Will Clark
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It was always Twitter to me……
Books, history, books, politics🤬, books, Leasehold & Cladding hell 🤬, a run or two💨😰, travel🗿and books….📚From over there and over here….
Books, history, books, politics🤬, books, Leasehold & Cladding hell 🤬, a run or two💨😰, travel🗿and books….📚From over there and over here….
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To those who have recently watched the Netflix documentary on Grenfell, here's a quick run down of issues which still haven't changed since the fire. Thread on the bad site:
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Peter Apps on X: "To those who have recently watched the Netflix documentary on Grenfell, here's a quick run down of issues which still haven't changed since the fire:" / X
To those who have recently watched the Netflix documentary on Grenfell, here's a quick run down of issues which still haven't changed since the fire:
x.com
June 25, 2025 at 8:22 AM
To those who have recently watched the Netflix documentary on Grenfell, here's a quick run down of issues which still haven't changed since the fire. Thread on the bad site:
x.com/PeteApps/sta...
x.com/PeteApps/sta...
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Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Lisa Rothstein. #NewYorkerCartoons nyer.cm/QAnwGsj
April 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Lisa Rothstein. #NewYorkerCartoons nyer.cm/QAnwGsj
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February 11, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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I guess we’ve come a long way since “I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing”
January 15, 2025 at 12:17 PM
I guess we’ve come a long way since “I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing”
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Iceland will now have a referendum on accession talks with the EU. 🇮🇸 🇪🇺
Maybe time for Norway, UK, Greenland & Canada to move in the same direction to shore up our common European values.
🇮🇸 🇳🇴 🇬🇧 🇬🇱 🇨🇦 🇪🇺
Maybe time for Norway, UK, Greenland & Canada to move in the same direction to shore up our common European values.
🇮🇸 🇳🇴 🇬🇧 🇬🇱 🇨🇦 🇪🇺
Is Iceland getting ready to join the EU?
A new change in Iceland’s government means that joining the EU is back on the cards for Iceland.
open.substack.com
January 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Iceland will now have a referendum on accession talks with the EU. 🇮🇸 🇪🇺
Maybe time for Norway, UK, Greenland & Canada to move in the same direction to shore up our common European values.
🇮🇸 🇳🇴 🇬🇧 🇬🇱 🇨🇦 🇪🇺
Maybe time for Norway, UK, Greenland & Canada to move in the same direction to shore up our common European values.
🇮🇸 🇳🇴 🇬🇧 🇬🇱 🇨🇦 🇪🇺
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Today is an object lesson in the radicalisation of the British right-wing press. Britain is being disparaged and insulted by a foreign far-right conspiracy theorist. But the Mail, the Express, the Telegraph and even the Times choose focus their criticisism on the British prime minister instead.
January 7, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Today is an object lesson in the radicalisation of the British right-wing press. Britain is being disparaged and insulted by a foreign far-right conspiracy theorist. But the Mail, the Express, the Telegraph and even the Times choose focus their criticisism on the British prime minister instead.
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Here is the letter signed by more than 75 Nobel laureates urging that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. not be confirmed to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.
Read the Letter From Nobel Laureates Urging That Mr. Kennedy Not be Confirmed
More than 75 laureates have written an open letter describing Mr. Kennedy’s selection for H.H.S. secretary as detrimental to public health.
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2024 at 2:17 AM
Here is the letter signed by more than 75 Nobel laureates urging that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. not be confirmed to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.
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"Some 56% of farmland bought in 2023 was sold to landowners who were not working farmers.
The revenue per acre is too low to warrant the purchase, unless you are extremely wealthy and are avoiding inheritance tax."
The revenue per acre is too low to warrant the purchase, unless you are extremely wealthy and are avoiding inheritance tax."
Whose land? Tax avoidance and the broken economics of British farming
Noise in the billionaire press about inheritance tax changes hides a basic fact: the non-farming rich own too much land
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 28, 2024 at 8:21 PM
"Some 56% of farmland bought in 2023 was sold to landowners who were not working farmers.
The revenue per acre is too low to warrant the purchase, unless you are extremely wealthy and are avoiding inheritance tax."
The revenue per acre is too low to warrant the purchase, unless you are extremely wealthy and are avoiding inheritance tax."
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Boris Johnson promised farmers that “subsidies would stay 100% guaranteed”.
The National Farmers’ Union council was overwhelmingly in support of ‘Remain’, but decided not to campaign, as it would upset some of their larger farmers who were cheering Brexit.
The National Farmers’ Union council was overwhelmingly in support of ‘Remain’, but decided not to campaign, as it would upset some of their larger farmers who were cheering Brexit.
What happened to those post-Brexit farm subsidies?
We need a discussion about UK food and farming, our resilience to external and self-inflicted events, and where the money is going
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 28, 2024 at 8:43 PM
Boris Johnson promised farmers that “subsidies would stay 100% guaranteed”.
The National Farmers’ Union council was overwhelmingly in support of ‘Remain’, but decided not to campaign, as it would upset some of their larger farmers who were cheering Brexit.
The National Farmers’ Union council was overwhelmingly in support of ‘Remain’, but decided not to campaign, as it would upset some of their larger farmers who were cheering Brexit.
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🇬🇪❗️In Tbilisi, security forces are using water cannons and tear gas to disperse protesters outside the parliament building.
November 28, 2024 at 10:53 PM
🇬🇪❗️In Tbilisi, security forces are using water cannons and tear gas to disperse protesters outside the parliament building.
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2016: Boris Johnson, "Brexit so we can take back control of our immigration system"
2024: Keir Starmer, "Tories were running an open borders experiment"
"4x as many migrants to UK in 2024 than in 2019 when we were in the EU"
"This happened by design, not accident"
2024: Keir Starmer, "Tories were running an open borders experiment"
"4x as many migrants to UK in 2024 than in 2019 when we were in the EU"
"This happened by design, not accident"
November 28, 2024 at 4:04 PM
2016: Boris Johnson, "Brexit so we can take back control of our immigration system"
2024: Keir Starmer, "Tories were running an open borders experiment"
"4x as many migrants to UK in 2024 than in 2019 when we were in the EU"
"This happened by design, not accident"
2024: Keir Starmer, "Tories were running an open borders experiment"
"4x as many migrants to UK in 2024 than in 2019 when we were in the EU"
"This happened by design, not accident"
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The liars, of course, have all moved on to new cons & deceptions. The fishing industry can't. A vaguely honest media would be holding Farage & the rest to account for this instead of promoting a meaningless petition...
www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymout...
www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymout...
Fishermen left feeling 'betrayed' by Brexit
'Brexit was sold to our fishermen as a golden opportunity, yet the truth is that many fishermen have experienced the complete opposite'
www.plymouthherald.co.uk
November 27, 2024 at 9:07 AM
The liars, of course, have all moved on to new cons & deceptions. The fishing industry can't. A vaguely honest media would be holding Farage & the rest to account for this instead of promoting a meaningless petition...
www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymout...
www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymout...
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Overdue reform to feudal leasehold laws good example of why everything takes so long to get done: consultation paralysis. The new legislation may be needed-but holding another consultation *next* summer? Too much consultation (which protects vested interests) one of the big problems with our system.
November 24, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Overdue reform to feudal leasehold laws good example of why everything takes so long to get done: consultation paralysis. The new legislation may be needed-but holding another consultation *next* summer? Too much consultation (which protects vested interests) one of the big problems with our system.
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King Charles inherited £650m tax free, gets £125m a year tax free from the tax payer and has an estate worth £22bn that’s never taxed.
But he still needed a 45% pay rise.
Like if he needs a pay cut.
RP if you want the Monarchy gone.
#AbolishTheMonarchy
But he still needed a 45% pay rise.
Like if he needs a pay cut.
RP if you want the Monarchy gone.
#AbolishTheMonarchy
November 23, 2024 at 12:53 PM
King Charles inherited £650m tax free, gets £125m a year tax free from the tax payer and has an estate worth £22bn that’s never taxed.
But he still needed a 45% pay rise.
Like if he needs a pay cut.
RP if you want the Monarchy gone.
#AbolishTheMonarchy
But he still needed a 45% pay rise.
Like if he needs a pay cut.
RP if you want the Monarchy gone.
#AbolishTheMonarchy
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Hello. This is your friendly reminder to tax the churches.
November 22, 2024 at 3:53 AM
Hello. This is your friendly reminder to tax the churches.
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Word of the day is ‘quiddler’ (19th century): one who pays great attention to trivial matters as a way of avoiding the important ones.
November 21, 2024 at 12:14 PM
Word of the day is ‘quiddler’ (19th century): one who pays great attention to trivial matters as a way of avoiding the important ones.