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NEWS! Ballrooms to be installed in American high schools to protect against shootings newsthump.com/2026/04/27/b...

Great to be co-hosting this 👇

I'm confused are people like Clarkson in favour of 'red tape' or not?

Part of the issue is a lack of growth. A recent study showed that cohorts who experience more GDP growth in their lifetimes are more likely to trust the government and have positive perceptions of their living standards. academic.oup.com/qje/advance-... In Britain, such voters are dying out

Insurance company in being total barstewards shocker. "Essentially what they said is that we would have been covered had the baby not survived. But the fact was that the baby survived." Nice. At least they paid up in the end... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Absolutely right. More on this in the FT. As noted present funding model is both economically stupid and socially divisive. #Productivity puzzle anyone? 🙄. Truly the worst of both worlds, not least given a big chunk of the capital will never be repaid anyway. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

League 1 Minus 10. Middlesbrough 4 Southampton 0. RPs appreciated. Garbage #saintsfc give up. Featuring Odd-Fellows, 10 back but, no one marked, Weak everything, Spreadsheet Management, Azaz life choices and an Inverted Goalkeeper.

War on Christmas

On Truss & Kwarteng in ‘22. Allister Heath, Telegraph: “the best budget I have ever heard a British chancellor deliver". Alex Brummer, Mail: “a genuine Tory package elbowing to one side the Treasury's fiscal conservatism". These men will now be paid actual money for their analysis of today’s budget.

How delightfully quaint some of these old Devon village names are, their etymologies lost in the mists of time.

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www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba... Efforts to deal with this would be a little more convincing if the #EPL wasn’t a rapacious money-hoovering machine in its own right, never mind the illicit activities that surround it. Also this piece seems to conflate organised touting & fake / scam ticket sellers

What on Earth is this? An "in depth" BBC article about free speech in the UK that only cites examples of right-wing/ 'anti-woke' speech being suppressed. How can you mention Lucy Connolly but completely ignore Palestine Action / Just Stop Oil? Gob-smacking. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Can we all buy Fred rounds of beers for life? 😂😅🤣

The second amendment “rise up against government tyranny” folks are also real quiet.

Stick that up your Disney Channel 🙃 #SaintsFC

Dear U.K. Labour. The fact that VPNs can easily bypass large parts of the Online Safety Act is *not* a reason to ban VPNs. It’s a reason to rethink the Online Safety Act. We did tell you. Many times. Don’t throw good money after bad.

I get how Keir Starmer has pissed off all manner of people but I'm at a loss to work out exactly what he did to so infuriate the New Romantics.

everyone's said pretty much all there is to be said on the 'island of strangers'/'incalculable damage' stuff, so just sharing this by a migrant care worker on how it feels to hear yourself discussed like this while looking after people's loved ones www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...

Hugely honoured to join @lswalescddcymru.bsky.social as a Fellow, looking forward to getting involved!

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What the fork is it with UK Universities right to work nonsense for external examiners? I’m undertaking a PhD viva for a fee of £200, not becoming Vice Chancellor. No I'm not going to pay to have my passport verified at the fricking post office and a copy sent to you FFS

“You guys have a group chat?”

See, it's funny cuz it's true. 🤣 (also: #sad) 😞

The Boston Tea Party was over an 8% tax.

Too bad Uvalde Elementary didn’t sell Teslas.

In their wildest dreams, Keir Starmer's Government couldn't have hoped for a less sympathetic campaign than that currently being waged against imposing VAT on private school fees

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Everything about that photo of Alexander Armstrong says look at me I'm scraping by on the bone of my arse doesn't it.

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I’ll never forget hearing from people, eager to help & already active in this field, whose calls were not even returned.

Oh FFS🙄

Is there anything more unnecessarily complicated than getting a repeat prescription from your GP delivered to your local pharmacy 🙄

❗❗❗ former leader of Reform UK in Wales has appeared in court accused of accepting bribes in exchange for making statements in the European Parliament that would benefit Russia, a court has heard www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It is a real mark of Britain's decline that our Elon Musk is this pillock.

Tesla's share price has doubled in the last year despite sales falling everywhere (far more in Europe). It's an interesting contest between traders' belief that Musk's political power must = ££ and the actual reality of the business.

This is a truly bananas letter 1) The address for DOGE is "United States Government" 2) Official government correspondence is now sent via Twitter? 3) Is anyone at DOGE actually a government employee? 4) This is literally a Twitter reply guy post? 5) McCarthyism plot twist?

Holy shit. It's gone. www.usaid.gov

I’m beginning to suspect there’s not a single American who has actually read the Bible

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The same people wailing about DEI literally can’t spell their own job title.

League 1 Minus 10: Premier League Match 23 - Southampton 1 Newcastle 3. RPs appreciated. #saintsfc beaten by vastly superior side. Featuring Quality Chasm, 8 Minutes of VAR, lots of gambling gags and WTF does 'High Bar' mean? leagueoneminus10.blogspot.com/2025/01/prem...

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“Hello? Is that the Irony Police? I’d like to report a crime…”

The Telegraph has finally found some unemployed people it sympathises with

TSP 304 🦢 #SaintsFC back to winning ways! 🔴 Can we build on our cup success? 🌳 Nottingham Forest preview 🎙️ @footballmartin.bsky.social @glendelacour.bsky.social @stevegrant1983.bsky.social @alfiehouse.bsky.social Listen - pod.fo/e/29d8d0 Watch - youtube.com/live/QcrtWSZ...