Buses, famously for the richer classes and upper orders.
Hannah
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You would never get the "£50 doesn't even buy a meal quote if the topic was the benefit system, then you would have a guy going "sack of potatoes and a carrot, and you can feed a child for a month at just 3.2 pence per meal"
Sky News@news.sky.com · 2w ago'£50 doesn't even buy a meal': What people think of Burnham's electricity VAT cut
here in the UK throwing soup at a painting will get you jailed for 100 years with no trial but being openly fascist and wealthy will get you as many government contracts as you'd like
Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · 2w agoElon Musk, owner of X, has called the editor of the Economist "a traitor to the West, plain and simple" after her recent interview with him. He now argues that "anyone who opposes remigration is a traitor" Musk has been socialising violence since Aug25: "fight or die, that's what it comes down to"
this is how dumb you sound, democrats, when you accept the absurd premise that this is an issue that you need to campaign on
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoTrump: "We had transgender for everybody. Men in women's sports came ravaging through our cities."
This game is so bad, it should be illegal to win the World Cup this badly
Variation 8, Cathedral Series (flipped), by Suzan Frecon, 2011
It isn’t the White House task force’s role to decide these matters. It’s FIFA’s rule. But I supposed FIFA has for the past 6 weeks become a branch of the federal government so …
What an embarrassment to everyone who works for this company.
Gil Durán@gilduran.com · 3w agoAxel Springer, the company that owns Politico, awards its top prize to...Antichrist lecturer Peter Thiel. No mention of the $50 million Thiel gave the son of Axel Springer's CEO to start a venture capital fund. But the CEO lauds Thiel's "courage and non-conformity." www.welt.de/wirtschaft/a...
www.espn.co.uk/soccer/story... Something I wrote today at work ahead of tomorrow :)
Lionel Messi vs. Harry Kane: How do Argentina and England's captains compare? Key stats before World Cup semifinal clash
In the latest iteration of a footballing rivalry that goes back generations, England and Argentina are due to showdown in the World Cup semifinal.
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Covid PPE heist getting barely a mention. Gove gets a pass to claim ‘honest mistakes.’ You want a conspiracy theory, lads? There it is, right in your face.
What a fantastic tournament for Porro. So glad he signed a new contract with us recently. Love him.
Phil lost the game in the headline 2-0 and was fired the next week
Nigel Farage turned down taxpayer-funded security including bodyguard, car and driver last year – UK politics live
Nigel Farage turned down taxpayer-funded security including bodyguard, car and driver last year – UK politics live
The head of Reform UK refused the security, which was a similar level to that received by the leader of the opposition, because he considered it inadequate Today MPs are expected to pass the so-called Hillsborough law bill – which is officially known as the public office (accountability) bill – after the government dropped its insistence on provisions that would in practice have given the security services an opt-out. Before it becomes law, the bill will still have to go through the Lords. Libby Brooks has a good account of what led up to this in her First Edition briefing. We have shown that true power belongs to ordinary people. We did not stay silent, we were not ground down, we were not afraid to speak truth to power. Continue reading...
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This is pretty well known, but the Australian flag Sam Neill wore on his uniform in Event Horizon was designed at his request to show the Union Jack replaced with the Aboriginal flag, because he hoped in the future this is how it would actually look. A proper fucken ally in every way, this bloke.
Sam Neill, actor and star of Jurassic Park, dies aged 78 www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ju...
Sam Neill, actor and star of Jurassic Park, dies aged 78
New Zealand actor built career as dashing romantic leads and charismatic villains across film and television
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Congratulations to Britain on becoming the kind of country where the police have to walk on eggshells when talking about a murder case, because one false move could set off a week of fascist rioting by the vicious far right swine our whole system is increasingly designed to please and impress.
You can speak ill of the dead when, while alive, they spoke and caused ill, of so many others. You don’t have to mourn monsters.
Very pleased for Spence, and only right after that non-handshake.
“This brazen act should be seen as nothing more than an attempt to prevent the public from knowing what is happening in their country by intimidating journalists from doing their jobs.” {gift link} www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/b...
Times Journalists Subpoenaed as Trump Escalates Pressure on Media (Gift Article)
The Justice Department is seeking to compel testimony from reporters who wrote about the new Air Force One. The Times called the move a “brazen act.”
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At least the source is an impartial observer in this war with no incentive to keep Trump emotionally riled up…
Exclusive | Iran Hatched Fresh Plot to Kill Trump, Israel Told U.S.
Israel recently shared new intelligence with the U.S. that they said showed Iran was considering a new plan to assassinate the president, sources say.
wsj.com
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo is the latest person to be killed by ICE agents shooting into cars. @nickmiroff.bsky.social reports on the incident in Houston and immigration officials’ increased targeting of people in vehicles. theatln.tc/ueQYHd3l
