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15 years ago today I arrived on Downing Street in a cage.
I've seen off Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss and Sunak and I'm still going strong.
Only two Prime Ministers have ever done longer stints here: William Pitt the Younger and Sir Robert Walpole.
Bill and Bob - I'm coming for you...
(Photos AP)
I've seen off Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss and Sunak and I'm still going strong.
Only two Prime Ministers have ever done longer stints here: William Pitt the Younger and Sir Robert Walpole.
Bill and Bob - I'm coming for you...
(Photos AP)
February 15, 2026 at 11:07 AM
15 years ago today I arrived on Downing Street in a cage.
I've seen off Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss and Sunak and I'm still going strong.
Only two Prime Ministers have ever done longer stints here: William Pitt the Younger and Sir Robert Walpole.
Bill and Bob - I'm coming for you...
(Photos AP)
I've seen off Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss and Sunak and I'm still going strong.
Only two Prime Ministers have ever done longer stints here: William Pitt the Younger and Sir Robert Walpole.
Bill and Bob - I'm coming for you...
(Photos AP)
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"We’re charging graduates a higher marginal tax rate than somebody earning £150,000" www.thetimes.com/money/family...
Can we fix the worst student loan system in the world?
As graduates from England struggle under crippling levels of debt, Mary Downer looks at how other nations do it better
www.thetimes.com
February 15, 2026 at 7:42 AM
"We’re charging graduates a higher marginal tax rate than somebody earning £150,000" www.thetimes.com/money/family...
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In an incredibly dark time for politics and politicians, it’s just immensely refreshing to see someone who clearly believes he can bring joy and hope to others during his time in office. It’s such a rare thing.
Everyone in the world comes to get married at the NYC Marriage Bureau. Last week, the Mayor stopped by to officiate a few of those ceremonies.
Thank you to all the couples who shared their joy with us. Happy Valentine's Day, New York.
Watch the full video at Youtube.com/nycmayorsoffice
Thank you to all the couples who shared their joy with us. Happy Valentine's Day, New York.
Watch the full video at Youtube.com/nycmayorsoffice
February 15, 2026 at 5:27 AM
In an incredibly dark time for politics and politicians, it’s just immensely refreshing to see someone who clearly believes he can bring joy and hope to others during his time in office. It’s such a rare thing.
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if you're a republican, this is, like, *the* type of guy you absolutely cannot lose like this
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 8:09 PM
if you're a republican, this is, like, *the* type of guy you absolutely cannot lose like this
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“Jim Ratcliffe’s comments were outrageous. They are offensive and they were deeply wrong. We do have a problem in our country, and that problem is inequality. It’s not immigration.”
Ellie Chowns on #BBCQT, rejecting attempts to blame migrants for country's problems.
Ellie Chowns on #BBCQT, rejecting attempts to blame migrants for country's problems.
February 12, 2026 at 10:54 PM
“Jim Ratcliffe’s comments were outrageous. They are offensive and they were deeply wrong. We do have a problem in our country, and that problem is inequality. It’s not immigration.”
Ellie Chowns on #BBCQT, rejecting attempts to blame migrants for country's problems.
Ellie Chowns on #BBCQT, rejecting attempts to blame migrants for country's problems.
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This is the most devastating interview and she is an extraordinary MP
"Epstein victims and Al-Fayed victims are watching what we do - they're not listening to what we say."
MP Natalie Fleet says it’s time to talk about the victims of sexual abuse with the same passion we’re talking about how bad the government is.
@lewisgoodall.com
MP Natalie Fleet says it’s time to talk about the victims of sexual abuse with the same passion we’re talking about how bad the government is.
@lewisgoodall.com
February 13, 2026 at 8:26 PM
This is the most devastating interview and she is an extraordinary MP
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NEW 🚨 Private equity firms — milking the foster care sector dry — have doubled the cost of local placements while UK taxpayers foot the bill.
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Union founder slams private equity milking foster care for profit
Private equity firms, milking the foster care sector dry, have doubled the cost of local placements — meanwhile, UK taxpayers foot the bill
www.thecanary.co
February 3, 2026 at 7:43 PM
NEW 🚨 Private equity firms — milking the foster care sector dry — have doubled the cost of local placements while UK taxpayers foot the bill.
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
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BREAKING: Veterinary practices will be required to publish prices of common treatments so pet owners can shop around and choose the best value option, according to government proposals
January 28, 2026 at 8:17 AM
BREAKING: Veterinary practices will be required to publish prices of common treatments so pet owners can shop around and choose the best value option, according to government proposals
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Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem.
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot
It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem.
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Please please vaccinate your child against measles.
This is from our @independentsage.bsky.social report from last year, led by @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social & @helensalisbury.bsky.social
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This is from our @independentsage.bsky.social report from last year, led by @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social & @helensalisbury.bsky.social
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January 26, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Please please vaccinate your child against measles.
This is from our @independentsage.bsky.social report from last year, led by @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social & @helensalisbury.bsky.social
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This is from our @independentsage.bsky.social report from last year, led by @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social & @helensalisbury.bsky.social
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#GoodNews on #biodiversity, because we all need some
Look, I don't know, but this slowly-reproducing and highly endangered species just had twins in the wild. Dian Fossey thought mountain gorillas would be extinct by 2000.
So there's that. 🧪
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
So there's that. 🧪
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
Rare mountain gorilla twins born in Congo's Virunga Park: 'It’s kind of miraculous'
The twins were born to a 22-year-old female named Mafuko, who lost her own mother to armed individuals. The extremely endangered species currently numbers at just over 1,000.
www.nationalgeographic.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:23 PM
#GoodNews on #biodiversity, because we all need some
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We pay £1.5mn a year until 2033 to Prince William, whose Duchy of Cornwall owns the prison, for an unusable empty prison bit.ly/4bje5DV This deal done in 2022 by previous Conservative govt.
January 7, 2026 at 7:45 AM
We pay £1.5mn a year until 2033 to Prince William, whose Duchy of Cornwall owns the prison, for an unusable empty prison bit.ly/4bje5DV This deal done in 2022 by previous Conservative govt.
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Labour justice minister destroys Robert Jenrick for the Tories complete and utter failure in our prisons across their 14 years in office.
Very well said @alexdaviesjones.bsky.social - a brilliant Labour junior minister.
Very well said @alexdaviesjones.bsky.social - a brilliant Labour junior minister.
January 5, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Labour justice minister destroys Robert Jenrick for the Tories complete and utter failure in our prisons across their 14 years in office.
Very well said @alexdaviesjones.bsky.social - a brilliant Labour junior minister.
Very well said @alexdaviesjones.bsky.social - a brilliant Labour junior minister.
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Some local kids write & sell their own newspaper called The Morning Moustache every few months. Last edition, I wrote a letter to the editor about a fruit & veg safari. This edition, they printed the letter & followed up with some replies from the editorial team. An extremely fun correspondence.
December 27, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Some local kids write & sell their own newspaper called The Morning Moustache every few months. Last edition, I wrote a letter to the editor about a fruit & veg safari. This edition, they printed the letter & followed up with some replies from the editorial team. An extremely fun correspondence.
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Very well said Richard.
This really is spot on. 👏👏👏
This really is spot on. 👏👏👏
Six years after it was scrapped, Erasmus+ is coming back. As our Campaigns Manager, Richard Kilpatrick, explains, this goes far beyond university exchanges, supporting schools, youth programmes, vocational training and deprived communities across the UK.
December 17, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Very well said Richard.
This really is spot on. 👏👏👏
This really is spot on. 👏👏👏
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David Dimbleby has raised an uncomfortable question: is it just possible that our royal family is....plain greedy ? www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/monarc...
The King and Prince William must open the books on their enormous riches
The senior royals have amassed a great fortune without any scrutiny. For most of their subjects, these are testing financial times—we must have transp...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 10:08 AM
David Dimbleby has raised an uncomfortable question: is it just possible that our royal family is....plain greedy ? www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/monarc...
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Yup - and he’s doing this exactly because he has nowhere left to run after disastrous policy decisions.
Yes, the Conservatives caused the NHS to be where it is today, but unfortunately Labour has done precious little to actually fix any of the fundamental issues in the system.
Yes, the Conservatives caused the NHS to be where it is today, but unfortunately Labour has done precious little to actually fix any of the fundamental issues in the system.
December 14, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Yup - and he’s doing this exactly because he has nowhere left to run after disastrous policy decisions.
Yes, the Conservatives caused the NHS to be where it is today, but unfortunately Labour has done precious little to actually fix any of the fundamental issues in the system.
Yes, the Conservatives caused the NHS to be where it is today, but unfortunately Labour has done precious little to actually fix any of the fundamental issues in the system.
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One for @hetanshah.bsky.social on the impact of the arts....
December 2, 2025 at 12:09 PM
One for @hetanshah.bsky.social on the impact of the arts....
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Fartrage runs away when a Guardian journalist simply asks if they will be allowed to ask their question.
It's getting to him.
It's getting to him.
November 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Fartrage runs away when a Guardian journalist simply asks if they will be allowed to ask their question.
It's getting to him.
It's getting to him.
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If only Labour had the balls…
November 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
If only Labour had the balls…
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Don’t believe Nigel Farage’s denials. He targeted me for being Jewish – and it hurt
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Don’t believe Nigel Farage’s denials. He targeted me for being Jewish – and it hurt | Peter Ettedgui
Now that my former classmate has finally spoken about the allegations of his behaviour at school, I feel compelled to address his points directly, says Peter Ettedgui, a film director and producer
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Don’t believe Nigel Farage’s denials. He targeted me for being Jewish – and it hurt
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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how is this possible for a human body
⚡️ Ukrainian freediver Kateryna Sadurska broke the world record again with an 86 meter no fins dive.
November 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
how is this possible for a human body
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... - my new article, if of interest please share.
I endured an English public school. But that’s not the only reason I’m unsurprised about the Farage allegations |
Let’s put aside the schooldays accusations and look, instead, at the Reform leader’s path since then. I think a pretty clear picture of the man emerges, says author and podcaster Musa Okwonga
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:03 AM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... - my new article, if of interest please share.
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Mahmood would rather soothe the racists than do the “hard work of confronting the economic failure… and cowardice that has enabled the rise of the far right.”
As if making life even worse for immigrants will make our country happier and better off.
It won’t.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As if making life even worse for immigrants will make our country happier and better off.
It won’t.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Shabana Mahmood is an avatar of open Britain – that’s what makes her fable about immigration so seductive | Nesrine Malik
‘She is the daughter of immigrants,’ supporters of her cruel asylum policies say. ‘How can she be wrong?’ Let me put them straight, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Mahmood would rather soothe the racists than do the “hard work of confronting the economic failure… and cowardice that has enabled the rise of the far right.”
As if making life even worse for immigrants will make our country happier and better off.
It won’t.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As if making life even worse for immigrants will make our country happier and better off.
It won’t.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...