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We've always had these dead-eyed socipaths around. It's just a few years ago they were ignored and now they're "senior fellow" at places funded by evil millionaires + going on podcasts with a brain-rotted ex-PM.
Harrison Pitt accuses the King of treachery. Pitt is a Senior Policy Fellow for Rupert Lowe's Restore Britain, who also regularly co-hosts podcasts with his ally Tomlinson (who advocates banning all ethnic and faith minorities from public office). Like Lowe, Pitt is keen to dissolve boundaries/norms
December 26, 2025 at 9:08 AM
We've always had these dead-eyed socipaths around. It's just a few years ago they were ignored and now they're "senior fellow" at places funded by evil millionaires + going on podcasts with a brain-rotted ex-PM.
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i post this story every christmas, and will keep doing so until it stops making me cry
merry christmas xx
merry christmas xx
A real Good Samaritan
One act of kindness that befell Leeds writer Bernard Hare in 1982 changed him profoundly. Here he tells his story.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 25, 2025 at 10:25 AM
i post this story every christmas, and will keep doing so until it stops making me cry
merry christmas xx
merry christmas xx
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UK social media campaigners among five denied US visas.
Trump happily admits fascists and racists to the US.
Visas used as a tool for dominance, intimidation; extract trade and tax concessions; silence critics.
Compliant Govts risk domestic ridicule.
Trump happily admits fascists and racists to the US.
Visas used as a tool for dominance, intimidation; extract trade and tax concessions; silence critics.
Compliant Govts risk domestic ridicule.
UK social media campaigners among five denied US visas
The Trump administration bans five people who have called for tech regulation from entering the country.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM
UK social media campaigners among five denied US visas.
Trump happily admits fascists and racists to the US.
Visas used as a tool for dominance, intimidation; extract trade and tax concessions; silence critics.
Compliant Govts risk domestic ridicule.
Trump happily admits fascists and racists to the US.
Visas used as a tool for dominance, intimidation; extract trade and tax concessions; silence critics.
Compliant Govts risk domestic ridicule.
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My position on the debate on "From the River to the Sea" is that it should start with the party that is actually advancing this vision not only through chants but also through genocide and ethnic cleansing - the current Israeli government.
December 23, 2025 at 10:55 AM
My position on the debate on "From the River to the Sea" is that it should start with the party that is actually advancing this vision not only through chants but also through genocide and ethnic cleansing - the current Israeli government.
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Brexit - a shocking act of economic self sabotage.
https://www.fibre2fashion.com/news/economics/over-50-of-uk-exporters-say-eu-trade-deal-hurts-sales-growth-survey-307348-newsdetails.htm?amp=true
https://www.fibre2fashion.com/news/economics/over-50-of-uk-exporters-say-eu-trade-deal-hurts-sales-growth-survey-307348-newsdetails.htm?amp=true
December 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Brexit - a shocking act of economic self sabotage.
https://www.fibre2fashion.com/news/economics/over-50-of-uk-exporters-say-eu-trade-deal-hurts-sales-growth-survey-307348-newsdetails.htm?amp=true
https://www.fibre2fashion.com/news/economics/over-50-of-uk-exporters-say-eu-trade-deal-hurts-sales-growth-survey-307348-newsdetails.htm?amp=true
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Didn’t we learn the lesson when Gordon Brown used PFIs for public building construction? Private businesses made sure the contracts were more favourable to them rather than the public. The Government doesn’t have the necessary skills to make sure this doesn’t happen.
🏥 Hospitals built with PFI were found to be 70% more expensive than public builds.
Private partnerships were costly and ineffective last time — saddling the NHS with decades of debt.
So why bring them back… and who really benefits? 👀
Read more 👇
everydoctor.org.uk/talking-poin...
Private partnerships were costly and ineffective last time — saddling the NHS with decades of debt.
So why bring them back… and who really benefits? 👀
Read more 👇
everydoctor.org.uk/talking-poin...
December 24, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Didn’t we learn the lesson when Gordon Brown used PFIs for public building construction? Private businesses made sure the contracts were more favourable to them rather than the public. The Government doesn’t have the necessary skills to make sure this doesn’t happen.
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Every year, people mock this tree. But I love it anyway.
It reminds us that if we stand together in tough times, we can overcome anything.
Merry Christmas from my family to yours. 🎄✨
It reminds us that if we stand together in tough times, we can overcome anything.
Merry Christmas from my family to yours. 🎄✨
December 24, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Every year, people mock this tree. But I love it anyway.
It reminds us that if we stand together in tough times, we can overcome anything.
Merry Christmas from my family to yours. 🎄✨
It reminds us that if we stand together in tough times, we can overcome anything.
Merry Christmas from my family to yours. 🎄✨
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Democracy depends on a fearless and free press.
Corporations or ultra-wealthy individuals with many other business interests should not be allowed to control our media.
They cannot be trusted to prioritize the public’s right to know over their own financial interests.
Corporations or ultra-wealthy individuals with many other business interests should not be allowed to control our media.
They cannot be trusted to prioritize the public’s right to know over their own financial interests.
December 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Democracy depends on a fearless and free press.
Corporations or ultra-wealthy individuals with many other business interests should not be allowed to control our media.
They cannot be trusted to prioritize the public’s right to know over their own financial interests.
Corporations or ultra-wealthy individuals with many other business interests should not be allowed to control our media.
They cannot be trusted to prioritize the public’s right to know over their own financial interests.
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I was happy to talk the Boston-based MassLive for this article on what the U.S. can learn from Hungary’s crackdown on highered. The transatlantic convergence of the far right, even if important differences remain, should worry anyone who takes universities, pluralism, and democracy seriously. 1/7
What happens when a government decides to crush a university? These professors lived it
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán reshaped higher ed in Hungary. Here's how academics are learning from it.
www.masslive.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:31 AM
I was happy to talk the Boston-based MassLive for this article on what the U.S. can learn from Hungary’s crackdown on highered. The transatlantic convergence of the far right, even if important differences remain, should worry anyone who takes universities, pluralism, and democracy seriously. 1/7
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#BBCNews live page: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1...
'Massive' Russian attack across Ukraine, says energy firm, power cuts across Ukraine
'Massive' Russian attack across Ukraine, says energy firm, power cuts across Ukraine
'Massive' Russian attack across Ukraine, says energy firm, with four-year-old child among three killed
Air raid alerts were issued across the country, including in Kyiv, where one person was killed. Others were killed in Khmelnytskyy, western Ukraine, and the central Zhytomyr region.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 8:37 AM
#BBCNews live page: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1...
'Massive' Russian attack across Ukraine, says energy firm, power cuts across Ukraine
'Massive' Russian attack across Ukraine, says energy firm, power cuts across Ukraine
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Some 53% of UK exporters told the [BCC] that the trade deal with Europe was unsatisfactory — a 13 percentage point increase from 2024.
“By contrast, just 16% of nearly 900 exporters surveyed in October said the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement… was working well.”
www.ft.com/content/b3d3...
“By contrast, just 16% of nearly 900 exporters surveyed in October said the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement… was working well.”
www.ft.com/content/b3d3...
UK exporters increasingly dissatisfied with EU trade terms, survey finds
More than half of those contacted by British Chambers of Commerce criticised the post Brexit arrangements
www.ft.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Some 53% of UK exporters told the [BCC] that the trade deal with Europe was unsatisfactory — a 13 percentage point increase from 2024.
“By contrast, just 16% of nearly 900 exporters surveyed in October said the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement… was working well.”
www.ft.com/content/b3d3...
“By contrast, just 16% of nearly 900 exporters surveyed in October said the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement… was working well.”
www.ft.com/content/b3d3...
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Japan is going to develop nuclear weapons and they have every right to. China has been barking for a long time along with Russia. W/ Japan’s technical prowess I would expect they will develop and design a compact type of nuke device that we have not seen before just as they did with nuke reactors.
December 22, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Japan is going to develop nuclear weapons and they have every right to. China has been barking for a long time along with Russia. W/ Japan’s technical prowess I would expect they will develop and design a compact type of nuke device that we have not seen before just as they did with nuke reactors.
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The penny has dropped: Wes Streeting hails ‘enormous benefits’ of EU membership
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/the...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/the...
The penny has dropped: Wes Streeting hails 'enormous benefits' of EU membership
Quite simply, the elephant in the room is now being addressed - and Labour Wes Streeting has lambasted the impact of Brexit.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The penny has dropped: Wes Streeting hails ‘enormous benefits’ of EU membership
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/the...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/the...
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These principles are essential not only for the European Union, but for nations around the world.
We stand in full solidarity with Denmark and the people of Greenland.
We stand in full solidarity with Denmark and the people of Greenland.
December 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
These principles are essential not only for the European Union, but for nations around the world.
We stand in full solidarity with Denmark and the people of Greenland.
We stand in full solidarity with Denmark and the people of Greenland.
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Boxing day hunts to be thing of the past with trail hunting set to be banned
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Boxing day hunts to be thing of the past with trail hunting set to be banned
Trail hunting sees a scent laid out for the hunt to follow rather than a real animal, and was introduced as a replacement for fox hunting, which was banned by Labour in 2004
www.mirror.co.uk
December 21, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Boxing day hunts to be thing of the past with trail hunting set to be banned
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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The UK Government is unlikely to see most of the £148m it is owed by a faulty PPE supplier linked to Baroness Michelle Mone after the company was wound up.
Who saw that coming?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Who saw that coming?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Michelle Mone-linked PPE firm liquidated and unlikely to repay £148m
The firm led by Baroness Mone's husband Douglas Barrowman breached a contract to supply surgical gowns during the Covid pandemic.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 21, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The UK Government is unlikely to see most of the £148m it is owed by a faulty PPE supplier linked to Baroness Michelle Mone after the company was wound up.
Who saw that coming?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Who saw that coming?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Nobody works this hard for this long to cover up something this bad unless they are guilty.
December 20, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Nobody works this hard for this long to cover up something this bad unless they are guilty.
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They're so transparent they're removing photos of Donald Trump. And now I'm getting an "access denied" message when I go back to look.
December 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
They're so transparent they're removing photos of Donald Trump. And now I'm getting an "access denied" message when I go back to look.
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Reform UK’s Flagship Council Kent
⬆️ Increasing Council Tax
⬇️ Cutting services
From the party that won the council after a local election campaign that criticised councils for raising tax and cutting services, they really are Hypocrites UK.
www.northern-scot.co.uk/news/nationa...
⬆️ Increasing Council Tax
⬇️ Cutting services
From the party that won the council after a local election campaign that criticised councils for raising tax and cutting services, they really are Hypocrites UK.
www.northern-scot.co.uk/news/nationa...
Reform council planning ‘huge’ cuts in adult social care
Kent County Council has estimated that 18,804 people could be impacted by the proposal
www.northern-scot.co.uk
December 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Reform UK’s Flagship Council Kent
⬆️ Increasing Council Tax
⬇️ Cutting services
From the party that won the council after a local election campaign that criticised councils for raising tax and cutting services, they really are Hypocrites UK.
www.northern-scot.co.uk/news/nationa...
⬆️ Increasing Council Tax
⬇️ Cutting services
From the party that won the council after a local election campaign that criticised councils for raising tax and cutting services, they really are Hypocrites UK.
www.northern-scot.co.uk/news/nationa...
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Reform Flagship Kent council accused of blocking scrutiny of claim it saved £40m
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My lesson from 2025: Reform is much more vulnerable than it appears | Gaby Hinsliff
The party’s astonishingly speedy growth disguised shallow roots – and its success has brought a level of scrutiny for which it simply isn’t ready, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Reform Flagship Kent council accused of blocking scrutiny of claim it saved £40m
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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They say it's "too late" to explore Farage's election expenses.
They say that it doesn't matter where Farage got his £885,000 to buy his house in Clacton.
They say it doesn't matter that Farage and Nathan Gill were "Thick as Thieves".
This stinks of corruption.
They say that it doesn't matter where Farage got his £885,000 to buy his house in Clacton.
They say it doesn't matter that Farage and Nathan Gill were "Thick as Thieves".
This stinks of corruption.
December 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
They say it's "too late" to explore Farage's election expenses.
They say that it doesn't matter where Farage got his £885,000 to buy his house in Clacton.
They say it doesn't matter that Farage and Nathan Gill were "Thick as Thieves".
This stinks of corruption.
They say that it doesn't matter where Farage got his £885,000 to buy his house in Clacton.
They say it doesn't matter that Farage and Nathan Gill were "Thick as Thieves".
This stinks of corruption.
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Zelenskyy: Some partners are delaying the delivery of air defense missiles to Ukraine.
In particular, this is because intimidation from Russia and provocations in Europe have had an effect on Europeans.
In particular, this is because intimidation from Russia and provocations in Europe have had an effect on Europeans.
December 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Zelenskyy: Some partners are delaying the delivery of air defense missiles to Ukraine.
In particular, this is because intimidation from Russia and provocations in Europe have had an effect on Europeans.
In particular, this is because intimidation from Russia and provocations in Europe have had an effect on Europeans.
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Remember: you can disagree with #PalestineAction and still believe that they, like everyone, have the right to a fair trial. They should not be imprisoned on remand for months or years before trial. Remember that the #hungerstrikers have not been convicted of *any crime at all*.
December 19, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Remember: you can disagree with #PalestineAction and still believe that they, like everyone, have the right to a fair trial. They should not be imprisoned on remand for months or years before trial. Remember that the #hungerstrikers have not been convicted of *any crime at all*.
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How pleasingly ironic it would be for the British Broadcasting Corporation to remind Americans what the First Amendment is all about. The BBC may be about to lose a director general, but it still has a spine. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
The BBC has no choice but to teach Trump a lesson about free speech
The corporation may have lost a director general, but now needs to prove it still has a spine
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
How pleasingly ironic it would be for the British Broadcasting Corporation to remind Americans what the First Amendment is all about. The BBC may be about to lose a director general, but it still has a spine. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...