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Hold on, this Anas Sarwar? Surely not.

A horizontal bar chart from the Institute for Government showing the tenure of Cabinet Secretaries. The tenure of Sir Burke Trend (1963-1972) is highlighted in a poor attempt at a pun. The full list can be found at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinet_Secretary_(United_Kingdom)#List_of_cabinet_secretaries

Time for my increasingly frequent, 'there's a clear Trend on this chart' joke

This is an accurate and clear appraisal, to my mind. Shame we're not to be able to have a balanced take anymore. "He's bad, could be worse, and there are no easy answers," shouldn't be controversial, but I've seen it shouted down by both sides.

I'm very sorry that you're getting tired, Sam. I'm getting tired of the constant barrage of bad press about Labour and the media baying for blood, while far worse people get a free ride and will eventually get to do a worse job. But I don't suppose you care about that so much.

Reform-led Worcestershire set to issue England’s largest council tax rise Cap-busting tax hike will be embarrassing for the party, which has made low council tax a priority

Vote for clowns...

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No, Sophie Rigsbyski, this isn't the scandal of the century. £millions in dodgy covid PPE contracts, 100s of 1000s of unecessary deaths, Arcuri, Lebedev, £2000 rolls of wallpaper are the biggest scandals. Farage's close friendship with a rapist, pedophile, Epstein, Putin and Bannon is the biggest.

"Countless."

He's at the point now where he probably needs to join a few extra things so that he can resign from them.

It's just such a strange thing to say when he's on record trying to invite himself to Pedo Island. I guess we'll just never know the truth 🙄

I thought this at the time he first complained about it. Fuckin meaningless. Why are they even reporting it when it changes faster than the weather?

Love the Pope's sly eye.

Bob Dylan - Only a Pawn in Their Game (Official Audio) The Bootleg Series Vol. 18: Through The Open Window, 1956-1963 out now: https://bobdylan.lnk.to/Bootleg18YD Official Audio for "Only a Pawn in Their Game" by Bob Dylan Listen to Bob Dylan: https://bobdylan.lnk.to/listenYD Subscribe to the Bob Dylan YouTube channel: https://bobdylan.lnk.to/_subscribeYD Watch more Bob Dylan videos: https://bobdylan.lnk.to/listenYC/youtube Follow Bob Dylan: Facebook: https://bobdylan.lnk.to/followFI Twitter: https://bobdylan.lnk.to/followTI Instagram: https://bobdylan.lnk.to/followII Website: https://bobdylan.lnk.to/followWI Spotify: https://bobdylan.lnk.to/followSI YouTube: https://bobdylan.lnk.to/_subscribeYD Lyrics: A bullet from the back of a bush took Medgar Evers’ blood A finger fired the trigger to his name A handle hid out in the dark A hand set the spark Two eyes took the aim Behind a man’s brain But he can’t be blamed He’s only a pawn in their game A South politician preaches to the poor white man “You got more than the blacks, don’t complain You’re better than them, you been born with white skin,” they explain And the Negro’s name Is used it is plain For the politician’s gain As he rises to fame And the poor white remains On the caboose of the train But it ain't him to blame He’s only a pawn in their game The deputy sheriffs, the soldiers, the governors get paid And the marshals and cops get the same But the poor white man’s used in the hands of them all like a tool He’s taught in his school From the start by the rule That the laws are with him To protect his white skin To keep up his hate So he never thinks straight 'Bout the shape that he’s in But it ain't him to blame He’s only a pawn in their game From the poverty shacks, he looks from the cracks to the tracks And the hoof beats pound in his brain And he’s taught how to walk in a pack Shoot in the back, with his fist in a clinch To hang and to lynch To hide 'neath the hood To kill with no pain Like a dog on a chain He ain't a-got no name But it ain't him to blame He’s only a pawn in their game Today, Medgar Evers was buried from the bullet he caught They lowered him down as a king But when the shadowy sun sets on the one That fired the gun He’ll see by his grave On the stone that remains Carved next to his name His epitaph plain Only a pawn in their game #BobDylan #OnlyAPawnInTheirGame #TheTimesTheyAreAChangin

Medgar Evers is in the news again. But what's also shocking is that this song is as relevant today as it was 62 years ago. It's red caps more than hoods these days, but the story is the same.
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Golden stats. Obvious to anyone living and working among immigrants, but it still needs saying.

That's ace already, isn't it? 3 times faster sounds great! But 3 times faster than hardly anything at all feels somewhat less impressive. I wish there were some way that statistical formats could be standardised for media output.

Isn't the whole point to explain how the verdict could come about, with specific reference to the letter of the law, despite some people thinking it should be otherwise? SB makes no judgement, and only states the legal facts. You might not like the conclusion, but that doesn't make it bollocks.

Urs maybe. I'm not having him anywhere near mine.

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I would have sworn I was watching it before I moved to the Midlands aged 13. How the mind deceives!

Though I would have been 13 at the end of '83, and time moves slowly at that age. But then we moved in May, so it would have have to moved pretty slowly 🤔

40 people in a Target store sit in, with ICE Out now sign, righteously claiming their space and leadership, demanding Target corporation speak out against ICE.

Bright pink sign, handwritten letters- Target Stand with Minnesota

Target called the police on peaceful Minnesotans today, telling us we were on private property.

But when ICE comes to brutalize and abduct people in their stores, Target says it’s public space and can’t stop it.

Target needs to decide - do they stand with Minnesotans, or masked abductors? #ICEOut

Target's owners are truly going to run the company completely out of business not even for the usual "someone profits when it fails" reason, but because they're THAT committed to white supremacy.

I still find it hard to understand how that works, or at least to understand why it would come to that. Maybe funding is a bit more structured over here? But I guess it's no less squeezed, so maybe it's only a matter of time.

Jeeeeezus. Depressing if true. Over here, professors mostly spend all their hours writing applications to funding boards (at least the ones I think I trust!). Which is also depressing. But considerably less so than petitioning moneyed paedophiles.

On a practical note, how did Epstein manage to have email exchanges with so many people? Musk, Trump, (former) Prince Andrew I might expect, but physicists too?

A very cloudy glass of Verdant Putty, next to the can it came from. The beer has a look somewhere between cloudy apple juice and orange juice, and the can is green, featuring a still from a specially commissioned 3d animation.

Finally got around to trying the Putty. It's really quite something, and the name is appropriate. Packs a punch, too. #bskybeer

"What's the point of winning?" This is so true. The purpose of office is to serve the people. If your motivation is elsewhere, as it seems to be for most politicians, then you're not fit to serve.

Sadly, those with the humility to stand for the right reasons are rarely awarded the opportunity.

Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him.

“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."

This guy 👏👏👏

He's in!

A flower on an unidentified plant. The leaves form a rosette, like a bromeliad, but are thin, with (to my mind) the look of a plant adapted to arid conditions. The flowers are on a long stalk, dangling at the edge of the foliage, with flamingo-pink sepals giving rise to a stalk containing about 6 inflorescences, each of which is green-pink-green with bright yellow anthers, although I've only ever seen a single inflorescence open on any given day.

idk wut this is lolz

While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities.

Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.