You have two types of Political Party in the UK. "Lets tax the rich and make things better for everyone." Or "Lets blame Immigrants, Disabled People and Pensioners so we can get in a party who will make the billionaires even richer and things worse for everyone else."
Jack Smith says he could prove Trump engaged in 'criminal scheme' to overturn 2020 election... www.nbcnews.com/now/video/ja...
£18 - hourly rate for a resident doctor after the 29% rise £24 - hourly rate for a physicians assistant If you're ok with assistants earning more than actual doctors, congratulations, you've fallen for Streeting and Starmer's attack on the people who will keep you safe when you fall ill, doctors
Imagine actually believing that the US is still "leading a rules-based system"
"Recent years have seen a dramatic shift in public discourse around autism: autistic people are finally being listened to, and many leading autism researchers now speak openly about how much they have learnt this way." #Autism #Neurodivergence
Autism understanding time
We're all aware of autism by now, but most have very little understanding of it. Perhaps listening to autistic people could help
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Our penultimate article today looking at #neurodiversity picks up the theme of ADHD as an asset #CitizenJounalism @centralbylines.co.uk The ADHD brain’s unique abilities: a positive approach centralbylines.co.uk/featured/the...
As part of our mission to raise #AutismAcceptance, this article looks at a little-known #neurodiversity @bylines.scot Aphantasia: When you cannot visualise A form of neurodiversity that is often overlooked and could be your experience bylines.scot/health/aphan...
JUST IN: Saying the Trump administration’s “grievous error” “shocks the conscience,” a federal judge has rejected their call to lift her order demanding the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
"globalisation has come to an end" is an insane take from anyone not trying to pander to the US delusion that they can singlehandedly stop *everyone else* from also trading. Case in point, you don't hear Nintendo saying they're not launching the Switch 2 *anywhere*!
You think the arbitrary arrest of political dissenters cannot happen in the UK? It already does. www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Quakers condemn police raid on Westminster Meeting House
Police broke into a Quaker Meeting House last night (27 March) and arrested six young people holding a meeting over concerns for the climate and Gaza.
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Incredible summary. Read it! “The democratic recession does not begin when a far-right party takes office. It begins when a centrist party crushes hope in democracy” “I feel there’s great potential in building a new politics [where] political power and local resources are returned to communities”
George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 2y agoWhy is Keir Starmer's government adopting policies that look perfectly designed to prevent its re-election? This column seeks to unravel the mystery and explain the fundamental forces that now govern our politics. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Denmark's Greens are on 15%, almost double the last election, mid-term. The social democrats in Denmark have been vocally sceptical on asylum & pace of immigration intending to go left on economics and the state. This may be effective at the next election but has potential risks on two flanks
Europe Elects@europeelects.bsky.social · 2y agoDenmark, Epinion poll: A-S&D: 23% (+3) F-G/EFA: 15% (-1) I-EPP: 13% (+1) Æ-ECR: 11% (-1) V-RE: 9% Ø-LEFT: 7% C-EPP: 6% (-1) B-RE: 5% (+1) O-PfE: 5% M-RE: 4% Å→G/EFA: 2% H-*: 1% (-1) +/- vs. 15-22 Janurary 2025 Fieldwork: 19-26 March 2025 Sample size: 1.640 ➤ europeelects.eu/denmark
Fox News is now engaged in a 24 hour operation to convince Americans that invading Greenland is normal.
Looks like Carney's not fucking about then. Good to see a world leader who's ready to do what needs done. If the rest took his lead some people might have to rethink their game plan.
As we’re approaching law-firm-hiring season, I hope students are considering which firms align with their professional and personal values and which ones don’t.
Anna Bower@annabower.bsky.social · 2y agoShame. Shame. Shame. Shame. Shame. Shame. Shame. Shame. Shame. Shame. Shame. Shame. Shame. Shame. Shame. Shame. Shame. Shame. Shame. Shame. Shame. Shame. Shame. Shame. Shame. Shame. Shame. Shame. Shame. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/b...
Here's how Judge Rosenthal explains why Trump's executive order does not cover drag shows storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
BREAKING: Judge Boasberg rejects Trump administration call to rescind his restraining order, saying the Venezuelans marked for deportation under the Alien Enemies Act are likely to win — because they are entitled to individual hearings/due process. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
Spain stopped supplying Israel with weapons, recognised Palestine and will arrest Netanyahu. ¡Viva España!
This UK government should be saying unequivocally that our first interest is as a European country in terms of both economy and defence rather than quivering as to whether something that might upset the US, particularly this administration. bsky.app/profile/guys...
Guy Stallard @guystall.bsky.social · 2y agoVery good newsletter from @iainmartin1.bsky.social today - he is right Europe needs to stick together like glue. This will have to become defence and so much more. Time for British leaders to stand up and say only defence in our geography matters now. Defence means our youth nee to unite
– Norge kan ikke risikere å tjene penger på Trumps plan om etnisk rensing og kolonialisering av Gaza. Det vil ha stor internasjonal signaleffekt, sier @uneaba.bsky.social.
– Det norske oljefondet er helt katastrofalt
FNs spesialrapportør til Palestina, Francesca Albanese er tydelig i talen om når det komme til hvor dårlig Norge er.
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If anyone doubts this is true, the stumps of ancient wildwood trees still protrude from the peat here. The evidence is all there, right in front of us, once we open our eyes.
Eoghan Daltun 🌍@irishrainforest.bsky.social · 2y agoAt first glance, a quintessentially beautiful Irish landscape. But in reality, it's a deadzone. The graveyard of a once species-rich Atlantic rainforest wonderland, smothered under sheep and, in the distance, sitka. We are, however, waking to just how much has been stolen from us.
Still internalising the Vance Munich speech. A sitting Vice President goes to Europe, barely says a word about the despotic murderous regime which has invaded its neighbour, and instead lectures his allies about freedom of speech. It’d be funny if it weren’t so serious.
America going around bullying the rest of the world is going to end badly.
Checking in this afternoon: yeah, cool, the transatlantic fascism remains both wildly embarrassing and incompetent, even if simultaneously destructive. Has Europe found its big boy pants in response? Has the UK realised that there isn't a real choice between the EU and the US left yet?
Lib Dems respond to JD Vance’s speech at the Munich Security Conference Foreign affairs spokesperson @calummillerld.bsky.social says:
This sounds great but they will probably target things like base schools and health benefits for veterans, not flashy weapons systems or Musk contracts.
NPR@npr.org · 2y agoJUST IN: Elon Musk's DOGE team is aiming to cut 8% from next year's defense budget, officials tell NPR.
I thought this guy got killed in Die Hard ages ago.
Mike Galsworthy@mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 2y agoWhat an idiot. This level of projection would knock Sigmund Freud off his chair.
