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Think it would be easier than people think to get the public to accept real lower consumption if politicians were more forthright about the case for it. People did so for COVID. "Russia is invading eastern Europe and America is run by a mad king, we need an army" doesn't seem that hard a sell.
January 19, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Think it would be easier than people think to get the public to accept real lower consumption if politicians were more forthright about the case for it. People did so for COVID. "Russia is invading eastern Europe and America is run by a mad king, we need an army" doesn't seem that hard a sell.
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When the interior ministry declares its militia to be above the law in terms that equate dissent with treason there really isn’t any question of whether or not we are looking at an authoritarian regime.
January 14, 2026 at 4:05 PM
When the interior ministry declares its militia to be above the law in terms that equate dissent with treason there really isn’t any question of whether or not we are looking at an authoritarian regime.
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The risk now is that Trump will sell out the Iranian protesters for a financial deal. He said last night Tehran had reached out for talks and today Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said lines to Trump envoy Steve Witkoff were open. Witkoff has already done his best to sell out Ukraine for a cash deal
January 12, 2026 at 10:07 AM
The risk now is that Trump will sell out the Iranian protesters for a financial deal. He said last night Tehran had reached out for talks and today Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said lines to Trump envoy Steve Witkoff were open. Witkoff has already done his best to sell out Ukraine for a cash deal
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TV chefs and food writers need to stop telling people to salt aubergines. It was maybe good advice in the 70s, but utterly pointless now.
January 11, 2026 at 9:55 PM
TV chefs and food writers need to stop telling people to salt aubergines. It was maybe good advice in the 70s, but utterly pointless now.
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20 years ago I was living in London. I lived in two of the places the usual suspects would associate with crime - Brixton and Hackney - and never felt in any danger at all. I saw some crime - the guy who offered me skunk every day outside Loughborough Junction station, for example - but never danger
January 12, 2026 at 8:34 AM
20 years ago I was living in London. I lived in two of the places the usual suspects would associate with crime - Brixton and Hackney - and never felt in any danger at all. I saw some crime - the guy who offered me skunk every day outside Loughborough Junction station, for example - but never danger
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The narrative about London crime is truly so BORING to Londoners.
Those of us who walk & travel around our city safely every day, every night.
The likeliest daily risk to Londoners is of being ripped off by our landlord or somewhere charging us £4.50 for a coffee. #r4today
Those of us who walk & travel around our city safely every day, every night.
The likeliest daily risk to Londoners is of being ripped off by our landlord or somewhere charging us £4.50 for a coffee. #r4today
January 12, 2026 at 8:02 AM
The narrative about London crime is truly so BORING to Londoners.
Those of us who walk & travel around our city safely every day, every night.
The likeliest daily risk to Londoners is of being ripped off by our landlord or somewhere charging us £4.50 for a coffee. #r4today
Those of us who walk & travel around our city safely every day, every night.
The likeliest daily risk to Londoners is of being ripped off by our landlord or somewhere charging us £4.50 for a coffee. #r4today
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No Kemi, Trump threatening to invade a NATO ally is not a "second order issue."
It’s a direct challenge to Britain’s security and the future of NATO.
It’s a direct challenge to Britain’s security and the future of NATO.
January 11, 2026 at 2:34 PM
No Kemi, Trump threatening to invade a NATO ally is not a "second order issue."
It’s a direct challenge to Britain’s security and the future of NATO.
It’s a direct challenge to Britain’s security and the future of NATO.
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This is a genuine post. What right does he think he has to tell Germany how to manage its healthcare. This is not the behavior of an ally.
January 10, 2026 at 5:25 PM
This is a genuine post. What right does he think he has to tell Germany how to manage its healthcare. This is not the behavior of an ally.
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Four generations of my family have served our country. Service is in my blood. The President wouldn’t know anything about that.
January 5, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Four generations of my family have served our country. Service is in my blood. The President wouldn’t know anything about that.
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There should be literally no circumstances, ever, where citizenship is can be revoked. If you literally sign up to fight for an opposing army in a war, then we should prosecute you for treason not revoke citizenship
December 29, 2025 at 10:40 AM
There should be literally no circumstances, ever, where citizenship is can be revoked. If you literally sign up to fight for an opposing army in a war, then we should prosecute you for treason not revoke citizenship
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Shamima Begum was the beginning of something in so many ways, one of which was 'the last government's inability to just do its job properly (in this case by passing legislation that would have allowed it to prosecute her here at home) and instead going 'no option but to undermine all our rights'.
There should be literally no circumstances, ever, where citizenship is can be revoked. If you literally sign up to fight for an opposing army in a war, then we should prosecute you for treason not revoke citizenship
December 29, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Shamima Begum was the beginning of something in so many ways, one of which was 'the last government's inability to just do its job properly (in this case by passing legislation that would have allowed it to prosecute her here at home) and instead going 'no option but to undermine all our rights'.
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Merry Christmas to my mother, who got my toddler a toy fire engine that not only makes lots of noise, it also sprays real water
December 25, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Merry Christmas to my mother, who got my toddler a toy fire engine that not only makes lots of noise, it also sprays real water
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Spot on. ⬇️
"The flagship policy of Farage has been support for the UK’s exit from the EU. That has damaged the economy and left us worse off. At the very least a Reform government would make any amelioration of those effects even less likely."
https://bit.ly/4jgbKM3
"The flagship policy of Farage has been support for the UK’s exit from the EU. That has damaged the economy and left us worse off. At the very least a Reform government would make any amelioration of those effects even less likely."
https://bit.ly/4jgbKM3
Prime Minister Farage would probably make you worse off – and this is why
Not many parties have impressive economic plans, but Reform's plans are particularly curious
bit.ly
December 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Spot on. ⬇️
"The flagship policy of Farage has been support for the UK’s exit from the EU. That has damaged the economy and left us worse off. At the very least a Reform government would make any amelioration of those effects even less likely."
https://bit.ly/4jgbKM3
"The flagship policy of Farage has been support for the UK’s exit from the EU. That has damaged the economy and left us worse off. At the very least a Reform government would make any amelioration of those effects even less likely."
https://bit.ly/4jgbKM3
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The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
December 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
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Christmas is fast approaching! 🌟❄️
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December 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Christmas is fast approaching! 🌟❄️
Still looking for gift ideas?
Get them Private Eye!
📕 2025 Annual available here: www.private-eye.co.uk/books/annual
➡️ Give a subscription: checkout.private-eye.co.uk/SingleItem?I...
Still looking for gift ideas?
Get them Private Eye!
📕 2025 Annual available here: www.private-eye.co.uk/books/annual
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The BBC (in name of 'impartiality') has entered some post-post-truth hall of mirrors, in which it holds the Labour Chancellor to some epistemological standard so high, that nobody can understand what the hell it actually means
Chris Mason sounds utterly absurd, trying to turn the screws on Rachel Reeves while acknowledging that she has done nothing that one wouldn't expect a politician to do.
December 1, 2025 at 8:24 AM
The BBC (in name of 'impartiality') has entered some post-post-truth hall of mirrors, in which it holds the Labour Chancellor to some epistemological standard so high, that nobody can understand what the hell it actually means
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Indeed. This is not the BBC's job and to make it worse, in the same piece, Chris Mason again lurches into opinion and gives government carte blanche when he absolutely should not have!
No that's not *your* on *our behalf*. Your job is to report the story, presenting all sides fairly and then *we* call it. What Mason is saying here is fundamentally not what the bbc is for!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
December 1, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Indeed. This is not the BBC's job and to make it worse, in the same piece, Chris Mason again lurches into opinion and gives government carte blanche when he absolutely should not have!
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No that's not *your* on *our behalf*. Your job is to report the story, presenting all sides fairly and then *we* call it. What Mason is saying here is fundamentally not what the bbc is for!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
December 1, 2025 at 11:29 AM
No that's not *your* on *our behalf*. Your job is to report the story, presenting all sides fairly and then *we* call it. What Mason is saying here is fundamentally not what the bbc is for!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The legal, media, and academic institutions capitulating to an authoritarian ordering payments for favorable treatment are damning themselves to irrelevance. They are destroying their institutions. They will be — and should be — shunned for failing in their most basic purposes for existing.
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 1:37 AM
The legal, media, and academic institutions capitulating to an authoritarian ordering payments for favorable treatment are damning themselves to irrelevance. They are destroying their institutions. They will be — and should be — shunned for failing in their most basic purposes for existing.
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Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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November 29, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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🗣️ Nigel Farage ‘was my vicious, persistent tormentor’ at school
Reform UK’s reaction to claims by former schoolmates about its leader’s alleged racism during his days at Dulwich College raises questions ⬇️
Reform UK’s reaction to claims by former schoolmates about its leader’s alleged racism during his days at Dulwich College raises questions ⬇️
Nigel Farage ‘was my vicious, persistent tormentor’ at school
Reform UK’s reaction to claims by former schoolmates about its leader’s alleged racism during his days at Dulwich College raises questions
www.thetimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:02 AM
🗣️ Nigel Farage ‘was my vicious, persistent tormentor’ at school
Reform UK’s reaction to claims by former schoolmates about its leader’s alleged racism during his days at Dulwich College raises questions ⬇️
Reform UK’s reaction to claims by former schoolmates about its leader’s alleged racism during his days at Dulwich College raises questions ⬇️
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If you have to put £8k into a taxable savings account instead of a cash ISA, and you're getting 4% interest, and as a higher-rate taxpayer your interest is taxed at 42%, then that'll cost you £134 a year. I don't think that's "big" relative to £100,000.
November 26, 2025 at 8:09 PM
If you have to put £8k into a taxable savings account instead of a cash ISA, and you're getting 4% interest, and as a higher-rate taxpayer your interest is taxed at 42%, then that'll cost you £134 a year. I don't think that's "big" relative to £100,000.