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Ex (not very good) youth worker and (slightly more useful) manager of youth workers. Edinburgh & SW France. Opinionated.
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If MPs are to continue to flog their influence and contacts, maybe: The date, time and place of the auction should be advertised - so we all could bid? It should be conducted by a professional auctioneer - to reassure those of us with suspicious minds? bbc.com/news/article...

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Ofgem's energy pricing formula enabled companies to make £514bn operating profit. Price of electricity determined by the most expensive input i.e. gas. Electricity from wind, solar, nuclear, biomass, hydro cheaper but price determined by cost of gas. Customers ripped-off. Companies make billions.

submitted 4 days ago • 15 comments

I'm looking to re-invest both my rainy day £2 coins. Does anyone know of a socially responsible under-bus cleansing and last rites company? www.bbc.com/news/article...

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Israel’s ousted Shin Bet head makes clear that “the war's continuation, on multiple fronts, was for Netanyahu's personal benefit. He is actually worried about a hostage deal that would return all 59 hostages held by Hamas, since this could bring down his…coalition.” www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

submitted 7 days ago • 9 comments

Keir Starmer orders UK economic reset amid Donald Trump’s tariff mayhem. It must not mean more austerity and benefit cuts. Must mean direct state investment in infrastructure, not PFI. Must mean redistribution of wealth to boost spending power of the bottom 50% of the population.

submitted 7 days ago • 49 comments

Jewish students were leading the protest because "the attacks on our international students, on students of color, have been so fierce, so dangerous, so disproportionate that we are the only students who can be here right now taking this risk." www.commondreams.org/news/columbi...

submitted 10 days ago • 5 comments

IF, and it's not clear yet, IF Trump has shaken Starmer out of his commitment to Thatcherite superstition, THEN, maybe, Trump gets 5 minutes off his eternal damnation (towards the end of the sentence?) www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Attorney General Seeks Death Penalty For All UnitedHealthcare Customers

submitted 11 days ago • 646 comments

No-one wakes up and decides to pay thousands to risk their life crammed into an overcrowded dinghy crossing one of the world's busiest shipping routes for fun. Until Labour starts ensuring there are safer and simpler alternatives to seek asylum in UK everything else is performative. #r4today

submitted 13 days ago • 11 comments

Will Trump's golf schedule allow a rushed visit to the Dover Air Base? If so, will he be able to resist calling the service men & women "losers"?

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

It really isn't. Most corruption is sneaky & subtle. It happens behind closed doors, without recording equipment, often on the basis of unspoken understandings. This Musk shit is what corruption would look like if it was being dramatised by primary school children for their end of year play.

submitted 13 days ago • 30 comments

Upcoming Executive Orders: 1) Pardoning Marine Le Pen 2) Ordering France to deport the judges and prosecutors involved (or face triple tariffs)

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments