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Only a day to wait before we find out if this happens!

submitted 9 hours ago • 11 comments

Reform UK is proposing a "Britannia card" that would let wealthy foreigners pay a £250k fee to move to the UK, and live here exempt from all tax on their foreign assets What they don't say: it would cost the UK £34bn Report here, and thread below: buff.ly/gpe2Dpf

submitted 14 hours ago • 127 comments

🥾 Visiting Moscar, a grouse moor bordering Sheffield owned by the Duke of Rutland. 🪶 People were angry at the sorry state of the land, due to it being managed for grouse shooting at the expense of all other life 💷 We’re offering the Duke £1 to take it off his hands as it is in such a poor state.

submitted 13 days ago • 2 comments

Parasite becomes aggressive. Sure all the musicians looking at our £0.0003 Spotify payouts for our work are delighted this is what our fans’ money went towards instead, and the fans equally pleased. Artists are always very in favour of war, traditionally.

submitted 1 day ago • 74 comments

AOC: Being taken is wrong, it is illegal, it is a violation of his First Amendment rights, it is an affront to every American, and we will not allow—and will continue to resist—the politicization and the continued political persecution that ICE is engaged in.

submitted 2 days ago • 525 comments

See the plod of the flawed individual looking for a nod from God

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Trump job approval update: Disapprove: 53.1% Approve: 43.7 Net -9.4 (among adults) Close to an all-time high on the disapprove percentage www.gelliottmorris.com/p/data

submitted 4 days ago • 23 comments

Juventus team wheeled into White House with Infantino standing behind Trump as he’s asked questions about terrifying situation related to Iran feels like a new, new low. Even for him. Why put them in this situation? — Do you think the regime there could fall? “Sure, anything could happen.”

submitted 5 days ago • 27 comments

📊 Ref lead of 3pts Westminster voting intention REF: 27% (-2) LAB: 24% (+1) CON: 17% (-) LDEM: 15% (-) GRN: 10% (-) via @YouGov, 15 - 16 Jun Chgs. w/ 09 Jun britainelects.com

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

Despite warnings from the law enforcement not to attend today’s No Kings rally after this mornings shooting of Minnesota lawmakers with the killer on the lose, the No Kings Rally is happening at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul.

submitted 9 days ago • 372 comments

In a significant milestone for the species' recovery, Golden Eagles are returning to northern England for the first time in decades, with young birds from southern Scotland venturing across the border:

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started

submitted 10 days ago • 619 comments

Stop by and say HI if you're around Kings Cross tomorrow night!

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

This guy is just posted up outside of Congress and I’m honestly not sure what his political views are but I agree

submitted 10 days ago • 224 comments

In the latest of our series of interviews with players from the #dcfc 1974/5 Division One title-winning team, we met the Rams' Scotland midfielder, Bruce Rioch. Signed by Dave Mackay from Aston Villa, Bruce played a pivotal role in Derby's second league title. ramstrust.org.uk/wp/ramstrust...

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments

Another one from the archives, and one of my all-time favourites! Pessimism www.patreon.com/posts/131316... Watching #dcfc's penalty shoot-out against Southampton in the 2007 playoff semis...

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

so they've moved along to liberating the city from the governor and the mayor?

submitted 11 days ago • 108 comments

Brian Wilson was my friend and my brother in songwriting. We shared a similar sensibility, as evidenced by his 4 over 5 chord under “Aaaah!” in "Good Vibrations” and mine under "I’m into something good.” We once discussed who used it first, and in the end we decided it didn’t matter. (Continued)

submitted 12 days ago • 47 comments

I thought I'd lost this when I lost derbycountyblog[dot]com, but fortunately, it's now been rescued and archived for posterity: www.patreon.com/posts/131238... A piece I wrote in 2021, when Erik Alonso was posing as a credible buyer of #dcfc from Mel Morris. What a time to be alive that was...

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

Oooh, you mean it's OK to leave, realise it's a mistake, then rejoin? 😉

submitted 16 days ago • 188 comments

I think I have got to the bottom of the curious case of the faked Telegraph article about the rich banker who could not afford school fees, which was first flagged by @ianfraser.bsky.social pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/n...

submitted 17 days ago • 7 comments

great to barely even use this hyperbolically

submitted 18 days ago • 11 comments

Reform UK have announced plans to implement 'DOGE'-style audits in councils they run - although the comparison may prove unpopular, given Britons tend to dislike DOGE Favourable: 15% Unfavourable: 47% Among 2024 Reform UK voters Favourable: 47% Unfavourable: 21% yougov.co.uk/topics/inter...

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

Last year Karl Ove came to visit me, and we climbed the mountain and talked about computers and other things. I don't know then exactly what he was wondering about. Now I do.

submitted 29 days ago • 2 comments

Page One in Des Moines. @jemsinger.bsky.social

submitted 23 days ago • 1587 comments

If you're bored during the off-season, or need a summer holiday read, look no further than my series of books on #dcfc from 2010 onwards. First up, Tens & Nervous Volume 1 (2010 - 2015). The team that Nigel built, the return of the Mac, Wembley and what came after... www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09D5YYKF4

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

"Excellent work as ever for wildlife, shining a light and holding decision makers to account. Thank you Badger Trust & Wild Justice. Those poor bloody badgers" (WJ donor). We're so close to reaching our fundraising target to cover legal costs - £518 needed 🦡🔽 www.crowdjustice.com/case/legal-c...

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

Good visual showing the churn of UK voters since last year’s General Election.

submitted 29 days ago • 127 comments

The Telegraph has deleted the seemingly made-up article titled “We earn £345k but soaring private school fees mean we can’t go on five holidays” featuring “Al & Alexandra Moy” from its website... but, if interested, you can access an archived version here. h/t @alanrew.bsky.social archive.is/s1GPF

submitted 29 days ago • 53 comments

Sunday Times Team Boris are hoping "one of the eight MPs who won more than 50% of the vote would stand aside for him" (Sunday Times) One factual issue with the quality of the campaign planning: only ONE Conservative MP won more than 50% of the vote in July 2024 (Bob Blackman, Harrow East)

submitted 29 days ago • 16 comments

OK. The wait is over - 'Instant Holograms on Metal Film', the new 13-track album by Stereolab, is out now via Duophonic and Warp. Immense thanks to all the folk at Warp, and anyone who buys a disk, streams a track or heads to a show. It's all in your hands now...

submitted 31 days ago • 15 comments

The original Transition EP is now available on streaming. Listen here: music.lnk.to/Vy2nzq Cath Aubergine from the legendary ManchesterMusic.co.uk has written a few words reflecting on the release, far better than we could. Link below: thelongcut.com

submitted 185 days ago • 0 comments

Tories now in fourth place, via YouGov The first time since the nadir of 2019

submitted 34 days ago • 41 comments

Canada, the UK and France have made this statement on Israel and Gaza, condemning the language, actions and plans of the Netanyahu government. This joimt statement must be among the strongest criticism of an Israeli government from a UK government www.gov.uk/government/n...

submitted 35 days ago • 9 comments