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Spare a thought for the IDF today. They were out all day yesterday shooting innocent people trying to get bags of flour, and when they got home they had to find out the heartbreaking news that some people at Glastonbury don't like them. That cannot be good for your mental health.

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Reform UK donors interactive by Donation Watch. Note - Christopher Harborne has been a long term resident of Thailand. donation.watch/en/unitedkin...

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MPs describe receiving veiled deselection threats as No 10 sought to quash revolt before finally backing down www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Is there really a vacancy for a small right wing party trying to do much the same thing as Reform? I mean, we already have the Conservatives.

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If only there were half the outrage over Israeli soldiers shooting starving people queuing for food as there has been towards some rappers mouthing off at Glastonbury, we'd be in a very different place

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BBC streamed this set on the iPlayer, did not cut the chant during the live-stream + have withdrawn it since The clip mostly seen via social media. Almost nobody commenting saw it live. So Sean points out many in media mistakenly think it was broadcast on TV too (inc Today presenter + guests)

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#Poverty | 🇬🇧 Britain in 2025: sick man of Europe battling untreated illness crisis ‘The #NHS has become focused on treatment rather than #Prevention’ ‘We’re normalising poor nutrition and poor health’ ‘medieval #HealthInequality is devastating the NHS’ www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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Disabled people could face extra costs of almost £15,000 a year by the end of the decade, grim research shows, as the row over the Government’s welfare cuts continues www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

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Mission accomplished for Netanyahu ... at the cost of tens of thousands of lives. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

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The truth.

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Let’s never forget the indignation Jeremy Clarkson raged with over having to pay inheritance tax like other people.. only less of it.. Here’s his £12.5 million mansion..👇🏼 I mean he’s virtually on the poverty line.. poor self entitled, bumptious, arrogant prat❗️🙄

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Are you kidding me right now? Here’s the truth, point by point: “Pardoning a fearless patriot…” Flynn pleaded guilty, twice, to lying to the FBI about secret talks with the Russian ambassador. That’s not patriotism. That’s a national security risk. ...

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While it's disappointing to hear that Rod Stewart supports divisive gobshite Nigel Farage, it's very good of him to announce it just in time to be told to fuck off by 200,000 people at Glastonbury.

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It's incredible that neither the president nor VP was here. The politicization of all facets of American life is coming from the White House. No other American president would have failed to pay their respects. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

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Ukrainian forces are now dropping standard artillery shells from drones. Excellent precision and no barrel wear.

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Halton and Runcorn leaders are not happy with their new Reform MP. The local Crime Commissioner and two Halton councillors have taken aim at Runcorn MP Sarah Pochin, saying her string ‘incorrect and critical’ outbursts about the town are stoking fear. northwestbylines.co.uk/politics/hal...

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Al Gore didn’t hold back: The Trump admin is “attacking the heart of truth,” twisting facts like the Nazis did in the 1930s. From climate denial to rewriting the Ukraine war, it’s all about power—not reality. Gore warned the U.S. is under siege—and every former leader should speak out like he did.

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Bravo Al Gore

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One in five of Reform MPs have been to prison. Where should we send them to?

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True to form, today's Sunday Telegraph - whose owner has huge investments in fossil fuels - is portraying cycling-friendly measures as a 'war' against motorists... www.desmog.com/2023/11/24/u...

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Some useful fact-checking here from @carbonbrief.org about a trope often pushed by the more fossil-fuel-aligned parts of the UK media... www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-wh...

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Free speech news

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Rod Stewart relaxes after his first day as Head of Research at Migraleve.

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Around £50bn of the NHS budget is spent tackling the consequences of poverty. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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NASA is being told to cancel 19 active missions to save $6B, which looks to be less than the ICE hiring/retention budget going forward. I need people to let that sentence sink into their bones for a minute.

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Those stating that AI is doing good for the world: it's single-handedly derailing any headway we've made towards renewable energy and leading us faster into a catastrophe. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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In 1900, one in five kids was dead before the age of 5. The old graveyards are full of dead kids. Vaccines stopped that, and now we no longer fear death coming for our kids. And because we do not fear it, we indulge in foolishness. www.editorialboard.com/under-trump-...

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BREAKING: 1 in 4 nursing homes say they will be forced to close if Republicans pass Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill. No grandma should be kicked out of her nursing home so that Mark Zuckerberg can buy another Hawaiian island.

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I’ve teamed up with the brilliant @monkemma.bsky.social to dismantle the growing heap of GLP-1 drug conspiracies - from “hidden ingredients” to “government mind control” to “suppression of natural weight loss.” Spoiler: the truth is a lot less sexy (and a lot more evidence-based).

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A council department in Thurrock called NATIS obtained a .police .uk domain, issued ‘warrant cards’, and operated nationally - – without ever being part of UK policing.

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Next week the UK government is moving to ban Palestine Action under anti-terror laws. 5 things that could put you at risk of a terrorism charge ⬇️ 🧵

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Silly.

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Starmer’s welfare cuts could leave thousands of disabled women trapped with abusers. Why no gender impact assessment? Women lose disproportionately more in public sector wage cuts, benefit cuts, state pension age hike. Despite equality laws gender pay/pension gap persists.

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US Senators should pay attention

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Wow. Huge thanks @bsky.app for verifying my page

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US energy groups spend record sums on power plants to feed data centres https://on.ft.com/46izZEO

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Exciting news from Finland: the world’s largest sand battery (1 MW/100 MWh) is now online! The Pornainen project by Polar Night Energy is 10x bigger than the first commercial sand battery and sets a new benchmark for affordable, long-duration energy storage.

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We should all be disgusted by the flood of anti-Muslim remarks spewed in the aftermath of Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the NYC mayoral primary — some blatant, others latent. Shame on the members of Congress who have engaged in such bigotry and anyone who doesn’t challenge it.

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Teachers don't need more tech. They need smaller classes and more (paid) time for prep and instruction. But alas, the tech option means more profit for billionaires, while the latter would cost billionaires more in taxes. And so, in our current kleptocracy, tech is what teachers are going to get...

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Whew! that was close. If Netanyahu had not bombed Iran, he might've had to face the law of the land.

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