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Woke, Mountain Biking Lawyer, Dog lover, fine wine drinking Porsche enthusiast - Forever European, don’t let the bastards grind you down
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Rare footage of St Paul’s Cathedral testing its giant flamethrower
December 21, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Rare footage of St Paul’s Cathedral testing its giant flamethrower
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Sorry I haven't been active on social media today, I've been flat out making sure everything goes smoothly on my first day as website manager for the OBR.
November 26, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Sorry I haven't been active on social media today, I've been flat out making sure everything goes smoothly on my first day as website manager for the OBR.
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
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Gotta love Private Eye.
Always cuts through the crap.
Always cuts through the crap.
October 31, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Gotta love Private Eye.
Always cuts through the crap.
Always cuts through the crap.
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The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'
10/10 response, no notes
10/10 response, no notes
October 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'
10/10 response, no notes
10/10 response, no notes
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Ed Davey, "I'm afraid Nigel Farage should be apologising for helping cause this problem in the first place"
"Before Brexit we didn't have a small boats problem because we had 27 return agreements with EU countries and we could return people"
-Maybe we should call them Farage's Brexit Boats
"Before Brexit we didn't have a small boats problem because we had 27 return agreements with EU countries and we could return people"
-Maybe we should call them Farage's Brexit Boats
September 22, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Ed Davey, "I'm afraid Nigel Farage should be apologising for helping cause this problem in the first place"
"Before Brexit we didn't have a small boats problem because we had 27 return agreements with EU countries and we could return people"
-Maybe we should call them Farage's Brexit Boats
"Before Brexit we didn't have a small boats problem because we had 27 return agreements with EU countries and we could return people"
-Maybe we should call them Farage's Brexit Boats
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Me: I don’t feel well.
Doctor: That’s because you’re alive.
Doctor: That’s because you’re alive.
July 11, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Me: I don’t feel well.
Doctor: That’s because you’re alive.
Doctor: That’s because you’re alive.
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The UK and France will combine their nuclear deterrents for the first time
'From today our adversaries will know that any extreme threat to this continent would prompt a response from our two nations,' Starmer says
'From today our adversaries will know that any extreme threat to this continent would prompt a response from our two nations,' Starmer says
July 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The UK and France will combine their nuclear deterrents for the first time
'From today our adversaries will know that any extreme threat to this continent would prompt a response from our two nations,' Starmer says
'From today our adversaries will know that any extreme threat to this continent would prompt a response from our two nations,' Starmer says
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Revoking an artist's visa for their speech, no matter how controversial, doesn't make us safe.
The government should not be policing the artistic or political expression of citizens, visitors, or anyone else.
The government should not be policing the artistic or political expression of citizens, visitors, or anyone else.
State Department Revokes Bob Vylan's Visa Over Glastonbury Performance
The Department of State revoked Bob Vylan's U.S. visa following their performance at Glastonbury, where the duo advocated to 'free Palestine.'
www.rollingstone.com
June 30, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Revoking an artist's visa for their speech, no matter how controversial, doesn't make us safe.
The government should not be policing the artistic or political expression of citizens, visitors, or anyone else.
The government should not be policing the artistic or political expression of citizens, visitors, or anyone else.
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just shocking that a band made a.political statement at a festival with deep political roots
June 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
just shocking that a band made a.political statement at a festival with deep political roots
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Tonight, I'll go home and sleep in my bed. I have a lawyer, I'll get due process.
But Edgardo, whose arm was ripped from mine by ICE agents, has none of those things.
That's why I'll keep coming back to court, week after week, to make sure that people's rights are protected.
But Edgardo, whose arm was ripped from mine by ICE agents, has none of those things.
That's why I'll keep coming back to court, week after week, to make sure that people's rights are protected.
Brad Lander: "I'll keep coming back to court, week after week"
YouTube video by Brad Lander for NYC
youtu.be
June 18, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Tonight, I'll go home and sleep in my bed. I have a lawyer, I'll get due process.
But Edgardo, whose arm was ripped from mine by ICE agents, has none of those things.
That's why I'll keep coming back to court, week after week, to make sure that people's rights are protected.
But Edgardo, whose arm was ripped from mine by ICE agents, has none of those things.
That's why I'll keep coming back to court, week after week, to make sure that people's rights are protected.
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No disagreement here! 😜
June 17, 2025 at 12:32 AM
No disagreement here! 😜
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June 15, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Private Eye exposing again the utter idiocy of our politics.
This sums up *exactly* how Farage and Reform get rocket-boosted by a media, drunk on sensationalist nonsense. Unserious and irresponsible but it’ll be up to us to prove them wrong.
This sums up *exactly* how Farage and Reform get rocket-boosted by a media, drunk on sensationalist nonsense. Unserious and irresponsible but it’ll be up to us to prove them wrong.
June 13, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Private Eye exposing again the utter idiocy of our politics.
This sums up *exactly* how Farage and Reform get rocket-boosted by a media, drunk on sensationalist nonsense. Unserious and irresponsible but it’ll be up to us to prove them wrong.
This sums up *exactly* how Farage and Reform get rocket-boosted by a media, drunk on sensationalist nonsense. Unserious and irresponsible but it’ll be up to us to prove them wrong.
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I have a bunch of crows that follow me on my walks now, and suddenly a bunch of them landed close and started cawing nonstop furiously. I thought I'd pissed them off somehow -- when a coyote rounded the corner. Trotted past me on the opposite side, side-eyed me, and kept going.
June 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I have a bunch of crows that follow me on my walks now, and suddenly a bunch of them landed close and started cawing nonstop furiously. I thought I'd pissed them off somehow -- when a coyote rounded the corner. Trotted past me on the opposite side, side-eyed me, and kept going.
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While Reform has a mini meltdown and Musk/Trump tear chunks out of each other, maybe media could start scrutinising these grifting tossers who do nothing but harm and call it patriotism. They don’t even know how to behave, let alone decide policy. Time to start binning off these foghorns of failure.
June 6, 2025 at 6:42 AM
While Reform has a mini meltdown and Musk/Trump tear chunks out of each other, maybe media could start scrutinising these grifting tossers who do nothing but harm and call it patriotism. They don’t even know how to behave, let alone decide policy. Time to start binning off these foghorns of failure.
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Brands during Pride month:
🌈 Exxon: no matter who you love, we’ll make sure your children don’t have a livable planet
🌈 Amazon: we treat all of our warehouse workers like dirt, regardless of their sexual orientation
🌈 Raytheon: our tomahawk missiles don’t discriminate
🌈 Exxon: no matter who you love, we’ll make sure your children don’t have a livable planet
🌈 Amazon: we treat all of our warehouse workers like dirt, regardless of their sexual orientation
🌈 Raytheon: our tomahawk missiles don’t discriminate
June 2, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Brands during Pride month:
🌈 Exxon: no matter who you love, we’ll make sure your children don’t have a livable planet
🌈 Amazon: we treat all of our warehouse workers like dirt, regardless of their sexual orientation
🌈 Raytheon: our tomahawk missiles don’t discriminate
🌈 Exxon: no matter who you love, we’ll make sure your children don’t have a livable planet
🌈 Amazon: we treat all of our warehouse workers like dirt, regardless of their sexual orientation
🌈 Raytheon: our tomahawk missiles don’t discriminate
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Lots of things I like about freelancing, but having to explain that I don’t get a paycheque every month and therefore can’t do things for free is not one of them.
Freelancers have no sick leave, no paid holidays and no benefits, and if we do something for free it means less time to earn in.
Freelancers have no sick leave, no paid holidays and no benefits, and if we do something for free it means less time to earn in.
June 3, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Lots of things I like about freelancing, but having to explain that I don’t get a paycheque every month and therefore can’t do things for free is not one of them.
Freelancers have no sick leave, no paid holidays and no benefits, and if we do something for free it means less time to earn in.
Freelancers have no sick leave, no paid holidays and no benefits, and if we do something for free it means less time to earn in.
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Imagine if a referendum were held in which 52% of those who voted declared that the Earth was flat.
And that subsequently everyone in the UK was forced to behave as if the Earth was indeed flat, and all main parties said "Ok, flat it is. Evidence be damned."
That's Brexit.
And that subsequently everyone in the UK was forced to behave as if the Earth was indeed flat, and all main parties said "Ok, flat it is. Evidence be damned."
That's Brexit.
May 31, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Imagine if a referendum were held in which 52% of those who voted declared that the Earth was flat.
And that subsequently everyone in the UK was forced to behave as if the Earth was indeed flat, and all main parties said "Ok, flat it is. Evidence be damned."
That's Brexit.
And that subsequently everyone in the UK was forced to behave as if the Earth was indeed flat, and all main parties said "Ok, flat it is. Evidence be damned."
That's Brexit.
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‘We earn £345k, but soaring private school fees mean we can’t afford to go on five holidays’
This is a GENUINE article published just now in The Telegraph.
This is a GENUINE article published just now in The Telegraph.
‘We earn £345k, but soaring private school fees mean we can’t go on five holidays’
Labour’s VAT raid forces six-figure families to make lifestyle sacrifices
www.telegraph.co.uk
May 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
‘We earn £345k, but soaring private school fees mean we can’t afford to go on five holidays’
This is a GENUINE article published just now in The Telegraph.
This is a GENUINE article published just now in The Telegraph.
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This is a clear cut coordination policy intended to force independent institutions into loyalty with the regime. It is obviously the behaviour of an authoritarian state and anyone who claims otherwise needs their fucking head examined www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump administration halts Harvard’s ability to enroll international students
Homeland security secretary Kristi Noem posts copy of department’s letter to university on X
www.theguardian.com
May 23, 2025 at 6:40 AM
This is a clear cut coordination policy intended to force independent institutions into loyalty with the regime. It is obviously the behaviour of an authoritarian state and anyone who claims otherwise needs their fucking head examined www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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The current headline stack at the top of the Telegraph homepage has 9 attack articles aimed at the Brexit reset deal.
It's certainly set the RW dogs running. Which is why it's such a shame that it's not more ambitious.
Instead, we'll get all the mouth-foaming and screaming for very little benefit.
It's certainly set the RW dogs running. Which is why it's such a shame that it's not more ambitious.
Instead, we'll get all the mouth-foaming and screaming for very little benefit.
May 19, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The current headline stack at the top of the Telegraph homepage has 9 attack articles aimed at the Brexit reset deal.
It's certainly set the RW dogs running. Which is why it's such a shame that it's not more ambitious.
Instead, we'll get all the mouth-foaming and screaming for very little benefit.
It's certainly set the RW dogs running. Which is why it's such a shame that it's not more ambitious.
Instead, we'll get all the mouth-foaming and screaming for very little benefit.
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It's absolutely peak Britain that the crown jewel of a new EU agreement is us getting access to better queues.
May 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
It's absolutely peak Britain that the crown jewel of a new EU agreement is us getting access to better queues.