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Kenny Hemphill
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Writer. Copy editor. Scot. Optimist. Trade unionist. LFC.
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December 11, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Lee Anderson, who makes nearly £200,000 a year, repeatedly calls for benefit clampdowns, and described Britain as a “food bank for the world”...

...claims more in taxpayer-funded hotel bills than any other MP in England, billing the taxpayer for £22.5k in 2024/25 www.bigissue.com/news/politic...
Revealed: MPs rack up huge rent expenses while pushing through cuts to benefits
MPs are allowed to rent a second home, but while they are simultaneously cutting benefits for the vulnerable, the cost feels hard to swallow.
www.bigissue.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Born Czech as Tomáš Sträussler in Zlin in 1937, Stoppard's family escaped to Singapore on the day the Nazis invaded Czechoslovakia, then to British India.

Few truly doubt that the refugee boy became English: the themes of identity & language, unfreedom and liberty resonate throughout his work.
November 30, 2025 at 10:11 AM
You’re right. My bad. The Guardian has corrected the story without acknowledging the error in the original.
November 29, 2025 at 9:23 PM
This isn’t Jeremy Vine. It’s Matthew Wright.
November 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Amazing that the smartest guys in the room didn’t see it coming.
November 28, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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If you are eligible for the mobility component of PIP and you want to spend *your own money on top of that* on having a nicer modified car, why shouldn't you? Should screen readers only work on Chromebooks?
November 26, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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If you are eligible for the mobility component of PIP, you can spend *your own money* topping that up to have a great accessible car. Critics should ask: Why are you against this? What it is about disabled people that makes you believe it’s wrong to have nice things they paid for themselves?
November 26, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Homeland deteriorated badly after season 3. Most noticeably in the final two seasons.
November 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM