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It is worth recalling that the position of U.K. Ambassador to the US was not vacant at the time the Prime Minister chose to appoint Peter Mandelson to the role. A highly competent and respected woman was replaced.
February 4, 2026 at 1:05 PM
It is worth recalling that the position of U.K. Ambassador to the US was not vacant at the time the Prime Minister chose to appoint Peter Mandelson to the role. A highly competent and respected woman was replaced.
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Not many papers get two films - The Post, and All The President's Men - sad for the staff and readers of #WashingtonPost Sad for good journalism.
Oddly enough, both films at the same black heart of US government.
What do we get, Melania.
#jeffbezos yer an arse, and will be remembered as such.
Oddly enough, both films at the same black heart of US government.
What do we get, Melania.
#jeffbezos yer an arse, and will be remembered as such.
February 4, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Not many papers get two films - The Post, and All The President's Men - sad for the staff and readers of #WashingtonPost Sad for good journalism.
Oddly enough, both films at the same black heart of US government.
What do we get, Melania.
#jeffbezos yer an arse, and will be remembered as such.
Oddly enough, both films at the same black heart of US government.
What do we get, Melania.
#jeffbezos yer an arse, and will be remembered as such.
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New Epstein emails show Peter Mandelson secretly advising JPMorgan’s CEO on how to fight Labour’s 2009 bankers’ bonus tax - even suggesting he “mildly threaten” the Chancellor.
Mandelson was Business Secretary at the time.
A year later, he was seeking work with JPM.
Mandelson was Business Secretary at the time.
A year later, he was seeking work with JPM.
February 1, 2026 at 5:26 PM
New Epstein emails show Peter Mandelson secretly advising JPMorgan’s CEO on how to fight Labour’s 2009 bankers’ bonus tax - even suggesting he “mildly threaten” the Chancellor.
Mandelson was Business Secretary at the time.
A year later, he was seeking work with JPM.
Mandelson was Business Secretary at the time.
A year later, he was seeking work with JPM.
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Once again, extraordinary things happening on the social media of the German foreign ministry
www.instagram.com/reel/DUGW47K...
www.instagram.com/reel/DUGW47K...
January 29, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Once again, extraordinary things happening on the social media of the German foreign ministry
www.instagram.com/reel/DUGW47K...
www.instagram.com/reel/DUGW47K...
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Tell me again how this BBC editorialising is just my cognitive bias... This isn't a quote from anywhere. It's just the BBC's description of this disgraced, divisive politician.
January 28, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Tell me again how this BBC editorialising is just my cognitive bias... This isn't a quote from anywhere. It's just the BBC's description of this disgraced, divisive politician.
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Not going to end well is it.
"UK-born people from minority ethnic backgrounds were not always British"
Matt Goodwin, Reform UK Ltd candidate
Braverman - parents from Mauritius and Kenya
Zahawi - born in Iraq
Kruger - South African parents
Marco Longhi - Italian father
Lia Nici - Italian father
Zia Yusuf - Sri Lankan parents
Matt Goodwin, Reform UK Ltd candidate
Braverman - parents from Mauritius and Kenya
Zahawi - born in Iraq
Kruger - South African parents
Marco Longhi - Italian father
Lia Nici - Italian father
Zia Yusuf - Sri Lankan parents
Reform byelection candidate refuses to disown claim that people born in UK not necessarily British
Matthew Goodwin, who is standing in Gorton and Denton, said UK-born people from minority ethnic backgrounds were not always British
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Not going to end well is it.
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The people of Gorton & Denton deserve much better than an opportunist extremist using their community as a platform for his own career. HOPE not hate will be actively campaigning to make sure Matthew Goodwin does not get elected.
January 27, 2026 at 2:58 PM
The people of Gorton & Denton deserve much better than an opportunist extremist using their community as a platform for his own career. HOPE not hate will be actively campaigning to make sure Matthew Goodwin does not get elected.
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Excellent on the howling unsuitability of Matt Goodwin to be a Manchester MP…
or indeed an MP anywhere at all.
But that’s Reform for you.
Frothing racists and needy inadequates demanding support from a voting public that doesn’t deserve any of their shit.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
or indeed an MP anywhere at all.
But that’s Reform for you.
Frothing racists and needy inadequates demanding support from a voting public that doesn’t deserve any of their shit.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform’s Matt Goodwin is sure he’s the right man for Gorton and Denton. He just doesn’t know why… | John Crace
Introduced by an unsupervised Lee Anderson, the byelection candidate was out of his depth immediately
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Excellent on the howling unsuitability of Matt Goodwin to be a Manchester MP…
or indeed an MP anywhere at all.
But that’s Reform for you.
Frothing racists and needy inadequates demanding support from a voting public that doesn’t deserve any of their shit.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
or indeed an MP anywhere at all.
But that’s Reform for you.
Frothing racists and needy inadequates demanding support from a voting public that doesn’t deserve any of their shit.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Happy Australia Day to all our mates Down Under.
This old '£10 Pom' poster reminded me of the Chic Murray joke, when he saw the poster in the Post Office.
Chic, to the women beside him in the queue: 'Australia for £10?'.
"It's a lovely idea, but where would you keep it?"
This old '£10 Pom' poster reminded me of the Chic Murray joke, when he saw the poster in the Post Office.
Chic, to the women beside him in the queue: 'Australia for £10?'.
"It's a lovely idea, but where would you keep it?"
January 26, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Happy Australia Day to all our mates Down Under.
This old '£10 Pom' poster reminded me of the Chic Murray joke, when he saw the poster in the Post Office.
Chic, to the women beside him in the queue: 'Australia for £10?'.
"It's a lovely idea, but where would you keep it?"
This old '£10 Pom' poster reminded me of the Chic Murray joke, when he saw the poster in the Post Office.
Chic, to the women beside him in the queue: 'Australia for £10?'.
"It's a lovely idea, but where would you keep it?"
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You know who”stayed a little back” in VIetnam? DJT.
January 23, 2026 at 10:41 PM
You know who”stayed a little back” in VIetnam? DJT.
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“No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.”
-Edward R. Murrow
-Edward R. Murrow
January 23, 2026 at 8:01 PM
“No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.”
-Edward R. Murrow
-Edward R. Murrow
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10. It’s time to recognise how deeply weird this is, reserve our votes for people who give us what we want, and stop subscribing to media outlets that lie on behalf of oligarchs.
More on this subject, with facts and figures, in my most recent column: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
More on this subject, with facts and figures, in my most recent column: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
At the root of all our problems stands one travesty: politicians’ surrender to the super-rich | George Monbiot
There are many excuses for failing to tax the ultra-wealthy. The truth is that governments don’t tackle the problem because they don’t want to, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:38 AM
10. It’s time to recognise how deeply weird this is, reserve our votes for people who give us what we want, and stop subscribing to media outlets that lie on behalf of oligarchs.
More on this subject, with facts and figures, in my most recent column: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
More on this subject, with facts and figures, in my most recent column: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Such a disgraceful comment from the President who clearly has such limited military knowledge. The death of my family member in Afghanistan tore our family apart. To hear these words yesterday was a further insult. A full immediate apology is needed.
January 23, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Such a disgraceful comment from the President who clearly has such limited military knowledge. The death of my family member in Afghanistan tore our family apart. To hear these words yesterday was a further insult. A full immediate apology is needed.
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Where are the poppy patriots? Why are they completely silent on this grotesque insult to our armed forces and specifically the 2,000 UK service and civilian personnel who were injured and the 457 who died in Afghanistan?
imagine being the father or mother or son or daughter or sibling of one of those brave British troops who died in Afghanistan, and having to listen to this crass ignorance
January 23, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Where are the poppy patriots? Why are they completely silent on this grotesque insult to our armed forces and specifically the 2,000 UK service and civilian personnel who were injured and the 457 who died in Afghanistan?
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Accurate
January 20, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Accurate
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457 UK armed forces personnel died in Afghanistan during the 20-year deployment.
This is a fucking hideous thing to say. Even by his non-existent standards.
This is a fucking hideous thing to say. Even by his non-existent standards.
Trump on NATO: "I've always said, will they be there if we ever needed them? That's really the ultimate test. I'm not sure of that. We've never needed them. They'll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan and this or that. And they did. They stayed a little back, off the front lines."
January 22, 2026 at 2:16 PM
457 UK armed forces personnel died in Afghanistan during the 20-year deployment.
This is a fucking hideous thing to say. Even by his non-existent standards.
This is a fucking hideous thing to say. Even by his non-existent standards.
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There are some events that pass into Glasgow folklore.
Back in 1989, the Toledo cinema genuinely did advertise the enticing triple-bill of 'Big', 'Frantic', 'Shag' - not something you usually get in Muirend!
Pic: Graeme Thomson
Back in 1989, the Toledo cinema genuinely did advertise the enticing triple-bill of 'Big', 'Frantic', 'Shag' - not something you usually get in Muirend!
Pic: Graeme Thomson
January 22, 2026 at 1:42 PM
There are some events that pass into Glasgow folklore.
Back in 1989, the Toledo cinema genuinely did advertise the enticing triple-bill of 'Big', 'Frantic', 'Shag' - not something you usually get in Muirend!
Pic: Graeme Thomson
Back in 1989, the Toledo cinema genuinely did advertise the enticing triple-bill of 'Big', 'Frantic', 'Shag' - not something you usually get in Muirend!
Pic: Graeme Thomson
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Starmer maybe rightly doesn’t take bait each time but he needs an outrider - a semi-licensed “off message” attack dog - to make Haw-Haw Farage pay for sucking up to the guy who denigrates British war dead.
Trump on NATO: "I've always said, will they be there if we ever needed them? That's really the ultimate test. I'm not sure of that. We've never needed them. They'll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan and this or that. And they did. They stayed a little back, off the front lines."
January 22, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Starmer maybe rightly doesn’t take bait each time but he needs an outrider - a semi-licensed “off message” attack dog - to make Haw-Haw Farage pay for sucking up to the guy who denigrates British war dead.
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We interrupt today’s unhinged news about the current U. S. President’s ridiculous performance on the world stage with a photo of this sweet boy who just got a fluff n buff. @dogs.bsky.social
January 21, 2026 at 6:08 PM
We interrupt today’s unhinged news about the current U. S. President’s ridiculous performance on the world stage with a photo of this sweet boy who just got a fluff n buff. @dogs.bsky.social
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A president who threatens allies is not a partner, he is a risk. Tariffs batter supply chains, wages and investment, and Trump will aim them at any democracy that resists. Britain should deepen European cooperation, not bet on Washington’s mood swings.
January 17, 2026 at 5:11 PM
A president who threatens allies is not a partner, he is a risk. Tariffs batter supply chains, wages and investment, and Trump will aim them at any democracy that resists. Britain should deepen European cooperation, not bet on Washington’s mood swings.
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This was posted by @mambarlife.bsky.social in the Other Place and it’s too good not to share it.
January 21, 2026 at 3:03 PM
This was posted by @mambarlife.bsky.social in the Other Place and it’s too good not to share it.
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Watching GB News or reading the Telegraph you realise there is a slice of right-wing opinion that would happily betray this country.
January 18, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Watching GB News or reading the Telegraph you realise there is a slice of right-wing opinion that would happily betray this country.
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