Prof Mark Priestley

Wealthy Dubai residents race back to UAE to avoid tax bills Some risk spending too few days in the emirate and too many in the UK

Another datapoint for why Polanski’s “soak the rich” vibe resonates with voters www.ft.com/content/80bf...

This not an issue that will be solved (or otherwise) by independence. Scotland is very much in line with international trends on governance of education. It’s not a funding issue - it’s an issue of ideology and mindset

As a boomer, I’m shocked by gen Z’s attitude towards women – something has gone very wrong | Joan Smith New research suggests older people have more progressive views on women’s rights than younger generations. This direction of travel is deeply concerning, says Joan Smith, former co-chair of the Mayor ...

Spot on from Joan Smith

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Many more men need to call out sexism and misogyny- but sadly, many women seem to buy into the narrative too. Gender inequality should simply not be an issue and it is horrifying that social attitudes trends are making it worse

Sadly, very likely - and many will be domestic abusers

Reform fury as someone else wins by Our By-election Editor Tim Shipsink The losing candidate in the Gorton and Denton by-election, Matt Goodwhinge, has demanded an immediate re-run of the election on the grounds that he lost comprehensively to someone else. "It's totally unfair and rigged," said Goodwhinge. "I shouldn't be required to sit there and suck it up, just because I lost." Mr Goodwhine continued, *I can't believe that all those voters I demonised failed to back me. Especially after I was endorsed by Tommy Robinson and ten million Russian bots on X. "We have clear evidence of family voting, where people voted in order for me to stop deporting their families." Mr Badloser concluded. "I'm the victim of colour prejudice. They didn't vote for me simply because I'm not green." Reform leader Mr Farage, speaking from a sun lounger on a rock near the Chagos Islands said, "It's a tragedy that the people of Manchester won't see Matt in Westminster, but my constituents don't see me in Clacton either." PLUMBER DEFEATS MATT GOODWIN Photo of Hannah Spencer with speech bubble saying… I've stopped the cock

Beautiful from Private Eye on the massive toddler-tantrum that Matt Goodwin and Reform are having, because they got whooped in Gorton and Denton.

Gen Z men twice as likely as baby boomers to believe wives should obey husbands Global survey shows young men hold more traditional views about gender roles than older generations

This is depressing - gender equality under threat

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It was never about making money - just a well-funded propaganda platform for toxic memes

US troops were told war on Iran was ‘all part of God’s divine plan’, watchdog alleges Religious freedom group says 200 troops sent complaints of superiors using extremist Christian rhetoric to justify war

We are in the hands of lunatics

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Another grand day on the Torridon mountains - Maol Chean-dearg and An Ruadh-Stac

Telegraph censured for story of fictional family’s struggle to pay school fees Watchdog upholds complaint it breached code with article about impact of VAT on banker who did not exist

If this story related to any other media outlet than the Daily Polygraph, you could be excused for thinking it was an April Fool’s day joke

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Another grand day on the Torridon mountains - Maol Chean-dearg and An Ruadh-Stac

Torridon mountains at dusk - Liathach and Sgurr Dubh

Also showing a decline in support for Deform Uk - hopefully a trend

Two very fine Corbetts today to the south of Glen Torridon - Sgorr nan Lochan Uaine and Sgurr Dubh

Outcry grows over ‘clown car’ cabinet but no sign Trump ready for shakeup Antics of RFK Jr, Kristi Noem and others prompt derision – could their erratic behaviour prove president’s undoing?

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That’s my understanding of the system, and the last point is an important clarification from your earlier post

Isn’t that the whole point of our proportional representation system. Given the chaos and inequity of voting trend across the UK, it would be nice to have this system for Westminster elections too

He just sounds like an ignorant twat to me

Our fatuous first-past-the-post system

What an utterly disgusting and dangerous front page from the Mail today. Surely by now everyone can see that Reform is a party that thrives on division, fuels anger, and uses the scapegoating of minorities and migrants to gain support. Everyone it seems except the Mail

As journalists working today many of us are taught to recognise disinformation when we see it and fight back against it.

Unfortunately there are some who willingly seek it out and put it on their front pages. A disgrace to the profession.

It isn’t just the Mail reporting his comments - they give him a platform. And he’s wrong, as only British citizens can vote. Or is he alleging that local authorities are allowing non-citizens to fraudulently register? If so, a serious allegation which should have consequences for him if vexatious

This is so offensive. The Overton window has moved so far that this sort of disgusting bigotry has become mainstream

Murder, pure and simple. Trump is a monster

Quite something that the fact 70% of voters seem to have rejected insular nationalism, out and out racism and the removal of workers rights doesn’t even seem to have occurred to Reform.

Long way to go, but still think I’m right in thinking the chances of Farage in No 10 remain non-existent.

The Iranian regime is brutal and repressive but they have been attacked by the US and Israel illegally and are responding by attacking US military targets in countries across the middle-east.

It is the height of hypocrisy to suggest Iran must not retaliate against US/Israeli violence.

The morally bankrupt Trump administration has partnered with another morally bankrupt authoritarian to declare an unprovoked war on Iran, already killing scores of civilians.

We need an immediate vote from Congress on a War Powers Resolution. Then articles of impeachment.

The real threat to democracy doesn't come from 'family voting'. It comes from the losing side refusing go accept they've lost

Fabulous day in Torridan