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Mick Lynch wants a progressive wealth tax with the richest paying the same as everyone else on PAYE, 47%. That would bring in hundred of billions, it is time for the richest to pay what everyone else has been paying their whole lives.

submitted 7 days ago • 71 comments

Donald Trump replacing a black four-star general with a white three-star general as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is everything MAGA claims they hate about DEI: giving a less qualified person the job based on their race, not their resume.

submitted 6 days ago • 187 comments

‘Batshit preacher’ kicked out of US At last, some good news - for Americans if not for us - the batshit preacher, Calvin Robinson, has had his US visa revoked…

submitted 6 days ago • 3 comments

Elon's DOGE is going to be America's Brexit, full of unintended consequences and buyer's remorse.

submitted 12 days ago • 271 comments

UKIP and the deranged Mr Bean "I'm gonna put a knife through your brain..." - the wit and wisdom of UKIP's new Armed Forces and Veterans Spokesman. Read about him here: www.searchlightmagazine.com/2025/02/ukip...

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Gary Lineker called for Israel to be banned from International Football. Do you stand with Gary Lineker? Like if you do.

submitted 26 days ago • 42 comments

When I was growing up, there were ashtrays everywhere. Every house, every business, the doctor's office, not outside, inside on every table. A battered metal bowl, coated in toxic resin, overflowing with spit stained damp butts and foul ash, stinking of cancer. That's what RFK Jr reminds me of.

submitted 30 days ago • 259 comments

A 24-year-old woman who was seriously assaulted by a then serving member of the Defence Forces in 2022 has said she felt seen, heard and acknowledged following today's ruling by the Court of Appeal

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More children in need of medical treatment are expected to arrive in Ireland "very shortly", the Minister of State at the Department of Health has said.

submitted 41 days ago • 2 comments

NEW: After reviewing leaked documents, we have found UnitedHealth is strategically limiting access to a treatment for thousands of children with autism across the country in order to cut costs. Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal. www.propublica.org/article/unit... 👇

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Cost for a heart transplant in the USA. When private Healthcare comes to the UK, are you going bankrupt? Or are you dying?

submitted 83 days ago • 161 comments

Raw sewage spills have pushed levels of harmful bacteria in Belfast Lough beyond legal limits, a BBC Spotlight investigation has found. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Leading loyalist Winston Irvine has pleaded guilty to firearm and ammunition offences. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 88 days ago • 2 comments

History is there for us to learn from…

submitted 93 days ago • 172 comments

In 55 days, this building will become the epicenter of corruption on our planet.

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‘Israel’s use of US arms to unlawfully attack and kill journalists away from any military target is a terrible mark on the United States as well as Israel,” said Richard Weir, senior crisis, conflict and arms researcher at Human Rights Watch’ www.hrw.org/news/2024/11...

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The civil action taken by Nikita Hand against Conor McGregor and his friend, James Lawrence, will return to the High Court later this week when Mr Justice Alexander Owens will hear submissions on who should pay the costs of the action

submitted 97 days ago • 1 comment

This looks really good Finally Enjoy Just take a minute to stare

submitted 98 days ago • 18 comments

A woman who had accused the MMA fighter Conor McGregor of raping her in a hotel penthouse in 2018 was awarded nearly 250,000 euros, or about $260,000, in damages on Friday after a jury found him liable for sexual assault in a civil trial in Dublin.

submitted 98 days ago • 61 comments

NEWS: Staff at the Irish embassy in Ukraine have been told to work from home as tensions continue to escalate in the region, reports the PA news agency (Guardian)

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Front page of Friday’s Irish News (Belfast) on the issuance of arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant.

submitted 99 days ago • 162 comments