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A man is prosecuted for ‘escalator misuse’ What did he do? Who knows. This is what fast-track justice looks like sometimes Merseyrail didn’t go to the trouble of providing any actual evidence of a crime. Then the magistrate convicted based on trust that he’d done something wrong

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Today's GB News radio advertisers include Marks & Spencer Ideal Home Show Cheers Britannia Boxt All Clear Travel Insurance Kelly Tonight Cashmere Circle Agincare Take action: actionstorm.org/petitions/ma...

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GB news presenter, Matthew Goodwin, "All we hear from liberal internationalists if the world is becoming more authoritarian" George Monibot, "The idea that it ends if you appease Putin is the greatest self deception I've heard in quite a long time" #BBCQT

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Just let this sink in In 2016 Vote Leave marginally won The UK gov knew of Russian interference to deliver Brexit And despite that, May, Johnson, Truss, Sunak, and now Starmer have chosen to do what Putin wants- weaken Europe- instead of protect our democracy from Putin Shameful

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Encyclopædia Britannica will continue to use ‘Gulf of Mexico’ for a few reasons: -We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S. -The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.’s authority to rename it is ambiguous. 🧵⬇️

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July 2024: Five UK climate protesters jailed for conspiracy to block major road February 2025:

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@nedboulting.bsky.social Just catching up with your great NSF Étoile de Bessèges coverage Couple of things: Also been caught out by automatic cars - especially when parking in a hurry. They do sulk if you park them in D (Drive). Always set them back to P (Park) before turning the engine off

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Judge slams Ofwat and govt for not attending Thames Water hearing. No one representing people/customers as lenders carve the company. Thames has £19bn debt, wants to borrow another £3bn, only £1bn will be useable, customer bills will rocket, won't resolve the crisis. Nationalise. archive.ph/NVzcP

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hey quick question does Goliath win in that story

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"The businessman & TV star Lord Alan Sugar does not mince his words. 'The biggest disaster, in my lifetime, was us leaving the EU', he declared on this 5th anniversary of Brexit, adding: 'Get Back in the EU.'" You know the game is up when you've lost Lord Sugar. news.sky.com/story/most-p...

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Air pollution has dropped significantly in #Paris in the last 15 years. Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social’s leadership has traded car space for green space, safe bike space, kid space.. and traded pollution for people. Good trade.

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Michael Heseltine says Brexiteers sold Britain a “pack of lies” and called for the UK to rejoin the EU. He said the UK should be “at the heart of Europe” and that returning to the bloc would be “in the best interests of a generation of young British people”. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

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EU medicines agency quits X & moves to Bluesky "EMA will no longer post updates and content on X. We believe the X platform no longer suits our communication needs” the agency said in a statement www.reuters.com/world/europe...

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As a father of five kids, I totally agree with this evergreen post.

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Hah! I’ve just heard someone refer to Teslas as “swasticars”. Don’t share this as Eloon wouldn’t like it!

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Every constituency in Britain favours trade with EU over US, new poll suggests The poll saw just 21 per cent of people say the US should be the UK’s priority over the EU www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

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I sometimes forget what an impressive place Skegness is.

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Curse of private equity. Price of veterinary care hiked. UK vet/pet services controlled by large companies, prices up 50% since 2015, pet vaccination cost doubled. Competition watchdog said people overcharged, Govt sacked iCEO, as such sentiments are not conductive to 'growth'. archive.ph/yR67T

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They shall henceforth be referred to as swasticars by me too. 😂

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IMPORTANT: The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart govts do the math on investing in better mobility. Let’s be clear— it wastes public money to NOT do it. #CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.bsky.social

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Rachel Reeves to soften changes to non-dom tax regime after hearing ‘concerns’. Another election pledge diluted. Any chance of softening on the two-child benefit cap, winter fuel payment cut, freeze on personal allowance? Thought not ... the rich rule. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Is... is Liz Truss cosplaying as Paddington?

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Funny how Farage - and indeed most of the Brexiteers - don’t want to talk about Brexit any more

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Getting increasingly irritated by publications without BlueSky as a sharing option, especially if X is there. I'm trying to promote your article on a site that actually allows people to see it. Help me help you man.

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“We should have got on to him early on” Ian Hislop’s takedown of Elon Musk is a thing of beauty 👏

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Not a single Reform MP has bothered to turn up to today's House of Commons debate on tackling violence against women and girls

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Lawyers for Liz Truss have asked me to stop saying Liz Truss crashed the economy. I only said Liz Truss crashed the economy because Liz Truss did crash the economy. If she wanted me to not say Liz Truss crashed the economy, she shouldn’t have crashed the economy. Please don’t share.

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Nigel Farage paid £189,300 by gold company for FOUR hours work. Total earnings since July almost £600,000. Obviously doesn't regard MP job as full-time - £91,346 salary + expenses + second home. An example of how political platforms enable some to become rich. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Wednesday’s @thetimes.com times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...

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The people who loudly complain about bike share schemes tend to be strangely silent on this sort of thing

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Nigel Farage cares so much about the grooming gangs issue that he couldn't be arsed to turn up for the debate about it in Parliament yesterday.

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Congratulations to Reform on having been more successful than any other party at finding suckers who are prepared to give £25 to a private company owned by two rich grifters in exchange for no say at all over how it is run.

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Hourly Christmas Day Rates £17.56 - Doctor (F1, newly qualified) £37.76 - Physician Associate (Band 7, newly qualified) How much longer will Labour blame the Conservatives for the mess they inherited before they take action and end the scandal of PAs?

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Aaagghh! BBC News: “The Parker Solar Probe is safe and well after experiencing potential temperatures of 982°C” Not 981, not 983, _exactly_ 982C 🙄 Curiously close to 1700°F 🤔

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A suggestion for keeping both sane and effective over the next 4 years: just as the trick when watching a conjuror is to ignore what they say and watch their hands, ignore everything Trump says and watch what he actually does.

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There are more than 10m children in school in the UK…but, per Times, 3,000 might move to state sector because of VAT rise…so Whitehall is “braced” 😲😲😲 Says a lot about UK media bubble, the way this story is reported. You pay VAT on luxuries. Private schooling is that.

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In case there was any doubt...

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