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Presenting the reopening the Strait of Hormuz as a victory is like the Greeks failing to take Troy but celebrating the safe return of their wooden horse

That Trump post is a clear expression of genocidal intent. Clear cut case with zero caveats.

From today, statutory sick pay is paid from the first day of illness

And it’s paid to every worker, including the lowest paid, who previously got nothing

Long held goals of the labour movement - realised by a Labour government

I dunno, sheep dog trials are fun.

Hmm..I think the difference is that Nixon was not as unconstrained and just not as stupid.

Ready Steady Go? Easter Sunday 1964- 62 years of Mods & Rockers Ready Steady Go? Easter 1964- 61 years of Mods & RockersIt is sixty two years since the first clashes between Mods and Rockers which took place at Clacton on Sea at Easter 1964. It seems unlike…

Moral Panics about youth doing things that make media headlines is not new. Looking back to Easter Sunday 1964 on Clacton beach...
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This is absolutely spot on from Emily Thornberry 👏

Donald Trump letting you know how the authoritarian capture of the media is going, in case you missed it. Unlike other authoritarians in places like Hungary and Poland he has no worries about advertising his authoritarian take over of the media.

In the last 24 hours Israel has murdered 14 health workers in Lebanon.
Why is there so little outrage about this? Is it just that their targeting of medics has become normalised ?

The Representation of the People Bill MUST scrap First Past the Post First Past the Post can no longer deliver real mandates - only chaos. 60% of Brits want it scrapped. Yet the new Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our rotten voting system, which lea...

First Past the Post can no longer deliver real mandates - only chaos. 60% of Brits want it scrapped.

Yet the Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our voting system, which leaves millions unrepresented.

Tell Keir Starmer to change this.
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The Economist: An attack on the world economy #TomorrowsPapersToday

The war in Iran is an American failure. What do we do now? | Robert Reich The most powerful nation in the world is now being led by a rogue president who rejects its longstanding values

The argument that the war on Iran is the fault of one rouge president ignores the last 200 years of the rise of the US empire.
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Why say "fatally shoots' when you could say "murders".

Charles Wright: London's latest revival could be getting underway The city is famed for its resilience and powers of reinvention, so keep an eye out for early signs

London has serious problems, but the city has renewed itself many times, notably in the late 1980s after decades of decline. Is its next revival already underway? @london.gov.uk @howarddawber.bsky.social @centreforlondon.bsky.social @davehillonlondon.bsky.social
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As an economic migrant to the UK myself, I am still learning the intricacies of correct English usage.
But as far as I understand it, an "expat' is a white person who leaves their country of birth and an 'immigrant" is a person of colour (or eastern European) who does the same thing?

There is no evidence that trans-inclusive policies increase risk to women or children.

Countries with trans-inclusive laws have not seen rises in assaults linked to them.

We will create a desert and call it peace.

Well, we are still ahead of the Lib Dems I suppose!
Electoral reform anyone?

Labour’s road to recovery runs through London The party's defeat in Gorton & Denton shows that big losses are even more likely in the capital unless it changes its tune

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'A good day to bury bad news'

Mark Carney has put the sign back up in the window I see.

I suppose the statements condemning the illegal attacks on Iran got last in the post ?

But he won't will he ?

There’s always a post…

Learning from the CCP about leading a Workers Party perhaps!

The self described "broadcaster exiled in Shanghai may not be as influential as he likes to think!

Presume all those shocked to hear about attacks on Dubai have never looked at a map !

USA, 1990 : iran is two weeks away from a nuclear missile

USA, 2000 : iran is two weeks away from a nuclear missile

USA, 2010 : iran is two weeks away from a nuclear missile

USA, 2025 : iran is two weeks away from a nuclear missile

USA, 2026 : iran is two weeks away from a nu

Perry has stabilised council finances in state of perpetual crisis TV and radio politics pundit ANDREW FISHER, right, sat through three hours of false claims and spin at the Town Hall last night, as Croydon’s £87,000 per year lame duck Mayor still says he ha…

The normalisation of crisis

My report from Croydon Council's budget meeting last night for @insidecroydon.bsky.social ...
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