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Sad news from the Nestlé factory today. A worker was crushed beneath a case of chocolate that fell 20 feet off the storage racking. He called for help repeatedly but every time he shouted "The Milky Bars are on me" his colleagues cheered. Happy Thursday peeps almost there… Keep smilin 😂😂

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The 78th British Academy Film Awards

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Loved Saturday Mornings and the brilliant #SaturdayKitchen with #matttebbutt

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The Lib Dems really are in a good place Ed Davey is advocating positions that are popular, distinct from other parties and reflective of his values Natural, ideologically sound and strategically sensible dividing lines That’s a formula for political success👇 www.politics.co.uk/politicslunc...

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There's an echo at the moment of that period in mid 2019 when the LDs and BXP briefly topped the polls by virtue of feeling able to say with clarity the thing their side believed but the bigger parties couldn't or weren't able to.

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Exclusive: Beeban Kidron says plans will lead to ‘wholesale’ transfer of wealth from creative industries to tech sector The creative industries sector needs to be protected

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Expectation management starts early: Badenoch says Conservatives could lose all 16 of the 16 councils they hold in May! That sounds like it could be hard to survive, even if try to manage expectations www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...

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Thoroughly enjoyed #Virdee on @BBCOne A tough & entertaining crime drama about a troubled Sikh cop. Set in Bradford. Brilliantly filmed, superbly acted & cracking storylines. Loved it

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Fuck this guy. Fuck all the snivelling apologists for the far right. Toadying little creeps trying to ingratiate themselves to the big bully boys.

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Asked about the Trump Gaza plan on R4, Priti Patel, shadow foreign sec, seems to call it “a vision in terms of rebuilding - creating hope, opportunity, prosperity” but then launches into a long word salad, so it’s not very clear what she does think. Amol Rajan doesn’t seek clarification.

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From this time last year

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Record numbers using private healthcare as Northern Ireland waiting lists soar www.irishnews.com/news/norther...

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Some Labour MPs wanting to shift the party to the right of Reform on immigration was predictable. I wrote this after the election, and it stands. You beat Reform through policies which combat genuine issues, none of which are caused by immigration. #r4today www.redpepper.org.uk/society/migr...

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A brutal assessment of England Rugby from Tommy Bowe & Matt Dawson on #BBCSport @bbc5live.bsky.social Rugby Union Weekly!!

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Ireland v England Ireland will be looking for revenge after England spoilt their Grand Slam ambitions last year. Neither team has the best autumn. #GuinnessM6N #GuinnessSixNations #IREvENG #TeamOfUs #fourproudprovinces #irfu #irishrugby

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Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 v Italy 🇮🇹 This should be a cracking game. Scotland always show so much promise & Italy had a huge Six Nations last year. One of my favourite anthems of the six nations… in the cauldron that is Murrayfield #GuinnessSixNations #GuinnessM6N #SCOvITA

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Happy St Brigid’s Day The 1st of February marks the beginning of spring in Ireland and the celebration of Lá Fhéile Bríde, St Brigid’s Day ☘️ 💚

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Holocaust Memorial Day 27th January 2025

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If this is true it’s a disgrace! Once again fans being ripped off. This is probably one of the stupidest ideas any sport has made. The blazers at #RFU #IRFU #SRU @WRI #SixNationsRugby should hang their heads in shame Six Nations to move to TNT Sports

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Love Saturday Kitchen #SaturdayKitchen The ultimate 'fusion' dish for Burns Night from #julielincooks! you can find the recipe here www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes...

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🚨🚨 Today, UK Business Secretary Reynolds got finally communications right on the EU "reset" hinting that UK could indeed join the PEM and also indicating willingness for a Vets agreement. Latest #brexit🧵 news.sky.com/story/busine...

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Star Trek: Section 31 A decent concept but so badly executed. It just lacks any real punch. It’s bland & dull. The comedy moments are jarring. It has some decent action sequences but just feels lost. Apart from Yeoh, Hardwick & Rohl the other Section 31 agents are quite grating

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Love the NW200 good to plans put in place to ensure it’s long term success & survival. It’s superb racing against a wonderful backdrop www.bbc.co.uk/sport/motors...

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Film 🎥 🍿 🎥 Ballywalter Patrick Kielty and Seána Kerslake in a poignant, witty tale of unlikely friendship and finding hope amidst life's struggles in Ballywalter.

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Cracking performance from Ulster in the Champions Cup. Defensively they are fragile. But they played some cracking rugby 🏉 #ULSvEXE #UlsterRugby #ChampionsCup

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@charliemw.bsky.social Good to see you Charlie

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I am a climate scientist and this is correct ⬇️

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The BBC has acquired The Americas, a ten-part nature series narrated by Tom Hanks with music by Hans Zimmer, for BBC One & iPlayer from NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution. Produced by BBC Studios Natural History Unit, in association with Universal TV

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You keep thinking the Tories will notice that every time they pile in on a Reform issue it helps Farage. But yet they keep doing it. Rats learn faster.

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Lord Murphy to lead independent review of Windsor Framework. Solid enough choice to produce a report restating known benefits and concerns.

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The IFS' Paul Johnson to PolHome: Market moves (slumping £, rising borrowing cost) will put pressure on Reeves to hold a spring budget But she shouldn't cancel her China trip to hold a statement, as demanded by opposition MPs This is "not like the Truss moment", he tells @nadinebh.bsky.social

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So there is a need to respond to the lies that have been circulating about Europe, MSs and 90/180. This is the visa waiver defined in law (2018/1806). As you can see, the maximum visa waiver is 90/180 days. Britain qualifies for that. 1

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The British Govt's counter-extremism unit is actively monitoring Elon Musk's X content, with its counterterrorism unit also involved. The unit examines "highest harm risks to the homeland, whether from terrorists, state actors, or cyber and economic criminals.” www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

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Today I spoke in Parliament about the hard work being done in Rochdale to protect women and girls from domestic violence and from the scourge of grooming gangs. See the full speech here: paulwaugh.co.uk/2025/01/09/g...

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Yes, agreed. But perhaps we need to persuade others, especially media organisations, to post here first. It’s a problem - but the solution is here…

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This is glorious from the ever brilliant David Allen Green

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Glorious.

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NEW A close look at Truss's legal threat to Starmer The former Prime Minister has sent a glorious but seemingly hopeless cease-and-desist letter By me Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/a-close-lo... Personal blog: davidallengreen.com/2025/01/a-cl...

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Liz Truss threatens to sue Keir Starmer unless he "ceases and desists" from alleging she crashed the economy. In other news, here's Liz Truss making the exact same allegation against Gordon Brown

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Amazing to see Claudia dressed as the 1987 Welsh Labour Party Conference

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I strongly suspect that Liz Truss's attempts to stop people claiming she crashed the economy, will only result in her being hounded to the end of her long days with people telling her she crashed the economy.

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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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Labour's @paulwaughmp.bsky.social speaking in the commons debate this afternoon on tackling violence against women and girls: “A responsible politician does not ride the wave of justified anger about child abuse”, he says, with no Reform UK MPs in the chamber

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