Meanwhile his voice sounds like a Furby losing its battery power trapped inside of a washer on spin cycle.

Pope warns humanity's destiny could be 'tragically compromised' and calls on politicians to respect international law Leo issues another strident warning, in what appears to be a veiled attack on Donald Trump, as he arrives in Equatorial Guinea for the latest stop on his African tour.

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Phones to be banned in schools by law in England under government plans Education minister Jacqui Smith said the move would create

Phones to be banned in schools by law in England under govt plans.

Who will do body and bag searches, confiscations, fines, appeals?

How many more school staff will be needed? Cost?

Why not put Faraday's cage on classrooms to block signals?

The Guardian view on the EU and Israel: moving beyond mere exhortation | Editorial Editorial: Benjamin Netanyahu has brushed aside European concerns over Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon. A tougher approach from Brussels is overdue

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a slightly grumpy looking tuxedo kitty, lounging in a wood tray filled with straw, with a medal round his neck.

The Dickin Medal is the highest award that can be issued to animals in British military service. Bearing the words "We Also Serve" it has been awarded 75 times since its creation in 1943.

Only one cat has ever received the award.

This is the story of Able Seacat Simon, of HMS Amethyst. 🧵 1/25

Ed Miliband to double down on net zero with measures to combat Iran energy shock As fossil fuel prices soar ‘the era of clean energy security must come of age’, energy secretary will say

There is no politician - and I mean none - who is better-placed than Ed Miliband to get us through this fossil fuel-driven energy crisis.

No-one in politics understands the energy system better. That’s why the billionaire fossil press hate him

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FWIW, the answer to this question is “no”

Good piece but, tho' it's true Labour are edging to seeking something like 'Chequers', it's misleading to call that the "Chequers deal" - it was a proposal, most of which was rejected by the EU (e.g. Tusk statement after Salzburg summit 09/18).

Trump’s presidency is what evil looks like: absurd, frightening, cruel | Nesrine Malik Commentators have said that the US president’s clownishness and lack of ideology somehow make him less dangerous. They’re wrong, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

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Too many of our kids are getting killed, because of thoughtless assholes like Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson.

This mass shooting today happened in his own district. He said “thoughts and prayers” but did nothing AGAIN.

Remember this when we can take back the House in November.

Reform said they would pay my energy bills. They haven't Residents of winning street in Nigel Farage's fuel giveaway stunt complain they have missed out on prize

In "bears crap in the woods" news.

David Attenborough takes on PHEASANTS!

“Native to Asia, but now released into our countryside on an industrial scale, over 30 million every year… eating vast numbers of insects, reptiles and amphibians every day.”

Time for the Government to regulate this out-of-control industry

#SecretGarden

Browsing this company's website and the only way I can describe what I'm seeing is imagine a school shooter was a management consultant

Her office said the Office for Students (OfS), which regulates universities, had received reports of speakers and lecturers being harassed and blocked for holding gender-critical or religious views, of foreign interference suppressing academic freedoms, and of ideological belief requirements featuring in job advertisements.

The OfS will be able to use the new complaints scheme from September. From April, it will be able to fine universities the greater of £500,000 or 2 per cent of their income, which would amount to millions of pounds for large institutions, for breaches under the Freedom of Speech Act. Ultimately, universities could be deregistered for egregious cases.

Bridget Phillipson will introduce new laws to make it possible for Universities to be fined millions of pounds if they don't silence students who protest bigots invited onto their campuses. It's like the Tories never left office.

AI at the surgery - great until it's not A new way for the NHS to foul up patient communication

open.substack.com/pub/rorycell... Getting an AI bot to triage phone calls to my local GP surgery seemed like a great idea – but faced with a complex case it turned into another case of NHS communication failure

Chinook Justice Campaign | Join The Campaign Today Please support the Chinook Justice Campaign to help the 29 families, whose loved ones were killed in the 1994 RAF Chinook crash in Scotland, get justice.

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Spat at, threatened and kidnapped: British Jews tell of rising antisemitism British Jews have described to BBC Panorama how they are experiencing a rise in antisemitism.

Yes. Netanyahu is bad, but nothing justifies this

In case you’re confused - the £100k of tax Richard Tice failed to pay here is totally different to the
- £92k of tax not properly withheld on dividends
- the £600k side-stepped via highly aggressive tax avoidance
Industrial scale grifting revealed by @danneidle.bsky.social and Gabriel Pogrund

Now - Johnson...

Ex-Foreign Office head takes legal advice over Mandelson vetting dismissal Friends say Olly Robbins feels aggrieved about being fired and will give full account when he appears before MPs on Tuesday

Sir Olly Robbins is taking legal advice after being sacked by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer as head of the Foreign Office, as he prepares to answer MPs’ questions over the Lord Peter Mandelson vetting scandal.

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Reform dragged into tax row by Richard Tice’s unpaid £100,000 The party’s deputy leader says he will ‘pay what is owed if numbers need rechecking’ after more revelations from The Sunday Times

In short Rayner had to resign due to concerted media & political pressure over a single stamp duty mistake. Millionaire Tice bankrolled his party through deliberate, dodgy, tax-avoiding corporate tricks and yet the media pressure is limited to a few outlets.

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NEW: Richard Tice failed to pay almost £100,000 in corporation tax, benefiting his investment company which made large donations to Reform UK.

First time Reform's deputy leader's tax affairs can be directly linked to finances of Nigel Farage's party.

Did Viktor Orban fund Farage’s purchase of his house in Clacton?

The Green Party is being bad at being Green There's a contradiction at the heart of environmentalism

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It’s the cover up wot does them.

Changing “explanations” and none of the accurate

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I am sure he will do the honourable thing - as he pressured Angela Raynor to do - and resign.

We worked on this story with Gabriel Pogrund of The Sunday Times - his story is here: buff.ly/PLKDf5s

What should have happened: the REIT paid no tax but the Tice companies holding shares in the REIT paid £98k tax on the dividends they received. What actually happened: none of the companies paid any tax.

Our new report: Richard Tice signed accounts wrongly claiming £98,000 of tax exemptions

A 🧵 with the evidence:

Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

That's not my experience at all, strangely.