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up next poster : Chinese Grand Prix

up next poster : Chinese Grand Prix

It's race week again!! 🔜🇨🇳

| #F1 #McLaren

10.03.2026 19:05 👍 54 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 0
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How democratic is the UK? The UK has a crisis of democracy

A glimpse of UK democracy

The Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Act 2025 empowers the state to 24/7 snoop on bank accounts of benefit recipients.

The poor, old, sick have no financial privacy.

The same does not apply to enablers of tax abuse schemes.

We are all equal, aren't we?

11.03.2026 10:04 👍 257 🔁 146 💬 12 📌 4
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The one good thing seen from them in years. 🙄👇

10.03.2026 10:32 👍 2247 🔁 579 💬 192 📌 145

This administration is committing Watergate level crimes multiple times per week—and those are the ones we know about. It’s crazy to think about what else will come out after.

It’s absolutely essential these criminals are held responsible for their crimes. We must end elite impunity.

11.03.2026 15:57 👍 14539 🔁 3541 💬 589 📌 199
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This is a shocking report. Staff at food banks have told GMB that some users are now so desperate, they're ripping open food parcels to eat as soon as they get them.

In the last year, Trussell has distributed more than 2.5 million emergency packages

11.03.2026 10:37 👍 198 🔁 109 💬 17 📌 13
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Keir Starmer and Morgan McSweeney Ignored Warnings About Peter Mandelson’s Epstein and Russia links Documents reveal Mandelson’s appointment as ambassador to the US was rushed through despite warnings about the “reputational risks” of his financial and personal ties

🔴Keir Starmer and Morgan McSweeney Ignored Warnings About Peter Mandelson’s Epstein and Russia links

Documents reveal Mandelson’s appointment was rushed through despite warnings about the “reputational risks” of his financial and personal ties

bylinetimes.com/2026/03/11/k...

11.03.2026 15:59 👍 128 🔁 62 💬 12 📌 1
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Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez is everything Keir Starmer and Labour are not:

"A wave of pride in being Spanish, not only within our country but also from many societies across the globe"

"Because we are synonymous with principles, values, and also results"

11.03.2026 10:04 👍 298 🔁 76 💬 10 📌 4
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Remember when Nigel Farage did a big speech about always being consistent and never bending to pressure?

Can we all agree to not believe a word he says?

11.03.2026 10:42 👍 74 🔁 29 💬 5 📌 1
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The science of racism with Professor Keon West

10.03.2026 13:16 👍 296 🔁 131 💬 19 📌 27
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🚨 WATCH: Labour MP Charlotte Nichols reveals she was raped as an MP as she opposes the jury trial reforms

"I waited 1,088 days to go to court. We've been told [by the Government] that if we have concerns about this Bill, it's because we've not been raped"

10.03.2026 17:18 👍 799 🔁 277 💬 29 📌 90
Two pink and white variegated camellia flowers growing back to back

Two pink and white variegated camellia flowers growing back to back

Camellia
#Winter #flowers #bloomscrolling

11.03.2026 05:27 👍 20 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
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Keir Starmer and David Lammy are taking an extraordinarily dangerous gamble with our individual liberty This week, MPs will vote on the second reading of the Courts and Tribunals Bill. Don’t let the anodyne name fool you – this is one of the most revolutionary pieces of legislation in our…

NEW BLOGPOST: Keir Starmer and David Lammy are taking an extraordinarily dangerous gamble with our individual liberty

For any MP unsure of how to vote on the government’s proposals to restrict trial by jury.

07.03.2026 20:14 👍 615 🔁 347 💬 34 📌 37
SAY IT WITH US.

DEFEND
JURY TRIALS

Green Party
Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

SAY IT WITH US. DEFEND JURY TRIALS Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

Labour's attempt to remove our right to a jury trial in thousands of cases - including protest related offences - is a serious attack on our civil liberties.

That's why the Green MPs have tabled an amendment to reject it.

The Green Party says no to Labour's toolkit for tyrants.

10.03.2026 13:42 👍 413 🔁 155 💬 9 📌 7
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Sign of cognitive decline #3,007:

Loss of filter for inappropriate languge.

11.03.2026 15:34 👍 2041 🔁 538 💬 197 📌 39
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That is a unanimous, adamant YES. The sooner the better.

11.03.2026 13:51 👍 6293 🔁 1352 💬 662 📌 194
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Next time you see Reform UK member Steven Barrett being smug as a pundit on GB News, pretending to br ‘change’ don’t forget this was him a year ago. A failed Tory councillor.

11.03.2026 10:45 👍 259 🔁 91 💬 26 📌 3
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Hereditary peers to be removed from Lords as bill passes The bill abolishes the 92 seats reserved for peers who inherit their titles through their families.

An important step in the correct direction - but so much more reform needed.

11.03.2026 11:27 👍 159 🔁 35 💬 12 📌 5
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Keir Starmer calls out Kemi Badenoch's u-turn on Iran.

Starmer: "In the wake of the economic consequences, the leader of the opposition totally abandoned her position."

11.03.2026 12:11 👍 89 🔁 26 💬 3 📌 2
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Reaching net zero by 2050 ‘cheaper for UK than one fossil fuel crisis’ Climate change committee finds move to renewable energy would also bring health, economic and security benefits

What Nigel Farage and Reform UK ignore about net zero ⬇️

🚨 Reaching the UK’s net zero target by 2050 will cost less than a single oil shock.

💰 And it will bring health, economic and security benefits.

11.03.2026 13:10 👍 153 🔁 60 💬 3 📌 1
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Message to Tony Blair about meeting Jeffrey Epstein, who is described as "a financial adviser to the super rich" who is "close to the Duke of York"

11.03.2026 14:34 👍 100 🔁 41 💬 6 📌 5
A stunningly violet violet

A stunningly violet violet

Day 1350 of #IansDailyPhotoChallenge and I shared white ones the other day, but how about this, for a stunner of a violet for today then?
In memory of a much loved Aunt who passed away today 💔 😥 #inspiringnature #wildlife #naturephotography #MentalHealthMatters
#365DaysWild

11.03.2026 14:51 👍 1529 🔁 138 💬 52 📌 4

There are more instances of United States Citizens being detained by ICE than there are of illegal immigrants voting in elections.

11.03.2026 11:44 👍 4382 🔁 1434 💬 66 📌 49
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This is the guy who likes to downplay non-fatal injuries suffered by US service members in combat.

11.03.2026 01:20 👍 12488 🔁 3591 💬 754 📌 189
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Police in Britain Repeatedly Declined to Investigate Epstein. Why?

Exclusive: The Metropolitan Police interviewed Virginia Giuffre 3 times after her lawyers handed them a dossier of evidence saying that she was trafficked to UK by Epstein and Maxwell, and made her have sex with Prince Andrew

But they did not launch an investigation
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/w...

11.03.2026 10:46 👍 1781 🔁 920 💬 89 📌 54
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🚨 BREAKING: The due diligence provided to Keir Starmer before Peter Mandelson’s appointment as US Ambassador warned it would be a "general reputational risk"

11.03.2026 14:49 👍 15 🔁 3 💬 4 📌 5
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The due diligence report on Peter Mandelson's appointment handed to Keir Starmer warned about Mandelson's financial links to Russia, which he retained "long after Putin's annexation of Crimea"

11.03.2026 14:47 👍 149 🔁 66 💬 6 📌 6
Photo of the 2023/2024 coin series for King Charles III including a hazel dormouse (1p), red squirrel (2p), capercaillie (10p), puffin (20p), salmon (50p), and bees (£1)

Photo of the 2023/2024 coin series for King Charles III including a hazel dormouse (1p), red squirrel (2p), capercaillie (10p), puffin (20p), salmon (50p), and bees (£1)

British wildlife, if it’s good for our coins it’s good for our notes.

11.03.2026 15:25 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Who will win: Kemi Badenoch versus one badger and fifty red squirrels?

11.03.2026 13:38 👍 142 🔁 16 💬 16 📌 3
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Reaching net zero by 2050 ‘cheaper for UK than one fossil fuel crisis’ Climate change committee finds move to renewable energy would also bring health, economic and security benefits

Our dependency on fossil fuels makes us vulnerable. Wars across the world are pushing up prices for households in the UK.

Why keep waiting for the next crisis? We need to transition to clean power as fast as we can to protect people and our economy.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

11.03.2026 09:13 👍 3434 🔁 1112 💬 127 📌 62
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WIN: High Court throws out £8m lawsuit over tax avoidance investigation | Good Law Project We have successfully defended award-winning journalist Dan Neidle from an ‘oppressive’ claim which tried to silence him – but the law still needs reform

We've won the UK's first ever SLAPP suit - acting for @danneidle.bsky.social - and made some really important law protecting the right to call out barristers whose misconduct facilitates aggressive tax avoidance.

11.03.2026 12:53 👍 1370 🔁 325 💬 59 📌 15