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Tom Kemp
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Senior Research Fellow at Nottingham University. Writing on carceral change making in prisons, police custody and immigration detention.
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What are you talking about - this has his signature on it.
February 26, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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Look at Labour making precisely noone's life better while pandering to racists.
February 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Pleased that the real victims of the cost of living crisis, supermarkets, are being granted this ability to shape the priorities of the state response. They are truly the beating heart of communities.
Shops have complained of facing an epidemic of shoplifting in the past year, fuelled in large part by the cost of living crisis. Liz Evans, the chief commercial officer at Asda, said: “Asda welcomes the introduction of the neighbourhood policing guarantee and the new role for businesses in shaping local policing priorities.
December 5, 2024 at 8:01 AM
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Found this writeup of Mike Tyson trying to explain to teenage wannabe celebrities about the emptiness of ego very funny.
Guerra, who appears to be an accomplished teenager, was initially gushing in her enthusiasm for the bout after the weigh-in on Thursday night. She said it would provide “a monumental opportunity for kids my age to see the legend Mike Tyson in the ring for the first time. So after such a successful career what type of legacy would you like to leave behind when it’s all said and done?” Tyson paused. It wasn’t a terrible question but he was in the mood to dole out a grim truth. “Well, I don’t believe in the word ‘legacy’,” Tyson said. “I think that’s just another word for ‘ego’. Legacy means absolutely nothing to me. I’m just passing through. I’m gonna die and it’s gonna be over. Who cares about legacy after that? We’re nothing. We’re dead. We’re dust.” Guerra, to her considerable credit, was gracious. “Well, thank you so much for sharing that,” she said. “That’s something I’ve not heard before.” Tyson wasn’t done. “Can you really imagine someone saying I want my legacy to be this way or that?” he continued bluntly. “You’re dead. What audacity is that – to want people to think about me when I am gone? Who the fuck cares about me?”
November 16, 2024 at 7:57 AM
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3 year old insisted that we disinvite santa this year.
November 14, 2024 at 12:05 PM
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I haven't been to any graduation since my Oxford one which i didn't enjoy at all.

Today I went to celebrate my partner's psychotherapy masters and it was really wonderful and life affirming. I feel very proud.
November 12, 2024 at 6:01 PM