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Really wish the 'net zero is too expensive, we should just adapt to climate change' would explain what to do about this? www.businessgreen.com/news/4414651...
Experts warn UK crop harvest 'on a knife edge' after driest spring in 50 years
Volatile UK weather patterns leave farmers at risk of record low harvests, while homes and businesses face prospect of drought measures this summer
www.businessgreen.com
June 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Really wish the 'net zero is too expensive, we should just adapt to climate change' would explain what to do about this? www.businessgreen.com/news/4414651...
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Analysis of the English local elections by Sir John Curtice: “support for Reform averaged 43% in wards where more than half of adults have few, if any, educational qualifications. In contrast, it polled just 19% where more than two in five have a degree.”
May 4, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Analysis of the English local elections by Sir John Curtice: “support for Reform averaged 43% in wards where more than half of adults have few, if any, educational qualifications. In contrast, it polled just 19% where more than two in five have a degree.”
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Lots of claims flying around this week (eg Nigel Farage who thinks we can be "self-sufficient" in gas) that the UK can drill its way to energy security. Here's why that's a fantasy, as I explained to Reform's Richard Tice on LBC earlier:
April 24, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Lots of claims flying around this week (eg Nigel Farage who thinks we can be "self-sufficient" in gas) that the UK can drill its way to energy security. Here's why that's a fantasy, as I explained to Reform's Richard Tice on LBC earlier:
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This funny 'American Pie' parody bites hard — from a comedy show that went out a few days ago in the UK
April 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This funny 'American Pie' parody bites hard — from a comedy show that went out a few days ago in the UK
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La loi is mightier than Le Pen (for the moment, at least):
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen found guilty of embezzling EU funds
The presidential hopeful was found guilty in a case that could see her banned from standing in the 2027 election.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 31, 2025 at 10:15 AM
La loi is mightier than Le Pen (for the moment, at least):
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The former ambassador to Denmark for the United States, Rufus Gifford, posted this video on his Facebook account:
Ht: @hpsc24.bsky.social
Ht: @hpsc24.bsky.social
March 29, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The former ambassador to Denmark for the United States, Rufus Gifford, posted this video on his Facebook account:
Ht: @hpsc24.bsky.social
Ht: @hpsc24.bsky.social
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Blimey. One of Nigel Farage's biggest donors, and the owner of 55 Tufton Street, is helping the Russian military effort www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/w...
March 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Blimey. One of Nigel Farage's biggest donors, and the owner of 55 Tufton Street, is helping the Russian military effort www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/w...
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March 27, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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Musk has sided with Turkey’s autocratic leader Recep Erdogan and restricted any TwitterX accounts calling for protests over the arrest of Erdogan’s political rival and Presidential hopeful Ekrem Imagoglu.
March 21, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Musk has sided with Turkey’s autocratic leader Recep Erdogan and restricted any TwitterX accounts calling for protests over the arrest of Erdogan’s political rival and Presidential hopeful Ekrem Imagoglu.
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Impossible to read this without thinking of Vance & Farage lying through their teeth about free speech in the U.K.
I don’t think I’m going to be sleeping very well for *checks notes* the rest of this administration. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/n...
March 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Impossible to read this without thinking of Vance & Farage lying through their teeth about free speech in the U.K.
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🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨
The European Federation of Journalists representing 300,000+ journalists have announced they are leaving Elon Musk's X and will no longer be posting.
The European Federation of Journalists representing 300,000+ journalists have announced they are leaving Elon Musk's X and will no longer be posting.
March 9, 2025 at 1:52 AM
🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨
The European Federation of Journalists representing 300,000+ journalists have announced they are leaving Elon Musk's X and will no longer be posting.
The European Federation of Journalists representing 300,000+ journalists have announced they are leaving Elon Musk's X and will no longer be posting.
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Worth stating simply what’s happening. An American government is launching a full-scope political & economic assault on an ally repelling an ongoing invasion to compel them to terminate martial law, topple their president, hand over minerals to America & accept a ceasefire w/out security guarantees.
March 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Worth stating simply what’s happening. An American government is launching a full-scope political & economic assault on an ally repelling an ongoing invasion to compel them to terminate martial law, topple their president, hand over minerals to America & accept a ceasefire w/out security guarantees.
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BREAKING: US voted against Ukraine's UN resolution which branded Russia the "aggressor" & demanded withdrawal of its troops.
US on list of 18 nations also incl Russia, Iran and North Korea to vote against.
UK & most European nations among 93 states to back Ukrainian resolution. China abstained.
US on list of 18 nations also incl Russia, Iran and North Korea to vote against.
UK & most European nations among 93 states to back Ukrainian resolution. China abstained.
February 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
BREAKING: US voted against Ukraine's UN resolution which branded Russia the "aggressor" & demanded withdrawal of its troops.
US on list of 18 nations also incl Russia, Iran and North Korea to vote against.
UK & most European nations among 93 states to back Ukrainian resolution. China abstained.
US on list of 18 nations also incl Russia, Iran and North Korea to vote against.
UK & most European nations among 93 states to back Ukrainian resolution. China abstained.
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“Trump’s plans to crack down on illegal immigration in the U.S. strongly remind me of what happened with Brexit. When the U.K. chose to restrict access to immigrant labor, it created a major crisis in the agricultural sector,” supply-chain expert said.
www.freightwaves.com/news/mass-de...
www.freightwaves.com/news/mass-de...
Mass deportations could disrupt US food supply chain, experts say
The Trump administration’s mass deportations of undocumented immigrants could cause disruptions in the U.S. food supply chain, experts say.
www.freightwaves.com
February 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
“Trump’s plans to crack down on illegal immigration in the U.S. strongly remind me of what happened with Brexit. When the U.K. chose to restrict access to immigrant labor, it created a major crisis in the agricultural sector,” supply-chain expert said.
www.freightwaves.com/news/mass-de...
www.freightwaves.com/news/mass-de...
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Smart.
“Spain needs to choose between being an open and prosperous country or a closed-off, poor country,” he told parliament in October. “It’s as simple as that.”
“Spain needs to choose between being an open and prosperous country or a closed-off, poor country,” he told parliament in October. “It’s as simple as that.”
How Spain’s radically different approach to migration helped its economy soar
As immigration has increased, GDP has surged and unemployment has fallen to lowest level since 2008
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
As immigration has increased, GDP has surged and unemployment has fallen to lowest level since 2008
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
How Spain’s radically different approach to migration helped its economy soar
As immigration has increased, GDP has surged and unemployment has fallen to lowest level since 2008
www.theguardian.com
February 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Smart.
“Spain needs to choose between being an open and prosperous country or a closed-off, poor country,” he told parliament in October. “It’s as simple as that.”
“Spain needs to choose between being an open and prosperous country or a closed-off, poor country,” he told parliament in October. “It’s as simple as that.”
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If you need a pick-me-up this morning, go listen to what IL Gov. Pritzker said yesterday. Glad he’s not bending the knee.
youtu.be/hS66O1C7Gp4
youtu.be/hS66O1C7Gp4
Gov. Pritzker SLAMS Trump and Musk in closing remarks of State of the State address
YouTube video by NBC Chicago
youtu.be
February 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
If you need a pick-me-up this morning, go listen to what IL Gov. Pritzker said yesterday. Glad he’s not bending the knee.
youtu.be/hS66O1C7Gp4
youtu.be/hS66O1C7Gp4
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"A democracy becomes an oligarchy when the rich figure out how to pervert the laws for themselves...this is plain even to a blind man."
- Plato, Republic - approximately 350 BC
- Plato, Republic - approximately 350 BC
February 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
"A democracy becomes an oligarchy when the rich figure out how to pervert the laws for themselves...this is plain even to a blind man."
- Plato, Republic - approximately 350 BC
- Plato, Republic - approximately 350 BC
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The Indigenous People of North America have decided to go back to calling the Gulf of Mexico, “Chalchiuhtlicueyecatl”. It is what the Nahuatl People originally called it as it is the domain of the goddess Chalchiuhtlicue, who is assoc w/water bodies, including the Gulf of Mexico.
February 14, 2025 at 7:07 AM
The Indigenous People of North America have decided to go back to calling the Gulf of Mexico, “Chalchiuhtlicueyecatl”. It is what the Nahuatl People originally called it as it is the domain of the goddess Chalchiuhtlicue, who is assoc w/water bodies, including the Gulf of Mexico.
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Appeasers and quislings all.
Treasury Sec Bessent has given Musk's team access to Treasury's payments system, which disperses trillions of dollars each year (Social Sec & Medicare benefits, contractor payments, etc.).
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
Treasury Sec Bessent has given Musk's team access to Treasury's payments system, which disperses trillions of dollars each year (Social Sec & Medicare benefits, contractor payments, etc.).
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
February 1, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Appeasers and quislings all.
Treasury Sec Bessent has given Musk's team access to Treasury's payments system, which disperses trillions of dollars each year (Social Sec & Medicare benefits, contractor payments, etc.).
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
Treasury Sec Bessent has given Musk's team access to Treasury's payments system, which disperses trillions of dollars each year (Social Sec & Medicare benefits, contractor payments, etc.).
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
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Time to put one’s financial crisis measures for the household in place? Hope there’s crisis planning also going on at Bank of England etc.
Fed source to me: “It’s like a bank heist and the bank is America. Not really being hyperbolic to say control of those systems would allow an extremely fast collapse of the economy. Imagine it’s a plumbing system and someone takes a sledgehammer to the central pipe.”
Senior U.S. official to exit after rift with Musk allies over payment system
A top Treasury career staffer is expected to depart. Surrogates of Musk’s DOGE effort had sought access to sensitive payment systems.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 31, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Time to put one’s financial crisis measures for the household in place? Hope there’s crisis planning also going on at Bank of England etc.
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The situation: My hardworking stepson has been offered an interview for Law at Oxford. He is the only applicant at his large comprehensive to apply & achieve this. The school cannot help him prepare 😭 Can anyone here offer to help/ chat to him? Msg below & I will follow for DM 🙏🏾🤞🏾
December 4, 2024 at 11:07 AM
The situation: My hardworking stepson has been offered an interview for Law at Oxford. He is the only applicant at his large comprehensive to apply & achieve this. The school cannot help him prepare 😭 Can anyone here offer to help/ chat to him? Msg below & I will follow for DM 🙏🏾🤞🏾
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The first step in saving Earth is admitting you are the problem.
December 3, 2024 at 7:42 PM
The first step in saving Earth is admitting you are the problem.
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The anatomy of a hot flush – and whether it can really make your head steam
The anatomy of a hot flush – and whether it can really make your head steam
Hot flushes affect an estimated 75% of perimenopausal women.
dlvr.it
December 2, 2024 at 6:48 PM
The anatomy of a hot flush – and whether it can really make your head steam
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Here’s what Renoir & Monet saw one day in 1869 when they sat side-by-side to paint the scene at La Grenouillère, a popular meeting, eating & boating spot on the Seine ~ Renoir's emphasis on pleasantness contrasts with Monet's vibrant treatment of the water www.artinsociety.com/floating-ple...
November 30, 2024 at 6:08 AM
Here’s what Renoir & Monet saw one day in 1869 when they sat side-by-side to paint the scene at La Grenouillère, a popular meeting, eating & boating spot on the Seine ~ Renoir's emphasis on pleasantness contrasts with Monet's vibrant treatment of the water www.artinsociety.com/floating-ple...