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Breaking News: 500 absolute wrong'uns arrested:

Placards in Dean reading "Fascists not welcome here" and "Vance stop funding genocide"

Placard in Dean reading "Vance you are not welcome"

Placard in Dean reading "Vance go home"

Residents of Dean have erected placards protesting against the arrival of American vice-president J.D. Vance in the tiny West Oxfordshire village. They say that they are “extremely angry”, but that the police presence which has sealed off the village has made a “proper protest” impossible.

Trump says he's meeting Putin in Russia (says it more than once) when in fact it's Alaska.

Palestine Action protest arrests rise to more than 500 Police say the majority of arrests were for displaying placards in support of the banned group.

Government has got this spectacularly wrong.

If an organisation is breaking the law, prosecute it.

But arresting people for holding up signs is a waste of police time, it's increasing support for the organisation &, above all, it's a flagrant violation of free speech.
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“We have had the police knocking on every door,” said a dog walker and resident of Dean, as a helicopter buzzed overhead. “They wanted the names of everybody living there and details of their social media. I know several people refused. We asked them if they were protecting us, or Vance. At least they were honest and said it is for him and that it will all be passed on to the American security people.”

Buried in The Observer yesterday was this: UK police knocking on doors demanding details of social media accounts of people, to pass to a foreign government, simply because they happen to live near where a US politician wanted to have a holiday observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

You don't get to be deputy political editor of the Spectator if you aren't a slavish sycophant.

Incentivise (or incentivize, as you are an American).

Ivor’s obsession with Paw Patrol has led to us buying him a larger version of the car belonging to Chase, the police dog. The added burden of carrying this item about has caused Ivor to name it “heavy Chase”

The paper for racist pensioners who love the Royals (except for Megan).

NB I am officially a pensioner before anyone calls me ageist.

Trump is as common as muck.

I'm waiting for the van.

Arresting 400+ people for the "terrorist" offence of protesting against mass murder while large segments of the right are openly encouraging riots against immigrants is a tale of a very unhappy country and government.

He does know the largest group in America is those with German ancestry?

Jenrick SHOULD and DOES know better as his wife is the granddaughter of victims of Nazi oppression and she has spoken eloquently about it in the past.

Here on a visit to the National Holocaust Centre in 2014. 1/3

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A very good analysis of where we are now. And why.

People with concerns, my arse.

I think that's the point

Mr Sulu, still steering us right.

TV set with Big Brother eye and people in t-shirts sitting on the floor

A group of men and women stormed the stage of the Israeli version of Big Brother wearing shirts reading: Let’s get out of Gaza.

A very mistaken list of the last 12 presidents of the United States and their years in office produced by the Ph.D level scholar known as ChatGPT-5. Includes John F. Katwady, president 1991-1968; George W. bush, president 220Z-1999), and Bill Christen, president 1999-2001

I've seen this on Bluesky and had to try it myself. The image below was the response to the prompt: "Show me a diagram of the US presidents since Herbert Hoover, with their names and years in office under their photos" Bravo, OpenAI, bravo.

Kemi Badenoch says she's 'definitely an Essex girl'

On behalf of my Essex brethren, I reject her application. We ain’t claiming her.

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The problem we have is large chunks of the population are morons

The blank piece of paper that cost taxpayers £32,000 Government ‘obsession with secrecy’ descends into farce

🚨 New: The UK government spent £32,251 fighting to hide a blank form.

Yep - 30 grand plus to avoid releasing a blank template of the ministerial interests form.

A wild story - with a surprise twist. Would read to end of this one... 🙄 (🧵)

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Abu Dhabi-owned SEND school firm profits soar to £45m Rise in private special school pupils helped deliver 30 per cent profit boost, company says

Abu Dhabi owned provider of special schools and children's homes sees profits rise by 28% to £44 million due to strong demand.

That's all taxpayer money that could be spent on improving state provision.

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Thanks AI, this historical timeline is incredibly useful and will really help my students...😑

The DoD Rapid Response team on Twitter writes: "The Secretary of Defense has great jeans." The attached photo shows Sec. Pete Hegseth wearing a blue sport coat, white button-up shirt, blue jeans, and a big buckle Western belt.

I disagree. I will tell you what's wrong with his jeans. 🧵

This isn't new.

UKIP and the Brexit Party did it.

But boy oh boy the price has gone up

A wasteland of rubble, dust and graves: how Gaza looks from the sky The Guardian joins a Jordanian military airdrop for a rare chance to observe a landscape devastated by Israel’s offensive

"Its markets were crowded, its streets were full of children. That Gaza is gone— not buried under volcanic ash, not erased by history, but razed by an Israeli military campaign that has left behind a place that looks like the aftermath of an apocalypse"

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