14 million people who bought a car on finance 6/4/2007 to 1/11/2024 could get compensation of several hundred pounds or more because they were deceived over the commission paid to the dealer. Plans announced by @TheFCA pay customers less than they lost to reduce firms’ costs.

Very sad to hear of the death of the charming Sir John Gurdon, Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge, who in 2001 conferred an honorary fellowship on Nelson Mandela. At Eton, Gurdon was told he’d never make a scientist. He went on to win the Nobel Prize for physiology.

This looked better in his head

Just watched the full 55min doc on Netflix:
Famous Last Words:
Dr. Jane Goodall.
Probably the most moving & poignant 55mins of captivating beauty that made me weep uncontrollably for sadness & joy in equal measure.
The wisdom and integrity of this amazing human will stay with me forever. RIP Dr JG ❤️

Lord Heseltine at UK and Europe: a Shared Future - reminding us that Britain’s strength lies in partnership, not isolation.

Cooperation, shared laws, and common purpose built post-war Europe. They can build our future too.

I'll bite. What is the benefit we gain from politicians being able to 'thoughtfully' say in private 'blacks, British Bangladeshis, British Pakistanis, British Indians, mulattos....all the same, and clearly from the look of them not-integrated?'

If you're in the UK, this weekend might be a great time to try buying a book from our bookshop on the UK bookshop dot org.

Buying through bookshop dot org supports indie bookshops and our affiliate links also may pay us a little sometimes. Win/win.

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

Heseltine at the Tory conf:

"Fascists of the 30s are back... Trump's language coincides with words here... The immigrant has replaced the Jew as the problem. We must make clear we will never have any part in the populist extremism of Farage... We don't need Trump's mouthpiece anywhere near No. 10.”

Mike Galsworthy warns: Protest rights under threat Mike Galsworthy warns of potential erosion of protest rights amid concerning developments.

Yup - they most certainly are.

Asylum hotel provider makes £180m profit despite claims of inedible food and rationed loo paper Asylum seekers and charities tell BBC of

Finally!!! The real scandal of the asylum hotels. Why, instead of shining the light on these parasites, months were spent on demonising vulnerable people at their mercy?
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Nineteen years ago, on October 7, 2006, Anna Politkovskaya was assassinated by Putin's hitmen.
She was the first to tell the truth about Russia's mass crimes in Chechnya, which foreshadowed those in Syria, Ukraine, Africa and elsewhere. They could have been prevented.
Almost no one listened to her.

In the UK we now have some of the highest prices in Europe.

Just 10 years ago we were among the lowest, particularly for Food and Water.

In Europe the prices are high because taxes are high.

In the UK it is because billionaires profits are record.

Actually... from my reading of the artists' basic income report, the government did not earn money back from the scheme (although its costs were offset 37%)

Most gains were societal and came from putting the artists' improvements in wellbeing in € terms

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Asylum hotel provider makes £180m profit despite claims of inedible food and rationed loo paper Asylum seekers and charities tell BBC of

BBC News editorial team conveniently fail to mention these corrupt and obscene contracts were signed by the Conservative Party #politicalbias www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Jenrick was speaking from Aldridge, Brownhills an area that has upto 90% of white British residents. This makes it less mixed than the UK average and therefore little chance of social integration because of low diversity. But Jenrick didn’t see that. Is that racist?

Resign Linden Kemkaran!

Reform UK’s Leader in Kent’s position is untenable over the DOGE failure and revelation that they will up council tax 5% (after making savings and tax cuts an election promise in May).

Time’s up @LeaderofKCC.

The only thing Badenoch got right this is morning is that she's been consistent. Consistently awful. ##R4today

Reform UK set to raise Kent council tax — despite promising savings Nigel Farage had pledged cost-cutting, but officials now admit services are already ‘down to bare bones’ and a rise by the maximum rate of 5% may be needed

Rhetoric vs arithmetic bit.ly/4mOGVOz Musk style cost cutting failed to find savings so council tax must rise

Image of Keir Starmer and "Subco plans pushed back: Labour has been forced to step back from its controversial push for NHS subsidairy companies (subcos)."

Graphic of bulletpoints: "Why subcos were a problem: staff were moved out of the NHS often on worse contracts, some subcos proposals were motivated by tax advantages, not improvised services or patient care, risks creating a two-tier workforce."

Image of megaphone and " Some trusts attempted to proceed without proper consutation. In places like Dorset and Newcastle, staff resisted and balloted for strikes! Public and union pressure made it clear: outsourcing is not acceptable."

Image of doctor and "This signals a partial rollback of outsourcing policies and a win for staff and unions who resisted these moves. This is a step forward, but not the finish line. The fight to keep our NHS public and our staff safe continues."

💙 NHS staff win a small but important victory!

Swipe to see why SubCos are a problem, how staff fought back + what still needs to happen to keep our NHS fully public.

The fight isn’t over: we need full reversal of outsourcing + strong protections for NHS staff.

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Screenshot of an Express article; it says: Robert Jenrick lists 30 'activist judges' he vows to axe in war on UK's open border In a bold move, Robert Jenrick is set to unveil a controversial plan targeting what he calls 'activist' judges, at the Conservative Party conference.

I say this with the bluntness it requires: they will get people murdered if this continues. This is not just populism anymore either: it’s completely unhinged and a deliberate choice that does endanger lives. I am not saying this lightly at all.

Thames Water removes 100-tonne fatberg from west London sewer Toxic mass chiselled out of Feltham pipes amid campaign to stop people tipping harmful substances down drains

Stop selling blooming wet wipes www.theguardian.com/environment/...

a dirt road going through a desert landscape with mountains in the background ALT: a dirt road going through a desert landscape with mountains in the background

Hello BBC, Sky, LBC 👋

The party you won't stop telling us will be next in power are full of Russian shills.
One, Farage's favourite, just got convicted.

Maybe ...report on it?

We are extremely saddened to hear of the passing of our Patron and Visionary, Dame Jilly Cooper.

Jilly was strongly opposed to factory farming and the live animal export trade and often attended Compassion’s campaign events to end these animal abuses.

She will be sorely missed by us all.

"Britian loses"

One of the side-effects of the implosion of the Conservative party is how beyond amateurish their entire operation is now.

Even at a senior level the quality and experience of the people working for them is just incredibly low

Dockless bikes need to be parked properly, not blocking the pavement.

If you see a badly parked Lime or Voi bike, please report it to report.voi.com or email London-ops@li.me or reportaproblem.hackney.gov.uk

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Reform likely to raise Kent council tax after cost-cutting drive falters Nigel Farage’s party promised to revive local authority finances by slashing wasteful spending

on.ft.com/4mMEmNf We live in a era in which “how hard can it be?” has been an election winning slogan all over the world. But it doesn’t mean it’s any less hard.

BBC Laura Kuenssberg Show Accused of Anti-Green Bias After Cancelling Zack Polanski Interview The new Green Party leader was the only major party leader not to have been granted a conference interview on the flagship BBC show

The BBC has been accused of “extraordinary” anti-Green bias, after the party says a long-promised conference interview with new leader Zack Polanski was cancelled by the Laura Kuenssberg show just days before going to air

Every major political party leader, aside from him, was interviewed recently.

Dominic Grieve is right. Leaving the European Convention on Human Rights would be a reckless act of self-harm, breaking security ties, breaching international law, and weakening Britain’s standing while doing nothing to solve the problems this government pretends to fix.

No action is too small. What matters most is carrying forward Dr. Jane's mission of protecting the planet and inspiring others to do the same.

We are committed to continuing her hard work – and to creating a world where animals, people, and the environment can all thrive.