Cuppers
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Wincing at Michael Gove describing Kemi Badenoch as ‘feisty’ and ‘sassy’.
Do not use adjectives to describe a woman’s character which you would not use to describe a man’s. It sounds patronising and screams sexism. Urgh.
#today #bbcradio4
Do not use adjectives to describe a woman’s character which you would not use to describe a man’s. It sounds patronising and screams sexism. Urgh.
#today #bbcradio4
January 16, 2026 at 8:27 AM
Wincing at Michael Gove describing Kemi Badenoch as ‘feisty’ and ‘sassy’.
Do not use adjectives to describe a woman’s character which you would not use to describe a man’s. It sounds patronising and screams sexism. Urgh.
#today #bbcradio4
Do not use adjectives to describe a woman’s character which you would not use to describe a man’s. It sounds patronising and screams sexism. Urgh.
#today #bbcradio4
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Morning all.
Photographer Martin Parr Longleat Safari Park, Wiltshire, 1994.
Photographer Martin Parr Longleat Safari Park, Wiltshire, 1994.
January 16, 2026 at 7:07 AM
Morning all.
Photographer Martin Parr Longleat Safari Park, Wiltshire, 1994.
Photographer Martin Parr Longleat Safari Park, Wiltshire, 1994.
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Reminder that in the UK an incoming radical, populist government would have immediate access to immense, unchecked executive power.
And the current government is doing nothing to protect us from that.
And the current government is doing nothing to protect us from that.
NEW
The UK constitution is even more vulnerable than the US constitution
In the face of an illiberal radical assault, what has happened politically in America could easily happen in the UK
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
The UK constitution is even more vulnerable than the US constitution
In the face of an illiberal radical assault, what has happened politically in America could easily happen in the UK
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
January 15, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Reminder that in the UK an incoming radical, populist government would have immediate access to immense, unchecked executive power.
And the current government is doing nothing to protect us from that.
And the current government is doing nothing to protect us from that.
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We have an ageing population, struggling public services, and climate change. People might want low taxes, no migrants and cheaper energy, but they also don't want to lie in a hospital corridor for hours or have their house flooded. You can win elections with magic thinking but can't govern with it.
January 16, 2026 at 8:06 AM
We have an ageing population, struggling public services, and climate change. People might want low taxes, no migrants and cheaper energy, but they also don't want to lie in a hospital corridor for hours or have their house flooded. You can win elections with magic thinking but can't govern with it.
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Oh, Stephen, you are quite a sweetie really.
"They're dead."
"I'm sorry."
"They'll be fine."
#TheTraitors #TheTraitorsUK
"They're dead."
"I'm sorry."
"They'll be fine."
#TheTraitors #TheTraitorsUK
January 15, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Oh, Stephen, you are quite a sweetie really.
"They're dead."
"I'm sorry."
"They'll be fine."
#TheTraitors #TheTraitorsUK
"They're dead."
"I'm sorry."
"They'll be fine."
#TheTraitors #TheTraitorsUK
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FREE READ: Massive chart with explanations to the many paths of unconstitutional trump government corruption - no other president could get away with this! www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Trump’s Tangled Web of Deal-Making, Policy and Riches (Gift Article)
The president, his family and some of their closest associates have engaged in a sprawling campaign of deals that stretches across industries and the globe.
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:15 PM
FREE READ: Massive chart with explanations to the many paths of unconstitutional trump government corruption - no other president could get away with this! www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Harriet is going to banished for being impolite, making it very clear that this is the British version of The Traitors. #TheTraitors #TheTraitorsUK
January 14, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Harriet is going to banished for being impolite, making it very clear that this is the British version of The Traitors. #TheTraitors #TheTraitorsUK
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Now I know Rachel has four kids I know where she honed this look she gave Fiona. Say nothing, watch them wilt. It’s the little pinched smile that really puts the fear in them, though #TheTraitorsUK.
January 15, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Now I know Rachel has four kids I know where she honed this look she gave Fiona. Say nothing, watch them wilt. It’s the little pinched smile that really puts the fear in them, though #TheTraitorsUK.
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ICE has escalated from
Arresting undocumented migrants with criminal records to
Arresting undocumented migrants without criminal records to
Arresting legal migrants to
Arresting US citizens who 'look' like migrants to
Arresting US citizens protesting ICE to
Arresting random bystanders.
Who's next?
Arresting undocumented migrants with criminal records to
Arresting undocumented migrants without criminal records to
Arresting legal migrants to
Arresting US citizens who 'look' like migrants to
Arresting US citizens protesting ICE to
Arresting random bystanders.
Who's next?
What is happening in America right now. The arbitrary power of a tyrant deployed against his political enemies.
January 14, 2026 at 12:31 PM
ICE has escalated from
Arresting undocumented migrants with criminal records to
Arresting undocumented migrants without criminal records to
Arresting legal migrants to
Arresting US citizens who 'look' like migrants to
Arresting US citizens protesting ICE to
Arresting random bystanders.
Who's next?
Arresting undocumented migrants with criminal records to
Arresting undocumented migrants without criminal records to
Arresting legal migrants to
Arresting US citizens who 'look' like migrants to
Arresting US citizens protesting ICE to
Arresting random bystanders.
Who's next?
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ICE detained Arlit Maria Martinez on her way to work. 2 days later, her 15 yo son died of cancer. They wouldn't let her out to say goodbye. The family had planned to move back to Mexico prior to the cancer diagnosis but stayed for his treatment. Now, Mr Martinez has lost his wife to ICE & his son.
Teen dies of cancer days after mother arrested by ICE: ‘She’s never gonna see him’
The mother's family pleaded with federal officers for her release from custody to say her final goodbyes to her son, but their requests went unanswered.
www.wsaz.com
January 12, 2026 at 8:29 PM
ICE detained Arlit Maria Martinez on her way to work. 2 days later, her 15 yo son died of cancer. They wouldn't let her out to say goodbye. The family had planned to move back to Mexico prior to the cancer diagnosis but stayed for his treatment. Now, Mr Martinez has lost his wife to ICE & his son.
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a decade is a long time in politics
January 12, 2026 at 11:55 AM
a decade is a long time in politics
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Remember this guy didn’t just fail to pay the tax he owed. He then used legal threats to try and stop people setting out the truth of what happened
Reform: the home for failed Tories. In this case failed in the sense of failed to pay HMRC loads of tax he owed
NEW: Former Tory Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi defects to Reform.
Most senior member of the last Conservative govt yet to join the party.
Most senior member of the last Conservative govt yet to join the party.
January 12, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Remember this guy didn’t just fail to pay the tax he owed. He then used legal threats to try and stop people setting out the truth of what happened
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That’s an exceptionally calm and dignified response from Powell. A proper public servant.
www.ft.com/content/a423...
www.ft.com/content/a423...
US prosecutors launch criminal investigation into Federal Reserve’s Jay Powell
Central bank chair hits back and says grand jury subpoenas are retaliation for refusal to bow to demand to cut interest rates
www.ft.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:31 AM
That’s an exceptionally calm and dignified response from Powell. A proper public servant.
www.ft.com/content/a423...
www.ft.com/content/a423...
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Jerome Powell: "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."
January 12, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Jerome Powell: "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."
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Many of the people currently supporting far right parties like Reform do so because they’re just wrong. About reality. They believe things that aren’t true. Mistaken, ignorant, gullible or stupid, call it what you will. They are just plain wrong.
January 11, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Many of the people currently supporting far right parties like Reform do so because they’re just wrong. About reality. They believe things that aren’t true. Mistaken, ignorant, gullible or stupid, call it what you will. They are just plain wrong.
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Fiona is also a traitor to women the same age as her. We don’t wear Tenas and most of us know how to use Social Media ourselves and either hold down very responsible jobs or have had the sense to retire and enjoy ourselves!
She has a pretty poor opinion of her contemporaries.
#TheTraitors
She has a pretty poor opinion of her contemporaries.
#TheTraitors
January 9, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Fiona is also a traitor to women the same age as her. We don’t wear Tenas and most of us know how to use Social Media ourselves and either hold down very responsible jobs or have had the sense to retire and enjoy ourselves!
She has a pretty poor opinion of her contemporaries.
#TheTraitors
She has a pretty poor opinion of her contemporaries.
#TheTraitors
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So disappointed to see the usual early exit of black and brown contestants in the latest series of The Traitors. It's so painfully obvious but no one seems to reflect on it. Glad at least one person is talking about it in the media. We need a bigger discussion.
www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
People of colour keep leaving Traitors early. We need to talk about why
Yet again, minority ethnic players are being booted off in the early stages of ‘The Traitors’. Micha Frazer-Carroll looks at why this is becoming a bleakly predictable pattern
www.independent.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 9:19 PM
So disappointed to see the usual early exit of black and brown contestants in the latest series of The Traitors. It's so painfully obvious but no one seems to reflect on it. Glad at least one person is talking about it in the media. We need a bigger discussion.
www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
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As a women of “a certain age” I can categorically say that Fiona does NOT represent me. #TheTraitors
January 9, 2026 at 9:27 PM
As a women of “a certain age” I can categorically say that Fiona does NOT represent me. #TheTraitors
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As Tees Valley mayor Lord Houchen's defence of his deal with local businessmen crumbles, here's the Eye's recent special report on how Britain's flagship regeneration scheme secretly turned into one of the biggest giveaways of public money on record.
➡️ www.private-eye.co.uk/special-repo...
➡️ www.private-eye.co.uk/special-repo...
Special Report: Stripped Tees
IT WAS to be the UK’s largest regeneration scheme in decades, a model for regional devolution and the flagship post-Brexit freeport. But the redevelopment of the former steelworks on the south bank of...
www.private-eye.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 2:41 PM
As Tees Valley mayor Lord Houchen's defence of his deal with local businessmen crumbles, here's the Eye's recent special report on how Britain's flagship regeneration scheme secretly turned into one of the biggest giveaways of public money on record.
➡️ www.private-eye.co.uk/special-repo...
➡️ www.private-eye.co.uk/special-repo...
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This comes back to my "drunk ranter on the Tube" analogy. People only scold people that they feel safe scolding. If someone is too intimidating, or powerful, they get a pass.
January 7, 2026 at 11:40 AM
This comes back to my "drunk ranter on the Tube" analogy. People only scold people that they feel safe scolding. If someone is too intimidating, or powerful, they get a pass.
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🚨 Farage is challenged on the truth about London.
"London's murder rate is the lowest in decades."
"Knife crime has fallen sharply over the past 10 years."
"The proportion of adults who have been victims of personal crime has fallen to the lowest level since 2002."
"London's murder rate is the lowest in decades."
"Knife crime has fallen sharply over the past 10 years."
"The proportion of adults who have been victims of personal crime has fallen to the lowest level since 2002."
January 7, 2026 at 3:05 PM
🚨 Farage is challenged on the truth about London.
"London's murder rate is the lowest in decades."
"Knife crime has fallen sharply over the past 10 years."
"The proportion of adults who have been victims of personal crime has fallen to the lowest level since 2002."
"London's murder rate is the lowest in decades."
"Knife crime has fallen sharply over the past 10 years."
"The proportion of adults who have been victims of personal crime has fallen to the lowest level since 2002."
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A THREAD
Other instances in history where western nations overthrew leaders, to protecting oil/mineral interests, block socialism or nationalism, whilst maintaining geopolitical influence. In every instance, democracy was secondary. List is incomplete. 1/
Other instances in history where western nations overthrew leaders, to protecting oil/mineral interests, block socialism or nationalism, whilst maintaining geopolitical influence. In every instance, democracy was secondary. List is incomplete. 1/
January 7, 2026 at 3:57 PM
A THREAD
Other instances in history where western nations overthrew leaders, to protecting oil/mineral interests, block socialism or nationalism, whilst maintaining geopolitical influence. In every instance, democracy was secondary. List is incomplete. 1/
Other instances in history where western nations overthrew leaders, to protecting oil/mineral interests, block socialism or nationalism, whilst maintaining geopolitical influence. In every instance, democracy was secondary. List is incomplete. 1/
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willing to bet that literally the last thing AI does is 'liberate women from unwanted chores'
Artificial intelligence will help millions of people in ways that do not appear in traditional economic statistics, says OpenAI’s chief economist ft.trib.al/toxh1Gq
January 7, 2026 at 4:10 PM
willing to bet that literally the last thing AI does is 'liberate women from unwanted chores'