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Wales will be disproportionately hit by the UK Government’s welfare cuts, with cuts to PIP in particular pushing more and more vulnerable people into poverty. Labour MPs should grow a backbone and follow Plaid Cymru in voting against these cruel cuts.

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If it's true, you may wish to write to your MP with a variant of the following statement: "I voted Labour in 2024 to get the Tories out. I did not vote Labour on the basis of the Labour manifesto. Unless Labour change stance on X, Y and Z, I will not vote Labour again at the next general election."

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Iran accuses IAEA of fuelling Israeli attacks with ‘biased’ nuclear reports - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/iran-accuses-iaea-fuelling-israeli-attacks-biased-nuclear-reports

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This a problem that effects the executive-managerial class: 1. You get rewarded in your current job for cutting staff under the guise of ‘efficiency’. 2. To climb the ladder or move somewhere more prestigious, you need a big shiny thing to point to. This thinking has infected politics too

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Labour: - We found £16 billion for housing - We're pouring tens of billions into Sizewell C - We greenlit umpteen billion more for the HS2 black hole etc. etc. Also Labour: - No, we're still dead set on hurting vulnerable people and people with disabilities to save a few billion. Full steam ahead.

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The LINO Party aka the Continuity Conservative Party. Here to make the rich richer, and the poor poorer.

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People think the discourse for war on Iran is dumb, but trust me, it will get worse. We as a nation do not win wars, but we do make ourselves look utterly foolish while losing. Historical evidence

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Israel is being portrayed as the victim as it launches a war of aggression against Iran. It's committing genocide, invading its neighbours, committing every war crime under the sun. Feel like you're losing your mind? Well, you're not. New column 👇 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Angela Rayner was given several opportunities at today's PMQs to confirm that the UK would not join the USA in bombing Iran, if that happens in the near future. Every time, she ducked the question instead.

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This is a joke country, bent on declinism for the many while a parallel society of have-mores and perma-toffs will never experience the rot. A union made of decay.

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Obama signed a Nuclear Deal with Iran that meant they would never get a Nuclear weapon. Donald Trump tore it up. Now he wants to wage a war for a problem he created.

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You’re. And yes, I’m British.

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FOCUS-GOPra Nostra -crime syndicate posing as a political party. Not frontman Felon who they reinstated to outrage/distract as they execute coup STOP TAKING THE BAIT. AUDIT/PROTEST IN STATE GOP MAKE THESE TREASONOUS COUP FACILITATORS PAY mtg- 700k -22 gym J - reported up to 50M DBL Sue - over 40M

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Always.

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My partner & I were trying to ID a bird we heard while walking and the guy who had stopped his car to let us pass got out and was like "it's a frog, actually. Cope's Gray. I do frog surveys... Sorry" And then got in his car without a word and drove off. Absolute king

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China will be watching Iran very carefully. If the U.S. and Israel can take out Iran, why can’t China take Taiwan?

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Democide Doctors at Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals nationwide could refuse to treat unmarried veterans and Democrats under guidelines imposed by Donald Trump. The rules also apply to psychologists, dentists and a host of other occupation. When hatred becomes the basis of politics.

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In 2003, we had to watch the war on CNN and scream obscenities at the rear-projection TV. "But Iraq doesn't have any weapons of mass destruction," we'd yell as the president Bush struggled to pronounce words in English.

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Building in central Israel directly hit by missile: Report - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/building-central-israel-directly-hit-missile-report

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BREAKING: Iranian State TV has said: "Tonight, a great surprise will occur, one that the world will remember for centuries."

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Alan Akbar

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‼️ Iranian state TV cryptically warns that “Urgent: A night the world will not forget. Stay tuned.” Rockets have already been launched at Israel 🇮🇱.

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So I just want to be clear that the gentile President's anti-immigrant goons illegally assaulted and kidnapped the leading Jewish candidate for Mayor in New York City for walking into a federal building for the crowd that is keeping track of The Antisemitism Problem

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One of the more maddening parts of the generative AI bubble is that, for it to make sense, it would have to have the combined value of both the smartphone market (around $500bn) and enterprise software (>$250bn) market...combined, and that's effectively what they're promising! Total flimflam

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we are about to enter the golden age of scams, people are going to lose millions

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Amazing. Sometimes, but very rarely, parliament works. #ReproRights #c4News

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That @libertyhq.bsky.social had to go to court to defend democracy against both Conservative and Labour governments is shocking. Now that Labour has FINALLY accepted defeat in this legal challenge the government must now review ALL arrests made under these unlawful powers

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Now That's What I Call Use Cases Vol. 30

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Emails Reveal the Casual Surveillance Alliance Between ICE and Local Police 🔗 www.404media.co/emails-revea...

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🚨A new poll has found 49% of Britons would oppose the UK assisting Israel by helping to shoot down Iranian missiles and drones, while only 25% would support.

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#HRC59, the UN paints a bleak picture of Eritrea: Indefinite forced conscription 🚫 Widespread disappearances & torture 🕵️ Transnational repression 🌍 18% of the population has fled 🛑 End indefinite conscription. Free the disappeared. Protect Eritrean refugees 📢 🔗 docs.un.org/en/A/HRC/59/24

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Kim Terrell exposed how petrochemical companies disproportionately pollute Black communities in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley—which can cause cancer, premature births, and low birth weights.

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Welcome back to Fascist Propaganda 101. Today we’re answering the question: Is protesting…. cringe?

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From Tehran to Tel Aviv: The War Netanyahu Can’t Control #DamoRants #IsraelTerroristState youtu.be/M4J2J9LaF5A

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"Until last week, they were supposed to play in TWO, but the commotion around the militant rappers kept growing. After controversial statements about the genocide in Gaza, some in the media and industry are calling for a boycott. But Kneecap will not be silenced." 3voor12.vpro.nl/artikelen/ov...

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"Iran doesn't have nukes. Israel does. Iran is a signatory to the NPT. Israel isn't. Israel has allowed IAEA inspectors into its country. Israel doesn't." But Israel is the victim? My video for Zeteo on how the media's coverage of this crisis is abysmal & ridiculously biased. zeteo.com/subscribe

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Four days after Israel attacked Iran, both countries are widening their attacks. Meanwhile, Palestinians seeking aid in Gaza continue to be gunned down, while Israel shuts down the West Bank. mondoweiss.net/2025/06/as-c... #Palestine #Israel

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Again, lawsuits are great, & this is good. But Article III cannot solve this unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis. We know this bc Trump openly defies the courts every day. Also, again, the second this stuff is codified in a new bill, it's curtains for 🇺🇸 higher ed bsky.app/profile/mcop...

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Left: Keir Starmer says we don't want Iran to have nuclear weapons Right: Former British Ambassador to Iran Sir Richard John Dalton says that Iran was not on the brink of getting a nuclear weapon Why does this sound like the rhetoric leading up to the Gulf War?

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