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Fair play to Daisy Cooper — absolutely wiped the floor with Zia Yusuf. Some sharp facts about the failure of Brexit—audience applause louder than any rebuttal could be. Mic. Dropped. 🎤👏 #bbcqt
December 4, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Fair play to Daisy Cooper — absolutely wiped the floor with Zia Yusuf. Some sharp facts about the failure of Brexit—audience applause louder than any rebuttal could be. Mic. Dropped. 🎤👏 #bbcqt
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end of #bbcqt
i see the greens shooting even higher again after this, everyone is just tired of immigration being used as a smokescreen now
i see the greens shooting even higher again after this, everyone is just tired of immigration being used as a smokescreen now
December 4, 2025 at 10:00 PM
end of #bbcqt
i see the greens shooting even higher again after this, everyone is just tired of immigration being used as a smokescreen now
i see the greens shooting even higher again after this, everyone is just tired of immigration being used as a smokescreen now
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This is a superb speech from @zackpolanski.bsky.social
It’s why the #BBC make Question Time, in order to hear different voices, and Zack’s is undoubtedly the strongest in the room here.
“You’re a Government of cowards.” Spot on. Labour *never* speaks positively about immigration #bbcqt
It’s why the #BBC make Question Time, in order to hear different voices, and Zack’s is undoubtedly the strongest in the room here.
“You’re a Government of cowards.” Spot on. Labour *never* speaks positively about immigration #bbcqt
December 4, 2025 at 10:09 PM
This is a superb speech from @zackpolanski.bsky.social
It’s why the #BBC make Question Time, in order to hear different voices, and Zack’s is undoubtedly the strongest in the room here.
“You’re a Government of cowards.” Spot on. Labour *never* speaks positively about immigration #bbcqt
It’s why the #BBC make Question Time, in order to hear different voices, and Zack’s is undoubtedly the strongest in the room here.
“You’re a Government of cowards.” Spot on. Labour *never* speaks positively about immigration #bbcqt
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Zack Polanski, "Army barracks and hotels are not the place to house asylum seekers as if they're some sort of amazon return"
Man in blue, "Why is it not acceptable? We put our army in there"
*Zack Polanski tries to answer but is repeatedly interrupted*
"We need to build council houses"
#BBCQT
Man in blue, "Why is it not acceptable? We put our army in there"
*Zack Polanski tries to answer but is repeatedly interrupted*
"We need to build council houses"
#BBCQT
December 4, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Zack Polanski, "Army barracks and hotels are not the place to house asylum seekers as if they're some sort of amazon return"
Man in blue, "Why is it not acceptable? We put our army in there"
*Zack Polanski tries to answer but is repeatedly interrupted*
"We need to build council houses"
#BBCQT
Man in blue, "Why is it not acceptable? We put our army in there"
*Zack Polanski tries to answer but is repeatedly interrupted*
"We need to build council houses"
#BBCQT
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Zack Polanski, "Labour are a government of cowards because you won't tell people the truth about migration"
"Migration is a positive thing for our country"
"We need migration"
"We need fair and managed migration"
"And that's what will change this conversation"
*huge clap* #BBCQT
"Migration is a positive thing for our country"
"We need migration"
"We need fair and managed migration"
"And that's what will change this conversation"
*huge clap* #BBCQT
December 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Zack Polanski, "Labour are a government of cowards because you won't tell people the truth about migration"
"Migration is a positive thing for our country"
"We need migration"
"We need fair and managed migration"
"And that's what will change this conversation"
*huge clap* #BBCQT
"Migration is a positive thing for our country"
"We need migration"
"We need fair and managed migration"
"And that's what will change this conversation"
*huge clap* #BBCQT
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Daisy Cooper, "In 2017 there was not a single asylum seeker that arrived on a boat"
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
December 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Daisy Cooper, "In 2017 there was not a single asylum seeker that arrived on a boat"
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
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Family of Colombian man killed in illegal U.S. strike files human rights challenge
The petition from the family of Alejandro Carranza says the military bombed his fishing boat on when he was sailing off Colombia's Caribbean coast, in violation of human rights
#Wrldpoli🌐
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/g...
The petition from the family of Alejandro Carranza says the military bombed his fishing boat on when he was sailing off Colombia's Caribbean coast, in violation of human rights
#Wrldpoli🌐
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/g...
Family of Colombian man killed in U.S. strike files human rights challenge
In a petition to the premier human rights watchdog in the Americas, the first challenge to U.S. military strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats argues that the death was an extrajudicial killing.
www.npr.org
December 4, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Family of Colombian man killed in illegal U.S. strike files human rights challenge
The petition from the family of Alejandro Carranza says the military bombed his fishing boat on when he was sailing off Colombia's Caribbean coast, in violation of human rights
#Wrldpoli🌐
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/g...
The petition from the family of Alejandro Carranza says the military bombed his fishing boat on when he was sailing off Colombia's Caribbean coast, in violation of human rights
#Wrldpoli🌐
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/g...
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I have watched every #EurovisionSongContest since 1996.
I will not be watching in 2026.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
I will not be watching in 2026.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Several countries boycott Eurovision after Israel allowed to compete
There had been calls for Israel to be excluded over the conduct of the war in Gaza.
www.bbc.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I have watched every #EurovisionSongContest since 1996.
I will not be watching in 2026.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
I will not be watching in 2026.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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High levels of ‘forever chemical’ found in cereal products across Europe
High levels of ‘forever chemical’ found in cereal products across Europe – study
Pesticide Action Network Europe study finds average concentrations 100 times higher than in tap water
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
High levels of ‘forever chemical’ found in cereal products across Europe
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Our latest investigation, in collaboration with Democracy for Sale 👇
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-o...
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-o...
BREAKING: Our fake Chinese AI investor bought access into heart of Labour government
Ex-Tory MP facilitated meetings with 10+ Labour MPs and met ministers in “cash-for-access operation”
democracyforsale.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Our latest investigation, in collaboration with Democracy for Sale 👇
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-o...
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-o...
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Because of Brexit, the exchequer “will lose the thick end of £100bn in tax revenues this year”
Far from having to raise £26bn in extra taxes, Rachel Reeves could have raised spending on health, defence, infrastructure, etc and still had money to spare…
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/opinion/brex...
Far from having to raise £26bn in extra taxes, Rachel Reeves could have raised spending on health, defence, infrastructure, etc and still had money to spare…
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/opinion/brex...
Brexit: the trillion pound ‘mistake’
The recent NBER report suggests the Treasury’s 2016 analysis – slammed by Brexiters as a ‘hoax’– actually understated the impact of Brexit
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Because of Brexit, the exchequer “will lose the thick end of £100bn in tax revenues this year”
Far from having to raise £26bn in extra taxes, Rachel Reeves could have raised spending on health, defence, infrastructure, etc and still had money to spare…
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/opinion/brex...
Far from having to raise £26bn in extra taxes, Rachel Reeves could have raised spending on health, defence, infrastructure, etc and still had money to spare…
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/opinion/brex...
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This hasn't had much coverage, amidst all the debate about jury trials, but there is also a lot of concern about Lammy's plans to remove the automatic right to appeal
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/03/d...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/03/d...
David Lammy's Plans to Scrap Automatic Right to Appeal Risk 'Increasing Miscarriages of Justice'
Lawyers and legal campaigners say the changes risk removing "vital safeguards" and shutting out vulnerable defendants from justice
bylinetimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This hasn't had much coverage, amidst all the debate about jury trials, but there is also a lot of concern about Lammy's plans to remove the automatic right to appeal
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/03/d...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/03/d...
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Anyone who cares about Europe's future and loathes Putin should want this plan to succeed. It's the single most important decision Europe can take for its own defence and Ukraine's survival. America is lost. www.ft.com/content/3c23...
Brussels floats ‘emergency’ powers to raise €210bn from Russian assets
Contentious proposal to fund Ukraine would mark watershed moment for EU
www.ft.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Anyone who cares about Europe's future and loathes Putin should want this plan to succeed. It's the single most important decision Europe can take for its own defence and Ukraine's survival. America is lost. www.ft.com/content/3c23...
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Chris Packham, "This country voted in a party with a massive majority and a mandate for change"
"All we see is Labour kowtowing to the far right. This causes me enormous concern"
"I'm frustrated, I'm angry, and I've frightened"
"And I get more scared every single day"
"All we see is Labour kowtowing to the far right. This causes me enormous concern"
"I'm frustrated, I'm angry, and I've frightened"
"And I get more scared every single day"
October 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
This...
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Data centres are energy hungry but what if we could use their waste heat to heat our homes?
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
December 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Data centres are energy hungry but what if we could use their waste heat to heat our homes?
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
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It's decided.
Europe is closing the tap on Russian fossil fuels once and for all.
Energy independence starts now.
→ link.europa.eu/tykVJf
Europe is closing the tap on Russian fossil fuels once and for all.
Energy independence starts now.
→ link.europa.eu/tykVJf
December 3, 2025 at 8:42 AM
It's decided.
Europe is closing the tap on Russian fossil fuels once and for all.
Energy independence starts now.
→ link.europa.eu/tykVJf
Europe is closing the tap on Russian fossil fuels once and for all.
Energy independence starts now.
→ link.europa.eu/tykVJf
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With today's proposals, we can give Ukrainians the means to defend themselves.
And take forward peace talks from a position of strength.
We are putting forward solutions to support Ukraine's budget and strengthen its defence industry.
→ link.europa.eu/wRCxwG
And take forward peace talks from a position of strength.
We are putting forward solutions to support Ukraine's budget and strengthen its defence industry.
→ link.europa.eu/wRCxwG
December 3, 2025 at 1:27 PM
With today's proposals, we can give Ukrainians the means to defend themselves.
And take forward peace talks from a position of strength.
We are putting forward solutions to support Ukraine's budget and strengthen its defence industry.
→ link.europa.eu/wRCxwG
And take forward peace talks from a position of strength.
We are putting forward solutions to support Ukraine's budget and strengthen its defence industry.
→ link.europa.eu/wRCxwG
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Nailed. It.
This is the kind of man you want leading your country.
This is the kind of man you want leading your country.
December 3, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Nailed. It.
This is the kind of man you want leading your country.
This is the kind of man you want leading your country.
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Breaking: The US lost 32,000 jobs in November, far worse than expected.
Small businesses were the hardest hit.
Small businesses were the hardest hit.
December 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Breaking: The US lost 32,000 jobs in November, far worse than expected.
Small businesses were the hardest hit.
Small businesses were the hardest hit.
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Venezuela has the most oil in the world. It's surprising how few people know that.
WAKE UP!!! Trump doesn't care about drugs -- he's trying to rob a sovereign country of its oil ‼️
Greedy Trump is threatening to attack a country with more oil than Iraq
www.cnn.com/2025/12/02/b...
Greedy Trump is threatening to attack a country with more oil than Iraq
www.cnn.com/2025/12/02/b...
Trump is threatening to attack a country with more oil than Iraq | CNN Business
The United States appears ready for war with Venezuela, a prospect that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro this weekend attributed to America’s desire to control the country’s vast oil reserves.
www.cnn.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Venezuela has the most oil in the world. It's surprising how few people know that.
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Edwin is not wrong. This is repellent.
The UK has gone quite, quite mad.
It's ridiculous that we (just about) survived 14 years of the Tories, only for Labour to allow the madness to take hold and spread.
Some of the stuff in those bullets is just breath-takingly evil.
And it's not winning Labour ANY votes. Just helping Reform.
It's ridiculous that we (just about) survived 14 years of the Tories, only for Labour to allow the madness to take hold and spread.
Some of the stuff in those bullets is just breath-takingly evil.
And it's not winning Labour ANY votes. Just helping Reform.
December 3, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Edwin is not wrong. This is repellent.
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Half of jury trials to disappear under government reforms
Barristers warned the changes would bring a “wrecking ball” to a system that had been in place for generations
www.channel4.com/news/half-of...
Barristers warned the changes would bring a “wrecking ball” to a system that had been in place for generations
www.channel4.com/news/half-of...
Half of jury trials to disappear under government reforms
Crimes like burglary and threatening to kill will no longer be tried before juries in England and Wales, under reforms announced today by the Justice Secretary David Lammy.
www.channel4.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Half of jury trials to disappear under government reforms
Barristers warned the changes would bring a “wrecking ball” to a system that had been in place for generations
www.channel4.com/news/half-of...
Barristers warned the changes would bring a “wrecking ball” to a system that had been in place for generations
www.channel4.com/news/half-of...
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I must have missed the wall-to-wall coverage of demands for an investigation into Nigel Farage's lies about being a racist
Or about whether he knew Nathan Gill
Or about who bought his house in Frinton
Or about whether he knew Nathan Gill
Or about who bought his house in Frinton
November 30, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I must have missed the wall-to-wall coverage of demands for an investigation into Nigel Farage's lies about being a racist
Or about whether he knew Nathan Gill
Or about who bought his house in Frinton
Or about whether he knew Nathan Gill
Or about who bought his house in Frinton
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MP’s must resist any attempt by the government to undermine and restrict one of the fundamental cornerstones of our democracy. Write to your MP now
🚨The governments controversial plan to scrap jury trials for crimes with sentences of less than 3 years is a huge mistake, will make little or no difference to the backlog and will undermine and restrict one of the fundamental cornerstones of our democracy
WE MUST STOP IT
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WE MUST STOP IT
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MP’s must resist this attempt to undermine & restrict a fundamental cornerstone of our democracy
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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December 3, 2025 at 7:13 AM
MP’s must resist any attempt by the government to undermine and restrict one of the fundamental cornerstones of our democracy. Write to your MP now