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The future is orange As someone said on social media, watching Lord Mandelson being arrested is the greatest thing they have seen since Margaret Thatcher was driven away from Downing Street in tears.

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24.02.2026 07:31 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Representation of the People Bill: Ask your MP to attend the debate and speak out for Fair Votes The Representation of the People Bill is a rare chance to renew our democracy - yet it ignores the voting system driving chaos and disillusionment. We need MPs standing up for fair votes in this upco...

The Representation of the People Bill is a rare chance to renew our democracy - yet it ignores the voting system driving chaos and disillusionment.

We need MPs standing up for fair votes in this upcoming debate. Urge your MP to attend: actionnetwork.org/letters/repr...

22.02.2026 13:51 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Delusions I only know of two films about ice hockey.

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21.02.2026 06:28 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

On the map I got a little depressed the other day because of a map.

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20.02.2026 07:08 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Happy endings? As more and more money and more and more power is concentrated in the hands of a small group of the ultra wealthy, you have to ask yourself, “ How do they think this is going to end?”

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19.02.2026 08:18 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

I did listen. Thank you, Dr Peter! I had all but given up hope before you started speaking, with Claire waffling about her 2 L car.
It’s gold-standard ludditism, isn’t it? Why isn’t she still buying bushels of oats for her pony?

19.02.2026 09:38 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Priced out The news of the latest rise in UK unemployment this morning was immediately followed by some instant analysis from the NIESR, a very reputable economic organisation.

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17.02.2026 07:44 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Compare and contrast Compare and contrast was always one of my least favourite exam questions and that is a very long list.

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18.02.2026 08:08 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Media blast from the past In the early years of the Metrication Programme, which began in 1965, the press was not hostile to metrication. They published articles that sounded supportive or neutral. It was only a couple of d…

In the early years of the Metrication Programme, which began in 1965, the press was not hostile to #metrication ...

Our latest blog article: "Media blast from the past"

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17.02.2026 23:30 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Fight back If Sir Kier wants to fight back politically he could do little better than bringing forward huge levels of increased defence spending, today.

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16.02.2026 09:04 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Yes. The florin and the shilling were replaced by the 10 and 5-penny pieces in 1968, followed by the 50-penny piece in 1969, to replace the 10-shilling note. All the other coins were released on D-day. Except…

15.02.2026 14:13 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thanks for the reminder.
Happy D-day, everyone!

15.02.2026 14:09 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Five European nations have determined that Russia poisoned Alexei Navalny.

This was a cowardly act from a frightened leader.

Russia has long acted as a terrorist state, relying on terrorist methods.
 Poisoning political opponents. Silencing journalists. Invading peaceful neighbors.

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FPTP is well past its use-by date. The new bill is an excellent opportunity to introduce a modern system of PR before the next general election.

14.02.2026 09:19 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0