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Garage is again in tune with the national pulse.

06.12.2024 17:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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UK imposes new wave of sanctions choking Russian oil revenues with Foreign Secretary arriving in Italy for G7 Thirty ships in Russiaโ€™s shadow fleet, responsible for transporting billions of pounds worth of oil and oil products in the last year alone, have today been sanctioned by the UK.

๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง www.gov.uk/government/n...

25.11.2024 20:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 52    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Rachel Reeves rules out tax rises in future budgets The chancellor told the CBI that she was โ€˜never going to have to do a budget like that againโ€™

Rachel Reeves has pledged that there will be no further tax rises for the rest of this parliament as she said that Britainโ€™s public services would need to โ€œlive within their meansโ€ ๐Ÿ”ฝ

25.11.2024 20:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Labour are laying the path for the (checks notes) largest loss of seats in a GE since 1931). He has suffered a record breaking drop in popularity, which is hardly surprising since we voted en masse to get the tories out, only to be bombared with Tory policies Cameron shied away from.

25.11.2024 21:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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About 20 terminally ill people in UK die in unrelieved pain each day, research finds Office of Health Economics says it used โ€˜most conservative of estimatesโ€™ and โ€˜true number is likely to be much largerโ€™

An estimated 20 terminally ill people in the UK die in unrelieved pain each day, according to a study by the independent Office of Health Economics (OHE).

According to its research, to be presented to MPs on Tuesday, one in four people receiving palliative care in England have โ€œunmet pain needsโ€.

25.11.2024 21:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 114    ๐Ÿ” 48    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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Good to meet isles farmers Cecil Eunson and Colin Flett in Parliament today. That they were willing to make the not-inconsiderable trek from the isles to Parliament to raise their concerns about the impact of the Budget on agriculture should go to show just how seriously farmers are taking this.

19.11.2024 18:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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As a doctor, Iโ€™m trained to preserve life, not end it | Letters Chula Goonasekera highlights several critical issues that need to be taken into account with assisted dying legislation. Plus letters from Jonathan Haydn-Williams and Eric Foxley As a doctor, I find it challenging to reconcile the idea of authorising orโ€ฆ

As a doctor, Iโ€™m trained to preserve life, not end it | Letters

18.11.2024 17:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 168    ๐Ÿ” 25    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 37    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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India's "severe plus" air pollution forces more dramatic safety measures Air pollution chokes New Delhi every winter, but this year's smog has already derailed everything from transport and road work to schools.
18.11.2024 16:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 36    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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'No limit' to amount of sewage Cape Town can discharge into ocean The environmental minister has lifted restrictions on the quantity of sewage Cape Town is allowed to discharge into the ocean.

โ€˜No limitโ€™ to amount of sewage Cape Town can discharge into ocean

www.thesouthafrican.com/news/no-limi...

18.11.2024 17:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Gimme, Gimme, Gimme!!!!

18.11.2024 12:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Water, energy, rail and Royal Mail should all be run by the state, voters say A poll shows a majority of voters believe key services including energy and water should be run by the state amid growing anger over sky-high bills and sewage pollution

Exclusive: Water, energy, rail and Royal Mail should all be run by the state, voters say

www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

17.11.2024 17:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 105    ๐Ÿ” 41    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9

None of which means legal migration doesn't matter (public expects numbers to fall there too) but crossings have a significant weight on the whole debate, and if people don't see those numbers reduce they will embrace parties/policies that pledge even tougher measures.

17.11.2024 11:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

SUNDAY WITH LEWIS GOODALL FROM 10 ON LBC

-Transport Sec Lou Haigh
-Shadow Home Sec Chris Philp
-Baroness Harriet Harman
-Former Dem Head of Mi5 Nigel Inkster
-Former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith
-Assisted Dying bill sponsor MP Kim Leadbeater
-Essex Police Commissioner Roger Hirst

Join us.

17.11.2024 09:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 417    ๐Ÿ” 44    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 36    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Tories Chris Philp and Iain Duncan Smith warn cops against becoming "thought police" in light of Allison Pearson
IDS tells @lewisgoodall.bsky.social Badenoch is quite right to comment on "a complete absurdity" - "we don't want police investigating this type of thing - it's thought police territory."

17.11.2024 11:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 22    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

I find that offensive.

16.11.2024 18:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hi. New to Bluesky. Not sure what I'll find here. Huge fan of Trump and Musk in US and following Reform party in UK. Socialism is a disease kills humanity.

16.11.2024 18:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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