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A Free Press, Not a Free Pass – It's Time for Fair Regulation For too long, the UK press have bullied people, harassed grieving families, and destroyed lives, all to sell papers. We’ve all seen the heartbreaking consequences. They’ve hacked phones, listened to ...

Did you watch The Hack? I can't believe papers have gotten away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation. Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...

US joins Russia to vote against UN resolution condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine | CNN Politics The United States joined Russia to vote against a UN General Assembly resolution condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine Monday in a stunning shift from years of US policy.

For the US to side with Russia and North Korea to oppose a UN resolution condemning the illegal invasion of Ukraine defies all common sense and adds insult to the countless injuries suffered by the brave Ukrainian people. edition.cnn.com/2025/02/24/p...

The far right becoming the official opposition in Germany and the US siding with North Korea at the UN.

If the warning signs weren’t clear enough, then surely they must be now?

Ex-Reform UK Wales leader accused of taking Russian bribes The ex-MEP and former UKIP Wales leader made favourable statements about Russia for money, a court hears.

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former leader of Reform UK in Wales has appeared in court accused of accepting bribes in exchange for making statements in the European Parliament that would benefit Russia, a court has heard

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I am asked, a lot, about how Labour could effectively combat Reform without pushing further to the right, and basically just reinforcing Reform's messaging. So, buckle up, here's a thread on it. Disclaimer though, this a simplified thread of a complex issue, and even then it is going to be long. 1/

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Another week begins my friends as we step closer to spring. There’s not much to lift us at the moment but we must do all we can to support others and be the light in the dark world. Find pockets of happiness where you can my love to all.♥️

An adult fox is reading a book to a young fox. Text reads 'Be kind. Unless you can be fantastic. Then be fantastically kind.' Credit jangandfox

Happy Monday lovely phone family. I hope you got time for yourselves at the weekend, even if you were working. There are some fantastically kind folk in this community, which is why I love it so much. I always feel so blessed to be connected to you all ❤️
Have a brilliant day 😘
#HaveCourageAndBeKind

What? Really?

“I told you if you hold on to clothes long enough they come back in fashion”

From the new Private Eye, out now.

Thrilling, baffling yet energising - What fresh economic opportunities might Genghis Khan's monumental million-skull structure portend for Merv?

Some questions for Elon Musk courtesy of the late Tony Benn:

What power have you got?
Where did you get it from?
In whose interests do you use it?
To whom are you accountable?
And how do we get rid of you?

Meta is renewing its threats against employees, telling them today that they will hunt for leakers and tolerate zero leaks.

Want to know how that is going? Three Meta employees who I’ve never spoken to before just cold messaged/emailed me offering me to be sources.

Aww

💥 Mind, the leading mental health charity, has quit X.

It's here as @mindcharity.bsky.social.

It had over 500,000 followers on the other place.

Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.

I asked DeepSeek three questions:

- How does China treat the Uyghur Muslims?

- Is Taiwan part of China?

- What happened in Tiananmen Square in the 1980s?

Here are DeepSeek's answers:

Discovering My Family's Holocaust History (it's been a strange week...) A blog about my own family's painful revelations coinciding with awful statements about the Holocaust by Marine Le Pen, Sean Spicer, and Ken Livingstone

As a historian, the scale and sinister brutality of the Holocaust terrifies me. And as a descendent of people who were sent to Auschwitz, hearing this testimony always brings me to tears

This is my own family story, which I’m ashamed to say I only learned in 2017 www.gregjenner.com/my-family-an...

We never imagined that 80 years after the liberation of #Auschwitz we would see such appalling levels of antisemitism and Islamophobia, and a resurgence of the far right, in Europe.
#HolocaustMemorialDay

I thought this looked dodgy and here’s the excellent Chris P with the goods on why it’s dodgy.

Generally if a poll finding is unusual enough to get journalists writing a marmalade dropping headline, there’s probably something amiss with the poll.

Lord Heseltine brands Brexit a ‘pack of lies’ and calls for Britain to rejoin EU The former deputy prime minister’s intervention came as it emerged Sir Keir Starmer will snub the fifth anniversary of Brexit on Friday – choosing instead to focus on his ongoing reset of relations with the EU

Lord Heseltine has called for the UK to rejoin the EU, saying that Brexiteers sold Britain a “pack of lies”. He said that the UK should be “at the heart of Europe” and rejoining would be “in the best interests of a generation of young British people”.

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The vile, sadistic crimes of this rape gang will not make national headlines, or trend on twitter for days. Govt will not have to account for failures to protect its victims.

And all of us are less safe, because there is a concerted campaign for us to focus only on perpetrators with brown skin.

Mugshots of the offenders in a Glasgow child sex abuse ring.

Grooming gangs and csa are weaponised as part of certain bad faith actors attempts to make them seem race, religion or "integration" based. They aren't. Main offenders are actually white anyway. When you make them about race you risk ignoring other abusers like these.
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Oh this is good

🧵Grind culture is toxic. Grind culture doesn't just wear down a to-do list, it wears down the grinder. Capitalism fosters grind culture because in capitalism we are replaceable. But you are not replaceable. There is only one YOU in the whole of the universe. Embrace balance, peace, rest and quiet.

Southport murder trial triggers soul-searching over UK approach to terror and justice [FREE TO READ] Axel Rudakubana’s actions prompt questions about contempt of court and why disinformation spread online

Tried to summarise (some of) the wider policy implications from the Southport case, including that question of what information gets released and when. Featuring Jonathan Hall KC, who argues the authorities took an “ultra cautious” and potentially counter productive approach

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Police request transcripts from Prince Harry’s case against owner of the Sun Exclusive: Campaigners hope for investigation into claims of ‘perjury and cover-ups’ against News Group Newspapers

Police request transcripts from Prince Harry's case against owner of the Sun

Campaigners hope for investigation into claims of 'perjury and cover-ups' against News Group Newspapers

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Hugh Grant calls for police to investigate Sun owners He also wants to see the government launch part two of the Leveson Inquiry into press standards.

Hugh Grant urges POLICE to investigate Sun owners

And he’s absolutely right

www.bbc.com/news/article...

This is so cool.
Watch the storm coming in….

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Wow