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Wicked forever: the enduring appeal of The Wizard Of Oz Musical sequel Wicked: For Good, enchanting audiences across the world, arrives as the 1939 fantasy continues to dominate pop culture

Wicked forever: the enduring appeal of The Wizard Of Oz

KC and the Sunshine Band’s hits #1 with “That’s the Way (I Like It)” — 50 years ago today.

“People always thought [the track] was some kind of crazy accident, like we just stumbled onto a hook,” said Harry Wayne Casey. “But we worked that groove over and over until it felt like a living thing.”

A real President ……….

Sixty-two years ago today, November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. He was shot while riding in an open-top car and died later at Parkland Hospital. The event, which occurred at 12:30 p.m. CST, was a moment of national tragedy.

The Confidence Trick That Put Boris Johnson Into Power Is Now Being Used on Nigel Farage The same people who convinced the British public to back a catastrophic Boris Johnson premiership are now pulling the same trick again with Nigel Farage

The same people who convinced the British public to back a catastrophic Boris Johnson premiership are now pulling the same trick again with Nigel Farage

www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...

Zack Polanski: ‘People will have to find some other way to hurt me’ | The Observer

"You can agree or disagree with him, but Polanski does not pretend to be something he is not.

He is unusually willing for a politician to give a straight answer to questions.

Does he want to rejoin the EU? “Yes."

observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

“Did Nathan Gill ever say anything you disagree with in return for his bribes from a Kremlin stooge?”

“Did you, in your roles as his boss, friend, mentor & party leader, ever question his full-throated support for an enemy of the UK and if not, why not?”

You can have those for nothing, lads.

NEW: Marjorie Taylor Green says she will resign from Congress in January

“I have too much self respect and dignity…love my family way too much….to have to endure a hurtful and hateful primary against me by the President we all fought for…it’s all so absurd and completely unserious.”

Enten: "This is probably the worst 10 day period for the president in the polls his entire second term. The numbers are just atrocious ... when your best poll has you 14 points underwater, you know it's truly bad and it's as bad as 26 points underwater ... -43 with independents! They despise him."

Nothing to see here. Just the White House needing to reassure the public that Piggy doesn't want to murder members of Congress. 😩

Farage can now be easily boxed in to a corner where his only ‘defence’ becomes: “Yes I spouted Kremlin propaganda & Putin worship but, unlike Nathan Gill, I didn’t need bribes to do it.”
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.

Ghislaine Maxwell will plead Fifth in House Epstein probe, Comer says The late sex offender's convicted co-conspirator has been subpoenaed by the House Oversight Committee.

Interesting. Ghislaine Maxwell's lawyers says she will plead the fifth if forced to testify to Congress. But she willingly sat down with Todd Blanche? What a load of horseshit. www.politico.com/live-updates...

Lots of on record recollections about Farage’s conduct - some of it is just mind blowing 🤯

‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school Bafta-winning director among contemporaries urging contrition and apology from Reform UK leader, who denies the allegations

💥 NEW: ‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school

“He would sidle up to me and growl: ‘Hitler was right,’ or ‘Gas them,’ sometimes adding a long hiss to simulate the sound of the gas showers".

Read on for more...

www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...

BREAKING: The UK’s response to Covid was “too little, too late”, a damning official report on the handling of the pandemic has concluded, saying the introduction of a lockdown even a week earlier than happened could have saved more than 20,000 lives.

Reform UK’s former Wales leader jailed for taking bribes for pro-Russia speeches Police say Nathan Gill received at least £40,000 while he was an MEP from Oleg Voloshyn, an alleged Russian asset

NEW: Reform UK’s former leader in Wales, Nathan Gill, has been jailed at the Old Bailey for 10 and a half years for taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia when he was an MEP. Full story 👇

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Nazi salutes and racism: the allegations about Nigel Farage’s school days – podcast Former pupils at Dulwich College have made shocking claims about the Reform leader’s behaviour at school – which he denies. Daniel Boffey reports

Nazi salutes and racism: the allegations about Nigel Farage’s school days – podcast

Oxford Street traffic diversion plan ahead of pedestrianisation

TfL has now set out the steps it could take to make our vision of a thriving Oxford Street a reality.

I encourage everyone to have their say on our proposals to transform Oxford Street into a place Londoners can be proud of.

Why do we still have Brexit?

The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings

“The FBI gained access to conversations in a ‘courtwatch’ Signal group that helps coordinate volunteer activists who monitor public proceedings at three New York federal immigration courts. The US government has repeatedly been accused of violating immigrants’ due process rights at those courts.”

The NHS could be left with “huge holes” in its medical workforce if foreign doctors leave the health service, according to the medical regulator

www.itv.com/news/2025-11...

NEW: Nathan Gill, Reform’s former leader in Wales, sentenced to 10.5 years in prison over pro-Russia bribes.

Covid bereaved call for Boris Johnson to lose ex-PM benefits over inquiry report Campaign group says it will pursue all legal means to ensure personal accountability for ‘grave betrayal’ Covid-bereaved families have called for Boris Johnson to lose access to public funds and said they will pursue all legal options for personal accountability after a damning report into his handling of the pandemic. The families said they want all privileges Johnson receives as a former prime minister, including his ministerial pension, his place on the privy council and access to the public duty costs allowance, to be withdrawn. Continue reading...

Covid bereaved call for Boris Johnson to lose ex-PM benefits over inquiry report

Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales Nathan Gill is sentenced to 10 & a half years in jail for taking bribes as part of a pro-Russia influence campaign

Gill was paid thousands of pounds to give TV interviews in favour of a key Putin ally and to make speeches in European Parliament, where he was an MEP

Nadine Dorries to LBC, "I saw Boris Johnson at his best at that time (at the start of the covid pandemic)"

If this was Boris Johnson's best, can you imagine his worst?

The "Dominic Cummings is a genius" types were worse than Dominic Cummings because they enabled Dominic Cummings.

The "Boris Johnson is a genius" types were worse than Boris Johnson because they enabled Boris Johnson.

Now go away and write that out a thousand times.

Forbes Formula 1’s Most Valuable Teams 2025 List Ferrari, Mercedes and McLaren top Forbes' 2025 list of Formula 1's most valuable teams. See the latest valuations of the financial powerhouses on the F1 grid.

Formula 1’s Most Valuable Teams 2025

With investors racing to get into F1, the ten teams on the grid are now worth $3.6 billion on average, and the leaders of the pack even outpace some NFL and NBA franchises.

Jewellery, Deportations & Distraction Tactics Podcast Episode · The Trawl · 21/11/2025 · 38m

GET THIS IN YOUR EARS

Jewellery. Deporations.
Distraction tactics.

Same circus, different week

But we cover it…differently 😉

(and that piggy from the US makes a cameo too)

Brand new ep on link below…

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Great to meet @albomp.bsky.social in Johannesburg today.

We’re working to get our free trade negotiations over the finish line.

We’re also working to deepen our cooperation on security and defence.

And we’re working to step up our cooperation on research and innovation!