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"Care homes under threat as family visa crackdown blocks 100,000 workers" Exclusive: Government policy on migration which prevents care workers bringing children and spouses to the UK is stopping the flow of staff needed to care for NHS patients www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...

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If an election campaign nowadays was run like the 1997 Labour election campaign (that Blair won) - it would probably be described as woke. Yet the Blair of today argues against "wokeism" - it seems like the millions he's obtained from the Saudis, Chinese gov and others have corrupted him somewhat.

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"Visa clampdown threatens stability of UK care sector" Keir Starmer’s government faces backlash over stricter visa rules for care workers. A significant drop in visa applications from overseas care workers comes as UK care homes face worsening staff shortages. www.msn.com/en-gb/health...

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Blair landed a multimillion-pound deal advising the Saudi Arabian continuing even after the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi. He facilitated deals with the Chinese for PetroSaudi and was paid millions for consultancy by the United Arab Emirates. It seems this has affected Blair’s outlook.

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Twin terrors:

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Just a pretty non-descript American family on holiday in Russia.

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Reform: Next step is a blueprint to deport illegal immigrants Although just having 5 MPs a Reform source said: “We know we can make change and dictate the national discussion" "We can determine the national conversation doing our own thing.” inews.co.uk/news/politic...

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The best part of the clip.

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It probably sounds a bit "woke" to him.

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Tesla sales continue to slump across Europe despite April EV sales swell. In Europe, Tesla is increasingly being rejected in favour of other electric car manufacturers. The European Union is the world's biggest single market. techcrunch.com/2025/05/05/t...

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Even before Reform's gains, the media seemed very happy to give Farage blanket coverage. Literally for years, Green and Lib Dems have largely been ignored by the media in favour of Farage. The ongoing coverage helping to fuel the fires of an increasingly dangerous nationalism.

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Ordinarily I try to avoid making judgements about people based on their looks but when it comes to President Bukele - he does come across as some sort of crimelord or crook. This latest news isn't a surprise - like Trump he is a crook and has unsavory supporters that he does deals with.

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The Ancient Roman equivalent - although not a FAFO situation.

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"U.S. tourist impaled through lower back climbing metal fence outside the Colosseum in Rome" The man was unable to free himself and screamed in pain until he passed out, bizarrely an unintentional reenactment of an ancient public spectacle at that site. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

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"Holocaust survivor attends VE Day celebration at UK’s oldest mosque" The event also honoured the 1.5 million Muslim fighters who died during the war. John Hajdu, 88, attended on Sunday to give a speech about his story of survival as a Jewish child in Hungary. www.mylondon.news/news/uk-worl...

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Makes me think of this Einstein quote: "The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion."

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Interesting development by the Reform Party - that would mean for example, the Flag of Lincolnshire cannot be flown on any public building

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Reform seemed determined to turn any areas they run into underdeveloped backwaters.

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Miller pictured on the left and Goebbels on the right - or is it the other way around?

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Informative thread that cuts through the Afghan refugee hysteria. The most notable part, interpreters, drivers, and staff who had risked their lives working with UK forces in Afghanistan, were legally in the UK because they were being targeted by the Taliban for assisting the UK and allied forces.

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Utterly farcical by Jenkyns - she ran on a campaign of cutting taxes and "rooting out waste" but also improving services etc And copying Musk's DOGE. I suspect she knows that there aren't any diversity officers to remove but this was just a selling point to the xenophobes in her constituency.

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"EU citizenship no longer for sale" The last "golden passport" program in the European Union is now banned by the bloc's highest court. Delia, an anti-corruption activist had long campaigned against the Maltese programme offering citizenship to foreign investors. www.dw.com/en/eu-citize...

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Putin says he hopes nuclear weapons will 'not be required' in Ukraine In comments aired Sunday in a film by Russian state television, Putin said Russia has the strength and the means to bring the conflict in Ukraine to a “logical conclusion.” ☢️ www.france24.com/en/europe/20...

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New Reform mayor suggests 10% cut to council workforce Andrea Jenkyns says she wants a ‘lean, mean local government’ and says she is ‘up for a fight’ with unions Will be interesting to see how Reform end up running local government, www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

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What might Reform do with its newly won power? Pretty much everyone else on earth looked at the USA, Trump, Musk and DOGE and could see what a disaster it was. That is apart from Farage and his Reform Party, Farage wants "a Doge in every [English] county". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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158th consecutive day of mass protests and demonstrations across Georgia. ( 📹 @rusudandjakeli.bsky.social ) #3E #GeorgiaProtests

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This is appalling cruelty by the DWP - the department seems to be unable to audit ongoing payments and then creates a bureaucratic minefield because a working mother unknowingly went over the income threshold while working two jobs - one on a zero hours contract. Punished for working.

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Labour must avoid ‘naive’ lurch to right after Reform success, Haigh warns Former transport minister criticises party’s direction and calls on Starmer to focus on issues like taxation and welfare reform I like the way she said "naive" instead of "idiotic". www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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The return of Putin's mad dogs causes trouble in Russia The Kremlin's policy of sending hundreds of thousands of untrained and badly equipped Russians to war, including many prisoners, has had disastrous effects. Upon their return, many soldiers commit violent crimes. www.msn.com/en-gb/news/w...

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Pakistani and Indian diaspora in UK call for peace as Kashmir tensions escalate A deadly on attack on tourists in the disputed Kashmir region has sparked tensions between India and Pakistan. Kashmir has been split since the end of British colonial rule in 1947. www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/kash...

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A modern day Facebook equivalent would be: "Jon Smith discovered to his horror that he began to develop cow-like features after being injected with the Covid vaccine. It transpired that the untested vaccine contains a cowid derivative protein that changes your body's DNA and was hidden from us."

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Pope's final act of compassion: Papamobile to aid Gaza children According to Vatican News, the vehicle belonging to the Pope, the famous papamobile, will be converted into a mobile medical unit for children in Gaza. Nearly one million children have been displaced. www.msn.com/en-ie/news/o...

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Then: Solar farms good. Now: Solar farms bad Newly elected mayor Jenkyns bases her political statements on what panders to the mob - not what is right. She seemed able to effortlessly contradict herself and get elected as mayor.

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‘A cocktail for a misinformed world’: why China and Russia are cheering Trump’s attacks on media Margarita Simonyan of Russia Today described Trump's decree against Voice of America and other media outlets as an "awesome decision." www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

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Boy's life saved after 'death sentence' disease A boy with an ultra-rare immune disease which can carry a "death sentence" is starting to live a normal life after taking part in a groundbreaking gene therapy trial. Eisa was born with an ultra-rare immune disease www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Killer fungus will spread as climate heats up, experts warn Aspergillus poses a threat to human health and food security as the planet gets warmer, allowing pathogens to thrive in new areas www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...

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Maga’s era of soft eugenics: let the weak get sick, help the clever breed At the heart of all Trump administration policies is ‘soft eugenics’ thinking – the idea that if you take away life-saving services, then only the strong will survive Trump's Absurd Reich www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

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New tech promises faster diagnosis for millions of cancer patients By bringing cancer patients' data into one central digital system, clinicians will no longer be reliant on "archaic pen-and-paper systems". news.sky.com/story/new-te...

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Putin gives bizarre reason for Crimea takeover "We were simply forced in 2014 to make a decision to support the people of Crimea and Sevastopol. Because any other course of action would have meant abandoning them." newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/putin-g...

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The Conservatives, when they were in power introduced the two-child benefit cap - interestingly Badenoch doesn't seem to make the link between her party making things more expensive for parents and people being reluctant to have more children. The Lib Dems, not Labour, were vocal about this:

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The British media always happy to give Farage the oxygen of publicity and faithfully broadcasting his views and soundbites. But never doing any real investigative journalism to expose Farage and his backers. Save for a few exceptions.

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