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I am a Constant Reader: a lifetime of reading Stephen King
"Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside of us, and sometimes, they win." Quote from The Shining (1977)
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Only two weeks after my last article, here's another one. Enjoy. #stephenking #constantreader
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Shabana Mahmood’s asylum reforms will not ‘unite a divided country’
Making asylum status temporary and eroding family rights will undermine Britain’s commitments to international law and create further divisions
Making asylum status temporary and eroding family rights will undermine Britain’s commitments to international law and create further divisions
Shabana Mahmood’s asylum reforms will not ‘unite a divided country’
Making asylum status temporary and eroding family rights will undermine Britain’s commitments to international law and create further divisions
sussexbylines.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Shabana Mahmood’s asylum reforms will not ‘unite a divided country’
Making asylum status temporary and eroding family rights will undermine Britain’s commitments to international law and create further divisions
Making asylum status temporary and eroding family rights will undermine Britain’s commitments to international law and create further divisions
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Shabana Mahmood’s asylum reforms will not ‘unite a divided country’
Making asylum status temporary and eroding family rights will undermine Britain’s commitments to international law and create further divisions
@sussexbylines.co.uk
Making asylum status temporary and eroding family rights will undermine Britain’s commitments to international law and create further divisions
@sussexbylines.co.uk
Shabana Mahmood’s asylum reforms will not ‘unite a divided country’
Making asylum status temporary and eroding family rights will undermine Britain’s commitments to international law and create further divisions
sussexbylines.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Shabana Mahmood’s asylum reforms will not ‘unite a divided country’
Making asylum status temporary and eroding family rights will undermine Britain’s commitments to international law and create further divisions
@sussexbylines.co.uk
Making asylum status temporary and eroding family rights will undermine Britain’s commitments to international law and create further divisions
@sussexbylines.co.uk
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For all its faults may the good ship BBC navigate the stormy waters of our global media landscape for a long time to come | Henry Foster
BBC – broken but not out?
For all its faults may the good ship BBC navigate the stormy waters of our global media landscape for a long time to come
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November 30, 2025 at 7:17 AM
For all its faults may the good ship BBC navigate the stormy waters of our global media landscape for a long time to come | Henry Foster
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goodness. someone has finally said it.
this is a fabulous article on the UK's failure to recognise the world order changed post WW2. but, we had to be a nuclear power as well as rearm. Suez should have been the clue, but even by 2016 the country had not, and still has not, recognised its place.
this is a fabulous article on the UK's failure to recognise the world order changed post WW2. but, we had to be a nuclear power as well as rearm. Suez should have been the clue, but even by 2016 the country had not, and still has not, recognised its place.
Will Britain’s exceptionalism wreck the reset?
In a world of rising protectionism, Britain is in danger of being left outside all of the big trade blocks
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In a world of rising protectionism, Britain is in danger of being left outside all of the big trade blocks
@sussexbylines.co.uk
Willl Britain’s exceptionalism wreck the reset?
In a world of rising protectionism, Britain is in danger of being left outside all of the big trade blocks
sussexbylines.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 5:47 PM
goodness. someone has finally said it.
this is a fabulous article on the UK's failure to recognise the world order changed post WW2. but, we had to be a nuclear power as well as rearm. Suez should have been the clue, but even by 2016 the country had not, and still has not, recognised its place.
this is a fabulous article on the UK's failure to recognise the world order changed post WW2. but, we had to be a nuclear power as well as rearm. Suez should have been the clue, but even by 2016 the country had not, and still has not, recognised its place.
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“A public inquiry on Brexit might make it easier for us to rejoin the EU
Let’s set the record straight on the cause of our economic woes and inability to control immigration”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Let’s set the record straight on the cause of our economic woes and inability to control immigration”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
A public inquiry on Brexit might make it easier for us to rejoin the EU | Letters
Letters: Let’s set the record straight on the cause of our economic woes and inability to control immigration, writes Robert Gildea. Plus a letter from Rachel Foggitt
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:02 AM
“A public inquiry on Brexit might make it easier for us to rejoin the EU
Let’s set the record straight on the cause of our economic woes and inability to control immigration”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Let’s set the record straight on the cause of our economic woes and inability to control immigration”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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I signed a few days ago but want this to happen so I'm sharing it again! Please do sign and pass on. Let's get there and expose the corruption.
I've signed. Have you?
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 28, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I signed a few days ago but want this to happen so I'm sharing it again! Please do sign and pass on. Let's get there and expose the corruption.
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Fly-tipping is a serious issue that must be addressed | Mick Channon
Why fly-tipping is rising – and why the system meant to stop it isn’t working
Fly-tipping is a serious issue that must be addressed
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November 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Fly-tipping is a serious issue that must be addressed | Mick Channon
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A man has been arrested over the fly-tipped mountain of waste in a field in Oxfordshire...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Arrest made over waste mountain in Oxfordshire
A 39-year-old man is arrested after the huge pile of rubbish was found in Oxfordshire.
www.bbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
A man has been arrested over the fly-tipped mountain of waste in a field in Oxfordshire...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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With over 20 million article reads under our belt, we’re very serious about building a grassroots citizen journalism alternative to the billionaire-owned mainstream media.
And we can do it on an absolute shoestring too. That’s the revolutionary beauty of it.
See 👉 chuffed.org/project/byli...
And we can do it on an absolute shoestring too. That’s the revolutionary beauty of it.
See 👉 chuffed.org/project/byli...
November 21, 2025 at 6:56 AM
With over 20 million article reads under our belt, we’re very serious about building a grassroots citizen journalism alternative to the billionaire-owned mainstream media.
And we can do it on an absolute shoestring too. That’s the revolutionary beauty of it.
See 👉 chuffed.org/project/byli...
And we can do it on an absolute shoestring too. That’s the revolutionary beauty of it.
See 👉 chuffed.org/project/byli...
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"Instead of unbroken golden sand, the shoreline is littered with millions of tiny plastic pellets – bio-beads – spilled into the sea by Southern Water and now washing up in waves. They are a chilling reminder of how fragile our environment is, and how carelessly some treat it." Worth a read ⤵️
A scar on a beloved place and a stark warning: if we let this pass quietly, it will happen again | Mick Channon
The Camber Sands bio-beads disaster
A scar on a beloved place and a stark warning: if we let this pass quietly, it will happen again
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November 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM
"Instead of unbroken golden sand, the shoreline is littered with millions of tiny plastic pellets – bio-beads – spilled into the sea by Southern Water and now washing up in waves. They are a chilling reminder of how fragile our environment is, and how carelessly some treat it." Worth a read ⤵️
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Surviving sexual abuse: long term risks and how to find help
The impact of sexual abuse can last for decades, but survivors can still take control of their lives, and support is available
@jenniekermode.bsky.social @sussexbylines.co.uk
The impact of sexual abuse can last for decades, but survivors can still take control of their lives, and support is available
@jenniekermode.bsky.social @sussexbylines.co.uk
Surviving sexual abuse: long term risks and how to find help
The impact of sexual abuse can last for decades, but survivors can still take control of their lives, and support is available
sussexbylines.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Surviving sexual abuse: long term risks and how to find help
The impact of sexual abuse can last for decades, but survivors can still take control of their lives, and support is available
@jenniekermode.bsky.social @sussexbylines.co.uk
The impact of sexual abuse can last for decades, but survivors can still take control of their lives, and support is available
@jenniekermode.bsky.social @sussexbylines.co.uk
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In a world of rising protectionism, Britain is in danger of being left outside all of the big trade blocks | Dorothy Smith
Willl Britain’s exceptionalism wreck the reset?
In a world of rising protectionism, Britain is in danger of being left outside all of the big trade blocks
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November 20, 2025 at 7:12 AM
In a world of rising protectionism, Britain is in danger of being left outside all of the big trade blocks | Dorothy Smith
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A scar on a beloved place and a stark warning: if we let this pass quietly, it will happen again | Mick Channon
The Camber Sands bio-beads disaster
A scar on a beloved place and a stark warning: if we let this pass quietly, it will happen again
sussexbylines.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 7:14 AM
A scar on a beloved place and a stark warning: if we let this pass quietly, it will happen again | Mick Channon
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Shabana Mahmood is wrong - Another cowardly attack on immigrants does not hide the incompetence of the Starmer government.
Me, for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Me, for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Shabana Mahmood is wrong
Another cowardly attack on immigrants does not hide the incompetence of the Starmer government
www.newstatesman.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Shabana Mahmood is wrong - Another cowardly attack on immigrants does not hide the incompetence of the Starmer government.
Me, for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Me, for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
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We do what we do on a shoestring - and it's enough to stake a flag in the ground alongside the billionaire-owned press.
But we're also growing this new model with your help. Everything that you chip in now is part of that development.
Thank you. 🙏
But we're also growing this new model with your help. Everything that you chip in now is part of that development.
Thank you. 🙏
Support powerful citizen journalism - we need it now, more than ever
At a time when billionaires and oligarchs own the majority of our press, when local journalism is in decline, and social media is rife with misinformation and abuse, there has never been a greater nee...
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November 18, 2025 at 5:57 AM
We do what we do on a shoestring - and it's enough to stake a flag in the ground alongside the billionaire-owned press.
But we're also growing this new model with your help. Everything that you chip in now is part of that development.
Thank you. 🙏
But we're also growing this new model with your help. Everything that you chip in now is part of that development.
Thank you. 🙏
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Very important article to read.
And there will be more. So get ahead of the coming storm.
And there will be more. So get ahead of the coming storm.
When power is untouchable: the legal abyss facing Harrods survivors
Survivors of abuse connected to Mohamed Al Fayed’s Harrods empire are discovering what “no one is above the law” really means
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November 17, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Very important article to read.
And there will be more. So get ahead of the coming storm.
And there will be more. So get ahead of the coming storm.
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Starmer sells forests down the river in the Amazon
The UK’s ditching of the Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF) showcases the Labour government’s disregard for environmental issues
@rossmcnally.bsky.social @sussexbylines.co.uk
The UK’s ditching of the Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF) showcases the Labour government’s disregard for environmental issues
@rossmcnally.bsky.social @sussexbylines.co.uk
Starmer sells forests down the river in the Amazon
The UK’s ditching of the Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF) showcases the Labour government’s disregard for environmental issues
sussexbylines.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Starmer sells forests down the river in the Amazon
The UK’s ditching of the Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF) showcases the Labour government’s disregard for environmental issues
@rossmcnally.bsky.social @sussexbylines.co.uk
The UK’s ditching of the Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF) showcases the Labour government’s disregard for environmental issues
@rossmcnally.bsky.social @sussexbylines.co.uk
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🌍 42.5m refugees
Over 70% of them are hosted by low- and middle-income countries.
🇬🇧 548k refugees
= 0.78% of the UK population.
It is not refugees who tear our country apart, it is the mainstreaming of far right policies. And that’s a risk to all of us.
My letter to my MP.
#asylum #Mahmood
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Over 70% of them are hosted by low- and middle-income countries.
🇬🇧 548k refugees
= 0.78% of the UK population.
It is not refugees who tear our country apart, it is the mainstreaming of far right policies. And that’s a risk to all of us.
My letter to my MP.
#asylum #Mahmood
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![Dear [my MP’s name],
As the Home Secretary prepares to announce sweeping changes to the UK’s asylum system, I see it as both my duty as a citizen and responsibility as a migration expert to do all I can to urge policymakers to oppose the proposals—not only for what they will do to refugees, though that is the first concern, but also for what they will mean for all of us and the future society we live in.
That is why I am writing to you as my MP. This letter explains why I consider the need to oppose the Home Secretary’s proposals urgent and, at the most fundamental level, in the national and your constituents’ interest.
I was born in Germany, a country whose history taught me how quickly societies can go down dark paths; how quickly our leaders can fail in the choices they make. But the history of the displacement of people that the Nazi regime was responsible for also shaped my understanding of why refugee movements occur—and why our response to any of them can never compromise what are, and must always be, universal human rights.
Which is why what is happening in the UK now is so deeply alarming.
A manufactured crisis
As of June 2025, there were 42.5 million refugees globally. Over 70% of them are hosted by low- and middle-income countries; most of them immediate neighbours. Overall, five countries—Colombia, Germany, Türkiye, Iran and Uganda—host a third of the total number of refugees; Germany is the main host in the EU, hosting 2.7 million.
The UK hosts 548,000 refugees; that is 0.78% of the UK population. About 110,000 people are in receipt of asylum support; that is 0.15% of the UK population.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bru4h6s37w4hfmwhetu7veye/bafkreidmewc5timbx7nh57qyq7lm7gmhvclzidmloqhwgckpnegnddoicq@jpeg)
November 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
It’s the 15 November and we’re into the fifth week of fireworks. What the fuck are people still “celebrating”? #fuckingfireworks
November 15, 2025 at 8:24 PM
It’s the 15 November and we’re into the fifth week of fireworks. What the fuck are people still “celebrating”? #fuckingfireworks
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Net ZERO is good. It creates higher paid jobs, benefits the economy and reduces pressure on energy bills.
Fossil fuel dominance has to be broken.
Fossil fuel dominance has to be broken.
Reform UK energy plans crumble under scrutiny
Reform UK rails against net zero, but the evidence shows green jobs and growth are already powering the UK economy
By Brian McHugh
Reform UK rails against net zero, but the evidence shows green jobs and growth are already powering the UK economy
By Brian McHugh
Reform UK energy plans crumble under scrutiny
Reform UK rails against net zero, but the evidence shows green jobs and growth are already powering the UK economy
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Net ZERO is good. It creates higher paid jobs, benefits the economy and reduces pressure on energy bills.
Fossil fuel dominance has to be broken.
Fossil fuel dominance has to be broken.
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The UK’s ditching of the Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF) showcases the Labour government’s disregard for environmental issues.
Starmer sells forests down the river in the Amazon
The UK’s ditching of the Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF) showcases the Labour government’s disregard for environmental issues
sussexbylines.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The UK’s ditching of the Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF) showcases the Labour government’s disregard for environmental issues.
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Bob Dylan live in Brighton: third time around | James Joughin
I will only let you down
Bob Dylan live in Brighton: third time around
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November 14, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Bob Dylan live in Brighton: third time around | James Joughin
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Prostate cancer - we have had many replies to our article from people saying how their own condition was only found after a test.
Thank you to all who responded. We always appreciate feedback.
Here is just one such reply... 👇
Thank you to all who responded. We always appreciate feedback.
Here is just one such reply... 👇
November 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Prostate cancer - we have had many replies to our article from people saying how their own condition was only found after a test.
Thank you to all who responded. We always appreciate feedback.
Here is just one such reply... 👇
Thank you to all who responded. We always appreciate feedback.
Here is just one such reply... 👇
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Interesting article this. Personally I'm always looking on social media to find out set times in advance, and usually end up following the artist and support as a result.
If the support look interesting and I know what time they will be on then I'll make an extra effort to get there for them.
If the support look interesting and I know what time they will be on then I'll make an extra effort to get there for them.
Should venues share stage times?
We went deep into this bugbear of many fans in this week’s newsletter
www.drownedinsound.org/the-guesswor...
We went deep into this bugbear of many fans in this week’s newsletter
www.drownedinsound.org/the-guesswor...
The guesswork of gig-going: why don't venues share their stage times?
Estimating what time a gig starts is a dilemma for any music fan. Why is it such a problem? And what are artists doing to help?
www.drownedinsound.org
November 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Interesting article this. Personally I'm always looking on social media to find out set times in advance, and usually end up following the artist and support as a result.
If the support look interesting and I know what time they will be on then I'll make an extra effort to get there for them.
If the support look interesting and I know what time they will be on then I'll make an extra effort to get there for them.
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"I have met some very bad people....none as bad as trump.
Not one decent cell in his body..so yes - dangerous."
Jeffrey Epstein 2017
Not one decent cell in his body..so yes - dangerous."
Jeffrey Epstein 2017
November 13, 2025 at 9:23 AM
"I have met some very bad people....none as bad as trump.
Not one decent cell in his body..so yes - dangerous."
Jeffrey Epstein 2017
Not one decent cell in his body..so yes - dangerous."
Jeffrey Epstein 2017