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🚨By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party - lets get this to the 100,000 signatures needed
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party
When an MP decides they want to defect to another party a by-election should be automatically triggered to allow the constituents the opportunity have their democratic right to agree or not with their...
petition.parliament.uk
January 17, 2026 at 9:07 AM
🚨By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party - lets get this to the 100,000 signatures needed
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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The decent Tories were culled in 2019.
The indecent ones are defecting to Farage.
I wonder who or what will be left by 2029.
The indecent ones are defecting to Farage.
I wonder who or what will be left by 2029.
January 15, 2026 at 5:58 PM
The decent Tories were culled in 2019.
The indecent ones are defecting to Farage.
I wonder who or what will be left by 2029.
The indecent ones are defecting to Farage.
I wonder who or what will be left by 2029.
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He failed to hold a necessary licence for his business.
He got caught and fined.
And then went to a National Newspaper to advertise the fact that his roofing business doesn’t abide by national regulations 🤷🏼♀️
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He got caught and fined.
And then went to a National Newspaper to advertise the fact that his roofing business doesn’t abide by national regulations 🤷🏼♀️
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January 14, 2026 at 2:51 PM
He failed to hold a necessary licence for his business.
He got caught and fined.
And then went to a National Newspaper to advertise the fact that his roofing business doesn’t abide by national regulations 🤷🏼♀️
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He got caught and fined.
And then went to a National Newspaper to advertise the fact that his roofing business doesn’t abide by national regulations 🤷🏼♀️
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Sorry, Trump and Farage – London is no lawless ‘warzone’. Violent crime is lower than ever
Sadiq Khan
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Sadiq Khan
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Sorry, Trump and Farage – London is no lawless ‘warzone’. Violent crime is lower than ever | Sadiq Khan
Reform’s new candidate for mayor claims people pity Londoners for living in an unsafe capital. But the evidence is clear: we’re making our streets safer, says mayor of London Sadiq Khan
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Sorry, Trump and Farage – London is no lawless ‘warzone’. Violent crime is lower than ever
Sadiq Khan
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Sadiq Khan
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Amazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform.
January 12, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Amazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform.
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The US did not declare war against Germany when they went into Poland.
January 12, 2026 at 2:15 AM
The US did not declare war against Germany when they went into Poland.
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This is the insanity of the current Labour approach. You are kneecapping the economy by slashing immigration to appease voters who hover between Tory and Reform, and yet they don’t even believe your numbers anyway…plus you’ve just alienated your actual supporters
Two-thirds of UK voters wrongly think immigration is rising, poll finds.
Net migration to the UK fell by more than two-thirds to a post-pandemic low in the year ending June 2025, but 67% of the people polled thought it had increased
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Net migration to the UK fell by more than two-thirds to a post-pandemic low in the year ending June 2025, but 67% of the people polled thought it had increased
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Two-thirds of UK voters wrongly think immigration is rising, poll finds
Exclusive: Voters say they have little confidence that government can control borders despite sharp falls in net migration
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2026 at 7:40 AM
This is the insanity of the current Labour approach. You are kneecapping the economy by slashing immigration to appease voters who hover between Tory and Reform, and yet they don’t even believe your numbers anyway…plus you’ve just alienated your actual supporters
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It’s time we started taking Trump’s threats seriously.
God forbid if Greenland is attacked, the UK should immediately sanction the Trump Organization and think twice about whether we want US forces on our soil at all.
God forbid if Greenland is attacked, the UK should immediately sanction the Trump Organization and think twice about whether we want US forces on our soil at all.
January 10, 2026 at 5:01 PM
It’s time we started taking Trump’s threats seriously.
God forbid if Greenland is attacked, the UK should immediately sanction the Trump Organization and think twice about whether we want US forces on our soil at all.
God forbid if Greenland is attacked, the UK should immediately sanction the Trump Organization and think twice about whether we want US forces on our soil at all.
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“We’re going to continue generating sexualised images of children but you’ll have to pay for them” has to be the ultimate example of moral bankruptcy.
January 9, 2026 at 2:45 PM
“We’re going to continue generating sexualised images of children but you’ll have to pay for them” has to be the ultimate example of moral bankruptcy.
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Jeez. This just gets worse. Minister now admits jury trials would be curbed regardless of courts crisis
www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/ministe...
www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/ministe...
Minister admits jury trials would be curbed regardless of courts crisis
MPs call out comment by courts minister Sackman during fiery debate on jury reforms.
www.lawgazette.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Jeez. This just gets worse. Minister now admits jury trials would be curbed regardless of courts crisis
www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/ministe...
www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/ministe...
Be careful, it was said that a Carnyx properly blown could loosen the bowels of those hearing it. Mind you that might be a myth.
I'm going to have to add Carnyx to my list of things I will need to own.
January 7, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Be careful, it was said that a Carnyx properly blown could loosen the bowels of those hearing it. Mind you that might be a myth.
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Quick question: Is the European Court of Human Rights REALLY trying to pick a fight with the UK over the Shamima Begum case?
Short answer: No
Full @echr.coe.int press release👉 go.coe.int/ZNY81
#ECHR #StatementOfFacts
Short answer: No
Full @echr.coe.int press release👉 go.coe.int/ZNY81
#ECHR #StatementOfFacts
January 7, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Quick question: Is the European Court of Human Rights REALLY trying to pick a fight with the UK over the Shamima Begum case?
Short answer: No
Full @echr.coe.int press release👉 go.coe.int/ZNY81
#ECHR #StatementOfFacts
Short answer: No
Full @echr.coe.int press release👉 go.coe.int/ZNY81
#ECHR #StatementOfFacts
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And Clannad's score is gorgeous, of course.
January 7, 2026 at 2:18 PM
And Clannad's score is gorgeous, of course.
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ROBIN OF SHERWOOD (1984): Michael Praed was The Hooded Man in Richard Carpenter's dark ITV drama, which fully leant into the mythology of the character. Magic, demons, the supernatural, pagan myth, and Robin's Obi Wan Kenobi, Herne the Hunter, all featured. Still the best Robin Hood ever!
January 7, 2026 at 2:08 PM
ROBIN OF SHERWOOD (1984): Michael Praed was The Hooded Man in Richard Carpenter's dark ITV drama, which fully leant into the mythology of the character. Magic, demons, the supernatural, pagan myth, and Robin's Obi Wan Kenobi, Herne the Hunter, all featured. Still the best Robin Hood ever!
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Local urban legend says (so probably not true but a fun story) the Freiburg Münster's 13th century stonemasons were fired by the Mayor, but told to finish the gargoyles before they left, so this one is pointing towards Freiburg City Hall 👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums
January 4, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Local urban legend says (so probably not true but a fun story) the Freiburg Münster's 13th century stonemasons were fired by the Mayor, but told to finish the gargoyles before they left, so this one is pointing towards Freiburg City Hall 👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums
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BREAKING: Ed Davey’s response to Keir Starmer’s statement
January 3, 2026 at 9:22 PM
BREAKING: Ed Davey’s response to Keir Starmer’s statement
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Keir Starmer should condemn Trump’s illegal action in Venezuela.
Maduro is a brutal and illegitimate dictator, but unlawful attacks like this make us all less safe.
Trump is giving a green light to the likes of Putin and Xi to attack other countries with impunity.
Maduro is a brutal and illegitimate dictator, but unlawful attacks like this make us all less safe.
Trump is giving a green light to the likes of Putin and Xi to attack other countries with impunity.
January 3, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Keir Starmer should condemn Trump’s illegal action in Venezuela.
Maduro is a brutal and illegitimate dictator, but unlawful attacks like this make us all less safe.
Trump is giving a green light to the likes of Putin and Xi to attack other countries with impunity.
Maduro is a brutal and illegitimate dictator, but unlawful attacks like this make us all less safe.
Trump is giving a green light to the likes of Putin and Xi to attack other countries with impunity.
When we are surrounded by greedy charlatans in public life it's nice to read about someone with principles.
December 31, 2025 at 1:14 PM
When we are surrounded by greedy charlatans in public life it's nice to read about someone with principles.
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When you buy fancy new boots and a matching hat for the NYE party, but absolutely no-one has even looked at them because Clive's a centaur now 😤
👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums
The Feast of Peleus, 1873, by Edward Burne-Jones, from Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Thanks @dr-squiddy.bsky.social for sharing 😁
👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums
The Feast of Peleus, 1873, by Edward Burne-Jones, from Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Thanks @dr-squiddy.bsky.social for sharing 😁
December 30, 2025 at 7:31 AM
When you buy fancy new boots and a matching hat for the NYE party, but absolutely no-one has even looked at them because Clive's a centaur now 😤
👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums
The Feast of Peleus, 1873, by Edward Burne-Jones, from Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Thanks @dr-squiddy.bsky.social for sharing 😁
👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums
The Feast of Peleus, 1873, by Edward Burne-Jones, from Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Thanks @dr-squiddy.bsky.social for sharing 😁
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Good interview in the paper, this. I think Sadiq is right: London 'needs' to be less successful than it is for a bunch of political arguments here in the UK to work, hence the fictions being invented about it:
Populists attack London because it is ‘progressive and successful’, says Sadiq Khan
Rightwing attacks on one of the world’s most visited cities at odds with reality, says mayor
www.ft.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Good interview in the paper, this. I think Sadiq is right: London 'needs' to be less successful than it is for a bunch of political arguments here in the UK to work, hence the fictions being invented about it:
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Love Niels his drawings:
December 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Love Niels his drawings:
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Saddened to learn of the recent death of John Varley, a brilliantly talented writer.
December 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Saddened to learn of the recent death of John Varley, a brilliantly talented writer.
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I'm deeply honoured to have had a beer named after me.
December 26, 2025 at 11:44 AM
I'm deeply honoured to have had a beer named after me.
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Who amongst us has not fallen asleep on a pub toilet, and awakened to find the place empty except for a bad-tempered wild animal on the loose?
When an Edinburgh woman was mauled by a puma in a Leith pub
The landlord was held on trial for 'disregarding the lives and safety of the public' after allowing the large cat out of its cage.
www.edinburghlive.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Who amongst us has not fallen asleep on a pub toilet, and awakened to find the place empty except for a bad-tempered wild animal on the loose?
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Craig Brown spends a whole page parodying the Telegraph in the current Private Eye but even he can't invent headlines as mad as the real ones.
December 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Craig Brown spends a whole page parodying the Telegraph in the current Private Eye but even he can't invent headlines as mad as the real ones.