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Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
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In 1996 I did a little in internship at BBC Westminster. At the time, Robbie Gibb was one of the producers there. Even in that period, he was self evidently a pro-Tory apparatchik, who made no attempt to hide his agenda from his colleagues or even from the little work experience kid.
November 11, 2025 at 9:37 AM
In 1996 I did a little in internship at BBC Westminster. At the time, Robbie Gibb was one of the producers there. Even in that period, he was self evidently a pro-Tory apparatchik, who made no attempt to hide his agenda from his colleagues or even from the little work experience kid.
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"You had 60,000 people in hotels. At least 59,000 of them weren't going to Rwanda. You didn't have any plan at all for 99% of them did you?" was not a question he was asked on Today
The Conservative Party chair is saying the 60,000 people in hotels would have been deported to Rwanda. The capacity of the scheme was 300 in year one
September 23, 2025 at 6:40 AM
"You had 60,000 people in hotels. At least 59,000 of them weren't going to Rwanda. You didn't have any plan at all for 99% of them did you?" was not a question he was asked on Today
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Political parties, even those with just five MPs, should be careful about who they legitimise by providing a platform, writes @chrismarshll.bsky.social www.holyrood.com/comment/view...
The self-appointed defenders of free speech are only interested in elevating right-wing voices
The fragility of those on the left has allowed those on the right to claim they are the true defenders of free speech. M...
www.holyrood.com
September 16, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Political parties, even those with just five MPs, should be careful about who they legitimise by providing a platform, writes @chrismarshll.bsky.social www.holyrood.com/comment/view...
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Take it from Reforms newest ex-Tory MP - Reform cannot be trusted with our economy.
#NeverVoteReform #NeverFarage
#NeverVoteReform #NeverFarage
September 16, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Take it from Reforms newest ex-Tory MP - Reform cannot be trusted with our economy.
#NeverVoteReform #NeverFarage
#NeverVoteReform #NeverFarage
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Musk speaks to far right demonstration in London via satellite link. He calls for dissolution of Parliament and downfall of British Government. Why on earth are Labour MPs and Government Ministers and UK Government departments still posting on Musks X sewer ?
September 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Musk speaks to far right demonstration in London via satellite link. He calls for dissolution of Parliament and downfall of British Government. Why on earth are Labour MPs and Government Ministers and UK Government departments still posting on Musks X sewer ?
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EXCLUSIVE - Today the Guardian is publishing the Boris Files
A trove of leaked data from the office of Boris Johnson.
It reveals how Johnson is using the relationships forged in the UK’s highest elected office to facilitate his personal enrichment.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
A trove of leaked data from the office of Boris Johnson.
It reveals how Johnson is using the relationships forged in the UK’s highest elected office to facilitate his personal enrichment.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
What are the Boris Files and what do they reveal about former PM’s conduct?
Leaked material from Johnson’s private office raises serious questions relating to his time in No 10 and since he resigned
www.theguardian.com
September 8, 2025 at 6:22 PM
EXCLUSIVE - Today the Guardian is publishing the Boris Files
A trove of leaked data from the office of Boris Johnson.
It reveals how Johnson is using the relationships forged in the UK’s highest elected office to facilitate his personal enrichment.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
A trove of leaked data from the office of Boris Johnson.
It reveals how Johnson is using the relationships forged in the UK’s highest elected office to facilitate his personal enrichment.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Saudi Arabia now dines at the top table of world football. Set to host the 2034 World Cup, its Pro League is busy raiding top European clubs for talent including the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo. The country’s shocking human rights record under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and the murder of ...
The UK’s Complicity in Saudi Sportswashing – Byline Times Digital / Print Edition
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August 20, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Saudi Arabia now dines at the top table of world football. Set to host the 2034 World Cup, its Pro League is busy raiding top European clubs for talent including the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo. The country’s shocking human rights record under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and the murder of ...
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When the Taliban took control of Kabul, the country’s female judges were in immediate danger. But western forces looked the other way, leaving them to fend for themselves
‘I am going to find you’: the plight of Afghanistan’s female judges
www.thetimes.com
August 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
When the Taliban took control of Kabul, the country’s female judges were in immediate danger. But western forces looked the other way, leaving them to fend for themselves
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Floundering attempt to end the Ukraine war mirrors US exit when the South Vietnamese were bullied into submission | ✍️ Max Hastings
Trump’s cynical bluster has echoes of Vietnam
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August 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Floundering attempt to end the Ukraine war mirrors US exit when the South Vietnamese were bullied into submission | ✍️ Max Hastings
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The next railway to come back in to public ownership, thanks to the Labour government's renationalisation plans, will do so this Sunday.
c2c, with services running around London and Essex will be the sixth operator run by the Department for Transport Operator (DFTO).
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c2c, with services running around London and Essex will be the sixth operator run by the Department for Transport Operator (DFTO).
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London to Essex c2c services return to public control in step towards Great British Railways
c2c’s rail services to be brought into public ownership.
www.gov.uk
July 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The next railway to come back in to public ownership, thanks to the Labour government's renationalisation plans, will do so this Sunday.
c2c, with services running around London and Essex will be the sixth operator run by the Department for Transport Operator (DFTO).
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c2c, with services running around London and Essex will be the sixth operator run by the Department for Transport Operator (DFTO).
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NEW: ICE agents leave courthouse empty-handed after faith leaders stand in solidarity with migrants in San Diego.
The Pope’s newly appointed Bishop led the effort, telling Trump to treat migrants more kindly.
“We live on a land where the majority of us were immigrants at one time or another.” 👏
The Pope’s newly appointed Bishop led the effort, telling Trump to treat migrants more kindly.
“We live on a land where the majority of us were immigrants at one time or another.” 👏
San Diego bishop tells Trump to treat migrants more ‘Christ-like’ after observing court hearings
San Diego's immigration court has seen masked ICE agents detain migrants and refugees after leaving mandatory court hearings.
www.courthousenews.com
June 20, 2025 at 9:12 PM
NEW: ICE agents leave courthouse empty-handed after faith leaders stand in solidarity with migrants in San Diego.
The Pope’s newly appointed Bishop led the effort, telling Trump to treat migrants more kindly.
“We live on a land where the majority of us were immigrants at one time or another.” 👏
The Pope’s newly appointed Bishop led the effort, telling Trump to treat migrants more kindly.
“We live on a land where the majority of us were immigrants at one time or another.” 👏
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Awful reporting by the BBC on Trump’s military parade. Utterly failing to compare and contrast the huge numbers turning out for the anti-Trump No Kings protests all across America versus the pitiful showing for Poundland Putin’s birthday bash. The UK’s national broadcaster just keeps failing
June 15, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Awful reporting by the BBC on Trump’s military parade. Utterly failing to compare and contrast the huge numbers turning out for the anti-Trump No Kings protests all across America versus the pitiful showing for Poundland Putin’s birthday bash. The UK’s national broadcaster just keeps failing
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Joe Biden was old and not fully competent and his staff covered it up. Big scandal.
Donald Trump was accused by his top donor and former top ‘Special Government Employee’ of being a pedophile. So are his staff covering that up?
Isn’t that, y’know, a bigger scandal?
Donald Trump was accused by his top donor and former top ‘Special Government Employee’ of being a pedophile. So are his staff covering that up?
Isn’t that, y’know, a bigger scandal?
June 7, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Joe Biden was old and not fully competent and his staff covered it up. Big scandal.
Donald Trump was accused by his top donor and former top ‘Special Government Employee’ of being a pedophile. So are his staff covering that up?
Isn’t that, y’know, a bigger scandal?
Donald Trump was accused by his top donor and former top ‘Special Government Employee’ of being a pedophile. So are his staff covering that up?
Isn’t that, y’know, a bigger scandal?
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This is such a good interview and write-up from @arusbridger.bsky.social of so interesting a character. At 83, Kinnock’s razor-sharp mind, his analytical skills and his decades of experience are worth 10 government advisors. I wish Starmer used him more.
EXCLUSIVE: Neil Kinnock slams Labour’s strategy on Reform as “100% wrong” and “mortally stupid” in a new Prospect interview with @arusbridger.bsky.social. “Appeasers get eaten,” he says.
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www.prospectmagazine...
Neil Kinnock: Labour is ‘100 per cent wrong’ to fight Reform UK on its own turf
The former Labour leader on his party’s ‘mortally stupid’ strategy to combat Reform
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
June 7, 2025 at 8:40 AM
This is such a good interview and write-up from @arusbridger.bsky.social of so interesting a character. At 83, Kinnock’s razor-sharp mind, his analytical skills and his decades of experience are worth 10 government advisors. I wish Starmer used him more.
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Absolutely delighted to share this thing we've come up with. If you know a young person who wants to get into political journalism, please share. totalpoliticsgroup.bamboohr.com/careers/73?s...
The House Magazine’s Lord Cormack Fellowship
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The fellowship aims to provide a comprehensive introduction to political journalism, magazine produc...
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June 5, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Absolutely delighted to share this thing we've come up with. If you know a young person who wants to get into political journalism, please share. totalpoliticsgroup.bamboohr.com/careers/73?s...
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42,500 deaths annually. That's the number projected by a Yale study on the loss of Medicaid coverage due to Trump's disgusting abomination bill.
June 3, 2025 at 7:29 PM
42,500 deaths annually. That's the number projected by a Yale study on the loss of Medicaid coverage due to Trump's disgusting abomination bill.
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I watched this happen on the morning of 4 June 1989 in Chang’an Avenue, near Tiananmen Square, the morning after the night’s massacre. Don’t believe the propaganda lie that no massacre took place: I saw 40 people killed in front of me before giving up counting in despair. pic.x.com/zhqZhT6iPB
June 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I watched this happen on the morning of 4 June 1989 in Chang’an Avenue, near Tiananmen Square, the morning after the night’s massacre. Don’t believe the propaganda lie that no massacre took place: I saw 40 people killed in front of me before giving up counting in despair. pic.x.com/zhqZhT6iPB
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I decided to become a journalist aged fifteen after reading ‘1984’ and being appalled at the thought that governments could rewrite history. Orwell knew the USSR did it. Now China pretends the Tiananmen massacre didn’t happen. It did. I was there, and saw it for myself.
June 3, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I decided to become a journalist aged fifteen after reading ‘1984’ and being appalled at the thought that governments could rewrite history. Orwell knew the USSR did it. Now China pretends the Tiananmen massacre didn’t happen. It did. I was there, and saw it for myself.
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There are a number of House Republicans in swing districts claiming that the "big beautiful bill" they voted for does not cut Medicaid or increase the national debt.
Just to be clear, this is a bald-faced, massive lie.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/u...
Just to be clear, this is a bald-faced, massive lie.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/u...
Trump and Allies Sell Domestic Policy Bill With Falsehoods
www.nytimes.com
June 2, 2025 at 5:57 PM
There are a number of House Republicans in swing districts claiming that the "big beautiful bill" they voted for does not cut Medicaid or increase the national debt.
Just to be clear, this is a bald-faced, massive lie.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/u...
Just to be clear, this is a bald-faced, massive lie.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/u...
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NEW: At least 26 killed, 150 wounded as Israeli tanks reportedly open fire on starving Palestinians gathered at an aid station.
BBC has geo-located this video at Salah al-Din road, near the aid distribution site in the Netzarim Corridor.
Aid as a death trap.
BBC has geo-located this video at Salah al-Din road, near the aid distribution site in the Netzarim Corridor.
Aid as a death trap.
June 1, 2025 at 8:38 AM
NEW: At least 26 killed, 150 wounded as Israeli tanks reportedly open fire on starving Palestinians gathered at an aid station.
BBC has geo-located this video at Salah al-Din road, near the aid distribution site in the Netzarim Corridor.
Aid as a death trap.
BBC has geo-located this video at Salah al-Din road, near the aid distribution site in the Netzarim Corridor.
Aid as a death trap.
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Work is an effective route out of poverty, but the landscape for parental employment has changed a lot since the mid-2000s.
The proportion of families with children in poverty who are in work has increased over recent decades; over seven in ten families in poverty already have someone in work.
The proportion of families with children in poverty who are in work has increased over recent decades; over seven in ten families in poverty already have someone in work.
May 28, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Work is an effective route out of poverty, but the landscape for parental employment has changed a lot since the mid-2000s.
The proportion of families with children in poverty who are in work has increased over recent decades; over seven in ten families in poverty already have someone in work.
The proportion of families with children in poverty who are in work has increased over recent decades; over seven in ten families in poverty already have someone in work.
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Any journalist who failed to call out Boris Johnson’s carnival of lies needs to give themselves a bloody shake
May 24, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Any journalist who failed to call out Boris Johnson’s carnival of lies needs to give themselves a bloody shake
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I have no words.
May 23, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I have no words.
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Our instinct for moderation was once considered a defining English trait. Which makes it all the stranger that Nigel Farage has managed to brand himself as the epitome of Englishness, writes @arusbridger.bsky.social.
www.prospectmagazine...
www.prospectmagazine...
You don’t speak for middle England, Farage, and here’s why
The common wisdom is we are living in an age of polarity. But isn’t the truth that most of us are somewhere in the neglected middle?
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
May 18, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Our instinct for moderation was once considered a defining English trait. Which makes it all the stranger that Nigel Farage has managed to brand himself as the epitome of Englishness, writes @arusbridger.bsky.social.
www.prospectmagazine...
www.prospectmagazine...