Mike Wrigley

Train company LNER 'extremely proud' of rail worker in critical condition after mass stabbing as family call him 'hero' Samir Zitouni, 48, was injured while trying to protect passengers during the mass stabbing on Saturday.

Samir Zitouni was the LNER hero who confronted the knife attacker. Whatever his ethnicity, a true Brit for me - selfless, brave and courageous.

Here's hoping for his full recovery.

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What really annoys me with Starmer/Reeves in this debate is, they keep blaming the Tories/Farage for Brexit (correct) but pretend there's no way back for the UK.

Political expediency writ large.

Today's the day!

Leaving the ECHR won’t “Take Back Control” – it will hand your rights to politicians The myths are seductive, the reality is very different – without the ECHR your freedoms rest on whichever Home Secretary wakes up grumpy

👏 Today marks 75 years since the creation of the ECHR.

We should celebrate the vision that Winston Churchill showed in recognising everyone’s human rights.

But there are now calls for the UK to leave ECHR.

As with Brexit, leaving would strip all of us of fundamental rights.

The Bear explains

"(This)...must become a universal warning that shows where hatred, antisemitism, and contempt for a fellow human being can lead people."

Fair point. But they could have built a new one instead of spending billions on the current Parliament refurbishment.

It's not fit for purpose. Politics should be about working together, not being continually adversarial. Horseshoe-design chambers are much better.

Welcome to Farage's health insurance model he advocates for UK.

I thought Private Eye was satirical, not truth...?

Minority representation on TV causes outrage

From the new Private Eye, in shops now.

Politics has left gen Z screaming into the void. At least... As Labour loses support among young people, others are standing by to hoover it up

The Wonderful Lord Heseltine
"He walked slowly to the lectern, one hand on the rail, the other behind his back. A 92-year-old Lord Heseltine at London’s Ministry of Sound isn’t an image you expect to see. But there he was at the Next Gen 2025 conference"
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Brilliant again from Matt:

Front page of the Daily Mirror, 29 October 1971, with headline “‘YES’ TO EUROPE!! MAJORITY: 112”. Caption reads “MPs vote in favour of joining the European Community.” Black background, red date “28 October 1971”

👉 28 October 1971: MPs vote ‘YES’ to Europe

𝗝𝗢𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗘𝗨𝗥𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗔𝗡 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗪𝗔𝗦 𝗗𝗘𝗠𝗢𝗖𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗖

Brexiters claim joining was undemocratic. 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗲! Read why:

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Farage and Brexit are the same thing. They were both created by Putin to divide us and make us weaker. You can't fight Farage without fighting Brexit. And you can't fight Brexit without fighting Farage. If you support one, you support the other by default!

Thought for the day:

It will make the richest (like his friends) a wee bit poorer; so tiny they probably won't notice.

Is this where antivaxxers shop?

Three arrested in UK on suspicion of assisting Russian intelligence service Men, aged 44, 45 and 48, detained by Metropolitan police under section 3 of National Security Act

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Reform candidate fakes evidence in court case over dead-heat election result. Gets £19000 bill for costs.

Made my day.

It's time to take a different direction.

more info 👇
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Orwellian Newspeak and Doublethink:

"We are not overturning the ban, but not allowing the ban to take place."

Orwellian Newspeak and Doublespeak:

"We are not overturning the ban, but not allowing the ban to take place."

Churchill's dream has almost come true In May 1948 Winston Churchill declared at the launch of the Congress of Europe: “We cannot aim at anything less than the union of Europe as a whole.” Chur

𝗖𝗛𝗨𝗥𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗗𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗠𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗔 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗘𝗨𝗥𝗢𝗣𝗘

Most of Europe is now in the #EU or wants to be. Churchill’s dream of a continent united in peace, democracy and shared prosperity has almost come true - except for Russia, Belarus, and Britain.

📖 Read the full story:

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On Zack Polanski’s Bold Politics podcast. Has Brexit damage gone away? No - we’re bleeding money & opportunities every day because we are structurally in a bad place now.

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Great put down. Well deserved.

For those who celebrate it.

Come writers and critics throughout the land, editors too, come lend a hand A call for would-be citizen journalists to join the Sussex team in speaking truth to power

With the mainstream media steadily moving to the right, it is more urgent than ever that we have independent, ethical media outlets willing to speak truth to power. Citizen journalism can be a powerful force for good and James Joughin issues a call to arms in his piece for @sussexbylines.co.uk