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“No peace in Ukraine can be negotiated without the full participation of Ukraine’s democratically elected leadership and the backing of its people.”
August 11, 2025 at 4:29 PM
“No peace in Ukraine can be negotiated without the full participation of Ukraine’s democratically elected leadership and the backing of its people.”
Absolutely well-deserved. Saw this show tonight at #TheTraverse, funny, poignant and lots of audience participation. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Congratulations to king of panto Johnny McKnight on their Fringe First Award for She's Behind You!
Fringe Firsts: five winners of our prestigious theatre prizes revealed
Edinburgh festivals editor Andrew Eaton-Lewis explains the importance of the Scotsman’s Fringe First awards - and announces our first five winners of 2025
www.scotsman.com
August 10, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Absolutely well-deserved. Saw this show tonight at #TheTraverse, funny, poignant and lots of audience participation. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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New YouGov polling. A monumental failure of our political class to educate, a monumental failure of our media to report fairly, for a generation
August 5, 2025 at 6:27 AM
New YouGov polling. A monumental failure of our political class to educate, a monumental failure of our media to report fairly, for a generation
I Will Not Receive Another
I wake up
Groggy
Somehow, it’s the afternoon
Eight missed calls
From my littlest brother’s wife
I wake up
Groggy
Somehow, it’s the afternoon
Eight missed calls
From my littlest brother’s wife
July 30, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Given Reform is a company and not a real political party I am surprised they are so keen to rip up contract law. Beyond Stupid would be a better name for them.
Reform UK would deny jobs & investment for ideology. The media should rip them on this, but will they?
MPs’ letter said growth in the clean energy economy was 10% in 2024, & asked Tice: “When you made these threats, were you aware you were threatening one of Britain’s strongest drivers of growth?”
MPs’ letter said growth in the clean energy economy was 10% in 2024, & asked Tice: “When you made these threats, were you aware you were threatening one of Britain’s strongest drivers of growth?”
Labour MPs challenge Richard Tice over Reform UK’s plan to scrap green projects
Exclusive: Letter signed by 59 MPs criticises party’s deputy leader after his warned energy firms over new contracts
www.theguardian.com
July 20, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Given Reform is a company and not a real political party I am surprised they are so keen to rip up contract law. Beyond Stupid would be a better name for them.
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I would do the same & he is similar vintage to me. Tennis, golf (Ryder Cup apart) and cricket can all be snooze-inducing to watch. Or maybe it’s the heat and having to wear a suit for hours in temperatures of 30/86 outside with no shade?
July 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I would do the same & he is similar vintage to me. Tennis, golf (Ryder Cup apart) and cricket can all be snooze-inducing to watch. Or maybe it’s the heat and having to wear a suit for hours in temperatures of 30/86 outside with no shade?
Just finished reading #BeingMortal by #AtulGawande Such a thought-provoking book for me in my 60s with elderly family. Worth a read at any age! Also listened to his @therestpolitics.bsky.social Leading interview. Good to know that there are such excellent thinkers/doctors/communicators in the world.
July 8, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Just finished reading #BeingMortal by #AtulGawande Such a thought-provoking book for me in my 60s with elderly family. Worth a read at any age! Also listened to his @therestpolitics.bsky.social Leading interview. Good to know that there are such excellent thinkers/doctors/communicators in the world.
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Can you hit repost? Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn't want you to know the name of her opponent but will try every desperate attempt to save her seat.
My name is Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, farmer, and I'm running against MTG. Can you share and follow me?
My name is Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, farmer, and I'm running against MTG. Can you share and follow me?
July 5, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Can you hit repost? Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn't want you to know the name of her opponent but will try every desperate attempt to save her seat.
My name is Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, farmer, and I'm running against MTG. Can you share and follow me?
My name is Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, farmer, and I'm running against MTG. Can you share and follow me?
Timeline cleanse. How lovely.
June 29, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Timeline cleanse. How lovely.
Despite it being a balmy 19/20 in my part of Scotland today I agree with the concerns raised. I once heard experts talk of local nuclear energy hubs as potential to tackle fuel poverty, reduce our carbon dependency and address climate emissions but not a word since… why? #Climatechange #AntiPoverty
June 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Despite it being a balmy 19/20 in my part of Scotland today I agree with the concerns raised. I once heard experts talk of local nuclear energy hubs as potential to tackle fuel poverty, reduce our carbon dependency and address climate emissions but not a word since… why? #Climatechange #AntiPoverty
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June 26, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Listening to #Hamilton the musical in the car over the weekend. I mean I still love it but how disappointed would Washington, Hamilton et al be with how thing are in #USA right now? #RiseUp or #Raiseaglasstofreedom seem almost mocking now.
June 15, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Listening to #Hamilton the musical in the car over the weekend. I mean I still love it but how disappointed would Washington, Hamilton et al be with how thing are in #USA right now? #RiseUp or #Raiseaglasstofreedom seem almost mocking now.
Exactly what I felt when the Tories et al started moaning about the Spending Review last week. The actions & policies of Tories and Reform- aka UKIP the cheerleaders for Brexit - have created the mess we are in. Don’t have short memories, be glad to have the grown ups back despite tough choices.
It is extraordinary, but grimly inevitable, that the people most responsible for hobbling the UK have become the loudest & whiniest critics of the consequences of their own actions. A big part of the process lies in people like ‘Lord’ Hannan actually being *rewarded* for their ignorant delinquency.
Less than two weeks to Dan Hannan Day...
June 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Exactly what I felt when the Tories et al started moaning about the Spending Review last week. The actions & policies of Tories and Reform- aka UKIP the cheerleaders for Brexit - have created the mess we are in. Don’t have short memories, be glad to have the grown ups back despite tough choices.
Worth a listen to this today if you can. Reassuring to know that there are people like @lucygobag.bsky.social in the world when it all feels a bit permacrisis. And her last two tracks in particular are just brilliant!
Fascinating Desert Island Discs from Prof Lucy Easthope - disaster recovery expert - but programme particularly fascinating in relation to objects recovered from trauma and how to care for these. So many museum and collecting overlaps - really worth a listen www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, Professor Lucy Easthope, emergency planner
Lucy Easthope, emergency planner, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 13, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Worth a listen to this today if you can. Reassuring to know that there are people like @lucygobag.bsky.social in the world when it all feels a bit permacrisis. And her last two tracks in particular are just brilliant!
Just sharing because, well, it’s true.
You’ll be too young to remember, but there was a time when you could wake up as many as three mornings in a row and not find the world had lost its fucking mind.
June 13, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Just sharing because, well, it’s true.
Glad to see EU/UK/Gibraltar/Spain deal agreed yesterday, thanks to a #UKgovernment prepared to negotiate the right thing for British people in #Gibraltar who overwhelmingly voted #Remain. As someone said on here, if we are doing this #Rejoin thing on a step by step basis then #Scotland next please.
June 12, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Glad to see EU/UK/Gibraltar/Spain deal agreed yesterday, thanks to a #UKgovernment prepared to negotiate the right thing for British people in #Gibraltar who overwhelmingly voted #Remain. As someone said on here, if we are doing this #Rejoin thing on a step by step basis then #Scotland next please.
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Their should be a law that any column published by someone who praised the Truss budget should have to have a disclaimer at the bottom reminding readers of that.
June 11, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Their should be a law that any column published by someone who praised the Truss budget should have to have a disclaimer at the bottom reminding readers of that.
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British journalist also shot in LA. www.thetimes.com/us/news-toda...
British photographer, 60, shot by police at LA protests
Nick Stern said that he was covering the anti-ICE protest when what doctors believe to be a ‘sponge bullet’ hit his thigh
www.thetimes.com
June 9, 2025 at 4:04 AM
British journalist also shot in LA. www.thetimes.com/us/news-toda...
This feels like a deliberate act of war against free speech and obviously deliberate targeting of an Australian journalist doing her job. I hope the Australian Government is making representations to the US at the highest level. Wtf USA?
June 9, 2025 at 8:12 AM
This feels like a deliberate act of war against free speech and obviously deliberate targeting of an Australian journalist doing her job. I hope the Australian Government is making representations to the US at the highest level. Wtf USA?
Well @netflix.com bravo on this adaptation of #DepartmentQ - brilliant casting all round and we recognised the actor who plays Akram from the equally excellent #Occupied. Binge watched it all weekend. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
June 1, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Well @netflix.com bravo on this adaptation of #DepartmentQ - brilliant casting all round and we recognised the actor who plays Akram from the equally excellent #Occupied. Binge watched it all weekend. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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These people were following the law and went to check in with immigration like they are supposed to.
This woman's immigration case was dismissed, which made her immediately undocumented.
So ICE took her into custody.
The air conditioning was off in the back of the truck.
"I can't breathe."
This woman's immigration case was dismissed, which made her immediately undocumented.
So ICE took her into custody.
The air conditioning was off in the back of the truck.
"I can't breathe."
May 31, 2025 at 7:07 PM
These people were following the law and went to check in with immigration like they are supposed to.
This woman's immigration case was dismissed, which made her immediately undocumented.
So ICE took her into custody.
The air conditioning was off in the back of the truck.
"I can't breathe."
This woman's immigration case was dismissed, which made her immediately undocumented.
So ICE took her into custody.
The air conditioning was off in the back of the truck.
"I can't breathe."
Good on you Sir Elton, the government’s attitude to #AI and rolling over for the big tech bros is mystifying, it will kill our creative and other industries.
This is definitely a thing on all levels but if we do not engage with our government we will forfeit our rights in that same government.
Elton John calls UK government ‘absolute losers’ over AI copyright plans
Songwriter says he thinks it is a ‘criminal offence’ to let tech firms use protected work without permission
www.theguardian.com
May 19, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Good on you Sir Elton, the government’s attitude to #AI and rolling over for the big tech bros is mystifying, it will kill our creative and other industries.
If I were a small female PM and an ex basketball player PM from elsewhere pulled a stunt like this on me I would find it unprofessional, inappropriate & humiliating. She is laughing bc she is embarrassed.
Quite the contrast! Moment Albania’s 6ft 7in Prime Minister gushingly takes a knee as he meets Italy’s 5ft 3in PM – days after towering over Keir Starmer during their meeting in Tirana
https://www.byteseu.com/1024242/
It was quite the contrast to his humiliation of Sir Keir Starmer on live TV …
https://www.byteseu.com/1024242/
It was quite the contrast to his humiliation of Sir Keir Starmer on live TV …
Quite the contrast! Moment Albania's 6ft 7in Prime Minister gushingly takes a knee as he meets Italy's 5ft 3in PM - days after towering over Keir Starmer during their meeting in Tirana - Bytes Europe
It was quite the contrast to his humiliation of Sir Keir Starmer on live TV just a day earlier.
www.byteseu.com
May 19, 2025 at 5:06 AM
If I were a small female PM and an ex basketball player PM from elsewhere pulled a stunt like this on me I would find it unprofessional, inappropriate & humiliating. She is laughing bc she is embarrassed.