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From the magnificent North. I champion bottom-up history, I urge young people to think more critically and have realistic aspirations. No time for liars and hyperbole. Much time for roast lamb & mint sauce, single malts, fine wines & real ales.
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BBC News - Winter fuel payment: Three-quarters of pensioners eligible after U-turn - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... The adjustment to the threshold has swung too far. Struggling younger working families are subsidising pensioners already receiving twice their income, which is absurd.

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BBC News - Train firms must stop criminalising 'innocent errors', report finds - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Ticket inspectors can occasionally be too heavy handed but the T&Cs to produce any Railcard on demand and using Off-peak tickets before 10am seem crystal clear to me.

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This is what it's like to live in a racist society. If the perpetrator is white, they're just some lone madman whose actions have no political implication. If they're an immigrant - in particular a dark-skinned Muslim immigrant - they represent their group and are part of a political attack.

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Yes, they can't do this forever. But prison overcrowding, crumbling infrastructure and an NHS on its knees? That's the legacy of 14 years of Conservative rule. And not something that can be fixed in 10 months.

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The Israeli govt says: “There is no hunger in Gaza” UN tells us 14,000 babies at risk of death from malnourishment Can our press now stop quoting the Israeli Govt’s line as anything but naked lies and propaganda?

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The unbelievable condescension we’re already seeing today towards working class people- suggesting they don’t travel to Europe or their kids might not want to go to university and study in Europe- is quite something to behold.

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Worth watching this on C4 again: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Why are our media so obsessed with Britain's Royal family? It used to boost newspaper sales but they've plummeted now. I wish no harm but this stuff really doesn't matter any more and they cost us £millions. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Has anyone checked the cognitive and physical health of this White House Doctor? www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Andrew Sullivan: “Once you grasp Trump as an elected monarch, his full rebuke to the very idea of America comes into clearer view. He is precisely — almost uncannily — what this country was founded to oppose: an arbitrary, corrupt, mendacious, and utterly incompetent king”

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Trump caved again. NEW: Smartphones, computers, semiconductors, solar cells, flat-panel TV displays, and other electronic devices and components will be exempt from Donald Trump’s 145% tariff on goods from China-CNBC

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Maybe electing someone who pretended to be a successful businessman on TV but went bankrupt 6 times was not a good idea.

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