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Left leaning. Brexit was madness. Politics and current affairs. #FBPE. No DMs please.

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‘Gross abuse of state power’: defiance grows over UK ban on Palestine protest group More than 200 have been arrested for alleged support of Palestine Action – and hundreds more are expected to protest on Saturday

‘Gross abuse of state power’: defiance grows over UK ban on Palestine protest group - www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a... what a staggeringly stupid fiasco this will be for #starmer. maybe he should resign...

09.08.2025 14:14 — 👍 37    🔁 20    💬 4    📌 2
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The clincher, for me, is that what she did will be outlawed when the Renter’s Rights Bill comes in next year. It’s why the ‘didn’t break any rules’ defence falls short. Of course, Boris Johnson would have promoted her & borrowed the house for a year.

07.08.2025 19:33 — 👍 943    🔁 121    💬 45    📌 4

How on earth is it August already?

01.08.2025 07:17 — 👍 827    🔁 36    💬 125    📌 6

the bbc will say it is because farage represents a significant portion of the public’s views. and they ought to know, they helped foster them

28.07.2025 10:17 — 👍 87    🔁 37    💬 2    📌 2
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Ian Hislop calls arrest of man holding Private Eye cartoon at Gaza protest ‘mind-boggling’ Jon Farley arrested under Terrorism Act at Leeds demonstration for holding sign making joke about Palestine Action ban

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

23.07.2025 06:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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James O'Brien Daily Daily News Podcast · Updated daily · Welcome to the best bits of James O'Brien's LBC phone-in show. Listen back to all the highlights in a 60-minute bite sized chunk of his show with new episodes ever...

As so many warned would happen, Netanyahu & his apologists at home & abroad have turned Israel in to an international pariah. What else have we learned from the continuing carnage? tinyurl.com/4rrn2mkx

22.07.2025 17:28 — 👍 434    🔁 76    💬 79    📌 5
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Divers find lost Royal Navy warship 109 years after WW1 sinking HMS Nottingham's location had remained a mystery until its discovery this month.

Divers find lost Royal Navy warship 109 years after WW1 sinking

22.07.2025 13:00 — 👍 33    🔁 11    💬 0    📌 0
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Trump sues Murdoch and Wall Street Journal for $10bn over Epstein article The lawsuit is over a story claiming the president wrote a "bawdy" personal note to Jeffrey Epstein in 2003.

Has it ever been harder to pick a side?
www.bbc.com/news/article...

19.07.2025 08:36 — 👍 1693    🔁 198    💬 290    📌 35

Remember when the tories picked Braverman as Home Sec & everyone was WTF? This is bad! & now this is happening under a Labour govt. Don't vote for them again. Vote green, vote indy, vote LD, vote Scot Nat or PC if you have that choice. But not these people again

18.07.2025 16:22 — 👍 64    🔁 40    💬 6    📌 4

im surprised keir starmer hasn’t thrown them in prison.

18.07.2025 17:02 — 👍 69    🔁 9    💬 1    📌 0
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what a fucking disgrace. with a labour party like this, you really don’t need tories or reform

16.07.2025 22:52 — 👍 27    🔁 15    💬 7    📌 2
The secret court that silenced the News Agents...until now
YouTube video by The News Agents The secret court that silenced the News Agents...until now

Two governments took The News Agents to secret court for two years via a constitutionally unprecedented superinjunction to stop you from hearing this story.

The MoD is responsible for a data leak that put up to 100,000 Afghans at risk of death.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zdc6...

15.07.2025 11:28 — 👍 825    🔁 392    💬 44    📌 44

To the so called rejoiners who insist we have to endure a decade or more of brexit before the EU would want us back, seems you're talking shite.
It's up to us to request to rejoin, rather than wait for an invite. Currently starmer is our biggest block.
In 2029, make no rejoin = no vote.

14.07.2025 15:14 — 👍 44    🔁 23    💬 7    📌 0

Interesting.

15.07.2025 08:22 — 👍 461    🔁 92    💬 40    📌 5

Great show as always James 👏👏

14.07.2025 20:36 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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James O'Brien Daily Daily News Podcast · Updated daily · Welcome to the best bits of James O'Brien's LBC phone-in show. Listen back to all the highlights in a 60-minute bite sized chunk of his show with new episodes ever...

Striking doctors & swinging pendulums; Greg Wallace; extreme weather…
tinyurl.com/4rrn2mkx

14.07.2025 19:29 — 👍 128    🔁 14    💬 24    📌 0
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more shame for #starmer; and it will get worse

13.07.2025 09:11 — 👍 42    🔁 17    💬 3    📌 1
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😢😢😢😢😢

06.07.2025 06:11 — 👍 283    🔁 98    💬 21    📌 3

This is objectively nuts but impartial ‘news’ currently lacks any metric to express that one ‘wrong’ newsworthy thing is several billion times worse than another.

30.06.2025 18:39 — 👍 909    🔁 199    💬 55    📌 2
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Sadiq Khan warns welfare cuts will ‘destroy financial safety net’ for vulnerable Londoners Sadiq Khan has called on the government to “urgently” rethink its welfare reforms, warning they could “destroy the financial safety net” and leave hundreds of thousands of disabled and vulnerable Londoners facing income losses. The mayor of London pointed to Policy in Practice analysis that indicates Londoners stand to lose a total of £820 million... Read more »

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By: Josh Self on Tuesday, June 24, 2025

25.06.2025 11:28 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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I think #AngelaRayner is great. Like her or loathe her, people should remember what she has become despite her background. #PMQs #PoliticsLive

25.06.2025 11:28 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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BREAKING:

Dua Lipa, Benedict Cumberbatch, Annie Lennox, Gary Lineker and other prominent public figures have joined over 300 signatories calling on the UK government to end arms sales to Israel.

01.06.2025 06:19 — 👍 68    🔁 29    💬 3    📌 0
Pick a side – hate or Pride June is Pride month. So our social feeds will be awash with corporate rainbow logos performatively signalling their support for the LGBTQ+ community. But some of the same companies celebrating Pride a...

June is Pride Month. Let's call out companies who show support for LGBTQ+ people while also advertising on GB News, a channel that pumps out LGBTQ+ hate. Tell these companies to pick a side - hate or Pride:

action.goodlawproject.org/pick-side-ha...

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I have tried & failed to find appropriate words to describe this extraordinary article. Suffice to say that if you read it, you will never forget it. Or the little boy at its heart.

25.05.2025 09:05 — 👍 588    🔁 87    💬 30    📌 6

An incredible and very funny clip. He's got nothing: no intelligence, no comprehension, no structured thought. Just the angry bitter wailing of his empty mind. What an embarrassment he truly is, and how embarrassed his advocates should be for promoting him.

26.05.2025 08:30 — 👍 1060    🔁 166    💬 78    📌 7

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