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A president cannot defend a nation if he is not held accountable to its laws.
December 30, 2025 at 1:54 AM
A president cannot defend a nation if he is not held accountable to its laws.
Some great stories. 😄😆
Please quote this with stories of your minor interactions with non-celebrities, e.g. “I once accidentally bumped into a man in the Wellingborough branch of Holland & Barrett”
December 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Some great stories. 😄😆
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Shamima Begum was the beginning of something in so many ways, one of which was 'the last government's inability to just do its job properly (in this case by passing legislation that would have allowed it to prosecute her here at home) and instead going 'no option but to undermine all our rights'.
There should be literally no circumstances, ever, where citizenship is can be revoked. If you literally sign up to fight for an opposing army in a war, then we should prosecute you for treason not revoke citizenship
Hell, I'm not convinced we should revoke citizenship at all.
But certainly not for being a twat online.
But certainly not for being a twat online.
December 29, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Shamima Begum was the beginning of something in so many ways, one of which was 'the last government's inability to just do its job properly (in this case by passing legislation that would have allowed it to prosecute her here at home) and instead going 'no option but to undermine all our rights'.
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Life really does come at you fast when you're Liz Truss
December 29, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Life really does come at you fast when you're Liz Truss
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I think the answer is "they're not white".
Interested in how you square the circle of “British people who post ‘burn down a migrant hotel’ during race riots shouldn’t be arrested” with “someone who posted pretty objectionable and racist things 8 years before they became a British citizen should be deported” and am sure someone will ask Nigel
December 29, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I think the answer is "they're not white".
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Number crunching: Telegraph editorial columns in December highlighting ‘the unreliability of social media’ v corrections the Telegraph has had to publish so far this year due to inaccurate reporting
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
December 27, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Number crunching: Telegraph editorial columns in December highlighting ‘the unreliability of social media’ v corrections the Telegraph has had to publish so far this year due to inaccurate reporting
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
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Roz is absolutely correct.
Deprivation of citizenship should not be a matter for mere ministerial discretion (with light touch judicial review).
In the extreme circumstances when it can happen, the determination should be made by a tribunal, where government and citizen can make their cases.
Deprivation of citizenship should not be a matter for mere ministerial discretion (with light touch judicial review).
In the extreme circumstances when it can happen, the determination should be made by a tribunal, where government and citizen can make their cases.
December 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Roz is absolutely correct.
Deprivation of citizenship should not be a matter for mere ministerial discretion (with light touch judicial review).
In the extreme circumstances when it can happen, the determination should be made by a tribunal, where government and citizen can make their cases.
Deprivation of citizenship should not be a matter for mere ministerial discretion (with light touch judicial review).
In the extreme circumstances when it can happen, the determination should be made by a tribunal, where government and citizen can make their cases.
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Zelenskyy has somethings Trump will never have - respect and affection from millions of us around the world.
December 28, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Zelenskyy has somethings Trump will never have - respect and affection from millions of us around the world.
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My wife is proud of her Christmas tree. She certainly has some incredible decorations for it and it is beautiful. For a laugh I've hung a tatty old sock on it, alongside the finery. She hasn't clocked it yet, and it's been a week so far.
December 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
My wife is proud of her Christmas tree. She certainly has some incredible decorations for it and it is beautiful. For a laugh I've hung a tatty old sock on it, alongside the finery. She hasn't clocked it yet, and it's been a week so far.
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2026 marks ten years since the biggest self-inflicted economic fuck-up in modern British history. The Tory Party trashed the economy, tanked growth, wrecked living standards, then spent a decade blaming everyone else. And it all began because Cameron wanted to get rid of Farage.
December 28, 2025 at 4:24 PM
2026 marks ten years since the biggest self-inflicted economic fuck-up in modern British history. The Tory Party trashed the economy, tanked growth, wrecked living standards, then spent a decade blaming everyone else. And it all began because Cameron wanted to get rid of Farage.
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Yes, but no problem if you're an MP who was sent to prison for beating up his girlfriend.
December 28, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Yes, but no problem if you're an MP who was sent to prison for beating up his girlfriend.
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Chatted to my great uncle yesterday – a northern, working-class guy, not that political. I told him my job involved exposing Farage.
His first question was: “who funds him?”
Investigations into Farage’s donors can have a major impact on Reform’s support – as this research has already shown 👇
His first question was: “who funds him?”
Investigations into Farage’s donors can have a major impact on Reform’s support – as this research has already shown 👇
New research reveals the best attack lines to use against Reform
How to stop Farage...
writesbright.substack.com
December 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Chatted to my great uncle yesterday – a northern, working-class guy, not that political. I told him my job involved exposing Farage.
His first question was: “who funds him?”
Investigations into Farage’s donors can have a major impact on Reform’s support – as this research has already shown 👇
His first question was: “who funds him?”
Investigations into Farage’s donors can have a major impact on Reform’s support – as this research has already shown 👇
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NOTHING TO SEE YEAR: PART 2!
Join us with @mrjamesob.bsky.social for:
📈 ‘25 stories that should’ve been bigger
📉 the ones that shouldn’t have been huge but were
🟠 POTUS’ maddest moment 🔮 What we’d change to improve ‘26
open.spotify.com/episode/7JQ0...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
Join us with @mrjamesob.bsky.social for:
📈 ‘25 stories that should’ve been bigger
📉 the ones that shouldn’t have been huge but were
🟠 POTUS’ maddest moment 🔮 What we’d change to improve ‘26
open.spotify.com/episode/7JQ0...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
2025 reviewed Pt2: This was fine... with James O'Brien
open.spotify.com
December 28, 2025 at 8:58 AM
NOTHING TO SEE YEAR: PART 2!
Join us with @mrjamesob.bsky.social for:
📈 ‘25 stories that should’ve been bigger
📉 the ones that shouldn’t have been huge but were
🟠 POTUS’ maddest moment 🔮 What we’d change to improve ‘26
open.spotify.com/episode/7JQ0...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
Join us with @mrjamesob.bsky.social for:
📈 ‘25 stories that should’ve been bigger
📉 the ones that shouldn’t have been huge but were
🟠 POTUS’ maddest moment 🔮 What we’d change to improve ‘26
open.spotify.com/episode/7JQ0...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
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Such a beautiful story of an enduring friendship. Do read.
December 25, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Such a beautiful story of an enduring friendship. Do read.
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i post this story every christmas, and will keep doing so until it stops making me cry
merry christmas xx
merry christmas xx
A real Good Samaritan
One act of kindness that befell Leeds writer Bernard Hare in 1982 changed him profoundly. Here he tells his story.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 25, 2025 at 10:25 AM
i post this story every christmas, and will keep doing so until it stops making me cry
merry christmas xx
merry christmas xx
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Unbelievably, #DuvetKnowItsChristmas generates such good will on social media that over the years we've raised somewhere approaching a quarter of a million quid for homeless charities. If you can spare a bob or two, sling some to Centrepoint, and here's the link: www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...
Donate to Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2025, organized by Rhodri Marsden
Unbelievably, it's the 15th year of this thing.
What is it?
Improbably, the nig… Rhodri Marsden needs your support for Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2025
www.gofundme.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Unbelievably, #DuvetKnowItsChristmas generates such good will on social media that over the years we've raised somewhere approaching a quarter of a million quid for homeless charities. If you can spare a bob or two, sling some to Centrepoint, and here's the link: www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...
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Just bumping the link for donations, if you can spare any moolah #DuvetKnowItsChristmas
www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...
www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...
Donate to Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2025, organized by Rhodri Marsden
Unbelievably, it's the 15th year of this thing.
What is it?
Improbably, the nig… Rhodri Marsden needs your support for Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2025
www.gofundme.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Just bumping the link for donations, if you can spare any moolah #DuvetKnowItsChristmas
www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...
www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...
It's time for one of the most uplifting posts of the year.
#DuvetknowItsChristmas
#DuvetknowItsChristmas
This is the 15th year of #DuvetKnowItsChristmas, which is preposterous. Rules: if you find yourself dealing with unusual / claustrophobic / gaudy sleeping arrangements this Christmas Eve, share a picture with the world. Use the hashtag (with capitalisation) and cc me if you can be bothered.
December 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
It's time for one of the most uplifting posts of the year.
#DuvetknowItsChristmas
#DuvetknowItsChristmas
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A new year’s wish that we all start framing paying taxes as positive and patriotic contribution to a better world for all. Thank you Anthony Joshua! I’ve just paid mine too. They were quite a lot less than yours, but for some reason most historians don’t earn £68.5m.
He isn't "losing" this money. This is called "paying tax like a responsible citizen and not hiding your money offshore" and we need to start recognising and applauding it.
December 24, 2025 at 9:30 AM
A new year’s wish that we all start framing paying taxes as positive and patriotic contribution to a better world for all. Thank you Anthony Joshua! I’ve just paid mine too. They were quite a lot less than yours, but for some reason most historians don’t earn £68.5m.
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Tomorrow evening it’ll be my annual duty to vaguely shepherd the activity on the #duvetknowitschristmas hashtag and urge people to give small sums to charity. 7.30pm? Something like that?
December 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Tomorrow evening it’ll be my annual duty to vaguely shepherd the activity on the #duvetknowitschristmas hashtag and urge people to give small sums to charity. 7.30pm? Something like that?
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Just another day on X.
December 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Just another day on X.
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I’m sure the “protect our women and girls” brigade will have plenty to say about this👍🏼
There are indeed some parts of our society that don’t treat women properly…
Here is a former TORY Councillor (and 5 OTHER men) charged with the rape and sexual assault of HIS WIFE
🧵
1/10
There are indeed some parts of our society that don’t treat women properly…
Here is a former TORY Councillor (and 5 OTHER men) charged with the rape and sexual assault of HIS WIFE
🧵
1/10
December 23, 2025 at 11:11 AM
I’m sure the “protect our women and girls” brigade will have plenty to say about this👍🏼
There are indeed some parts of our society that don’t treat women properly…
Here is a former TORY Councillor (and 5 OTHER men) charged with the rape and sexual assault of HIS WIFE
🧵
1/10
There are indeed some parts of our society that don’t treat women properly…
Here is a former TORY Councillor (and 5 OTHER men) charged with the rape and sexual assault of HIS WIFE
🧵
1/10
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This is a very simple coordination problem.
No one Labour MP can solve it. But No. 10/the government could, tomorrow, with one letter from the Cabinet Secretary.
Both in their own self-interest and for the sake of our democracy, they should.
No one Labour MP can solve it. But No. 10/the government could, tomorrow, with one letter from the Cabinet Secretary.
Both in their own self-interest and for the sake of our democracy, they should.
Apparently staying on X allows MPs 'to shape political conversation'. Not clear which one, as no examples are offered. With a sharing link for 3 non-subscribers.
‘A stream of negativity and abuse’: why are Labour MPs still sticking with X?
Despite concerns, politicians continue to use Elon Musk’s platform in search of a ‘civilised debate’ with constituents
giftarticle.ft.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:22 AM
This is a very simple coordination problem.
No one Labour MP can solve it. But No. 10/the government could, tomorrow, with one letter from the Cabinet Secretary.
Both in their own self-interest and for the sake of our democracy, they should.
No one Labour MP can solve it. But No. 10/the government could, tomorrow, with one letter from the Cabinet Secretary.
Both in their own self-interest and for the sake of our democracy, they should.