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Here's my prediction:
The files, when they are public will show nothing we didn't know already.
Trump's supporters will wave their hands and explain it all away to themselves, and will vote him in again (using whatever vehicle he creates to achieve that).
The files, when they are public will show nothing we didn't know already.
Trump's supporters will wave their hands and explain it all away to themselves, and will vote him in again (using whatever vehicle he creates to achieve that).
November 14, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Here's my prediction:
The files, when they are public will show nothing we didn't know already.
Trump's supporters will wave their hands and explain it all away to themselves, and will vote him in again (using whatever vehicle he creates to achieve that).
The files, when they are public will show nothing we didn't know already.
Trump's supporters will wave their hands and explain it all away to themselves, and will vote him in again (using whatever vehicle he creates to achieve that).
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Whole fucking thing makes me sick to my stomach. An abject fucking liar, a man who lies as easily as he fucking breathes, threatening an organisation which strives for truthfulness. And plastic patriots like the Mail and Farage urging him on. Jackels.
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Whole fucking thing makes me sick to my stomach. An abject fucking liar, a man who lies as easily as he fucking breathes, threatening an organisation which strives for truthfulness. And plastic patriots like the Mail and Farage urging him on. Jackels.
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What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
I caught Bohemian Rhapsody (the song!) on YouTube. Just a stupid reaction video "my 14 yr old daughter listens for the first time"
I have heard this track so, so many times. When i was a kid, it was on tv and radio perma play, more recently I've dissected to death.
But damn, it hits every time.
I have heard this track so, so many times. When i was a kid, it was on tv and radio perma play, more recently I've dissected to death.
But damn, it hits every time.
November 8, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I caught Bohemian Rhapsody (the song!) on YouTube. Just a stupid reaction video "my 14 yr old daughter listens for the first time"
I have heard this track so, so many times. When i was a kid, it was on tv and radio perma play, more recently I've dissected to death.
But damn, it hits every time.
I have heard this track so, so many times. When i was a kid, it was on tv and radio perma play, more recently I've dissected to death.
But damn, it hits every time.
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oh this is a silly / wonderful read
www.frenchclasses.com/tablettes-de...
www.frenchclasses.com/tablettes-de...
The English language doesn’t exist – it’s just French that’s badly pronounced
www.frenchclasses.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:52 AM
oh this is a silly / wonderful read
www.frenchclasses.com/tablettes-de...
www.frenchclasses.com/tablettes-de...
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BBC News - Oldest victim of Post Office scandal, 92, receives final payout
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Oldest victim of Post Office scandal, 92, receives final payout
"I can settle up my affairs. I can turn the heating up full blast, and that will be wonderful," 92-year-old Betty Brown told the BBC.
www.bbc.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:36 AM
BBC News - Oldest victim of Post Office scandal, 92, receives final payout
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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I lost the framed original of this while I was going through St Pancras on Sunday Nov 2nd around 3pm. Would love if it had been found by anyone?
November 5, 2025 at 11:23 AM
I lost the framed original of this while I was going through St Pancras on Sunday Nov 2nd around 3pm. Would love if it had been found by anyone?
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Nigel Farage, whose party recently put a teenager with zero work experience of any kind, in charge of running an entire county, is currently giving a speech railing against "unqualified" politicians being put in charge of Government departments
November 3, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Nigel Farage, whose party recently put a teenager with zero work experience of any kind, in charge of running an entire county, is currently giving a speech railing against "unqualified" politicians being put in charge of Government departments
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People will mock this. But something to note:
When Remembrance Day was introduced, this is EXACTLY what many British WW1 veterans did on it.
They would meet up with old friends and colleagues from their units. Talk. Laugh. Cry. Toast those not there and get joyously, and utterly shitfaced. /1
When Remembrance Day was introduced, this is EXACTLY what many British WW1 veterans did on it.
They would meet up with old friends and colleagues from their units. Talk. Laugh. Cry. Toast those not there and get joyously, and utterly shitfaced. /1
November 4, 2025 at 8:37 AM
People will mock this. But something to note:
When Remembrance Day was introduced, this is EXACTLY what many British WW1 veterans did on it.
They would meet up with old friends and colleagues from their units. Talk. Laugh. Cry. Toast those not there and get joyously, and utterly shitfaced. /1
When Remembrance Day was introduced, this is EXACTLY what many British WW1 veterans did on it.
They would meet up with old friends and colleagues from their units. Talk. Laugh. Cry. Toast those not there and get joyously, and utterly shitfaced. /1
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Delighted to say that an updated and expanded version of my series on one of the most extraordinary acts in aviation history will be running on The Up Front over the coming weeks.
And even better: it's now completely free to read.
And even better: it's now completely free to read.
In December 1941, Pan Am flight 18602 was trapped the wrong side of the Pacific by the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
To get home, her civilian crew would need to do the near-impossible: circumnavigate the world in commercial seaplane.
In our new series, we tell tell their remarkable story.
To get home, her civilian crew would need to do the near-impossible: circumnavigate the world in commercial seaplane.
In our new series, we tell tell their remarkable story.
The Long Way Round: The remarkable journey of the California Clipper, Part 1
In 1941, the Japanese attacked Hawaii, leaving Pan Am flight 18602 trapped the wrong side of Pearl Harbour, To get home, its civilian crew would have to do something incredible: circumnavigate the wor...
theupfront.media
October 31, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Delighted to say that an updated and expanded version of my series on one of the most extraordinary acts in aviation history will be running on The Up Front over the coming weeks.
And even better: it's now completely free to read.
And even better: it's now completely free to read.
I was most disappointed to discover that Teams doesn't have any Halloween-themed overlays. Talk about a missed opportunity, you'd not catch google missing that one.
October 31, 2025 at 10:56 AM
I was most disappointed to discover that Teams doesn't have any Halloween-themed overlays. Talk about a missed opportunity, you'd not catch google missing that one.
Anyone have news from west Jamaica? Most of the news I've seen is "Melissa is about to make landfall" then nothing afterwards.
Tbf people are probably busy, and updating their socials is their last concern.
A report on bbc has before/after satellite imagery, but not much on the ground.
Tbf people are probably busy, and updating their socials is their last concern.
A report on bbc has before/after satellite imagery, but not much on the ground.
October 31, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Anyone have news from west Jamaica? Most of the news I've seen is "Melissa is about to make landfall" then nothing afterwards.
Tbf people are probably busy, and updating their socials is their last concern.
A report on bbc has before/after satellite imagery, but not much on the ground.
Tbf people are probably busy, and updating their socials is their last concern.
A report on bbc has before/after satellite imagery, but not much on the ground.
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This was so witty and human. What an absolute hero. open.substack.com/pub/bestforb...
A week before my wedding, I woke up with facial paralysis
‘Apart from having to drink my pints through a straw, occasionally needing to wear an eyepatch and the classical guitarist nobody could hear, I wouldn’t have changed a thing about the big day.’ - Nial...
open.substack.com
October 30, 2025 at 9:18 AM
This was so witty and human. What an absolute hero. open.substack.com/pub/bestforb...
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Police have investigated over 1 000 avoidable baby deaths in NHS England, none in Edinburgh and none in Scotland where ‘maternity failings’ pay-outs are tellingly less than half, per head, those in England talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/10/29/p...
Police have investigated over 1 000 avoidable baby deaths in NHS England, none in Edinburgh and none in Scotland where ‘maternity failings’ pay-outs are tellingly less than half, per head, those in En...
of the UK’s busiest maternity units, claiming staff shortages and a culture of mistrust led to patients being harmed. Professor John Robertson OBA BBC Scotland is headlining today: Damning re…
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Police have investigated over 1 000 avoidable baby deaths in NHS England, none in Edinburgh and none in Scotland where ‘maternity failings’ pay-outs are tellingly less than half, per head, those in England talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/10/29/p...
Watched the first non-pilot episode of Taggart last night. No wonder the series took off, it has some cracking lines in there, a great mix of crime and gritty humour.
October 29, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Watched the first non-pilot episode of Taggart last night. No wonder the series took off, it has some cracking lines in there, a great mix of crime and gritty humour.
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散歩する犬🐶
Good morning! The rain has stopped in Tokyo this morning, so I was able to go for a walk. Masuke is doing well. The osmanthus is in full bloom.
Good morning! The rain has stopped in Tokyo this morning, so I was able to go for a walk. Masuke is doing well. The osmanthus is in full bloom.
October 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
散歩する犬🐶
Good morning! The rain has stopped in Tokyo this morning, so I was able to go for a walk. Masuke is doing well. The osmanthus is in full bloom.
Good morning! The rain has stopped in Tokyo this morning, so I was able to go for a walk. Masuke is doing well. The osmanthus is in full bloom.
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And yet the opposite is true. Only a quarter of tax is income tax. The majority is taxes poor people cannot avoid such as VAT. The upshot is that, as a percentage of income, the poorest pay the most tax & the richest the least, and that does not consider the ability of the rich to hide income abroad
I’m surprised that we don’t pay taxes by using a parabolic curve equation
By which I mean the more money you have the greater percentage of tax you should pay
It’s not rocket science
It’s basic maths
By which I mean the more money you have the greater percentage of tax you should pay
It’s not rocket science
It’s basic maths
“If you want growth, don’t put up taxes” - Rishi Sunak, Sunday Times,
Super rich bloke who doesn’t like paying taxes says what you would expect a super rich bloke who doesn’t like taxes to say.
Sunday times, why give him a platform?
Most of us are willing to pay more tax to have public services
Super rich bloke who doesn’t like paying taxes says what you would expect a super rich bloke who doesn’t like taxes to say.
Sunday times, why give him a platform?
Most of us are willing to pay more tax to have public services
October 26, 2025 at 1:23 PM
And yet the opposite is true. Only a quarter of tax is income tax. The majority is taxes poor people cannot avoid such as VAT. The upshot is that, as a percentage of income, the poorest pay the most tax & the richest the least, and that does not consider the ability of the rich to hide income abroad
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Whatever the haters say Jess Phillips is one of the best. Along with Angela Rayner and Rachel Reeves. Labour’s women are powerful and some men have a real problem with that. Says everything about them.
October 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Whatever the haters say Jess Phillips is one of the best. Along with Angela Rayner and Rachel Reeves. Labour’s women are powerful and some men have a real problem with that. Says everything about them.
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Labour can completely win in 2029.
Strangely, the path to a second term is buried in the Caerphilly result.
Here’s a simple explainer:
Strangely, the path to a second term is buried in the Caerphilly result.
Here’s a simple explainer:
October 24, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Labour can completely win in 2029.
Strangely, the path to a second term is buried in the Caerphilly result.
Here’s a simple explainer:
Strangely, the path to a second term is buried in the Caerphilly result.
Here’s a simple explainer:
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“A Led By Donkeys spokesperson said: “It’s good the police now accept it’s not illegal to project a film about Donald Trump’s close relationship with America’s most notorious child sex trafficker on to a wall.”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Police take no further action against men arrested for Trump Windsor projections
Investigation ends after Led By Donkeys stunt highlighting the US president’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:48 PM
“A Led By Donkeys spokesperson said: “It’s good the police now accept it’s not illegal to project a film about Donald Trump’s close relationship with America’s most notorious child sex trafficker on to a wall.”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Parade Of Great Guitarists: Poison Ivy of The Cramps
open.substack.com/pub/timnapal...
'She’s the Queen of the Psychedelic Jungle, Punkabilly Rebel, and Garage Goddess. And was The Cramps’ leader, though the planet hardly acknowledged it.'
open.substack.com/pub/timnapal...
'She’s the Queen of the Psychedelic Jungle, Punkabilly Rebel, and Garage Goddess. And was The Cramps’ leader, though the planet hardly acknowledged it.'
Parade Of Great Guitarists: Poison Ivy of The Cramps
She’s the Queen of the Psychedelic Jungle, Punkabilly Rebel, and Garage Goddess. And was The Cramps’ leader, though the planet hardly acknowledged it.
open.substack.com
October 20, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Parade Of Great Guitarists: Poison Ivy of The Cramps
open.substack.com/pub/timnapal...
'She’s the Queen of the Psychedelic Jungle, Punkabilly Rebel, and Garage Goddess. And was The Cramps’ leader, though the planet hardly acknowledged it.'
open.substack.com/pub/timnapal...
'She’s the Queen of the Psychedelic Jungle, Punkabilly Rebel, and Garage Goddess. And was The Cramps’ leader, though the planet hardly acknowledged it.'
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Devil & Sons End of the Road Stratocaster
October 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Devil & Sons End of the Road Stratocaster
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October 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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