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So according to Penny, the actions of a despot are unimportant. What is important is appeasing him. After all it worked well in the 1930s, didn't it?
The union representing the musicians from Jimmy Kimmel’s band releases a statement calling the FCC’s pressure on Disney “state censorship.”
The only question is whether he goes before or after the May elections. Before would be better
Raskin to Patel: "In a few short months, how did you go from being a crusader for accountability and transparency with the Epstein files to being part of the conspiracy and coverup? The answer is simple. You said it yourself -- because of who is on that list."
Is it even an insult if it's just stating the truth?
Four arrests. Were any of them Donald Trump? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Was thinking the same
Saving lives and preventing injury should always take priority over drivers' convenience.
How do we fix this mess?
Next time someone on the right claims all the political violence in this country is coming from the left, not the right, do please show them this. You're welcome
True, but in the meantime ...
You can always delete and then repost
Fanning the flames is exactly what they want
I wish. In 2011, the International Panel on Fissile Materials said: It is widely accepted that spent nuclear fuel and high-level reprocessing and plutonium wastes require well-designed storage for periods ranging from tens of thousands to a million years
The second one
Liberty ships en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty...
5. Bikes have taken over my entire personality and irrevocably warped my world view - for the better
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Maybe Justice Secretary
Shouldn't "runs" be in inverted commas?
Sorry!
Actually I'm better than fine. Admittedly I felt a bit sad when I left a party I'd joined more than 40 years ago, but I'm much happier now I've joined one that opposes genocide, supports the weakest in our society & wouldn't knowingly appoint a friend of Epstein to a key post - you should try it
I'm fine thanks
I can't, but in this case she's not wrong
Charlie Kirk’s murder was utterly abhorrent and corrosive to our politics. So was much of the reaction to it- including from his allies. My piece. open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
I'm in no way a fan of Starmer, but be serious
So Ukrainian malice (& NATO complicity) rather than Russian? I'm not sure that Scott Ritter is the sort of person I'd choose to listen to
I hear what you are saying, but you can trust this. NASA has been affected by the Trump admin, but this has mostly been in the form of budget cuts, not a hat they are allowed to announce. If this were a MAGA announcement it wouldn't be so qualified with "maybe"s & "could be"s
It's nice to read something positive in my newsfeed
Interesting stuff - Possibly, maybe?
And that, to cut a long story short, is one of the reasons I no longer vote for Anneliese
In that yes I believe in protecting the environment, I'm to the left of Peter Mandelson (not difficult) & I support a free Palestine
Yep, all three
Yep
What is a Marine Protected Area if it isn't protected?
I wouldn't have a problem with living next to asylum seekers, at all. Why would you?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"total family"? That's "royal family" - thanks autocarrot!
Or that recent cancer diagnoses in the total family were caused by COVID vaccination
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Nigel Farage is the biggest charlatan in British political history. And here's what his constitutents in Clacton really think:
One by one, leaders learn that grovelling to Trump leads to disaster. When will it dawn on Starmer? | Simon Tisdall
Quite
Meg Hiller was right, Wes Streeting hasn't received millions of pounds campaign donations from private healthcare companies, only £300,000
Lizards
I think it's highly likely that this is utter bollocks
Teresa might appear vaguely competent compared to the PMs that followed, but remember she triggered Article 50 with no plan on how to implement it beyond "Brexit is Brexit", was author of the 'hostile environment' & initiated the Windrush scandal. Not only a useless PM, but a terrible human being
More Austin Powers I think
You're not setting the bar very high
No shit!
It's not fine, it's child abuse
I deleted Twitter/X account. I don't miss it
Worth reading The Times' editorial on Powell from 1968. Contrast it with last week, when it pointed out that Farage's deportation proposals would "undoubtedly find favour" and other parties "better come up with something radical." A truly contemptible descent for a once-great newspaper.
Help break it? He was pivotal
The modern Oswald Mosley
Raskin's summation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=reQa...
Democrat @raskin.house.gov excoriates Nigel Farage for banning journalists from Reform UK events: "I'm asking you a direct question. Why do you ban journalists who oppose your views from coming to your events? Why did you tell local government not to do interviews with your local newspaper?"
Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him
I don't wish to be rude, but I don't think you have understood this paper. I can't see how it is relevant to this discussion. I said well, not fully developed. The paper says something similar. HepB is a virus not a bacteria. Citing a paper you haven't understood doesn't help your argument
This is an anti-vaxx trope. The BBB Is well developed at birth & infant vaccinations incl. Hep B are safe. There are good arguments for providing it at birth
Good piece, but there is another alternative for the left-leaning beyond an unlikely change of Labour leadership, or 'Your Party' join.greenparty.org.uk
It's Keir Starmer who is driving the Government towards collapse, not McDonnell
Nonsense, "a broad-based Fotherington-Thomas pitch ... based on action against climate change" wouldn't be a political party, it would be a protest group & a pretty ineffectual one at that. Polanski is the only politician challenging the narrative on immigrants & Gaza - good for him!
They are just doing their job, but they could have decided to ride for a different team, or maybe ridden really slowly
It's worse
Where is the problem? Immigration has very little impact on anyone in the UK
There are over 1 million unoccupied homes in the UK. Immigration is not the problem
Yes he did, so why are Labour not saying this? Why are they running scared & echoing his talking points?
Unable & unwilling. Reform are a huge threat, but the answer is to change the narrative not to parrot them. Immigration has zero effect on the lives of British people. Why can't they stand up and say this?
Clean water is also important but protects against a different set of diseases than vaccination e.g. cholera. Vaccination is by far the most effective tool in combating infectious diseases
Reform are the worst culprits, but the Labour Government are continuing to dance to Farage's tune
Perhaps someone should tell that to Keir Starmer
It ain't no trickle
A bet the park runners are fitter too
You do realise he's a politician, John?
Asylum protests vs the local park run. @lgeraghty23.bsky.social runs the numbers for the Big Issue www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
Man of the people Zack Polanski hauls play-safe Greens into the spotlight | John Crace
Thanks for this. I have of course read the reports showing that there are no negative effects of adjuvants, but now it appears that they might actually be good for you? - take that anti-vaxxers!
Draw the line. Join the Green Party today ⤵️ join.greenparty.org.uk?utm_source=s...
Punches are not being pulled
New @greenparty.org.uk leader @zackpolanski.bsky.social says "people are exhausted of never feeling secure" and this is exploited "by charlatans like Nigel Farage". And he warns Labour: "We're not here to be disappointed by you. We're not here to be concerned by you. We're here to replace you." ~AA
Maybe this guy can change the narrative. At least he's going to try, unlike Starmer bsky.app/profile/best...
I don't understand how a seemingly intelligent man can be so stupid
That could be argued for Polio, but none of the others.
There are also studies that suggest that it reduces the likelihood of getting Alzheimer's - so win, win
I can be fun and very instructive to question an LLM on a subject that you know a lot about. Ask more and more specific questions and watch it make shit up rather than saying "I don't know"
This, the finest news story ever published, has once again appeared in my inbox, and it would be rude not to share it.
![THRASHED BY A LADY CYCLIST. WHO IS NOTED FOR HER ATHLETIC POWERS. [SUBJECT OF ILLUSTRATION.] AN extraordinary scene was witnessed on Seturday morning in Peel Lane, a thoroughfare connecting Little Hulton with lyldesley, in which the principal participants were a young lady cyclist and a youth of nineteen or twenty. The lady was riding at a good pace, and when in a quiet part of the road the young man, who had apparently been imbibing, stepped into the roadway, and, addressing some insulting remarks to the cyclist, made as if he intended pulling her of the machine. She immediately alighted caught hold of the astonished youth, and gave him& sound thrashing, using her tists in scientitie fashion, to the delight of several colliers who were passing. The young man made off, and the cyclist, who is believed to be a Bolton lady noted for her athletic powers, rode off towards Tylesley.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:irlrdb4p2swljzcdjbhc54gd/bafkreiedp7arp6qkhtp5sx5uff7ba3ps4cneoyinnff36wfppwdicwwrj4@jpeg "Click to view full size")
Yvette Cooper is part of the problem. Why can't she just say "because it isn't - Migration has zero impact on the lives of the vast majority of British citizens", rather than dancing to the tune of Farage and The Daily Mail?
Immigration is a non-issue whipped up by the previous Tory government to mask their obvious failings. All they achieved was to hand votes to Reform. Yvette Cooper is making the same mistake
Dear Keir Starmer, When we said pick a side, we didn't mean the xenophobes. For an example of how it's done, to avoid future misunderstandings. 👇🏼 bsky.app/profile/zohr...
This is a painful read. I mean seriously painful. But it’s also a must-read, and must-share, for everyone.
It's very simple. The people costing all the money, are the people with all the money. Not the people with hardly any money. It really shouldn't need explaining.
Are you deporting the immigrants who will save your life? Or are you deporting Nigel Farage? RT if it's Farage
It was deliberate. They manufactured this "crisis" to distract the voting public from their shortcomings i.e. everything they did. It didn't work, it just caused them to haemorrhage votes to Reform
Migration isn’t “one of the most important issues of our time" – it’s a distraction. Whipped up by right-wing politicians & press, while real issues like low wages, housing & climate & go unaddressed. #PoliticsOfDistraction
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