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you know the way "why did the Roman Empire fall" and "what are the causes of the First World War" are big questions that sort of function like Rorsharch tests, allowing people to debate ultimately inexplicable moments in history? "Why did no one stop Trump" a decent future shout for the third.

Yep, plus it makes it impossible for a reader to come to an independent judgement. The offending passages should always be published, even if you have to asterisk the odd word.

NEW: We are publishing the disgusting homophobic joke Malcolm Offord told and had to apologise for.

It is in the public interest that people know the abhorrent language the Reform UK Scotland leader chose to use

Refusing to publish this would effectively be protecting him.

Trump Just Threw Pete Hegseth Way Under The Bus For Pushing Him Into War With Iran

The scapegoating begins...

Nothing matters anymore obviously, but in the old world of - oh I dunno - a couple years back, this would have been career ending. You'd either have to settle into obscurity or go to the US and start again.

Thank God Starmer is in charge, really. If it had been any of his immediate predecessors, we'd currently be at war with Iran, playing lapdog to a deranged US administration, unable to say what we were doing or why.

'Nobody with a brain goes to X seeking facts. X is for spreading disinformation' The Greens want to make social media platforms subject to laws of defamation and libel just like publishers, newspapers and broadcasters. About…

The Greens plan to put social media giants like X and Facebook on the same legal footing as all other publishers in order to regulate them using defamation laws.

This is an important step forward. Everyone should back the move - even opponents of the Greens

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Newly unearthed Nigel Farage videos reveal support for rioter, neo-Nazi event and far-right slogans Exclusive: Analysis of more than 4,000 of Reform UK leader’s paid-for Cameo videos also shows they contain misogynistic remarks and antisemitic conspiracies

New Farage fascism videos dropped.

"Is the amendment supported?" asks the Mayor.

Cllr Finch (Ref) taps Cllr Vye (Ref) on the shoulder and tells him to support it.

"I support it," says Vye.

"Do you want to speak now or reserve your right?" asks the Mayor.

"Reserve your right," Finch tells Vye.

"Reserve my right," says Vye.

The White Tree

Early morning. So early, the mist lies heavy on the water, and the birds are still half asleep.
I'm not exactly awake either, running on no more than coffee and a vision of this tree in fog.

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#Wanaka, NewZealand
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"Look with your eyes. See with your Soul."

#Stunday #EastCoastKin

eight years ago today we all watched the glory of zendaya falling madly in love with tom holland and the internet was never the same

Britain, a trading nation, now has a vital choice to make about its priority trading partners:

- the EU, where agreements are made, kept, reciprocal, based on international norms, & enforced by a court

- the USA, where agreements are made, broken, changed & broken again at a whim, with no recourse

im sorry to be so divisive and partisan but i dont think the government should be inventing a criminal history out of thin air to justify sending someone to a concentration camp in a foreign country

A series of photos from Gilbert’s Pit in Charlton. A pair of hands holds a slab of the Woolwich Shell Bed, an iron oxide rich clay packed with white fossil shells

A series of photos from Gilbert’s Pit in Charlton. The Blackheath Beds, pavked with well rounded, black flint pebbles forms the top of the section at Gilbert’s Pit

If you like this account please do give it a share! We are really struggling to get engagement on this platform. London’s geology is more varied than you think and we are here to spread the word, look after and promote London’s geosites #londongeology

image of watchmen's doctor manhattan, a superhero who is entirely blue and nude, sitting on a rock, small in frame, on what is depicted to be a very pink version of the surface of the planet mars. he looks pensive.

It is 2002. I am 18 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.

It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.

It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.

It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—

Hate to be millennial about it all but it is just mental that my whole working life has just been a series of recessions and “economic shocks”, underpinned by stagnant wages

Kemi Badenoch accepted a £14,000 week-long "residential" for her family and shadow cabinet, courtesy of the chair of climate change denying lobbying group Net Zero Watch.

Weeks later she announced that she has ditched her party's commitment to reaching Net Zero bylinetimes.com/2025/03/18/k...

Just a bunch of people going to each other's houses.

Much as I like Pride & Prejudice I find it impossible to deny that this is the greatest review of it of all time.

We can upload 3 minute videos now.

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Government drops ‘independent’ adviser on protest | Good Law Project After months of pressure, the Home Office has finally removed Lord Walney, the controversial adviser appointed by Boris Johnson.

"Four months after Good Law Project made a formal complaint over Lord Walney’s conflicts of interest, the Home Office has bowed to mounting pressure and sacked its controversial adviser on protest." goodlaw.social/z6qj

Pecksniff: Labour is a Brexit party: are LibDems the only hope of sanity? (Discuss) In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life

“The LibDems are talking up the EU again. After a hesitant toe in the water, Ed Davey is becoming bolder….Meanwhile we read this week during the PM’s visit to Brussels that the EU is disappointed in him.”

This and other snippets from East Anglia Bylines’ political diarist ⤵️

Yes I wonder if the guy who's spent the last three months supporting far-right groups was doing a fascist salute it seems so unlike him.

Wow. The number of @bsky.app users has now passed 27 million! 👏

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I'm in full support of the Guardian/Observer journos striking today for the future of The Observer, threatened by The Scott Trust’s plan to sell to Tortoise Media. No logic behind the decision, while The Observer risks becoming a stripped-down website

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6 hours under martial law in Seoul On the ground from the protests outside the National Assembly building

6 hours under martial law: a drunk scene report from Seoul www.theverge.com/24312920/mar...

The lack of charging infrastructure is what put me off getting an EV recently, with no off street parking for at home charging I didn’t want the stress/time worry of relying solely on public charging.

So damp still on lunchtime walk. Living in the Scottish west coast means you need to get used to cold humidity!

Rhubarb leaves have finally succumbed to the autumn cold following Storm Bert. Compost pile awaits!