Because the gambling lobby definitely does no lobbying of local government, and local government isn't famously cheap
I do like Caper Crusader, but still find something set in the 40s USA black characters but no structural racism a bit jarring. I know it’s set in its own world and black people did more than just be victims of racism but it almost feels slightly in ensuring/cowardly to airbrush it
Sometimes I think we should really be meaner to the Guardian.
If the documentary is true, then Utd really missed out on getting Mourinho in 2013, would have got the last couple of good years out of him.
What left and right get wrong on universities – new Arguably column. Rather than abolishing fees or cutting places, we should rebalance the system in favour of the poorest. New graduates will pay *97%* of the cost of their education, it’s time for a fairer split. www.arguably.uk/p/why-left-a...
Why left and right are wrong on universities
Rather than abolishing fees or cutting places, we should rebalance the system in favour of the poorest
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Following huge demand (three whole people liked my post that I was going to start a Substack), I've done my first Substack post. It looks at some legal changes that would benefit trade unions, one is ambitious and five are straightforward. Huge thanks to @ciaranmcgurdy.bsky.social for editing.
The Kind Of Laws Trade Unions Ought To Want?
Some suggestions for laws, big and small, that would benefit trade unions.
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Working class aspiration should be more than telling kids there is nothing wrong with getting a trade. No there isn't. But there's nothing wrong with wanting to be a doctor or a lawyer or whatever the kids of these politicians decide to pursue- because it sure as hell won't be working as a plumber.
What actually happened is the OU later in life and a determination not to follow the path that had been set for me. Labour's policy is well meaning stuff thought up by people who seem to feel some kind of guilt for getting on in life or something. We want more w/c kids in uni. It's a good thing fgs.
See also complete lack of interest in young women. I will be interested to see if Burnham reverses that but Labour, Tories, and Reform have for the last few years shown a real contempt for young women
Not the first person to say this was an interesting read. I think it’s showing the dangers of unregulated AI use and that this is accompanied by a lack of education/understanding of what it can/can’t do. I think it’s particularly ill-suited to tribunals because so often the ruling really depends on
Matthew Holehouse@matthewholehouse.bsky.social · 5d agoPublic use of AI is doing weird, unpredictable and damaging things to the state. A dive into how Grok lawyering is upending the employment tribunals www.economist.com/britain/2026...
52 skeets is too many skeets (no pun intended) anyway it's done and for one final time I give you the EVENTS DEAR BOY COMIC EVENT SURVEY before I close it tomorrow. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#EventsDearBoy: The Big Comic Events Survey
Hello! Whether you have been following my #EventsDearBoy hashtag on Bluesky or not this is your opportunity to tell me which big comics events you have enjoyed! I used a slightly idiosyncratic defini...
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Tom Ewing@tomewing.bsky.social · 5d ago#EventsDearBoy 2. 52 (2006, DC) OK, 1 Like = 1 Post about the DC Event* Comic "52", my second favourite event, offer is limited to 52 likes! *I mean it sort of isn't but there are those World War III tie ins!
I've revived my substack to fight my own demons [internalised misogyny and/ or the novels of Curtis Sittenfeld] m0rganj0nes.substack.com/p/into-the-s...
Into the Sittenfeldverse
How I learned to stop worrying and embrace liking the novels of Curtis Sittenfeld.
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I’m a LinkedIn wanker now 😎 www.linkedin.com/posts/gmb-lo...
Join GMB | GMB London Region
GMB has long organised workers across the Third Sector and we have now created a cross-sector branch led by members for members. This branch means we can now provide more targeted and strategic suppor...
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“In response to Mr Liddle calling Roy Keane a "thug", Eamon Dunphy shocked RTÉ Sport host Bill O'Herlihy by accusing the British journalist of "running away and leaving his wife for a young one" live on air in 2005.”
#EventsDearBoy 5. DC ONE MILLION (1998, DC) This is the Grant Morrison event where they play nicely with others, crafting a fantastical future for the DC Universe and opening its gates for other creators to have fun with. And they do - no other event has such an excellent tie-in hit-rate
Tom Ewing@tomewing.bsky.social · last wk.#EventsDearBoy 6. MARVEL SUPER HEROES SECRET WARS (1984, Marvel) The notorious focus group of small boys that decreed the most exciting words were "secret" and "wars" is the most consequential bit of comics market research ever done (runners-up "phalanx" and "covenant" got their due eventually)
Or maybe more a climax than a reunion - the last hurrah of a particular way of doing X-Men which defined superhero comics for a decade: subplot-festooned, character-led, complicated and always weirdly horny. Claremont has his moments after Inferno but they never pull together like this did
Give us the Infantino downfall tv series with Mark Strong in the role
Give me the confidence of some of the people on here who opine about things they know zilch about while having no interest in learning anything else.
Statement from FIFA president Gianni Infantino, announcing that plans to introduce a commercial arm of FIFA with stakes for private equity has been scrapped.
The closest thing we have to a white nationalist party getting more votes in the Tories in Manchester. Yup totally normal.
Owen Winter@owenwntr.bsky.social · 2w agoManchester mayoral results, first round Bev Craig - Labour 47% (+24 vs local elections) Reform 21% (-10) Green 12% (-7) Restore 9% (new) Conservative 8% (-3) Lib Dem 3% (-7)
Worst part of the Proms is the time taken for all the OAPs (who seem to have zero insight into how slow they are or how much space they take up) to get down the stairs
Listening to Times football podcast and they just said football needs an Seb Coe type instead of Infantino, have people just memory holed Oregon?
BP exiting the North Sea is a big moment in the history of the industry and Scotland’s economy. It’s been a long time coming, and marks an end to over a century of petroleum activities and more than 50 years of North Sea drilling. BP’s exit cannot be explained by short term tax policy changes 🧵
BP puts North Sea business up for sale
Chief executive Meg O’Neill says the business would be ‘better positioned as part of another company’, sparking recriminations over the basin’s high tax regime
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Definitely Ed Miliband's fault
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2w agoBP puts North Sea oil and gas business up for sale
No idea if Burnham’s social care reform will go anyway, but this approach does seem different to the government’s previous ‘we’ll do a commission and kick it down the road’, from dynamic reforming minister Wes Streeting.
