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Without warning Trump administration has CANCELLED the meeting to discuss plans for development of autumn winter flu vaccine. It takes ~6months to develop a vax. This move seriously jeopardises flu vax campaign. Flu killed 86 children & 19,000 adults in US this year.

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Starmer and his advisers have played this pretty well - I'm guessing working in concert with the French. Much better to tame the beast than let it rampage about the place wrecking everything. www.ft.com/content/9816...

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Making Canada Great Again 🇨🇦. The latest polling by Ipsos Canada has the Liberal Party ahead by two points. Six weeks ago it was 26 points behind! www.ipsos.com/en-ca/libera...

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2.3% to 2.5% of GDP on defence feels like the first step of several. Important and necessary but unlikely the end point. Sort of reminds me of the economic policy response to the pandemic. The March 2020 budget felt (and looked) big at the time. Was quickly out-dated.

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Former leader of Reform Party in Wales in court, accused of taking Russian bribes as MEP www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Conspicuous lack of reference to Trump's siding with Russia and his gaslighting of Ukraine.

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NEW: updated long-run gap in voting between young men and women in Germany: Gender divide continues to widen, but contrary to what is often assumed, young men continue to vote roughly in line with the overall population, while young women have swung sharply left. www.ft.com/content/29fd...

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British Gas is Britain’s worst energy supplier for customer service. Customer exploitation is normalized. Regulators/Govt serve corporations, don't protect people. 50% of the Ofgem board must be elected by customers. Let customers vote on exec pay.

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I just published "County serve Cheltenham victory on plate" markvickery007.medium.com/county-serve...

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Sad to hear Jerry Butler died yesterday. His connection to Jamaican ska & rocksteady is profound, one which I wrote about in a post a decade ago. Have a read, have a listen to The Iceman's music, and celebrate the life of this legend. #jerrybutler #theimpressions #chicago #jamaica #ska #rnb #soul

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Friday Night Music: The Jam - Scrape Away youtube.com/watch?v=w8IU...

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Reform’s real offer? Continuity chaos - more of the Tory madness/scandals that stopped the country moving forward for the past decade. “Former Reform UK Wales leader charged with bribery” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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🔴 Trump-Supporting ARC Conference After Party Cancelled at London Nightclub Following Protests Venue was set to host a cigars, cocktail and DJ night for British Trump-backers attending a conference addressed by Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch bylinetimes.com/2025/02/19/t...

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Farage doesn’t believe in the NHS any more than the Tories do. Right now we can see what the NHS is capable of under Labour, 2 million extra appointments just months after taking charge. You can't trust Reform with your health.

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RIP Rick Butler It really was a trans global express when you played

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The full 2002 radio documentary THE JAM: MADE IN BRITAIN includes interviews with Rick Buckler, Bruce Foxton and Paul Weller among others. Length: 1:16:36. #RIPRickBuckler m.youtube.com/watch?v=SCtn...

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Rick Buckler, drummer of The Jam, dies at 69 after short illness

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Court approves Thames Water £3bn loan at 9.75%, adds to £19bn debt. Temporary reprieve. Thames Water banking on new equity investment (unlikely) and higher customer bills. Over one-third of customer bills cover interest payments. Sewage dumping, dividends will continue.

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The Daily Mail has for a long time been protecting a senior journalist who it knows to be a sexual predator. We are helping his victims get justice by suing the Daily Mail - and him. goodlaw.social/24jb

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I’ve written a few pieces about Basque Boys AFC, a football team created by child refugees in my hometown of Caerleon. The boys were known as ‘The Basque Unbeatables’. Here is a programme from 1939 for a match at Somerton Park, the former home of @NewportCounty #RefugeesWelcome #Casnewydd #Euskadi

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I just published "Frustration as County held by 10 man Bradford" markvickery007.medium.com/frustration-...

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BBC obsesses on Rachel Reeves but not Reforms James McMurdock whose CV doesn’t add up👇🏼 He says he worked at at Lehmans (it had gone bust when he claimed to be there) He claims he dealt with Corporate Loans -they require FCA Reg but I couldn’t find him.. His bizs went bust @adambienkov.bsky.social

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Fujitsu is targeting a lucrative contract renewal with HMRC worth over £200m. Already makes millions from govt contacts. Yet to pay any penalty for false conviction of postmasters in the Post Office scandal. No one prosecuted. Corporate gravy train rolls on.

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“there are Neville Chamberlain’s in every generation” George Monbiot’s takedown of Matt Goodwin and the Reform party is a thing of beauty 👏 #bbcqt

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Barclays CEO pay up from £4.3m to £10.5m. Real average pay of UK workers unchanged since 2008. Govts tell workers pay rises are inflationary, but that doesn't apply to exec pay, dividends, exec pay, share buybacks. Their profiteering is our inflation and poverty. It is class war.

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As a sports photographer it’s always so disappointing to see your work used without approval or purchase, for other people to make a profit from it. If someone walks into a shop and steals an item it’s theft. It’s no different for photography. 1/…..

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Well. The economy is in better shape than thought. Monthly output now looks to have been trending up late last year. The consumer seems fine, with strong spending in pubs offsetting weak retail sales. Uncertainty and taxes hit capex though. But growth can rebound in 2025.

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Expect zero media scrutiny of these completely insane policies.

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Wild west’ UK holiday park industry facing legal action over mis-sold caravans. People have lost thousands of pounds on mis-sold static caravans and unfair pitch fees. Corporations/Rich abuse people. Govt response - deregulation, will facilitate more abuses.

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Inside Britain's fascist fight club: Secret footage shows far-right group preparing for 'race war' An undercover investigation by ITV News has revealed how ‘Active Club England’ is using extreme fitness and fraternity to recruit and radicalise members for a so-called 'race war' tinyurl.com/48fzy5db

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🔴Keir Starmer Urged to Back Law Blocking Foreign Billionaires Like Elon Musk From Bankrolling UK Political Parties It follows reports that the billionaire Trump backer could donate up to £80m to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK bylinetimes.com/2025/02/12/k...

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Win pretty 🤷‍♀️ Win ugly They’re all 🌳 points at the end of the day 🤩 The big man slotting away with a great finish 👌🏽 Up the amber coloured Skindred wearing fight to the end mighty fine ‘Port 🧡 #UTC #oneclubonecounty

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🔴Twenty More Government Reforms the Media Hasn’t Been Telling You About You probably won’t have read much about these announcements over recent weeks bylinetimes.com/2025/01/24/w...

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I just published "County pinch another win after late changes" markvickery007.medium.com/county-pinch...

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🔴Trump's Middle East Riviera: What Next for Gaza? Trump's proposal to physically remove 2.5 million is pure fantasy. But what does it reveal? @iyadelbaghdadi.bsky.social explains the state of play bylinetimes.com/2025/02/10/t...

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The Welsh Rugby Union is reportedly set to call time on Gatland’s tenure with immediate effect

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On Feb 11 1990 Nelson Mandela was released from prison after 27 years in captivity. Recent hate from the Trump Administration with regards to South Africa reminds us to continue Mandela’s fight. Sing The Special AKA’s “Free Nelson Mandela" and work to oppose the evil of racism. #mandela #ska #2Tone

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Over 52,000 - and rising - have complained to Ofcom and disagree. The most ever for a TV clip is 58,000. So Ofcom is certainly going to take a good close look. Add your name here: action.goodlawproject.org/ofcom-stop-g...

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"A measles outbreak is growing in a rural area of West Texas where vaccination rates are well below the recommended level" Stupidity has consequences apparently...

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I just published "Improving County dent Crewe promotion hopes" markvickery007.medium.com/improving-co...

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This is both fair & very gloomy. I’m a bit more optimistic on 3 grounds. 1. There are tentative signs that industrial production has bottomed out & will slowly rebound. 2. That real wage growth will, eventually, feed into consumption. 3. There is a chance of a defence spending-led expansion.

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