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6 months ago 1236 514 29 50

Global warming is a "hoax." But it's killing everyone.

6 months ago 531 132 52 11
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Sir James Dyson says Brexit was worth it – even if it’s made people poorer Britain’s fourth-wealthiest man has argued it is better to be ‘independent’ than tied to the EU

Brexit: the unforgivably selfish arseholery of those who lied about what it really meant for the country while dodging the cost, hassle and restrictions they inflicted on everyone else.

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7 months ago 1057 332 101 20
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Lewis Goodall, "This is Elon Musk, turning up at a far right rally, basically inciting violence in this country"

"Most people in this country have no desire to go there, or look at it, or have any interest in that sort of rhetoric"

"And yet, we are being pushed and pushed and pushed towards it"

7 months ago 573 199 14 7

I agree with #EdDavey:

“The facts don’t lie. The BBC is fuelling Reform’s rise by plastering Farage across our screens without providing the proper scrutiny the public deserves. We need the BBC to live up to its promise of accurate and impartial coverage that represents the whole of the UK...”

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POWDER KEG UK ABOUT TO BLOW UP AS BRITAIN STANDS ON THE BRINK OF THE WHOLE NATION DESCENDING INTO CIVIL WAR

by Our Apocalypse Staff
HELENA HANDCART

THE entire country has turned into a tinderbox, one spark and the whole thing could turn into a raging inferno of hatred and violence. All it needs is one little push - preferably from us - and this once peaceful island will explode.
It may not take much, maybe an article with some badly researched facts, maybe some exaggerated and provocative hyperbole, and before we know it there'll be blood on the streets, and flames too, as millions of furious citizens attack each other, the police, and the emergency services,
not to
mention the armed forces should they tragically be called in to deal with the hate-filled mob rampaging through our cities, towns and villages, armed with burning torches and pitchforks, calling for justice, free speech and the immediate death of everyone they don't like. (Top journalism, Ed).
Make no mistake, if Britain even exists by next week, we will run this piece again until someone sparks the tinderbox on the brink of the powderkeg that... (cont. for entire summer).

EXCLUSIVE TO ALL NEWSPAPERS POWDER KEG UK ABOUT TO BLOW UP AS BRITAIN STANDS ON THE BRINK OF THE WHOLE NATION DESCENDING INTO CIVIL WAR by Our Apocalypse Staff HELENA HANDCART THE entire country has turned into a tinderbox, one spark and the whole thing could turn into a raging inferno of hatred and violence. All it needs is one little push - preferably from us - and this once peaceful island will explode. It may not take much, maybe an article with some badly researched facts, maybe some exaggerated and provocative hyperbole, and before we know it there'll be blood on the streets, and flames too, as millions of furious citizens attack each other, the police, and the emergency services, not to mention the armed forces should they tragically be called in to deal with the hate-filled mob rampaging through our cities, towns and villages, armed with burning torches and pitchforks, calling for justice, free speech and the immediate death of everyone they don't like. (Top journalism, Ed). Make no mistake, if Britain even exists by next week, we will run this piece again until someone sparks the tinderbox on the brink of the powderkeg that... (cont. for entire summer).

No one sums up the utter shamelessness of the British press and the ugly politics of Farage quite like Private Eye.

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England’s swimming waters five times more likely to be polluted than in EU, research finds Experts warn country is in danger of becoming ‘dirty man of Europe’ as it falls to bottom of bathing water leaderboard

This alone should be enough of a reason to back Europe

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Classic example of being blinded by hate.
What a way to live....

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"How much does it cost for fascism?

"How much do the taxpayers have to pay for a fascist country?"

Republican Rep Flood was EVISCERATED at his town hall today in Nebraska.

Every. Damn. Word.

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It says a lot about where we're going that the BBC is now running stories in which they ask lifeboat crews whether they will apologise for using their boats to save lives

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It has taken medical science 200 years to advance humans to the point where people are so healthy and living so long that they can deny that science and medicine is what got us here.

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Be the human you hope someone will be to you in your time of need...PERIOD!!!

#ONEV1
#Pinks 🌸
#BlueSkyVets
#Voices4Victory

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We are all Jay Powell.

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Cleo Laine, Britain's most successful jazz singer, dies aged 97 Versatile vocalist straddled jazz, classical, pop and musical theatre with four-octave range, and collaborated for decades with husband, John Dankworth Dame Cleo Laine, the UK’s most successful and celebrated jazz singer, has died aged 97. A statement from her children Jacqui and Alec reads: “It is with deepest sadness that we announce the passing of our dearly beloved mother, Cleo, who died peacefully yesterday afternoon. We will all miss her terribly. The family wish to be given space to grieve and ask for privacy at this very difficult time.” Continue reading...

Cleo Laine, Britain's most successful jazz singer, dies aged 97

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Yet there was not an iota of understanding or sympathy for the legions of people peacefully protesting the genocide in Gaza, who are now being roundly labelled ‘terrorists.’ Why is it only ever the fash who have ‘legitimate’ concerns?

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Page One in Scotland.

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Alligator Alcatraz has troubling echoes — of Dachau When Louise and I lived in Germany in 1986-87, we visited Dachau with our family. The crematoriums shocked our children, but even more so because this was simply a “detention facility” and not one of ...

Alligator Alcatraz has troubling echoes — of Dachau

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They don’t care about their own MAGA base. They just want more money for their donor class.

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Britain’s ‘medieval’ health inequality is devastating NHS, experts say Exclusive: Health service estimated to be spending £50bn a year on effects of deprivation and child poverty

Exclusive: Health service estimated to be spending £50bn a year on effects of deprivation and child poverty

Austerity is the real enemy.

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Did Donald Trump steal the 2024 election? A legal challenge in New York could reveal the truth behind allegations that last year’s election result was “consistent with vote manipulation”

✍️ Did Donald Trump steal the 2024 election?

A legal challenge in New York could reveal the truth behind allegations that last year’s election result was “consistent with vote manipulation”

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The Ages of Rod Stewart

2018: Advocates for a second Brexit referendum saying that voters might have been misled in the first one

2021: Brexit has been a “disaster for the UK”

2025: "Give Nigel Farage a chance"

He wants to give the person who misled the British people in 2016, a chance? 🤷‍♂️

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It’s every parent’s nightmare, isn’t it? you check your child’s bulletproof backpack and find a picture book about gay penguins

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"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." 

-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

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Take note.

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Translation. "We published an entirely fake article".

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GOP: Our budget will reduce the deficit
CBO: It'll increase the deficit by $2.4 trillion
GOP: But with greater growth, it'll pay for itself
CBO: Accounting for growth it's $2.3 trillion
GOP: ...
CBO: Also, more debt raises interest rates, so the true effect is $2.8 trillion.

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UK weather: First heatwave of 2025 likely as temperatures surge above 30C Temperatures are set to soar bringing the warmest week in the UK so far this year.

Have you been using sunscreen incorrectly your whole life?

As we approach the first heatwave of the summer in the UK it’s important that we know how to look after ourselves in the hot weather.
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Christiane Amanpour, "The people of Iran have been demonised and dehumanised, always associated with their leadership"

"The people of Gaza have been dehumanised and delegitimised"

"It's not fair to have collective punishment"

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