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Word of the day is ‘lickspittle’ (17th century): a person who fawns upon someone in power for personal gain.
March 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Word of the day is ‘lickspittle’ (17th century): a person who fawns upon someone in power for personal gain.
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🚨 Breaking: MPs back assisted dying bill at second reading
Ayes - 330
Noes - 275
The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill now progresses to committee stage
www.politics.co.uk/news/politic...
Ayes - 330
Noes - 275
The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill now progresses to committee stage
www.politics.co.uk/news/politic...
MPs debate historic assisted dying legislation — politics live - Politics.co.uk
MPs are debating the assisted dying bill in the House of Commons, before a free vote takes place on the legislation. The proposed law would make it legal for over-18s who are terminally ill to be giv...
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November 29, 2024 at 2:23 PM
🚨 Breaking: MPs back assisted dying bill at second reading
Ayes - 330
Noes - 275
The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill now progresses to committee stage
www.politics.co.uk/news/politic...
Ayes - 330
Noes - 275
The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill now progresses to committee stage
www.politics.co.uk/news/politic...
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Difficult to describe what a dangerous moment we are in.
The owner of Twitter/richest man in the world/closest adviser to the next US president is promoting a far-right Tommy Robinson (!) documentary to his 200 million followers.
This is the mainstreaming of violent, Islamophobic fascism.
The owner of Twitter/richest man in the world/closest adviser to the next US president is promoting a far-right Tommy Robinson (!) documentary to his 200 million followers.
This is the mainstreaming of violent, Islamophobic fascism.
November 24, 2024 at 7:58 PM
Difficult to describe what a dangerous moment we are in.
The owner of Twitter/richest man in the world/closest adviser to the next US president is promoting a far-right Tommy Robinson (!) documentary to his 200 million followers.
This is the mainstreaming of violent, Islamophobic fascism.
The owner of Twitter/richest man in the world/closest adviser to the next US president is promoting a far-right Tommy Robinson (!) documentary to his 200 million followers.
This is the mainstreaming of violent, Islamophobic fascism.
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Etymology of the day: to be ‘blowing a hoolie’ (or ‘hooley’) was probably inspired by the Orkney word ‘hoolan’, a howling gale, with a touch of the ‘hooley’ that is a very noisy party thrown in.
November 23, 2024 at 11:07 AM
Etymology of the day: to be ‘blowing a hoolie’ (or ‘hooley’) was probably inspired by the Orkney word ‘hoolan’, a howling gale, with a touch of the ‘hooley’ that is a very noisy party thrown in.