jamie1112

"Crazy, but that's how it goes
Millions of people living as foes
Maybe it's not too late
To learn how to love
And forget how to hate"

RIP Ozzy

The first 6 months: what has Labour actually done? Yesterday we highlighted some of the achievements of our new government in its first six months. Here we explore some of the detail

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Outgoing hereditery peers criticise 'nasty plan' to remove them from the Lords The plan to boot out bloodline members from the upper chamber has sparked accusations of broken promises, class war, "guillotines" and "drive-by assassination".

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Bahahaaa! I love it.

There is still hope, as long as there are still enough people like this man.

Is it time for another general election? I mean it’s been four months | John Crace The sense that anything you don’t like can be cancelled is gaining ground everywhere, as Starmer finds out

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I enjoyed this article, so I'm sharing it.

Asthma: First new asthma attack treatment in 50 years Around two million asthma and COPD attacks each year could be treated with the drug, a study suggests.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Excellent news, not just for those who suffer with asthma but also the many people who find themselves essentially incapacitated by COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease).

The government must ensure support for our universities and research bodies.

Mohamed Al Fayed: Police investigate more people over billionaire's abuse The Metropolitan Police says it believes several people may have helped or enabled Mohamed Al Fayed's sexual offences.

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Good. Get to the bottom of this, expose the criminals responsible and throw the book at them.

King Charles's Coronation cost taxpayers £72m Government figures show that more than £20 million was spent by the Home Office policing the event.

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Can we please stop this weird situation where we revere and financially support incredibly wealthy people who just happen to be descendants of people who took control by being the best at murdering and enforcing servitude on the rest of us?

No 10 indicates Benjamin Netanyahu faces arrest if he enters UK Downing Street refuses to comment on the case but says the government will fulfil its "legal obligations".

BBC News - No 10 indicates Netanyahu faces arrest if he enters UK
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The state the Tories dragged us into, since 2016 in particular, means it is now headline material for us to "indicate" that yes, we will comply with international law.

Project Hail Mary Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-…

www.goodreads.com/book/show/54...

Just finished. Started off really enjoying it, but from about 2/3rds in I realised I didn't actually think it was very good.

Overall, I can't help but feel disappointed, although I will be interested to see how the film adaptation turns out.

Why do we have leasehold properties and service charges? The number of leasehold dwellings has increased by 100,000 a year, figures show.

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A reminder to keep a tiny violin on hand at all times, ready for whenever a private landlord pipes up to complain about anything.

Really hoping the government has this issue (and the wider problems around social housing etc) at the forefront of this parliament.

I have just signed this, but we should have a realistic appreciation that the government simply does not currently have the political capital (urgh, I know) to explore meaningful policy towards any material reversal of Brexit.

(I'm confident I hate it just as much as you do.)

RIP to the best left-hand jab in UK political history.

86, listening to jazz in peace... I'd take that.

Inclined to give Cpt Tom the benefit of the doubt and assume he'd be spinning in his grave to learn his daughter and her husband exploited these circumstances with such malicious opportunism.

The Ingrams have proved themselves guilty of grievous selfishness. I hope they feel the shame they deserve.

I would suggest how stunned we will all be to learn of such grievous hypocrisy by the right-wing blob, but I don't want to risk breaking Bluesky with sarcasm overload.

More than one in three children in poverty as UK deprivation hits record high Exclusive: Study finds almost quarter of UK population living in poverty, reaching the highest level this century

www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

This is unconscionable. The government must revisit its consideration of the two-child benefits cap.

Aha, sounds like you're ahead of the game!

We'll get there eventually... maybe...

Farmers' protest heads to Westminster as inheritance tax anger grows Starmer's farmer-alarmer in the Budget could crystalise anger over ministers’ perceived ignorance about agricultural life.

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Look at the actual numbers of farms/people affected by this IHT increase.

Example: if passing to grand/children, it's an extra 20% on value over £3m.

The very wealthiest have wound everyone up... again.

Lidia Thorpe: Australia senator censured for 'not my King' heckle Lidia Thorpe has been rebuked by the Senate for yelling

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This is the right-wing, 'Liberal'-National coalition majority of the Australian Senate clarifying its support for free speech, but only if it agrees with that speech.

Why are right-wing people often both so sensitive and hypocritical?

A tip for my fellow amateur authors out there, based on my own experience:

Suffering from writer's block? Simply start a new project!

Disclaimer: this doesn't actually work – it eventually just adds to the procrastionation pile, as well as any feelings of guilt and frustration.

I hope this helps!

Hozier - Unreal Unearth: Unending Listen to content by Hozier.

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Currently listening to this outrageously good album.

Why are some Labour MPs opposed to internal debate? Have confidence in your policies/values!

Personally, I support Leadbeater's bill, and I hope it passes.

Charity calls for prostate-cancer testing of high-risk men Prostate Cancer Research acknowledges more accurate tests would be needed to justify screening all men.

BBC News - Charity wants testing of prostate cancer high risk
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More education and research is needed around this surprisingly complicated issue.

'Baby milk prices punish those who don't breastfeed' Parents say they feel penalised by the high cost of formula, which cannot be discounted under the law.

BBC News - Baby milk prices 'punish those who don't breastfeed'
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Baby milk formula should be freely available to anyone who needs it, or heavily subsidised at the very least!

Why on earth would we want to risk allowing babies to starve or be at all malnourished?

Please let this turn it to be accurate!

I fully agree.

Hunt claims Budget watchdog will 'break impartiality' to aid case for Labour tax rises The former chancellor says the publication of a review which could criticise the Conservatives on Budget day would "cross a line".

BBC News - Budget watchdog will 'break impartiality' to aid Labour tax rises, claims Hunt
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This is as Tory as it gets.

"Publishing facts and evidence is a breach of impartiality!"

Insufferable.

How did we get to the point where someone like this is realistically facing (re!)-election? How?!

We're facing the presidential election of a convicted criminal rapist who openly wants to subvert democracy and implement a theocratic fascist dictatorship across the most powerful nation on the planet.

Can anyone explain to me how this is happening?

#USelection
#Election

Good news!