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Excellent thread on Barbara Castle and the introduction of the breathalyser!
It's an episode with an important moral: that having the courage to do the right thing, even if it's unpopular at the time, can save lives and bring public opinion with it over time.
It's an episode with an important moral: that having the courage to do the right thing, even if it's unpopular at the time, can save lives and bring public opinion with it over time.
This week is Road Safety Week & a chance to talk about Barbara Castle!
Barbara was Transport Minister for three years yet she was able to introduce the Breathalyzer, a proper integrated transport strategy & more!
This was done despite fierce opposition.
📸 Photo from the Parliamentary Achieve
Barbara was Transport Minister for three years yet she was able to introduce the Breathalyzer, a proper integrated transport strategy & more!
This was done despite fierce opposition.
📸 Photo from the Parliamentary Achieve
November 19, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Excellent thread on Barbara Castle and the introduction of the breathalyser!
It's an episode with an important moral: that having the courage to do the right thing, even if it's unpopular at the time, can save lives and bring public opinion with it over time.
It's an episode with an important moral: that having the courage to do the right thing, even if it's unpopular at the time, can save lives and bring public opinion with it over time.
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Stealing refugees' jewellery won't make anyone's life better.
Deporting children won't make anyone's life better.
Making people wait 20 years to settle won't make anyone's life better.
If Government chooses hostility over helping communities, more division and racism are the only possible results.
Deporting children won't make anyone's life better.
Making people wait 20 years to settle won't make anyone's life better.
If Government chooses hostility over helping communities, more division and racism are the only possible results.
November 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Stealing refugees' jewellery won't make anyone's life better.
Deporting children won't make anyone's life better.
Making people wait 20 years to settle won't make anyone's life better.
If Government chooses hostility over helping communities, more division and racism are the only possible results.
Deporting children won't make anyone's life better.
Making people wait 20 years to settle won't make anyone's life better.
If Government chooses hostility over helping communities, more division and racism are the only possible results.
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Doctor: "Sorry, Mr Richards from The Rolling Stones, you have Lyme Disease"
Richards: "Well that's a tick in the Keith!"
Richards: "Well that's a tick in the Keith!"
November 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Doctor: "Sorry, Mr Richards from The Rolling Stones, you have Lyme Disease"
Richards: "Well that's a tick in the Keith!"
Richards: "Well that's a tick in the Keith!"
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why can they not just fix it
![[Scene is MCcDONALDS PICKUP POINT but for the most part we can only see the close up faces of tha CUSTOMER and the McDONALDS EMPLOYEE at the serving point].
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CUSTOMER:
Hi - I’m afraid this isn’t what I ordered
2
McDONALDS EMPLOYEE:
Number 187?
CUSTOMER:
Yes
3
CUSTOMER:
Maybe I pressed the wrong thing?
I just ordered one strawberry milkshake.
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EMPLOYEE:
Oh - yeah sorry
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EMPLOYEE:
The milkshake machine’s not working.
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EMPLOYEE:
The only flavours we can do are vanilla, banana, and Labour Leader Pretending to be Nigel Farage.
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CUSTOMER:
Is that a new flavour?
EMPLOYEE:
Yeah
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[We now see that the employee has placed a gigantic milkshake cup on the counter]
EMPLOYEE:
If you look inside, there’s a Labour leader pretending to be Nigel Farage.
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[Customer looks inside the cup]
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[Show Keir Starmer dressed as Nigel Farage inside the cup]
CUSTOMER:
So there is
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CUSTOMER:
Is that something people want, then?
EMPLOYEE:
No! No, not at all.
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EMPLOYEE:
It just keeps happening when we press banana.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:16 AM
why can they not just fix it
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Nine-month-old AI company you've never heard of that revealed its first product last month wants to be valued as much as Ford
Sources: Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab is in talks with potential investors to raise about $5B and is aiming for a valuation of at least $50B (The Information)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
November 18, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Nine-month-old AI company you've never heard of that revealed its first product last month wants to be valued as much as Ford
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Vic Reeves & @bobmort.bsky.social made a very strong case for the BBC License Fee…
April 20, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Vic Reeves & @bobmort.bsky.social made a very strong case for the BBC License Fee…
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Russian oil prices have slid sharply as refiners in India and China pulled back from purchases ahead of a U.S. sanctions deadline targeting state-controlled producers Rosneft and Lukoil.
Russian Oil Prices Sink as India and China Cut Purchases Ahead of U.S. Sanctions Deadline - The Moscow Times
Russian oil prices have slid sharply as refiners in India and China pulled back from purchases ahead of a U.S. sanctions deadline targeting state-controlled producers Rosneft and Lukoil.
www.themoscowtimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Russian oil prices have slid sharply as refiners in India and China pulled back from purchases ahead of a U.S. sanctions deadline targeting state-controlled producers Rosneft and Lukoil.
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Plans to leave refugees in a state of perpetual uncertainty about where and if they can rebuild their lives are not just performative cruelty, they are counterproductive to integration and the economy. It doesn’t have to be like this - 1/2
November 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Plans to leave refugees in a state of perpetual uncertainty about where and if they can rebuild their lives are not just performative cruelty, they are counterproductive to integration and the economy. It doesn’t have to be like this - 1/2
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In other news, the BBC has found no evidence that the BBC mounted a coup against the BBC. A BBC source told a BBC journalist for BBC News that someone within the BBC might have been making up the story to damage the BBC. The BBC has approached the BBC for comment.
November 14, 2025 at 9:15 AM
In other news, the BBC has found no evidence that the BBC mounted a coup against the BBC. A BBC source told a BBC journalist for BBC News that someone within the BBC might have been making up the story to damage the BBC. The BBC has approached the BBC for comment.
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After condemning No10 for briefing against No10, No10 asked No10 to find out who in No10 was responsible, & has now confirmed that it was no one in No10.
November 14, 2025 at 9:15 AM
After condemning No10 for briefing against No10, No10 asked No10 to find out who in No10 was responsible, & has now confirmed that it was no one in No10.
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Lads, I successfully managed to navigate around Terminal 5, which apparently makes me significantly more capable at life than Noah Smith.
November 14, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Lads, I successfully managed to navigate around Terminal 5, which apparently makes me significantly more capable at life than Noah Smith.
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The great Geoffrey Bindman has died. Rest in Strength. www.google.com/url?q=https:...
Geoffrey Bindman and his pursuit of justice for all
From calling for Tony Blair to be tried to defending Gaza, Geoffrey always fought for everyone to have the rights they deserved
www.google.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The great Geoffrey Bindman has died. Rest in Strength. www.google.com/url?q=https:...
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The BBC is in crisis in the same way that GB News would be if you put Owen Jones on the board armed with a veto and plenty of coffee.
November 11, 2025 at 7:48 AM
The BBC is in crisis in the same way that GB News would be if you put Owen Jones on the board armed with a veto and plenty of coffee.
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To fight communism, America bombed Laos more heavily than any country ever in history. It lost. It took in the refugees who managed to make it out. Now it has changed its mind and is shipping them back. What kind of government does this
A longtime Tucson physical therapist has been deported to Laos, the country he fled with family at age 6 in the 1970s. Vone Phrommany, 53, said he's arrived at a distant relative's home following five days of exhausting travel, while shackled at the wrists and ankles. tucson.com/news/local/s...
Tucson physical therapist deported to Laos after multiple, 'chaotic' flights
For Star subscribers: A longtime Tucson physical therapist has been deported to Laos after spending three months at the Eloy Detention Center.
tucson.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:42 AM
To fight communism, America bombed Laos more heavily than any country ever in history. It lost. It took in the refugees who managed to make it out. Now it has changed its mind and is shipping them back. What kind of government does this
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the bbc should be forced to replay the whole day’s coverage of january 6th in full every january 6th, exactly as it was broadcast at the time, so no-one can accuse them of misleadingly editing it
November 9, 2025 at 9:17 PM
the bbc should be forced to replay the whole day’s coverage of january 6th in full every january 6th, exactly as it was broadcast at the time, so no-one can accuse them of misleadingly editing it
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french wikipedia is the only language that has a "list of bastards" article
November 9, 2025 at 8:03 AM
french wikipedia is the only language that has a "list of bastards" article
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November 9, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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Today on Remembrance Sunday, we honour the courage and sacrifice of those who have served in our Armed Forces.
Their service and dedication will never be forgotten. 🌹
#LestWeForget
Their service and dedication will never be forgotten. 🌹
#LestWeForget
November 9, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Today on Remembrance Sunday, we honour the courage and sacrifice of those who have served in our Armed Forces.
Their service and dedication will never be forgotten. 🌹
#LestWeForget
Their service and dedication will never be forgotten. 🌹
#LestWeForget
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#NewWaveNovember
#MusicChallenge
Day 8 - unranked
Eurythmics - Love Is A Stranger
youtu.be/o6f593X6rv8?...
#MusicChallenge
Day 8 - unranked
Eurythmics - Love Is A Stranger
youtu.be/o6f593X6rv8?...
Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart - Love Is a Stranger (Official Video)
YouTube video by EurythmicsVEVO
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November 8, 2025 at 10:02 AM
#NewWaveNovember
#MusicChallenge
Day 8 - unranked
Eurythmics - Love Is A Stranger
youtu.be/o6f593X6rv8?...
#MusicChallenge
Day 8 - unranked
Eurythmics - Love Is A Stranger
youtu.be/o6f593X6rv8?...
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A famous (and very well spoken) QC:
“Now tell the court what happened at the scene”
Defendant:
“Well, person X told me”..
A famous QC:
“No, what you saw, your account”.
Defendant:
“And you are a c**t too”……
“Now tell the court what happened at the scene”
Defendant:
“Well, person X told me”..
A famous QC:
“No, what you saw, your account”.
Defendant:
“And you are a c**t too”……
‘At one point during cross examination, the prosecutor Peter Wright KC called Barton’s explanations “nonsense”, to which the former player responded by asking: “Are you calling me a nonce?” Wright in turn responded: “No, nonsense.”’
November 8, 2025 at 9:42 AM
A famous (and very well spoken) QC:
“Now tell the court what happened at the scene”
Defendant:
“Well, person X told me”..
A famous QC:
“No, what you saw, your account”.
Defendant:
“And you are a c**t too”……
“Now tell the court what happened at the scene”
Defendant:
“Well, person X told me”..
A famous QC:
“No, what you saw, your account”.
Defendant:
“And you are a c**t too”……
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My 3yo was listening to Ross Douthat's podcast when he turned to me, gravely, and asked: "Daddy, did liberal feminist women ruin the workplace?" And when I told him, "it's debatable, but they certainly don't seem to be reading Rod Dreher's Substack," he started crying.
November 8, 2025 at 12:24 AM
My 3yo was listening to Ross Douthat's podcast when he turned to me, gravely, and asked: "Daddy, did liberal feminist women ruin the workplace?" And when I told him, "it's debatable, but they certainly don't seem to be reading Rod Dreher's Substack," he started crying.
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women, are they bitches?
the question nobody with a soul is asking, answered by people nobody wants to hear from
November 6, 2025 at 1:27 PM
women, are they bitches?
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without googling, a) which year do you think the BBC took its regular blackface performances off air, and b) which year did they stop touring the UK?
And of course Christy's Minstrels proved quite popular in the UK, a fact attested to by the mind-boggling existence, a century later, of the BBC's Black and White Minstrel Show
November 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
without googling, a) which year do you think the BBC took its regular blackface performances off air, and b) which year did they stop touring the UK?