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Enoch Powell was a (proud) racialist. Keir Starmer isn’t. When did we lose the art of calibrated and nuanced debate ? My column. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/699...

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Who would have guessed www.thelondoneconomic.com/lifestyle/su...

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On Word of Mouth, tomorrow, Sunday, May 18 20.00 we look at the full stop: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Labour Digital

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michaelrosenblog.blogspot.com/2025/05/why-...

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Well this is exciting! The first Notorious in the wild

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If you’re doing an exciting dig, please get in touch - and we’re interested in post-ex stories too. This is a chance to showcase your work, your discoveries and your passion on BBC Two, sharing UK archaeology with wide audiences here and abroad. Contact us: [email protected]

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Exactly. Just as Tim Snyder always says about Putin.

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This is what healthcare would look like under a Farage lead government youtube.com/watch?v=fTgj...

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Top Tory Chris Philp has admitted Brexit made it harder to return asylum seekers Will this admission finally open the door to an honest and frank discussion about the harm Brexit has caused?

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This can’t be repeated enough

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Unless they were killed or injured when attacked by J6 criminals.

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Rupert Lowe, "I think Nigel Farage is running a cult" "It's the cult of Nigel" "Anyone who basically has different opinion is effectively expunged from being a threat to the cult" "I've concluded that Nigel is a narcissist, a cultist, he puts Nigel ahead of everything"

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BREAKING: Prime Minister Keir Starmer says Putin is 'dragging his heels' after he failed to meet Zelenskyy for face-to-face talks on Thursday 'For me this is clear evidence Putin doesn't seriously want peace' EU leaders are meeting today to discuss tougher sanctions against Russia

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There's going to be a brilliant comedy gig in Exeter on Wednesday 21 May featuring Mike Wozniak, Spencer Jones and a bunch of other comedians, to raise funds for the the comedy festival in June. There are plenty of tickets left so please spread the word! www.exetercornexchange.co.uk/whats-on/exe...

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I’m one of those dodgy immigrants who came here on a spouse visa and got indefinite leave to remain after 12 months. The incalculable harm I have done to the UK includes dedicating my life to public service, educating thousands of British young people, and paying more tax than I’ll ever get back.

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Photos from the brilliant Cockfosters Play at the Southwark Playhouse Borough. I hosted a Q&A with writers Hamish Clayton and Tom Woffenden at the end show! Photos by @geofftech.bsky.social

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Dr Rupa Huq, "Fans shouldn't just be seen as cash cows for profiteers that can enter the market by hoovering up tickets and making a killing by reselling them" "People who love their band, or team, irrespective of what they're going to see, need consumer protection"

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I'm in Hereford this week with this show. Touring details on my website www.michaelrosen.co.uk Hope you can come!

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A brilliant summary of what his country would really get with Farage and Reform.

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Got round to reading Farage two page “manifesto” in yesterday’s Mail. Populist slogans/unfunded promises strung together in a piece designed to portray 🇬🇧 as third world. But how about this for nerve from Mr Brexit? “The casual lies and careless attitudes of our political class have let people down”.

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United Utilities in use 'less water' warning as reservoir levels drop. UU has 205 criminal convictions. It loses 175bn litres to leaky pipes, built no new reservoirs, paid excessive dividends, neglected Investment. Wants people to pay more for less. No national plan for water security.

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Can someone tell them it's 2025 - FFS. www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic...

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'how surprising!' literally no one exclaimed

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It will probably come as no surprise to anyone to hear that Reform UK’s policies add up to an agenda of fiscal recklessness that rivals, and may well exceed, the disastrous 49-day, hair-raising, market-tanking premiership of Liz Truss in 2022 econ.st/42WSuLG

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Confronted with a choice of cutting taxes for second homes owners or funding eg youth clubs for working class kids Farage chooses... 👇🏻

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The question everybody needs to be asking is this: How does Farage as leader just get away with it? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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“If this was any other country, would we want anything to do with it?” As the UK secures a trade deal with the US, @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social outlines the other activities of the Trump administration this week.

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When you make a Monty Python co-founder laugh out loud. 💕

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When you have not even the most basic understanding between VE day and VJ day... and the difference between the two

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Man in black top tears into Reform and calls out Brexit for the disaster that it is #BBCQT

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Going to be unpopular opinion - but I think Starmer’s administration did a good job saving steel and call exporters to the US, while resisting any dilution of internet or food standards. Playing to Trump’s ego can sometimes work. But our future lies with closer ties to the EU

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staffers are still cleaning up the Kristi Noem mess after she got gutted/filleted by @chrismurphyct.bsky.social this is A MOMENT. #MustWatch 🧢 @trumpfile.org

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A) Zero B) Five C) Nine @mrjamesob.bsky.social invites listeners to guess how many remote jobs Reform are currently advertising, despite being 'fiercely anti-working from home'.

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And are these diversity officers in the room with you now Andrea?

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Kemi Badenoch, "What we are not going to do is rush out and tell the public things that are not true, just so we can win votes" 😅 - Where do you even start with this nonsense

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Rubio publicly criticizing an ally for cracking down on right-wing extremism. And Germany hitting back. We are in a new world

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As @samfr.bsky.social notes the last thing many of those elected as Reform Councillors on Thursday want to do is the actual grind of being a Councillor. My North London experience of decades avoiding just that... wp.me/p15p2Q-e5Z

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Occasionally I make bits of music for my own entertainment. soundcloud.com/moosechoons/...

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Beverley Mort, "I just don't agree with Reform's policies. I really don't. Any of them. Well I say any of them I've only really heard them talk about one, which is immigration" Emma Fairclough, "I work in the care industry and these immigrants are the nicest people you can ever meet"

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Art historians - it looks like the Getty Provenance Index, one of our most indispensable tools, has become almost unusable thanks to a new update. Our best hope is they retain the old version. www.arthistorynews.com/articles/870...

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Quite the compliment coming from one of my favorite accounts on this platform. Thanks for all you do, Rick! From your fan, Mar🐫

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'Labour has nothing to gain from trying to out-Reform Reform' TUC General Secretary urges Keir Starmer to push through popular reforms that will cut through Nigel Farage's hallow posturing - rather than shifting to the right www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

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At least there is this.

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‘Labour must start speaking about extent of Brexit damage’ – Andy Burnham www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/and...

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