Emeritus Grump WC, CD, GF, RTFM, 💜
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MUNDUS SINE CAESARIBUS
"I keep six honest men serving me. They taught me all I knew. Their names are What, and Why, and When, and Where, and How, and Who."
Rudyard Kipling.
🇪🇺🇬🇧 Married to Suzanne.
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MUNDUS SINE CAESARIBUS
"I keep six honest men serving me. They taught me all I knew. Their names are What, and Why, and When, and Where, and How, and Who."
Rudyard Kipling.
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This is an excellent, level-headed, informative piece. I'd kill for a government which could discuss the issue with the same sense of objectivity and calm.
Here's this week's column. Please - please - can we stop talking about migration in a way that's completely detached from the facts? www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Net migration is plummeting. Why can’t Labour say so? | Heather Stewart
An honest debate is needed on this polarising topic as sectors such as social care struggle with recruitment
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:48 PM
This is an excellent, level-headed, informative piece. I'd kill for a government which could discuss the issue with the same sense of objectivity and calm.
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The right to trial by jury has been a fundamental feature of the British Justice System for over 800 years. Any attempt by the government to undermine this fundamental freedom - a cornerstone of our democracy and an essential safeguard against authoritarianism - must be opposed
🚨Trial by jury is a cornerstone of our democracy and an essential safeguard against authoritarianism. We must come together - cross party - to stop any attempt by the government to undermine this fundamental freedom
youtu.be/QdD9LaAN19A?...
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Trial by jury is a cornerstone of our democracy - We must fight any attempt to undermine it
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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November 30, 2025 at 10:35 AM
The right to trial by jury has been a fundamental feature of the British Justice System for over 800 years. Any attempt by the government to undermine this fundamental freedom - a cornerstone of our democracy and an essential safeguard against authoritarianism - must be opposed
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“Ah, just one more thing, sir. You’re blowing up those boats, saying they’re filled with drugs headed for the US. But then you go and pardon the guy who brought in 400 tons of cocaine. That’s billions of doses. Help me understand that.”
November 30, 2025 at 3:25 AM
“Ah, just one more thing, sir. You’re blowing up those boats, saying they’re filled with drugs headed for the US. But then you go and pardon the guy who brought in 400 tons of cocaine. That’s billions of doses. Help me understand that.”
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David Davis said there wouldn't be a single downside to Brexit.
Yorkshire Bylines recorded >2,000 of them from 2021-4.
Yorkshire Bylines recorded >2,000 of them from 2021-4.
The Davis Downside Dossier
David Davis famously said there would be no downsides to Brexit only considerable upsides - so we started recording them.
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 10:26 AM
David Davis said there wouldn't be a single downside to Brexit.
Yorkshire Bylines recorded >2,000 of them from 2021-4.
Yorkshire Bylines recorded >2,000 of them from 2021-4.
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What I really want to know is👇🏼
With hardline Brexiteers finally admitting Brexit was an unmitigated disaster
Why haven’t any blamed Farage, architect of Brexit, leader of the movement that pushed for 2016 referendum & vote to leave
The reckless driver of a fatal car crash walks away uninjured❗️😡
With hardline Brexiteers finally admitting Brexit was an unmitigated disaster
Why haven’t any blamed Farage, architect of Brexit, leader of the movement that pushed for 2016 referendum & vote to leave
The reckless driver of a fatal car crash walks away uninjured❗️😡
The economic damage Brexit has caused is undeniable - even Brexiteers are now admitting it.
https://www.thetimes.com/business/economics/article/we-brexiteers-must-acknowledge-the-costs-of-leaving-europe-p3mhqd66f
https://www.thetimes.com/business/economics/article/we-brexiteers-must-acknowledge-the-costs-of-leaving-europe-p3mhqd66f
We Brexiteers must acknowledge the costs of leaving Europe
Breaking free from the EU has undoubtedly deepened the UK’s malaise, and it’s no use denying it
www.thetimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:49 AM
What I really want to know is👇🏼
With hardline Brexiteers finally admitting Brexit was an unmitigated disaster
Why haven’t any blamed Farage, architect of Brexit, leader of the movement that pushed for 2016 referendum & vote to leave
The reckless driver of a fatal car crash walks away uninjured❗️😡
With hardline Brexiteers finally admitting Brexit was an unmitigated disaster
Why haven’t any blamed Farage, architect of Brexit, leader of the movement that pushed for 2016 referendum & vote to leave
The reckless driver of a fatal car crash walks away uninjured❗️😡
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Glorious, cathartic, taking no shit at all, Stewart Lee.
Brexit: “like someone stepping round a massive pile of dogshit on the living room carpet. Every day. For nine years.”
If only all our media could be as ruthlessly challenging as this.
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
Brexit: “like someone stepping round a massive pile of dogshit on the living room carpet. Every day. For nine years.”
If only all our media could be as ruthlessly challenging as this.
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
November 30, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Glorious, cathartic, taking no shit at all, Stewart Lee.
Brexit: “like someone stepping round a massive pile of dogshit on the living room carpet. Every day. For nine years.”
If only all our media could be as ruthlessly challenging as this.
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
Brexit: “like someone stepping round a massive pile of dogshit on the living room carpet. Every day. For nine years.”
If only all our media could be as ruthlessly challenging as this.
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
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I feel like one of the most underrated explanations for what's happening right now in global politics is that almost everyone has lost their minds.
November 30, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I feel like one of the most underrated explanations for what's happening right now in global politics is that almost everyone has lost their minds.
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Lying in politics is wrong and should never be rewarded, says newspaper which pays Boris Johnson £1 million a year to be its star columnist
November 29, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Lying in politics is wrong and should never be rewarded, says newspaper which pays Boris Johnson £1 million a year to be its star columnist
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November 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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“The BBC continues to be really stupid, I think, and there’s no cure for stupidity.”
Salman Rushdie criticises the BBC’s self-censorship in a Reith lecture, saying it hands ammunition to those who want to take down public broadcasting.
@jonsopel1.bsky.social | @lewisgoodall.com
Salman Rushdie criticises the BBC’s self-censorship in a Reith lecture, saying it hands ammunition to those who want to take down public broadcasting.
@jonsopel1.bsky.social | @lewisgoodall.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
“The BBC continues to be really stupid, I think, and there’s no cure for stupidity.”
Salman Rushdie criticises the BBC’s self-censorship in a Reith lecture, saying it hands ammunition to those who want to take down public broadcasting.
@jonsopel1.bsky.social | @lewisgoodall.com
Salman Rushdie criticises the BBC’s self-censorship in a Reith lecture, saying it hands ammunition to those who want to take down public broadcasting.
@jonsopel1.bsky.social | @lewisgoodall.com
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The entrepreneurs who are part of the booming school safety industry face a cruel irony: they are dependent on the uniquely American epidemic of school shootings.
Inside the $4 billion industry built on America's school shooting epidemic
Filmmakers Jessica Dimmock and Zackary Canepari examine a troubling new market.
www.motherjones.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The entrepreneurs who are part of the booming school safety industry face a cruel irony: they are dependent on the uniquely American epidemic of school shootings.
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Donald Trump is no stranger to making headlines with his controversial remarks, but he seemed taken aback when a reporter confronted him live on air with a question he couldn't answer.
Donald Trump ridiculed as reporter asks him awkward question live on air
www.irishstar.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Donald Trump is no stranger to making headlines with his controversial remarks, but he seemed taken aback when a reporter confronted him live on air with a question he couldn't answer.
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BREAKING: Gaza’s Health Ministry said Saturday that the Palestinian death toll has surpassed 70,000 since the Israel-Hamas war began.
Palestinian death toll has surpassed 70,000 since the Israel-Hamas war began, Gaza ministry says
Gaza’s Health Ministry says the Palestinian death toll has surpassed 70,000 since the Israel-Hamas war began.
bit.ly
November 29, 2025 at 3:19 PM
BREAKING: Gaza’s Health Ministry said Saturday that the Palestinian death toll has surpassed 70,000 since the Israel-Hamas war began.
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“Growth will be increasingly constrained by a combination of demography and tighter immigration policies, putting government finances under even more pressure,” argues the head of the IMF in a guest essay for The World Ahead
Global uncertainty is here to stay, says the head of the IMF
Kristalina Georgieva lays out how to navigate through the fog
econ.st
November 29, 2025 at 3:20 PM
“Growth will be increasingly constrained by a combination of demography and tighter immigration policies, putting government finances under even more pressure,” argues the head of the IMF in a guest essay for The World Ahead
Fiona Hill: Russian expert on why Putin knows exactly how to get Trump on side search.app/QWp6p
Fiona Hill: Russian expert on why Putin knows exactly how to get Trump on side
Vladimir Putin knows exactly how to get Donald Trump on side, a former White House adviser who observed meetings between the pair has said. In an hour-long interview, Fiona Hill told world affairs edi...
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November 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Fiona Hill: Russian expert on why Putin knows exactly how to get Trump on side search.app/QWp6p
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The Doctor is right and correct
Always love to see great talent using their platform for unabashed good.
'F*** Off And Let People Be': David Tennant Doubles Down On Support For Trans People
"People are trying to create division... and it's so f***ing unnecessary."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The Doctor is right and correct
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🗣️ They are praying for rain in Iran, where drought, over-consumption and mismanagement have forced the president to warn residents they may need to evacuate the capital.
📩 Read our latest FourGround newsletter from Kiran Moodley:
📩 Read our latest FourGround newsletter from Kiran Moodley:
Iran drought: Tehran facing existential crisis as taps run dry
They are praying for rain in Iran, where drought, over-consumption and mismanagement have forced the president to warn residents they may need to evacuate the capital, writes Kiran Moodley.
channel4news.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:26 AM
🗣️ They are praying for rain in Iran, where drought, over-consumption and mismanagement have forced the president to warn residents they may need to evacuate the capital.
📩 Read our latest FourGround newsletter from Kiran Moodley:
📩 Read our latest FourGround newsletter from Kiran Moodley:
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Ask yourself why there wasn’t this level of wall to wall coverage for this shooting wgme.com/news/local/i...
ICE agent who shot woman in Chicago drove Border Patrol vehicle back to Maine
An unnamed ICE agent, who shot and injured a woman in Chicago, is now back in Maine after driving the Border Patrol vehicle he was in 1,100 miles.
wgme.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Ask yourself why there wasn’t this level of wall to wall coverage for this shooting wgme.com/news/local/i...
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There was no "Emergency" situation with crime in DC. This stunt got a 20 year old young woman killed.
It. Got. A. Woman. Killed.
It. Got. A. Woman. Killed.
November 28, 2025 at 5:23 AM
There was no "Emergency" situation with crime in DC. This stunt got a 20 year old young woman killed.
It. Got. A. Woman. Killed.
It. Got. A. Woman. Killed.
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- A 100,000 drop in net migration costs us £7bn
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
November 27, 2025 at 11:11 AM
- A 100,000 drop in net migration costs us £7bn
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
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A quick reminder of who Nigel Farage was most concerned about when Putin's tanks first rolled into Ukraine
November 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
A quick reminder of who Nigel Farage was most concerned about when Putin's tanks first rolled into Ukraine
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When America Has Your Back
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Cartoon by Kevin KAL Kallaugher
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Cartoon by Kevin KAL Kallaugher
November 27, 2025 at 9:19 AM
When America Has Your Back
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Cartoon by Kevin KAL Kallaugher
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Cartoon by Kevin KAL Kallaugher