TraceyMac
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But think of all the astonishing things he's selflessly done for this country and look at all those medals which he won during his four months in the Royal Marines.
The King’s brother, Prince Edward, enjoys his Surrey mansion at a peppercorn rent, it can be revealed, after The Times forced the disclosure of documents held by the Crown Estate.
www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-fam...
www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-fam...
Prince Edward pays peppercorn rent for 120-room Surrey mansion
Campaigners have questioned whether the royal family can justify Edward’s occupation of Bagshot Park, which could otherwise be leased for taxpayer benefit
www.thetimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:34 AM
But think of all the astonishing things he's selflessly done for this country and look at all those medals which he won during his four months in the Royal Marines.
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Rachel Reeves' Budget was a damp squib, delivering austerity by stealth. There was no vision, and no investment. There was just fear of the City of London. In this video, I ask why the Chancellor has surrendered economic power to finance. youtu.be/6pTpT_uB_4M?...
Rachel Reeves’ budget: Who really governs Britain?
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Rachel Reeves' Budget was a damp squib, delivering austerity by stealth. There was no vision, and no investment. There was just fear of the City of London. In this video, I ask why the Chancellor has surrendered economic power to finance. youtu.be/6pTpT_uB_4M?...
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Big move in the budget to lower energy bills by £1bn a year - by scrapping the energy efficiency tax. It’s welcome. But it comes in the same month that a new tax was added to our energy bills - a nuclear tax to pay for Sizewell C - and it’s also £1bn. Kinda standing still aren’t we..:)
November 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Big move in the budget to lower energy bills by £1bn a year - by scrapping the energy efficiency tax. It’s welcome. But it comes in the same month that a new tax was added to our energy bills - a nuclear tax to pay for Sizewell C - and it’s also £1bn. Kinda standing still aren’t we..:)
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I can’t believe people in the room don’t push back. It doesn’t matter if he’s the president, part of holding him accountable is standing up to his bullying— especially if he’s doing it right in front of your face
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I can’t believe people in the room don’t push back. It doesn’t matter if he’s the president, part of holding him accountable is standing up to his bullying— especially if he’s doing it right in front of your face
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I wish it didn’t feel so unusual and inspiring to see a leader treating everyone like they matter and saying that we have a responsibility to help each other
Combatting poverty and hunger in this city will take every single one of us. Myself included.
November 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I wish it didn’t feel so unusual and inspiring to see a leader treating everyone like they matter and saying that we have a responsibility to help each other
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Shabana Mahmood, has announced plans for the biggest overhaul of the UK asylum system in decades.
Labour peer Lord Alf Dubs, a former child refugee, has said that the home secretary is seeking to “use children as a weapon”.
Labour peer Lord Alf Dubs, a former child refugee, has said that the home secretary is seeking to “use children as a weapon”.
How new asylum policies will affect child refugees
Child refugees could live their entire childhoods in Britain with no guarantee that they will remain in the place they have come to think of as home.
theconversation.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Shabana Mahmood, has announced plans for the biggest overhaul of the UK asylum system in decades.
Labour peer Lord Alf Dubs, a former child refugee, has said that the home secretary is seeking to “use children as a weapon”.
Labour peer Lord Alf Dubs, a former child refugee, has said that the home secretary is seeking to “use children as a weapon”.
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According to local Syrian media, the IDF which occupies all of Palestine, much of southern Lebanon, and huge swathes of southwestern Syria, attempted to arrest a Syrian civilian tonight in Beit Jinn but was met with resistance from the locals, and in turn the IDF killed two people via airstrike.
Deleted last post because the battle in Beit Jinn is apparently still ongoing
November 28, 2025 at 4:22 AM
According to local Syrian media, the IDF which occupies all of Palestine, much of southern Lebanon, and huge swathes of southwestern Syria, attempted to arrest a Syrian civilian tonight in Beit Jinn but was met with resistance from the locals, and in turn the IDF killed two people via airstrike.
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EXCLUSIVE: The UK Government is trying to 'run the whisky industry into the ground' with continuous hikes on duty, an Islay distillery owner has said
Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
November 28, 2025 at 5:45 AM
EXCLUSIVE: The UK Government is trying to 'run the whisky industry into the ground' with continuous hikes on duty, an Islay distillery owner has said
Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
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The British Empire was the largest empire that ever existed. At its zenith it controlled 1/4 of the world’s population and landmass. This achievement was built upon systematic violence.
I guess 'British exceptionalism' arose from the misconception that the British were somehow special b/c of this.
I guess 'British exceptionalism' arose from the misconception that the British were somehow special b/c of this.
What Were the Most Terrible Acts of the British Empire? | TheCollector
The British Empire was much more invasive and destructive than many people realize. Read on to find out more.
www.thecollector.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:56 AM
The British Empire was the largest empire that ever existed. At its zenith it controlled 1/4 of the world’s population and landmass. This achievement was built upon systematic violence.
I guess 'British exceptionalism' arose from the misconception that the British were somehow special b/c of this.
I guess 'British exceptionalism' arose from the misconception that the British were somehow special b/c of this.
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Starmer still not grasping that his own failure to attack far-right rhetoric feeds homophobia, transphobia, racism and fascism generally.
Or that he's the PM, apparently. Like, not to state the obvious dude, but you have a pretty big platform to do something about this shit.
Or that he's the PM, apparently. Like, not to state the obvious dude, but you have a pretty big platform to do something about this shit.
"[...] the Labour leader said the homophobic attack left him worried for the future of the UK"
*clears throat*
I HAVE OPINIONS
metro.co.uk/2025/11/26/k...
*clears throat*
I HAVE OPINIONS
metro.co.uk/2025/11/26/k...
Keir Starmer's fury after neice and wife 'beaten by blokes for holding hands'
'I thought the days of beating up people because they were gay were well behind us.'
metro.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Starmer still not grasping that his own failure to attack far-right rhetoric feeds homophobia, transphobia, racism and fascism generally.
Or that he's the PM, apparently. Like, not to state the obvious dude, but you have a pretty big platform to do something about this shit.
Or that he's the PM, apparently. Like, not to state the obvious dude, but you have a pretty big platform to do something about this shit.
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Our conversation is stuck on the far-right -named “Boris wave” while net immigration has actually DROPPED BY EIGHTY PERCENT (80%) since then!!
⬇️work visas DOWN
⬇️student numbers DOWN
⬆️emigration UP
🙄& asylum numbers totally steady cos cruelty won’t stop those with no choice!
⬇️work visas DOWN
⬇️student numbers DOWN
⬆️emigration UP
🙄& asylum numbers totally steady cos cruelty won’t stop those with no choice!
November 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Our conversation is stuck on the far-right -named “Boris wave” while net immigration has actually DROPPED BY EIGHTY PERCENT (80%) since then!!
⬇️work visas DOWN
⬇️student numbers DOWN
⬆️emigration UP
🙄& asylum numbers totally steady cos cruelty won’t stop those with no choice!
⬇️work visas DOWN
⬇️student numbers DOWN
⬆️emigration UP
🙄& asylum numbers totally steady cos cruelty won’t stop those with no choice!
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This really needs emphasizing. The entirety of the UK media ecosystem is utterly fixated on a 100% fabricated "crisis".
Net migration has fallen again to 204,000, the lowest level since 2021 and is forecast to continue falling over the coming years.
Not that you would know it from the endless coverage of Britain's supposed "immigration crisis"
Not that you would know it from the endless coverage of Britain's supposed "immigration crisis"
November 27, 2025 at 12:48 PM
This really needs emphasizing. The entirety of the UK media ecosystem is utterly fixated on a 100% fabricated "crisis".
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Previous Prime Minister Boris Johnson was born in the United States. I'd love for her to tell me that's different and then try to explain why without being racist.
Excuse my language but …
I am so fucking tired of shit like this.
I am so fucking tired of shit like this.
November 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Previous Prime Minister Boris Johnson was born in the United States. I'd love for her to tell me that's different and then try to explain why without being racist.
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Apparently it’s a crime to remind military members to follow the law and refuse illegal orders (something that it is ingrained in basic) and the pentagon can recall you into the service to discipline you. However, the pentagon will not prosecute you for dodging the draft five times.
November 26, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Apparently it’s a crime to remind military members to follow the law and refuse illegal orders (something that it is ingrained in basic) and the pentagon can recall you into the service to discipline you. However, the pentagon will not prosecute you for dodging the draft five times.
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Lisa Murkowski stands up for fellow Senator Mark Kelly.
November 26, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Lisa Murkowski stands up for fellow Senator Mark Kelly.
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The 50 wealthiest families own more wealth than the bottom 50% of the population.
How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?
They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.
How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?
They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.
November 26, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The 50 wealthiest families own more wealth than the bottom 50% of the population.
How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?
They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.
How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?
They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.
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FUCK YES.
ABOUT BLOODY TIME.
ABOUT BLOODY TIME.
Lib Dem leader Edward Davey calls for a national investigation into Russian political interference in British politics:
"Given Reform won't, he must. So will he know launch a national investigation into Russian infiltration into our politics?"
Starmer: "Reform is riddled with pro-Putin propaganda"
"Given Reform won't, he must. So will he know launch a national investigation into Russian infiltration into our politics?"
Starmer: "Reform is riddled with pro-Putin propaganda"
November 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
FUCK YES.
ABOUT BLOODY TIME.
ABOUT BLOODY TIME.
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If you have an internet connection to download a pirated book, you can use that internet connection to borrow from a library collection.
Libraries pay authors, pirate sites don’t, and the cost to you is the same.
Libraries pay authors, pirate sites don’t, and the cost to you is the same.
Just saw someone claim that authors who want to be paid for their work are "class traitors" because we "only let the wealthy" read our books, and I think I need to go into the woods to scream into the night for a bit.
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
November 26, 2025 at 4:58 PM
If you have an internet connection to download a pirated book, you can use that internet connection to borrow from a library collection.
Libraries pay authors, pirate sites don’t, and the cost to you is the same.
Libraries pay authors, pirate sites don’t, and the cost to you is the same.
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If you've ever been bullied, you will know that you never forget the bully or what they did and said. These memories tend to be vivid.
November 26, 2025 at 8:25 AM
If you've ever been bullied, you will know that you never forget the bully or what they did and said. These memories tend to be vivid.
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Nah, fuck this. Infantino and Fifa can do one, they don't have the slightest clue about what makes the World Cup popular.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
World Cup 2026 draw to adopt tennis-style system for the four top seeds
The world’s top four teams will not be able to meet until the World Cup semi-finals if they win their groups under a new seeding system
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Nah, fuck this. Infantino and Fifa can do one, they don't have the slightest clue about what makes the World Cup popular.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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A 500-year-old castle wall was 'ripped down' by visitors who used its stones to cross a large puddle, a charity has said
Historic castle wall 'ripped down' by visitors to use as stepping stones in puddle
www.thenational.scot
November 24, 2025 at 10:36 AM
A 500-year-old castle wall was 'ripped down' by visitors who used its stones to cross a large puddle, a charity has said
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Over at the Daily Telegraph, they're scratching their heads as to why the former mining and steel producinv city of Gliwice in Poland is now 45% more prosperous than Darlington... and why it has new shiny infrastructure... without mentioning EU funds for urban and regional development...
November 24, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Over at the Daily Telegraph, they're scratching their heads as to why the former mining and steel producinv city of Gliwice in Poland is now 45% more prosperous than Darlington... and why it has new shiny infrastructure... without mentioning EU funds for urban and regional development...
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Here's the Health Secretary Wes Streeting explaining that a clinical trial of a safe drug used in the UK and across the world for decades is necessary in order that it can be banned.
He wants to be PM.
He wants to be PM.
November 24, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Here's the Health Secretary Wes Streeting explaining that a clinical trial of a safe drug used in the UK and across the world for decades is necessary in order that it can be banned.
He wants to be PM.
He wants to be PM.