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Retired NHS physio, aspire to connection and a wholesome life.
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Mr RobertBob
about 5 hours ago
All articles, research and data as well as every poll say the same. Brexit was, is and always will be a disaster. We are poorer, less free and more politically and socially isolated. I will only vote for a party with clear timed route into SM, CU and then EU.
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Thanks to Trump, weβve edged closer to Europe, but the en...
Hard lessons and harsher realities are steering us back towards our neighbours. Sadly, mistrust remains the biggest barrier
https://observer.co.uk/news/columnists/article/thanks-to-trump-weve-edged-closer-to-europe-but-the-entente-isnt-always-cordiale
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Jon Cooper
about 9 hours ago
Oh, yeah, that was the Obama Iran deal.
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2 horses died at Aintree today. Steeplechase racing is a threat to horses lives. Personally I won't watch. It's not entertaining with such a high risk to life.
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Climate News
1 day ago
Nigel Farage says something idiotic. BBC: βHeβs got a point!β Average British voter: βBBC is a high quality news sourceβ And so the world needs to keep blundering along while the UK helps to destroy our civilisation.
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Aaron Rupar
2 days ago
Buttigieg: "For the leader of this country to make a nakedly genocidal threat against another civilization as if the US was a death star that was going around blowing up civilizations, of course that is a new low ... the whole country is being judged just for tolerating that kind of thing at the WH"
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Ed Wilson
1 day ago
#R4Today
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Leftbobgolfer
3 days ago
This is a sniffing dog trained to look for slackers wasting time on digital media. Looks like he found one!!!
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David Osland
3 days ago
82% of the public want water utilities under social ownership and Thames Water will be available cheaply if the government simply lets it go bust. What - other than an ideological commitment to privatisation - is stopping this happening?
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The Liberal BoJack
3 days ago
I donβt think people around the world realize how bad the attack on Lebanon was today. Itβs BAD. Like 9/11 BAD. Hospitals are overflowing and do not have enough blood. We still donβt know what the death toll is. This is TERRORISM. Pure and Simple. April 8. Never forget.
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Good Trouble πΊπΈ
4 days ago
Greed at its worse.
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George Monbiot
3 days ago
This is key to political understanding: austerity causes a rise in support for the far right. BTW, austerity is *not over*, unless you accept the meaningless official definition. A meaningful definition is "a decline in public services caused by a shortfall in funding".
catherinedevries.eu/NHS.pdf
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Prem Sikka
3 days ago
Ten years after Brexit, the UK is a divided nation frozen in time. No economic gain, culture wars rife, minorities scapegoated. Parties jostle over who can be more authoritarian; say little about inequalities, civil rights, public ownership, quality of life. Architect of Brexit became richer.
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Ten years after Brexit, this is the UK: a divided nation frozen in time | Aditya Chakrabortty
Tribalism has not faded over the past decade. Instead, new research reveals our politics has become ever-more polarised and fractious, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/09/ten-years-brexit-uk-divided-country
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The Tennessee Holler
4 days ago
Seems bad that our *partner* in this war has what basically amounts to a ceasefire veto where they can drop bombs (we gave them) on civilians, shattering any deal to end a conflict we all know they want to keep going.
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Jodi Jacobson
5 days ago
This is shameful. And to add to the shame, I have not found A SINGLE MAJOR MAINSTREAM JEWISH ORG calling it out. NOT ONE.
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Russell England
4 days ago
"Israel spent two decades under Netanyahu interfering in US politics to bolster GOP, finally found someone in Trump dumb and reckless enough to believe a regime change war in Iran would be easy, and here we are." -
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Henry Mance
4 days ago
The Art of War 1. Start war 2. Kill people 3. Fail to achieve strategic objectives 4. Declare victory 5. Agree ceasefire
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The Tennessee Holler
4 days ago
Ex Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications and Speechwriting under Obamaππ½
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01)
5 days ago
Speaker Johnson, we are calling on you to bring the House back to DC IMMEDIATELY! The Cabinet needs to invoke the 25th Amendment. But Congress canβt just sit on its hands and wait for that to happen when the President is threatening to commit war crimes TONIGHT.
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Kamala Harris
5 days ago
The President of the United States is threatening to commit war crimes and wipe out a "whole civilization" β all because he started a disastrous war of his own making and had no plan and no strategy for how to end it. This is abhorrent, and the American people do not support this.
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SUPPORTING PALESTINE
5 days ago
www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfe...
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Protesters swarm US embassy in Tel Aviv, demanding end of wars
Protesters gathered outside the US embassy in Tel Aviv, calling for an end to the war with Iran and Lebanon.
https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/4/6/protesters-swarm-us-embassy-in-tel-aviv-demanding-end-of-wars?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=user%2FAlJazeera
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Maxwell Frost
5 days ago
The President is openly threatening genocide. A crime against humanity. He must be removed from office. The 25th Amendment must be invoked. If not, Congress has to do our damn job. Speaker Johnson, call us into session. War powers & impeachment. Remove this man from office.
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe)
5 days ago
Professor Philip Murphy of London University calls for the government to hold a referendum on whether he U.K. should start negotiations to
#RejoinEU
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret)
5 days ago
The ravings of a deranged lunatic. The threats of a murderous tyrant.
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Dr Paul Dorfman
5 days ago
Analysis: Record wind and solar saved UK from gas imports worth Β£1bn in March 2026
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-rec...
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Analysis: Record wind and solar saved UK from gas imports worth Β£1bn in March 2026 - Carbon Brief
The UK avoided the need for gas imports worth Β£1bn in March 2026 thanks to record electricity generation from wind and solar, reveals Carbon Brief analysis.
https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-record-wind-and-solar-saved-uk-from-gas-imports-worth-1bn-in-march-2026/
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Wera Hobhouse MP
5 days ago
Trump has threatened to strike civilian targets in Iran. This risks breaching international law. The Government must withdraw permission for the US to use our UK bases so they cannot be used to commit war crimes.
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Iran latest: Israel tells Iranians not to travel by train as Trump threatens to 'demolish' infrastructure
Trump - who has set a deadline of 20:00 on Tuesday (ET) for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz - says "the entire country can be taken out in one night".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5yw4g3z7qgt
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Tiddles The Cat
5 days ago
MPs should fall under the same rules and regulations as Civil Servants
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Aarne Granlund
5 days ago
βWe find that AMOC collapse increases atmospheric carbon dioxide by 47β83 ppm, leading to around 0.2Β°C of additional global warming at higher carbon dioxide background levels after offsetting ocean-dynamics-driven cooling.β Feedbacks in action.
#ClimateHeating
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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Collapse of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation would lead to substantial oceanic carbon release and additional global warming - Communications Earth & Environment
The collapse of Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation would result in increase of 47-83 ppm of global mean atmospheric carbon dioxide and 0. 2 Β°C of additional global warming at higher carb...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-026-03427-w
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Bremain in Spain
6 days ago
The EUβs most consequential election this year Viktor OrbΓ‘n has presided in Hungary since 2010 over what he calls βilliberal democracyβ Heβs one of the global figureheads of the radical right & built an Ideological Network in the UK. Some of those exposed here you will recognise incl Matt Goodwin
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What happens to Britain's radical right if OrbΓ‘n loses?
Inside the money, power and patronage connecting Hungary and the British right
https://democracyforsale.substack.com/p/orbans-brits?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=1iqf2&triedRedirect=true
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6 days ago
βHow lucky is the United States that everytime they look for democracy in other countries they find oil insteadβ- Spain Deputy Gabriel RufiΓ‘n
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European Movement UK
6 days ago
It is in the UKβs national interest to reverse that damage and build back our relationship with the EU, and stop looking to Trump.
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Brent Toderian
6 days ago
Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users. ALL ROAD USERS. What about painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, itβs actually safer to NOT have them. Via
@usa.streetsblog.org
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Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says β Streetsblog USA
Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikesΒ and people in cars and on foot, a new studyΒ of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.
https://usa.streetsblog.org/2019/05/29/protect-yourself-separated-bike-lanes-means-safer-streets-study-says
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Does the UK have a special relationship with a war criminal? Is king Charles still obliged to be the guest of that man?
6 days ago
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Dr Paul Dorfman
7 days ago
Each year nuclear adds only as much net global power capacity as renewables add every two days.
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BobWossamottaU.
7 days ago
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Paul Eric
7 days ago
Former UN human rights director Craig Mokhiber: βIran has not been attacked because it has nuclear weapons, it's been attacked because it does not have nuclear weaponsβ βIran has not started a war with another country in centuriesβ
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Steven Beschloss
7 days ago
This is an actual post. This is not funny. This is beyond desperate. This is a deeply unwell man who doesnβt belong anywhere near the levers of power. Every member of his cabinet and Congress is complicit in not demanding his removal now.
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The pendulum of doom will swing sometime.
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George Monbiot
7 days ago
Translation: Net Zero threatens the value of our proprietor's investments. The world must cook for the sake of his portfolio.
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BBC the far right mouthpiece. Worth the read.
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Justin on eurostar
9 days ago
It's been lovely today seeing lots of people on this platform so enthusiastic about travelling longer distances by train and sharing their experiences. We urgently need governments across Europe to work together to make rail a viable and affordable alternative to air travel.
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RESIST
8 days ago
βBetter to die in Iran for your country and your pride, Then to live in a nation that would ask you to be kind.β Thank You Jesse Welles!
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Abilu Tangwa.
8 days ago
βNature doesnβt need us. We need nature. When the last wild space is paved for profit, no amount of wealth will restore the web of life that feeds and heals us. Shift from exploitation to stewardship. The Earth will thank us β and so will our descendants. π±
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Urban Truth Collective
8 days ago
In Belgium, employees receive compensation for every kilometre they ride, with some cyclists earning up to β¬810 per year. And why not? Biking saves public money for everyone. βAll employees in Belgium who cycle to work are entitled to a bicycle allowance of β¬0.28 per kilometre of their commute.β
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Belgian commutes pay off: Employees earn up to β¬810 for cycling to work
One in five people in Flanders commuted by bike and received compensation last year, but this figure is significantly lower in Brussels and Wallonia.
https://www.brusselstimes.com/1401729/belgian-commutes-pay-off-employees-earn-up-to-e810-for-cycling-to-work
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βThe Iranians have no hatred against Jewsβ | Rabbi Elhanan Beck | UNAPOLOGETIC
YouTube video by Middle East Eye
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Zack Polanski
9 days ago
There is growing evidence of grave violations of International Law that could amount to war crimes. Starmer must stop aiding this war mongering President.
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Iran war: International law experts allege violations in Iran war
The White House says it is making the entire region safer by eliminating short and long-term threats.
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Zack Polanski
9 days ago
If we want secure jobs, a safe climate for the next generation & true energy independence the only route is through renewables. We know it works, it lower bills & makes us safe from energy shocks. We just need politicians brave enough to stand up to the oil & gas lobby & their mates in Reform.
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Caroline Lucas
9 days ago
Did BBC radio 4
#Today
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#climate
change? And not having anyone challenging the one-sided claims of former BP boss? So irresponsible
#bbcr4today
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Tim Burnett
9 days ago
Dyson - a man who took his wealth abroad to avoid paying taxes, moved his manufacturing from Malmesbury to Singapore to avoid UK taxes or employees, promoted the disaster that is Brexit, now trying to lecture on how the UK is struggling. He can fuck off.
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