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· Apr 19
As an Indian (now with a British passport), transgender women in India regularly use women’s toilets all the time. India is hardly a panacea for equality, but I have to say I have never felt threatened by a trans in women’s toilets 1/…..
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The Presidency was never intended to be a safe haven for criminals.
December 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The Presidency was never intended to be a safe haven for criminals.
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Just when you thought things couldn't get worse.
December 14, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Just when you thought things couldn't get worse.
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Yes, it's astonishing that you and others are still on X and seemingly fine with propping up the site as though it were a normal information distribution mechanism.
December 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Yes, it's astonishing that you and others are still on X and seemingly fine with propping up the site as though it were a normal information distribution mechanism.
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The OBR is run independently from Government. It literally was somebody else's fault.
You'd think Kemi Badenoch would know that given her own party created it in Government, but apparently not
You'd think Kemi Badenoch would know that given her own party created it in Government, but apparently not
December 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The OBR is run independently from Government. It literally was somebody else's fault.
You'd think Kemi Badenoch would know that given her own party created it in Government, but apparently not
You'd think Kemi Badenoch would know that given her own party created it in Government, but apparently not
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Peter Kyle’s performance on Times Radio is the kind of political interview that makes any sane listener want to chew off their own thumbs.
Politicians have no right to complain about crises of trust when this is how they talk. It’s such a dire way of doing things.
Politicians have no right to complain about crises of trust when this is how they talk. It’s such a dire way of doing things.
November 24, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Peter Kyle’s performance on Times Radio is the kind of political interview that makes any sane listener want to chew off their own thumbs.
Politicians have no right to complain about crises of trust when this is how they talk. It’s such a dire way of doing things.
Politicians have no right to complain about crises of trust when this is how they talk. It’s such a dire way of doing things.
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Except that’s not true.
Gill was the head of Reform UK in Wales only a few years ago - in 2021.
Gill was constantly seen by Farage’s side since his first election - as a UKIP MEP - in 2014.
Reform must come clean with their Russian connections.
Gill was the head of Reform UK in Wales only a few years ago - in 2021.
Gill was constantly seen by Farage’s side since his first election - as a UKIP MEP - in 2014.
Reform must come clean with their Russian connections.
Reform UK's Zia Yusuf calls Nathan Gill 'ancient history'
The party's head of policy says he has never met Nathan Gill, who served as the leader of Reform UK in Wales in 2021.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Except that’s not true.
Gill was the head of Reform UK in Wales only a few years ago - in 2021.
Gill was constantly seen by Farage’s side since his first election - as a UKIP MEP - in 2014.
Reform must come clean with their Russian connections.
Gill was the head of Reform UK in Wales only a few years ago - in 2021.
Gill was constantly seen by Farage’s side since his first election - as a UKIP MEP - in 2014.
Reform must come clean with their Russian connections.
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Mahmood would rather soothe the racists than do the “hard work of confronting the economic failure… and cowardice that has enabled the rise of the far right.”
As if making life even worse for immigrants will make our country happier and better off.
It won’t.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As if making life even worse for immigrants will make our country happier and better off.
It won’t.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Shabana Mahmood is an avatar of open Britain – that’s what makes her fable about immigration so seductive | Nesrine Malik
‘She is the daughter of immigrants,’ supporters of her cruel asylum policies say. ‘How can she be wrong?’ Let me put them straight, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Mahmood would rather soothe the racists than do the “hard work of confronting the economic failure… and cowardice that has enabled the rise of the far right.”
As if making life even worse for immigrants will make our country happier and better off.
It won’t.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As if making life even worse for immigrants will make our country happier and better off.
It won’t.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
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‘If there is a sudden stop in new lending to data centers, Ponzi finance units “with cash flow shortfalls will be forced to try to make position by selling out position”—in other words to force a fire sale—which is “likely to lead to a collapse of asset values.”‘ publicenterprise.org/report/bubbl...
November 13, 2025 at 9:07 PM
‘If there is a sudden stop in new lending to data centers, Ponzi finance units “with cash flow shortfalls will be forced to try to make position by selling out position”—in other words to force a fire sale—which is “likely to lead to a collapse of asset values.”‘ publicenterprise.org/report/bubbl...
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We live in an episode of Veep
October 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
We live in an episode of Veep
When you sack most of your customer service staff because AI is the answer to your dystopian cost cutting wet dream.
Trying to get to speak to a person at Dunelm mill is a near impossibility.
Trying to get to speak to a person at Dunelm mill is a near impossibility.
October 21, 2025 at 12:33 PM
When you sack most of your customer service staff because AI is the answer to your dystopian cost cutting wet dream.
Trying to get to speak to a person at Dunelm mill is a near impossibility.
Trying to get to speak to a person at Dunelm mill is a near impossibility.
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The Thai cover band you didn't know you needed in your life.
Crank it! 😀 🎸
Crank it! 😀 🎸
August 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The Thai cover band you didn't know you needed in your life.
Crank it! 😀 🎸
Crank it! 😀 🎸
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Norwich train station used to have lovely independent coffee shop with great locally made cakes. Now it has been chain-stored like all the rest ☹️
Soulless. Dull. Tasteless
Soulless. Dull. Tasteless
October 15, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Norwich train station used to have lovely independent coffee shop with great locally made cakes. Now it has been chain-stored like all the rest ☹️
Soulless. Dull. Tasteless
Soulless. Dull. Tasteless
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What is ridiculous is to conclude correctly that Brexit is the source of economic pain and then do nothing to reverse it.
October 15, 2025 at 6:23 AM
What is ridiculous is to conclude correctly that Brexit is the source of economic pain and then do nothing to reverse it.
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If men with guns and masks tried to pull me out of my car, I'd fight back. Courts should reject any claims by the government that this is aggression by the person being detained, resisting arrest, or that they're a flight risk.
October 14, 2025 at 7:06 PM
If men with guns and masks tried to pull me out of my car, I'd fight back. Courts should reject any claims by the government that this is aggression by the person being detained, resisting arrest, or that they're a flight risk.
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Byline Times: Keir Starmer’s ‘Brexit Is Bad, Let’s Make It a Bit Worse’ Strategy
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/15/k...
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Keir Starmer's 'Brexit Is Bad, Let's Make It a Bit Worse' Strategy
The Chancellor just admitted that Brexit has been an economic disaster. It's time the Government stopped making it even worse by imitating Nigel Farage's damaging anti-migration agenda, argues Adam Bi...
bylinetimes.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Byline Times: Keir Starmer’s ‘Brexit Is Bad, Let’s Make It a Bit Worse’ Strategy
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/15/k...
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/15/k...
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a real water is wet scenario here
POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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October 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
a real water is wet scenario here
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Draw something badly with no intention of showing it to anyone. It's very freeing.
October 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Draw something badly with no intention of showing it to anyone. It's very freeing.
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Dear Gods of all that is stupid...
IT'S REAL.
IT'S REAL.
October 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Dear Gods of all that is stupid...
IT'S REAL.
IT'S REAL.
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"Is it not the Republican Party that's added a quarter of all debt in Trump's first term and added $4 trillion because of this budget?"
Mick Mulvaney: "I'm not gonna debate a podcaster."
Mick Mulvaney: "I'm not gonna debate a podcaster."
October 1, 2025 at 2:55 AM
"Is it not the Republican Party that's added a quarter of all debt in Trump's first term and added $4 trillion because of this budget?"
Mick Mulvaney: "I'm not gonna debate a podcaster."
Mick Mulvaney: "I'm not gonna debate a podcaster."
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Nigel Farage doesn’t think the Prime Minister should have free speech in this country. But he’ll tell foreigners that yours is somehow under threat from the Prime Minister. He’s a whiny little liar. Always has been. Always will be.
September 30, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Nigel Farage doesn’t think the Prime Minister should have free speech in this country. But he’ll tell foreigners that yours is somehow under threat from the Prime Minister. He’s a whiny little liar. Always has been. Always will be.
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I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
October 1, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
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Nothing more than Mafia shakedown money. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
YouTube agrees to pay Trump $24.5m to settle lawsuit over account suspension
Platform suspended the US president’s YouTube channel in 2021 after the January 6 Capitol riot
www.theguardian.com
September 30, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Nothing more than Mafia shakedown money. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Peter Oborne’s exclusive Byline Times reporting exposes how Keir Starmer's chief strategist is driving a Labour Government towards defeat by the far-right
'The Most Powerful Individual in Britain' – Peter Oborne on Morgan McSweeney
www.bylinesupplement.com
September 30, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Peter Oborne’s exclusive Byline Times reporting exposes how Keir Starmer's chief strategist is driving a Labour Government towards defeat by the far-right
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YouTubers are cashing in by harassing asylum seekers at hotels, turning human misery into profitable, divisive entertainment | Owen Sennitt, Local Democracy Reporter
Lucrative hate: YouTubers target migrant hotels for clicks
YouTubers are cashing in by harassing asylum seekers at hotels, turning human misery into profitable, divisive entertainment
eastangliabylines.co.uk
September 30, 2025 at 4:12 AM
YouTubers are cashing in by harassing asylum seekers at hotels, turning human misery into profitable, divisive entertainment | Owen Sennitt, Local Democracy Reporter