US bombers loading up on UK airstrips before raining down bombs on Iran.
Parliament wasn't consulted - and polling shows huge numbers oppose it.
When do MPs get a say over our involvement in this war?
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As the world cascades into chaos, and where decency values are ever more under threat, @wolvesfc.bsky.social #WWFC #WolvesFoundation is still active on X, a platform that actively works against the club’s so-called values. Shame football clubs aren’t stronger on leading on change.
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Palantir should be nowhere near our NHS @wesstreeting.bsky.social
Every hospital in England has been urged to disobey an NHS directive to use software operated by controversial US analytics software company Palantir
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small hours big time fast sky / fast night squall - heading east out of the murk Jupiter in charcoal
12/3/26 - nocturn
He’s confused information with intelligence. And often unreliable information.
Pete Hegseth spent $2 million on Alaskan king crab, $7 million on lobster tail, and $15.1 million on ribeye steak in just one month. — But please, tell me again how the elderly who’ve worked their entire lives to get $800 a month on Social Security are bleeding this country dry.
Revealed: UK’s multibillion AI drive is built on ‘phantom investments’
Just fascinating to see Blair, a man whose reputation was ruined by the Iraq war, advocate joining a war that is exponentially stupider and more chaotic. How is it possible to learn nothing from the worst mistake of your life?
I wonder how quickly the columnists will change when the Telegraph takeover happens?
We’ve been toothless tonight.
Really? So you’re saying parents have no say in the system, at all? You’re suggesting then, that Grammar schools cruise the area telling primary schools which children they will take and which they won’t. No parental choice, no choice for children to try for the 11+ And I’m the one confused? Crikey
Not in any way shape or form! Grammar schools exist because successive governments have hugely underfunded and undervalued the entire 0-18 school system for many, many decades. My argument is that they will exist until that is rectified and therefore are a valid option.
Or should we just close all grammars and hope those who might flourish in them do ok in other schools? Or won’t be disadvantaged themselves.
And to reiterate, I would love the gov to significantly raise investment in all schools and EY settings such grammars & private schools are no longer a thing
Surely, as a parent, you want to offer your child the best option for them to learn, grow, achieve etc. Currently, for those who can’t afford private education or who wouldn’t choose it, what are your options while we wait for an education system that serves all equally?
It starts with better funding from the early years upwards., and by looking at how best education and learning works from EY through primary. And with better funding throughout, right up until HE and work-based learning. But what happens while we wait for that to happen?
Thanks. I’m well aware of this. And that the reasons for it are both complex and numerous. And yes, we should a have a system that works well for every child, from every background, so that they have the best start and chances in life. Completely 100% agree. There are no quick fixes.
Having witnessed the Lords tear into one of Truss and Gove’s vague education bills many years ago, my respect for those in that house who care about their roles skyrocketed.
- AI training isn’t ‘learning’ and shouldn’t be treated as such
The House of Lords has been absolutely consistent on this, and they are totally right. Will the government listen?
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They say:
- the government must not weaken copyright law, and should instead strengthen licensing, transparency & enforcement
- the government should stop prioritising large multinational tech firms
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They destroy the argument that big tech should be given the country’s creative output for free, and they lay out the case for maintaining and even strengthening existing copyright law to protect creatives from exploitation.
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That should be poor choice!!
But until that time, parents and more importantly children should be able to exercise a choice of opportunity where it exists without lazy stereotyping. As an example, most comments in local papers round here think a) people pay to go to grammars, b) you need to pay 💰 for tutors. Neither is true.
To be 100% clear, I want all levels of education to be significantly better funded, from buildings to sports facilities, from teacher training to transport, from food to vocational training, and everything in between and beyond. From nurseries to HE. So that these conversations become irrelevant…
I know many who go to grammar schools or who have gone who don’t have an escape route… instead, grammars were/are an escape from the poo choice of local secondaries. But that’s not such a divisive narrative!
I think the issue is more awareness of options and availability of choice. From experience.
Why are the odds stacked against them?
This is a massive generalisation.
Not sure I agree with this take. As long as they are not fee-paying schools.
Last week, UK lobbying regulator closed investigation into ex Tory MP Ben Howlett
We offered Howlett money to work for a fake Chinese investor. He introduced us to a dozen Labour MPs
Regulator didn't even speak to us. Our system is broken
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