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My island of strangers: a poem | Michael Rosen
The prime minister warns that immigration could turn Britain into an ‘island of strangers’. Author and poet Michael Rosen responds
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"If ever you’re in need as I was
may you have an island of strangers
like I had."
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may you have an island of strangers
like I had."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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One of the great under-reported stories of Trump’s ignorance (insanity?) is that for years he has made repeated comments about stealth fighters which suggest he believes they are literally invisible in the sky. His weirdness cannot be overstated.
Trump: The whole stealth thing—I'm sort of wondering. We shape a wing this way, they don’t see it but the other way they see it? I’m not so sure.
May 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
One of the great under-reported stories of Trump’s ignorance (insanity?) is that for years he has made repeated comments about stealth fighters which suggest he believes they are literally invisible in the sky. His weirdness cannot be overstated.
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Since a Minneapolis police officer murdered George Floyd in 2020, the number of people killed by the police each year has continued to rise — and Black Americans are still killed in disproportionate numbers. Our data reporter explains his findings. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/u...
May 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Since a Minneapolis police officer murdered George Floyd in 2020, the number of people killed by the police each year has continued to rise — and Black Americans are still killed in disproportionate numbers. Our data reporter explains his findings. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/u...
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Don’t let hippos sniff mopeds
Or a deer chew your bike
Hide big wheels from gators
They know what they like
Geese love to rub rowboats
Ducks will tickle your van
Rabbits snuggle with tractors
Whenever they can
Squirrels smooch skateboards
If a door’s left ajar
And whatever you do
Or a deer chew your bike
Hide big wheels from gators
They know what they like
Geese love to rub rowboats
Ducks will tickle your van
Rabbits snuggle with tractors
Whenever they can
Squirrels smooch skateboards
If a door’s left ajar
And whatever you do
May 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Don’t let hippos sniff mopeds
Or a deer chew your bike
Hide big wheels from gators
They know what they like
Geese love to rub rowboats
Ducks will tickle your van
Rabbits snuggle with tractors
Whenever they can
Squirrels smooch skateboards
If a door’s left ajar
And whatever you do
Or a deer chew your bike
Hide big wheels from gators
They know what they like
Geese love to rub rowboats
Ducks will tickle your van
Rabbits snuggle with tractors
Whenever they can
Squirrels smooch skateboards
If a door’s left ajar
And whatever you do
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Yep. Project Esther. Zeteo reported on this over six months ago. Glad the NY Times is finally catching up.
zeteo.com/p/project-es...
zeteo.com/p/project-es...
May 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Yep. Project Esther. Zeteo reported on this over six months ago. Glad the NY Times is finally catching up.
zeteo.com/p/project-es...
zeteo.com/p/project-es...
"If ever you’re in need as I was
may you have an island of strangers
like I had."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
may you have an island of strangers
like I had."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My island of strangers: a poem | Michael Rosen
The prime minister warns that immigration could turn Britain into an ‘island of strangers’. Author and poet Michael Rosen responds
www.theguardian.com
May 18, 2025 at 2:49 PM
"If ever you’re in need as I was
may you have an island of strangers
like I had."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
may you have an island of strangers
like I had."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The tests she was put through resulted in a dislocated knee and “complete agony”.
“They ended up having to phone an ambulance for me,” said Louise.
“Then I got a letter through to say I was refused the benefit. It was completely degrading.”
www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/5240...
“They ended up having to phone an ambulance for me,” said Louise.
“Then I got a letter through to say I was refused the benefit. It was completely degrading.”
www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/5240...
Fife mum denied disability benefit despite leaving assessment in an ambulance
SNP councillor Louise Kennedy-Dalby's emotional account persuaded Fife's Labour-controlled council to agree its opposition to proposed welfare reforms.
www.thecourier.co.uk
May 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The tests she was put through resulted in a dislocated knee and “complete agony”.
“They ended up having to phone an ambulance for me,” said Louise.
“Then I got a letter through to say I was refused the benefit. It was completely degrading.”
www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/5240...
“They ended up having to phone an ambulance for me,” said Louise.
“Then I got a letter through to say I was refused the benefit. It was completely degrading.”
www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/5240...
By the time she died, she was underweight, had almost no food left in her flat, and was not due to be paid for another five days.
Her family have now warned the Labour government that its planned cuts will cause further such tragedies.
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/dwp-helped-c...
Her family have now warned the Labour government that its planned cuts will cause further such tragedies.
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/dwp-helped-c...
DWP helped cause mental distress of poverty-stricken benefit claimant who took her own life, says coroner
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) failings contributed to the mental distress of a disabled woman who took her own life after being left with less than three pounds in her bank accounts, a cor…
www.disabilitynewsservice.com
May 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM
By the time she died, she was underweight, had almost no food left in her flat, and was not due to be paid for another five days.
Her family have now warned the Labour government that its planned cuts will cause further such tragedies.
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/dwp-helped-c...
Her family have now warned the Labour government that its planned cuts will cause further such tragedies.
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/dwp-helped-c...
The use of the room for the event was sponsored by former West Ham MP Lyn Brown, now Baroness Brown of Silvertown.
Baroness Brown of Silvertown told the BBC she had "absolutely no memory" of the event and did not believe she had "met or spoken to the three individuals".
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Baroness Brown of Silvertown told the BBC she had "absolutely no memory" of the event and did not believe she had "met or spoken to the three individuals".
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Convicted Russian spies attended Brexit event in Parliament
Bulgarians Orlin Roussev, Biser Dzhambazov and Katrin Ivanova attended an event in the Palace of Westminster, the BBC finds.
www.bbc.com
May 6, 2025 at 11:39 AM
The use of the room for the event was sponsored by former West Ham MP Lyn Brown, now Baroness Brown of Silvertown.
Baroness Brown of Silvertown told the BBC she had "absolutely no memory" of the event and did not believe she had "met or spoken to the three individuals".
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Baroness Brown of Silvertown told the BBC she had "absolutely no memory" of the event and did not believe she had "met or spoken to the three individuals".
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Tell us again Reform and the Tories why Lucy Powell was wrong to say you're using dog whistle politics. #trevorphillips news.sky.com/story/wrong-...
Wrong to say group-based child abuse is predominantly committed by Pakistani men - police chiefs
It's important to address "all the threats from all races and ethnicities", warns Assistant Chief Constable Becky Riggs, the National Police Chiefs' Council's lead for child protection and abuse inves...
news.sky.com
May 4, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Tell us again Reform and the Tories why Lucy Powell was wrong to say you're using dog whistle politics. #trevorphillips news.sky.com/story/wrong-...
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Breaking News: President Trump is ousting his national security adviser, Michael Waltz, who added a journalist to a sensitive Signal chat. nyti.ms/44lspsk
May 1, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Breaking News: President Trump is ousting his national security adviser, Michael Waltz, who added a journalist to a sensitive Signal chat. nyti.ms/44lspsk
“I’ve never met Michael Gove in my life, but he seems to not like me. Damian Green, he seems to not like me. There seems to be quite a determined effort to portray me in a certain way, which I think is because I am an effective trade unionist."
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Matt Wrack plans to stay in post as teaching union’s general secretary
Wrack, whose appointment as NASUWT chief faced legal challenge, condemns ‘ludicrous’ efforts to undermine him
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May 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
“I’ve never met Michael Gove in my life, but he seems to not like me. Damian Green, he seems to not like me. There seems to be quite a determined effort to portray me in a certain way, which I think is because I am an effective trade unionist."
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The open letter said: “We believe the ruling undermines the lived reality and threatens the safety of trans, non-binary, and intersex people living in the UK.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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More than 400 actors and industry figures sign open letter backing trans rights
Eddie Redmayne, Katie Leung and Nicola Coughlan among those expressing solidarity after supreme court ruling
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May 1, 2025 at 6:24 AM
The open letter said: “We believe the ruling undermines the lived reality and threatens the safety of trans, non-binary, and intersex people living in the UK.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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Oh, hello. euroweeklynews.com/2016/04/29/t...
Tony Blair unmasked as chief lobbyist for Saudi oil firm
FLYING somewhat under the radar since his absurdist stint as Middle East peace envoy, Tony Blair has resurfaced as a key broker in a booming nexus of Chinese and Saudi oil companies.
euroweeklynews.com
April 29, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Oh, hello. euroweeklynews.com/2016/04/29/t...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"Instead of being curious, asking questions, wanting to get involved, wanting to know how they can make a difference; the first line of defence is for them to get angry and attack and that's what happened."
"Instead of being curious, asking questions, wanting to get involved, wanting to know how they can make a difference; the first line of defence is for them to get angry and attack and that's what happened."
Activists in Birmingham trans rights march spat on and pushed - BBC News
Campaigners were marching in response to a Supreme Court ruling on the legal definition of a woman.
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April 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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"Instead of being curious, asking questions, wanting to get involved, wanting to know how they can make a difference; the first line of defence is for them to get angry and attack and that's what happened."
"Instead of being curious, asking questions, wanting to get involved, wanting to know how they can make a difference; the first line of defence is for them to get angry and attack and that's what happened."
“So if someone fits their view of what a woman should look like, they are given permission for entry. Wasn’t that what we fought against in the 70s and 80s with our copies of Spare Rib and demands for bodily autonomy?”
‘Rights can be knocked out in a second’: older trans women shocked by supreme court ruling
‘Rights can be knocked out in a second’: older trans women shocked by supreme court ruling
Women who transitioned decades ago feel their safety and security has suddenly been removed
www.theguardian.com
April 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
“So if someone fits their view of what a woman should look like, they are given permission for entry. Wasn’t that what we fought against in the 70s and 80s with our copies of Spare Rib and demands for bodily autonomy?”
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NEW: Demonstrators calling for a trade embargo on Israel have thrown red powder paint over Tower Bridge during the London Marathon.
One of the Youth Demand activists said they took action as 'no other course of action has worked'.
One of the Youth Demand activists said they took action as 'no other course of action has worked'.
April 27, 2025 at 11:22 AM
NEW: Demonstrators calling for a trade embargo on Israel have thrown red powder paint over Tower Bridge during the London Marathon.
One of the Youth Demand activists said they took action as 'no other course of action has worked'.
One of the Youth Demand activists said they took action as 'no other course of action has worked'.
ICE can enter anyone’s home, and abduct and deport them to a foreign prison indefinitely because the DOJ says they can ignore the 4th, 5th and 15th amendments.
If there’s no due process or protections against illegal search and seizures, none of us are safe.
If there’s no due process or protections against illegal search and seizures, none of us are safe.
April 27, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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Fuck the EHRC. Inhumane Trumpian bullshit
April 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Fuck the EHRC. Inhumane Trumpian bullshit
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The idea that trans women should use men’s toilets, and trans men should use women’s toilets, is completely absurd and unworkable.
Research has shown that half of trans people fear using toilets as it is.
All of this will simply help drive trans people out of society.
Research has shown that half of trans people fear using toilets as it is.
All of this will simply help drive trans people out of society.
Trans women should use male toilets, equalities minister says
Bridget Phillipson’s comments come after a long-awaited Supreme Court ruling last week that trans women are not legally women under the 2010 Equality Act
www.independent.co.uk
April 22, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The idea that trans women should use men’s toilets, and trans men should use women’s toilets, is completely absurd and unworkable.
Research has shown that half of trans people fear using toilets as it is.
All of this will simply help drive trans people out of society.
Research has shown that half of trans people fear using toilets as it is.
All of this will simply help drive trans people out of society.
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These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of April 24, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
April 24, 2025 at 6:35 AM
These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of April 24, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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I am really saddened by the level of vitriol and hatred being directed toward the trans community.
We are losing our common humanity. How hard is it to treat people with kindness and respect?
Trans people are human beings — and they deserve to live in dignity like anyone else.
We are losing our common humanity. How hard is it to treat people with kindness and respect?
Trans people are human beings — and they deserve to live in dignity like anyone else.
April 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I am really saddened by the level of vitriol and hatred being directed toward the trans community.
We are losing our common humanity. How hard is it to treat people with kindness and respect?
Trans people are human beings — and they deserve to live in dignity like anyone else.
We are losing our common humanity. How hard is it to treat people with kindness and respect?
Trans people are human beings — and they deserve to live in dignity like anyone else.
"As an impartial broadcaster, the BBC should not be pandering to attempts... to turn the world’s most efficient home heating system into a culture war issue. What’s next – cancelling Gardeners’ World because of Monty Don’s support for peat-free compost?”
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/a...
‘They dictate the rules’: BBC tells PM’s Evan Davis to stop hosting heat pump podcast
Presenter believes decision was taken due to the technology’s link with net zero after he was told he risked accusations of political bias
www.theguardian.com
April 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
"As an impartial broadcaster, the BBC should not be pandering to attempts... to turn the world’s most efficient home heating system into a culture war issue. What’s next – cancelling Gardeners’ World because of Monty Don’s support for peat-free compost?”
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/a...