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Keeping cash across Europe: Which countries use the most? While cash use is declining across Europe, more than half of all payments are still made with banknotes. Its usage share is, however, much lower in terms of value.

While cash use is declining across Europe, more than half of all payments are still made with banknotes. Its usage share is, however, much lower in terms of value.

Energy Dept. adds ‘climate change’ and ‘emissions’ to banned words list It is the latest in a series of Trump administration efforts to dispute, silence or downplay climate change.

If you thought climate change was bad, allow me to introduce you to imate-clay ange-chay.
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

Zack on Bold Politics podium

I'm Jewish. I'm also Mancunian.

Every other national party leader was interviewed by Laura Kunesberg during their conference.

Maybe the BBC thought as someone who also supports Palestine - I had nothing to say?

Let's keep growing: join.greenparty.org.uk

Rubs eyes. Looks again. Rubs eyes.

It's still there.

BlackRock will buy AES, one of the largest publicly traded utility companies in the U.S.

AES is a major power provider for Big Tech companies building out data centers.

Yes: while these data centers drive up your electricity costs, wealthy financiers are going to make a killing.

I wonder what other associations are on the list. Can we see it anywhere?

Makes you wonder what Reform has promised the media owners and super rich when they get into power.

So, Sunday Times runs with latest poll showing Farage winning if there was an election now. But makes NO mention of Reform’s collusion with Russia. And this is how democracy gets beaten to death in the dark. Voters are not being told the truth. Reform is given the stage but is NEVER held to account.

Keir Starmer's aides are reportedly telling him not to go to the COP30 climate conference, because Reform would attack him for it.
Yes, they might.
And he should wear it as a badge of honour.
Standing up for humanity, for science and a habitable planet.
Where's the hazard in that?

Reform UK's ex-Wales leader Nathan Gill admits pro-Russia bribery Nathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament.

How is this not front page news?

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

I'm puzzled why the government didn't announce a crackdown on illegal working. I suppose that would cost money but it might have stood a chance of being popular. Maybe not with all the Brits who work cash in hand though.

Interesting discussion on political funding at Lib Dem conference.

Transparency International point out that South Australia has now banned private donations to political parties for state elections, while federally Australia introduced a £25,000 annual donation cap for the next fed. election.

Reform are now coming after people with permanent residency. It'll be citizens next. No one is safe from authoritarian governments.

Also accountants and lawyers

I'm wondering if this explains why Tommy Robinson also overestimates the number of immigrants.

Look who came with

I like this. .#Chaplin #thegreatdictator

TERRORISM EXPERT HERE:
He cannot designate an idea as a terrorist group.

There is no org called ANTIFA. There is no leadership or funding path or no membership. Also there is no terrorism law in America. Ask Luigi.

He wants to call anyone a terrorist. That’s Fascism.

#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

Given the ultra rich's wealth grows faster than they can plausibly spend it, where does this end?

From Wired a few weeks ago. A lot of the people who I was told for years were the adults in the room are being asked how they want to be remembered, and that answer is very clearly "cowards."

www.wired.com/story/uncann...

reading a book about china. apparently the government there has sent federal forces into cities, taken shares of major private enterprises, slapped tariffs on industries, and pressured media outlets to fire people they politically disagreed with. didn’t know this.

Let's recap.

@jimmykimmel.com called bullshit on the US government.

And ABC preferred to side with the bullshit rather than with the facts.

First Colbert, and now Kimmel.

Trump wants to appear as a strong man.

Strong men don't fear criticism from comedians.

Name a previous administration that demanded no jokes about it. Name a previous media landscape that caved.

This, this right here, is the cancel culture you used to hate.

What has Trump had to do with these trade deals exactly?

Privatisation of UK industries is driving cost of living crisis, says Greens’ leader Zack Polanski calls mass privatisation a ‘failed experiment’ as report finds it has cost UK households £250 a year more The privatisation of the UK’s key industries is driving the cost of living crisis, damaging critical public services and making life harder for millions of people, the leader of the Green party, Zack Polanski, has said. Speaking after the Guardian revealed the British public have been paying a “privatisation premium” of £250 per household per year since 2010, he described the mass privatisation of UK industry as a “failed experiment”. Continue reading...

Privatisation of UK industries is driving cost of living crisis, says Greens’ leader

How can flags be both a celebration and a protest at the same time? Are we supposed to be proud of how bad things are, or angry at how good things are?

Nigel Farage admits breaching parliamentary rules over Trump event Reform leader says failure to register trip to speak at Republican party dinner in Florida was due to an error by his office Nigel Farage has admitted breaching parliamentary rules by failing to register a trip to Florida to headline a fundraising event for Donald Trump. The Reform UK leader was the main speaker at the $500-a-head Republican party dinner in Tallahassee in March. Continue reading...

Nigel Farage admits breaching parliamentary rules over Trump event

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Here’s the sad truth: Twitter no longer exists. X is something else entirely. It’s a megaphone for extremism, controlled by a deranged oligarch.

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Prisons in England and Wales to cut spending on education courses by up to 50% Move comes despite election manifesto promises from Keir Starmer to improve ‘access to learning’ Prisons across England and Wales are set to slash frontline spending on education courses by up to 50%, despite promises from Keir Starmer to improve “access to learning” in last year’s general election manifesto. The budget for classroom courses at HMP Leicester will be cut by 46.5%, another men’s prison is cutting spending by 25%, while a women’s prison is cutting its provision in education by 26%, sources have confirmed. Continue reading...

Prisons in England and Wales to cut spending on education courses by up to 50%

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