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Anything posted here are my personal views. Anonymised UK policy generalist with far too much experience, especially economic, tax, and international. Preferred pronouns: They/Them/Their. @souptomatosoup on twitter Banner credit @pickardje.bsky.social
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A horrible incident - and one that could have significant (and, perhaps, intended) political consequences. Democrats have a one seat majority in the Minnesota Senate and the state House is tied. There have been contentious special elections that have flipped control three times since November

I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III. Sound familiar?

This film seems to be appropriately titled

FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU ARE UP TO DATE ON YOUR VACCINATIONS NOW.

Mid & East Antrim will hold their first ever Pride parade this year in Ballymena on 28 June. M&EA are going to need a lot of us to show up for reasons that should be obvious given what's happening in the town atm. Numerous counter-protests have already been registered. This is what Pride is about

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… then they came for my workforce. And I didn’t speak up, because I felt just too fucking stupid now as I voted for all of this.

Under Boris Johnson's 2020 deal, the UK would have 15 days after leaving the ECHR to negotiate a new basis for police, justice cooperation - or it would all end. This would need to be sorted out in advance for the transfer of air passenger details. Might appeal to fans of negotiation cliff-edges

Not clear whether she means: 1. We don’t agree with the large volume of ECtHR case law on this subject or 2. There is no ECtHR case law to this effect Either way, it makes her entirely unfit for her post.

As I pointed out the other day, this is a fools errand. Reform voters are anti-BBC for the reason that they're anti-establishment in general. Programming changes won't fixthat. At the same time, it reflects a horrifically misguided BBC instinct to elevate minority views they think will be popular.

Name of the wind - Patrick Rothfuss World War Z - Max Brooks Dracula - Bram Stoker