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Really classy Daily Mirror front page on the 80th anniversary of VE Day. This Philip Zec celebrated cartoon was in the paper on this day in 1945

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Keir Starmer says Kemi Badenoch & Nigel Farage talking down the India trade deal and accusing the government of "two tier taxation" is "incoherent nonsense". "It's in the agreements that we've already got with 50 other countries". #PMQs

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The quantity of UK goods exports is lower now than in 2016 or 2021. The UK is the only country in the G7 that has this record. #Brexit

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This sums the whole situation up quite nicely.

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Trump poses as the Pope in full holy garments and gets a pass. Obama puts on a tan suit and they lose their frigging minds. See how that works?

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Some Truth For Your Saturday…

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💥 BREAKING: Levi Strauss shareholders voted today to reject a proposal calling on the company to cease / abolish all DEI efforts (tally TBD). LEVI Board: “Diversity and inclusion principles are critical in ensuring that our products reflect and are relevant to our diverse global consumer base.”

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When I left the Washington Post in 2023, my colleagues and I were worried AI would hoover up our work and enable "zombies" to churn out stories based on our reporting and writing styles. Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.

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There are kids who will never pick up a dead bear carcass and load it into their car but then forget about the bear carcass because they went to a fancy steakhouse but then remember about the bear carcass and finally dump the bear carcass in Central Park

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Word of the day is ‘bugiard’ (17th century): one who distorts the truth beyond all recognition to fit their own agenda.

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Oh, it was Zelensky that started the war? Like when a bully claims their victim started the fight because their face hurt his fist?

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On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked, "If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?" Allow our scaled diagram to explain...

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Never fails

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Rep. Steven Horsford to Greer: "So the trade representative hasn't spoken to the POTUS about a global reordering of trade, but yet he announced it on a tweet? WTF! Who is in charge? It looks like your boss just pulled the rug out from under you. There is no strategy ... is this market manipulation?"

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"What the U.S. is doing now is not reform. It is rejecting the very system it created." - Singapore's Prime Minister Lawrence Wong (April 8, 2025)

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Paraphrasing the Brexiteer 'Europe needs us more than we need them' justification for the UK committing its own act of economic self-sabotage. In the end, it was exposed as nonsense. UK trading terms with the EU actually worsened, and our trade, economy and reputation have never recovered.

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Ah man. Thanks for the music Clem Burke. Finally got to see Blondie at Glastonbury in 2023. You were, as always, mighty! What a legacy you leave.

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He did it because those tux-wearing bastards never once said "thank you."

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#TrumpTariffs The tariff list continues: Heaven 25% Disneyland 10% The Lost City of Atlantis 25% Narnia 35% Hogwarts 10% Oz 15% Enid Blyton’s Toytown 10% Middle-Earth 30% Jurassic Park 12% Utopia 15% Kanye West 25% Kanye East 15% Nipple 10% Paris Hilton 30% Rod Hull 10%.

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We had Liberation Day in the village yesterday. I played Rule Britannia on a carrot. Jill in the village shop put a 25% tariff on her baps. Bunty my wife had some Ketamine. We concluded a free trade deal with the nearby village of Wimborne St Giles. And we all ate roast penguin.

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Assuming there will be history tests in 50 years.

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Excited for all the new American banana and coffee factories.

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(1/4) Strong leadership means taking risks and trying things - but when it doesn’t work, realising your mistake and correcting it. Quickly.

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TRUMP DITCHES FALLEN SOLDIERS' DIGNIFIED TRANSFER FOR GOLF DINNER Trump won't attend the dignified transfer of 4 U.S. soldiers at Dover AFB who died in Lithuania. He'll be at his Saudi-backed LIV Golf dinner in Florida instead. The soldiers were honored by Lithuania's president.

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Oh, to have to confidence of a Trump supporter who has no clue what she’s talking about.

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Oh.

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‘I once imposed tariffs on an island only populated by penguins’

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Thank you to whoever made this

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chef’s kiss

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Trump Says Recession Unfortunate But Necessary Step To Get To Depression

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This is a United States Senator MACK: I was laid off from HHS and now people aren’t getting social services, especially people with disabilities BANKS: You probably deserved it MACK: Why did I deserve it? BANKS: Because you look like a clown