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China's high speed train from Beijing to Shanghai is a journey of over 800 miles, 200 miles further than from Land's End to John o'Groats. It covers that vast distance in a little over 4 hours. It was built in 3 years, between April 2008 and June 2011. Puts HS2 into context, don't you think?

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82% of us want water in public hands. If you agree sign our petition.

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⚡️ 'It was my duty to step down' — Former US Ambassador to Ukraine confirms resignation over Trump's policy. Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink accused the Trump administration of prioritizing pressure on Ukraine, the victim of Russia's war, rather than confronting the Kremlin.

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Great question

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The RW papers, which already scream Brexit betrayal on a daily basis, will dial their criticism up to 11 as soon as Labour changes a single atom of our relationship with the EU. Given that, they might as well go for something spectacular instead of these tiny nibbles. It won't change the reaction.

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List of all players in NBA history with a streak of 20+ consecutive games with 15+ points and 5+ assists in the playoffs: Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Oscar Robertson, LeBron James and Jalen Brunson

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Mistake - Getting caught.

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“Poor man wanna be rich. Rich man wanna be king. The king ain’t satisfied ‘til he rules everything.”—Springsteen, Badlands

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If this person sat next to you on a bus or train and started ranting about Bruce Springsteen in this way, you would get up and move to a different seat. In the United States, we have him the nuclear codes.

submitted 9 days ago • 3982 comments

Oh, we will.

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Donald Trump cut funding for cancer research by 31% in the first three months of his term. This is an attack on every American family who has loved someone with cancer.

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When profits speak louder than principles, humanity pays the ultimate price.

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"I know you're angry about immigration" says Starmer on Twitter. No. I am supernova furious at your casual assumption that everyone in the UK is an intolerant racist. And that therefore it's fine to treat immigrants like dirt because you're in tune with the prevailing mood. Get in the bin.

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So Labour binned Rwanda, but not the concept of Rwanda? That's hardly reformed thinking. It is, however, Reform thinking. Labour: Finding new ways to disappoint the electorate daily since July 2024. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

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A flying palace for he, two dolls for thee. The list of those who let this immunized felon back into the White House is long and unforgivable. www.americaamerica.news/p/snapshot-t...

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Here’s 3 Patriots who would NEVER steal your healthcare to give tax breaks to billionaires! No Trump Medicaid Cuts!!!!!

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🚨 New data from over 1,100 businesses across the UK shows the damage Brexit has done. 📉 72.8% of firms say they've been negatively impacted. This isn’t "teething problems", it’s structural harm to our economy. 🔍 Read the full report: www.europeanmovement.co.uk/business-imp...

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“Around 200 Israeli citizens living in the UK have written to the British government demanding it suspend its trade relations with Israel until the country lifts its total siege on Gaza.” To think that Israeli citizens themselves need to tell the UK govt this…

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Looking to suspend habeas corpus. We can start calling this fascism now right?

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My guess: The US-UK almost-a-deal may have reduced the average tariff rate Britain charges on American exports from 1% to 0.8%. And the UK is only 3% of US trade. "So if this sounds like small potatoes to you, that's because these aren't potatoes. These are tiny little peas."

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The NHS in England is planning "previously unthinkable" cuts to try to balance the books, health bosses say. Services including diabetes care for young people, rehab centres and talking therapies are in the firing line, according to NHS Providers www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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More Scottish Green MSPs in Holyrood means more strong voices for: 🌍Protecting our climate & nature 🚌Cheaper trains & buses 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Independence in the EU 🧑‍🤝‍🧑Tackling poverty & inequality 💰Taxing the rich Help us elect a record number of @scottishgreens.org next year! #VoteScottishGreens

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FUN FACT: Since 2019, Nigel Farage's Reform has taken more than £2.3 MILLION from oil and gas interests - making up an astonishing 92% of the party's donations. Reform are NOT for ordinary people. They're in the pockets of the big oil lobby.

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🚨🚨For those who believe (and it seems the correct inference imho) that #kremlin was working behind the scenes to orchestrate #brexit (a nation-dividing political event), this story is further evidence substantiating this narrative. 🧵 www.bbc.com/news/article...

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This means profiling people based on specific characteristics to then pursue collective punishment on that basis. It will, no doubt, be 'informed' by racist practices still inherent in any such profiling. There is no way to overstate how terrible this idea is. 1/5 www.thetimes.com/article/c6fe...

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Red blade = the Dark Side. I don’t make the rules.

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When A President Isn’t A Criminal Propped Up By A Corrupt Supreme Court…

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The top 5 reasons people didn't vote Labour. Immigration isn't any of them.

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I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.

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The inevitable consequence of Labour's desire that right wing voters no longer see any meaningful difference between it and Reform is that progressive voters will, also, no longer see any meaningful difference between it and Reform.

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Barry Blitt’s cover for this week’s issue, “The First Hundred Days.” #NewYorkerCovers nyer.cm/ysrCZ47

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One of the world’s leading scholars on genocide, William Schabas, on Monday denounced Keir Starmer and David Lammy for refusing to label Israel's actions in Gaza as genocide. “These people are hypocrites… They do not interpret or apply the Genocide Convention in a consistent manner.”

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Virginia Giuffre hailed as ‘fierce warrior’ for women, who ‘gave voice to the silenced’ Utterly tragic. Meanwhile the twats who abused her are still walking free www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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This is what a rigged economy looks like: In the 1970s, CEOs made 27 times more than the average worker. In the 1980s, CEOs made 48 times more than the average worker. This decade, CEOs are making 354 times more than the average worker. That has got to change.

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Lucky for Starmer most people have forgotten his 10 pledges he made when running for Labour leader, given he's abandoned so many, including: free movement, higher income tax for top 5%, higher corporation tax, abolish UC, common ownership of rail/mail/energy and water, no more NHS outsourcing, etc.

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Trump’s FBI Director tweets and deletes a post saying his agency has arrested a county judge in Wisconsin.

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Me on LBC this morning… The UK-EU youth mobility scheme - the government is finally willing to consider a “one in one out” scheme. 👏👏 This is a re-wording of what I advocated in March: You don’t need any cap on numbers, you just need to balance outflow & inflow -and that means zero net migration.

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On being called DEI and why it isn’t the burn they think it is

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Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.

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I’m agree with Diane Abbott on this. If people want to vote for Reform they will. There are no populist depths Labour can sink to that will attract a Reform voter because the idea of them being ‘left wing’ is set in their minds. So they might as well do good stuff & stop alienating the rest of us.

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Starmer agreeing with a lopsided transphobic ruling is indefensible, so are PiP cuts, so is publishing immigrant crime stats. They have the majority stop division but choose to cosplay as Reform. Their choices aren’t just vindictive but political suicide. Fucking lunacy.

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Poor Ukraine! Trump really is an out and out scumbag. Not a word I would ordinarily use, but it fits here. (Sorry, couldn't quite cram his Truth Social post into the screenshot and his avatar too. Anyway, you get the gist...) truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...

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