Fi
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'You may say I'm a dreamer but I'm not the only one' 🌹GTTO English living in Ireland. Support Ukraine 🇺🇦 Fuck Russia.
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There is always lower for this guy to sink
January 23, 2025 at 2:51 PM
There is always lower for this guy to sink
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This is the sort of statement that a part on the eve of trial gives because it knows it is going to lose - and lose very badly.
Here’s the full apology by Murdoch’s NGN to the Duke of Sussex Prince Harry and Lord Tom Watson read out in court
January 22, 2025 at 12:31 PM
This is the sort of statement that a part on the eve of trial gives because it knows it is going to lose - and lose very badly.
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Brilliant satirical cover from Private Eye, mocking spineless media organisations and journalists who submit and cower in the face of power 👏
January 22, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Brilliant satirical cover from Private Eye, mocking spineless media organisations and journalists who submit and cower in the face of power 👏
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Room full of satire writers will struggle to find a funnier line that the BBC Newsreader just now saying “The Chinese approached Prince Andrew in the hope of finding intelligence’”
December 16, 2024 at 7:06 PM
Room full of satire writers will struggle to find a funnier line that the BBC Newsreader just now saying “The Chinese approached Prince Andrew in the hope of finding intelligence’”
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The Russian-backed government in Georgia arresting critics around the city now.
Here, activist Dodi Kharkheli, critical of the Moscow puppet regime is arrested while dropping daughter off at Kindergarten.
Here, activist Dodi Kharkheli, critical of the Moscow puppet regime is arrested while dropping daughter off at Kindergarten.
December 3, 2024 at 10:13 AM
The Russian-backed government in Georgia arresting critics around the city now.
Here, activist Dodi Kharkheli, critical of the Moscow puppet regime is arrested while dropping daughter off at Kindergarten.
Here, activist Dodi Kharkheli, critical of the Moscow puppet regime is arrested while dropping daughter off at Kindergarten.
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Protests in Georgia went on for another night.
Police resorted to force once again to disperse the crowds. 34 more people were arrested.
In the meantime, a growing number of reports about the mistreatment of detained protesters have been emerging.
Police resorted to force once again to disperse the crowds. 34 more people were arrested.
In the meantime, a growing number of reports about the mistreatment of detained protesters have been emerging.
December 3, 2024 at 10:56 AM
Protests in Georgia went on for another night.
Police resorted to force once again to disperse the crowds. 34 more people were arrested.
In the meantime, a growing number of reports about the mistreatment of detained protesters have been emerging.
Police resorted to force once again to disperse the crowds. 34 more people were arrested.
In the meantime, a growing number of reports about the mistreatment of detained protesters have been emerging.
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The BBC appears to be taking its MasterChef PR strategy to new extremes
December 3, 2024 at 7:23 AM
The BBC appears to be taking its MasterChef PR strategy to new extremes
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And he is being supported by a Federation, they still can’t take Donetsk Oblast and the Bunker Midget managed to lose 1% of Russia in the process. 🤦♂️
Remains a Master Strategist
Remains a Master Strategist
December 1, 2024 at 9:56 AM
And he is being supported by a Federation, they still can’t take Donetsk Oblast and the Bunker Midget managed to lose 1% of Russia in the process. 🤦♂️
Remains a Master Strategist
Remains a Master Strategist
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Bad Ass Georgian girl confronting the Russian scum.
December 1, 2024 at 6:52 PM
Bad Ass Georgian girl confronting the Russian scum.
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“Just three companies, News Corp (Murdoch family), Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT, Viscount Rothermere) and Reach plc, control over 80% of daily newspaper circulation…
The hyper-rich continue to invest huge sums in acquiring control of media”
We need a free press - ie free from the billionaires.
The hyper-rich continue to invest huge sums in acquiring control of media”
We need a free press - ie free from the billionaires.
We need a free press
It’s vital for democracy that we receive verifiable information that is not manipulated or controlled
sussexbylines.co.uk
November 30, 2024 at 7:16 PM
“Just three companies, News Corp (Murdoch family), Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT, Viscount Rothermere) and Reach plc, control over 80% of daily newspaper circulation…
The hyper-rich continue to invest huge sums in acquiring control of media”
We need a free press - ie free from the billionaires.
The hyper-rich continue to invest huge sums in acquiring control of media”
We need a free press - ie free from the billionaires.
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Am on LBC shortly talking about how Musk's reported plans to donate $100m to Nigel Farage shows how broken our electoral system is -- and how we can fix it
This has been the most popular Democracy for Sale post so far. Can read all the stories here:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/musks-100m...
This has been the most popular Democracy for Sale post so far. Can read all the stories here:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/musks-100m...
December 1, 2024 at 9:34 PM
Am on LBC shortly talking about how Musk's reported plans to donate $100m to Nigel Farage shows how broken our electoral system is -- and how we can fix it
This has been the most popular Democracy for Sale post so far. Can read all the stories here:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/musks-100m...
This has been the most popular Democracy for Sale post so far. Can read all the stories here:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/musks-100m...
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The courage of those Georgians and especially of this woman is just amazing.
December 1, 2024 at 7:11 PM
The courage of those Georgians and especially of this woman is just amazing.
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This needs to be taken seriously and taken seriously now - not in 3 years' time.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
December 1, 2024 at 8:27 AM
This needs to be taken seriously and taken seriously now - not in 3 years' time.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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We need an urgent inquiry in the UK into foreign interference in our politics & media.
…one which needs to advise rules for Parliament to enact before the next General Election hits.
…one which needs to advise rules for Parliament to enact before the next General Election hits.
December 1, 2024 at 11:04 AM
We need an urgent inquiry in the UK into foreign interference in our politics & media.
…one which needs to advise rules for Parliament to enact before the next General Election hits.
…one which needs to advise rules for Parliament to enact before the next General Election hits.
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NEW 🚨 Britain's electoral laws are broken - but successive governments have done nothing
Musk's proposed $100million donation to Nigel Farage shows we are on the cusp of a real crisis for British democracy
But it can be fixed. Here's how, by me
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/musks-100m...
Musk's proposed $100million donation to Nigel Farage shows we are on the cusp of a real crisis for British democracy
But it can be fixed. Here's how, by me
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/musks-100m...
Musk’s $100m to Farage will break our democracy
Keir Starmer needs to fix Britain’s broken electoral laws now - if he doesn’t, we will all suffer the consequences
democracyforsale.substack.com
December 1, 2024 at 12:56 PM
NEW 🚨 Britain's electoral laws are broken - but successive governments have done nothing
Musk's proposed $100million donation to Nigel Farage shows we are on the cusp of a real crisis for British democracy
But it can be fixed. Here's how, by me
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/musks-100m...
Musk's proposed $100million donation to Nigel Farage shows we are on the cusp of a real crisis for British democracy
But it can be fixed. Here's how, by me
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/musks-100m...
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Rishi Sunak changed council funding formula to take money from deprived areas to give to council such as Tunbridge Wells. Labour intend to change that.
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Council funding to be redirected from England’s rich areas to most deprived
Ministers will also consider local authority requests to raise council tax above threshold on case-by-case basis
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2024 at 10:23 AM
Rishi Sunak changed council funding formula to take money from deprived areas to give to council such as Tunbridge Wells. Labour intend to change that.
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
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Things we've learned from the election
1. The far right has been rejected (now let's stop giving them air time).
2. Posts and followers on social media don't reflect real life (they are mainly bots and/or not from Ireland)
3. The Irish pay no heed to Musk, and he doesn't have influence here!
#GE24
1. The far right has been rejected (now let's stop giving them air time).
2. Posts and followers on social media don't reflect real life (they are mainly bots and/or not from Ireland)
3. The Irish pay no heed to Musk, and he doesn't have influence here!
#GE24
November 30, 2024 at 3:18 PM
Things we've learned from the election
1. The far right has been rejected (now let's stop giving them air time).
2. Posts and followers on social media don't reflect real life (they are mainly bots and/or not from Ireland)
3. The Irish pay no heed to Musk, and he doesn't have influence here!
#GE24
1. The far right has been rejected (now let's stop giving them air time).
2. Posts and followers on social media don't reflect real life (they are mainly bots and/or not from Ireland)
3. The Irish pay no heed to Musk, and he doesn't have influence here!
#GE24
Starmer's government needs to get on top of this and stop the dodgy money in politics because the Tories certainly won't!
The Observer had early sight of our report out next week on the money that funds UK election campaigns.
We found that gaps in political finance rules are failing to stop money from questionable sources being funnelled into our politics.
More here:
We found that gaps in political finance rules are failing to stop money from questionable sources being funnelled into our politics.
More here:
Revealed: UK politics infiltrated by ‘dark money’ with 10% of donations from dubious sources
Cash from dictatorships and shell companies is entering the political system via legal loopholes
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2024 at 4:34 PM
Starmer's government needs to get on top of this and stop the dodgy money in politics because the Tories certainly won't!
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Kemi Badenoch, "There's a petition out there, 2 million people asking him to go" #PMQs
Keir Starmer, "We had a massive petition on the 4th of July in this country"
Keir Starmer, "We had a massive petition on the 4th of July in this country"
November 27, 2024 at 4:41 PM
Kemi Badenoch, "There's a petition out there, 2 million people asking him to go" #PMQs
Keir Starmer, "We had a massive petition on the 4th of July in this country"
Keir Starmer, "We had a massive petition on the 4th of July in this country"
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THIS ...👇👇👇
What is preventing World War III? Ukrainians are containing the ongoing war in Europe to their own country; they are deterring war in the Pacific; and they are preventing spread of nuclear weapons. These scenarios have not played out because Ukrainians take risks
snyder.substack.com/p/a-third-wo...
snyder.substack.com/p/a-third-wo...
A Third World War?
Let's help those who are holding it back
snyder.substack.com
November 25, 2024 at 9:26 PM
THIS ...👇👇👇
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I’m starting a petition demanding a re-run of the US election. I understand from some right-leaning types that 2 million signatures are all you need, and it doesn’t matter if none of them are Americans.
November 25, 2024 at 4:49 PM
I’m starting a petition demanding a re-run of the US election. I understand from some right-leaning types that 2 million signatures are all you need, and it doesn’t matter if none of them are Americans.
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Important context here:
● over half of farms are less than 49 acres (20 hectares)
● "a big farm" is 217 acres.
Now let's see who's angry:
● Clarkson farm is 1,000 acres
● Lloyd Webber farms 4,000 acres
● Viscount Rothermere (Mail owner) 4,700 acres
● Dyson owns 36,000 acres
● over half of farms are less than 49 acres (20 hectares)
● "a big farm" is 217 acres.
Now let's see who's angry:
● Clarkson farm is 1,000 acres
● Lloyd Webber farms 4,000 acres
● Viscount Rothermere (Mail owner) 4,700 acres
● Dyson owns 36,000 acres
A message from a REAL farmer who hasn’t been brainwashed by the Tories, wealthy landowners and the right wing media👇🏽
#FarmersProtest
#FarmersProtest
November 20, 2024 at 7:36 AM
Important context here:
● over half of farms are less than 49 acres (20 hectares)
● "a big farm" is 217 acres.
Now let's see who's angry:
● Clarkson farm is 1,000 acres
● Lloyd Webber farms 4,000 acres
● Viscount Rothermere (Mail owner) 4,700 acres
● Dyson owns 36,000 acres
● over half of farms are less than 49 acres (20 hectares)
● "a big farm" is 217 acres.
Now let's see who's angry:
● Clarkson farm is 1,000 acres
● Lloyd Webber farms 4,000 acres
● Viscount Rothermere (Mail owner) 4,700 acres
● Dyson owns 36,000 acres
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Opportunistic spin from the Lib Dems.
The IHT change is not a 'family farm tax'. It's an inherited wealth tax, on assets over £1.3m (x2 for a married couple). It's closing a loophole.
Actually, it's *still* a subsidy: the rate farmers pay is 1/2 that of non-farmers. And they get 10 years to pay it
The IHT change is not a 'family farm tax'. It's an inherited wealth tax, on assets over £1.3m (x2 for a married couple). It's closing a loophole.
Actually, it's *still* a subsidy: the rate farmers pay is 1/2 that of non-farmers. And they get 10 years to pay it
November 20, 2024 at 8:54 AM
Opportunistic spin from the Lib Dems.
The IHT change is not a 'family farm tax'. It's an inherited wealth tax, on assets over £1.3m (x2 for a married couple). It's closing a loophole.
Actually, it's *still* a subsidy: the rate farmers pay is 1/2 that of non-farmers. And they get 10 years to pay it
The IHT change is not a 'family farm tax'. It's an inherited wealth tax, on assets over £1.3m (x2 for a married couple). It's closing a loophole.
Actually, it's *still* a subsidy: the rate farmers pay is 1/2 that of non-farmers. And they get 10 years to pay it
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Some grim polling numbers for new Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch today, via Ipsos
When asked who would make a better Prime Minister, Keir Starmer holds a significant lead over Kemi Badenoch. 37% of Britons prefer Starmer and 19% Badenoch.
When asked who would make a better Prime Minister, Keir Starmer holds a significant lead over Kemi Badenoch. 37% of Britons prefer Starmer and 19% Badenoch.
November 19, 2024 at 4:30 PM
Some grim polling numbers for new Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch today, via Ipsos
When asked who would make a better Prime Minister, Keir Starmer holds a significant lead over Kemi Badenoch. 37% of Britons prefer Starmer and 19% Badenoch.
When asked who would make a better Prime Minister, Keir Starmer holds a significant lead over Kemi Badenoch. 37% of Britons prefer Starmer and 19% Badenoch.