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If this article is even closely related to the truth - bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/bbc… - then Sir Robbie Gibb needs to be investigated, potentially as a foreign agent. The BBC is an important instrument of UK softpower that has been undermined by a suggested co-ordinated attack ->


Hey @STN_Airport do you now have the new CT scanners for all security lanes? Asking as I’m choosing which airport to fly from for next trip and don’t want to have to unpack laptop and liquids again!


How does @NationalHways have the money to burn on planting trees that die immediately while they’re not able to fix any roads or road barriers and have a policy of semi-permanent speed downgrades rather than simply making repairs? theguardian.com/environment/20…

theguardian.com

How a £1.5bn ‘wildlife-boosting’ bypass became an environmental disaster

A14 in Cambridgeshire promised biodiversity net gain of 11.5%, but most of the 860,000 trees planted are dead. What went wrong?


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The social-media-fueled murder on the show Adolescence is rare. But a new report coming out soon in the UK concludes "social media is playing a central role in dysfunction and criminality among younger people." Calls for 16 as min age for social media: thetimes.com/comment/the-ti…

JonHaidt's tweet image. The social-media-fueled murder on the show Adolescence is rare. But a new report coming out soon in the UK concludes  "social media is playing a central role in dysfunction and criminality among younger people." Calls for 16 as min age for social media:
thetimes.com/comment/the-ti…

The great irony of Musk is that he claims to work from first principles, but is approaching the reorganisation of government with reasoning by analogy: because there have been some cases of waste, he assumes that all government is therefore waste. Ignorance is sadly universal.


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DOGE explained, in one simple diagram ...

swardley's tweet image. DOGE explained, in one simple diagram ...

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I posted this essay by @G_S_Bhogal a year ago. It is even more timely now, as the Supreme Court considers the degree to which TikTok is a national security threat. It is.

This is a fascinating essay on two thinkers (Chinese and British) whose goal was to help Western capitalism to destroy itself, and how the CCP may now see TikTok as a way to do that. gurwinder.substack.com/p/tiktok-may-b…



Hey @FlyAirNZ and @WindcavePayment your 3DS dialog on mobile is tiny (looks like based on desktop window scale) and non-scrollable, surprised you haven’t tested this on a mobile browser. Had to abandon payment - maybe fix this if you want to sell to 3DS regulated markets.


More #brexitbenefits #sunlituplands theguardian.com/business/2024/… - who needs clean water right? Just keep the Blitz spirit while drinking contaminated water, the health service has enough excess capacity to handle it


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Who benefits from blocking the Kids Online Safety Act? Only companies whose business model relies on hooking kids. That means especially Meta, Snap, and Tiktok. The House should bring up #KOSA for a vote, now. For more info: anxiousgeneration.com/kosa


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Former MI6 chief: Brexit has made Britain irrelevant on the international stage.


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Denying this is a bit like denying gravity. Not many nations are this dim.

bmay's tweet image. Denying this is a bit like denying gravity. 

Not many nations are this dim.

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Histon & Impington (South Cambridgeshire) Council By-Election Result: 🔶 LDM: 38.7% (-2.3) 🙋 IND: 25.3% (+4.1) 🌍 GRN: 17.3% (+5.8) 🌳 CON: 11.6% (-0.1) 🌹 LAB: 7.1% (-7.4) Liberal Democrat HOLD. Changes w/ 2022.


Evri (formerly known as Hermes) has deleted their Twitter account. A clear signal they have zero interest in customer satisfaction, they are simply trying to extract as much profit out of their customers as possible. All retailers should avoid Evri to save money/brand.


Recent @JohnLewisRetail experience: ordered, delivery split into two dispatches. 1st arrives, 2nd no updates. Contact JL support, they find out that Evri unsurprisingly lost the parcel but didn't inform JL or me. JL reorders and DPD delivers. Please fire Evri! You will save money


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Far right Israeli Ministers Smotrich and Ben-Gvir are fuelling extremism and inciting violence against Palestinians, in the West Bank and in Gaza. I called on the last government to sanction them, but they refused. At #PMQs today, I urged the PM to act and sanction them now.


Time for @Keir_Starmer to reconsider proportional representation?

⌛ This poll brings and end to Labour's polling lead streak of 934 days 📉 Lowest Labour % in any poll since November 2019



Wipe out the UK’s agricultural economy by poisoning bees, or let them recover - seems an easy choice, so if we’re trying to destroy the ecosystem, one has to ask, who is making money out of this? theguardian.com/environment/20…


Unbelievable how so many people will still vote for him.

🧵I’ve read through the evidence section—the first 85 pages—of Jack Smith filing on Trump’s private criminal efforts to stay in power despite knowing that he’d lost the election. The evidence is stunning. It’s clear why Trump did not want the public to see this testimony. 13…



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