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Bruce Mackinnon… Halifax Chronicle-Herald.

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It also plays right into the hands of those who don’t want a confident Europe that takes care of itself. As long as we believe that transactionalism can give us US protection, we won’t do enough to protect ourselves, hence increasing our dependence and our urge to pretend all is ok. Vicious circle.

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Dozens of inauthentic X accounts are posting coordinated, AI-generated content critical of CDU leader Friedrich Merz ahead of the German election, but failing to get any traction. Notably, they all misspell his name "Mertz", and seem to be very keen for Germany to restore energy ties with Russia.

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Additionally, in its legal filing, the MTA stated that in order to revoke the VPPP, the USDOT would need to complete a new EIS to demonstrate that re-increasing congestion in the CBD would have no significant impacts on the environment.

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I'm afraid Wikipedia may soon have to update the "Supported by" section.

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These horrendous pro Trump quislings taking up Putin’s absurd NATO expansion excuse for his publicly stated imperialist ambitions are just shameful but the British ones are the worst of the worst. You don’t even have the excuse of justifying a vote to yourselves, you traitors.

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The art of the deal #wato

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My son went to visit a mosque with his school today. Last week they visited a synagogue. And now I am wrapping gifts for his 10th birthday tomorrow, including books about history &science. Thanking my lucky stars to raise my children in a country where all of this is normal.

submitted 2 days ago • 9 comments

There's a rumour that Nigel Farage is keeping his head down because he's off to a Trump cheerleading conference over the weekend. I’m afraid I’m being proved right- Farage is far more interested in Trump's success than British security. He is a bootlicker and a plastic patriot.

submitted 2 days ago • 270 comments

For the last few weeks, every Monday from 0.00 am to about 2 am my site has been getting thousands of hits (5-7,000) from what appears to be a content scraper - probably AI related - and a very ill mannered one (multiple source IP addresses, fake user agents & platforms).

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oh no oh no oh no oh no storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Former UK Prime Minister Liz Truss speaking at the CPAC conference in Washington right now. The lettuce would have got a bigger audience. (📸 Mikey Smith, Daily Mirror)

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I’m beginning to think Putin has got Trump’s piss tape after all.

submitted 3 days ago • 24 comments

The media are crying out for a serving politician to decry Trump, so here goes: he’s a lying, corrupt, incompetent criminal who is a useful idiot to Putin. Together they are literally destroying the fabric of western democracy and European security. Is any MP prepared to agree?

submitted 3 days ago • 16 comments

BBC.com is there for them - and perhaps later BBC broadcasts on shortwave, listened to at night at low volume ….

submitted 3 days ago • 5 comments

Never underestimate Ukraine. Many did, especially Putin. Trump is making the same mistake - again.

submitted 3 days ago • 125 comments

Trump running America is the political equivalent of letting Dougal do a funeral.

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It’s ironic how Ukrainians can passionately throw mud at each other only to unite in an instant when faced with a grave threat to their dignity, independence, and sovereignty. And the greater the danger, the fiercer is their response.

submitted 3 days ago • 63 comments

So I've lived to see a US President condemn a country for not surrendering immediately to an invading Russian army.

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Sadiq Khan’s overzealous cycling rules ‘hurting City of London’ www.msn.com/en-gb/news/n...

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As Musk sees himself.. as the world sees him. #r4today

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Okay, please stop calling Yalta what's quite frankly can end up being a mixture of Munich and Molotov-Ribbentrop 😃

submitted 4 days ago • 29 comments

Perhaps not everyone here has seen this remarkable & grim artifact which used to be on display in the Home Secretary’s Office, recording death sentences passed in England & Wales & the dates of executions. The motto is from Juvenal: “No delay is long when it concerns the death of a man.”

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Not all letters to judges were ingratiating - see below this sketch of Baron Dowse at the Galway Assizes reading aloud a letter received by him, containing, among other things, an illustration of a coffin with his name on it. Read the letter and his response here: ruthcannon.com/2025/02/18/l...

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if government thinks the judge got the law wrong, they can appeal.... if they think the law is producing the wrong results, they can legislate

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This is not an image of a migrant mob storming a Birmingham hospital with axes and blades, as this tweet shared by Elon Musk claims. West Midlands police has confirmed the image is fake. The inconsistencies and physical anomalies in the image indicate it's likely AI-generated.

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You can disagree with Rishi Sunak about any subject to care to name… but he’s still English.

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I think it's the first case in human history where a nation fighting for its survival against a major aggressor is being forced—by a non-combatant partner—into paying Versailles-style reparations over military aid that had earlier been provided purposefully at no cost.

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Whilst Russia is clearly to blame we really should show some degree of embarrassment over this

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Their coffee might be shite, but at hats off to them for getting involved in the peace process.

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Deliciously exasperated and scornful thread here from someone who knows what she's talking about

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This is ridiculous. And irresponsible.

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Your periodic reminder that these people think of women as disposable objects.

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Again, really not my job to tell the Tories what to do, but I simply wouldn't want to go into an election on a platform of "I'll be madder than Musk."

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Important. Gosh. The PM: “These crucial days ahead will determine the future security of our continent. As I will say in Paris, peace comes through strength. But the reverse is also true. Weakness leads to war.” www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...

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Bits of interest - various notes on costs in failed EPA prosecutions, an odd but partially successful LiP judicial review of an allocation decision, and changes for lease extensions and right to manage. nearlylegal.co.uk/2025/02/bits...

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Correct. If the birthdate field contains corrupt or mismatched data, it defaults to 1875-05-20, which serves as a flag. May 20, 1875, is the day the international standards and metrics treaty was signed. Everything is a conspiracy when you don’t know how anything works.

submitted 8 days ago • 273 comments

Does anyone know what Donald Trumps first language is? 🤔 #weekinWestminster

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

Google translate (from Czech):- "What are the Americans trying to do and what, I hope, they will not succeed in doing."

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JD Vance has done the unthinkable, making the human race appreciate the intellect of Dan Quayle.

submitted 7 days ago • 5 comments

So, looks like Keir Starmer is going to the meeting in Paris on Monday. Also, looks like Weimar+ rather than entire EU. It is very good news that he is going and I wish people would focus on that and not on the clichéd way he talks about it. We need the UK for Europe. So I will take this, thank you.

submitted 7 days ago • 21 comments