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Brace yourself.
Six Nations "in-game ads" start tonight.
Twice in each match. Then five, then 10?
Sport on the threshold of another violation in the name of "revenue generation."
Six Nations "in-game ads" start tonight.
Twice in each match. Then five, then 10?
Sport on the threshold of another violation in the name of "revenue generation."
February 5, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Brace yourself.
Six Nations "in-game ads" start tonight.
Twice in each match. Then five, then 10?
Sport on the threshold of another violation in the name of "revenue generation."
Six Nations "in-game ads" start tonight.
Twice in each match. Then five, then 10?
Sport on the threshold of another violation in the name of "revenue generation."
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Extraordinary: Mandelson told Epstein that JP Morgan should "threaten" then cabinet colleague and chancellor Alistair Darling over tax on bankers' bonuses. In plain language: "Minister conspired with US bank against own government".
More brilliant FT reporting
www.ft.com/content/91e8...
More brilliant FT reporting
www.ft.com/content/91e8...
Mandelson told Epstein JPMorgan should ‘threaten’ UK government over banker tax
Then business secretary advised sex offender on how Jamie Dimon should lobby chancellor
www.ft.com
February 1, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Extraordinary: Mandelson told Epstein that JP Morgan should "threaten" then cabinet colleague and chancellor Alistair Darling over tax on bankers' bonuses. In plain language: "Minister conspired with US bank against own government".
More brilliant FT reporting
www.ft.com/content/91e8...
More brilliant FT reporting
www.ft.com/content/91e8...
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Competent law enforcement officers can defuse situations involving potentially dangerous individuals. They are trained for this, and they understand it is their job.
ICE seems to be the exact opposite: escalating situations to the point of killing peaceful individuals.
ICE seems to be the exact opposite: escalating situations to the point of killing peaceful individuals.
January 24, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Competent law enforcement officers can defuse situations involving potentially dangerous individuals. They are trained for this, and they understand it is their job.
ICE seems to be the exact opposite: escalating situations to the point of killing peaceful individuals.
ICE seems to be the exact opposite: escalating situations to the point of killing peaceful individuals.
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Starmer's speech is classic "community leader calls for calm" stuff.
Had to be done, in a way, as some public statement is expected, but it will make no real impact in the dynamics of the situation.
Had to be done, in a way, as some public statement is expected, but it will make no real impact in the dynamics of the situation.
January 19, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Starmer's speech is classic "community leader calls for calm" stuff.
Had to be done, in a way, as some public statement is expected, but it will make no real impact in the dynamics of the situation.
Had to be done, in a way, as some public statement is expected, but it will make no real impact in the dynamics of the situation.
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The Reform pitch is increasingly “the last government was terrible, so we’ve hired everyone who was in it”.
January 15, 2026 at 4:50 PM
The Reform pitch is increasingly “the last government was terrible, so we’ve hired everyone who was in it”.
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Nadim Zahawi arrived in the UK from Iraq as a child refugee. His family claimed asylum once they were here. Today he has joined Reform who will stop all in country asylum applications. Under his new party, his own family fleeing persecution would be immediately deported.
January 12, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Nadim Zahawi arrived in the UK from Iraq as a child refugee. His family claimed asylum once they were here. Today he has joined Reform who will stop all in country asylum applications. Under his new party, his own family fleeing persecution would be immediately deported.
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One example of how Grok is being used to target women. Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Ebba Busch being sexualised, degraded, and humiliated step-by-step by Grok. All the images accurately reflect the prompts provided.
January 5, 2026 at 5:37 PM
One example of how Grok is being used to target women. Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Ebba Busch being sexualised, degraded, and humiliated step-by-step by Grok. All the images accurately reflect the prompts provided.
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Fair play www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I realise now that my view on mental health overdiagnosis was divisive. We all need better evidence | Wes Streeting
The surge in mental ill health is hugely distressing. That’s why I’ve commissioned a review to find out what’s driving it, says health secretary Wes Streeting
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Fair play www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Juries are not perfect.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
November 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Juries are not perfect.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
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They’ve totally given up trying to do what’s right, with some warped ideas they think might be popular.
The people they’re trying to appeal to wouldn’t support them under any circumstances, yet they’re alienating the people that wanted them to succeed.
Politically inept, clueless, and depressing.
The people they’re trying to appeal to wouldn’t support them under any circumstances, yet they’re alienating the people that wanted them to succeed.
Politically inept, clueless, and depressing.
November 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
They’ve totally given up trying to do what’s right, with some warped ideas they think might be popular.
The people they’re trying to appeal to wouldn’t support them under any circumstances, yet they’re alienating the people that wanted them to succeed.
Politically inept, clueless, and depressing.
The people they’re trying to appeal to wouldn’t support them under any circumstances, yet they’re alienating the people that wanted them to succeed.
Politically inept, clueless, and depressing.
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This document is the product of a broken administration, motivated by cynicism, immune to human decency, with a weak-to-non-existent understanding of the policy area they wish to legislate in.
And that's it. Overall impressions are
- there's still a surprising lack of detail
- lots of new work for officials but unlikely to lead to much change on the ground
- refugees will still live here rest of their lives but will struggle even more than before to integrate
- there's still a surprising lack of detail
- lots of new work for officials but unlikely to lead to much change on the ground
- refugees will still live here rest of their lives but will struggle even more than before to integrate
November 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
This document is the product of a broken administration, motivated by cynicism, immune to human decency, with a weak-to-non-existent understanding of the policy area they wish to legislate in.
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I despair about all this who is briefing against who nonsense.
Could they just govern.
Could they just govern.
November 12, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I despair about all this who is briefing against who nonsense.
Could they just govern.
Could they just govern.
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The hypocrisy of Reform going on TV to allege that certain groups are constantly over represented on TV is truly epic.
October 27, 2025 at 8:10 AM
The hypocrisy of Reform going on TV to allege that certain groups are constantly over represented on TV is truly epic.
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"I hope Starmer wakes up tomorrow morning and feels ashamed about what he has done," says man who unveiled this poster the day Jo Cox was assassinated by a far-right terrorist.
September 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
"I hope Starmer wakes up tomorrow morning and feels ashamed about what he has done," says man who unveiled this poster the day Jo Cox was assassinated by a far-right terrorist.
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There is a key moral distinction between immigration policy on new arrivals, no matter how draconian, and on people who have already been granted status, on set conditions. It is about being a country that keeps its word. If we're not that, we might as well fucking give up now.
September 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
There is a key moral distinction between immigration policy on new arrivals, no matter how draconian, and on people who have already been granted status, on set conditions. It is about being a country that keeps its word. If we're not that, we might as well fucking give up now.
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spokesperson for Sadiq Khan:
“We are not going to dignify his appalling and bigoted comments with a response.
“London is the greatest city in the world, safer than major US cities, and we’re delighted to welcome the record number of US citizens moving here.”
“We are not going to dignify his appalling and bigoted comments with a response.
“London is the greatest city in the world, safer than major US cities, and we’re delighted to welcome the record number of US citizens moving here.”
Trump to the UN: "I have to say, I look at London where you have a terrible mayor -- terrible terrible mayor -- and it's been so changed, so changed. Now they want to go to Sharia Law ... both their immigration and their suicidal energy ideas will be the death of Western Europe."
September 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
spokesperson for Sadiq Khan:
“We are not going to dignify his appalling and bigoted comments with a response.
“London is the greatest city in the world, safer than major US cities, and we’re delighted to welcome the record number of US citizens moving here.”
“We are not going to dignify his appalling and bigoted comments with a response.
“London is the greatest city in the world, safer than major US cities, and we’re delighted to welcome the record number of US citizens moving here.”
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Detained people without lawyers are only given a few days' notice of the intention to send them to France. In this time they need to find a lawyer, who will then need to gather evidence and consider whether there is a claim. Of course court applications are being made only shortly before removal.
Shabana Mahmood accuses asylum seekers of making ‘vexatious, last-minute claims’
Shabana Mahmood accuses asylum seekers of making ‘vexatious, last-minute claims’
Home Office says it will review modern slavery laws to save PM’s ‘one in, one out’ returns deal with France
Shabana Mahmood has accused asylum seekers of making “vexatious, last-minute claims” to avoid removal to France as the Home Office said it would review modern slavery laws to save Keir Starmer’s returns deal.
After an 11th hour injunction that scuppered Labour’s “one in, one out” scheme, the home secretary said she would stop claimants “suddenly deciding that they are a modern slave on the eve of their removal”, adding that it made a “mockery of our laws and this country’s generosity”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Detained people without lawyers are only given a few days' notice of the intention to send them to France. In this time they need to find a lawyer, who will then need to gather evidence and consider whether there is a claim. Of course court applications are being made only shortly before removal.
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There is *no evidence whatsoever* that the Covid vaccine causes cancer in *anyone*.
I’m no royalist but I respect public figures’ right to privacy so won’t comment on the speculation around individual cases. I am horrified that other doctors have chosen to do so.
I’m no royalist but I respect public figures’ right to privacy so won’t comment on the speculation around individual cases. I am horrified that other doctors have chosen to do so.
September 6, 2025 at 7:26 PM
There is *no evidence whatsoever* that the Covid vaccine causes cancer in *anyone*.
I’m no royalist but I respect public figures’ right to privacy so won’t comment on the speculation around individual cases. I am horrified that other doctors have chosen to do so.
I’m no royalist but I respect public figures’ right to privacy so won’t comment on the speculation around individual cases. I am horrified that other doctors have chosen to do so.
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It is astonishing how badly suited Keir Starmer is to the current moment. Just astonishing
September 1, 2025 at 2:17 PM
It is astonishing how badly suited Keir Starmer is to the current moment. Just astonishing
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Just 1.5 minutes, with minimal hesitation and repetition, and no deviation, of the exact opposite of what Reform has to say on people claiming asylum in this country. Good for BBC Westminster Hour to be making the space for these values - which are truly, really British.
August 31, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Just 1.5 minutes, with minimal hesitation and repetition, and no deviation, of the exact opposite of what Reform has to say on people claiming asylum in this country. Good for BBC Westminster Hour to be making the space for these values - which are truly, really British.
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Fascinating, and worrying, not just the exploitation of people's grief but what about the consent of the dead person having their identity uploaded and manipulated? What if one family member wants to do this and another strongly disagrees?
"Do you not find it exploitative to make money from people's grief?"
At Ai4 in Vegas, @lewisgoodall.com sees a jaw-dropping AI tool that lets you “talk” to dead loved ones.
It raises questions about life and death - and highlights just how quickly this tech is advancing.
At Ai4 in Vegas, @lewisgoodall.com sees a jaw-dropping AI tool that lets you “talk” to dead loved ones.
It raises questions about life and death - and highlights just how quickly this tech is advancing.
August 15, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Fascinating, and worrying, not just the exploitation of people's grief but what about the consent of the dead person having their identity uploaded and manipulated? What if one family member wants to do this and another strongly disagrees?
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Extraordinary to roll out the red carpet for plagiaristic, energy-guzzling AI companies while telling ordinary citizens to save electricity
sorry you're experiencing record breaking temperatures and drought. Have you tried deleted some of photos of your grandmother about it?
UK Asks People to Delete Emails In Order to Save Water During Drought
As Britain experiences one of its worst droughts in decades, its leaders suggest people get rid of old data to reduce stress on data centers.
www.404media.co
August 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Extraordinary to roll out the red carpet for plagiaristic, energy-guzzling AI companies while telling ordinary citizens to save electricity
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Deeply shocked by Israel’s deliberate killing of the Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif, his colleague Mohammed Qreiqeh and cameramen Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal and Moamen Aliwa. Israel has now killed at least 186 journalists in this war.
August 11, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Deeply shocked by Israel’s deliberate killing of the Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif, his colleague Mohammed Qreiqeh and cameramen Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal and Moamen Aliwa. Israel has now killed at least 186 journalists in this war.
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Anas al-Sharif, the Al Jazeera journalist accused by the IDF of working for Hamas, was previously part of a Reuters group which won a Pulitzer Prize for their coverage. I haven’t seen any accusations against the other reporters and cameramen who were killed with him.
August 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Anas al-Sharif, the Al Jazeera journalist accused by the IDF of working for Hamas, was previously part of a Reuters group which won a Pulitzer Prize for their coverage. I haven’t seen any accusations against the other reporters and cameramen who were killed with him.