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Assisted dying passes by 314 votes to 291 Or, if you prefer, British politics’s favourite ratio: 52-48

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Assisted Dying Bill passes Third Reading 314 to 291.

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MPs are voting on third reading of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill at third reading

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Russia: fails to defend valuable airframes from an admittedly sophisticated attack by a foreign intelligence service UK: hold my beer/e-scooter

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in this week's newsletter: something new! I took myself to Budapest to see what life is like in the city, to try and understand why Hungarians keep voting for Fidesz, and to find out more about Péter Magyar, the man who may beat Orbán next year: youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/european-d...

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Obviously it's a tragedy when musicians die young but on the plus side, at least Kurt / Amy et al never lived to embarrass themselves like this

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the man from Del Monte, he say "don't kill granny"

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MPs are facing perhaps the most important choice they will make as parliamentarians - whether to legalise assisted dying The strength of feeling in Parliament has produced some of the most thoughtful and impassioned debate I've witnessed - join me for full coverage @SkyNews

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It's a gift to comic songwriters that MicroStrategy rhymes with South Sea

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To celebrate the publication of my new book, THE ART OF A LIE, I'm doing a giveaway of one of my signed author hardbacks, together with signed paperbacks of my first three novels, BLOOD & SUGAR, DAUGHTERS OF NIGHT, and THE SQUARE OF SEVENS. Follow and retweet to enter. UK only 🍍

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Trump is boxed in because if he doesn't bomb Iran he looks like a pussy and if he does bomb Iran half his base are going to be pissed off. My IR degree from the OU was 5 years and several thousand £££ well spent I'm sure you'll agree.

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You’re burying the lede deeper than an Iranian centrifuge here chaps

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In the 5pm at Ascot, "Wolf of Badenoch" finished 26th out of 30: behind "Fifth Column", "Tribal Nation" and "Defence Minister."

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Gotta smile at this from my old shop. Somewhere in the jungle, the war continues...

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Four possible ways to deal with the Iranian underground uranium enrichment and ending the war with Israel. My blog markurban.substack.com/p/four-ways-...

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Las Vegas had Sinatra and Elvis We had this

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Sigh. In Finland conscription actually has an equality-boosting effect because all male citizens have to do it and the treatment is the same for everyone, regardless of their family’s wealth. Also a big legal issue in Finland is whether conscript can be sent abroad (so far the answer is no).

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Why are Tories suddenly using the term "white british" in debates on immgration and citizenship? www.ft.com/content/aceb...

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Oh man, ChatGPT doesn't want to do my tedious manual task for me because it will be too tedious and time-consuming. Suggesting I do it instead. I feel like this isn't what I was promised??!

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APPARENTLY IT'S HOTTER THAN GREECE, LISA

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General Boles vs The Heat (The Heat won) 🏃‍♂️🌞💦

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Dog loves swimming and anything to do with water so to break up my transcribing I got the paddling pool out for her. Will she go in it? She will not. 'God, mother, you're so embarrassing.'

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Trump is boxed in because if he doesn't bomb Iran he looks like a pussy and if he does bomb Iran half his base are going to be pissed off. My IR degree from the OU was 5 years and several thousand £££ well spent I'm sure you'll agree.

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NEW: A follow up to W1A (and Twenty Twelve). It's .... Twenty Twenty Six, which will follow Ian Fletcher in the run-up to the 2026 World Cup. Hugh Bonneville is to reprise his role as Ian Fletcher, with the series written by John Morton. Yeah good, yeah good, good good yeah.

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I post my "Bluesky is dying" article on Twitter and sit back smugly as it's shown to 274 of my 80,000 followers, receiving two likes, on retweet, and an anime avatar called lolitas1488 telling me my inferior skullshape means I belong in the camps.

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2028 IR exam question "In 2025, to what extent did President Trump's unwillingness to look like a cuck contribute to America's military campaign against Iran" 1500 words, no AI

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I’ve heard it a few times now and I still can’t believe how they’re pronouncing DAZN

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This is Shadow Defence Secretary James Cartilidge holding up his fingers to illustrate how many people in a thousand know who he is.

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Last 48 hours before the assisted dying bill and the pro side feeling very confident. There will be a major push from both tomorrow to engage the last few genuinely undecideds. Those against the bill think there is still a chance, even in the chamber itself. Expect more abstentions too.

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Profile Pic v IRL

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This is Shadow Defence Secretary James Cartilidge holding up his fingers to illustrate how many people in a thousand know who he is.

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