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The fact that in both 2019 and 2024, the winning party did so with a set of manifesto promises that could not be kept and dissolved upon contact with actual office is something that as an industry we should be much more bothered by than we are.
November 23, 2025 at 12:35 PM
The fact that in both 2019 and 2024, the winning party did so with a set of manifesto promises that could not be kept and dissolved upon contact with actual office is something that as an industry we should be much more bothered by than we are.
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2) Actually review the impact of the motorway. And where land is no longer beautiful, free it up for development.
Because it includes places that are half-way between Heathrow and Gatwick. Vacant fields that would make great European headquarters for global companies.
Because it includes places that are half-way between Heathrow and Gatwick. Vacant fields that would make great European headquarters for global companies.
November 23, 2025 at 9:04 AM
2) Actually review the impact of the motorway. And where land is no longer beautiful, free it up for development.
Because it includes places that are half-way between Heathrow and Gatwick. Vacant fields that would make great European headquarters for global companies.
Because it includes places that are half-way between Heathrow and Gatwick. Vacant fields that would make great European headquarters for global companies.
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Another older watercolour drawing showing St Edward's Passage in Cambridge next to the Arts Theatre and David's Bookshop when it had a shop on that side of the church (now it only has one on the other side)
#watercolour #fineart #cambridge
#watercolour #fineart #cambridge
November 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Another older watercolour drawing showing St Edward's Passage in Cambridge next to the Arts Theatre and David's Bookshop when it had a shop on that side of the church (now it only has one on the other side)
#watercolour #fineart #cambridge
#watercolour #fineart #cambridge
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Here's our gallery from the Christmas in #Cambridge attraction on Parker's Piece: www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/whats-on/in-...
In pictures: Christmas in Cambridge is a winter wonderland
New attractions this year include dodgems and a larger Christmas tipi.
www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Here's our gallery from the Christmas in #Cambridge attraction on Parker's Piece: www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/whats-on/in-...
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Thangam Debonnaire bang on re the BBC there. What a shame she lost her seat at the election and not the wholly inadequate to her role Lisa Nandy. #r4today
November 11, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Thangam Debonnaire bang on re the BBC there. What a shame she lost her seat at the election and not the wholly inadequate to her role Lisa Nandy. #r4today
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The new Caroline Flack documentary on Disney+, which follows her mum, Chris, as she unpicks why her daughter was charged - and why the tabloids tore her to shreds - is full of details that leave you stunned. As much as it’s about how Caroline’s life was wrecked, it’s about how anyone’s could be
November 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The new Caroline Flack documentary on Disney+, which follows her mum, Chris, as she unpicks why her daughter was charged - and why the tabloids tore her to shreds - is full of details that leave you stunned. As much as it’s about how Caroline’s life was wrecked, it’s about how anyone’s could be
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We all know that Americans don't understand sarcasm so the Beeb should just do the most ott apology imaginable to Trump and everybody's happy.
November 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
We all know that Americans don't understand sarcasm so the Beeb should just do the most ott apology imaginable to Trump and everybody's happy.
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Accidentally stumbled across this in the archive - a devastating satirical swipe at Ed Miliband and Ed Balls's unrealistic 2015 spending pledges through the medium of The Magic Porridge Pot
November 9, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Accidentally stumbled across this in the archive - a devastating satirical swipe at Ed Miliband and Ed Balls's unrealistic 2015 spending pledges through the medium of The Magic Porridge Pot
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The worst budget she could deliver would be one in which income taxes went up by a little and the rest of the revenue raising was stuff like this:
Reeves plans £2bn Budget raid on UK retirement savings
Move would reduce tax benefits from salary sacrifice pension schemes as chancellor aims to fill fiscal hole
www.ft.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:14 PM
The worst budget she could deliver would be one in which income taxes went up by a little and the rest of the revenue raising was stuff like this:
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The crucial bit of this tactical 'only Labour or Reform can win here' VI poll, though, is that Labour and Reform would be tied.
Not enough Lib Dem or Green voters are (right now) prepared to tactically vote for Labour to offset the number of Tories willing to tactically vote for Reform.
Not enough Lib Dem or Green voters are (right now) prepared to tactically vote for Labour to offset the number of Tories willing to tactically vote for Reform.
November 5, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The crucial bit of this tactical 'only Labour or Reform can win here' VI poll, though, is that Labour and Reform would be tied.
Not enough Lib Dem or Green voters are (right now) prepared to tactically vote for Labour to offset the number of Tories willing to tactically vote for Reform.
Not enough Lib Dem or Green voters are (right now) prepared to tactically vote for Labour to offset the number of Tories willing to tactically vote for Reform.
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And yet the unquestioning acceptance of the erasure of women and their biology, is apparently ‘impartial’. Ho hum 🙄 Martine Croxall broke rules over 'pregnant people' facial expression, BBC says www.bbc.com/news/article...
Martine Croxall broke rules over 'pregnant people' facial expression, BBC says
The BBC newsreader was reading out a news bulletin about research on groups most at risk in UK heatwaves.
www.bbc.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:49 PM
And yet the unquestioning acceptance of the erasure of women and their biology, is apparently ‘impartial’. Ho hum 🙄 Martine Croxall broke rules over 'pregnant people' facial expression, BBC says www.bbc.com/news/article...
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For those asking for background - I was in Sudan twice this year and wrote about it
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
November 2, 2025 at 12:07 PM
For those asking for background - I was in Sudan twice this year and wrote about it
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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Lollll three bylines for a national newspaper to recreate (including the exact same restaurants!) what me and a student reporter managed a month ago: www.londoncentric.media/p/host-kitch...
Just rip off our original and give us a buried credit in paragraph 19, we won’t be offended!
Just rip off our original and give us a buried credit in paragraph 19, we won’t be offended!
@jim.londoncentric.media this looks very familiar in MoS
November 2, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Lollll three bylines for a national newspaper to recreate (including the exact same restaurants!) what me and a student reporter managed a month ago: www.londoncentric.media/p/host-kitch...
Just rip off our original and give us a buried credit in paragraph 19, we won’t be offended!
Just rip off our original and give us a buried credit in paragraph 19, we won’t be offended!
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"if you don't commission it Sky will"
October 30, 2025 at 8:48 PM
"if you don't commission it Sky will"
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Andrew, or to give him his full title, Andrew.
October 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Andrew, or to give him his full title, Andrew.
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Yes, because Badenoch’s was a criminal offence carrying a custodial sentence, whereas Reeves’ was not.
Badenoch says hacking into Harriet Harman's website 17 years ago 'not the same' as Reeves breaking law
Badenoch says hacking into Harriet Harman's website 17 years ago 'not the same' as Reeves breaking law
Kemi Badenoch has said hacking into Harriet Harman's website when she was younger is "not the same" as Rachel Reeves failing to get a £900 rental licence for her home.
news.sky.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Yes, because Badenoch’s was a criminal offence carrying a custodial sentence, whereas Reeves’ was not.
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“We fundamentally believe that publishing less – but better – is essential for the health of the entire research system worldwide,” the authors of the report state.
Less is more: academic publishing needs ‘radical change,’ Cambridge press report concludes
Academic publishing needs “renewed focus and collective action” to embrace new approaches and ensure the future of the industry, concludes a report from Cambridge University Press, released last we…
retractionwatch.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:11 PM
“We fundamentally believe that publishing less – but better – is essential for the health of the entire research system worldwide,” the authors of the report state.
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Waiting for someone to explain why the announcement of a trade relationship that is worse than the one we had a year ago is received as a big success
October 30, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Waiting for someone to explain why the announcement of a trade relationship that is worse than the one we had a year ago is received as a big success
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Badenoch is the most compelling of the current party leaders because of the gulf between who she believes herself to be (she visibly thinks she is a bold thinker) and the reality (incredibly lazy and partisan).
October 5, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Badenoch is the most compelling of the current party leaders because of the gulf between who she believes herself to be (she visibly thinks she is a bold thinker) and the reality (incredibly lazy and partisan).
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Removing her will be an act of mercy at this point. It's getting unbearable to watch her flail around.
Well, at least that's over now. (The speech. Her leadership has between one to seven months left to run.)
October 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Removing her will be an act of mercy at this point. It's getting unbearable to watch her flail around.
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You could try a poster’s strike. I hear that works
October 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
You could try a poster’s strike. I hear that works
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*I (mostly) like Bluesky*. I want Bluesky to work. But I refuse to join the angry consensus here that the best thing to do is to angrily insist it works and to shout at everyone who says otherwise.
It’s like Bluesky is entirely populated by Biden’s old White House comms team, or something.
It’s like Bluesky is entirely populated by Biden’s old White House comms team, or something.
September 1, 2025 at 11:28 AM
*I (mostly) like Bluesky*. I want Bluesky to work. But I refuse to join the angry consensus here that the best thing to do is to angrily insist it works and to shout at everyone who says otherwise.
It’s like Bluesky is entirely populated by Biden’s old White House comms team, or something.
It’s like Bluesky is entirely populated by Biden’s old White House comms team, or something.
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“While 6,721 stolen bicycles were reported to the Metropolitan police between January and July, just 39 of the incidents have so far resulted in a “positive outcome” — such as someone being charged, prosecuted, or cautioned.”
Amazing that the 39 figure includes *cautions*. Good GRIEF.
Amazing that the 39 figure includes *cautions*. Good GRIEF.
You're more likely to win a lottery prize than catch a London bike thief
Plus: Prince Charles Cinema building to be redeveloped but cinema safe for now, King's Cross canine protester, and Preposterous Property of the week.
open.substack.com
September 4, 2025 at 8:54 AM
“While 6,721 stolen bicycles were reported to the Metropolitan police between January and July, just 39 of the incidents have so far resulted in a “positive outcome” — such as someone being charged, prosecuted, or cautioned.”
Amazing that the 39 figure includes *cautions*. Good GRIEF.
Amazing that the 39 figure includes *cautions*. Good GRIEF.
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Materialists is *still* pulling in takings weeks & weeks after it's US & international releases
Audiences don't have cinema fatigue, they have sequel/franchise fatigue. Give them something original that won't have a sequel or start setting "homework" for a cinematic universe and they will come
Audiences don't have cinema fatigue, they have sequel/franchise fatigue. Give them something original that won't have a sequel or start setting "homework" for a cinematic universe and they will come
And for me the real inflection point is Celine Song’s Materialists. Today became A24’s 3rd highest grossing movie ever nearing $100 million on a supposed budget of $20m & way less than Civil War’s marketing spend. This idea that ‘middle range’ movies are dead is bullshit!!! Celine keeps proving it.
September 3, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Materialists is *still* pulling in takings weeks & weeks after it's US & international releases
Audiences don't have cinema fatigue, they have sequel/franchise fatigue. Give them something original that won't have a sequel or start setting "homework" for a cinematic universe and they will come
Audiences don't have cinema fatigue, they have sequel/franchise fatigue. Give them something original that won't have a sequel or start setting "homework" for a cinematic universe and they will come
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Complete hyperbole.
A whole community is not being 'eliminated from society'.
Stop whipping up fear.
People who identify as trans are legally protected from harassment & discrimination.
But males cannot access services provisions & sports for females.
Females have rights too.
A whole community is not being 'eliminated from society'.
Stop whipping up fear.
People who identify as trans are legally protected from harassment & discrimination.
But males cannot access services provisions & sports for females.
Females have rights too.
August 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Complete hyperbole.
A whole community is not being 'eliminated from society'.
Stop whipping up fear.
People who identify as trans are legally protected from harassment & discrimination.
But males cannot access services provisions & sports for females.
Females have rights too.
A whole community is not being 'eliminated from society'.
Stop whipping up fear.
People who identify as trans are legally protected from harassment & discrimination.
But males cannot access services provisions & sports for females.
Females have rights too.