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Organisers of the London marathon show more leadership than the government. And should be applauded for doing so. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athlet...

submitted 11 hours ago • 129 comments

Just forget appeasing these monsters. We must return to Europe and stop kidding ourselves we can have it all. We did that before and ended up with less than nothing. British politicians who support Trump betray Ukraine, betray us all. (Letter, Times)

submitted 13 hours ago • 20 comments

Getting there… “officials briefed on the discussions said the defence deal would build trust and open the door for sensitive talks on issues including a new youth mobility scheme, energy co-operation and a removal of barriers to trade in food and agricultural products.” www.ft.com/content/9273...

submitted 1 day ago • 5 comments

Windows in this coffee shop have been shattered by Russian attacks 4 times already,each time the shop continued to work.Now,the windows have been broken for the fifth time. Barista came to work after the Russian attack last night,started making people drinks with cats on the foam to cheer them up.

submitted 1 day ago • 27 comments

"We do not want British farmers or British consumers to be confronted with US chlorinated chicken or US hormone treated beef in our supermarkets." "We should look to trade with partners who respect our standards." @ldbrianmathewmp.bsky.social at Westminster Hall 👇

submitted 1 day ago • 20 comments

The same shit, different assholes

submitted 1 day ago • 337 comments

"Reform will axe councils’ special needs funding if they win in local elections" - Lib Dems 🔶 www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

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Saying Crimea was given to Ukraine in 1954 is ignoring thousands of years of history and deported Crimeans, too. Muscovy was founded by the Kyivan rus. Which makes Russia Ukrainian, not Ukraine Russian, surely? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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UK vision for clean energy to collide with Trump's fossil fuel frenzy The stakes are high for the UK's energy security news.sky.com/story/uk-vis...

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“62 MPs said the govt should work with the EU to create new opportunities for British young people to work and travel in the EU, similar to agreements with…Australia and Canada” It really shouldn’t be such a tough ask. But well done to those who are trying. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

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"The EU Commission has slapped tech giants Apple and Meta with penalties for breaching the EU’s new digital rulebook. Apple faces a €500 million fine for breaking the regulation’s rules for app stores, while Meta drew a penalty of €200 million for its 'pay or consent' advertising model."

submitted 1 day ago • 4 comments

⚠️ Trump’s tariff tantrums expose the crazy nature of international trade New US trade barriers cause chaos but do nothing to address real problems in the global system By David Goff @tubbyewe.bsky.social

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Stephen Miller turns the fascism up to 11 on Fox News

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Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum: “We are going to change the law to prohibit foreign governments from carrying out political and ideological propaganda in our country.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/w...

submitted 2 days ago • 633 comments

Children as young as four are being put in the position of representing themselves without lawyers/parents present in front of immigration judges in cases that will determine whether they are deported. gothamist.com/news/4-year-...

submitted 2 days ago • 310 comments

Britain wakes up every day, aims the gun at its feet and pulls the trigger. Just a prolonged exercise in meanspiritedness and self-harm.

submitted 2 days ago • 73 comments

"British firms will be able to access an EU defence fund after negotiators prepared to make concessions on fishing".

submitted 3 days ago • 15 comments

Trump behaves in exactly the way that a Russian asset would behave. Starmer thinks it's better to do a deal with this treasonous monster rather than working to end the Brexit sanctions we are imposing on ourselves. #RejoinEU

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Another nice Costa Rican hummingbird, the tiny Violet-headed Hummingbird. At @tapirvalley.bsky.social #birds #hummingbirds #nature

submitted 2 days ago • 229 comments

This is fantastic news! 🥳 Bars and nightclubs bring so much to Bath's economy and community. I am glad to see the city's vibrant and eclectic nightlife scene get the recognition that it deserves 💃

submitted 3 days ago • 5 comments

I feel increasingly disconnected from the party I voted for and had such high hopes for. Did we give them a mandate to cos-play Reform-lite? I want them to lead and argue for their vision instead of chasing polls. Oh and charge me more income tax instead of penalising kids & disabled people

submitted 3 days ago • 25 comments

🚨🚨 @ec.europa.eu president @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu has just declared that Big Tech companies including X, Meta, Apple & TikTok should be aware the bloc is ready to enforce its full digital rulebook no matter who is in charge of these firms or where they're located.🧵 www.politico.eu/article/euro...

submitted 3 days ago • 22 comments

Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago: —Pioneering cancer researcher; —Arrested at airport in Boston; —Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana; —"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research. Read it. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

submitted 3 days ago • 749 comments

Totally normal to carry around $3,000 cash

submitted 4 days ago • 527 comments

If you know, you know

submitted 4 days ago • 506 comments

MPs return tomorrow. Please get this Request about Pesticide Use by Councils in their Motherfucking Inboxes

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

ICE officers are now reportedly required to meet arrest quotas each day, from a few hundred to between 1,200 and 1,500 nationwide. Jonathan Blitzer reports on the mystery of the agency’s unidentifiable arrests.

submitted 5 days ago • 990 comments

🎩❤️🎩🎩❤️🎩❤️🎩 NICE! #books

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

2025: Labour "refused to commit to giving MPs a vote on a UK-US trade deal" 2021: Labour criticising the Conservatives for not giving MPs a vote on a UK-Australia trade deal

submitted 5 days ago • 31 comments

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submitted 4 days ago • 3 comments

"In all, Vance’s motorcade was on Vatican territory for 17 minutes" Wonder how much that visit cost per minute...🤔 Perhaps Elon's DODGY department should look into it for waste of money... www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Sign of the day…

submitted 5 days ago • 185 comments

This month the Bylines Network is 5 years old. 🥳 Citizen journalism and public good media slowly replacing the billionaire mainstream “news” on your social media feeds! Better content - by citizens for citizens… gotta catch ‘em all! Please ‘follow all’ and share, share. 👇👇

submitted 5 days ago • 4 comments

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia is still attacking Ukraine despite announcing a unilateral Easter truce. 🟠 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/rmjvq3

submitted 5 days ago • 7 comments

Full monthly state pension for post-2016 UK retiree is £997.75. Only 27% receive it. Elsewhere: Luxembourg £5,426 Norway £1,839 Switzerland £1,657 Denmark £1,486 Sweden £1,373 Belgium £1,338 Netherlands £1,322 France £1,254 Spain £1,238 UK GDP spend on pension is less than OECD average.

submitted 5 days ago • 49 comments

Right Now, most of the American can relate to this message from the 90's.

submitted 6 days ago • 524 comments

39 YEARS AGO TODAY on April 19, 1986, "Kiss" by Prince and the Revolution reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

submitted 5 days ago • 183 comments

Won't be enough to stop the devastating attack on some of the most vulnerable people in Britain, but it sounds like at least a few Labour MPs still have backbones and a moral compass. Pity neither is true of their leadership team. Book the removals van for 2029. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

submitted 5 days ago • 5 comments

Five minutes before Putin's "ceasefire", Russia attacked a residential building in Kherson. "Don't trust Putin, this is Putin's truce," the person says in the video.

submitted 6 days ago • 45 comments

🧵 COVID Profits. A story involving a guy called Matt & his company Quin Global. At the start of COVID, Matt posted this on his linkedin profile. "Never let a good crisis go to waste" www.linkedin.com/posts/mattbp...

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

A recent newspaper poll about trust in the six party leaders, only mentioned five of them. The one omitted was Ed Davey, though he is most trusted by a mile. From @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social

submitted 6 days ago • 3 comments

In today’s atmosphere, it’s obvious why a book warning of totalitarian censorship would be in the American Library Association’s list of most commonly challenged books

submitted 8 days ago • 443 comments

🇺🇸👊🏻🇺🇸👊🏻🇺🇸👊🏻🇺🇸👊🏻 Re: Trump’s UK visit: There are ‘recommendations’ about allowing in convicted felons. Suggest we all lobby our MP and Starmer. As for the rumour that protests will be banned …. Stroll on Keir. Ain’t gonna happen. #trump

submitted 7 days ago • 5 comments

Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!

submitted 7 days ago • 111 comments

The cruelty is the point. The banal, vicious, performative cruelty. Turns out ‘anti-woke’ just meant anti-decency, anti-humanity & anti-rule of law.

submitted 7 days ago • 296 comments

Rupert Lowe MP - elected as Reform in July 2024, now independent - is sending letters alleging defamation to Nigel Farage MP, Lee Anderson MP and Reform chair Zia Yusuf. Lowe says he is willing to begin High Court proceedings if there is no retraction. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

submitted 7 days ago • 11 comments

London bus stop near Amazon HQ 🔥

submitted 7 days ago • 336 comments

The man was kidnapped and trafficked and thrown in a jail – without ever being officially charged or convicted before a court. His wife and children are American citizens. He was in the US legally. That the Trump regime did all this to him is bad enough. But that they glory in their cruelty is evil.

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment