Daisy
@daisydumps.bsky.social
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Sunday Times reports her personal journey includes: Guildford, Cambridge University, (Cambridge Union + Cambridge Conservative Association) + Goldman Sachs + political adviser at No 10 for Boris Johnson.
October 18, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Sunday Times reports her personal journey includes: Guildford, Cambridge University, (Cambridge Union + Cambridge Conservative Association) + Goldman Sachs + political adviser at No 10 for Boris Johnson.
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This strikes me as a pretty major Brexit shift from Starmer.
Perhaps the beginning of 'Brexit is sh1t and has caused real economic damage'.
Perhaps the beginning of 'Brexit is sh1t and has caused real economic damage'.
October 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
This strikes me as a pretty major Brexit shift from Starmer.
Perhaps the beginning of 'Brexit is sh1t and has caused real economic damage'.
Perhaps the beginning of 'Brexit is sh1t and has caused real economic damage'.
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I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again.
Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐
Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐
September 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again.
Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐
Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐
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Jeremy Clarkson, here, who built his career on license fee payers.
September 5, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Jeremy Clarkson, here, who built his career on license fee payers.
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In "Legitimate Concerns" news.
41% of the 899 arrested for taking part in Farage Riots last year had been reported for crimes associated with intimate partner violence.
For those arrested by one police force, this figure was 68%.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
41% of the 899 arrested for taking part in Farage Riots last year had been reported for crimes associated with intimate partner violence.
For those arrested by one police force, this figure was 68%.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Two in five arrested for last summer’s UK riots had been reported for domestic abuse
Police data indicates overlaps between public violent disorder and domestic violence and abuse
www.theguardian.com
July 26, 2025 at 12:32 PM
In "Legitimate Concerns" news.
41% of the 899 arrested for taking part in Farage Riots last year had been reported for crimes associated with intimate partner violence.
For those arrested by one police force, this figure was 68%.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
41% of the 899 arrested for taking part in Farage Riots last year had been reported for crimes associated with intimate partner violence.
For those arrested by one police force, this figure was 68%.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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When you have an evening reception at 7 but have to crawl the cathedral steps in penance for getting Thomas Beckett killed at 3
The best dresses for summer wedding guests, according to an insane article in the Guardian. This one is primary school art smock meets Alien 3.
June 6, 2025 at 8:34 PM
When you have an evening reception at 7 but have to crawl the cathedral steps in penance for getting Thomas Beckett killed at 3
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Prevention works.
The figures speak for themselves. Investment by my Violence Reduction Unit is having an impact on reoffending. I will continue to support prevention and in giving young Londoners a better future.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The figures speak for themselves. Investment by my Violence Reduction Unit is having an impact on reoffending. I will continue to support prevention and in giving young Londoners a better future.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Youth workers in London custody centres stop 90% reoffending, says report
Scheme aims to exploit ‘teachable moment’, when someone is wavering between criminality and turning their back on violence
www.theguardian.com
June 5, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Prevention works.
The figures speak for themselves. Investment by my Violence Reduction Unit is having an impact on reoffending. I will continue to support prevention and in giving young Londoners a better future.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The figures speak for themselves. Investment by my Violence Reduction Unit is having an impact on reoffending. I will continue to support prevention and in giving young Londoners a better future.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Gates on Musk:
“The picture of the world’s richest man killing the world’s poorest children is not a pretty one”
“The picture of the world’s richest man killing the world’s poorest children is not a pretty one”
Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates ratcheted up his feud with Elon Musk, accusing the world’s richest man of “killing the world’s poorest children” through what he said were misguided cuts to US development assistance
www.ft.com/content/bdd9...
www.ft.com/content/bdd9...
Bill Gates accuses Elon Musk of ‘killing’ children with USAID cuts
Billionaire reopens feud with Tesla chief as he unveils plan to spend $200bn on philanthropy and close foundation in 2045
www.ft.com
May 8, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Gates on Musk:
“The picture of the world’s richest man killing the world’s poorest children is not a pretty one”
“The picture of the world’s richest man killing the world’s poorest children is not a pretty one”
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NEW 🧵
The number of people travelling from Europe to the US in recent weeks has plummeted by as much as 35%, as travellers have cancelled plans in response to Trump’s policies and rhetoric, and horror stories from the border.
Story: www.ft.com/content/6dc1...
The number of people travelling from Europe to the US in recent weeks has plummeted by as much as 35%, as travellers have cancelled plans in response to Trump’s policies and rhetoric, and horror stories from the border.
Story: www.ft.com/content/6dc1...
April 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
NEW 🧵
The number of people travelling from Europe to the US in recent weeks has plummeted by as much as 35%, as travellers have cancelled plans in response to Trump’s policies and rhetoric, and horror stories from the border.
Story: www.ft.com/content/6dc1...
The number of people travelling from Europe to the US in recent weeks has plummeted by as much as 35%, as travellers have cancelled plans in response to Trump’s policies and rhetoric, and horror stories from the border.
Story: www.ft.com/content/6dc1...
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I'm fascinated by this picture of Noddy Holder & Dave Hill from Slade that looks like they've been cast to play Paul O'Grady & Ken Dodd teaming up to solve murder mysteries on the Wirral.
March 15, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I'm fascinated by this picture of Noddy Holder & Dave Hill from Slade that looks like they've been cast to play Paul O'Grady & Ken Dodd teaming up to solve murder mysteries on the Wirral.
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🚨🚨 Given horrible state of things in the world, it is easy to simply forget about the absolute shitshow of #brexit but new report by Food and Drink Federation is a stark reminder of those devasting implications. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/business/202...
UK food and drink exports to the EU down 34% since Brexit
Food and Drink Federation say businesses are struggling to deal with added ‘complexity and bureaucracy’
www.theguardian.com
March 14, 2025 at 8:51 AM
🚨🚨 Given horrible state of things in the world, it is easy to simply forget about the absolute shitshow of #brexit but new report by Food and Drink Federation is a stark reminder of those devasting implications. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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A sad day for London. The London Fire Brigade said books kept in these mini-libraries posed a "combustible material" fire safety risk.
London Underground book exchanges forced to close after 20 years due to fire safety issues
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
London Underground book exchanges forced to close after 20 years due to fire safety issues
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
London Underground book exchanges forced to close over fire safety issues
Transport for London said it was forced to close the beloved book-swaps across every London Underground station
www.independent.co.uk
March 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
A sad day for London. The London Fire Brigade said books kept in these mini-libraries posed a "combustible material" fire safety risk.
London Underground book exchanges forced to close after 20 years due to fire safety issues
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
London Underground book exchanges forced to close after 20 years due to fire safety issues
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
oh absolutely fuck this, for fuck's sake
oh absolutely fuck this, for fuck's sake
March 11, 2025 at 10:31 PM
NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
oh absolutely fuck this, for fuck's sake
oh absolutely fuck this, for fuck's sake
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Book exchanges are coming back back back on the London Underground!
A source close to Sadiq Khan: "The Mayor has stepped in and we are looking to reverse this decision as soon as possible. TfL are working urgently with LFB to ensure this happens."
A source close to Sadiq Khan: "The Mayor has stepped in and we are looking to reverse this decision as soon as possible. TfL are working urgently with LFB to ensure this happens."
March 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Book exchanges are coming back back back on the London Underground!
A source close to Sadiq Khan: "The Mayor has stepped in and we are looking to reverse this decision as soon as possible. TfL are working urgently with LFB to ensure this happens."
A source close to Sadiq Khan: "The Mayor has stepped in and we are looking to reverse this decision as soon as possible. TfL are working urgently with LFB to ensure this happens."
www.timeout.com/london/news/...
Talk about removing little bits of joy and community from people’s lives
Talk about removing little bits of joy and community from people’s lives
All the London Underground’s free book libraries have been shut down
TfL’s free book exchanges have been called a fire hazard.
www.timeout.com
March 12, 2025 at 10:07 PM
www.timeout.com/london/news/...
Talk about removing little bits of joy and community from people’s lives
Talk about removing little bits of joy and community from people’s lives
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The fact that there might be a conclave so close to a movie about one has really motivated me to finish my screenplay "The Tech CEO Who Died of Diarrhea So Explosive The Coroner Said He Had No Lower Back to Speak Of"
March 4, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The fact that there might be a conclave so close to a movie about one has really motivated me to finish my screenplay "The Tech CEO Who Died of Diarrhea So Explosive The Coroner Said He Had No Lower Back to Speak Of"
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Darren Grimes was born in 1993
February 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Darren Grimes was born in 1993
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I reviewed the original Gilgamesh in 2006. It was a weird, gargantuan restaurant serving a clumsy pan-Asian menu. It closed. Now it’s reopened elsewhere and I wanted to know if Gilgamesh Mark II was any better. God, the things I do for you. This week’s review.
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/fe...
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/fe...
Gilgamesh, London: ‘It’s a weird trip’: restaurant review
We’re here for a ‘culinary journey’ apparently, but where on earth to?
www.theguardian.com
February 23, 2025 at 7:35 AM
I reviewed the original Gilgamesh in 2006. It was a weird, gargantuan restaurant serving a clumsy pan-Asian menu. It closed. Now it’s reopened elsewhere and I wanted to know if Gilgamesh Mark II was any better. God, the things I do for you. This week’s review.
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/fe...
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/fe...
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Phone now sends me transcriptions of voicemails. Very confused by this one until I listened to it. Turns out ‘sexy literally’ is in fact ‘Specsavers Bletchley’
February 17, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Phone now sends me transcriptions of voicemails. Very confused by this one until I listened to it. Turns out ‘sexy literally’ is in fact ‘Specsavers Bletchley’
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It is a real mark of Britain's decline that our Elon Musk is this pillock.
NEW: BrewDog founder James Watt has set up an unofficial, Elon Musk-style government watchdog.
He says it will look to cut 'badly spent tax money'
He says it will look to cut 'badly spent tax money'
BrewDog founder launches unofficial Elon Musk-style watchdog to take on UK Government
BREWDOG founder James Watt has launched an unofficial government watchdog which he has styled after Elon Musk’s programme in the US ...
www.thenational.scot
February 13, 2025 at 4:08 PM
It is a real mark of Britain's decline that our Elon Musk is this pillock.
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“I would have thought the leader of the opposition might support day one protection employment rights given where she’s going”
Keir Starmer
#PMQs
Keir Starmer
#PMQs
February 12, 2025 at 12:09 PM
“I would have thought the leader of the opposition might support day one protection employment rights given where she’s going”
Keir Starmer
#PMQs
Keir Starmer
#PMQs
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Guys, I’ve just seen the worst job advert in the world. Absolute state of this.
February 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Guys, I’ve just seen the worst job advert in the world. Absolute state of this.
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‘The things Chris Jefferies loved – books, music, theatre, opera, architecture, poetry – were, in the hands of the press, weapons to be used against him. They were evidence.’
@padrig.bsky.social on the ordeal of a former teacher wrongly accused of murder: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@padrig.bsky.social on the ordeal of a former teacher wrongly accused of murder: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Patrick McGuinness · Diary: Defending Mr Jefferies
Much of what was great about Chris Jefferies was used to attack him and destroy his reputation when the media, unimpeded...
www.lrb.co.uk
February 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM
‘The things Chris Jefferies loved – books, music, theatre, opera, architecture, poetry – were, in the hands of the press, weapons to be used against him. They were evidence.’
@padrig.bsky.social on the ordeal of a former teacher wrongly accused of murder: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@padrig.bsky.social on the ordeal of a former teacher wrongly accused of murder: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...