mharing
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This government has not taken a single meaningful step to tackle the causes of the horrendous inefficiencies in the criminal justice system, instead rushing to dismantle trial by jury.
Legal professionals have offered numerous alternatives to address the backlog.
Ministers are not listening.
Legal professionals have offered numerous alternatives to address the backlog.
Ministers are not listening.
MoJ to remove right to trial by jury for thousands of cases in controversial overhaul
MoJ to remove right to trial by jury for thousands of cases in controversial overhaul
Exclusive: Courts minister says change needed to stop criminals opting for juries to delay cases, sometimes by years, and clear huge backlog
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Criminals will be stopped from “gaming the system” by choosing trial by jury in order to increase the chances of proceedings collapsing, the courts minister has said, promising to enact radical changes to limit jury trials by the next election.
Drug dealers and career criminals were “laughing in the dock” knowing cases can take years to come to trial, Sarah Sackman told the Guardian, saying inaction would be a road to “chaos and ruin”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:57 AM
This government has not taken a single meaningful step to tackle the causes of the horrendous inefficiencies in the criminal justice system, instead rushing to dismantle trial by jury.
Legal professionals have offered numerous alternatives to address the backlog.
Ministers are not listening.
Legal professionals have offered numerous alternatives to address the backlog.
Ministers are not listening.
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Liz Truss due to her brief stint as PM receives a lifetime pension worth £100,000 annually and £1 million in 24 hour year round security.
Funded by the taxpayer to spend all her time talking down the UK.
Funded by the taxpayer to spend all her time talking down the UK.
November 18, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Liz Truss due to her brief stint as PM receives a lifetime pension worth £100,000 annually and £1 million in 24 hour year round security.
Funded by the taxpayer to spend all her time talking down the UK.
Funded by the taxpayer to spend all her time talking down the UK.
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Do you feel lucky? Why acknowledging our own good fortune would make the world a better place. An article by our founder, Julian Richer: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Do you feel lucky? Why acknowledging our own good fortune would make the world a better place | Julian Richer
I have been fortunate, and I know it. Now I’d like more successful people to admit that meritocracy is a myth, says Julian Richer, founder of Richer Sounds
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Do you feel lucky? Why acknowledging our own good fortune would make the world a better place. An article by our founder, Julian Richer: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
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Danny Kruger claims migrant men represent a disproportionate threat to women.
FACT-CHECK:
Reform MPs are a bigger "Per Capita" threat to women and girls than ANY minority group.
#Bbcqt
FACT-CHECK:
Reform MPs are a bigger "Per Capita" threat to women and girls than ANY minority group.
#Bbcqt
Reform UK Danny Kruger: Migrants are a threat to women & girls
YouTube video by Femi - F Politics!
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Danny Kruger claims migrant men represent a disproportionate threat to women.
FACT-CHECK:
Reform MPs are a bigger "Per Capita" threat to women and girls than ANY minority group.
#Bbcqt
FACT-CHECK:
Reform MPs are a bigger "Per Capita" threat to women and girls than ANY minority group.
#Bbcqt
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The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
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Irony: People saying the BBC is biased towards the left when a big part of why they’ve all been radicalised to vote Tory and Reform is BECAUSE of (yes you guessed it) the BBC’s right wing bias.
Couldn’t make it up.
Thicker than a submarine door.
Couldn’t make it up.
Thicker than a submarine door.
November 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Irony: People saying the BBC is biased towards the left when a big part of why they’ve all been radicalised to vote Tory and Reform is BECAUSE of (yes you guessed it) the BBC’s right wing bias.
Couldn’t make it up.
Thicker than a submarine door.
Couldn’t make it up.
Thicker than a submarine door.
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My beautiful laundrette
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Silence over Sudan: why do Manchester City’s owners get away with so much?
Two midweek matches in England had a backdrop of war and geopolitics, but only one drew large protests
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:17 AM
My beautiful laundrette
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Someone who loves New York, it’s extraordinary diversity & energy is its new Mayor
Someone who loves London, it’s extraordinary diversity & energy is its Mayor
Both overcame racist & anti-Muslim campaigns agst them fuelled by the very rich & privileged
Congrats to #ZohranMamdani
Someone who loves London, it’s extraordinary diversity & energy is its Mayor
Both overcame racist & anti-Muslim campaigns agst them fuelled by the very rich & privileged
Congrats to #ZohranMamdani
November 5, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Someone who loves New York, it’s extraordinary diversity & energy is its new Mayor
Someone who loves London, it’s extraordinary diversity & energy is its Mayor
Both overcame racist & anti-Muslim campaigns agst them fuelled by the very rich & privileged
Congrats to #ZohranMamdani
Someone who loves London, it’s extraordinary diversity & energy is its Mayor
Both overcame racist & anti-Muslim campaigns agst them fuelled by the very rich & privileged
Congrats to #ZohranMamdani
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Is anyone surprised?
For years the BBC’s coverage of the EU has been too negative.
Between 2001 and 2016, the BBC’s coverage of the EU veered between disinterest and EU-bashing.
Reports about the EU were so negative that Brussels came off worse than Putin.
#Brexit
www.politico.eu/blogs/on-med...
For years the BBC’s coverage of the EU has been too negative.
Between 2001 and 2016, the BBC’s coverage of the EU veered between disinterest and EU-bashing.
Reports about the EU were so negative that Brussels came off worse than Putin.
#Brexit
www.politico.eu/blogs/on-med...
Media monitor: BBC harsher on EU than on Vladimir Putin
Public broadcaster aims to be neutral but for years its coverage of the EU has been too negative, researchers say
www.politico.eu
November 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Is anyone surprised?
For years the BBC’s coverage of the EU has been too negative.
Between 2001 and 2016, the BBC’s coverage of the EU veered between disinterest and EU-bashing.
Reports about the EU were so negative that Brussels came off worse than Putin.
#Brexit
www.politico.eu/blogs/on-med...
For years the BBC’s coverage of the EU has been too negative.
Between 2001 and 2016, the BBC’s coverage of the EU veered between disinterest and EU-bashing.
Reports about the EU were so negative that Brussels came off worse than Putin.
#Brexit
www.politico.eu/blogs/on-med...
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Welcome to Science Hell 😱
November 2, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Welcome to Science Hell 😱
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I have not seen one iota of the much trumpeted generosity or kindness in the rhetoric of the far right, whether Reform, the Conservatives or the billionaire press...ever...
October 29, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I have not seen one iota of the much trumpeted generosity or kindness in the rhetoric of the far right, whether Reform, the Conservatives or the billionaire press...ever...
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In January 2025 the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries and Exeter University published a report that warned that 4 billion people could be killed at 3°C of global heating. It also warned that the strength of the various climate feedbacks means we could reach 3°C of global heating by the year 2050.
October 28, 2025 at 12:57 PM
In January 2025 the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries and Exeter University published a report that warned that 4 billion people could be killed at 3°C of global heating. It also warned that the strength of the various climate feedbacks means we could reach 3°C of global heating by the year 2050.
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The renowned Professor James Hansen has published peer reviewed research that warns we are on a trajectory for 8°C to 10°C of global heating.
This would be a mass extinction event that kills virtually all people on the planet. See: –
academic.oup.com/oocc/article...
This would be a mass extinction event that kills virtually all people on the planet. See: –
academic.oup.com/oocc/article...
Global warming in the pipeline
Abstract. Improved knowledge of glacial-to-interglacial global temperature change yields Charney (fast-feedback) equilibrium climate sensitivity 1.2 ± 0.3°
academic.oup.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The renowned Professor James Hansen has published peer reviewed research that warns we are on a trajectory for 8°C to 10°C of global heating.
This would be a mass extinction event that kills virtually all people on the planet. See: –
academic.oup.com/oocc/article...
This would be a mass extinction event that kills virtually all people on the planet. See: –
academic.oup.com/oocc/article...
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The Washington Post thinks the White House Ballroom is a splendid idea and anyone who thinks otherwise is a NIMBY. In other news Post owner Jeff Bezos is helping to pay for the Ballroom
October 27, 2025 at 8:09 AM
The Washington Post thinks the White House Ballroom is a splendid idea and anyone who thinks otherwise is a NIMBY. In other news Post owner Jeff Bezos is helping to pay for the Ballroom
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Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Farage: epic grifter
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Totally untrue garbage from @thetimes.com & @dailymail.co.uk today - smear dressed up as journalism. Some facts:
- There is no “£900 desk”
- my constituency office has Ikea desks/chairs
- we significantly underspent the new MPs allowance to set up an office
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
- There is no “£900 desk”
- my constituency office has Ikea desks/chairs
- we significantly underspent the new MPs allowance to set up an office
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Treasury minister leading budget plans spent £900 on desk
Torsten Bell, who is working with Rachel Reeves to fill a £30 billion hole in finances, also used his parliamentary expenses to claim £600 for three chairs
www.thetimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Totally untrue garbage from @thetimes.com & @dailymail.co.uk today - smear dressed up as journalism. Some facts:
- There is no “£900 desk”
- my constituency office has Ikea desks/chairs
- we significantly underspent the new MPs allowance to set up an office
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
- There is no “£900 desk”
- my constituency office has Ikea desks/chairs
- we significantly underspent the new MPs allowance to set up an office
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Even amid chaos and uncertainty, there is hope. We stand united. Fascists fuel hate and division - but our strength is solidarity. Together, we rise, we fight, and we win. 💪
Fight against Authoritarians and the Far-Right!
#HopeNotHate & #DefendDemocracy ✊🔥
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Fight against Authoritarians and the Far-Right!
#HopeNotHate & #DefendDemocracy ✊🔥
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘History is repeating itself’: fight against far-right in London’s East End goes on
Eighty-nine years after residents drove Oswald Mosley’s Blackshirts from Tower Hamlets, anti-far right coalition is still vital in borough
www.theguardian.com
October 26, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Even amid chaos and uncertainty, there is hope. We stand united. Fascists fuel hate and division - but our strength is solidarity. Together, we rise, we fight, and we win. 💪
Fight against Authoritarians and the Far-Right!
#HopeNotHate & #DefendDemocracy ✊🔥
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Fight against Authoritarians and the Far-Right!
#HopeNotHate & #DefendDemocracy ✊🔥
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Of course she has. The small matter of owing £122 million to UK taxpayers for her disgusting profiteering in a global pandemic means nothing to Michelle Mone.
NHS staff died in my hospital from the Covid they caught there - her dodgy PPE racket was vile.
NHS staff died in my hospital from the Covid they caught there - her dodgy PPE racket was vile.
October 26, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Of course she has. The small matter of owing £122 million to UK taxpayers for her disgusting profiteering in a global pandemic means nothing to Michelle Mone.
NHS staff died in my hospital from the Covid they caught there - her dodgy PPE racket was vile.
NHS staff died in my hospital from the Covid they caught there - her dodgy PPE racket was vile.
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Tax wealth, not work.
Repost if you agree!
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October 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Tax wealth, not work.
Repost if you agree!
Repost if you agree!
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This is what anti-migration rhetoric has done to Labour
This is what a pro-genocide stance has done to Labour
This is what a pro-privatisation agenda has done to Labour
This is what Digital ID has done to Labour
This is what anti-protest laws have done to Labour
This is what a pro-genocide stance has done to Labour
This is what a pro-privatisation agenda has done to Labour
This is what Digital ID has done to Labour
This is what anti-protest laws have done to Labour
October 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This is what anti-migration rhetoric has done to Labour
This is what a pro-genocide stance has done to Labour
This is what a pro-privatisation agenda has done to Labour
This is what Digital ID has done to Labour
This is what anti-protest laws have done to Labour
This is what a pro-genocide stance has done to Labour
This is what a pro-privatisation agenda has done to Labour
This is what Digital ID has done to Labour
This is what anti-protest laws have done to Labour
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If you know as we do, that you're far more likely to be treated by a migrant than stood behind one in a queue - then why not attend our exciting event next month?
Migrants are NOT TO BLAME for the NHS crisis - the reasons for that sit squarely with successive govts.
Tickets:
bit.ly/MigrantsNotT...
Migrants are NOT TO BLAME for the NHS crisis - the reasons for that sit squarely with successive govts.
Tickets:
bit.ly/MigrantsNotT...
October 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
If you know as we do, that you're far more likely to be treated by a migrant than stood behind one in a queue - then why not attend our exciting event next month?
Migrants are NOT TO BLAME for the NHS crisis - the reasons for that sit squarely with successive govts.
Tickets:
bit.ly/MigrantsNotT...
Migrants are NOT TO BLAME for the NHS crisis - the reasons for that sit squarely with successive govts.
Tickets:
bit.ly/MigrantsNotT...
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Interesting that the Green Party and Reform both have quickly increasing membership and leaders who are outspoken and high profile, yet only one gets blanket media coverage.
Why is that?
Why is that?
October 22, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Interesting that the Green Party and Reform both have quickly increasing membership and leaders who are outspoken and high profile, yet only one gets blanket media coverage.
Why is that?
Why is that?
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More journalists have been killed in Gaza than in any other conflict in history. The EIC at Reuters, Alessandra Galloni, joins us to reflect on the last two years of covering the war on Gaza. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcasts/med...
‘We asked Israel to investigate the deaths of our journalists. We’re still waiting’
Reuters editor-in-chief Alessandra Galloni on the targeting of journalists in Gaza
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
October 21, 2025 at 11:42 AM
More journalists have been killed in Gaza than in any other conflict in history. The EIC at Reuters, Alessandra Galloni, joins us to reflect on the last two years of covering the war on Gaza. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcasts/med...