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Lee @justlee.bsky.social · 27m

The approach to public spending and taxation has been to seek "greater efficiencies" and "cut waste" since the days of Thatcher. Do we not think we've probably done enough of that over the last nearly 50 years?! Why must we keep going around the same failed loop whilst everything crumbles around us?

Lee @justlee.bsky.social · 33m

The propaganda entering our borders carries much more of a threat to our society than any small boat.

Lee @justlee.bsky.social · 43m

There is also an onus on all those Western states that recently recognised the Palestinian state to demonstrate that such recognition means something.

Lee @justlee.bsky.social · 47m

Reminds me of this...

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Lee @justlee.bsky.social · 51m

Signs of a healthy system, right there...

Reuters @reuters.com · 1h

Musk's record Tesla package will pay him tens of billions even if he misses most goals reut.rs/3KIjf11

Musk's record Tesla package will pay him tens of billions even if he misses most goals

When Tesla directors offered Elon Musk the biggest executive pay package in corporate history in September, it reassured investors that he would have to achieve the equivalent of “Mars-shot milestones” to earn $878 billion in Tesla stock over 10 years.

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Lee @justlee.bsky.social · 53m

Strikes me as increasingly indefensible for our government to allow such blatant propaganda to be injected into our society by folks hostile to our well-being.

Ben Fenton @benfenton.bsky.social · 1h

If a news organisation is making -200% margin after five years, it is not a commercial operation and should be assumed to have a different purpose.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 3h

The channel lost £33 million to communicate its content to a large audience
www.business-live.co.uk/enterprise/g...

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 1h

Please join my campaign for the British government to set up a department that would deal with issues around culture, media (and sport - why not?). And also to set up a specific regulator for broadcast media.

Ben Fenton @benfenton.bsky.social · 1h

If a news organisation is making -200% margin after five years, it is not a commercial operation and should be assumed to have a different purpose.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 3h

The channel lost £33 million to communicate its content to a large audience
www.business-live.co.uk/enterprise/g...

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 2h

I see Reform UK are on #BBCQT again tonight, would one of the other panelists kindly ask

Is it fiscally responsible for Nathan Gill to make anti EU, pro Russia statements in exchange for bribes

But for Nigel Farage to make anti EU, pro Russia statements, without bribes?

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Lee @justlee.bsky.social · 3h

I guess this means the Israeli courts can resume the case against Netanyahu now?

(Multiple middle-eastern countries shuffle nervously, wondering if the Save Bibi Forever War will be heading in their direction next).

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Lee @justlee.bsky.social · 3h

...and justice for all.

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Fahad Ali @fahad-s-ali.bsky.social · 5h

The only people whose opinion matters on this peace deal are the people of Gaza, many of whom are cautiously optimistic. It is hard to be genuinely hopeful as a Palestinian, but I pray that the ceasefire holds and that Israel does not renege on the agreement.

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Tom Fletcher @tomfletcherun.bsky.social · 5d

Every minute of delay brings more misery in Gaza. But we now have a chance to deliver.

We call on all parties to agree to a ceasefire.

Give us the access. Let us work.

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James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 19h

TBH i'd ban it for over 60s first.

Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 1d

🚨🚨 #Denmark aims to ban #socialmedia for children under 15. PM Mette Frederiksen says "We have unleashed a monster" to Danish lawmakers. 🧵https://www.politico.eu/article/denmark-mette-frederiksen-partially-ban-social-media-children-under-15/

Denmark aims to ban social media for children under 15, PM says

“We have unleashed a monster,” Mette Frederiksen tells Danish lawmakers.

www.politico.eu

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 5h

Big presence on the beaches of Normandy in 1944 too.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14h

From Donald Trump's Roundtable on Antifa just now —
"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."
— special guest Jack Posobiec

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Lee @justlee.bsky.social · 4h

Peace in Gaza? Get international journalists in there asap. No more excuses are available. Important to document current state and evidence of past actions, and then to monitor compliance with this deal.

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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 8h

The subtle implication that Trump v. U.S. has always been law and that a president's official acts weren't considered prosecutable when Smith started is disgustingly dishonest.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 9h

You’ve gotta be kidding me.

This WaPo editorial presents a misleading revisionist history of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s criminal cases against Trump.

Then it has the gall to compare that to Trump’s overt targeting of his perceived enemies.

Really embarrassing stuff.

But the mere fact that a legal tool might be available does not mean it should be used. The
current rage over Grassley's revelation shows why. Smith showed little restraint in his pursuit of a former president. He charged Trump for official acts he took as president. He sought a gag order to limit Trump's ability to criticize the prosecution. He tried to accelerate the case to try a leading presidential candidate before the 2024 election.

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The i Paper @theipaper.com · 17h

Opinion | Starmer has not prioritised growth, not really. He has done what British governments have been doing for over a decade: prioritising anti-immigration policy and focusing on growth only where it does not interfere with it

🖋 @iandunt.bsky.social

Read more: trib.al/HHn51XN

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Lee @justlee.bsky.social · 14h

Given there is no such organisation, I suppose they can claim victory whenever they choose.

Or keep on indefinitely...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Bondi: "Bondi: "Just like we did with cartels, we are going to take the same approach, President Trump, with antifa -- destroy the entire organization from top to bottom. We are going to take them apart."

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J.M. Berger @jmberger.com · 15h

"We took the freedom of speech away"

Jack Nicholson meltdown from the conclusion of "A Few Good Men"

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15h

“.. the debate inside the administration has shifted recently, from whether it makes sense to invoke the act to more deeply exploring how and when it might be invoked ..”

@nbcnews.com
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 20h

UAE has no democratically elected institutions, no free speech and an appalling human rights record.

Its economy functions on completely different metrics to the ours & ranks well below us for GDP

No serious person would ever think that we should emulate it.

But here's Tice calling us decadent

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Joe Stieb @joestieb.bsky.social · 19h

That's an unbelievably insane thing to punt on.

The fact that he can't say 'no' to what would be a clear authoritarian act is terrifying.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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Ben Barclay @benbarclay.bsky.social · 23h

It's also very selective glorification of their efficiency. They're building far more solar and wind than nuclear, but she won't mention that.

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Lee @justlee.bsky.social · 21h

Strange she didn't mention how much solar and wind they've built...