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Like them for their strengths but NovLive has such boomer framing sometimes
December 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Like them for their strengths but NovLive has such boomer framing sometimes
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Only full abolition of two-child benefit cap will substantially cut poverty, thinktank says
Half-measures would have little or no meaningful impact on child poverty rates, Resolution Foundation analysis finds
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Half-measures would have little or no meaningful impact on child poverty rates, Resolution Foundation analysis finds
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Only full abolition of two-child benefit cap will substantially cut poverty, thinktank says
Resolution Foundation says half-measures would have little or no meaningful impact on child poverty rates
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Only full abolition of two-child benefit cap will substantially cut poverty, thinktank says
Half-measures would have little or no meaningful impact on child poverty rates, Resolution Foundation analysis finds
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Half-measures would have little or no meaningful impact on child poverty rates, Resolution Foundation analysis finds
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Ireland's wealthiest households create significantly more carbon emissions than lower-earners, according to a new report from Oxfam Ireland.
jrnl.ie/6859962
jrnl.ie/6859962
Ireland's richest 10% produce almost as much carbon as the bottom 50%, report says
Oxfam Ireland is calling on the Government to increase taxes on the rich.
jrnl.ie
October 30, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Ireland's wealthiest households create significantly more carbon emissions than lower-earners, according to a new report from Oxfam Ireland.
jrnl.ie/6859962
jrnl.ie/6859962
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Asian and Pacific Rim leaders pledge support for trade and investment that 'benefits all'.
APEC leaders wrap up summit after Trump and Xi reach truce in trade war
Asian and Pacific Rim leaders pledge support for trade and investment that 'benefits all'.
bit.ly
November 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Asian and Pacific Rim leaders pledge support for trade and investment that 'benefits all'.
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Wes Streeting has been known to tack left for popularity before. Usually it lasts about 72 hours before he tacks right again and becomes fully draconian - and harsher than the Tories - on the very same issue.
See trans rights and striking workers.
See trans rights and striking workers.
Is Slippery Streeting is being lined up as the left alternative to Starmer in the inevitable ladership contest?
Yes, you read that right 😁😬🙄
Yes, you read that right 😁😬🙄
October 30, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Wes Streeting has been known to tack left for popularity before. Usually it lasts about 72 hours before he tacks right again and becomes fully draconian - and harsher than the Tories - on the very same issue.
See trans rights and striking workers.
See trans rights and striking workers.
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💚 Delighted to welcome our new councillor in Bristol!
🥀 Alsayed is one of 20 councillors to leave Labour & join the Greens this year.
🎤 “I will never stop standing up for equality, justice & the right to speak truth to power."
Huge welcome, Alsayed!
www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...
🥀 Alsayed is one of 20 councillors to leave Labour & join the Greens this year.
🎤 “I will never stop standing up for equality, justice & the right to speak truth to power."
Huge welcome, Alsayed!
www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...
Bristol Labour councillor defects to join Greens
Alsayed Al-Maghrabi's defection means the Green Party holds exactly half of the seats at City Hall
www.bristol247.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:44 AM
💚 Delighted to welcome our new councillor in Bristol!
🥀 Alsayed is one of 20 councillors to leave Labour & join the Greens this year.
🎤 “I will never stop standing up for equality, justice & the right to speak truth to power."
Huge welcome, Alsayed!
www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...
🥀 Alsayed is one of 20 councillors to leave Labour & join the Greens this year.
🎤 “I will never stop standing up for equality, justice & the right to speak truth to power."
Huge welcome, Alsayed!
www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...
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🚨 Microsoft workers launch #Palestine encampment at company's HQ in Redmond, WA
"I worked for three years on Azure, not knowing that my labor was being used to actively facilitate the murder of my people" - Hossam Nasr, No Azure for Apartheid, former tech worker fired by Microsoft @therealnews.com
"I worked for three years on Azure, not knowing that my labor was being used to actively facilitate the murder of my people" - Hossam Nasr, No Azure for Apartheid, former tech worker fired by Microsoft @therealnews.com
August 20, 2025 at 2:05 AM
🚨 Microsoft workers launch #Palestine encampment at company's HQ in Redmond, WA
"I worked for three years on Azure, not knowing that my labor was being used to actively facilitate the murder of my people" - Hossam Nasr, No Azure for Apartheid, former tech worker fired by Microsoft @therealnews.com
"I worked for three years on Azure, not knowing that my labor was being used to actively facilitate the murder of my people" - Hossam Nasr, No Azure for Apartheid, former tech worker fired by Microsoft @therealnews.com
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On 23rd Feb, Germans go to vote in a General election.
Recent EU election results suggests there's still a strong east/west cultural, economic & political divide.
And this map of same illustrates, brilliantly, how education is the kryptonite to populism (blue denotes support for AfD)
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Recent EU election results suggests there's still a strong east/west cultural, economic & political divide.
And this map of same illustrates, brilliantly, how education is the kryptonite to populism (blue denotes support for AfD)
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February 2, 2025 at 8:41 PM
On 23rd Feb, Germans go to vote in a General election.
Recent EU election results suggests there's still a strong east/west cultural, economic & political divide.
And this map of same illustrates, brilliantly, how education is the kryptonite to populism (blue denotes support for AfD)
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Recent EU election results suggests there's still a strong east/west cultural, economic & political divide.
And this map of same illustrates, brilliantly, how education is the kryptonite to populism (blue denotes support for AfD)
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We need 150 people a day to sign this petition by Sept13 to hit our target of 10k. We need all your help folks to make it happen. It won’t be the end of the campaign but let’s try & hit the number. The heat map shows support right across UK. Sign now & pass on. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
August 20, 2025 at 4:53 AM
We need 150 people a day to sign this petition by Sept13 to hit our target of 10k. We need all your help folks to make it happen. It won’t be the end of the campaign but let’s try & hit the number. The heat map shows support right across UK. Sign now & pass on. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
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Microsoft employees occupy headquarters in protest of Israel contracts. The protest encampment started today, and it’s the biggest escalation of the protests at Microsoft so far www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Microsoft employees occupy headquarters in protest of Israel contracts
It’s the biggest escalation yet of the protests at Microsoft.
www.theverge.com
August 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Microsoft employees occupy headquarters in protest of Israel contracts. The protest encampment started today, and it’s the biggest escalation of the protests at Microsoft so far www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
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Internal paper shows EU sought to shield Israel from sanctions electronicintifada.net/blogs/david-...
August 12, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Internal paper shows EU sought to shield Israel from sanctions electronicintifada.net/blogs/david-...
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People have been talking about this for months, and it’s unbelievable that they still haven’t come up with a proper plan. Imagine deciding to make 12,500 people redundant and not even creating a plan to make sure those people are properly supported?! 🚨
www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
August 12, 2025 at 5:35 AM
People have been talking about this for months, and it’s unbelievable that they still haven’t come up with a proper plan. Imagine deciding to make 12,500 people redundant and not even creating a plan to make sure those people are properly supported?! 🚨
www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
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🚨 BREAKING | Police confirm 466 people were arrested for "terrorism" for holding signs at a Palestine demo.
This means more people have been arrested under terrorism legislation in 2025 than **any** other year.
(Source: Home Office)
This means more people have been arrested under terrorism legislation in 2025 than **any** other year.
(Source: Home Office)
August 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM
🚨 BREAKING | Police confirm 466 people were arrested for "terrorism" for holding signs at a Palestine demo.
This means more people have been arrested under terrorism legislation in 2025 than **any** other year.
(Source: Home Office)
This means more people have been arrested under terrorism legislation in 2025 than **any** other year.
(Source: Home Office)
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BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
August 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
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holy crap.
"In Ireland, there are more than 80 data centres, gobbling up 50 per cent of the electricity in the Dublin region, and hoovering up more than 20 per cent nationally, as they work to process and distribute huge quantities of digital information."
"In Ireland, there are more than 80 data centres, gobbling up 50 per cent of the electricity in the Dublin region, and hoovering up more than 20 per cent nationally, as they work to process and distribute huge quantities of digital information."
Karen Hao on AI tech bosses: ‘Many choose not to have children because they don’t think the world is going to be around much longer’
Karen Hao on AI tech bosses: ‘Many choose not to have children because they don’t think the world is going to be around much longer’
The author of Empire of AI: Inside the Reckless Race for Total Domination discusses the cost of Big Tech’s huge investment in technologies that may do more harm than good
www.irishtimes.com
August 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
holy crap.
"In Ireland, there are more than 80 data centres, gobbling up 50 per cent of the electricity in the Dublin region, and hoovering up more than 20 per cent nationally, as they work to process and distribute huge quantities of digital information."
"In Ireland, there are more than 80 data centres, gobbling up 50 per cent of the electricity in the Dublin region, and hoovering up more than 20 per cent nationally, as they work to process and distribute huge quantities of digital information."
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Greens all voted against proscription.
Lib Dems abstained - which is shameful when they often try and claim the mantle of defending civil liberties.
(It just doesn't stretch to holding cardboard signs opposing genocide apparently.)
Lib Dems abstained - which is shameful when they often try and claim the mantle of defending civil liberties.
(It just doesn't stretch to holding cardboard signs opposing genocide apparently.)
August 10, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Greens all voted against proscription.
Lib Dems abstained - which is shameful when they often try and claim the mantle of defending civil liberties.
(It just doesn't stretch to holding cardboard signs opposing genocide apparently.)
Lib Dems abstained - which is shameful when they often try and claim the mantle of defending civil liberties.
(It just doesn't stretch to holding cardboard signs opposing genocide apparently.)
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The Met now says it arrested 522 people yesterday on terrorism charges for supporting action to stop the genocide in Gaza.
More than a fifth were over the age of 70. Each faces up to 14 years in jail.
More than a fifth were over the age of 70. Each faces up to 14 years in jail.
August 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The Met now says it arrested 522 people yesterday on terrorism charges for supporting action to stop the genocide in Gaza.
More than a fifth were over the age of 70. Each faces up to 14 years in jail.
More than a fifth were over the age of 70. Each faces up to 14 years in jail.
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In case you run out of toilet paper, steal this book from Barnes & Noble.
What the world saw on the campaign trail was only part of the story.
My new book is a behind-the-scenes look at my experience leading the shortest presidential campaign in modern history.
107 Days is out on September 23. I can't wait for you to read it: kamalaharris.link/107DaysBook
My new book is a behind-the-scenes look at my experience leading the shortest presidential campaign in modern history.
107 Days is out on September 23. I can't wait for you to read it: kamalaharris.link/107DaysBook
July 31, 2025 at 4:28 PM
In case you run out of toilet paper, steal this book from Barnes & Noble.
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UK ministers like Douglas Alexander endlessly say they regard Israel's settlements as illegal...
... while refusing to actually ban settlement goods from entering the UK.
In practice, doesn't this mean the UK condones the illegal Israeli settlements?
#DCUKparliament
... while refusing to actually ban settlement goods from entering the UK.
In practice, doesn't this mean the UK condones the illegal Israeli settlements?
#DCUKparliament
July 31, 2025 at 8:37 AM
UK ministers like Douglas Alexander endlessly say they regard Israel's settlements as illegal...
... while refusing to actually ban settlement goods from entering the UK.
In practice, doesn't this mean the UK condones the illegal Israeli settlements?
#DCUKparliament
... while refusing to actually ban settlement goods from entering the UK.
In practice, doesn't this mean the UK condones the illegal Israeli settlements?
#DCUKparliament
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Palestine Action's bid for judicial review granted after MPs banned group
Palestine Action's bid for judicial review granted after MPs banned group
The High Court has granted Palestine Action's application for a judicial review after MPs voted to ban it as a terrorist group.
news.sky.com
July 30, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Palestine Action's bid for judicial review granted after MPs banned group
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‼️TOMORROW‼️
What is the UK's role in the Gaza genocide? Join the discussion with Laura Pidcock, @markcurtis30.bsky.social and @john-mcevoy.bsky.social at 630pm tomorrow.
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What is the UK's role in the Gaza genocide? Join the discussion with Laura Pidcock, @markcurtis30.bsky.social and @john-mcevoy.bsky.social at 630pm tomorrow.
Spots limited, register here 👉 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
July 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM
‼️TOMORROW‼️
What is the UK's role in the Gaza genocide? Join the discussion with Laura Pidcock, @markcurtis30.bsky.social and @john-mcevoy.bsky.social at 630pm tomorrow.
Spots limited, register here 👉 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
What is the UK's role in the Gaza genocide? Join the discussion with Laura Pidcock, @markcurtis30.bsky.social and @john-mcevoy.bsky.social at 630pm tomorrow.
Spots limited, register here 👉 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Govt's £100bn price for nationalising England water is bogus
£100bn calculated by OFWAT: Value at privatisation X annual rate of inflation + investment; repeated each year. The answer does not represent any value.
On this basis a car bought for £10k in 1989 would have £50k value.
Utter nonsense
£100bn calculated by OFWAT: Value at privatisation X annual rate of inflation + investment; repeated each year. The answer does not represent any value.
On this basis a car bought for £10k in 1989 would have £50k value.
Utter nonsense
Public ownership is the only way to save the water industry
Public ownership is the only viable alternative but is opposed by the government
leftfootforward.org
July 30, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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'Recognition of the state of Palestine should not be a bargaining chip.'
leftfootforward.org/2025/07/keir...
leftfootforward.org/2025/07/keir...
Keir Starmer says UK will recognise Palestine in September unless Israel ends war
Critics point out that Palestinian statehood ‘is not a bargaining chip’
leftfootforward.org
July 30, 2025 at 10:21 AM
'Recognition of the state of Palestine should not be a bargaining chip.'
leftfootforward.org/2025/07/keir...
leftfootforward.org/2025/07/keir...