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Nick of the Northbank
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1. The Green Party does have a fairly coherent economic strategy, probably a lot more coherent than the gvtās. Whether you agree with it or not is another matter 2. Polanskiās positions on NATO - a long term need to either reform or replace so as to reduce reliance on US - are nuanced and common
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Jonathan Portes
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Deeply depressing. Just lazy soundbites and bad economics. Populism without racism is infinitely preferable to the combination. But Greens badly need something that actually resembles a coherent economic strategy.
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What I learned from my first few weeks as a Green MP? Most politicians have no clue how tough things are out there | Hannah Spencer
With this escalating cost of living crisis, so many are really suffering ā yet Labour lacks the imagination, boldness and will to do anything about it, says Green party MP Hannah Spencer
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/03/weeks-green-mp-politicians-clue-cost-living-labour
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Jacobin
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The generational warfare promoted by centrists and the Right, who have long been desperate to cut and privatize Social Security, is a foolās solution to what ails the system. Taxing the rich is the answer.
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Choose Class War, Not Boomer Resentment
The generational warfare promoted by centrists and the Right, who have long been desperate to cut and privatize Social Security, is a foolās solution to what ails the system. Taxing the rich is the answer.
https://jacobin.com/2026/04/social-security-inequality-boomers-taxes?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign&utm_content=ap_4dmkk6pjvm
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Frances Ryan
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āDisabled women are increasingly seen as stats and stereotypes ā reduced entirely to our disabilities, or robbed of the dignity of being believed we have one.ā Me on why itās time to hear from disabled women in our own words. (Luckily, I wrote a book on it.)
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The face of British disability is increasingly young and female. It's time to hear from them | Frances Ryan
My book about disabled women grew in relevance as I wrote it, exposing the heartlessness of proposed harsh benefit cuts, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/17/disability-women-benefit-cuts-who-wants-normal-frances-ryan
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flyingrodent
about 2 hours ago
Perhaps it was on a defensive mission over Iran
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Jacobin
2 days ago
In Iran and Lebanon, the US and Israeli militaries are bombing dense residential blocks, destroying civilian infrastructure, slaughtering children, and assassinating health workers. If it sounds familiar, itās because this is the Gaza playbook.
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The US and Israel Are Making Gaza-Style War the New Normal
In Iran and Lebanon, the US and Israeli militaries are bombing dense residential blocks, destroying civilian infrastructure, slaughtering children, and assassinating health workers. If it sounds familiar, itās because this is the Gaza playbook.
https://jacobin.com/2026/04/israel-gaza-iran-war-crimes?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign&utm_content=ap_b8afmytb2u
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Nick of the Northbank
3 days ago
Absolutely core statement
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European Greens
3 days ago
From 1 April 2026, gym bros wanting to launch a podcast will need: ā”ļø a basic fact-checking license ā”ļø able to season chicken ā”ļø proof that they can go 10 min without saying āalpha mindsetā Repeat offenders will be forced to listen to @_BoldPolitics to actually learn something.
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George Monbiot
3 days ago
Another triumph for deregulation! By saving a few million in monitoring and enforcement, our governments have landed us with a vast illegal waste dumping problem, new organised crime networks and a clean-up bill that could run to tens of billions. My column.
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Say hello to the UKās most successful growth industry: organised waste crime | George Monbiot
Thanks to a sustained ideological assault on regulation, our country has been turned into a literal dump, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/01/organised-waste-crime-dump-uk-environment
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We Own It
3 days ago
šØYour water bills are going up again today, in England and Wales. Private water companies are sucking us dry: āPaying themselves billions in dividends āPaying their CEOs Ā£1.7 million a year on average āLoaded up companies with debt. AND WE ALL PAY FOR IT.
www.mirror.co.uk/money/water-...
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Water bills are rising for millions of homes today - see how much you'll pay
In England and Wales, water bills will rise by an average of £33 a year, or 5.4%, from April 2026
https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/water-bills-rising-millions-homes-36939141
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Compass
3 days ago
šThis is how privatisation works: 1. Underinvest, pile on debt, and siphon off billions in dividends. 2. Send the bill to the public when youāve turned rivers into open sewers. 3. Repeat. Time to kick out profiteers and put the public in control. Time for public ownership.
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Josiah Mortimer
3 days ago
Interesting litmus test for the Greens' anti-Reform positioning? "Green Party candidates were elected to Penryn Town Council with a 75% of all votes cast, nearly 3 times the number cast for Reform & Labour combined." Greens say their membership in Cornwall has more than tripled in the last year.
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Reform UK fails to win three out of four local elections
The Green Party has claimed a landslide victory among the votes in Cornwall last week
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/reform-uk-fails-win-three-10892786
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LSE Blogs
3 days ago
Israelās war with Iran reflects its new regional strategy on foreign and security policy. Following 7 October 2023, Israel has shifted from longāstanding containment strategies to an activistāoffensive posture. Amnon Aran for the
@lsemiddleeast.bsky.social
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Israelās War with Iran Reflects its New Regional Strategy - Middle East Centre
Israelās decision to attack Iran be seen, in part, as an attempt to exploit the weakened position of Iran's regional allies, writes Amnon Aran.
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/mec/2026/03/31/israels-war-with-iran-reflects-its-new-regional-strategy/
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38 Degrees
3 days ago
Join more than 141,482 people already calling on the visit to be called off:
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Call off the Kingās visit to the US for the 250th anniversary of America's independence
With the current political chaos in the US and Trumpās failure to adhere to international norms, and given his apparent obsession with the Monarchy, calling off this visit would send a powerful messag...
https://38d.gs/USvisit_SMC_bsky3
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Owen Jones
2 days ago
Tony Blair's latest bile underlines the desperation of Israel's cheerleaders. New column š
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Tony Blair says the left is in āunholy allianceā with Islamists. Itās a desperate last ploy to quell the anger over Gaza | Owen Jones
The former PM has no valid response when progressives raise a voice over war crimes, so he seeks to mute them. But weāll take no moral lectures from him, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/01/tony-blair-left-islamism-israel
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We Own It
2 days ago
Today your annual water bill goes up by Ā£33 to Ā£639 on average. šSo what are YOU paying for? About a third of your bill is going on shareholder payouts and debt š¤And what are THEY paying for? 1/2
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Jacobin
2 days ago
German imperialism was responsible for the first genocide of the 20th century in its Namibian colony. The countryās socialist movement spoke out vehemently against the atrocities, offering solidarity across the barriers of race and geography.
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When German Socialists Mobilized Against Genocide in Namibia
German imperialism was responsible for the first genocide of the 20th century in its Namibian colony. The countryās socialist movement spoke out vehemently against the atrocities, offering solidarity across the barriers of race and geography.
https://jacobin.com/2026/03/germany-herero-genocide-spd-colonialism?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign&utm_content=ap_aciwe4z5mo
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We Own It
2 days ago
šFeargal Sharkey's absolutely right. Public ownership of water is a no-brainer, And 82% of the public agrees.
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Chris Dillow
2 days ago
Good. Problem is, though, that once you say that the biggest political decision of recent years was wrong, you have to look at why our public sphere was so bad as to cause such a decision.
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Working Class History
4 days ago
#OtD
31 Mar 2009 Belfast workers spontaneously occupied the Visteon Ford car parts plant in response to its closure. The next day, Visteon workers in North London occupied their plant while workers at Basildon trashed their site offices
stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1038...
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Jeremy Corbyn
3 days ago
Israel has passed the death penalty solely for Palestinians, enforced through military courts with a 96% conviction rate. Israeli Minister Ben Gvir popped champagne. The Israeli government is raising a toast to genocidal apartheid. The UK government is arming and funding it.
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Josiah Mortimer
3 days ago
Wales Green Party leader Anthony Slaughter said the party is ready to be the ākingmakersā at the Senedd election. The party is launching its campaign today. Greens are running a full slate of candidates in Wales. They're the main challengers to Reform in six marginal seats, new polling suggests.
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Will Hayward - Wales Journo
3 days ago
At the Wales Green Party campaign launch. Write up coming later
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European Greens
3 days ago
The Israeli government has approved the death penalty, but only to be used against Palestinians. This is deadly discrimination by design. We reiterate our call for strong sanctions and namely full arms embargo and suspension of the EU association agreement.
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Jon Bloomfield
3 days ago
Superb. Really engaging discussion on the populist right and how to challenge them, with
@goldbergradio.bsky.social
probing intelligently and
@davidedgar1.bsky.social
and
@liambyrnemp.bsky.social
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Compass
3 days ago
The Australian Labor Party did something most social democrats can't this decade - win ANOTHER election. But how did they do it and what can UK Labour learn? We sat down with New South Wales Legislative Council Member Anthony d'Adam to find out.
www.compassonline.org.uk/lessons-from...
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Lessons from Down Under - Compass
A conversation between the Compass team and a representative of Albanese's Australian Labor Party.
https://www.compassonline.org.uk/lessons-from-down-under/
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Grace Blakeley
3 days ago
The plan was simple: give stuff away for cheap, capture market share, and then increase prices. It worked during the first tech boom. But this strategy doesn't pay off in a world of low growth, high interest rates, and strained supply chains.
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The Iran War could Burst the AI Bubble
The AI boom depends on cheap energy, easy credit, and global supply chains. War is putting all three at risk.
https://substack.com/home/post/p-192710629
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38 Degrees
3 days ago
Let's send a message from the British public: we want Palantir OUT of our NHS.
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End Palantirās NHS contract NOW
Palantir, the controversial U.S. company working with ICE and the Israeli military, has access to our private data via NHS databases. We need the Government to trigger the break clause on theirā¦
https://38d.gs/breakclause_smc_bsky
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Jacobin
4 days ago
Critics of Marx often get the great socialist thinker wrong. We're here to set the record straight.
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Eight Marxist Claims That May Surprise You
Critics of Marx often get the great socialist thinker wrong. We're here to set the record straight.
https://jacobin.com/2019/01/karl-marx-engels-capitalism-political-economy
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flyingrodent
4 days ago
Probably not a good sign that the opening gambit is nasty ethnic slurs about group members seen as pandering and deferential. Where are you going to go when itās time to turn the hate up to 11, Stephen.
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Compass
4 days ago
The Right would rather eat each other become allies. The public would rather they eat each other too. Progressives can't afford to waste this chance. The progressive majority exists and now is the time to make it a reality.
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Rupert Read
4 days ago
Watch my talk, to a packed hall of climate advocates in Guildford, on how the
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crisis of food and fuel will forge our future: a future in which preparedness/ adaptation/resilience IS rapidly taking centre-stage.
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Facing The Future š The Moment Is Now | Rupert Read on #SAFER & Ecosystem Collapse | CMP
In this urgent and galvanising talk delivered at the Southeast Climate Alliance's Annual Gathering, Prof. Rupert Read ā philosopher, activist, and co-founder of the Climate Majority Project ā arguesā¦
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b23VODy3y_w
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Owen Jones
4 days ago
The big defining test of our time: Do you think Palestinian life has equal worth? Our politicians and media outlets don't even pretend to pass it.
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flyingrodent
4 days ago
It looks like nobody fancies dealing with Trump, his insane war, looming financial calamity and another summer of the far right running wild in the street while Farage, the Tories, the Mail and the Sun cheer them on.
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Zack Polanski
4 days ago
The Green Party are the party of the workers. Lower bills. Raise wages. And take on the cost of living crisis.
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Jacobin
4 days ago
To tax the richest Americans, we need to go after their wealth, not just their income. Two proposals ā one in California, one in Congress ā could finally do it. The alternative is an ever-more-powerful billionaire class that threatens democracy itself.
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We Canāt Income-Tax Ultra-Elites. We Must Tax Their Wealth.
To tax the richest Americans, we need to go after their wealth, not just their income. Two proposals ā one in California, one in Congress ā could finally do it. The alternative is an ever-more-powerful billionaire class that threatens democracy itself.
https://jacobin.com/2026/03/wealth-tax-sanders-khanna-billionaires-california?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign&utm_content=ap_7b0tz6t0km
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Jeremy Corbyn
4 days ago
Spain has closed its airspace to US planes involved in attacks on Iran. Meanwhile, the UK is letting US bombers land, refuel and re-arm. Complicity is always a choice ā and our government has chosen to drag Britain into an illegal war.
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flyingrodent
4 days ago
Fuhrerbunker or Epstein temple, or maybe both
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Owen Jones
4 days ago
I went to Cuba - and saw a society being destroyed by US warfare. Watch the documentary exclusively in advance by signing up š
www.patreon.com/posts/154338...
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Gerry Hassan
4 days ago
Is Kemi Badenoch proposing the nationalisation of North Sea oil? Of course she is not. Rather she is just engaging in empty virtue signalling & the right's love of fossil fuels: whose big corporates just happen to bankroll large parts of the UK right-wing.
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Jacobin
4 days ago
The Leftās urban success is often credited to progressive, homogenous populations, but thatās superficial. When budgets allow, cities make redistribution and public investment far easier to deliver and their benefits further-reaching.
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Why the Left Wins in Cities
The Leftās urban success is often credited to progressive, homogenous populations, but thatās superficial. When budgets allow, cities make redistribution and public investment far easier to deliver and their benefits further-reaching.
https://jacobin.com/2026/03/left-mayors-hidalgo-colau-mamdani?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign&utm_content=ap_h6zig5lvqt
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Jacobin
4 days ago
The No Kings rallies have evolved beyond basic anti-Trump liberalism. Their messaging is sharply antiwar, anti-oligarchy, and far more substantive than the āresistanceā politics of Donald Trumpās first term. The Left should be proud to participate.
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The No Kings Protests Are Cause for Hope
The No Kings rallies have evolved beyond basic anti-Trump liberalism. Their messaging is sharply antiwar, anti-oligarchy, and far more substantive than the āresistanceā politics of Donald Trumpās first term. The Left should be proud to participate.
https://jacobin.com/2026/03/no-kings-protest-trump-authoritarianism?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign&utm_content=ap_pgszav6fa7
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flyingrodent
4 days ago
We did several test runs for āthe public are unreasonable greedy bastards who want unicorns and a magic money treeā and it didnāt catch on, but I imagine thereāll be another big punt for that one soon.
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Jacobin
4 days ago
Elon Musk sells us sovereignty through technology in an age of crisis. Muskism resembles past futurisms, but with an important difference: this time, the question of who owns the machines is paramount.
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Muskism Is the Specter Stalking Our Present
Elon Musk sells us sovereignty through technology in an age of crisis. Muskism resembles past futurisms, but with an important difference: this time, the question of who owns the machines is paramount.
https://jacobin.com/2026/03/muskism-futurism-fordism-sovereignty-technology?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign&utm_content=ap_mxvexejxau
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Will Hayward - Wales Journo
4 days ago
I spent the day at Welsh Labour's manifesto launch. There is A LOT to say about it. Check it out my analysis:
willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/inside-wel...
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Inside Welsh Labourās manifesto
We took a look at what they are offering.
http://willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/inside-welsh-labours-manifesto
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Jacobin
4 days ago
During the conflict in the North of Ireland, British security forces colluded with loyalist paramilitaries responsible for hundreds of sectarian murders. The record of collusion should be a cautionary tale for the contemporary US as the far right grows.
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The Sordid History of State Collusion With the Far Right
During the conflict in the North of Ireland, British security forces colluded with loyalist paramilitaries responsible for hundreds of sectarian murders. The record of collusion should be a cautionary tale for the contemporary US as the far right grows.
https://jacobin.com/2026/03/state-collusion-far-right-violence?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign&utm_content=ap_afj6qnstwf
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flyingrodent
4 days ago
Britain also, and let me explain: If important people stop bullshitting and blowing things up for five seconds, reality might intrude and everyone might notice itās just been a series of World War II level war crimes all along. So it can never end, we must plough on forever.
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flyingrodent
4 days ago
Youāll recall that we canāt more cheaply produce generic drugs, because that is dumb student politics.
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David Harvey
4 days ago
Join the livestream at 6:30 pm [ET] tonight to watch
@davidharvey.org
discuss his new book, The Story of Capital: What Everyone Should Know About How Capital Works, published by
@versobooks.bsky.social
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@adamtooze.bsky.social
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youtube.com/live/gJNhbXt...
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The Story of Capital: Book Launch with David Harvey in Conversation with Adam Tooze
YouTube video by The People's Forum NYC
https://youtube.com/live/gJNhbXtlJrw?feature=share
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38 Degrees
4 days ago
Some things are bigger on the inside. From the TARDIS to the local news, the BBC is woven into the fabric of the UK. Itās ad-free, independent, and belongs to all of us. We canāt let this national treasure be exterminated. Are you with us?
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