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For the sake of clarity, I do not have and never have had knowledge of the whereabouts of the remaining unaccounted for party funds of the SED of the German Democratic Republic. Rumours to the contrary are completely unfounded. Thank you.

Get the reduced taste the difference salmon en croute. Reheat them at 3 o'clock on a Sunday. Eat one. Hell, eat them both. Get the overground to Stoke Newington. Book a swim at Clissold Leisure Centre. Swim 1km. Almost drown writhing from indigestion. Enjoy the ride - Anthony Bourdain

The 2026 Greater Manchester election was a political science experiment to explore the conditions required for an entirely discourse-free election. The study has now concluded, and the University of Manchester thanks you all for your participation

We must remember the Utøya massacre, and remember it for what it was: a far-right attack specifically targeted against democratic socialist activists. Today, the ideologies of its perpetrator are openly espoused by a global network of nationalist oligarchs as they wage war on democratic societies.

Roberta Metsola@president.europarl.europa.eu · 2w ago

Fifteen years ago today, 77 lives were taken - most of them young - on an island that should have been a place of summer, friendship, and first ideas about the world they wanted to build. On that day, Norway grieved, and Europe grieved with it. Utøya. Oslo. We remember.

when an ageing former triphop musician is elected mayor of bristol, he is confronted by the perils of the council committee system, hauntology of bansky and is pushed into a faustian pact of a market led urban regeneration scheme

my first novel (the story of a hackney based creative director's spiral into psychosis due to microbiome dysfunction after london fields lidl stops stocking apple cider vinegar) is being lauded as My Year of Rest and Relaxation for the gorpcore generation

The touch controls on our wireless earphones are our most intuitive yet 👇 Two short presses to skip track ➡️ One short press and one long press to immediately dial your most significant ex-partner 🙌 Two long presses to turn up the volume 🔊

leading economists have concluded that your favorite childhood memories - the joy of a snow day, the smell of fresh-cut grass, the cool wind of summer dusk - were merely Zero-Interest Rate Period phenomena, and have limited relevance for today's macro environment