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Terrific piece and thread by Tom this. Just one particular bit I want to draw out...
🧵 NEW: Is Britain really a high tax country?

Our collective tax bill is at its highest share of GDP since the 1940s

But actually, the tax and NI paid by the average worker are at their lowest in decades.

What’s going on?

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@thetimes.com

Free link 🔗 www.thetimes.com/article/25aa...
March 30, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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This state senate seat in PA has voted double digits for Trump. The mood in the nation is shifting!
March 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Her name is Rumeysa Ozturk, she's a student from Turkey, and even her lawyer doesn't know where she is right now.
Ozturk's attorney tells me they still have no idea where she is. ICE says only that she is in the agency's custody. www.salon.com/2025/03/26/d...
March 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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A different angle showing the kidnapping of Runeysa Ozturk by U.S. secret police in Massachusetts.

(via Daniel Boguslaw on Twitter) x.com/DRBoguslaw/s...
March 26, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Mine on the great Signal scandal that is upending the White House, with @mrjamesob.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk earlier today. Please feel free to share with anyone (even over Signal, if you fancy it).

🎧: audioboom.com/posts/869434...
March 25, 2025 - Leak of Houthi war plans via Signal upends Washington and raises questions for allies
Simon's live chat on the burgeoning Signal scandal, with James O'Brien on the UK's LBC.
audioboom.com
March 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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BREAKING: Yuval Abraham, co-director of Oscar-winning documentary "No Other Land," says Israeli settlers beat his co-director Hamdan Ballal, injuring his head and stomach — and then Israeli soldiers invaded the ambulance he was in and seized him.

Ballal's whereabouts are now unknown.
March 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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BREAKING: People are being suspended on X in Turkey for posting videos of these protests against Erdoğan’s corrupt and repressive regime.

Keep sharing everywhere.
March 23, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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The Trump administration has stopped the tracking of thousands of abducted Ukrainian children in Russia and Belarus. And a US lawmaker says in a letter to Sec. Marco Rubio that US officials or contractors might have deleted a database on the children. Story: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/u...
March 19, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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🔴NEW Cabinet Office Misled the Public Over Michael Gove’s Involvement with VIP Lane’s Biggest Winner

Unispace Global's £679m PPE deals “came through” Cabinet Minister Michael Gove – contradicting Govt claims of no involvement, reports @russellscott1.bsky.social

bylinetimes.com/2025/03/10/c...
Cabinet Office Misled the Public Over Michael Gove’s Involvement with VIP Lane’s Biggest Winner
Unispace Global were awarded £679 million in PPE deals from the government after the company's offer “came through” Cabinet Minister Michael Gove – contradicting the then-Government’s claims of no inv...
bylinetimes.com
March 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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"And once you come to this conclusion you cannot remain silent."

Location: Parliament Square, London (sound on)

youtu.be/WMwqhdVV5as
Yes, it's a genocide
YouTube video by Led By Donkeys
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December 4, 2024 at 2:26 PM