing their parents"
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If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media
Ultimatums sent to publications appear to intensify as Nigel Farage’s party rises in polls
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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It’s a testament to what special player and person Deavesy is that Ben James managed to get Justin Tipuric - a guy who *literally* did less than 10 interviews in his entire 15-year career - to do one about him getting called up.
November 21, 2025 at 5:35 PM
It’s a testament to what special player and person Deavesy is that Ben James managed to get Justin Tipuric - a guy who *literally* did less than 10 interviews in his entire 15-year career - to do one about him getting called up.
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Coverage of the refugee proposals demonstrates why we have such a broken political system. Endless focus on left-wing anger and right-wing support. Basically nothing on whether the reforms will work. They will not, which is why we'll still be here having the same debate in three years.
November 18, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Coverage of the refugee proposals demonstrates why we have such a broken political system. Endless focus on left-wing anger and right-wing support. Basically nothing on whether the reforms will work. They will not, which is why we'll still be here having the same debate in three years.
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Not the first to make this point. But there is a tyrant in charge of another country who is accused of being heavily linked to a paedophile sex ring - and supposed ‘patriots’ in this country are passionately willing him to take down our national broadcaster. Madness.
November 15, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Not the first to make this point. But there is a tyrant in charge of another country who is accused of being heavily linked to a paedophile sex ring - and supposed ‘patriots’ in this country are passionately willing him to take down our national broadcaster. Madness.
Farage is being honest, her question was the problem.
It was tough and required a factual and honest answer. He doesn’t like / can’t handle tough questions. So tends to will divert, take offence or will sometimes patronise.
It was tough and required a factual and honest answer. He doesn’t like / can’t handle tough questions. So tends to will divert, take offence or will sometimes patronise.
Mhari Aurora asks a pretty fair question, is booed by the crowd and told off by Dear Leader. Then Noa Hoffman, lobs a dogwhistle soft ball about making "our high streets beautiful again", not "covered in illegal migrant vape shops," to great applause.
Genuinely ugly moment. ~AA
Genuinely ugly moment. ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Farage is being honest, her question was the problem.
It was tough and required a factual and honest answer. He doesn’t like / can’t handle tough questions. So tends to will divert, take offence or will sometimes patronise.
It was tough and required a factual and honest answer. He doesn’t like / can’t handle tough questions. So tends to will divert, take offence or will sometimes patronise.
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Let this sink in. The President of the United States is now appealing a court order forcing him to feed starving children.
November 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Let this sink in. The President of the United States is now appealing a court order forcing him to feed starving children.
The analysis is world class it’s always brilliantly articulated. Genuinely the best thing I read every week.
Send this weeks to every single Labour Party member you know.
( there is some occasional fruity language - wonder if this was something he’s picked up from his podcast co-host? )
Send this weeks to every single Labour Party member you know.
( there is some occasional fruity language - wonder if this was something he’s picked up from his podcast co-host? )
A world without Keir Starmer: Is it time to change the Labour leader? iandunt.substack.com/p/a-world-wi...
A world without Keir Starmer
Is it time to change the Labour leader?
iandunt.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:23 AM
The analysis is world class it’s always brilliantly articulated. Genuinely the best thing I read every week.
Send this weeks to every single Labour Party member you know.
( there is some occasional fruity language - wonder if this was something he’s picked up from his podcast co-host? )
Send this weeks to every single Labour Party member you know.
( there is some occasional fruity language - wonder if this was something he’s picked up from his podcast co-host? )
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Ten years ago today, Richie McCaw lifted the Webb Ellis Cup for the second time and, in the process, crowned the 2015 All Blacks as possibly the greatest team of all time. We dig into how Steve Hansen's side changed the game, and shaped everything that has happened since...
youtu.be/xQSi1tXJYdc?...
youtu.be/xQSi1tXJYdc?...
So were the 2015 All Blacks the Greatest Team of All Time?
YouTube video by Squidge Rugby
youtu.be
October 30, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Ten years ago today, Richie McCaw lifted the Webb Ellis Cup for the second time and, in the process, crowned the 2015 All Blacks as possibly the greatest team of all time. We dig into how Steve Hansen's side changed the game, and shaped everything that has happened since...
youtu.be/xQSi1tXJYdc?...
youtu.be/xQSi1tXJYdc?...
Please no one do a deep dive of the state of the pork markets as I for one can’t take anymore failure…
Lettuce have some peace.
Lettuce have some peace.
In shock news, Liz Truss's Stilton and Cheddar deal with Japan... actually led to a year on year decrease in Stilton and Cheddar exports to Japan.
The deal was largely a rollover of the one the European Union already had with Japan, but Truss had fought for better access for Stilton and cheddar.
October 22, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Please no one do a deep dive of the state of the pork markets as I for one can’t take anymore failure…
Lettuce have some peace.
Lettuce have some peace.
No individual has the right to threaten to kill any other individual without suffering the full consequence of the law. Glad that Farage is safe and now he can be held to account to explain the hypocrisy.
Let me get this right.
Man makes social media threatening to kill Farage - convicted, sentenced to jail. Farage happy.
Woman makes social media threatening to burn hotels full of migrants, convicted, sentenced to jail. Farage outraged, goes on about free speech and invites her to conference. /1
Man makes social media threatening to kill Farage - convicted, sentenced to jail. Farage happy.
Woman makes social media threatening to burn hotels full of migrants, convicted, sentenced to jail. Farage outraged, goes on about free speech and invites her to conference. /1
October 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
No individual has the right to threaten to kill any other individual without suffering the full consequence of the law. Glad that Farage is safe and now he can be held to account to explain the hypocrisy.
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Um. There’s a woman presenting this too.
Rylan Clark is set to delve into the eerie world of witchcraft in his new show, The Witches Of Essex.
Rylan Clark slams 'misogyny' in British witch hunt as he fronts new Sky show
Rylan Clark shares the spotlight with professor Alice Roberts in The Witches Of Essex, where the pair delve into the dark history of witch hunts - and one discovery rattled Rylan.
www.ok.co.uk
October 13, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Um. There’s a woman presenting this too.
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This is why it is just wrong to outsource the employment hosting lower paid staff to save money.
There is no scenario where their conditions improve by being outsourced. Just raw money saving.
It’d be more ethically robust to outsource the entire management team’s hosting than these people.
There is no scenario where their conditions improve by being outsourced. Just raw money saving.
It’d be more ethically robust to outsource the entire management team’s hosting than these people.
NHS trust’s facilities staff vote to strike over pay discrimination claim
NHS trust’s facilities staff vote to strike over pay discrimination claim
Union accuses hospital group of ‘institutional racism’ as cleaners and porters get lower pay than colleagues
Hundreds of NHS hospital workers have voted for strike action after claims that they have lost more than £36m in pay and pension contributions over the last four years.
More than 330 low-paid workers, mainly cleaners, caterers and porters, known as facilities staff, at St George’s, Epsom and St Helier hospital group (GESH) are preparing to go on strike. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 7:28 AM
This is why it is just wrong to outsource the employment hosting lower paid staff to save money.
There is no scenario where their conditions improve by being outsourced. Just raw money saving.
It’d be more ethically robust to outsource the entire management team’s hosting than these people.
There is no scenario where their conditions improve by being outsourced. Just raw money saving.
It’d be more ethically robust to outsource the entire management team’s hosting than these people.
If I were her I’d ask Nigel Farage..
"15 years ago, Polish workers came here to find opportunity. Now Poland is growing twice as fast as we are," says Kemi Badenoch.
Any ideas what may have happened in the interim?
Any ideas what may have happened in the interim?
October 8, 2025 at 12:49 PM
If I were her I’d ask Nigel Farage..
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This feels like the sort of stuff the government should be doing - not revolutionary, not gonna win an election in themselves, but a lot of small things that'd make life easier?
Major shake-up of home buying aims to make process cheaper, quicker and easier
Buyers may no longer need to pay for so many searches, sellers may be asked to contribute some costs, and measures could be put in place to stop gazumping and chains collapsing.
news.sky.com
October 6, 2025 at 8:33 AM
This feels like the sort of stuff the government should be doing - not revolutionary, not gonna win an election in themselves, but a lot of small things that'd make life easier?
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ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.
October 5, 2025 at 1:58 PM
ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.
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There is an institutional culture in many parts of the NHS of focussing wholly on money, and just not doing credible patient impact assessments when considering any cuts to service.
Or worse, having them done and treating it as unimportant for many reasons nothing to do with patient health.
Or worse, having them done and treating it as unimportant for many reasons nothing to do with patient health.
🚨 Exclusive: New leaked document proves @NHSEngland was warned a decade ago about failures in child hearing test centres across England.
Hundreds of children have been harmed, some left with lifelong problems:
▶️ www.thetimes.com/article/294c...
Hundreds of children have been harmed, some left with lifelong problems:
▶️ www.thetimes.com/article/294c...
NHS ignored warnings on children’s hearing tests for a decade
Health bosses in England knew about testing failures in 2014. Hundreds of babies with severe hearing problems were left without help, leading to delayed development
www.thetimes.com
October 5, 2025 at 6:33 AM
There is an institutional culture in many parts of the NHS of focussing wholly on money, and just not doing credible patient impact assessments when considering any cuts to service.
Or worse, having them done and treating it as unimportant for many reasons nothing to do with patient health.
Or worse, having them done and treating it as unimportant for many reasons nothing to do with patient health.
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What an admirably clear statement from the Jewish Leadership Council, especially when all of those involved must surely have been dealing with so many other urgent challenges in safety, security and grief + shock today before having this further divisive and distracting intervention to address too.
October 4, 2025 at 8:33 PM
What an admirably clear statement from the Jewish Leadership Council, especially when all of those involved must surely have been dealing with so many other urgent challenges in safety, security and grief + shock today before having this further divisive and distracting intervention to address too.
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The cornerstone of freedom is the right to criticise your government, and not only remain unpunished for it, but be protected by that very government in doing so.
That is the foundation upon which all other freedoms rest.
Once that falls, everything else can be taken too.
That is the foundation upon which all other freedoms rest.
Once that falls, everything else can be taken too.
October 4, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The cornerstone of freedom is the right to criticise your government, and not only remain unpunished for it, but be protected by that very government in doing so.
That is the foundation upon which all other freedoms rest.
Once that falls, everything else can be taken too.
That is the foundation upon which all other freedoms rest.
Once that falls, everything else can be taken too.
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Here I am in 2020 in the flimsiest, most pitful PPE - like so many other NHS staff, some of whom died from the Covid they caught in their hospitals.
Tory peer Michelle Mone - who today lost her legal case & must repay the govt £122m - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’.
What, Michelle? 🧵
Tory peer Michelle Mone - who today lost her legal case & must repay the govt £122m - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’.
What, Michelle? 🧵
October 1, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Here I am in 2020 in the flimsiest, most pitful PPE - like so many other NHS staff, some of whom died from the Covid they caught in their hospitals.
Tory peer Michelle Mone - who today lost her legal case & must repay the govt £122m - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’.
What, Michelle? 🧵
Tory peer Michelle Mone - who today lost her legal case & must repay the govt £122m - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’.
What, Michelle? 🧵
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Ruahei Demant says I put her on the spot but there isn’t a better orator in the team to speak to the GOAT that is Portia Woodman-Wickcliffe
September 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Ruahei Demant says I put her on the spot but there isn’t a better orator in the team to speak to the GOAT that is Portia Woodman-Wickcliffe
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I mean yes this is funny, but the fact that these unconstitutional stormtroopers are so directionless that they literally stand around waiting for random nonwhite delivery guys to bike past them is just pathetic. No mandate, no mission, no clue. Just racism.
ICE attempted
and failed to disappear a food delivery guy.
It needed to be scored.
and failed to disappear a food delivery guy.
It needed to be scored.
September 29, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I mean yes this is funny, but the fact that these unconstitutional stormtroopers are so directionless that they literally stand around waiting for random nonwhite delivery guys to bike past them is just pathetic. No mandate, no mission, no clue. Just racism.
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“The support that has been so visible for women’s sport in this country, is honestly world leading in my opinion.” Black Ferns co-Captain, Ruahei Demant, on the unstoppable energy at Rugby World Cup 2025.
September 28, 2025 at 8:49 PM
“The support that has been so visible for women’s sport in this country, is honestly world leading in my opinion.” Black Ferns co-Captain, Ruahei Demant, on the unstoppable energy at Rugby World Cup 2025.