Fuel duty is *already* 34p per litre lower, in real terms, than in 2010
Its been frozen or cut for 15 years
Its cost the Treasury over £200bn in tax - and hugely incentivised people to keep using ICE cars and driving. It's favoured the richest
If anything we should be restoring it to 2010 levels
This is why La Zarra is still mine 😔
Yeah the minute FPTP stops working for them, they will abandon it
We might actually get PR at this rate
Looks as if “Free Palestine” has just been bleeped at the Brit Awards.
It's this that makes the Green win so important. We're bringing that Overton window home, baby!
I've just realised the James Bond theme is present in the pre-chorus of Release Me by Agnes. I wouldn't want to gatekeep this knowledge
Someone at work just started calling me Paddy one day - I'm like ????
Some of you lot's 'special searches' would be nothing like this adorable penguin, I can tell you that
I do this and English is my first and only language 😭😭
You literally have to earn £66k to even START paying down the interest - that's the top 10% of earners only
Bluesky stop logging me out challenge (impossible)
Actually, we really should be calling it The Netherlands & Barrett
Fuck
Songs of the Year 2025 vote opening one week today 📊
When you're having a quiet drink on Canal Street and a queen from Church / Barpop comes over to tell you about the karaoke they have on tonight
😌
Nothing brings home to me our over-reliance on cars like school drop-off time. Why are so many of these teenagers being driven to school? What do you mean you're not walking or cycling??
Fair enough. I mean, I can't knock her for being a savvy operator - and she is the absolute queen of halloween
And yes, the song slaps!
Tbf it's been released to coincide with her appearance in Wednesday. Timing for the show might be Halloween-related, but I wouldn't say Gaga is trend hopping (does she even need to?)
Also Tim Burton directed the music video and I slightly doubt he'd be using GenAI pl
Photo of a protest at dusk in central London.
Agree - most people were so unconcerned by this. Wouldn't be surprised if this gave successive governments the confidence to roll back protest rights etc.
👇me blocking roads near parliament around the same time
We have this one - @coral-lex.bsky.social has had it for about 5 years. It sounds great and we've only had to replace the cartridge once when I broke it 😬 www.richersounds.com/audio-techni...
I'll be your cinnamon secret or whatever Carly Rae Jepsen said
Mayo chicken legend every day of the week I'm sorry
logged into the old place one last time to delete all my accounts and was quite disturbed to see how many of you are still actively posting (and therefore helping musk train his fascism bot)
We have pastel del nata at home
There is an EHRC consultation on their latest bullshit guidance, which segregates and weakens protections for trans people
We should all fill it out
Instructions and inspiration on what to say available here:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Russia didn’t actually get banned - they got suspended for one year in the aftermath of the invasion, due to other countries kicking up a fuss, and then all Russian broadcasters withdrew from the EBU as an organisation, rendering them ineligible to compete
Like this is what happens when the left doesn't watch it. You are not being forced to watch it. But do not be surprised when the rights result passes because you have chosen to not.
it is worth noting here that Azerbaijan militarily attacked another entrant and still competed in 2025