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"Where are you going to, little brown mouse? Come for a feast in my logpile house."
"If Zelensky is willing to meet with Putin, we are ready - we invite him to Moscow." - said Putin’s aide Ushakov.
January 28, 2026 at 3:02 PM
"Where are you going to, little brown mouse? Come for a feast in my logpile house."
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Exactly what we were saying.
If they lie so brazenly when they know there is evidence that proves the truth AND when they know we know the truth, imagine how they lie when there is no such objective, independent evidence.
If they lie so brazenly when they know there is evidence that proves the truth AND when they know we know the truth, imagine how they lie when there is no such objective, independent evidence.
“Imagine how they lie when there’s no evidence to contradict them.”
Watch this powerful message from Jon Stewart.
Watch this powerful message from Jon Stewart.
January 27, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Exactly what we were saying.
If they lie so brazenly when they know there is evidence that proves the truth AND when they know we know the truth, imagine how they lie when there is no such objective, independent evidence.
If they lie so brazenly when they know there is evidence that proves the truth AND when they know we know the truth, imagine how they lie when there is no such objective, independent evidence.
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I fear this is significant. Fico, a fool and Trump defender, has seen the truth about Trump; the scales have dropped from his eyes; he's had to abandon his comforting delusions.
There are moments in our lives when an awful,ugly truth that we've long avoided rears up and thrusts itself in our face.
There are moments in our lives when an awful,ugly truth that we've long avoided rears up and thrusts itself in our face.
Slovakia’s prime minister, an ally of Donald Trump, reportedly told other EU leaders that he was left shocked following a recent meeting with the US leader, with concerns about his state of mind.
NATO leader horrified by Trump's 'psychological state' in meeting - 'Dangerous'
www.mirror.co.uk
January 28, 2026 at 10:03 AM
I fear this is significant. Fico, a fool and Trump defender, has seen the truth about Trump; the scales have dropped from his eyes; he's had to abandon his comforting delusions.
There are moments in our lives when an awful,ugly truth that we've long avoided rears up and thrusts itself in our face.
There are moments in our lives when an awful,ugly truth that we've long avoided rears up and thrusts itself in our face.
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It is insane, in a country with its policy aim to decarbonate, that (cleaner) electricity is charged to the consumer at 4 times the price of dirty, inefficient gas.
As long as this is the case the incentive to install efficient heat pumps is wiped out.
As long as this is the case the incentive to install efficient heat pumps is wiped out.
66% of recent increases in UK energy bills has come from wholesale gas prices, say @ukerc.bsky.social - 17% from grid charges, 13% from extra policy costs
Despite gas accounting for 1/3 of generation, its price drives cost of electricity up to 90% of the time
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Despite gas accounting for 1/3 of generation, its price drives cost of electricity up to 90% of the time
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Wholesale gas costs blamed for rises in household energy bills
Energy prices have eased since the height of the energy crisis in 2022-23 but pressure is still on the Government to tackle high bills
www.independent.co.uk
January 28, 2026 at 10:55 AM
It is insane, in a country with its policy aim to decarbonate, that (cleaner) electricity is charged to the consumer at 4 times the price of dirty, inefficient gas.
As long as this is the case the incentive to install efficient heat pumps is wiped out.
As long as this is the case the incentive to install efficient heat pumps is wiped out.
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No child should live in detainment. No child is illegal. A country that jails children must be stopped.
January 28, 2026 at 3:34 PM
No child should live in detainment. No child is illegal. A country that jails children must be stopped.
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Full EU membership should be put to the public at the next election. It's time to return home.
inews.co.uk/opinion/rejo...
inews.co.uk/opinion/rejo...
Rejoining the EU is the only way to stop Trump
It is time to return home
inews.co.uk
January 27, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Full EU membership should be put to the public at the next election. It's time to return home.
inews.co.uk/opinion/rejo...
inews.co.uk/opinion/rejo...
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The kind of spontaneous civic resistance we are seeing in Minneapolis is heartwarming and inspiring. It reminds me of the qualities I love in my American friends: strong ethics, humour, kindness, and mature and responsible citizenship. So, so admirable. ❤️
January 26, 2026 at 7:08 PM
The kind of spontaneous civic resistance we are seeing in Minneapolis is heartwarming and inspiring. It reminds me of the qualities I love in my American friends: strong ethics, humour, kindness, and mature and responsible citizenship. So, so admirable. ❤️
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People are right to be incensed, but there are more names to uplift. ICE killed an immigrant man named Silverio Villegas González in Chicagoland. He had children. Victor Manuel Diaz was kidnapped in Minneapolis and died in ICE custody on January 14. Their names deserve to be repeated, too.
January 25, 2026 at 11:00 PM
People are right to be incensed, but there are more names to uplift. ICE killed an immigrant man named Silverio Villegas González in Chicagoland. He had children. Victor Manuel Diaz was kidnapped in Minneapolis and died in ICE custody on January 14. Their names deserve to be repeated, too.
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This is a truly disgraceful instance of interference in a woman's fundamental right to life by the imposition by idiots of their own religious beliefs.
It's hardly worth pointing out that in both these cases, the baby whose life they think God wanted them to save, died along with its mother.
It's hardly worth pointing out that in both these cases, the baby whose life they think God wanted them to save, died along with its mother.
Tierra Walker knew that abortion was illegal in Texas, but she thought that hospitals could make an exception for patients like her, whose health was clearly on the line.
At 20 weeks pregnant, she died of preeclampsia.
At 20 weeks pregnant, she died of preeclampsia.
Women With High-Risk Pregnancies Have Limited Options Under Abortion Bans
Our reporting has found that abortion bans generally don’t include exceptions that cover health concerns pregnant women with chronic conditions can face — or if they do, doctors aren’t using them.
www.propublica.org
January 23, 2026 at 8:15 PM
This is a truly disgraceful instance of interference in a woman's fundamental right to life by the imposition by idiots of their own religious beliefs.
It's hardly worth pointing out that in both these cases, the baby whose life they think God wanted them to save, died along with its mother.
It's hardly worth pointing out that in both these cases, the baby whose life they think God wanted them to save, died along with its mother.
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Utterly shocking., callous and criminally stupid.
My brother got polio as a young boy. I remember kids & adults limping around in calipers due to the ravages of polio. The fear of ending up in an iron lung…And these were the survivors.
My brother got polio as a young boy. I remember kids & adults limping around in calipers due to the ravages of polio. The fear of ending up in an iron lung…And these were the survivors.
The chair of a federal vaccine advisory panel charted a new course for the committee in a podcast released Thursday, suggesting the public might want to reconsider the use of polio vaccines. www.statnews.com/2026/01/22/v...
Top CDC vaccine adviser questions need for polio shot, other longstanding recommendations
The chair of a federal vaccine advisory panel charted a new course for the committee in a podcast released Thursday, questioning longstanding recommendations.
www.statnews.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Utterly shocking., callous and criminally stupid.
My brother got polio as a young boy. I remember kids & adults limping around in calipers due to the ravages of polio. The fear of ending up in an iron lung…And these were the survivors.
My brother got polio as a young boy. I remember kids & adults limping around in calipers due to the ravages of polio. The fear of ending up in an iron lung…And these were the survivors.
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It is incumbent on every single decent-minded, responsible British citizen to do *everything* they can to prevent Farage from gaining power. It couldn’t matter more for the future wellbeing of our country. Him as PM is too grotesque for words. Trump is a genuinely comparable case study.
January 21, 2026 at 7:23 PM
It is incumbent on every single decent-minded, responsible British citizen to do *everything* they can to prevent Farage from gaining power. It couldn’t matter more for the future wellbeing of our country. Him as PM is too grotesque for words. Trump is a genuinely comparable case study.
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Pretty much the prevailing wisdom on Trump handling from the FT. Hardly pretty, but the point is to try and limit the damage. www.ft.com/content/9491...
How to talk Trump down from his Greenland blackmail
The president’s threats are an existential moment for the transatlantic alliance
www.ft.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:54 AM
Pretty much the prevailing wisdom on Trump handling from the FT. Hardly pretty, but the point is to try and limit the damage. www.ft.com/content/9491...
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2026 is going to be a very dark year for US foreign policy, where everything that was built over many decades by leaders for collective security is torn apart by one madman, but only because people in his own party remain silent.
January 19, 2026 at 12:04 PM
2026 is going to be a very dark year for US foreign policy, where everything that was built over many decades by leaders for collective security is torn apart by one madman, but only because people in his own party remain silent.
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Working closely with our European allies is even more important in the circumstances and Starmer SHOULD be banging that point home pretty relentlessly.
Trump is likely to see this positioning of Starmer’s as weakness to be exploited….not as “friendship”.
Trump is likely to see this positioning of Starmer’s as weakness to be exploited….not as “friendship”.
Gary Gibbon, "You say Trump remains an ally, a lot of people will look at Trump's behaviour and say he isn't behaving like an ally"
Keir Starmer, "We must never lose sight of the fact that on defence and security we work very closely with the US. It is in our national interest to do so"
Keir Starmer, "We must never lose sight of the fact that on defence and security we work very closely with the US. It is in our national interest to do so"
January 19, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Working closely with our European allies is even more important in the circumstances and Starmer SHOULD be banging that point home pretty relentlessly.
Trump is likely to see this positioning of Starmer’s as weakness to be exploited….not as “friendship”.
Trump is likely to see this positioning of Starmer’s as weakness to be exploited….not as “friendship”.
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Not for the first time, it looks like Channel 4 just handed the keys to their socials to an evil genius:
January 19, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Not for the first time, it looks like Channel 4 just handed the keys to their socials to an evil genius:
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Is this claim corroborated anywhere else?
January 18, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Is this claim corroborated anywhere else?
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Remember, the MPs defecting to Reform UK know exactly who Nigel Farage is, and what he stands for.
January 18, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Remember, the MPs defecting to Reform UK know exactly who Nigel Farage is, and what he stands for.
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It’s staggering (but, in no small part, down to a venally biased media and über-wealthy right wing and foreign backers) that he’s been elevated to some kind of populist pied piper, instead of being roundly rejected for the snivelling traitorous racist coward saddo he really is.
January 18, 2026 at 11:09 AM
It’s staggering (but, in no small part, down to a venally biased media and über-wealthy right wing and foreign backers) that he’s been elevated to some kind of populist pied piper, instead of being roundly rejected for the snivelling traitorous racist coward saddo he really is.
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We threw away such a lot for that not-so “special relationship”.
A more confident nation, with more honest politicians, would admit it and make amends with Europe. This is all such bullshit.
A more confident nation, with more honest politicians, would admit it and make amends with Europe. This is all such bullshit.
January 17, 2026 at 6:57 PM
We threw away such a lot for that not-so “special relationship”.
A more confident nation, with more honest politicians, would admit it and make amends with Europe. This is all such bullshit.
A more confident nation, with more honest politicians, would admit it and make amends with Europe. This is all such bullshit.
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This is the dumbest shit he’s done yet, and that’s saying something.
January 17, 2026 at 5:38 PM
This is the dumbest shit he’s done yet, and that’s saying something.
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He had multiple opportunities to prevent this and deliberately pissed them away.
January 15, 2026 at 4:32 PM
He had multiple opportunities to prevent this and deliberately pissed them away.
hear hear!
I will happily buy you many drinks if this prediction comes true, as it is enough to sustain me on a day where my utter loathing for all these pisstaking wankers has breached its previous banks.
January 15, 2026 at 6:12 PM
hear hear!
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We're on!
Come & see the Railway Work, Life & Death project's contribution to the Tracks through Time exhibition at #Crewe station today.
Part of the #Railway200 Inspiration exhibition train stop.
We've researched staff stories from the area, working with New Vic Borderlines.
Come & see the Railway Work, Life & Death project's contribution to the Tracks through Time exhibition at #Crewe station today.
Part of the #Railway200 Inspiration exhibition train stop.
We've researched staff stories from the area, working with New Vic Borderlines.
January 15, 2026 at 10:58 AM
We're on!
Come & see the Railway Work, Life & Death project's contribution to the Tracks through Time exhibition at #Crewe station today.
Part of the #Railway200 Inspiration exhibition train stop.
We've researched staff stories from the area, working with New Vic Borderlines.
Come & see the Railway Work, Life & Death project's contribution to the Tracks through Time exhibition at #Crewe station today.
Part of the #Railway200 Inspiration exhibition train stop.
We've researched staff stories from the area, working with New Vic Borderlines.
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More superb reporting today from Sky’s Ridge & Frost on the shocking student loans scandal.
Watch this staggering report. This has got to be fixed. We cannot allow young people to exploited in this way.
Watch this staggering report. This has got to be fixed. We cannot allow young people to exploited in this way.
January 15, 2026 at 9:09 AM
More superb reporting today from Sky’s Ridge & Frost on the shocking student loans scandal.
Watch this staggering report. This has got to be fixed. We cannot allow young people to exploited in this way.
Watch this staggering report. This has got to be fixed. We cannot allow young people to exploited in this way.