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European. Virtue Signaller. History nerd. Trying to save the world: mixed results so far. Being honest, I think the UK has probably run its course as a union of four nations. Views are all my own.
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Of all the things that didn’t happen, this didn’t happen the most. TACO Trump chickened out because bond yields went vertical and he was about to destroy the US economy - not China’s. China found other trading partners to help insulate from Trump’s insanity - we haven’t.

submitted 7 hours ago • 88 comments

This sounds like the kind of story told breathlessly by a six-year-old holding action figures.

submitted 10 hours ago • 106 comments

The elephant seal was reportedly looking to buy in the neighbourhood and wanted to have a look around for himself first.

submitted 12 hours ago • 0 comments

Russians just can't seem to resist stealing stuff. Even if it's a scientific research buoy measuring wave movements. Of course the idiots forget it emits a GPS signal. So we know where they took it. news.err.ee/1609704723/r...

submitted 14 hours ago • 23 comments

This morning I found my trusty Stanley tape measure that's been missing for the best part of a week and which I thought I'd lost forever. These little victories matter when you get to a certain age.

submitted 14 hours ago • 0 comments

In 'aged like skunk roadkill' news

submitted 1 day ago • 38 comments

Best ever yield from a request for comment www.ft.com/content/cc55...

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

The most important achievement of the right in the C21st has been the invention of an all-powerful "establishment" that does not include the editor of the Sunday Telegraph, the world's richest media moguls, the party that was in govt for 14 years, Boris Johnson or the billionaire president of the US

submitted 2 days ago • 23 comments

For noen kan et lite regnbueflagg bety at vi føler oss tryggere. Man ser flagget og tenker; « her kan jeg passe inn» En enkel måte å vite at jeg også blir satt pris på. Veldig fin video Oslo Pride🌈

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submitted 2 days ago • 463 comments

Decent politicians need to push back against Farage's comments on Lucy Connelly. "millions of mothers after Southport feeling exactly the same way"? No. Millions did NOT feel the need to call for mass murder of asylum seekers & we simply cannot allow the idea to be normalised.

submitted 3 days ago • 52 comments

We have been warning you about this man and his links to American anti abortion campaigners. Now the mask is slipping about what he would do - the ONLY way to protect abortion access is to make it a human right. Ask your MP to co sign NC17 to the policing bill now.

submitted 3 days ago • 8 comments

All the people complaining that the police have said the Liverpool driver was white British are the same people who made it necessary for the police to say he was white British.

submitted 3 days ago • 87 comments

Consistently vile person

submitted 3 days ago • 12 comments

. @CNN.com looks like shit right now, and deservedly so, for shamelessly hawking Jake Tapper’s book. This is perfect: “Forgetting about the fact that how fucking weird it is that the news is selling you a book about news they should’ve told you was news a year ago—for free.” ~ Jon Stewart.

submitted 4 days ago • 131 comments

-A living wage -Guaranteed healthcare -The right to join a union -The right to vote -The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family -The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence These are the foundations of real freedom.

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