It truly is a legendary car😍 Attached: Legendary Citroën 2CV ads:
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Grant Wrangler, erstwhile evolutionary biologist and bioinformatician. Tinkerer. Knows some stuff about old computers. Quite likes to take a photo from time to time. Dislikes cryptobores.
The correct response to this would be to make all the evidence used to draw the conclusion public, then challenge Farage to respond, otherwise people will just pick their opinions on the matter based purely on who they trust.
🚨NEW: Farage calls Burnham ‘a liar’ over claim Russia interfered in Brexit vote “There was no Russian interference, and the Russia hoax has run all the way through this”, he told a press conference in Dover Full story 👇 www.politics.co.uk/2026/10/fara...
Although it feels like I am shouting into the void about this sometimes, I want to share some further thoughts on the “Zionism is Racism” motion which the Green Party is due to debate in the next 16 hours. Just to address various points which I think people in general should know. A thread:
The Green party motion on Zionism shows little understanding of what Zionism is, who Jews are or how antisemitism works. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Green party’s anti-Zionism motion is yet another attempt to tell Jews how we should think | Jonathan Freedland
The resolution shows little understanding of what Zionism is, who Jews are or how antisemitism works, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
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This is next level something from Suella... Not sure I have a word for it. But it's next level in an absolutely mind bending and appalling way.
The British right has now descended to the point where 'the England team are not English' is becoming the consensus position
Current reporting across the piece on these donations is making my head spin. Are journos not reading anything anymore? Reporting that the Government is suddenly looking at changing the laws it's passing to stop these donations. It's not! It's been in the Bill since Rycroft earlier in the year...
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@francesmao.bsky.social - Parliament isn't looking into new laws though, the Bill has cleared the Commons and is currently in the Lords, this isn't new. Parliament is currently in the process of passing a Bill that will apply retrospectively. And Reform know it. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Robert Jenrick faces questions after Reform nets £72m in donations in just 24 hours – UK politics live
Reform UK’s economic spokesperson says donations are a ‘breakthrough moment’ for the party
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Please sign and share this petition if you agree our life boat ppl are worth keeping Remember all of them are volunteers 38d.gs/jpcf
An open letter in support of the volunteers and staff at the RNLI
This is a disgrace. Brave RNLI volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. So I've signed an open letter of thanks for the RNLI letting them know th...
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This update is very welcome and will definitely reduce confusion.
This. Then this again. And probably at least three more times.
The hill I will die on: No self-respecting adult should use the term ‘picky bits’ | Laura Snapes
It’s the Boaty McBoatface of dinner time. Britons, resist the supermarkets’ cutesy branding and have some dignity, says the Guardian’s deputy music editor, Laura Snapes
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What horseshit. She embraced gay people at the height of the AIDS crisis, embraced trans people at the height of the war against them, supported Black communities and artists, and wrote the most pro-worker's rights feminist pop song of all time. Neutral my ass
"At a time when no American celebrity seems immune from the country’s many divisions, Dolly Parton was a crossover icon who stayed neutral in the culture wars while still speaking her mind," writes Zachary B. Wolf. | Analysis
Oh, nice, we’ll just be handing tech firms a bit more freedom to do exactly what they want with our data. What could possibly go wrong? Also, one small point: if we substantially diverge from EU data-protection standards, the big win for small businesses wouldn’t be “freedom from red tape”.
This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.
Surely the correct tense here is "would" rather than "will": www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social (Newsnight tagged as the rest of the BBC's news function seems not to bother with bluesky)
Reform says it will prioritise British-born young workers for social housing
Labour called the plan "unserious and unworkable" and accused Reform of pushing "gimmicks and division".
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This just absolutely 🤯 me - I'm struggling to get my head around the fact that it's actually real... www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
A party, 101 princesses and an eccentric millionaire: Jon Ronson on a mysterious castle – and what it taught him about masculinity in crisis
When my son texted me from a Connecticut fortress in the middle of the night with an alarming message, it set me on a quest to understand the bizarre lifestyle of its owner
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THANK YOU AUNTIE BEEB FOR THIS EXTRAORDINARILY GENEROUS BIRTHDAY PRESENT
I didn’t discuss Jason Arday on my show for this exact reason. If he had been white and behaved unprofessionally it would have been handled internally by his employers. As it is, it became clear that certain commentators wouldn’t be satisfied until he was dead www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Jason Arday: Former Cambridge university professor found dead
Jason Arday was found "unresponsive" at an address in Battersea, south London, on Friday afternoon, officials said.
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If you want to see THE ODYSSEY in IMAX 70mm, Vue at Manchester has just added 08:00 showings from the beginning of September...
I'm starting to lose count of the number of things the armed services are apparently sorting out for Reform... www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
In which I examine how my thinking about AI has changed: beeb6502.com/blog/how-i-l...
How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb (at least a little) | beeb6502.com
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Nice to see the MEN declaring the result on the basis of the Manchester district results... 🫠
Oooh, apparently 20 minutes until results announced. #gmcaelection (who knows what the hashtag is meant to be...)