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The older I get the less I think I know and the more comfortable I am with that.
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🔴‘Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves Must Abandon Their Trumpian Obsession with Economic Growth’ Prioritising growth over all other considerations will only widen economic inequality and deepen already cavernous social crises, argues Neal Lawson bylinetimes.com/2025/01/28/k...

submitted 26 days ago • 26 comments

Is this so different from Mark Zuckerberg losing 40,000 fact checkers as he kowtows to Trump?

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WaPo cartoonist resigns after Post rejects her cartoon of billionaires paying tribute to Donald Trump, one of whom happens to be her boss, Jeff Bezos. Satire has literally died. anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...

submitted 50 days ago • 51 comments

We're nearly at the first full calendar year-end of the Gaza war. The normalisation of both (i) the enormous bloodshed (ii) and journalists still not being allowed in by the Israeli govt to report as to what's happening have been some of the grimmer features of the year.

submitted 62 days ago • 33 comments

The House Ethics Committee report just alleged that Gaetz paid a 17-year-old girl, a minor, to engage in sexual activity with him. But sure, Hammer of Justice. Got it.

submitted 62 days ago • 395 comments

Is it just me or is this “Christmas jumper” thing out of hand now?

submitted 64 days ago • 0 comments

December 21st 1924, a century ago today. Good news from the New York Times: the far right threat posed by Adolf Hitler is no longer something to worry sbout

submitted 64 days ago • 16 comments

I mean, it's not like we weren't warned there would be fascism.

submitted 67 days ago • 30 comments

'There's money behind money' - this is what is so alarming about the Observer sale to Tortoise. Where's the independence from corporations and oligarchs? It looks like we're moving from client journalism to a captive, concierge media bylinetimes.com/2024/12/18/t...

submitted 67 days ago • 6 comments

Indeed. Shameful. archive.ph/heEZ7

submitted 68 days ago • 4 comments

Quite a list. Down in the weeds. But the take home is that despite a hostile media, this Labour government is pretty busy.

submitted 68 days ago • 0 comments

Perfect! Why we still have male dominated legislatures generations after women were allowed out of the kitchen is beyond me. And a total tragedy for mankind.

submitted 72 days ago • 0 comments

This is (slightly) good news - worst case scenario less likely. BUT I’m seeing more focus than ever on tipping points - there is a real risk that we (finally) do enough to get back to a sustainable planet, only to find the planet has moved its goal posts. open.substack.com/pub/theclima...

submitted 74 days ago • 0 comments

Dear #co-op food, Please stop your self-checkout machines blathering on. It’s a pointless cacophony that hurts staff, customers and you! All you need is one question “do you want spoken guidance, yes/no”.

submitted 75 days ago • 0 comments

The only way Starmer can bury, rather than appease, the vile hard-right populism of Farridge.

submitted 76 days ago • 8 comments

We constantly spend money to get time, and spend time to get money. But what is the right exchange rate?

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Anyone else troubled by the uncanny similarities between the jubilant Syrians today and the jubilant Iraqis after the fall of Saddam? Key difference maybe - it was a local boy who did the toppling. But still unsettling. So much optimism. So much risk. Good luck to Syria and all Syrians.

submitted 77 days ago • 0 comments

NEW 🚨 Britain's electoral laws are broken - but successive governments have done nothing Musk's proposed $100million donation to Nigel Farage shows we are on the cusp of a real crisis for British democracy But it can be fixed. Here's how, by me democracyforsale.substack.com/p/musks-100m...

submitted 84 days ago • 80 comments

Would save money. Ease pressure on councils. And reduce human suffering. Only reason for not doing this is bureaucratic conservatism and political timidity. www.standard.co.uk/news/winter-...

submitted 84 days ago • 8 comments

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🔴‘The Police Questioning of Allison Pearson Is a Sign of the Criminal Justice System at Its Best’ The idea Alison Pearson should have avoided investigation simply because of her job at the Daily Telegraph is abhorrent to natural justice, argues lawyer Gareth Roberts bylinetimes.com/2024/11/20/t...

submitted 95 days ago • 15 comments

Actually mind boggling that this lot will be running one of the most powerful countries in the world At least in UK politics, the Cabinet, to a degree, is made up of elected people and not just chums of the Prime Minister #Politics

submitted 98 days ago • 4 comments