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The Ages of Rod Stewart

2018: Advocates for a second Brexit referendum saying that voters might have been misled in the first one

2021: Brexit has been a “disaster for the UK”

2025: "Give Nigel Farage a chance"

He wants to give the person who misled the British people in 2016, a chance? 🤷‍♂️
June 28, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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Britain's wrongest man rides again.
April 3, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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63 studies: women who assert their ideas, make direct requests, and advocate for themselves are liked less.

They're also less likely to get hired—and it hasn't improved over time.

When will we stop punishing women for violating outdated gender stereotypes?
March 22, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Oil and gas industry wants to be able to dump highly toxic fracking wastewater—full of benzene and heavy metals, often radioactive—with more abandon, including in rivers and streams, and White House is open to that.

insideclimatenews.org/news/2003202...
EPA Considers Giving Oil and Gas Companies More ‘Flexibility’ to Dispose of Highly Toxic Wastewater - Inside Climate News
Technology to treat produced water has advanced. But critics warn against relaxing protections for disposal “of what is very hazardous material.”
insideclimatenews.org
March 22, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Left: Nigel Farage says medicine shortages after Brexit is, "Utter tosh.. It's complete and utter rubbish.. Project fear.. It should be utterly completely totally disregarded"

Right: "Brexit a key factor in worst UK medicine shortages in four years"
March 22, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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While Trump cuts Ukraine funding, Orban is effectively vetoing European efforts to make up for it. Trump acts as Putin's puppet in the White House. Orban acts as his puppet within the EU.

www.politico.eu/newsletter/b...
Trump pulls Ukraine aid
POLITICO’s must-read briefing on what’s driving the day in Brussels, by Sarah Wheaton and Nicholas Vinocur. By SARAH WHEATON with ZOYA SHEFTALOVICH Send tips here | Tweet @NicholasVinocur @sw…
www.politico.eu
March 4, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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Leopards/face latest:
February 20, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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Left: Kemi Badenoch criticising Rachel Reeves for not breaking the law

Right: Kemi Badenoch laughing after confessing to breaking the law
February 14, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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Remember all those endless stories about the 'scandal' of Labour making political appointments to temporary civil service posts after the election?

Well a new independent Civil Service Commission report finds that such appointments were "considerably" higher under the last Conservative government.
November 20, 2024 at 5:51 PM
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🔴The 'Two Tier' Journalism Exposed by the Farmers Protests

The glowing coverage handed to the hugely wealthy figures protesting against inheritance tax reforms has shown clearer than ever before who really has a voice in the British media and who doesn't
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-two-ti...
The 'Two Tier' Journalism Exposed by the Farmers Protests
The glowing coverage handed to the hugely wealthy people leading the campaign against inheritance tax reforms shows who has a voice in the media and who doesn't
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 20, 2024 at 9:13 PM
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As farmers protest at paying tax for the 1st time on multi-million pound inheritances, a thread on some of the tax breaks farmers get, often uniquely.

Fair enough; food is important. But the idea farmers are being unfairly treated is mad. They get hugely beneficial treatment from the tax system
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Inheritance tax: 'Betrayed' farmers take Budget protest to London
Thousands of farmers expected to take part in a march on Whitehall Organisers of Tuesday's protest warn some farmers now
www.bbc.co.uk
November 19, 2024 at 11:59 AM
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A few facts about Labour's Budget and farmers.
November 19, 2024 at 3:24 PM
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#FarmersProtest

Wax on Wax off
November 19, 2024 at 5:45 PM
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Concerning data showing spike in heart defects in babies born after pandemic- possibly links to growing evidence of cardiovascular disease and diabetes risks pose-Covid in unvaccinated children and adults 🧪
Pandemic linked to 16% rise in babies born with heart defects
The proportion of babies born with a congenital heart abnormality increased by 16 per cent after the first year of the pandemic, according to research at City St George's, University of London and pub...
www.news-medical.net
November 18, 2024 at 10:01 AM
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I see that a collection of MPs have taken it upon themselves to “launch” a private prosecution, in relation to a case which is still awaiting a CPS charging decision.

What might be the problems with this? 🧵
November 18, 2024 at 5:50 PM