Tom Holder

Kemi Badenoch suggests asylum seekers should be housed in 'camps' The Conservative Party leader appeared to suggest it would be less "hassle" if migrants were housed away from British communities.

Sounds like Kemi might be the next big name to defect to Reform...

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Tory leader Kemi Badenoch says Josef Fritzl case made her ‘reject God’ Badenoch said the Fritzl case was like ‘someone blew out a candle’ when it came to her faith

The Kemi Badenoch narrative gets weirder and weirder.

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I think it's exactly that

Kemi Badenoch reveals how she told on exam cheat as teenager The Tory leader speaks about her background and values in an interview with the BBC's Amol Rajan.

I'm starting to think Kemi's PR team is actively trying to destroy her.

"Yes, Kemi, tell the one about how you grassed on your fellow student..."

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Magnificent.

#Euro25

It rhymes with the correct answer, that's got to be worth half-marks.

When you launch a political party and forget to hire anyone in PR...

Read the entire article and there's not one "tilting at windmills" pun. The state of journalism...

The billionaire and the tax evading gift shops Asif Aziz's Criterion Capital manages a row of high-profile shops at Piccadilly Circus. So why does his team keeping renting them to students who vanish without paying millions of pounds in taxes?

Corruption at the heart of London's retail district?

A small number of businesses around Piccadilly Circus appear to be "phoenixing" - whereby every time it comes to pay taxes, the owners are replaced, depriving local and national government of millions.

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Much like the number of Pakistan run Indian restaurants

Tea in the microwave? Why gen Z are giving up on kettles to make a brew Two-thirds of UK under-30s have used a microwave to make a cuppa, and one in six say they do it every day …

If you had any doubts about the end of civilization....

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What are the major measures of world stability?

Doomsday Clock (currently at 89s)
Democracy index? (currently 5.17)
Global Peace Index (down 0.56%)

Any other good ones?

Who are these people that really hate dinosaurs? It's like hating Latin or the Peloponnesian wars.

UK pauses trade deal talks with Israel, summons ambassador over new Gaza offensive British foreign minister David Lammy is set to announce the pausing of trade deal negotiations with Israel, the government said on Tuesday, adding that it had also summoned Israel's ambassador over its expansion of military operations in Gaza.

Impressed that the Labour Government has had the balls to stand up and demand Israel starting allowing aid to Gaza.

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Thank God they've picked a new pope ... I don't think I could handle any more of BBC journalists padding desperately over a live feed of a chimney.

Things I didn't expect to find in Southwark Park.

Top tips for Ebayers selling board games. If you're going to use AI for your pictures:
- Don't use a picture of three year old for a game with a 12+ age recommendation (and a smart 12 year old at that).
- Don't shrink the board game to about 1/8th actual size
- Don't charge £100 for a £50 game

Who portraited best today?

It's this fox young, or just mangy?

PC gaming left physical media behind about a decade ago. Surprised consoles continue with it.

PC gamer here. Can someone explain what the hell a "digital edition" of a console is, as opposed to the "physical edition"?

Reminds me of those old spam adverts that promised to let you "download more ram for your PC".

X’s dominance ‘over’ as Bluesky becomes new hub for research Data indicates more scholars turning to alternative social media site to post about their work after Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover

BlueSky continues to dig into X's user base
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This is creepy at best and abusive at worst.

It is the words of a high school bully coming directly from the world's most powerful nation.

Today it is tariffs, but if I was from Greenland, Panama, Canada, or Gaza, I'd be thinking about what this sentiment means tomorrow.

Trump needs to learn that being unpredictable is a shitty economic strategy. #tariffs

The Darkest Timeline Last night I tried to work on a new game I’m brainstorming, but it’s really hard to create something for the future when that future looks so grim. I mostly just found myself staring bl…

The world of tariffs as seen from a board game distributor in the US.

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If you want an idea of what the UK and US trade with each other (and will be impacted by tariffs) - I recommend the OEC website:
oec.world/en/profile/b...

#Tariffs

I wouldn't hold your breath on a trade deal. We've been here before with Johnson (and Theresa May).

The concessions that will be demanded will be too much for any UK PM to sign.

No single party leader is now trusted on the economy, Opinium found. However, Starmer (-32%) and Reeves (-38%) are the most distrusted, with the Reform leader, Nigel Farage, the Tory leader, Kemi Badenoch, and shadow chancellor, Mel Stride, all rated similarly on -22%, -23% and -24% respectively.

The magical disappearing Ed Davey, courtesy of The Observer & @opiniumresearch.bsky.social

Poll asks people if they trust various politicians on the economy.

@eddavey.libdems.org.uk comes out with best net score, 16 points better than next best.

See if you can spot what's missing from write-up:

a man in a knight 's costume is walking through a field with another man carrying a backpack . ALT: a man in a knight 's costume is walking through a field with another man carrying a backpack .

Just need a few coconuts for the soundtrack.