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Maryanne
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Runner. Co-Chair of the 100 Marathon Club UK. Dog lover. Sea swimmer all year round.
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What Sarah Pochin MP sees when the Chase is on.
All-American stories. Why is this on my UK feed?
Can't remember when mine runs out but it's not imminent
There's a pay annually button which shows the reduced rate for annual subscribers
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That scene of the Welsh BBC correspondent being the only person interviewing Caerphilly's new Plaid AM while the rest of the media interviewed Reform's loser in the background was far too on the nose.
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I have been traveling and today I present to you...the thing I saw in the Frankfurt airport.

Is it efficient? Undeniably. Does it probably work better than the normal way? Oh certainly. Produce less of a mess? Probably?

But the existence of Condiment Udders gives me a deep, aghast disquiet.
How does it work for existing Vanguardistas who might want to upgrade?
Good. I firmly believe Jess is one of the good guys
Breaking - Five grooming gang survivors tell PM they will stay on panel only if Jess Phillips REMAINS in post.

They say Phillips has “devoted her life to hearing and amplifying the voices of women and girls who would have otherwise been unheard”.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Five grooming gang survivors tell PM they will stay on panel only if Jess Phillips remains in post
Exclusive: In fresh controversy, the women write to Keir Starmer and Shabana Mahmood to speak up for safeguarding minister
www.theguardian.com
It also feels as though they enforcement officer(s) are on a commission for the fines they issue.
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Wow. Sidney Reid, the DC woman just found not guilty of assaulting an FBI agent, issues a withering and gutsy statement on Trump through her attorneys.

"I feel sorry for the prosecutors really, who must be burdened by Trump's irrational and unfounded hatred for his fellow man."

It's a must-read:
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FINALLY the BBC starts covering what we’ve all already seen.

“A 55-year-old Palestinian woman has been taken to hospital after being clubbed over the head by a masked Jewish settler as she was picking olives.”
Palestinian woman in hospital after being clubbed by masked Israeli settler
The attacker is seen striking the 55-year-old woman with a large wooden stick during the assault in the West Bank village of Turmus Ayaa.
www.bbc.co.uk
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people playing music/videos on their phone speakers in public is more than just mildly annoying and is instead a leading indicator of the decline of community and empath
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
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“All my friends murdered and raped, sometimes they hung out at my house. Get over yourself.”
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Over half the calls I get are from myself, to help me find where the hell I've left my phone.
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🔴Celebs Go Dating Presenter Eden Blackman Accused of Violent Sexual Abuse by Multiple Women

EXCLUSIVE: The women say the late Channel Four star was a predator who subjected them to extreme and violent sexual acts

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/20/c...
Celebs Go Dating Presenter Eden Blackman Accused of Violent Sexual Abuse by Multiple Women
EXCLUSIVE: The women say the late Channel Four star was a predator who subjected them to extreme and violent sexual acts
bylinetimes.com
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I would laugh if this wasn't so true 😭
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The healthcare wonk version of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.....
New post just out:

"On the edge"

On my unexpected week in hospital and five things I learnt about the state of the NHS.

(Free to read)

open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/o...
On the edge
My week in the NHS
open.substack.com
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1

Trickle-down economics was always a sham.

Nothing has ever trickled down.
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How has the government got itself into the position of standing up for Israeli football hooligans, while criminalising peaceful supporters of Palestine Action?
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Things that are simultaneously true:

Antisemitism exists in U.K. & must end

Maccabi fanbase incl a hardcore racist hooligan faction

U.K. policing has been substantially under-resourced for years

PMs & Home Secs should stay out of operational decisions made by police forces