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The government's plans to increase the minimum wage by at least 6.7% (and by as much as 18% for some age groups) past the final hurdle in the Commons yesterday. It was unopposed - I guess no one in the Tories or Reform could face going on record to oppose increasing the wages of millions.

submitted 23 days ago • 5 comments

Interesting to see that inflation has fallen to 2.8% in February, down from 3% in January. This is perhaps unexpected. The Bank of England, last month, said they expected inflation to rise to as high as 3.7% across this year, before falling back down to 2%. So this is good news for the country.

submitted 23 days ago • 9 comments

I suggest the UK will take over Florida. We could give it to the Palestinians. No, better still let's relocate the Israel there. The people of Florida can be fitted into some other American state. That would do.

submitted 72 days ago • 0 comments

A bag of sand ? If it's comfortable , I suppose . . . Thank you @suethesoul.bsky.social‬ for sharing #FoxOfTheDay

submitted 23 days ago • 4 comments

Ukrainians always stand for peace. They’ve proven it by joining international peace and security operations in many countries and saving thousands of lives. 🧵 1/8 👇

submitted 24 days ago • 2 comments

First off, Pete Hegseth is a disgrace and should be fired. Second, instead of being an asshole and trash-talking the journalist, he should be thanking him for not posting anything top-secret that’s still to come.

submitted 24 days ago • 945 comments

Under my leadership, Canada will invest in our security, meet our 2% spending target by 2030 — and pull our full weight in NATO.

submitted 24 days ago • 243 comments

A reminder that the supposedly "tongue in cheek" comments referred to here actually involved Reform UK donor Charlie Mullins demanding that "someone should kill" Sadiq Khan and "dump the Muslim mayor"

submitted 24 days ago • 63 comments

£2 billion new investment to support biggest boost in social and affordable housebuilding in a generation £2 billion injection of new grant funding to deliver up to 18,000 new social and affordable homes www.gov.uk/government/n...

submitted 24 days ago • 12 comments

Austerity is political anthrax. Fortunately for Starmer, there's an alternative. 👉 NEW @yougov.co.uk polling shows 46% of Brits think the best way to grow the economy is with a new trade deal with the EU, vs 28% who think the government should cut benefits. uk.news.yahoo.com/avoid-politi...

submitted 24 days ago • 11 comments

Your regular reminder 👇 🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS 🏫 78% want publicly owned schools 💧 73% want publicly owned water 🚂 70% want publicly owned rail ✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail 🚍 67% want publicly owned buses 💡 65% want publicly owned energy

submitted 24 days ago • 8 comments

Tory MP James Cartlidge: “We must stand up to Macron” Healey: “Drop that Brexit rhetoric” Labour is being way too cautious on the reset with the EU but this kind of put down to the relentlessly adolescent EU-phobic rightwing is very welcome.

submitted 24 days ago • 32 comments

Are those the Chancellor's words or is it just more #JournoBollox? Reeves to put £2bn into affordable housing to ‘sweeten the pill’ of cuts www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

submitted 24 days ago • 1 comment

Electoral Commission estimates that 8 million people who should have the right to vote are missing from the register. - More than 1/4 of eligible adults U-35 are missing - So are 1/4 black & Asian citizens, & - 4 in 10 citizens who live in privately rented housing open.substack.com/pub/kellnerp...?

submitted 24 days ago • 2 comments

A nighttime #FoxOfTheDay spotted in Brighton by ‪@naturalcoach.bsky.social‬

submitted 24 days ago • 2 comments

My favorite part is Hegseth saying we are currently clear on opsec" in a fucking signal text chain that someone had inadvertently added a journalist to. You couldn't write this as a farce

submitted 25 days ago • 8 comments

The US national security clusterfuck is leading the BBC News in the UK. Anchor Clive Myrie doesn’t know whether to laugh or just stare down the camera lens and scream, “WTF?!” Vance & Hegseth trash-talking Europe is picked up strongly. Trump’s US is a global laughing stock.

submitted 24 days ago • 48 comments

⚡️ US senators urge the Trump administration to transfer $300B in seized Russian assets to Ukraine.

submitted 24 days ago • 12 comments

What happens when quantum computers can finally crack encryption and break into the world’s best-kept secrets? It’s called Q-Day—and when it happens, it might be the worst holiday of all time: www.wired.com/story/q-day-...

submitted 24 days ago • 2 comments

Make sure you’re inviting the right person to your Signal group! To help confirm someone’s identity and keep track of your contacts, @signal.org offers nicknames and information about the groups you share in common with your contacts. Learn about Signal’s identifiers:

submitted 25 days ago • 11 comments

Why is trump’s Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, running interference for Putin’s state-sponsored child-abduction-and-trafficking program? 30,000+ Ukrainian children have been abducted, and the party of qanon doesn’t just not give a shit; they’re actively helping Russia cover it up

submitted 25 days ago • 4 comments

Medicaid covers nearly 1 in 2 kids across Massachusetts — so parents don't have to choose between booking a doctor's appointment or paying rent. That's what Republicans call waste. That's what they're cutting. All to help the rich get richer. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/24/m...

submitted 25 days ago • 7 comments

They’re giving much worse service to rural Americans to the benefit of literally one Apartheid enthusiast.

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment

“Anyone — including foreign governments — can purchase $TRUMP anonymously, boosting the value of the coin and enriching Trump.” "On a basic level, $TRUMP allows Trump to convert the power and prestige of the presidency into cash.” CORRUPT AF popular.info/p/trump-and-...

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

🚨 Russia has stolen 164 ancient Ukrainian artifacts from Crimea, with key figures identified in the plundering, including Russian museum officials and intelligence heads. The stolen items were taken from Nymphaion and Panticapaeum excavation sites.

submitted 25 days ago • 2 comments