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“A petition demanding a full inquiry into Russian influence in UK politics has surged past 100,000 signatures after being shared at remarkable speed across social media.”
Russian influence petition surges past 100,000 signatures
A petition demanding a full inquiry into Russian influence in UK politics has passed 100,000 signatures
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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History repeats. That’s why in Europe we have the ECHR. 🇪🇺
October 4, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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Statement from the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

"MHRA confirms taking paracetamol during pregnancy remains safe and there is no evidence it causes autism in children"

www.gov.uk/government/n...
MHRA confirms taking paracetamol during pregnancy remains safe and there is no evidence it causes autism in children
Paracetamol should be taken as directed in the patient information leaflet
www.gov.uk
September 23, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Do you know how badly things have to be going in America for us to be owned this hard by the Dutch? The Dutch of all people
Dutch late night TV has its take
September 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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🔴Kemi Badenoch’s ‘Free Speech’ Conservatives Ban Byline Times From Party Conference

The ban on covering the party’s annual gathering came despite Badenoch’s repeated commitment to “fight” for free speech and a free press

bylinetimes.com/2025/09/04/k...
Kemi Badenoch's 'Free Speech' Conservatives Ban Byline Times From Party Conference
The ban on covering the party's annual gathering came despite Badenoch's repeated commitment to "fight" for free speech and a free press
bylinetimes.com
September 4, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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Believe these women.
Anouska de Georgiou speaking at the Washington DC press conference today (Sept 3, 2025).

The survivors of the Epstein & Maxwell abuse want all the files released - and for Ghislaine Maxwell to stay in prison for the abuse she fully participated in and was jailed for 20 years for.
September 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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This will probably be the death knell of my career - but the prioritising of Maxwell , Farage and Connolly as the stories of the day deeply troubles me - each day a little more V for Vendetta than before
August 23, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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"If you tell the world they're not welcome in the United States, they'll go somewhere else."

Las Vegas is facing a crisis. Will the lights stay on the strip, or is it too late?
What's killing Las Vegas? | The News Agents
Tourist numbers in Las Vegas are on the decline, with America’s party playground struggling with economic and political changes in the US. Can the city survive?
www.thenewsagents.co.uk
August 12, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Big day for the matriarchy! 🥳 Huge congrats to the awesome Prof. Doughtery, lead on the Jupiter-bound ESA JUICE mission & STFC Exec Chair.

If anyone's confused on the astro royal hierarchy: Michele and I are the astro equivalents of 🇬🇧Westminster and 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Holyrood 🤗

ℹ️: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 👩‍🔬🔭🧪
UK gets first female Astronomer Royal in 350 years
Prof Michele Dougherty is the first woman to be appointed to the influential post.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 30, 2025 at 5:22 AM
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"We’re not racist – we’re just concerned citizens!"
‘I’m not racist, just concerned’
From Epping to Facebook groups, how fear is being repackaged and pointed downwards and never up
eastangliabylines.co.uk
July 26, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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"Historians will be working around the clock trying to understand how the Republican Party, in a few short years, got to the point where their loyalty is to one person and not the constitution."
The fall of a republic
"As a regular visitor to the US over the last thirty years and just back from the States I am getting a definite feeling that something is brewing"
northeastbylines.co.uk
June 26, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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#TRUMP #ParodyParade
🔴Breaking
Stolen video during training for the orange #king parade today!
youtu.be/E2ecasPqhgk?...
Monty Python - Military March
YouTube video by FallopianBather
youtu.be
June 14, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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80 years ago Britain declared a national holiday to celebrate the surrender of Nazi forces in Europe. Today we celebrate their victory and remember the countless sacrifices they made to deliver it. The London Museum has this excellent piece about that day:
londonmuseum.org.uk/collections/lo…
https://londonmuseum.org.uk/collections/lo…
May 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Another day of reminding everyone of Carl Sagan’s eerily accurate warning about the dangers of not being able to ask skeptical scientific questions to those in power or authority.
May 8, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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TANK vs TESLA

"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"

- ⁠WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
May 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Somehow I forgot to post that the Sky at Night is back - and were thinking about asteroids (& a bit about football #tufc)

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Four - The Sky at Night, Asteroid Strike?
The team explore one of the biggest stories in space news, the asteroid 2024 YR4.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 15, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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Reposting this from last month, cos it’s the same bullshit from the same company that is flooding your media with wolfshit.

Reviving the woolly mammoth isn’t just unethical. It’s impossible

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Reviving the woolly mammoth isn’t just unethical. It’s impossible | Adam Rutherford
At a time when US scientists are under attack from their own government, the illiteracy around these elephantine fantasies is dangerous, says geneticist Adam Rutherford
www.theguardian.com
April 8, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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How did a fridge cost the UK £10bn? All is revealed in the last episode of this season of Untaxing, 1.45pm today on Radio 4, and then on BBC Sounds:
BBC Radio 4 - Untaxing, 5. The £10 Billion Fridge
Dan Neidle unpacks the bizarre, brilliant, and unexpected ways tax shapes our world.
buff.ly
April 4, 2025 at 9:50 AM