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One Russian newspaper today accuses the Trump administration of “administrative insanity, inexperience, immaturity…(of) bragging and arrogance…” Another paper: “On Ukraine talks, Donald’s mood changes as often as the wind.” #ReadingRussia

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The thing about all these pieces complaining about Marine Le Pen's conviction is that not a single one of them bothers to explain why someone found guilty of embezzling millions of Euros from public funds should be allowed to get away with it

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Opinion | Britain has been paying a high price for Uncle Sam’s craziness. It’s time to turn to Europe - The Guardian

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Why are we taxing working people more than billionaires?

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Opinion | So many souvenirs for JD Vance to take home from Greenland: oil, gas, minerals – and that’s just the start - The Guardian

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Met raids Quaker meeting house and arrests six women at Youth Demand talk - The Guardian

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We took over the giant screen at Farage’s big rally in Birmingham

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This story is incredible. And incredibly scary in its implications. Here’s a gift link: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

submitted 9 days ago • 43 comments

If we don't respond, the answers will be dominated by the very people who got us into this mess. Decisions about land use all too often fall prey to reactionary politics. So please, even if only briefly, fill out the consultation form. Thanks.

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AOC: I want to live in an America that guarantees healthcare to every person. I want to live in an America that has a living wage for every person I want to live in an America where you have free speech to express yourself and not be afraid of being put on a list or deported.

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Good morning, from the back page of Private Eye magazine!

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Thank you @patmillsuk.bsky.social 👏

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Ocasio-Cortez mobilizes Democrats against Schumer plan as colleagues privately urge her to consider primary challenge edition.cnn.com/2025/03/13/p...

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We should all be haunted by this story. 6 yr old dying of measles in the US in 2025. Multiple failures of our public health system should have prevented this from happening. It's not just a story about one child, but unfortunately, the canary in the coal mine www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

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Boris Johnson endorsing Donald Trump last October with one of the great Freudian slips of all time

submitted 26 days ago • 76 comments

Please can The News Quiz be extended indefinitely. Don’t know how I can get through current politics without it.

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Huge win! Government announces plans to open up the Land Registry. If delivered, will finally reveal more about who owns land in England and Wales. Read my blog post for more details & how you can write to the Minister to make sure this now happens: whoownsengland.org/2025/03/06/h... 🧵1/

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Senator John Ossoff Democrat, Georgia 👏

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Natural England quietly releases intriguing grouse moor location where two shot brood meddled hen harriers found dead raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/03/05/n...

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Russian state TV on the new world order: "Now everything is being decided inside a big triangle: Russia, China & the US. Within this, the new construction of the world will come to fruition. The EU as a united political force no longer exists..." ['News of the Week', Russia-1]

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I've been preaching this for fucking years! I was on the East German border in 87. We were alerted an American businessman was in Leningrad and that he'd be compromised like all the others! 💥💥

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And here is the original story now mysteriously disappearing from US media sites (The Byline Times is in the UK) bylinetimes.com/2025/02/21/d...

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One Russian newspaper today sums up how Moscow views events of the last few days: “Dumbfounded Europe, kneed by America just below the belt, is still struggling to get its breath back.” #ReadingRussia

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Exactly one year ago, Putin had Alexey Navalny killed

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Of all the daft 'opinions' that Brexiters could never explain or justify, opposition to a mooted European army was among the stupidest. Inevitably, Farage the Putin fanboy was the loudest heckler. Armies that you are actually in rarely turn out to be opposed to your interests...

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It's an outrage that in the Cayman Islands I can incorporate a company without any proof of ID. I can put any old crap in the incorporation documents. Nobody checks. Actually I fibbed. That's the UK. The Cayman Islands has had strict ID/verification rules for years.

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Today one Russian paper describes how Moscow views the idea of negotiations to end the war in Ukraine: “Russia is ready for talks. But on its terms. If you drop the diplomatic language, essentially that is called an ultimatum.” #ReadingRussia

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In today’s Russian papers: “everything [in Russia] keeps jumping in price”. Plus, claims of censorship in a Siberian theatre.#ReadingRussia

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Happy #WorldWetlandsDay! 🌿🌍 Beavers are nature’s wetland engineers 🦫💦 As a #keystone species, their dams create wetlands that support wildlife, purify water, reduce #flooding, and store #carbon. 🙌 Let’s celebrate wetlands and all the benefits they bring for nature and people.

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The Corporate Con. With corporate greed out of control, it's time for Labour to start governing. youtu.be/qj-gAUaUF-4?...

submitted 60 days ago • 56 comments

The legendary Bill Browder with some words of wisdom on dealing with Russians, what Ukraine has been telling the world for 11 years. @billbrowder.bsky.social

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Belarusians in Warsaw today sing their defiance

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A #Starling #murmuration at @RSPBotmoor.bsky.social… #Winterwatch #winter #birds #birding #wildlife #nature @RSPB.bsky.social @RSPBengland.bsky.social

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‘I was a multimillionaire, I had a beautiful girlfriend, I was unhappy’: the ups and downs of a supertrader - The Guardian

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Tesla Gigafactory, Berlin (Collaboration with @politicalbeauty.bsky.social )

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The results are in from our Brown Hairstreak (Thecla betulae) egg count at Alners Gorse @savebutterflies.bsky.social reserve. Nos are almost at an all-time low, echoing dire trends in many butterflies. They have been this low before so could well bounce back 🤞🤞 @dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social

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Nitrogen deposition is one of the factors thought to be causing the decline of butterflies. This study shows a possible mechanism: a steady change in nutrition of their food-plants which are becoming more like junk-food with high N

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This is an unexpectedly awful article. bsky.app/profile/theg...

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My favourite was having dinner with a bunch of Oxford ornithologists. "Braveheart was RUINED for me about halfway through. Everyone knows black-headed gulls didn't nest inland in Scotland until the 1950s"

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Just 1 teaspoon of neonicotinoids can kill 1.25 BILLION bees. Yesterday, over 1 million voices told the UK Government: stop allowing banned pesticides in our countryside. DEFRA, it’s time to end ‘emergency’ use. Protect pollinators vital to nature's recovery & our food security.

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The Crime Survey for England & Wales says incidents fell sharply from 1995 to 2024. ONS data shows crime in England & Wales is now at its lowest level on record. Burglary is 70% lower than in 2002-3, when current figures began. Domestic violence and car crime have dropped sharply since the 90s.

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Joining Suffolk FHS now is incredible value. You get 15 months for the price of 12 - renewal not until 1 April 26. That is less than 67p/mth for electronic membership, for UK postal about 94p/mnth. This link will give you more details. suffolkfhs.co.uk/ind...

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As Russia celebrates the New Year I gauge the mood in Moscow. “Russian people are patient,” one man tells me, “they stay silent.” Thanks to @lizashuvalova.bsky.social

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