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How the media should deal with Reform, by Sky News’ Matt Barbet.
October 28, 2025 at 9:23 AM
How the media should deal with Reform, by Sky News’ Matt Barbet.
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Black Francis doing the CBeebies Bedtime Story klaxon! I repeat, Frank Black has been let loose on CBeebies
#Pixies
#Pixies
CBeebies Bedtime Stories - F-J: Black Francis - There Was a Young Zombie Who Swallowed a Worm
Join legendary Pixies frontman Black Francis for a silly, spooky tale, full of fun!
www.bbc.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Black Francis doing the CBeebies Bedtime Story klaxon! I repeat, Frank Black has been let loose on CBeebies
#Pixies
#Pixies
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Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Farage: epic grifter
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Christopher Harborne is by far the largest donor to Nigel Farage he has donated £13.7m since 2019.
He lives in Thailand and owns QinetiQ defence company which makes Laser and AI weapons for the USA.
Nigel Farage is literally owned by the US Military Industrial Complex.
He lives in Thailand and owns QinetiQ defence company which makes Laser and AI weapons for the USA.
Nigel Farage is literally owned by the US Military Industrial Complex.
October 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Christopher Harborne is by far the largest donor to Nigel Farage he has donated £13.7m since 2019.
He lives in Thailand and owns QinetiQ defence company which makes Laser and AI weapons for the USA.
Nigel Farage is literally owned by the US Military Industrial Complex.
He lives in Thailand and owns QinetiQ defence company which makes Laser and AI weapons for the USA.
Nigel Farage is literally owned by the US Military Industrial Complex.
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Britain's problems in one capsule. If you pay to go to a posh private school and Oxford and do History and marry into wealth you can say anything, do anything, smash anything, fail anywhere. And people will still lap up what you say and nod like donkeys. (1/2) www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Dominic Cummings: ‘Keir Starmer’s rubbish at politics’
The former aide to Boris Johnson pulls no punches in his assessment of the current state of British politics
www.thetimes.com
October 19, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Britain's problems in one capsule. If you pay to go to a posh private school and Oxford and do History and marry into wealth you can say anything, do anything, smash anything, fail anywhere. And people will still lap up what you say and nod like donkeys. (1/2) www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Betting firm threatens to end its entire High St presence if it has to pay any more tax bit.ly/4qhaL1j yet another in the too rich and too important to pay tax series
If gambling tax rises, we’ll shut all our 1,300 shops, warns Betfred
Increased levies expected to be imposed in next month’s budget could cost the company 7,000 jobs, according to Joanne Whittaker, the chief executive
bit.ly
October 19, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Betting firm threatens to end its entire High St presence if it has to pay any more tax bit.ly/4qhaL1j yet another in the too rich and too important to pay tax series
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Plonking this next to my previous post from @peterjukes.bsky.social as it is confirmed as a joint investigation between @bylinetimes.bsky.social and @thenerve.news. The great British legacy media are too cowardly to inform us, instead pandering to Farage and by proxy Putin.
bsky.app/profile/caro...
bsky.app/profile/caro...
NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
October 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Plonking this next to my previous post from @peterjukes.bsky.social as it is confirmed as a joint investigation between @bylinetimes.bsky.social and @thenerve.news. The great British legacy media are too cowardly to inform us, instead pandering to Farage and by proxy Putin.
bsky.app/profile/caro...
bsky.app/profile/caro...
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“More than half of the work done by women in the period between the 16th and 18th centuries took place outside of the home, and around half of all housework and three-quarters of care work was conducted professionally for other households” [England]
phys.org/news/2025-10...
phys.org/news/2025-10...
A woman's place was not in the home: Challenging the assumptions about women's work in early modern history
New research has revealed that women played a fundamental role in the development of England's national economy before 1700.
phys.org
October 12, 2025 at 9:05 AM
“More than half of the work done by women in the period between the 16th and 18th centuries took place outside of the home, and around half of all housework and three-quarters of care work was conducted professionally for other households” [England]
phys.org/news/2025-10...
phys.org/news/2025-10...
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And he’s back!!
Sunday isn’t Sunday without Stewart Lee. We were so thrilled at @thenerve.news that Stewart came with us.
His satirical columns for the Observer were some of our most-read content: funny, surreal, angry true. Essential weekend reading.
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
Sunday isn’t Sunday without Stewart Lee. We were so thrilled at @thenerve.news that Stewart came with us.
His satirical columns for the Observer were some of our most-read content: funny, surreal, angry true. Essential weekend reading.
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
DOUBLETHINK DOES DOUBLETIME
STEWART LEE
www.thenerve.news
October 5, 2025 at 8:59 AM
And he’s back!!
Sunday isn’t Sunday without Stewart Lee. We were so thrilled at @thenerve.news that Stewart came with us.
His satirical columns for the Observer were some of our most-read content: funny, surreal, angry true. Essential weekend reading.
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
Sunday isn’t Sunday without Stewart Lee. We were so thrilled at @thenerve.news that Stewart came with us.
His satirical columns for the Observer were some of our most-read content: funny, surreal, angry true. Essential weekend reading.
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
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Applications are open for our Mentoring Programme.
If you're aged 16-18, live in London, Greater Manchester or Merseyside & have creative ambitions but don't know how to achieve them, this could be just the opportunity you need!
Apply 👉 www.arts-emergency.o...
Apps close on Mon 29 Sep so be quick!
If you're aged 16-18, live in London, Greater Manchester or Merseyside & have creative ambitions but don't know how to achieve them, this could be just the opportunity you need!
Apply 👉 www.arts-emergency.o...
Apps close on Mon 29 Sep so be quick!
Get a mentor
Arts Emergency provides young people, aged 16-18 years old, with free mentoring, support and community to help them pursue a career they’re passionate about.
www.arts-emergency.org
September 27, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Applications are open for our Mentoring Programme.
If you're aged 16-18, live in London, Greater Manchester or Merseyside & have creative ambitions but don't know how to achieve them, this could be just the opportunity you need!
Apply 👉 www.arts-emergency.o...
Apps close on Mon 29 Sep so be quick!
If you're aged 16-18, live in London, Greater Manchester or Merseyside & have creative ambitions but don't know how to achieve them, this could be just the opportunity you need!
Apply 👉 www.arts-emergency.o...
Apps close on Mon 29 Sep so be quick!
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"How many traitors are in Farage's new party?" would, I suggest be a better line than Digital ID.
To beat Reform, make wavering voters ashamed to back them.
To beat Reform, make wavering voters ashamed to back them.
🚨 BREAKING: The former leader of Reform UK in Wales, Nathan Gill, has pleaded guilty to #bribery, admitting he received corrupt payments as a Brexit Party MEP in exchange for making statements in the European Parliament to promote Russia’s interests in #Ukraine.
Reform UK’s ex-leader in Wales Nathan Gill pleads guilty to bribery charges
Gill admits to eight charges while an elected member of the European parliament
www.theguardian.com
September 26, 2025 at 1:09 PM
"How many traitors are in Farage's new party?" would, I suggest be a better line than Digital ID.
To beat Reform, make wavering voters ashamed to back them.
To beat Reform, make wavering voters ashamed to back them.
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Climate change is not a con-job. If you want to know more about the evidence for and causes of #ClimateChange, head to our website: royalsociety.org/news-resourc...
Climate change: evidence and causes | Royal Society
Supplementary information for the project 'Climate Change: Evidence and causes'.
royalsociety.org
September 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Climate change is not a con-job. If you want to know more about the evidence for and causes of #ClimateChange, head to our website: royalsociety.org/news-resourc...
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Reform's ‘plan’ to revoke the legal status of millions of UK residents is morally abhorrent & economic madness
The public believe in fairness & mutual respect, not this cruel Trumpian policy that would leave us all poorer. We are not America - we must resist this dangerous turn in British politics.
The public believe in fairness & mutual respect, not this cruel Trumpian policy that would leave us all poorer. We are not America - we must resist this dangerous turn in British politics.
September 22, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Reform's ‘plan’ to revoke the legal status of millions of UK residents is morally abhorrent & economic madness
The public believe in fairness & mutual respect, not this cruel Trumpian policy that would leave us all poorer. We are not America - we must resist this dangerous turn in British politics.
The public believe in fairness & mutual respect, not this cruel Trumpian policy that would leave us all poorer. We are not America - we must resist this dangerous turn in British politics.
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The more we hear about the deals Mandelson has been negotiating with Trump, the scarier it gets.
This week Trump will be accompanied by corporate billionaires on his state visit. Their agenda is a massive risk to all of us 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/uk-m...
This week Trump will be accompanied by corporate billionaires on his state visit. Their agenda is a massive risk to all of us 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/uk-m...
Here comes the money: UK lands Trump tech deals
Britain’s quest for AI sovereignty is made in the USA.
www.politico.eu
September 15, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The more we hear about the deals Mandelson has been negotiating with Trump, the scarier it gets.
This week Trump will be accompanied by corporate billionaires on his state visit. Their agenda is a massive risk to all of us 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/uk-m...
This week Trump will be accompanied by corporate billionaires on his state visit. Their agenda is a massive risk to all of us 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/uk-m...
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The NFL started today so here’s a thread of some of the most magnificent current names and I promise I haven’t made these up.
First: Ga'Quincy Kool-Aid McKinstry
First: Ga'Quincy Kool-Aid McKinstry
September 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The NFL started today so here’s a thread of some of the most magnificent current names and I promise I haven’t made these up.
First: Ga'Quincy Kool-Aid McKinstry
First: Ga'Quincy Kool-Aid McKinstry
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Beautiful slow-motion surface tension demonstration.
August 9, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Beautiful slow-motion surface tension demonstration.
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Skegness, one of your absolute finest people right here. Buy her a drink whenever you see her.
July 27, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Skegness, one of your absolute finest people right here. Buy her a drink whenever you see her.
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🚨How Britain privatised itself into failure.🚨
Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble.
In 'Failed State', Sam Freedman explains what went wrong.
Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble.
In 'Failed State', Sam Freedman explains what went wrong.
How Britain privatised itself into failure
Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble. In Failed State, Sam Freedman explains what went wrong
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
July 27, 2025 at 5:54 AM
🚨How Britain privatised itself into failure.🚨
Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble.
In 'Failed State', Sam Freedman explains what went wrong.
Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble.
In 'Failed State', Sam Freedman explains what went wrong.
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OK, this is wild.
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
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In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
May 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
OK, this is wild.
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
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In 1968 Finland banned for profit education, the few private schools that exist in Finland have to reinvest any profit they make or pay it back to parents.
It has been in the Top 3 in education for the last 20 years.
There should be no profit in education or healthcare.
It has been in the Top 3 in education for the last 20 years.
There should be no profit in education or healthcare.
April 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM
In 1968 Finland banned for profit education, the few private schools that exist in Finland have to reinvest any profit they make or pay it back to parents.
It has been in the Top 3 in education for the last 20 years.
There should be no profit in education or healthcare.
It has been in the Top 3 in education for the last 20 years.
There should be no profit in education or healthcare.
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Today's Teesside Lead is totally free to read because I thought it was important people got to see what happens at TVCA's meetings.
Ben Houchen called the public's questions "completely insane" then threatened to kick them out.
Ben Houchen called the public's questions "completely insane" then threatened to kick them out.
Ben Houchen calls public's questions "completely insane"
Plus: "Flawed process" of approving £12.5m for Teesside Airport
teesside.thelead.uk
March 30, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Today's Teesside Lead is totally free to read because I thought it was important people got to see what happens at TVCA's meetings.
Ben Houchen called the public's questions "completely insane" then threatened to kick them out.
Ben Houchen called the public's questions "completely insane" then threatened to kick them out.
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The former ambassador to Denmark for the United States, Rufus Gifford, posted this video on his Facebook account:
Ht: @hpsc24.bsky.social
Ht: @hpsc24.bsky.social
March 29, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The former ambassador to Denmark for the United States, Rufus Gifford, posted this video on his Facebook account:
Ht: @hpsc24.bsky.social
Ht: @hpsc24.bsky.social