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HIGNFY @hignfy.bsky.social · 12h

Nobel Peace Prize awarded to democracy activist María Corina Machado of Venezuela – in unrelated news, US announces 10,000% trade tariff on Venezuela

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HIGNFY @hignfy.bsky.social · 3d

ABTA says more holidaymakers are using AI to plan their trips – but it still can’t do realistic hand luggage

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HIGNFY @hignfy.bsky.social · 3d

At Conference, Tory leader Kemi Badenoch reveals a bold new initiative: not the usual three-word slogan, but a four-word slogan (with one word repeated, and then the whole thing done twice)

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HIGNFY @hignfy.bsky.social · 7d

Kemi Badenoch:

On herself, Sep. 2024: “I don’t have gaffes. I never have to clarify, because I think very carefully about what I say.”

On Brexit, Oct. 2025: “The last time I checked, Northern Ireland did vote to leave”

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HIGNFY @hignfy.bsky.social · 7d

Britain is paying the highest electricity prices in the world for the second year running – Net Zero, is how many good ideas this guy has

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HIGNFY @hignfy.bsky.social · 9d

A company linked to Baroness Mone has to pay £122m in damages after supplying Covid PPE sterile gowns that weren’t sterile – that’s plastic surgical gowns, not those velvet, ermine, fur, silk and gold-lace gowns, those are fine

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HIGNFY @hignfy.bsky.social · 10d

At Labour’s Conference, an unapologetic Keir Starmer announces drastic cuts – traditional three-word slogans are to be slashed by 33%

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HIGNFY @hignfy.bsky.social · 10d

GAZA LATEST: the so-called peace plan is limited by Netanyahu ‘forcibly resisting’ the notion of Palestine’s statehood, and having Trump’s backing on any future action – so, exactly the same deal Trump has with Putin over Ukraine

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HIGNFY @hignfy.bsky.social · 18d

ITV celebrates 70 years on air by broadcasting lots of archive content – featuring the likes of Sir Bruce Forsyth, who was lured out of retirement to host 1955’s opening night

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HIGNFY @hignfy.bsky.social · Aug 12

EasyJet have suspended a pilot for walking around a hotel naked, as an investigation begins into his inability to put away his landing gear

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HIGNFY @hignfy.bsky.social · Aug 11

Over 70s will soon have to pass an eye test to keep driving, as the government realises that pensioners are more of a threat on the road than on a demo

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HIGNFY @hignfy.bsky.social · Aug 6

Cash for access scandal: people paying £9.5k to access 'influential government policy makers', although so far they've only met Labour MPs

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HIGNFY @hignfy.bsky.social · Aug 5

Angela Rayner wants to give local councils the right to sell off allotments, although she will make exceptions for anyone growing potatoes for vodka

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HIGNFY @hignfy.bsky.social · Aug 4

A new biography is making some bold accusations about the Royal Family. Prince Andrew comes across as an insensitive, vulgar bully. So it'll be interesting to see how he's portrayed in the book

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HIGNFY @hignfy.bsky.social · Jul 31

A child has been born using an embryo frozen in 1994, making it 'the world's oldest baby', although it's already facing some stiff competition for the title

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HIGNFY @hignfy.bsky.social · Jul 31

Heathrow has moved a step closer to building a third runway or, given current problems with getting planes off the ground, Britain's most expensive parking space

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HIGNFY @hignfy.bsky.social · Jul 24

Angela Rayner's housing department has spent a record £4.7m on air travel. When Labour promised more homes, no-one thought they meant second ones for airline bosses

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HIGNFY @hignfy.bsky.social · Jul 23

The BBC announces it will air the latest series of MasterChef: re-editing doesn't get tougher than this

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HIGNFY @hignfy.bsky.social · Jul 22

In a speech yesterday Nigel Farage said Britain needs "a bit more fear", and then obliged by unveiling policies he'd bring in as Prime Minister

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HIGNFY @hignfy.bsky.social · Jul 21

A government report into British water companies has concluded they are not operating efficiently. No shit, would be a good starting point

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HIGNFY @hignfy.bsky.social · Jul 17

Keir Starmer has suspended four Labour MPs for voting against him, with one source accusing them of, "persistent knobhead-ery", and you wouldn't want that spreading across parliament

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HIGNFY @hignfy.bsky.social · Jul 11

New reports in Washington suggest The President is starting to doubt Vladimir Putin has honest intentions, showing, once again, that nothing gets past Donald Trump

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HIGNFY @hignfy.bsky.social · Jul 10

As the government announces a bold new policy to tackle unwanted visitors, Keir Starmer spots the opportunity to get the ball rolling

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HIGNFY @hignfy.bsky.social · Jul 9

Social Media platform X has deleted pro-Nazi comments made by its AI Chatbot Grok, as it remains a complete mystery where it got those ideas from

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HIGNFY @hignfy.bsky.social · Jul 9

Emmanuel Macron says the migrant crisis can be solved by 'making Britain less appealing', something Labour have been working on tirelessly since they came to power

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