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Professor of Health Policy. Proud Irish European. Feminist & anti Tory. #FBPE. Get Brexit Undone. I stand with Ukraine. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

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Israel's high-tech investment boom is fuelled by genocide Brutal technology field-tested on Palestinians has helped to propel the state's economy to the top of global performance charts

Brutal and bloodthirsty technology field-tested on Palestinians has wrongly helped to propel the israeli economy to the top of global charts

Unfuckingbelievable ๐Ÿคฌ๐Ÿคฌ๐Ÿคฌ๐Ÿคฌ๐Ÿคฌ๐Ÿคฌ
www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/isra...

21.02.2026 05:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 26    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It would be ironic if the #EpsteinFiles ended up bringing down the British monarchy, but the criminal in the White House remained in power. What does it say about American democracy that the President can lie with impunity? #Trumpland #TrumpCrimePresident

19.02.2026 21:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2601    ๐Ÿ” 597    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 229    ๐Ÿ“Œ 38
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Queen Elizabeth would be horrified by how far Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has fallen There is no precedent whatsoever for the former princeโ€™s arrest, says the historian Hugo Vickers. Whatever the outcome, it is not going to end well

Iโ€™m more horrified how this family apparently helped cover up and excuse Andrewโ€™s behaviour for decades.

www.independent.co.uk/independentp...

20.02.2026 07:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 69    ๐Ÿ” 22    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Brilliantโ€ฆ.

20.02.2026 08:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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UK reports record-breaking budget surplus of ยฃ30.4bn in surprise boost for Rachel Reeves Largest January total since records began in 1993 is sharp reversal from Decemberโ€™s ยฃ11.6bn deficit * Business live โ€“ latest updates The UK government has posted the biggest ever budget surplus, official figures show, after a large boost in self-assessment and capital gains tax receipts. In a boost for the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, in the run-up to her spring statement next month, public sector finances recorded a surplus of ยฃ30.4bn at the start of the year, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). This was ยฃ15.9bn higher than the surplus recorded in January 2025. Continue reading...

UK reports record-breaking budget surplus of ยฃ30.4bn in surprise boost for Rachel Reeves

20.02.2026 07:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 145    ๐Ÿ” 49    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 30    ๐Ÿ“Œ 54
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The Unbroken Line Peter Sutcliffe. Ian Huntley. Wayne Couzens. Britainโ€™s femicide problem has always been homegrown. Lowe would rather you forgot that.

In the late 70s Women marched through Leeds in the dark to take back streets the police ceded to the ripper. They were not marching against immigration. They were marching against the assumption that male violence was a fact of nature rather than a failure of politics. Lowe embodies that assumption.

19.02.2026 22:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 48    ๐Ÿ” 19    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Gordon Brown says he has submitted a five page letter to UK police forces, providing new information about the Epstein files, in order to help "secure justice for trafficked girls and women"

19.02.2026 13:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 737    ๐Ÿ” 199    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 25    ๐Ÿ“Œ 24

Remarkably obliging of the British broadsheet press* & broadcast media not to give this *any* coverage until Reform *finally* got round to acting, 5 days after they were first alerted to it.. presumably it will be a non-story brushed under the carpet

*The Guardian an honourable exception

19.02.2026 15:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m not a fan of monarchy. Itโ€™s incompatible with the aspirations of a mature democracy & I find
The ex prince loathsome. But if he becomes the fall guy for Epsteinโ€™s evil global empire & its most powerful collaborators & enablers are unpunished, it will be a travesty.

19.02.2026 15:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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NEWSMAX: Do you think Jeffrey Epstein killed himself?

REP. NANCY MACE: No, absolutely not. I think he was murdered. I don't know if it was an intel agency or what it is. The data from the videos cameras was erased.

19.02.2026 12:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3812    ๐Ÿ” 1151    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 452    ๐Ÿ“Œ 180

Grim. One can only imagine what passes for โ€˜banterโ€™ or โ€˜locker room talkโ€™ when these ghouls converse in private.

19.02.2026 15:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1210    ๐Ÿ” 324    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 66    ๐Ÿ“Œ 16
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Nigel Farage lashes out at a FT journalist and refuses to answer the question.

Is this how Reform UK would ignore media questions if they got into government?

17.02.2026 12:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1100    ๐Ÿ” 501    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 351    ๐Ÿ“Œ 225
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Another triumph for Goodwin's campaign. No doubt he'll continue to pretend he cares about anti-semitism.

www.thejc.com/news/uk/matt...

17.02.2026 14:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 380    ๐Ÿ” 159    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 15
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Andy Borowitz (@borowitzreport) โ€œMake no mistake, everyone here thought Marco was a ginormous dick,โ€ French President Emmanuel Macron told reporters. โ€œBut JD was still worse.โ€

substack.com/@borowitzrep...

17.02.2026 14:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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What would normally be presidency-ending scandals not even a blip on the radar

Daily

17.02.2026 14:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5899    ๐Ÿ” 3028    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 259    ๐Ÿ“Œ 164
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I donโ€™t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

17.02.2026 11:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21587    ๐Ÿ” 7703    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 298    ๐Ÿ“Œ 639

Watch this then call Reform's freephone & ask which of their children went to private schools as you are seriously considering voting for them.

17.02.2026 14:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 54    ๐Ÿ” 23    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This person does not understand the idea of a counterfactual. It's not true that the '4%' imagines a Britain that 'avoided every global shock, and followed a perfectly smooth pre-2016 trend forever.' It judges that on average, in all scenarios, shock or no shock, we'd eventually be 4% poorer.

17.02.2026 09:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 166    ๐Ÿ” 42    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Hope the people of Gorton and Denton have checked with the people of Clacton to discover what it's like to have an attention-seeking, grifting, racist, misogynist, Trump-loving narcissist as their can't-be-arsed-about- anything-but-power MP.

17.02.2026 10:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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GP registrars around the UK have suffered unacceptable disruption to training in recent months, due to unilateral changes to the FourteenFish platform.

Watch our GP registrars chair Dr Oliver Salazar explain what the BMA is doing to support members (1/2)

16.02.2026 16:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Mark Warner, vice chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, on elections: In the past, weโ€™ve mostly seen foreign interference โ€” my bigger fear now is domestic interference, some of that potentially originating inside the administration.

16.02.2026 23:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11835    ๐Ÿ” 3961    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 425    ๐Ÿ“Œ 193
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Hillary Clinton accuses Trump administration of Epstein files cover-up in BBC interview "Get the files out. They are slow-walking it," the former US secretary of state says. The White House says it has done "more for the victims than Democrats ever did".

Breaking:

Hillary Clinton has accused the Trump adminย of a "cover-up" over its handling of the Epstein files.

"Get the files out. They are slow-walking it."

On her upcoming deposition before the Oversight Committee: "We have nothing to hide โ€ฆ We think sunlight is the best disinfectant."

17.02.2026 01:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2871    ๐Ÿ” 916    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 69    ๐Ÿ“Œ 36
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Good grief. Everyone knows they were just friends.

17.02.2026 02:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12650    ๐Ÿ” 2161    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1572    ๐Ÿ“Œ 443

I know this makes me an extremist but I think our baby concentration camps should be abolished.

17.02.2026 04:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8008    ๐Ÿ” 2418    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 118    ๐Ÿ“Œ 41
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From 2017

17.02.2026 06:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6832    ๐Ÿ” 1536    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 177    ๐Ÿ“Œ 60
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Marjorie Taylor Greene reveals Mehmet Oz invited Jeffrey Epstein to a Valentineโ€™s Day party in 2016 โ€” years after Epsteinโ€™s conviction for sex crimes. And this is the man now overseeing Medicare in Trumpโ€™s administration.
They kept inviting him anyway.

Make sure everyone sees this!

16.02.2026 18:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 70    ๐Ÿ” 45    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Facing growing backlash, the Trump administration now says it will NOT release any more Epstein files โ€” even though more than HALF of the 6 million documents remain sealed.

Pam Bondi claims the DOJ is โ€œdone.โ€

The Epstein Administration.

16.02.2026 18:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 30    ๐Ÿ” 19    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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We are the laughing stock of the world.

17.02.2026 05:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14741    ๐Ÿ” 5573    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 873    ๐Ÿ“Œ 424
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Nothing says the โ€˜special relationshipโ€™ is over like this picture of Donald Trump and Liz Truss | Zoe Williams Itโ€™s awkward, nobody seems to know what is going on, and the presidentโ€™s thumb is at half-mast. Itโ€™s almost a metaphor for diplomatic relations between the US and the UK, writes Zoe Williams

โ€˜Donald Trump standing next to her, whether he knows who she is or not, is very much todayโ€™s question. What does it say? Weโ€™re dumped, guys. Time to face up to it and find a new special relationshipโ€™!

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

17.02.2026 07:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s up to all of us to now step up and call this absolute bull**** out

16.02.2026 17:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 481    ๐Ÿ” 191    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 35    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

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