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There’s being bold and there’s being plain bonkers. No-one who thinks for 5 minutes can believe means testing the state pension is a good idea - but that is what Kemi Badenoch says she’s up for

submitted 43 days ago • 30 comments

To be fair she does look like a chicken.

submitted 98 days ago • 899 comments

"Elon Musk, whose companies have received nearly $8 billion in government funding through an assortment of federal grants, tax breaks, government subsidies and contracts, proposed today that senior citizens need to 'tighten their belt' to help balance the national budget." See? It's not hard.

submitted 97 days ago • 307 comments

You know the "🔹AI Overview" you get on Google Search? I discovered today that it's repeating as fact something I made up 7 years ago as a joke. "Kyloren syndrome" is a fictional disease I invented as part of a sting operation to prove that you can publish any nonsense in predatory journals...

submitted 98 days ago • 134 comments

Michael's piece is outstanding (as are the written submissions from Ben Cooper and David Welsh for Sex Matters). The interpretation arguments based on deeming provisions (which create legal fictions), the narrow effect of deeming provisions, purposive interpretation,

submitted 101 days ago • 3 comments

A hypothesis I have is that a contributing factor to the collapse of public trust is the way we use terms that don't mean what they appear to. Not just jargon - but terms that are actively misleading. Examples are 'life' sentences or 'no recourse to public funds'. Thread.

submitted 98 days ago • 2 comments

Brexit is a long way down voter agendas because politicians won't talk about it. If the negative effects of Brexit were explained in a loud clear voice every time each problem it caused arose, it would very quickly rocket up the agenda. (As has happened - in a more twisted way - with immigration.)

submitted 98 days ago • 12 comments

Ian Hislop for PM.....

submitted 100 days ago • 38 comments

The UK is no longer offering COVID vaccines to pregnant women – here’s why that might be a bad idea

submitted 100 days ago • 1 comment

“Again and again I’ve come up against men who argue exactly what Oliver does here, using the very same talking points." variety.com/2024/digital...

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'corporations have realised it is not a winning business strategy to submit to a vocal minority of activists whose beliefs and behaviours are deeply unpopular with the general public' HBO publicly stands by J.K. Rowling sknight.substack.com/p/hbo-public...

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Exclusive: Lobbyist Mark Fulbrook had access to parliament for 18 months due to "administrative error" www.tortoisemedia.com/2024/11/21/l...

submitted 100 days ago • 7 comments

It's not even 10am and a person in my mentions has come up with a "Did Captain Tom create the reinforced concrete scandal plaguing British schools?" theory, this site is absolutely on fire.

submitted 100 days ago • 9 comments

Some countries are looking to ADD immigrants—imagine that. Under the Tuscan Sun vibes! An Italian mayor is luring Americans upset by election results to buy cheap homes. His team offers private tours, connects buyers with contractors, and handles all the paperwork to make the move seamless.

submitted 100 days ago • 87 comments

This place is absurd. 😂

submitted 102 days ago • 43 comments

QED!

submitted 175 days ago • 17 comments

Hong Kong has now become a Police State, writes @nathanlawkc.bsky.social, as his courageous friend Joshua Wong is sentenced, along with many others, to a lengthy prison term for fighting for democracy. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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From 10am tomorrow, the former health secretary Matt Hancock will give two whole days of evidence to the UK Covid inquiry’s module on healthcare systems. I suspect it’s going to be enraging, self-serving & riddled with lies. I’ll be watching closely. covid19.public-inquiry.uk/hearings/imp...

submitted 100 days ago • 25 comments

Yesterday saw the launch of a 'London Loo Alliance' to beat the drum for more public toilets. ‘Public toilets are the hallmark of a civilised society,’ said one campaigner. ‘The Romans understood this, but our local authorities don’t seem to.’ www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...

submitted 101 days ago • 0 comments

If you’re wondering why more men aren’t talking about International Men’s Day, it’s because they save that for International Women’s Day.

submitted 101 days ago • 6 comments

NEW: Guardian & Observer vote overwhelming in favour of strike action in protest of sale of the Observer to Tortoise Media.

submitted 101 days ago • 26 comments

Government admits that 50,000 to 100,000 more pensioners will be in relative or absolute poverty as a result of means-testing the winter fuel payment and it knew that at the time of the decision It has taken nearly four months to admit it bit.ly/3CCgISb click get file to read it

submitted 101 days ago • 20 comments

Either someone ran the wrong video or you should never ever fuck with farmers in the UK

submitted 102 days ago • 47 comments

By my count, there's four members of the incoming Trump administration accused of rape or sexual assault - Trump himself, Peter Hegseth, Matt Gaetz, and RFK Jr (all of whom, with the exception of RFK Jr. have denied the allegations against them). Who am I missing?

submitted 102 days ago • 321 comments

Zimin: Russian chef with restaurants in 🇬🇧 He went out of his way to employ Ukrainian staff, hosted Russian dissidents, publicly sang Russian anti-war songs. NOW: Found dead in a hotel room in Belgrade, Serbia Authorities are reported to be preparing a toxology report. apple.news/AyvLeoI2NTba...

submitted 102 days ago • 20 comments

Column on For Women Scotland vs The Scottish Ministers, coming to the Supreme Court later this month. www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...

submitted 104 days ago • 2 comments

Left liberals pretending there are no issues with the police and free speech are just fuelling polarisation. I mean, the Court of Appeal ruled College of Policing guidance on non-crime hate incidents was unlawful and the Home Office couldn’t get it to revise it! 🤦‍♀️ t.co/GpzQCFFwsT

submitted 102 days ago • 4 comments

Crying 😂

submitted 103 days ago • 128 comments

A song to remind me of the most useful phrases I have learnt from Italian Duolingo. (Sound up)

submitted 103 days ago • 39 comments

It was so predictable that David Cameron would blame everyone else but himself for forcing the catastrophic Brexit referendum on the country. #ImmigrationHowBritishPoliticsFailed

submitted 102 days ago • 3 comments

Yes, this also disturbed me. A really distressing, to me, aspect of the Me Too backlash has been the return of the unspeakableness of sexual violence—so that we’ve gone back to a situation where men accused of doing horrific things to women get to profit off a taboo against anyone mentioning it.

submitted 104 days ago • 10 comments

Took issue with a rape joke by a reasonably prominent poster with whom I generally agree. Replies so far: one suggesting I'm disrespecting Bluesky's kind & inclusive culture by calling it out; one saying I should be raped. 🤔

submitted 103 days ago • 2 comments

Not a particularly religious person, but it seems to me that the Bishop of Newcastle, Dr Helen-Ann Hartley, seems the obvious successor given she was the only one to speak out 👀⬇️ www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...

submitted 104 days ago • 4 comments

For those who don't know how anything works, everything is either a miracle or a conspiracy.

submitted 103 days ago • 153 comments

This is just really dodgy. From The Sunday Times

submitted 111 days ago • 6 comments

A good test of whether @bsky.app will really be an open, positive place is if @naomicunningham.bsky.social keeps having her posts absurdly labelled as "intolerance". She's a serious lawyer with views others may strongly disagree with. That's all. The label should be removed @moderation.bsky.app.

submitted 104 days ago • 16 comments

This is exactly how I had imagined the run-up to the mini Budget going

submitted 104 days ago • 23 comments