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Fairness isn’t just a moral ideal. It is one of the civic conditions that makes collective life possible. A guest article by @emekaforbes.bsky.social
Fairness is key to a more cohesive Britain
Fairness isn’t just a moral ideal. It is one of the civic conditions that makes collective life possible.
www.faircomment.co.uk
January 7, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Fairness isn’t just a moral ideal. It is one of the civic conditions that makes collective life possible. A guest article by @emekaforbes.bsky.social
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The truth here is so ever relevant, is so simple and profound. I think I might pop it into my next book. Sharing yet again:
July 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The truth here is so ever relevant, is so simple and profound. I think I might pop it into my next book. Sharing yet again:
Excellent thought.
Been saying this for awhile, but will repeat it for emphasis: If you love freedom but don’t care if it applies to everyone, what you actually love is privilege.
May 30, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Excellent thought.
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On this May Day, let us remember that it wasn’t the CEOs and billionaires who saved us during COVID-19. It was the janitors, nurses, cleaning crews, grocery and food workers with their hard, often invisible labor.
May 1, 2025 at 8:58 PM
On this May Day, let us remember that it wasn’t the CEOs and billionaires who saved us during COVID-19. It was the janitors, nurses, cleaning crews, grocery and food workers with their hard, often invisible labor.
It's not simple, is it?
The moment the penny drops for former Tory minister Simon Clarke...
April 25, 2025 at 9:07 PM
It's not simple, is it?
So true.
A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
April 7, 2025 at 1:17 PM
So true.
Sounds accurate.
Nine months on and Labour are still sticking to their promise not to penalise ‘Working People,’ by focusing instead on those who can’t work or are retired.
March 18, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Sounds accurate.
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Good news for London:
Because of @london.gov.uk’s environmental initiatives, London’s air quality is close to falling within legal limits. Previously, experts warned it would take almost 200 years!
Because of @london.gov.uk’s environmental initiatives, London’s air quality is close to falling within legal limits. Previously, experts warned it would take almost 200 years!
March 7, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Good news for London:
Because of @london.gov.uk’s environmental initiatives, London’s air quality is close to falling within legal limits. Previously, experts warned it would take almost 200 years!
Because of @london.gov.uk’s environmental initiatives, London’s air quality is close to falling within legal limits. Previously, experts warned it would take almost 200 years!
So true.
substack.com/@pattyrovett... This - never forget Murdoch’s pivotal role in the decline of the US.
Patty Rovetti on Substack
This sums up so much!
substack.com
March 5, 2025 at 8:29 AM
So true.
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How reassuring it would be right now for the UK to be a member of some kind of supranational political and economic union…
February 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
How reassuring it would be right now for the UK to be a member of some kind of supranational political and economic union…
Good on you!
El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
February 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Good on you!
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The UK's anti-protest laws pre-legitimise far right authoritarianism. Labour must repeal them now.
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/global/comme...
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/global/comme...
Extremists would not need to create an authoritarian state in Britain: Starmer is doing that for them | George Monbiot
The PM and his ministers are supporting illiberal laws that hard-right authoritarians could apply with zeal, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
February 22, 2025 at 8:22 AM
The UK's anti-protest laws pre-legitimise far right authoritarianism. Labour must repeal them now.
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/global/comme...
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/global/comme...
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We might yearn for paradise, temporal or spiritual. But to our descendents our habitable planet will look like an almost unimaginable paradise. No tech fantasy, no space station or controlled environment will ever compare.
Fight for what we have. This is our heaven, and there can be no other.
Fight for what we have. This is our heaven, and there can be no other.
February 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
We might yearn for paradise, temporal or spiritual. But to our descendents our habitable planet will look like an almost unimaginable paradise. No tech fantasy, no space station or controlled environment will ever compare.
Fight for what we have. This is our heaven, and there can be no other.
Fight for what we have. This is our heaven, and there can be no other.
Surprised?
So now we have it. Rachel Reeves's claim that a third runway at Heathrow Airport would boost economic growth comes from a report commissioned by .... Heathrow Airport. Instead of acting in the national interest, she's channelling corporate lobbyists.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reeves’s Heathrow third runway report was commissioned by London airport
The chancellor is under fire after a study cited as evidence for expanding the terminal to boost the UK’s economic growth was ordered by Heathrow itself
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Surprised?
Beaautifully put.
Oh no, the Chinese plagiarism machine might have plagiarized the American plagiarism machine
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Microsoft Probing If DeepSeek-Linked Group Improperly Obtained OpenAI Data
Microsoft Corp. and OpenAI are investigating whether data output from OpenAI’s technology was obtained in an unauthorized manner by a group linked to Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek, ...
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January 29, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Beaautifully put.
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It started with conspiracy and propaganda then evolved into dehumanisation - spreading distrust, fear and disgust about the target. The powerless were given a group to blame, the illusion of power. The techniques used now are the same. It’ll only happen again if people let it.
Sadly, they are…
Sadly, they are…
January 27, 2025 at 6:32 PM
It started with conspiracy and propaganda then evolved into dehumanisation - spreading distrust, fear and disgust about the target. The powerless were given a group to blame, the illusion of power. The techniques used now are the same. It’ll only happen again if people let it.
Sadly, they are…
Sadly, they are…
Heart-rending.
I tried to save your young life in a Gaza hospital. Now your face haunts me | Seema Jilani www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I tried to save your young life in a Gaza hospital. Now your face haunts me | Seema Jilani www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I tried to save your young life in a Gaza hospital. Now your face haunts me | Seema Jilani
The first time you came into my hospital, shards of glass shredding your tiny body, I saved you. The second time I failed, says paediatric specialist Seema Jilani
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Heart-rending.
I tried to save your young life in a Gaza hospital. Now your face haunts me | Seema Jilani www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I tried to save your young life in a Gaza hospital. Now your face haunts me | Seema Jilani www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Bad move.
EXCL: Landmark bill that would make UK’s climate and environment targets legally binding seems doomed after government whips ordered Labour MPs to oppose it following breakdown in negotiations @peterwalker99 reports www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Labour MPs ordered to sink landmark climate and environment bill
Exclusive: Supporters of bill say Labour has already insisted on removal of clauses requiring the UK to meet targets agreed at Cop and other summits
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Bad move.
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I understand that ChatGPT is down and fortunately this is not a problem for me as I have spent considerable time developing a local language model that I am able to run autonomously, fueled by Coke Zero and snacks
January 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I understand that ChatGPT is down and fortunately this is not a problem for me as I have spent considerable time developing a local language model that I am able to run autonomously, fueled by Coke Zero and snacks
Spotted from the window...
January 2, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Spotted from the window...
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Sadiq has done Tooting and London proud. I know many in our local community and the wider city look up to him. He rightly deserves to be honoured with a knighthood.
Congratulations!
Congratulations!
December 31, 2024 at 3:34 PM
Sadiq has done Tooting and London proud. I know many in our local community and the wider city look up to him. He rightly deserves to be honoured with a knighthood.
Congratulations!
Congratulations!