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Imagine if the Settle-Carlisle line got shut as Thatcher wanted. Trains like this couldn’t be diverted. #trainthreads
January 3, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Imagine if the Settle-Carlisle line got shut as Thatcher wanted. Trains like this couldn’t be diverted. #trainthreads
Enormously excited to go to Settle today to admire the novelty of Avanti West Coast services on the Settle to Carlisle line. This is my Roman Empire. #trains
January 3, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Enormously excited to go to Settle today to admire the novelty of Avanti West Coast services on the Settle to Carlisle line. This is my Roman Empire. #trains
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It’s exhausting and boring, but because the wilful misunderstanders will be out in force some of us are going to have to spend a lot of time saying:
No, we do not like or support Maduro.
We like and support the rule of law.
No, we do not like or support Maduro.
We like and support the rule of law.
Maduro is a brutal and oppressive dictator of Venezuela.
Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.
Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.
Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
January 3, 2026 at 10:07 AM
It’s exhausting and boring, but because the wilful misunderstanders will be out in force some of us are going to have to spend a lot of time saying:
No, we do not like or support Maduro.
We like and support the rule of law.
No, we do not like or support Maduro.
We like and support the rule of law.
It’s people who say bullshit like this that are not English, rather than people not born here. Fuck off already. Racist bastards
December 29, 2025 at 10:13 PM
It’s people who say bullshit like this that are not English, rather than people not born here. Fuck off already. Racist bastards
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Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
December 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
Working in the NHS in not for the faint hearted. But December is always a wild ride
December 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Working in the NHS in not for the faint hearted. But December is always a wild ride
That Vanity Fair article is absolutely insane, it’s incredible that those people run a country.
December 19, 2025 at 12:43 PM
That Vanity Fair article is absolutely insane, it’s incredible that those people run a country.
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WHY ARE YOU ANNOYED THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO HAPPEN
December 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
WHY ARE YOU ANNOYED THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO HAPPEN
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December 12, 2025 at 7:01 AM
The tree is up. It has grown a foot this year! Despite a heatwave, drought, a hosepipe ban and storms. It prevails! There’s a metaphor in there somewhere
December 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
The tree is up. It has grown a foot this year! Despite a heatwave, drought, a hosepipe ban and storms. It prevails! There’s a metaphor in there somewhere
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Under Starmer's UK rail reform, the TransPenine Express will be renamed to the Penine Express
December 9, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Under Starmer's UK rail reform, the TransPenine Express will be renamed to the Penine Express
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Members of UNISON on strike at the National Coal Mining Museum in Wakefield will be joined by general secretary Christina McAnea today.
They include ex-miners who were involved in the 1984/5 strike who are now guides at the museum.
They include ex-miners who were involved in the 1984/5 strike who are now guides at the museum.
Coal mining museum staff strike continues after three months
Workers at a mining museum who have been on strike for 13 weeks will be joined on their picket line by the leader of their trade union today (Nov 20).
unsn.uk
November 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Members of UNISON on strike at the National Coal Mining Museum in Wakefield will be joined by general secretary Christina McAnea today.
They include ex-miners who were involved in the 1984/5 strike who are now guides at the museum.
They include ex-miners who were involved in the 1984/5 strike who are now guides at the museum.
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So many political discussion shows basically saying the same things and failing to have the courage to challenge the status quo because they are the status quo and they rather like the houses they occupy
December 5, 2025 at 10:45 PM
So many political discussion shows basically saying the same things and failing to have the courage to challenge the status quo because they are the status quo and they rather like the houses they occupy
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I suspect you have to be quite racist to stand out as "the racist guy" at a boys public school of the 1980s.
December 5, 2025 at 8:25 AM
I suspect you have to be quite racist to stand out as "the racist guy" at a boys public school of the 1980s.
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The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
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Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
December 1, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
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The general position of journalists in that Starmer Q&A appeared to be: The economy has been doing better than expected and so the Chancellor did not have to increase income tax, breaking a manifesto pledge, as feared, therefore, THE CHANCELLOR MUST RESIGN. 😵💫
I find it interesting that every single TV political journalist opened with an editorialising comment, while all the newspaper ones just asked questions. I suspect, because the latter know the question won't be in the write-up, while the former are trying to craft a clip that is all about them. ~AA
December 1, 2025 at 11:43 AM
The general position of journalists in that Starmer Q&A appeared to be: The economy has been doing better than expected and so the Chancellor did not have to increase income tax, breaking a manifesto pledge, as feared, therefore, THE CHANCELLOR MUST RESIGN. 😵💫
Regardless of your view on the budget. The unchecked power of the extreme right wing paper media is insane in this country. It’s hardly democracy if all they do is print lies #ukpolitics
December 1, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Regardless of your view on the budget. The unchecked power of the extreme right wing paper media is insane in this country. It’s hardly democracy if all they do is print lies #ukpolitics
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The biggest spoilt babies wailing & shitting themselves in public bc hungry children will be fed
After 20 years of working my socks off, I’ve achieved the “high earner” part. The “rich” bit feels increasingly like a distant dream | ✍️ Maike Currie
I love working but it no longer makes sense after that budget
Rachel Reeves’s changes penalise ambition at both ends of the labour market
www.thetimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The biggest spoilt babies wailing & shitting themselves in public bc hungry children will be fed