From The Great Gatsby over 100 years ago. Incredibly dated now.
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Last of the Duke Street Kings
So, to recap. Nothing, nada, zilch was done about the fash blockading one of the UKs major ports??? Last month, 5 Palestinian Action protesters narrowly avoided being sentenced as terrorists for *checks notes* chucking some paint at the Burnley branch of Barclays.
Norway's Prime Minister ripped apart trumps stupid letter. Love this! Every leader receiving a letter like this from TACO, should do the same. Thanks for your attention to this matter! ============================
Kevin Rowland and Dexy's Midnight Runners are very unhappy that Nigel Farage used their music at the Reform party conference.
This is a "my dog ate my homework" level of excuse - ‘I wasn’t even listening,’ Farage says of donations scandal meeting www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘I wasn’t even listening,’ Farage says of donations scandal meeting
Reform UK leader maintains innocence in overseas funding controversy on last day of party conference
theguardian.com
Reform UK Ltd : "Counter Terror Police won’t let Farage on stage" West Midlands Police : "We can confirm that Counter Terrorism Policing have had no involvement" www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...
Anti-apartheid protesters climb the goalposts during South Africa's rugby match against a North of Scotland District side in Aberdeen in 1969. 96 protesters were each charged £15, with their fines being paid by John Lennon.
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:
Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.
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FUN FACT If we switched to all renewable energy, the number of ships crossing the ocean would fall almost in half, slashing global CO2 emissions. Because those ships are JUST carrying coal, oil and gas. ~ Bill McKibben SUPPORT ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES!
The number of asylum seekers being housed in hotels is down by 50%. And the backlog of people who have claimed asylum is down from 175,000 to 40,000, the lowest since 2019. But we mustn’t let facts get in the way of spreading fear and hatred and coming up with crackpot policies.
Just watched The Professionals “A Stirring Of Dust” I rewatch this show & a few others when they’re on (Robin of Sherwood, The Sweeney, Minder (Denis Waterman episodes) etc) Sometimes it’s easy to forget how well written they were. You could remake that Professionals episode as a mini series now
Nigel Farage admires Margaret Thatcher because she was brilliant at making a few extremely wealthy people even richer ... Just as he hopes to do via yet more privatisation for the millionaires funding Reform UK meme via Huddersfield TUC
This is Mitchell Palmer, Reform UK’s ‘economic adviser’ breaking news today is that he has advised selling off or privatising the NHS - ending the pensions triple lock and repealing the equality and human rights laws. Yup Party of the people folks!!🤮
It’s only going to get worse everyday and in the foreseeable future the only hope there is to save our democracy is to vote blue, vote early and mail-in ballots.
Farage lies Farage is a liar Farage is an enemy state asset Weakening the uk every day
Nigel Farage regained his seat after a tough campaign against... a bin. A waste of everyone’s time, effort and money – all to run away from scrutiny. The investigation into Farage’s finances will now resume and only when that’s concluded will we get full transparency.
You think you’re having a good day? I’ve just seen a Comma butterfly on my buddleia First spotting in the garden since we moved in 32 years ago 😳
This is the moment we all knew Donald is the type of person who would allow other people to stay on a plane he’d been told was a target for missiles—if it meant he alone was safe.
The state of this. A lovely day out for Badenoch and Philp, playing dress up and making pronouncements about early release schemes - having left the country with one hundred available men's prison places, after fourteen years in charge. You read that right. One hundred places.
Jeanne Gibson, beloved “Rosie the Riveter,” passed away on July 29, 2026 at 100. Gibson became a welder at Todd Pacific Shipyards in Seattle, helping build destroyers for the Allied war effort during WWII. Gibson helped pave the way for millions of women who stepped into critical wartime roles.
We are watching, in real time, the biggest fuck-up by any president in the history of the United States of America.
