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Ike Aramba
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Old curmudgeon. Luckless pedestrian.

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Following the controversy over the edited Trump speech, the BBC has been lambasted for its negative and biased portrayal of the leader of a prominent right-wing government…

An Evening with Private Eye 2025, out now on YouTube.
December 16, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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December 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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it doesn’t get any clearer that america’s betrothal to fossil fuels is about letting energy companies pick our pockets to prop up their obsolete industry
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative

electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
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November 6, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Day 164 of #365DaysOfSmiles
Elephant- Don't mind if I do
June 13, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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Help to re-chalk the Uffington White Horse

www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/hel...

Fancy taking a hammer and smashing a prehistoric monument — and doing so with permission?
Help to re-chalk the Uffington White Horse
Fancy taking a hammer and smashing a prehistoric monument — and doing so with permission?
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June 13, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Diaries 24/6..
5 weeks to go before we hit the magic date in Daniel Hannan's fever dream post-Brexit Britain paradise.

If you haven't read his article before, you must!

In the 9 years since the referendum, it has never been bettered. Wrongness so dense, it's formed a black hole.
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May 20, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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Day 101 of #365DaysOfSmiles
Videobombing grandma makes it even better
April 10, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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This is what's utterly bamboozling about Labour right now. There's three things guaranteed to lose them votes: An "austerity lite" financial approach; social conservatism; and refusing to get closer to Europe. So guess which three policy So guess which three policy directions they choose to go in?
February 18, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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Prince Harry and Tom Watson’s case against The Sun newspaper’s publisher finally makes it to trial over allegations of illegality, corruption, and cover-up

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The People vs Murdoch Full and Fair Reporting of the Murdoch Trial How often do we ever get to see Rupert Murdoch’s media empire independently being held to account?   In January, one of these rare mo...
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December 22, 2024 at 12:35 PM
Elon's a dangerous man; what to do?
Houston: we have a problem, HUGE problem! #SpaceKaren has become obsessed with ReformUK & especially Rupert Lowe & since 1st Jan basically his entire timeline is anti-starter & anti-Labour, promoting some godawful accounts getting BILLIONS of views, & MILLIONS of likes / retweets
January 4, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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Had lunch at the Clink in Brixton prison today - superb food, lovely dining area, and great service, all done by the inmates, who get great training which helps them in the labour market upon release. Do spread the word, and give it a try yourself - details here: theclinkcharity.org/restaurants/...
November 19, 2024 at 5:39 PM
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Well, as things go, this is most definitely one.
3-D Performs Paul Hardcastle's "19"
YouTube video by Robert Gomez
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November 18, 2024 at 8:24 PM
January 2, 2024 at 3:46 PM