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"Like many other parts of the world, the UK is in the firm grip of an epidemic of disinformation and misinformation"
How the UK became a nation of misinformation and disinformation
Like many other parts of the world, the UK is in the firm grip of an epidemic of disinformation and misinformation
northeastbylines.co.uk
December 20, 2024 at 8:46 PM
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David Coote didn't get sacked because he:

-Hates LFC
-Hates scousers
-Hates Jurgen Klopp
-Took Drugs
-Took Bribes

He got sacked because he got caught on camera and left a digital trail.

The PGMOL will now just move on. Anyone that thinks things are now going to change are being naive.

#lfc
December 9, 2024 at 5:07 PM
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Will get this framed. Thrilled that my piece honouring Madame Pelicot is the cover.
December 10, 2024 at 12:24 PM
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Massive Brexiter says what now?
December 5, 2024 at 9:51 AM
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It’s notable, but not exactly surprising, that so many* of the supposedly ‘sensible’ Brexiters have turned out to be mad, racist, hideous and/or stupid Farage fans. Montgomerie, a particularly pungent proof of this particular pudding, has been stealing a living for years.

*every single one of them
So, Tim Montgomerie, founder of Conservative Home, defects to Reform.
No shock to me; he bent steadily to the far right from the time I followed him until the time he blocked me for criticising Toby 'dick up your wife's arse' Young.
vlcpked.me
December 3, 2024 at 9:11 PM
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So, Tim Montgomerie, founder of Conservative Home, defects to Reform.
No shock to me; he bent steadily to the far right from the time I followed him until the time he blocked me for criticising Toby 'dick up your wife's arse' Young.
vlcpked.me
December 3, 2024 at 9:02 PM
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I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget
December 3, 2024 at 10:49 PM
November 28, 2024 at 4:30 PM
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An inspirational tale for aspiring journalists.

Remember, if you're a sibling of the former Prime Minister, and close personal friends with the current editor of your favourite magazine, and his ex-wife, you too can achieve your childhood dream of becoming its columnist
November 28, 2024 at 2:36 PM
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There is a metaphor here somewhere
November 25, 2024 at 8:01 PM
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● Jaguar Land Rover adds £10bn annually to the UK economy

● Employs 11,000 people in the UK

● Creates thousands more jobs in supply chain reliant on it

● And Grandad Nigel wants them to go bust because he doesn't like the ads.

Why do YOU think he doesn't like them?
The great patriot doesn’t like the new Jaguar advert, so he hopes they go bust. What a horrid man.
November 22, 2024 at 7:44 AM
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‘… but didn’t you keep the beaches open?’

‘Classic BBC’
November 21, 2024 at 8:41 AM
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Be aware
November 22, 2024 at 12:36 PM
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The Times journalist who fought to get the story about the Reform MP who kicked his girlfriend multiple times @georgegreenwood.bsky.social tells how hard the newspaper had to right to get the information released.

So who has been protecting the Reform MP?
As an addendum to this, it took four months to get this information, which would have been publicly available at the time of conviction.

The Times had to appoint counsel and attend a hearing at Westminster Magistrates Court to secure its release. That is not an expense all publishers can afford.
November 22, 2024 at 10:00 AM
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Momentum for international/global taxes to fund tackling the climate crisis is growing

Via Semafor:
November 22, 2024 at 1:07 PM
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November 20, 2024 at 4:57 PM
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JUST IN: ICC issues arrest warrants for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant for alleged war crimes.
International Criminal Court issues arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister | CNN
The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Hamas official Mohammed Diab Ibrahim Al-Masri, also ...
www.cnn.com
November 21, 2024 at 12:20 PM
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“Will Trump’s colleagues decide it’s too far, or is it ‘what Trump wants, Trump gets?’”

A “common theme” of Trump’s potential picks being followed by sexual abuse allegations is emerging.
November 21, 2024 at 12:24 PM
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"Water firms stopped from using customer money for bonuses"

About bloomin time too 👍🏼💙
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Ofwat rules out customers paying £195,000 Thames Water boss bonus
The regulator uses new powers to prevent bonuses being funded from customer bills.
www.bbc.com
November 21, 2024 at 8:57 AM
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Narrator voice: “Little did he know…”
November 19, 2024 at 8:45 PM
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November 19, 2024 at 11:53 AM
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Got to laugh. I have seen 2 or 3 polls which suggest - the public is pretty much in full agreement with the gov over I/T on farming estates over - what is it, 1 or 2 million?

We've all had to pay in for yonks.

Fairs they do too.

But funny watching the farmers parking up ready to protest today..🤭
November 19, 2024 at 7:34 PM
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The easiest way I’ve been explaining Bluesky to people is that you control your own algorithm

There’s no central system deciding what you should see & what’s pushed on you, nor is it hiding what you actually wanna see

Amongst many other benefits of course
November 20, 2024 at 1:10 PM