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Multimillionaire Brexiter, Tim Martin, urges pubs to back Reform. Just like he urged the country to vote for Brexit. Too bad if it makes you poorer. Too bad for the children he’ll push back into poverty. Tim wants more money. And he couldn’t give a shit about the cost for everybody else.
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Wetherspoon boss urges pubs to back Reform By Henry Saker-Clark The founder of Wetherspoon has urged other pubs to back Reform UK. Sir Tim Martin, chairman of JD Wetherspoon, said Reform's plans to slash beer duty would help the sector move towards "tax parity with supermarkets". Nigel Farage's party announced a series of proposals to support pubs last week. They included pledges to cut VAT in the hospitality sector by 10 per cent, cut beer duty by the same fraction. Reform also said it would reverse the recent rise in employers' national insurance contributions (NICs) for the sector and gradually remove business rates for all pubs. The party has said it would fund this package with around 23on, which it plans to secure through reinstating the two-child benefit cap, except for families with two British-born parents. In a lengthy stock exchange filing yesterday, Martin (inset) told industry leaders "there's no question that this initiative would utterly transform the competitiveness of pubs" He said: "By eliminating the tax differential between supermarkets and the hospitality industry, and restoring margins to devastated businesses, these changes would enable pubs to regain some, or all, of their lost trade. "You would think that this offer from Reform would have been greeted by a crescendo of enthusiasm, ecstasy and support from the licensed trade and its supporters. "However, surpris-ingly, initial support has been underwhelming, at least from the great and the good in the hospitality industry" Last month, Labour announced additional business rates support for pubs. The announcement was a U-turn following complaints from pubs about rates changes in November's Budget.
February 10, 2026 at 7:29 AM
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mrjamesob.bsky.social
When he was a Tory politician (you remember, just after he was binned as a Labour one) female colleagues were free to express their disgust at his blatant misogyny. “Lee is an odious sexist,” was Anna Soubry’s irrefutable conclusion. I wonder what his current colleagues will have to say…
zoecrowther.bsky.social Zoë Crowther @zoecrowther.bsky.social · 1d
Jeremy Kyle is interviewing Reform MPs at a live press conference

Discussing who might take over from Keir Starmer as PM, Kyle just said: "She's had a makeover, Angela"

Lee Anderson: "She's throwing her money away, isn't she, to be honest with you"

*applause from the audience*
February 9, 2026 at 5:23 PM
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culturecrave.co
John Williams’ family shares photo of the legendary composer celebrating his 94th birthday 🎂🐐
February 9, 2026 at 10:12 PM
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culturecrave.co
Happy 83rd Birthday to Joe Pesci 🎂
February 10, 2026 at 2:23 AM
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popbase.tv
Bad Bunny closed out his #SuperBowl performance with a billboard behind him saying:

“The only thing more powerful than hate is love”
February 9, 2026 at 1:59 AM
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wired.com
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance required 9,852 theatrical pyrotechnics, nearly 400 costumed extras, and a lot of ingenuity.

And yes, that was a real couple featured in the wedding.

www.wired.com/story/bad-bu...
February 9, 2026 at 3:12 AM
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maddow.bsky.social
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:48 PM
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bsky.app
The Benito effect... activity on Bluesky spiked 70% during the Super Bowl 👀
February 9, 2026 at 10:57 PM
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bsky.app
We've updated our welcome screen in v1.116 with some fresh artwork by @odpomery.bsky.social

Includes different versions for light and dark themes!
February 9, 2026 at 8:26 PM
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bsky.app
v1.116 is rolling out now!

For all the overthinkers and perfectionists out there, we're launching Drafts.
A demonstration of where you can find the drafts feature in the top right corner of the post composer on Bluesky.
February 9, 2026 at 8:21 PM
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pickardje.bsky.social
no thanks, next
February 7, 2026 at 11:16 PM
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maddow.bsky.social
www.npr.org/2026/02/06/n...
Minneapolis now has daily deportation flights. One man has been documenting them
A professional airplane enthusiast has been tracking the federally chartered deportation flights out of the Minneapolis airport as DHS sends immigration detainees to other states and, eventually, othe...
www.npr.org
February 7, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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maddow.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
The Epstein scandal is taking down Europe’s political class. In the US, they’re getting a pass.
As Europe moves to address its shame, it’s highlighting the comparative lack of accountability in the U.S.
www.politico.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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maddow.bsky.social
"The new law forbids counties and local law enforcement from contracting with ICE. It mandates that public bodies terminate any existing immigration detention agreements and prohibits the use of public property for federal civil immigration detention..."

kfoxtv.com/news/local/n...
New Mexico governor signs Immigrant Safety Act among other bills into law
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has signed four bipartisan bills into law, focusing on improving health care access, investing in statewide infrastructur
kfoxtv.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:05 PM
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maddow.bsky.social
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Toddler hospitalized with respiratory failure was returned to ICE detention and denied prescribed medication, lawsuit says
The 18-month-old was sent back to a South Texas facility after days in intensive care with severe respiratory distress, according to a federal lawsuit.
www.nbcnews.com
February 8, 2026 at 5:03 AM
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zoegrunewald.bsky.social
The files reveal the deep-rooted ambivalence, disdain and hatred for women that sits at the root of masculinity. It’s something good men have to fight against every day, but power corrodes that will and leaves you totally unaccountable

www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Sex and snacks, but no seat at the table: the role of women in Epstein’s sordid men’s club
Files reveal a world of flattery and fratboy tones, where rich men are cultivated and women provide services
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:45 AM
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pickardje.bsky.social
the FT had by Saturday night broken two stories showing that the Mandelsons had taken over $100,000 from the world’s most famous paedophile

by Monday we were all writing various stories about him leaking sensitive state secrets to Epstein

they could have easily pulled this puff piece in time
staffordphilip.bsky.social Philip Stafford @staffordphilip.bsky.social · 4d
Even the dog doesn't want to be in this pic
February 6, 2026 at 7:28 PM
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mehdirhasan.bsky.social
I don’t want to depress you all but the entire media and political class will have moved on from this latest Trump racist outburst by tomorrow, Monday at the very latest. He gets away with it every time - because he is allowed to get away with it, and because he floods the zone.
February 6, 2026 at 10:01 PM
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sundersays.bsky.social
Advance UK Gorton + Denton by-election candidate Nick Buckley says his posts about many women being whores, ruined by feminism, are 'taken out of context'. Searcnlight Magazine report on the response to their posts
searchlightmagazine.com/2026/02/adva...
February 7, 2026 at 7:56 AM
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ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
JD Vance loudly booed at the Winter Olympics today.
February 6, 2026 at 9:25 PM
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chrisgrey.bsky.social
A good moment to recall that bitcoins are a, if not the, central plank of Farage's economic policy. It's an order of magnitude madder than Trussonomics: www.cityam.com/farages-cryp...
February 6, 2026 at 7:29 PM
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peterstefanovic.bsky.social
BREAKING: Gordon Brown says Keir Starmer should stay as PM to "clear up the system and tackle corruption”
February 7, 2026 at 9:27 AM
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ottoenglish.bsky.social
On the other hand as kids stare up at the huge poster on their classroom wall they might think... "hold on, our president has broken at least five of those commandments."
friendlyatheist.com Hemant Mehta @friendlyatheist.com · 4d
South Carolina wants to force every public school classroom to post the Ten Commandments.

Courts have already ruled similar laws unconstitutional.

They’re doing it anyway. And using a fake James Madison quote to justify it.

www.friendlyatheist.com/p/south-caro...
South Carolina's bill to force the Ten Commandments in school is doomed to fail
Despite clear court losses in other states, South Carolina Republicans are trying to push an unconstitutional mandate into public school classrooms
www.friendlyatheist.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:47 AM
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peterstefanovic.bsky.social
“We owe it to Epstein’s victims and to British democracy to demand historic change”
Gordon Brown

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We owe it to Epstein’s victims and to British democracy to demand historic change | Gordon Brown
The abuse of women by figures such as Epstein, and of political power by the likes of Mandelson, must be confronted. As far as I am able, I will play my part, says former UK prime minister Gordon Brow...
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:19 AM
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anthonypainter.bsky.social
It is terribly sad that the former PM feels the need to say this in the face of low life blowhards.

We cannot allow this to even be a question.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘I’m British, English and British Asian’, says Rishi Sunak in riposte to racially charged debate over identity
Podcaster claimed former prime minister not English because he is ‘brown-skinned Hindu’
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:06 AM