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Dear Pam Bondi, (A Letter From A Father) Dear Ms Bondi,

This piece has been viewed over 14 million times over the last 48 hours. Unbelievable.

I'm so encouraged to see how many people are as disgusted by this as I am.

Sometimes you just need to be reminded that you're not alone.

Keep fighting, good people!

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Epstein survivor Danielle Bensky: "There were 3 times that Bondi could have turned around in that room & just looked us in the eye. Just the sheer acknowledgment that we were human would have been enough. And she couldn't even do that. She reminded us we are nothing to her."

Europe and the UK should come closer together – on security, on economy or on defending our democracies.

Ten years on from Brexit, our futures are as bound as ever.

So, it is in our common interest to be ambitious about our partnership.

Surprising growth in UK productivity UK productivity per hour grew more in the past year than in the previous seven years combined. What's going on, and what should the Bank of England do?

UK productivity per hour grew more in the past year than in the previous seven years combined. What's going on, and what should the Bank of England do? | Dr Gregory Thwaites

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Pretty pleased with score this week ! Let down by Calories in Coke 😳 and Prof Fink !! 🤔🤗
Have a great weekend everyone - stay safe and dry !

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Nigel Farage calls for an end to working from home Nigel Farage has reignited the culture-war debate over remote working, calling for an end to working from home.

Nigel Farage calls for an end to working from home as the Reform leader kisses goodbye to a generation of voters.

Just don’t vote Reform

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Reform MPs Accused of Pandering to Putin After Skipping Russian Interference Debate Nigel Farage's party refused to attend the debate, called after more than 100,000 people signed a petition demanding a public inquiry into Russian interference in British politics

Reform MPs Accused of Pandering to Putin After Skipping Russian Interference Debate

Nigel Farage’s party refused to attend the debate, after more than 100,000 people signed petition demanding a public inquiry into Russian interference in British politics

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£240m. With no tender. Palantir.

I wrote to Wes Streeting last week demanding answers.

Every day without any transparency deepens the scandal.

Palantir out.

The End of Morgan McSweeney: Peter Oborne on Keir Starmer's Departing Chief of Staff As McSweeney resigns, we re-publish Peter Oborne’s Byline Times reporting on how Keir Starmer's chief strategist drove Labour towards defeat by the far-right

Our great @bylinetimes.bsky.social diarist Peter Oborne spotted the problem with McSweeney back in August 2024. Here's 18 months of his coverage of Keir Starmer's Departing Chief of Staff
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Not as good as last week 🤷‍♀️🤗
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BREAKING: McSweeney’s think tank paid PR firm to investigate journalists Labour Together put private investigators onto journalists writing about its funding. Starmer's right-hand man knew.

I was working with @direthoughts.com when he broke the first stories about Labour Together's funding way back in 2021.

Now it turns out they were paying private investigators to investigate him for reporting on them and Morgan McSweeney knew about it

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It’s tragic that a decent PM will be brought down by Mandelson’s sleaze – but it’s a matter of when, not if | Polly Toynbee With three years left and a huge majority, Labour can govern with more humility and deliver real change. But with Starmer at the helm? I can’t see it, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

It’s tragic that a decent PM will be brought down by Mandelson’s sleaze – but it’s a matter of when, not if | Polly Toynbee

Not only was Manafort Trump’s former campaign chair, jailed for financial crimes after investigations into his Kremlin-aligned influence operations – to lobby the president on Bitcoin policy, but he also acted for the Russian backed candidate in the Ukraine Presidentials prior to Zelensky

Am I the only one sick and tired of seeing pictures of the odious Mandelson in his pants on my TV?? 🤷‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️

If McSweeney had any integrity at all he’d have resigned by now ! Far too close to Mandelson by all accounts … Starmer has to get a grip on this !

🚨🚨Poland to examine “increasingly likely possibility that pedophilia scandal was co-organized by intelligence services” in Moscow.

Read the full story below. 🖇️
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Public ownership of water is the only way to deliver security, efficiency, investment and value for money 37 years of privatisation has been a disaster

England's water companies have paid £85bn in dividends.

Borrowed £82.7bn. 35% of customer covers interest payments and shareholder payouts.

Sewage in rivers, insecure water supplies. Customer complaints up 50% last year. No exec prosecuted

Govt response - abolished fines on water companies.

Who decides which children’s books get published, promoted, and put into young readers’ hands? We explore publishing power, access, and why children’s books get so little media coverage.|

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My other overview. Journalists like @carolecadwalla.bsky.social have documented the information warfare aspect of the hybrid war launched by Trump/Russia/Brexit

But Epstein provides much of the international base to this superstructure, as he provided the financial architecture for it all to happen

Public ownership of water is the only way to deliver security, efficiency, investment and value for money 37 years of privatisation has been a disaster

England's water companies have 1,200 criminal convictions.

They lose a trillion litres of water to leaky pipes. Dump sewage in rivers for 4m hours. Customers fleeced.

None has its licence revoked. No exec prosecuted. Corporate fines are not collected

Whatever happened to democracy, rule of law?

The ECHR protects us all. The rights within it – firmly implanted into UK law by the Human Rights Act – are the reason why families devastated by disasters like Hillsborough could demand justice, why victims of abuse can seek safety, and why disabled people are treated with dignity in care

Nigel Farage was screaming to scrap furlough because it was a waste of money, while he had already claimed £120,000 for himself.

He is a fraud every word is a lie.

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Woo hoo 🎉🎉🎉 couple of very lucky guesses ! Think I may buy a lottery ticket today

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I think if you want to mark the moment for Labour’s series of problems in Government, it stems from the moment when Sue Gray was sacked in preference for Morgan McSweeney. Winning an internal or general vote is not the same as governing.

Terrifying 😱

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