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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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Great point here from Mike Casey in this @marcdaalder scoop. “If 80% of NZ rooftops had rooftop solar, it would buy us another 29 days’ worth of storage in our hydro lakes – which would have halved the wholesale rate of electricity last year.” newsroom.co.nz/2025/05/12/g...

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Israel is preventing the WHO from sending incubators into Gaza. Think about how savage, how barbaric, how evil, you have to be to defend that and defend the government doing that.

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Truth to power 👇

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What the f…. !

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When Trump and DOGE take a chainsaw to the IRS, remember that this is who they're really helping. https://itep.org/what-corporations-have-to-gain-from-the-gutting-of-the-irs/

submitted 3 days ago • 55 comments

When the HHS Secretary is telling the American public that trusting expert scientists is not a function of democracy, it’s well and truly over for science in the USA. I can’t stress this enough. If scientific expertise is believed to be an enemy to democracy, we are finished. Complete catastrophe.

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Putin enabled by Trump. Netanyahu aided and abetted by Trump. What a seriously fkd up World we currently live in www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

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1/ The US government has ordered the Swedish city of Stockholm to end its diversity, inclusivity and equality (DEI) programmes within 10 days. The city authorities say the demand is "bizarre" and they won't be complying. ⬇️

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The Regulatory Standards Bill would, in effect, place the Ministry and Minister for Regulation between every single other non-Treasury Department and their ability to make policy. It's a choke point of right wing ideology. If it passes, Labour/Greens/etc need to commit to repealing it, week one.

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

Unfortunately, I Think This Is True….

submitted 6 days ago • 588 comments

‘Government should be the last port of call for a problem its people have’ - judge David Harvey RNZ —- absolute classic Neo Liberal think tank stuff lol

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Only one of these two members of Congress below have been censured by Congress for alleged bigotry. Guess which one?

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The conservative wannabe-Trump opposition leaders in both Canada and Australia lost both their bids to become prime minister - but also their own seats! To quote ⁦‪Rick Wilson‬⁩: everything Trump touches dies.

submitted 9 days ago • 215 comments

UK Labour Govt so pathetically sad (looking to cut student asylum appns to appease the Reform loons) drippy bland Lib Dems now more progressive. Good god.

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🚨 Good news for animals and humans! 🚨 The world’s largest funder of medical research - the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has just launched a bold new initiative to advance human-based science and reduce animal use in research. 📖 Read more via our latest blog below!

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“Warmer temperatures are expected in all parts of the world. The impact will vary-more wildfires - more rain New Zealand, data suggests a range of extreme weather events are increasing in frequency and severity. In turn, these affect agriculture, horticulture, fisheries, forestry, and tourism.”

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LOVE. "🤭🤣👀 So David wants to slash 'bloated' ministerial line-up; let's start with the Minister of Regulation. 👀🤭🤣" @tepaatimaori.bsky.social

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Old rich man dies — I have nothing to say

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NEW: Former employees of a Nike clothing factory in Cambodia said they sometimes saw two or three people taken to an onsite clinic in a day. One described how he carried workers who were too weak to walk. By @robwdavis.bsky.social

submitted 12 days ago • 28 comments

It’s actually amazing how - he said, she said, 🤷🏼 bland the BBC has become of late - looking at you BBC world radio , pathetically utterly useless !

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As a kinda prominent Jew in New Zealand, I've received plenty of death threats, rape threats and other violent threats. I've never received one from a Muslim person.

submitted 12 days ago • 20 comments

This is incredibly dangerous what the actual fuck

submitted 13 days ago • 36 comments

A remarkable exchange, but this cuts off an important last line: “We have lawyers who don’t want to do this.” The unitary executive is a bunch of unnamed lawyers in a trench coat

submitted 13 days ago • 47 comments