Has now been used to help refugees
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgxqx1j9y2o.amp
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Here's one member we can well do without!
Was checking to see who is still around in the loop, and got this reply. Needless to say they are no longer with us.
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But did it have the desired effect
Will it help
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/aug/20/women-afghanistan-manizha-talash-breakdancing-on-her-protest-at-the-olympics -
Panorama (Edited)
Sounds an interesting . Watch tonight at 8pm
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Clapping for the nhs dangerous (Edited)
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/health/nhs-the-telegraph-england-glasgow-department-of-health-and-social-care-b1177075.html
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Misogyny (Edited)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c15gn0lq7p5o.amp
I was interested in the whole role of extremism (radicalisation) particularly online but the murders committed in Plymouth told a story we do not hear of very often publicly -
"This is now a race between an old man people don’t like and a woman they don’t really know.
And the old man is spending more time reminding people why they dislike him than telling people who his opponent really is.
Politics isn’t that hard.
Managing Donald Trump is impossible.
Having the right fight amongst themselves while Democrats unite is not a recipe for winning.
The single message from Trump for the next ninety days needs to be MAGA stands for Make Affordable (Great)(Groceries)(Gas)(Goods) Again. The clock is ticking and a winnable race is slipping away through choices, not chance."
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"Snatching Defeat From the Jaws of Victory"
Erick-Woods Erickson
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Tories have been planting candidates with Reform.
These Reform candidates that have been announcing they have suddenly discovered Reform might be a bit racist are in fact Conservative plants making it all up.
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/richard-tice-reform-reform-uk-tories-trojan-horse-b1168256.html -
Will Sir Keir Starmer be a better PM than Tony Blair?
Also how does he compare to other Labour prime ministers?
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But makes an interesting read from start to finish
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Whose votes are reform really taking
The Tories say reform is a wasted vote and will let Labour in but could it be the other way around and we’ll end up back with the Tories ?
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Takes a bet on the date of the election when he is one of Sunak’s right hand men
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/13/david-cameron-rishi-sunak-aide-craig-williams-bet-election-date-foolish -
https://metro.co.uk/2024/05/31/ex-police-officer-wife-jailed-sharing-murder-scene-footage-20948122/?ico=related-posts
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Another half a policy (Edited)
Not completed as expected but pushed through half baked at the last minute
Still they have had only 14 years to do it all. Of this and many others that were promised but didn’t get through due to the call for an election
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13457019/Michael-Gove-QUITS-parliament-election.html?ito=pull-notification&ci=11XPci7RyZ&xi=5cd6a8c4-8e93-4ce9-9ee5-59cab17d42cc&ai=13457019
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Superb reporting last night on tv
Take time to watch
https://youtu.be/d9Rv9xTdUHY?si=gHRu5AvsCrH-6XJH -
https://www.mylondon.news/news/london-assembly-member-quits-after-29128577?int_source=nba
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University bosses visit Downing Street
https://amp.theguardian.com/education/article/2024/may/09/university-chiefs-show-leadership-gaza-protests-gillian-keegan
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https://news.sky.com/story/tory-mp-natalie-elphicke-defects-to-labour-party-13131581?authId=1*1khybd2*_a*d0JnX29USDdzZXpuYjJpZ19fQV9mSm9nQ0lwWkdGWUJoTnhQam9wWU1HMl9SWlNMRzRsS1ZOVDV1ZTB5XzIyZw..
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https://news.sky.com/story/amp/conservative-andy-street-suffers-shock-loss-to-labour-in-west-midlands-mayoral-race-in-blow-to-rishi-sunak-13128865
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https://www.standard.co.uk/comment/hamas-gaza-abuse-october-7-london-b1155511.html?dicbo=v2-hnsST4c
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https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2024/may/01/dublin-ireland-police-buses-dismantle-tent-city-asylum-seekers
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https://freespeechunion.org/sex-is-biological-fact-nhs-declares-in-landmark-pushback-against-gender-ideology/
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Holocaust memorials covered up
Precautionary?
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Even GB News viewers have abandoned the Tories
In a GB News poll the viewers put Labour ahead of Conservative when asked which party will win the General Election.
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https://news.sky.com/story/steven-spielberg-warns-of-rising-antisemitism-and-extremism-in-wake-of-israel-hamas-war-13102080
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Probably the craziest by-election in years. Safe Labour seat with no Labour candidate. Former Labour candidate disqualified for saying something about the Gaza conflict that may well be true.
By-election won by George Galloway of the Workers Party. 2nd in the voting was an independent candidate. All the main parties finished well down.
The was a funny moment when a young person equated Gaza with Gazza. "we have to support Gaza because he once played for England".
But what I thought was most noticeable about the result was what sore losers Reform UK are. Richard Tice, their leader, moaning the result was unfair and this was not democracy.
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The Ultimate Job Offer. Information from "Above The Law".
Clarence Thomas has a life-long appointment to the US Supreme Court.
In 2023 "ProPublica" uncovered evidence that this senior Supreme Court justice took hundreds of thousands of dollars in undisclosed gifts over a long period.
Thomas had wealthy buddies cover private school tuition for his family on his behalf, provide his mother rent-free housing, funnel money from a right-wing advocacy group to his wife under the table, and buy him an RV. [ Recreation Vehicle ]
He has now been offered $1million a year pension and a £2 million vehicle to retire by John Oliver, a TV show host.
Thomas has denied wrongdoing and said he was advised that he did not need to disclose trips and gifts from wealthy donors, who are some of his “dearest friends.”
“Early in my tenure at the court, I sought guidance from my colleagues and others in the judiciary, and was advised that this sort of personal hospitality from close personal friends, who did not have business before the court, was not reportable,” Thomas said in a statement in April, The Washington Post previously reported.
In the wake of deep scrutiny, the Supreme Court announced in November that it had adopted a new code of conduct, but that it did not have a way to enforce those standards against those who fall short.
Clarence Thomas has for years claimed income from a defunct real estate firm
It was for that reason that Oliver decided it was time to put his own pocket on the line. And if $1 million a year until either of the men die is not enough, Oliver said, then taking the deal is probably “the perfect way to find out who your real friends actually are.” -
Putin Says He Was Disappointed by Tucker Carlson’s Soft Questions
What question would you like to ask President Putin?
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Liars get a conditional discharge
They lied their a…s off when questioned and in court but only got conditional discharges
Firstly “someone stuck the images on us”
Secondly “ we were handed the images but didn’t realise what they were”
Thirdly “ they stood for peace”
What utter rubbish
https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/13/three-guilty-of-terror-offence-over-paraglider-images-at-uk-palestine-march
Let’s hope, if they work/worked, they’ve been sacked because I wouldn’t work or even want to live next to such rotten liars -
Trump wants Putin as his Vice President.
Putin already has Trump as his...
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https://news.sky.com/story/home-secretary-james-cleverly-apologises-after-joking-about-spiking-his-wifes-drink-13037198
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With who is minister for what, with so many resignations and reshuffles here’s the latest
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Why the West fears Trump, but the rest of the World does not.
A very interesting view. Your thoughts?
https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2023/11/29/why-west-fears-trumps-return-but-the-rest-of-the-world-does-not/ -
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12649181/amp/citi-husainova-gaza-israel-citibank.html?ico=amp_articleRelated_with_images
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https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/breaking-police-fine-24-people-31184673
