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Independent consultant: mainly alcohol & other drugs issues. Failing to retire gracefully.
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James O’Brien
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Tan Dhesi MP
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I was born and raised here. Countless brave Sikh soldiers died for Britain, proudly wearing their turban and kirpan. Thankfully, Rupert and Restore don't get to decide what is British. Beware … today they’re coming for me, but tomorrow it could be you!
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Andrew Levi
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Incitement to riot is a serious criminal offence (Public Order Act 1986). So are encouraging/assisting offending, causing fear/provoking immediate violence, stirring up racial hatred, & terrorism (variously under POA 1986, Serious Crime Act 2007, Terrorism Act 2006 etc). Enforce the law.
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♥️ Liverpool Legend 👑 Kenny Dalglish reveals he is rubbish at using social media ✊🏻
#YNWA
#JFT97
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Liverpool legend Sir Kenny Dalglish reveals he is receiving treatment for cancer
Sir Kenny Dalglish has revealed he is receiving treatment for cancer
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jun/02/liverpool-legend-sir-kenny-dalglish-reveals-he-is-receiving-treatment-for-cancer
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Dr Rosena Allin-Khan MP
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My position on Netanyahu's outrageous Gaza land grab.
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👀 “the significant decision taken more than eight months ago to recognise Palestine as a state should have been only the first step of many but nothing further had been done since to help bring about a two-state solution.”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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UK government has failed Palestinian people, says senior Labour MP
Emily Thornberry criticises Israel’s ‘staggering’ sense of impunity and rebukes Donald Trump for abandoning Gaza
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/02/uk-government-failed-palestinian-people-emily-thornberry
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Janine Gibson
2 days ago
The glorious celebration of journalism that is the Paul Foot Awards feat. the exceptionally worthy shortlist being celebrated by Ian Hislop and the winner,
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for Democracy For Sale’s brilliant work exposing Labour Together
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Hildur Knútsdóttir
2 days ago
Throwback to when a TV station in Iceland accidentally aired an episode of Teletubbies with subtitles from the Sopranos 👌🏼
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Striped rock dismissed as natural in 1928 reclassified as UK’s oldest cave art
Scientific dating proves streaks on walls of Bacon Hole, near the Mumbles in south Wales, is Palaeolithic rock art
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jun/01/striped-rock-dismissed-as-natural-reclassified-uk-oldest-cave-art-mumbles-south-wales
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🫵🏻👀 Who’d have thought it? Turns out that the weirdo who made up a computer program when he was at Uni so he and his weirdo mates could rate the attractiveness of women (obviously the women didn’t know or consent) grew up to be an utter bastard 🤷🏼
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Meta legal action forces Facebook whistleblower to sit in silence at Hay festival
Sarah Wynn-Williams did not speak during event after lawyers warned of possible sanctions from tech firm
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/31/meta-legal-action-forces-facebook-whistleblower-to-stay-silent-at-hay-festival?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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👀 All Together Now … “We warned you about this!” 🗑️ Palantir!
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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FCA’s Palantir deal could expose UK financial data to Trump’s US, critics fear
Exclusive: MP and campaigners say sensitive citizen and company data could be subject to US disclosure laws
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jun/01/fcas-palantir-deal-could-expose-uk-financial-data-to-trumps-us-critics-fear
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Andy Burnham: ‘I am committed to proportional representat...
Greater Manchester mayor and potential Labour leadership challenger vows overhaul of electoral system to transform British democracy if he gets into No 10
https://observer.co.uk/news/politics/article/andy-burnham-i-am-committed-to-proportional-representation
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Ash Preston
4 days ago
You know what we don't talk enough about? Queen & Annie Lennox/David Bowie rehearsing 'Under Pressure' in 1992. So much going on! Everyone's clothes, Bowie with a lit cig throughout, where Annie PROPER GOES FOR IT, George Michael singing along in the background. The amazing vocals. Yes, please!
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays)
3 days ago
After the terrible murder of Henry Nowak, the perpetrator was convicted for murder + also convicted for carrying an unlawful large blade (with his claims of a religiious exemption or for self-defence rejected). "Ramblings of a Sikh" blogs on the case
ramblingsofasikh.substack.com/p/henry-nowa...
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Henry Nowak's Murder: The Kirpan, The Law & the Response
A response to the conviction of Vickrum Digwa - what the kirpan exemption under UK law actually says, why calls to ban it miss the point, and what comes next.
https://ramblingsofasikh.substack.com/p/henry-nowaks-murder-the-kirpan-the
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Mic Wright
5 days ago
Pete Wylie is a pop genius. I know lots of the right people rate him but he deserves to be lauded so much more
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Prof Christina Pagel
5 days ago
this is really good news!
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www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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UN adds Israel and Russia to blacklist for sexual violence in conflict
Organisation cites abuse, including rape of male detainees, by security forces of governments which have blocked UN investigators
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/29/un-israel-russia-blacklist-sexual-violence-conflict
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мɑгκ
6 days ago
Fun fact: to keep production costs low, many Star Trek scenes were filmed on Earth.
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Natalie Haynes
5 days ago
🗣️ Dinosaur! POV: you ask Natalie Haynes a question at Hay Festival…
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Dr Kat Day (she/her) 🏳️🌈
6 days ago
This weekend, 30/31st, is a blue moon – the second full moon in May. It symbolises endings, completion of karmic cycles, and the exposure of secrets… … Scientifically, it’s a micromoon – when the moon is at its apogee, furthest from Earth. It’ll appear 10–15% smaller than usual 🌝
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Otto English
6 days ago
Least of issues I know but this "veteran" campaign strategy really winds me up. Kenyon isn't a veteran and was never mobilised. He was in the British Army Reserve. People like my father meanwhile fought in actual wars - and though my dad also served as a councillor he'd never ever mention it.
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Alan Lester
5 days ago
In Sept last year The Times columnist Matthew Syed wrote that “Operation Raise the Colours” was a sign that “we live in a great nation”. Any second thoughts now that the organisers have been arrested for violent crimes including murder?
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Dr. Jeevun Sandher MP
5 days ago
Farage got a £5m “gift” from his billionaire crypto mate. Now Reform is offering a 14% tax cut to crypto billionaires. The grift is simple: divide people, reward their billionaire mates. We're better than that.
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Scientists for Global Responsibility
5 days ago
Demilitarise Education has exposed £2.5bn+ in arms partnerships at UK universities in the last 8 years. Now, 82% of UK universities no longer invest in arms companies. Jinsella Kennaway explains how campaigner pressure can shift policies towards arms exclusion. 👇🧪
www.youtube.com/watch?v=387F...
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UK universities and the arms trade
YouTube video by Scientists for Global Responsibility
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=387FgUNSjr0
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Prof Christina Pagel
6 days ago
This would be a crime against humanity
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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Israeli minister confirms goal of large-scale expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza
Human rights groups and lawyers say ‘voluntary migration’ policy amounts to ethnic cleansing
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/28/israels-defence-minister-says-large-scale-palestinian-migration-from-gaza-will-go-ahead?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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👀 🐸 🇷🇺 Russia needs to sort out its relationship with “Reform UK Party Limited™️©️®️” They need to be more focused and concentrate on just doing one thing out of three: 🇷🇺 Writing their foreign policy, or 🇷🇺 Bribing them, or 🇷🇺 Hacking them Roubles don’t grow on 🌳🌳
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Report ‘phone hack’ to police or I will do it for you, Labour chair tells Farage
Anna Turley gives Reform leader 24 hours to report Russian hacking claim in ‘public and national interest’
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/27/nigel-farage-phone-hacking-claims
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Labour united in view that unemployed multi-millionaire is ignoring inequality - shock
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Andy Burnham accuses Tony Blair of ignoring inequality as he hits back at ex-PM
Labour mayor Burnham and former minister Streeting were responding to the former PM's 5,600-word essay.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgp4llnn12o
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🤷🏼 Would it be simpler just to suspend every 3rd “Reform” councillor until they’re proven not to be a hideous racist 🤷🏼 Only reinstate if ✖️Some other “Reform” character turns out to be worse or ✖️ They say something funnier than “Is it because I is Buddhist Bro?”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Calls for Barnsley Reform councillor to resign over apparent swastika tattoo
Publicly accessible Facebook images dating back to 2018 appear to show the symbol on Andy Arnold’s arm
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/27/calls-barnsley-reform-councillor-resign-apparent-swastika-tattoo
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👀 Tony Blair’s political advice … 🫵🏻 “Choose your direction …”🫵🏻 👇🏻 👉🏻👈🏻 👆🏻 Right a bit … Right a bit … Right a bit … Right a bit further … A bit further Right … Right a bit more … Much much further to the Right …
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‘Choose your direction first’: Blair says Labour needs debate before selecting new leader – UK politics live
Tony Blair has accused Starmer, Burnham and Streeting of putting Labour’s future at risk amid leadership speculation
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/may/27/tony-blair-keir-starmer-wes-streeting-andy-burnham-mahmood-labour-leadership-latest-news-updates
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Tiny alienlike blue octopus discovered lurking off the Galápagos Islands
This teensy creature was discovered along a deep-sea mountain
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/tiny-alien-like-blue-octopus-discovered-lurking-off-the-galapagos-islands/
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🚨 Tony Blair still hasn’t fucked off then …
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Tony Blair tells Starmer and rivals: abandon net zero and move closer to Trump
In highly unusual intervention, ex-PM says his party’s ‘almost infinite capacity for self-delusion’ makes it likely to lose next election
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/26/tony-blair-labour-abandon-net-zero-support-donald-trump
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Wow And considering domestic abuse is estimated to be hugely underreported …
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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One in five people arrested over 2024 riots have since been reported for domestic abuse
Exclusive: Police data shows 21% of the 949 people detained in England and Northern Ireland were later accused of violence against intimate partner
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/may/26/one-in-five-people-arrested-over-2024-riots-have-since-been-reported-for-domestic-abuse?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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SHAAP
11 days ago
Ireland was set to introduce world first alcohol health labels yesterday. After intensive industry lobbying (including seven ministerial meetings in four months) the government delayed them until 2028... via
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on the familiar pattern of industry influence on policy.
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Sheila Gilheany: New alcohol labels should have been introduced today, but lobbyists derailed them
More than half of all deaths in Ireland are caused by four industries — alcohol, tobacco, fossil fuels, and unhealthy foods, all of which resist public health measures
https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41848824.html
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John Drury
12 days ago
British Journal of Social Psychology is inviting applications for the role of Associate Editor I did this job once, and learned a lot from it.
@bpsofficial.bsky.social
bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
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<em>British Journal of Social Psychology</em> | Wiley Online Library
<em>British Journal of Social Psychology</em> is an international journal publishing impactful basic and applied social psychological research from all parts of the world.
https://bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/20448309/cfa-ae
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🚨 The NHS doesn’t give unconditional backhanders in crypto- or any other currency to Nigel The NHS is working for you Nigel isn’t … … unless you’re one of the dodgy characters giving him money
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Katie Schmuecker
8 days ago
📣 New from
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Blunt cuts to social security don’t work- we need to tackle root causes of need. Hitting govt 80% employment target would reduce Universal Credit spend by £10bn Polling shows 59% public want causes to be tackled. Just 20% want restricted eligibility & 8% cut rates.
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Good Ol’ fashioned American hospitality …
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Alice Roberts
9 days ago
I’ve been reading a lot about the end of the Roman republic recently, and the slide of that empire into imperial monarchy. The stamping of the leader’s face on coins, colossal statues and a reworking of the forum. But even Augustus didn’t build himself a ballroom-fortress.
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Campbell Stevenson
9 days ago
Defence budget needs a boost
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THE NERVE
9 days ago
Good morning. 😎 Your bank holiday long read… The billionaire, the £30m political donations - and the pro-crypto commitments A timeline 🧵⤵️
www.thenerve.news/p/investigat...
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Prof Nisreen Alwan
12 days ago
Public health is largely absent from politicians' messaging nowadays. I don't mean healthcare. I mean things to do with the prevention of ill health. What are those things? what people eat, drink, breathe, use to get around & care for eachother. And how people can afford to do these things well.
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Lying, lying, lying fraudster under pressure to prove that he might have told the truth at some point or other …
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Farage under mounting pressure to prove Russian hack claim
Reform UK leader claims ‘counter-espionage experts’ suggest state-sponsored hackers are behind disclosure of £5m gift
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/24/farage-mounting-pressure-prove-russian-hack-claim?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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James Ball
10 days ago
This is exactly the same bullshit trick Labour Together pulled – claiming a Russian hack without evidence to change the narrative on a negative story. The Mail was pretty furious about the whole thing, as I recall.
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🚨🍺 Nigel Farage appealing for someone, literally anyone, to donate him the price of 1,000,000 pints … Nigel Farage says he would ‘like to buy man a pint’
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Rachel Reeves tells foul-mouthed Reform UK heckler good manners matter
Chancellor wins support from Conservative Mel Stride, while Nigel Farage says he would ‘like to buy man a pint’
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/21/rachel-reeves-foul-mouthed-reform-uk-heckler-good-manners-matter
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London mayor Sadiq Khan blocks £50m Met police deal with Palantir
Exclusive: Scotland Yard had been in talks to use Palantir’s AI technology to automate intelligence analysis
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/may/21/london-mayor-sadiq-khan-blocks-met-police-deal-with-palantir
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Boycott Divestment Sanctions ✊🏻🇵🇸
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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Israeli security minister stirs diplomatic outrage with flotilla activist abuse video
Far-right figure Itamar Ben-Gvir shares footage of himself taunting bound international detainees
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/20/israeli-security-minister-itamar-ben-gvir-stirs-diplomatic-outrage-with-flotilla-activist-abuse-video
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