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Playgrounds would become 'crack dens' if Greens were in power, policing minister says
I’m sorry, I know it’s a minor point, but crack dens are traditionally indoor establishments. What the scaremongering Labour minister is describing here is a crack paddock.
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Yes,,, your boy has taken a ride in the 4 man bobsled,,, but im an adrenaline junkie and needed to try skeleton. And now I’ve officially joined the team and am gonna try to start competing.
66 years old going 66 mph.
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i once bought a new blazer for a schitts creek panel, and when i walked into the green room, catherine o'hara complimented me on it, and also noted that i had forgotten to cut all the threads off the vents.
and then she leaned in and said, "it's because you're going to return it, isn't it"
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Happy 11th anniversary of me losing my fucking mind over this QVC clip
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UK ‘can’t afford more delays’ on child abuse reform, says Survivor’s Trust
We spoke to Lucy Duckworth from the Survivor's Trust, who is herself a survivor of child abuse.
"I know the pain and the frustration the survivors have experienced."
Lucy Duckworth from the Survivor’s Trust tells @cathynewman.bsky.social that two years on, "we haven't even acted on the report from the first inquiry" on child sexual abuse.
Read and watch:
www.channel4.com/news/uk-cant...
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An Instagram post from Taylor Swift captioned "I LOVE THE FALL"
Oh yeah? Name twenty-five of their albums.
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What on earth
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Green Party Councillor for Hale, Leader of Green Group on Trafford Council
Candidate for GM Mayor,
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Opinion columnist covering gender and politics at The Guardian. Writer in residence at the Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research. Host of the podcast In Bed with the Right. Real piece of work.
"Natalie, HR is just concerned. We can't have a renegade jumping into bins and trying to solve crimes."
Currently working in research & scholarly technology, past lives in journalism & comedy promotion. I write things sometimes. UK based.
He/him. Cishet. White Jew. I have Tourette's Syndrome. Happily married. Passionately leftist.
I am ironic, sarcastic, and silly. And I have an awful temper.
Commit to the bit.
The dog's name was Beatrice.
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Illustrator & melt of Dublin, now in Brussels.
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Labour Member of Parliament for Bolsover
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Author of All My Worldly Joy. Writes on all things mental health and neurodiversity. Doll restorer. Reformed medievalist. #ActuallyAutistic
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I'm Bruce Dessau and I run the comedy news/reviews website beyondthejoke.co.uk
