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Letter of the day (in the Times)
August 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Letter of the day (in the Times)
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Farage’s “probity and judgment were sold as the product called Brexit. It turned out to be a piece of shit.”
And, unbelievably, this Labour govt finds itself trapped because it has refused to call this out.
What a profound - and now dangerous - political failure.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
And, unbelievably, this Labour govt finds itself trapped because it has refused to call this out.
What a profound - and now dangerous - political failure.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There’s an obvious way to challenge Nigel Farage. But Keir Starmer won’t do it | Rafael Behr
Labour’s reluctance to name Brexit as the cause of so many problems hasn’t stopped Reform’s rise. It’s time to try the truth, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
August 27, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Farage’s “probity and judgment were sold as the product called Brexit. It turned out to be a piece of shit.”
And, unbelievably, this Labour govt finds itself trapped because it has refused to call this out.
What a profound - and now dangerous - political failure.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
And, unbelievably, this Labour govt finds itself trapped because it has refused to call this out.
What a profound - and now dangerous - political failure.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Actually the World’s Most Wuthering Heights Day
Why 500 people will dance today in celebration and in protest in Haworth, home to Wuthering Heights
By Clare Shaw
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Why 500 people will dance today in celebration and in protest in Haworth, home to Wuthering Heights
By Clare Shaw
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Actually the World’s Most Wuthering Heights Day
Why 500 people will dance on Sunday in celebration and in protest in Haworth, home to Wuthering Heights
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
July 27, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Actually the World’s Most Wuthering Heights Day
Why 500 people will dance today in celebration and in protest in Haworth, home to Wuthering Heights
By Clare Shaw
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Why 500 people will dance today in celebration and in protest in Haworth, home to Wuthering Heights
By Clare Shaw
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
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“I’m sad to say just yesterday we blew [the record] out of the water, and our new record holder is 778 pieces of plastic in an 80-day-old seabird chick, in one of the most pristine corners of our planet.”
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
May 14, 2025 at 10:08 PM
“I’m sad to say just yesterday we blew [the record] out of the water, and our new record holder is 778 pieces of plastic in an 80-day-old seabird chick, in one of the most pristine corners of our planet.”
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
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£4.8 billion - how much UK will gain annually with new trade deal with India
£140 billion - how much UK loses out annually by being outside the EU Single Market
£140 billion - how much UK loses out annually by being outside the EU Single Market
May 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
£4.8 billion - how much UK will gain annually with new trade deal with India
£140 billion - how much UK loses out annually by being outside the EU Single Market
£140 billion - how much UK loses out annually by being outside the EU Single Market
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Thousands of people turned up today because #transrightsarehumanrights
April 19, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Thousands of people turned up today because #transrightsarehumanrights
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US Health Secretary RFK Jr claims autism is a "preventable disease."
"We know it's an environmental exposure. Genes do not cause epidemics... You need an environmental toxin."
Autism has a strong genetic component.
Autism is not a "disease".
Autism is not an "epidemic".
RFK Jr is not a scientist.
"We know it's an environmental exposure. Genes do not cause epidemics... You need an environmental toxin."
Autism has a strong genetic component.
Autism is not a "disease".
Autism is not an "epidemic".
RFK Jr is not a scientist.
April 16, 2025 at 3:48 PM
US Health Secretary RFK Jr claims autism is a "preventable disease."
"We know it's an environmental exposure. Genes do not cause epidemics... You need an environmental toxin."
Autism has a strong genetic component.
Autism is not a "disease".
Autism is not an "epidemic".
RFK Jr is not a scientist.
"We know it's an environmental exposure. Genes do not cause epidemics... You need an environmental toxin."
Autism has a strong genetic component.
Autism is not a "disease".
Autism is not an "epidemic".
RFK Jr is not a scientist.
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I thought this letter in today's Guardian was spot on
April 10, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I thought this letter in today's Guardian was spot on
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BBC Radio 4, Thought for the Day: Christianity is stupid and priests are dangerous nutters who shouldn't be allowed near a radio studio
April 1, 2025 at 6:53 AM
BBC Radio 4, Thought for the Day: Christianity is stupid and priests are dangerous nutters who shouldn't be allowed near a radio studio
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England could start running out of water in 10 years.
The sewage crisis isn’t just about bills - it’s about securing this vital resource in a changing climate.
For that to happen, we need public ownership now.
Ask your MP to attend my Water Bill debate: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
The sewage crisis isn’t just about bills - it’s about securing this vital resource in a changing climate.
For that to happen, we need public ownership now.
Ask your MP to attend my Water Bill debate: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
March 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
England could start running out of water in 10 years.
The sewage crisis isn’t just about bills - it’s about securing this vital resource in a changing climate.
For that to happen, we need public ownership now.
Ask your MP to attend my Water Bill debate: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
The sewage crisis isn’t just about bills - it’s about securing this vital resource in a changing climate.
For that to happen, we need public ownership now.
Ask your MP to attend my Water Bill debate: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
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This country is awash with money. The very rich are rich beyond imagination. So when Starmer wants to stay within his arbitrary fiscal rules, who does he decide to take money from? The very rich? No, from people with disabilities who depend on benefits for the bare minimum of a decent life.
March 18, 2025 at 6:36 AM
This country is awash with money. The very rich are rich beyond imagination. So when Starmer wants to stay within his arbitrary fiscal rules, who does he decide to take money from? The very rich? No, from people with disabilities who depend on benefits for the bare minimum of a decent life.
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€500bn infrastructure spend and its fiscal break relaxed. Is this realpolitik-Keynesianism?
Call it what you want but Germany looks like it understands the need for a break with fiscal orthodoxy.
The UK needs to wake up.
What is before us won’t be dealt with by austerity 2.0.
Call it what you want but Germany looks like it understands the need for a break with fiscal orthodoxy.
The UK needs to wake up.
What is before us won’t be dealt with by austerity 2.0.
Germany’s future coalition partners to relax debt rules to boost defence budget
Conservative alliance and Social Democrats to propose exempting spending of more than 1% of GDP on defence
www.theguardian.com
March 4, 2025 at 9:28 PM
€500bn infrastructure spend and its fiscal break relaxed. Is this realpolitik-Keynesianism?
Call it what you want but Germany looks like it understands the need for a break with fiscal orthodoxy.
The UK needs to wake up.
What is before us won’t be dealt with by austerity 2.0.
Call it what you want but Germany looks like it understands the need for a break with fiscal orthodoxy.
The UK needs to wake up.
What is before us won’t be dealt with by austerity 2.0.
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For Europe to defend itself, two fiscal policy decisions could make a difference: A clear defense exemption in the fiscal rules and a big EU programme to pay for common projects from military mobility to missile defense, funded by joint debt.
The rest is financial alchemy and/or symbolic noise.
The rest is financial alchemy and/or symbolic noise.
March 1, 2025 at 9:56 AM
For Europe to defend itself, two fiscal policy decisions could make a difference: A clear defense exemption in the fiscal rules and a big EU programme to pay for common projects from military mobility to missile defense, funded by joint debt.
The rest is financial alchemy and/or symbolic noise.
The rest is financial alchemy and/or symbolic noise.
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Some good news
Science and nature can work together
Personally I'm not a great fan of miles and miles of the panels, but the balance I suspect is enough to make it economically viable
We just have to keep working at it to stop the need for fossil fuel
Science and nature can work together
Personally I'm not a great fan of miles and miles of the panels, but the balance I suspect is enough to make it economically viable
We just have to keep working at it to stop the need for fossil fuel
Think solar farms are bad for nature? Think again.
Those designed for nature in East Anglia are teeming with birdlife - including threatened species. A new study reveals why. ⤵️
Those designed for nature in East Anglia are teeming with birdlife - including threatened species. A new study reveals why. ⤵️
New research: birdlife soars on nature-friendly solar farms
Nature-friendly solar farms in East Anglia support more bird species than arable land, boosting biodiversity
eastangliabylines.co.uk
February 20, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Some good news
Science and nature can work together
Personally I'm not a great fan of miles and miles of the panels, but the balance I suspect is enough to make it economically viable
We just have to keep working at it to stop the need for fossil fuel
Science and nature can work together
Personally I'm not a great fan of miles and miles of the panels, but the balance I suspect is enough to make it economically viable
We just have to keep working at it to stop the need for fossil fuel
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Equinor , the company behind the new Rosebank oilfield , say they are halving their investment in renewables . Inevitable when you have Starmer & Reeves briefing the press that they still blindly back new oil and gas .
Criminal .
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Criminal .
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Norwegian oil giant Equinor cuts green investment in half
Equinor will slash investment in renewable energy while ramping up oil and gas production.
www.bbc.com
February 6, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Equinor , the company behind the new Rosebank oilfield , say they are halving their investment in renewables . Inevitable when you have Starmer & Reeves briefing the press that they still blindly back new oil and gas .
Criminal .
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Criminal .
www.bbc.com/news/article...
I’m a Labour MP – but the government’s ‘growth’ mission reeks of panic | Clive Lewis www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I’m a Labour MP – but the government’s ‘growth’ mission reeks of panic | Clive Lewis
The decision to expand Heathrow is just the latest evidence that my party is chasing policies that serve profit, not people, says Labour MP Clive Lewis
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2025 at 8:47 AM
I’m a Labour MP – but the government’s ‘growth’ mission reeks of panic | Clive Lewis www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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House of Commons library published a balanced assessment of how the UK state pension compares. This is from the summary:
January 18, 2025 at 5:38 PM
House of Commons library published a balanced assessment of how the UK state pension compares. This is from the summary:
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Keep thinking about Andrew Dilnots point at the Commons select committee last week that £22 billion was found for the NHS without a debate about how to raise the revenue, but financing adult social care needs a bespoke revenue raising solution. Fabian’s made the same point in their report
January 14, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Keep thinking about Andrew Dilnots point at the Commons select committee last week that £22 billion was found for the NHS without a debate about how to raise the revenue, but financing adult social care needs a bespoke revenue raising solution. Fabian’s made the same point in their report
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FYI: if you have a problem with paywalls, it’s likely the public library subscribes and can give you access.
January 13, 2025 at 11:33 PM
FYI: if you have a problem with paywalls, it’s likely the public library subscribes and can give you access.
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Not a single Reform MP has bothered to turn up to today's House of Commons debate on tackling violence against women and girls
January 9, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Not a single Reform MP has bothered to turn up to today's House of Commons debate on tackling violence against women and girls
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After extensive review, France has established very positive gender affirming care guidelines, and they’ve rejected the highly politicized Cass Report as simply false.
www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/12/new-...
www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/12/new-...
New French guidelines show doctors overwhelmingly support gender-affirming care - LGBTQ Nation
The medical guidelines contradict numerous conclusions from the UK's infamous Cass Review.
www.lgbtqnation.com
January 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
After extensive review, France has established very positive gender affirming care guidelines, and they’ve rejected the highly politicized Cass Report as simply false.
www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/12/new-...
www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/12/new-...
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What a contrast to what usually fills these pages.
Telegraph (Fraser Nelson)
"Our immigrant population has almost doubled while our crime rate has halved....we seem to have attracted immigrants who, by and large, are prone to integrate and strengthen the social fabric."
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"Our immigrant population has almost doubled while our crime rate has halved....we seem to have attracted immigrants who, by and large, are prone to integrate and strengthen the social fabric."
archive.ph/ryMuH
archive.ph
December 27, 2024 at 10:00 AM
What a contrast to what usually fills these pages.