So, if I understand Nigel Farage's argument correctly it is: "Everyone I trusted and elevated into a position of responsibility is constantly doing crimes that benefit me but of which I somehow have no knowledge. I am a man with the character, judgement, and intelligence to run the country." Ok.
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‘The truth is he’s been treated way worse than a white person would be in exactly the same position’ youtube.com/shorts/BtkHs...
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Thought the £5m was supposed to help stop Farage being embarrassed www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Nigel Farage says he won’t attend count in Clacton byelection against Count Binface - UK politics live
The Reform UK leader will not be present at vote count in byelection he has tried to frame as the ‘people versus the establishment’
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‘What is the risk of what I’ve never seen before?’ This A.I. Just Created Viruses Not Found in Nature www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/s...
This A.I. Just Created Viruses Not Found in Nature
Scientists trained artificial intelligence on libraries of DNA and then asked the model to create recipes for viral genomes. Sixteen of them were viable, yielding new viruses.
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This might be one of the most unhinged things ever committed to print. The criminal justice system is in literal meltdown, and the MoS devotes a full-page of hysterical shrieking to…whatever this is.
This is all because they're going to stop saying 'All rise' in court and say 'All rise, if able'.
This is what oligarchy is about. While planning massive cuts to Medicaid, the Republicans are proposing to provide another $235 billion in tax breaks to the top 0.2% of households through an increase in the estate tax exemption. The very rich get richer. The poor lose health care. Outrageous.
Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉 Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace. You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
The US health care system is broken & wildly expensive. The function of a health care system is not to provide billions in profits for insurance & drug companies. It is to provide quality care as a human right. The time is NOW to pass Medicare for All.
It’s time for the US to guarantee healthcare to all | Bernie Sanders
We spend almost twice as much per capita on healthcare as any other country on Earth. It’s time to change that
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Is this an April fool’s? People don’t really eat it biscuit side down do they? www.theguardian.com/food/2025/ap...
Taking the biscuit: for 100 years we’ve been eating chocolate digestives wrong
McVitie’s reveals chocolate side should be down to fire up taste buds
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This stuff makes Trump look both weak and petulant. If he heard anyone on Fox News say anything like that, every chance he either u-turns on Russia or just abandons the issue entirely. It’s no way to run the world.
Gary Lineker, "Why worry about people you don't like?" Amol Rajan, "Because of damage to the BBC" Gary Lineker, "This is the mistake the BBC make" "The BBC try to appease the people that hate the BBC"
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It's been 51 days since ANY humanitarian aid has entered Gaza. Israeli Minister of Defense Katz has said: "Israel’s policy is clear: no humanitarian aid will enter Gaza." This is a war crime. We must end our complicity. NO more military aid for Netanyahu's war machine.
Hegseth has just spoken about this. He didn’t deny any of the allegations. Instead, typically and predictably, he blamed the media. Pathetic stuff.
Hegseth Said to Have Shared Attack Details in Second Signal Chat www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...
Not only are those running the *official White House social media accounts* evil and cruel - they also appear to be around 8-years-old
Misogynistic content driving UK boys to hunt vulnerable girls on suicide forums
Misogynistic content driving UK boys to hunt vulnerable girls on suicide forums
Exclusive: Police set up taskforce to tackle online violence as young men seek victims on eating disorder forums Young men and boys fuelled by “strongly misogynistic” online material are hunting for vulnerable women and girls to exploit on websites such as eating disorder and suicide forums, senior officers have said. The threat from young males wanting to carry out serious harm is so serious that counter-terrorism officers are joining the National Crime Agency (NCA) in the hunt for them, fearing they could go on to attack or kill. Continue reading...
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Agatized coral (fossil coral) flake from Site 8HI473, Hillsborough Co., FL. You can see the striations of the coral in both images. 1/ #FossilFriday #fossils #Archaeology #lithics
‘For all to fear the ruler, it is essential that anyone’s freedom can be taken away – and be seen to be taken away – at any time’ app.theneweuropean.co.uk/story/131870...
The choreography of fascism
The shocking treatment of US deportees to El Salvador is just one attraction in Trump’s theme park of brutality. But why do so many Americans seem keen to buy a ticket?
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Not the most important point, but I would like to know more about the non-zero tax revenue from 0-9 year olds.
Fascinating graph that I’ve never seen before - govt spending vs tax for age groups from the FT
I’m not sure how many times this has to happen for people to get it.
Not gonna pretend like I know anything about Carney’s politics because I don’t, but I watched his speech yesterday and he essentially told Trump to fuck off and now Trump’s speaking about him with a modicum of respect. I feel like there’s a lesson in there somewhere.