🧵 A new Byline Times investigation raises fresh questions over Nigel Farage's claim to have driven the far-right out of British politics.

6 May 1940 | Betty Vredenburg, a Dutch Jewish girl, was born in Amsterdam to Abracham and Rachel. She was murdered in a gas chamber of the #Auschwitz camp on 21 May 1944.

6 May 1866 | A Hungarian Jewish woman, Ethel Lampel, was born. In 1944 She was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber. --- ▶ WEBINAR: Deportations of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/M42znxofU5Q

A majority of Brits would vote to reverse Brexit, a new poll finds, as Keir Starmer presses for closer ties with Brussels www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Nice to see that the Bone Saw Golf Tour looks like it is going to collapse. A pox on all the golfers who signed on with them.

3 May 1880 | A Polish Jewish woman, Bluma Sternberg, was born in Chrzanów. She lived in the town of Oświęcim (that Germans turned into Auschwitz). In June 1943 she was deported to #Auschwitz from the ghetto in Będzin. She was murdered in a gas chamber.

Switzerland is putting solar panels on all the empty space between train tracks. If done in the UK this would take 20,000,000 Solar Panels and would provide 8GW of electricity.

Trump: How did a dangerous mad person get into the event? The answer is very simple: I was guest of honor, invited by the White House correspondents. New Private Eye on shelves now.

The next episode in the story of plans to cover the countryside north of Darlington with concrete and tarmac. Courtesy of @northeastbylines.co.uk The gang of four: How a cabal of property moguls is laying waste to the Tees Valley (Part 4) northeastbylines.co.uk/news/environ...

The people v Leeds Bradford Airport - a new chapter begins  Night flights ruled illegal by a public enquiry continue to operate but Leeds City Council could now take action to restore control By Nick Hodgkinson

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More and more people realise Brexiters sold them a pup || Business Editor Ian McConnell www.heraldscotland.com/poli... @mrianmcconnell.bsky.social

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Not only should we do this but reclassify them all as publishers. We've had 20 years of this BS now and it's wrecked society as much as any drug.

29 April 1934 | Dutch Jewish girl, Lea Davids, was born in Groningen. She was transferred from #Westerbork to #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1944. She was deported to #Auschwitz from there on 4 October 1944. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

29 April 1889 | A French Jew, Adrien Gougenheim, was born in Metz. He was deported to #Auschwitz from Drancy on 2 September 1943. Registered in the camp. He did not survive. --- 📖 Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/

@jezcox.bsky.social Jez mate, you're in Switzerland, so it's Lake GENEVA. Only the French call it Lac Leman.

“We found two of the worst men in politics to replace one woman who was competently doing her job”

🌹 We remember workers who’ve lost their lives, been injured, or made ill through work. #Solidarity with workers everywhere. Safe work is a right, not a privilege. ✊ Remember the dead. Fight for the living. #IWMD #InternationalWorkersMemorialDay #GFTU

Many people are aware of 27 September 1825, when George Stephenson drove Locomotion No1 from Shildon to Stockton. But less well known is the 8-mile rollercoaster train ride that preceded that famous run. The ups and downs of the Stockton & Darlington Railway northeastbylines.co.uk/region/north...

27 April 1943 | A French Jewish boy, Guy Altauz, was born in Grenoble. In August 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

Chelsea and Man City in the FA Cup final. No other English clubs have systematically ignored, bent or broken the rules like both have done. In terms of trophies won, no other English clubs have been as successful over the past decade and a half either. The moral of the story - is that there is none.

25 April 1918 | Polish man Tadeusz Kokesz was born in Jordanów. A university student. In #Auschwitz from 25 February 1941. No. 10745 He perished in the camp on 25 June 1943.

When people talk about defunding the BBC this is the sort of thing that will get the axe first.

Zack Polanski lays it out clearly, there are security risks linked to relying on Donald Trump. For example, just yesterday, Donald Trump threatened to impose “a big tariff” on the UK if it does not drop its digital services tax on US social media firms. It's time to look to Europe.

Witness the astonishing trap feeding behavior of Eden's Whale in the Gulf of Thailand. Nature's wonders continue to amaze us every day.

24 April 1894 | A German Jewish woman, Elsa Meyer nee Silberberg, was born in Berlin. On 4 February 1943 she was murdered in a gas chamber in #Auschwitz. --- Women at Auschwitz: 📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/ 🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8

Even as a critic who has tried to write about MJ’s legacy with nuance and grace, I appreciate the clarity the director of Leaving Neverland brings to the table

23 April 1894 | A Polish woman, Anna Rzyman, was born in Sucha Średnia. In #Auschwitz from 30 September 1942 No. 21182 She perished in the camp on 10 November 1942. --- Women at Auschwitz: 📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/ 🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8

The latest episode in the story of property developer greed and rapacity in Ben Houchen's Tees Valley, courtesy of @northeastbylines.co.uk The gang of four: How a cabal of property moguls is laying waste to the Tees Valley (Part 3) northeastbylines.co.uk/news/environ...

Simple arithmetic. When you already have one home and somehow by whatever means get a second that means you own two homes. How difficult is that to grasp?

Sheff Wed fans: "How shit must you be, its only 1-0." #Boro fans: "How shit must you be, we're winning at home." Top quality old school cynic terrace bants. #UTB

Iran’s consulate in Hyderabad just posted this video mocking Trump and his “ceasefire extension”

There's a really simple way to remove the red tape and bureaucracy that is holding back British businesses. We have the largest trading bloc in the world on our doorstep: we should skip the baby steps, and just rejoin the single market.

It doesn't take a forensic accountant to work out whose interests Nigel Farage really serves

The briefing isn’t your average Friday night chill.  But then, a climate catastrophe isn’t something to chill about | Ray Casey

Reform doesn't drain the swamp Reform IS the swamp Willy and Bill report for @northeastbylines.co.uk on Reform shenanigans in Northumberland #ReformAreNotYourFriends The Reform councillor, the unpaid debts and the paper trail that wouldn’t go away northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...

19 April 1926 | A Dutch Jew, Joseph Olman, was born in #Rotterdam. In February 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz with his parents (in the picture): Eliazar Israel and Cornelia. They were murdered in a gas chamber.

Richard. Your new profile pic. Yes it’s all very nice but did you know someone has set fire to your trousers?😳

Great how your phone gives you memories. It's two years to the day since Rachel Reeves told me if Labour won the general election they would send the National Audit Office in to investigate the Teesworks saga. The authority responsible hasn't published audited accounts since then, yet nothing.

18 April 1882 | A Polish man, Jan Mucha, was born in Wolica. A carpenter. In #Auschwitz from 20 October 1942. No. 68813 He perished in the camp on 1 December 1942. --- 📖 "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/

Happy 45th birthday to Pocket Calculator by Kraftwerk, released as a single on this day in 1981. Watch more of this concert, filmed for Austrian TV in 1982, at youtu.be/B55znMACT8I

When Colbert teams up with @sydneykamlager.bsky.social @meidastouch.com, you never know what will happen. She is a flamethrower. 🔥🔥

Sir John Curtice has said that Labour should end its 'strategy of silence' on Europe if it wants to revive its fortunes. The majority of the public favour closer UK-EU ties: the time to act is now.

Tees Valley Mayor Lord Ben Houchen can’t find anyone suitable to take on the top legal and finance jobs at his beleaguered Combined Authority (TVCA) and is having to keep the current interim appointees in place until at least September | Peter Morris

Who rules Teesside? Ben Houchen, or his small coterie of property developer cronies? Part 2 of my article, courtesy of @northeastbylines.co.uk The gang of four: How a cabal of property moguls is laying waste to the Tees Valley (Part 2) northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...

Trump: We won the moon! We sent up a beautiful bigly rocket and it didn't even land on an Iranian school or hospital. New Private Eye on shelves now.