The health service is being put at risk because overseas health professionals increasingly see the UK as an “unwelcoming, racist” country, in part because of the government’s tough approach to immigration www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Details of military gap year for UK's under 25s revealed The government hopes to get more young people interested in joining the UK's defence amid growing fears over the threat of Russia's military news.sky.com/story/detail...

Number crunching: Telegraph editorial columns in December highlighting ‘the unreliability of social media’ v corrections the Telegraph has had to publish so far this year due to inaccurate reporting From the new Private Eye, out now.

A dangerous protest law was delayed. Now we must stop it open.substack.com/pub/protectt...

Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.

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If you like poems about: – growing up – messy, human love – being vulnerable about mental health You might like my poetry collection, Bruised Melodies ❤️ books2read.com/BruisedMelod... #poetry #booksky

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I'm at the Milton Keynes Literary Festival tomorrow evening (26 Nov) talking about Tories: The End of an Error and other books. (I'm not on the bill, I'm just going to turn up and start talking.) Also livestreamed. See you there! www.mklitfest.org/endofanerror

Health Secretary Wes Streeting says he is not comfortable with the prospect of families with children being deported - but insists it is the 'right thing' to do. Appalling www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

The government will not achieve ‘decency’ over ‘division’ by trying to be Reform Lite

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The Magic of Beavers. Adam Ramsay recounts how his parents' adoption of beavers has transformed their upland farm into a rich, biodiverse haven for birds, mammals, fish and amphibians www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-magic-...

Wonderful heritage restoration of Clapton Train Station's waiting room. It's worth catching a train to visit.

“He was on the island. He was in the townhouse. He was on the jets. "He absolutely saw.” Amy Wallace, co-author of Virginia Giuffre's memoir, says if Prince Andrew cared at all about the victims, he would help investigators. www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/he-w...

Ludicrous from Rachel Reeves. Equivalent of "we know the flames all around us are worse than expected so we plan to throw an extra thimble of water on them." Not good enough. If you're going to join the Brexit dots, follow them to their only possible conclusion! www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Jordan’s rant is pure race-baiting confused disinformation. Truly shocking & shameful to hear a BBC employee go off like this on air. Thank you, Barry, for pushing back & standing up to the tedious angry bigotry that is being forced down our throats 👏👏👏👏

As for this - in other words the government would rather we offshore our operations instead of generating jobs and exports in a high productivity sector in the UK. I despair...

"Last year the Byline Times published an embarrassing story about Conservative party councillors pretending to be ordinary folk during a televised election campaign event. A year later, Bienkov is suddenly off the invite list." www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/10/free...

Does the UK have a Culture Secretary, with responsibility for this stuff, who might take an interest in how media regulation works? If there is such a person, does anyone know what she/he does all day?

We urge FIFA, UEFA, and all national football federations to suspend Israel from international football and boycott the Israeli team's games. action.eko.org/a/internatio...

Unrecognisable.

🚨NEW: "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" just dropped its first response to ABC, FCC chair, and Disney firing Jimmy Kimmel. Trump ain't sleeping tonight. 🤣 This is a must-watch. 🔥

A spellbinding image of two tiny but vibrant “ladybugs of the sea” has won the Ocean Photographer of the Year 2025 award. https://cnn.it/3VV1UnR

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Democratic Sen. Cory Booker is imploring his party to fight back harder against President Donald Trump, arguing that history will remember some for their “complicity” in “bending the knee” to him: cnn.it/4lbnoai

Amazed it took 40 years to reach this conclusion. It was obvious in the 80s, if you bothered to look. Thatcher used the working-classes' own money to bribe them into voting to destroy their futures, and the Tories have been worshipping her for it ever since. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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Musk Says Trump Should ‘Just Release Epstein Files as Promised’ www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Portrait of a young #FoxOfTheDay , shared by @sean.wildlife on Instagram , thank you Sean !

There's big disparity between people with a job and people with money. In terms of the tax system, it's absurdly complex as well. I think we could simplify it and we could bring some justice to the tax system, which entrenches poverty and entrenches wealth at the same time.

How Britain privatised itself into failure Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble. In Failed State, Sam Freedman explains what went wrong Review by John Cole @yorkshirebylines.co.uk

Cycling for Ukraine – a thousand miles across France: Part two Navigating historical routes through stunning French scenery while raising money for Ukraine | Vic Ient @sussexbylines.co.uk

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Central Texas just lost 27 lives—many of them children—to flash flooding that rose 29 feet overnight. We have the tech to prevent this. What we don’t have is the will. Updated maps, safer infrastructure—these save lives. Cutting climate funding isn’t “fiscal responsibility.” It’s negligence. #usa

A federal judge in Boston has issued a temporary restraining order against a provision in President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" that would affect Planned Parenthood www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...

This will probably come as no surprise to anyone www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/nig...

Trump strips Medicaid with a roar. Labour halves disability support with a nod. Same cruelty, different decibel.

Today the order banning #PalestineAction as "terrorists" came into effect. But they are not terrorists. They are protesters trying to stop a genocide. This is a "first they came for ..." situation. Unless we stand in solidarity against this assault on our freedom, they will pick us off one by one.

Bradford launches its new city centre market at Darley Street this weekend The transition from old markets to new, inspired a year-long photographic project to document the life and spirit of these places before they disappear forever By Gerard Liston

1/4 Pensioner poverty: Rising pension age risks greater levels of poverty and health inequities, experts warn   leftfootforward.org/2024/02/pens... Pensioner poverty in the world’s sixth largest economy is a political choice leftfootforward.org/2024/05/pens...

"The internet barely works. Electricity is a luxury. Food is a miracle." Pls do read & share. First hand accounts from Gaza are vital. 👇

"This Friday marks one year since Labour’s historic election victory and its flagship pledge to deliver 1.5 million new homes by 2029... Reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), alongside a recalibrated housing needs formula, show real intent to address supply blockages."