Nicole Solomons

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Beth Rigby: "Keir Starmer has changed his top team more than I've had hot dinners."

In two years before Starmer we had 3 PMs, 4 Chancellors, 3 Foreign Secretaries, 5 Home Secretaries, 5 Education Secretaries, 5 Cabinet Secretaries, etc. - total 221 ministerial departures.

Maybe Beth is on a diet.

Wood burners linked to 2,500 deaths a year in the UK, analysis finds Use of wood-burning stoves and fires in homes is mostly unnecessary and their toxic pollution costs the NHS millions

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Running out of time to save democracy, America

Hurty Words

pca.st/episode/b982.... This episode with Stewart Lee had me howling with laughter. Geniuses at work (Geniuii?). #StrongMessageHere

Now the UN says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, too. How can western governments still refuse to act? | Steve Crawshaw The UN commission of inquiry’s report makes it almost impossible for Israel – and its allies – to maintain the narrative that criticism of it is part of an antisemitic plot, says author Steve Crawshaw

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Can we convince you to continue your campaign against those who seek to get out of paying stamp duty, @thesun.co.uk? How about you, @telegraphnews.bsky.social? Surely, you're outraged about this, @dailymail.co.uk? Anyone?

The Telegraph Rayner tax scandal - £40k tax dodge - Statement Angela Rayner dodges £40,000 stamp duty Deputy Prime Minister reduces tax bill for Hove flat by declaring it as her main residence [Photo: Angela Rayner pictured at the weekend in Hove, where she has just bought a flat Credit: Dan Charity/The Sun on Sunday] Robert Mendick Chief Reporter. Amy Gibbons Political Correspondent 29 August 2025 8:57am BST

The Telegraph Money > Property > Second homes How to avoid tax on your second home From stamp duty to council tax, shield your wealth from Labour's tightening net [Photo of houses around a bay - Areas such as Cornwall have added a premium to council tax bills for second homes Credit: iStockphoto] Fran Ivens Senior Money Writer 29 August 2025 1:21pm BST

On the same day in the Telegraph:

Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him

U.S. Suspends Visas for Palestinian Passport Holders, Officials Say

The Trump administration has enacted a sweeping suspension of approvals of almost all types of visitor visas for Palestinian passport holders, according to U.S. officials. The move will stop, at least temporarily, travel for medical treatment, business, attending university or visiting relatives.

Heat pumps could halve heating bills with energy system reform, study finds Steps to make electricity cheaper, such as ending levies, could transform prospects for pumps, thinktank shows

www.theguardian.com/environment/... Heat pump specific tariffs are already bringing costs down

My next read…..

More than fifty private schools shut since Labour put VAT on fees Department for Education defends ending tax breaks for independent institutions, after parents lost a legal battle at the High Court this year — view map

The headline here should say:

"Number of private schools increases by 35 - showing fears of an exodus to be unfounded".

(The increase is mentioned way down the article.)

www.thetimes.com/article/19ef...

Record £75m boost for hospices - full list of sites and how much they'll get More than 170 hospices across England will receive a share of the funding - which will go towards building separate family rooms, adding solar panels to reduce energy costs and communal lounges

Record £75m boost for hospices

More than 170 hospices across England will receive a share of the funding - which will go towards building separate family rooms, adding solar panels to reduce energy costs and communal lounges
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Bernard Jenkin, "Achieving net zero will add 21% of GDP as a cost"

Ed Milliband, "The bit in the report you didn't mention, is if we end up in 3 degree world, we add 56% of GDP.. That is the cost of inaction"

Do you have a plan for the General Wolfe? Do you have a plan for the General Wolfe?

#NEWS: 🏚️ We're inviting expressions of interest from organisations with plans to buy and refurbish a well-known derelict building in the heart of St Austell town centre.

If you have a vision for bringing the property back into use, we want to hear from you.

🔗 www.cornwall.gov.uk/council-news...

Possibly because the Trending topics on Bluesky are always just USA focused, a real pain and putting me off as a user

We have a WINNER 🥇

NO KINGS DAY

YouTube video by Björk's Joyous Tunes Björk : w/PJ Harvey - I Can't Get No Satisfaction 1994 BRIT Awards

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#FreedomFlotilla #Gaza #Madleen

israel Must Lift The Blockade on #Gaza

Let The #Madleen enter Safely. Humanitarian Aid MUST Be Protected 🇵🇸

Trump’s evidence of South Africa ‘white genocide’ contains images from Democratic Republic of Congo Other images displayed by Trump during meeting with South African president Cyril Ramaphosa were false or misleading

Surprise surprise www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Luftwaffe

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‘They dictate the rules’: BBC tells PM’s Evan Davis to stop hosting heat pump podcast Presenter believes decision was taken due to the technology’s link with net zero after he was told he risked accusations of political bias

What nonsense. It's a very good, informative podcast #happyheatpumps www.theguardian.com/media/2025/a...

Miliband in blistering attack on Farage’s UK net zero ‘nonsense and lies’ The energy secretary has accused Reform UK’s leader of peddling dangerous falsehoods about renewable power

Good.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Tweet showing a protest-style sign on a city street that reads, “We are officially living out the part of history that makes school kids ask, WHY DIDN’T ANYONE DO ANYTHING TO STOP THEM?”

You are here.

Before the election, I warned that there is no safe haven under authoritarianism.

If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone.

Americans of conscience must stand against this now.

Very important point. It's not green energy that is making UK electricity expensive: it's mostly gas

Solar panel push still won’t cover as much land as golf courses A study shows that Ed Miliband’s 2030 green energy targets are set to require up to 0.4 per cent of the UK, compared with 0.06 per cent today

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sola...