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Badenoch said if she was prime minister HMS Dragon would have left a week ago. Presumably with its doors hanging off and with no weapons onboard.

11.03.2026 12:13 πŸ‘ 1395 πŸ” 307 πŸ’¬ 74 πŸ“Œ 40

A particularly bad week for the Keminaissance

11.03.2026 12:15 πŸ‘ 236 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 0
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Badenoch denies calling for UK to join US-Israeli war on Iran Conservative leader accused of taking confusing position after she said Starmer should β€˜do more than catch arrows’

At the most basic level of 'have some self-respect', Conservative MPs should not put forward someone who visibly is not intellectually equipped to be prime minister as their candidate to be prime minister.

10.03.2026 18:37 πŸ‘ 1070 πŸ” 270 πŸ’¬ 77 πŸ“Œ 30
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a woman is holding a large bell in her hands ALT: a woman is holding a large bell in her hands

I mean, they have serious form…

10.03.2026 22:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Naturally. Perfect excuse for a strike.

10.03.2026 17:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, that was my exasperation! They are contrary for the sake of it. Always have been.

10.03.2026 16:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Of course, the RMT.

10.03.2026 16:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

With free to read link

as.ft.com/r/1754a96b-d...

10.03.2026 14:54 πŸ‘ 99 πŸ” 49 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 8

Wait. Farage is only 61!

10.03.2026 15:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

note that it's the right-wing parties, who have complained that UK should have joined US strikes on Iran, who are now also demanding the Labour government steps up household help with energy bills

10.03.2026 11:20 πŸ‘ 395 πŸ” 92 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 11

He literally asked her just that β€œis it still Tory policy to join this war”. She was made to look an idiot in under 3 mins.

10.03.2026 07:38 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Claire Coutinho demonstrating on #r4today just why the Tories were obliterated at the last General Election 🀑πŸ€ͺπŸ˜‚πŸ€·πŸ»β€β™‚οΈ

10.03.2026 07:25 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Made to look an idiot in under 3mins. Was perfect. No notes

10.03.2026 07:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Tory goes on #r4today to try and get a quick win over the cost of heating oil for countryside voters. Is met by NR asking her if it’s still the Tory position to be pro the war that’s pushing up the cost heating oil. Delicious.

10.03.2026 07:26 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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As an IR professor, it's depressing that this is outperforming all others as the best theory of US foreign policy

09.03.2026 21:12 πŸ‘ 10030 πŸ” 2432 πŸ’¬ 168 πŸ“Œ 107

Another win for Kemi Badenoch.

09.03.2026 18:29 πŸ‘ 440 πŸ” 41 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 3
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A reminder that Nigel Farage, Kemi Badenoch and the entire Conservative-supporting press have spent the past week lambasting Keir Starmer for not joining the Iran war.

Here's what has happened since then to public opinion

09.03.2026 18:01 πŸ‘ 1127 πŸ” 359 πŸ’¬ 38 πŸ“Œ 16

The RW screeching is not working - just the opposite

09.03.2026 18:43 πŸ‘ 258 πŸ” 57 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 1

Perfect, even!

09.03.2026 18:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Anatomy of a X/Twitter social media frenzy. One infulencer posted incessantly about the "Dublin Zoo Scandal" on Friday, it was picked up by other bad faith actors who ran with it. This is manufactured outrage by people who literally do not have anything better to do with their time than promote hate

09.03.2026 13:12 πŸ‘ 117 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 11

BBC weather app a fine example. Was prefect, now just ok

09.03.2026 17:26 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hannah Spencer: Green MP gets police escort from violent demo The Green Party MP was put into a waiting police car after a demonstration turned violent in Manchester.

Here - published at 13:55 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

09.03.2026 16:12 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Two firefighters resting, sitting on the plinth of the "Citizen Firefighter" statue.

Two firefighters resting, sitting on the plinth of the "Citizen Firefighter" statue.

Quite an image on the BBC live page (www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...; no photographer credited).

Sounds as if they've saved the station and the hotel, and more importantly, without loss of life.

Citizens; heroes.

09.03.2026 07:16 πŸ‘ 472 πŸ” 130 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 8
What’s REALLY behind identical posts from Dubai influencers? | BBC News
What’s REALLY behind identical posts from Dubai influencers? | BBC News YouTube video by BBC News

Excellent.

I think western influencers need to be clear about why they seem to be posting messages that so closely align to a coordinated campaign by the autocratic UAE leadership.

youtu.be/-giBHZ31RMU?...

08.03.2026 21:29 πŸ‘ 159 πŸ” 52 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1
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Anyone for a foggy gherkin this morning.

08.03.2026 10:09 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Genuine questions: could these people be in the pay of the regime? And would that, to use language some of them favour, make them both β€˜economic migrants’ *and* β€˜welfare scroungers’?

08.03.2026 09:08 πŸ‘ 1676 πŸ” 413 πŸ’¬ 122 πŸ“Œ 14

Make them stay in an asylum hotel when they get here until they've fulfilled their tax obligations.

07.03.2026 19:08 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

*hit by driver. Hope she’s ok

07.03.2026 19:16 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

monetising social will be the death of all of us

07.03.2026 00:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Threads thread: thriller_instinct 3d Is it okay to bully 40 and 50 year olds who are on social media just for being on it, cuz like why are you here - 254 Q 3.1K G 28 746 corporateash 18h β€’β€’β€’ My ICQ UIN is 7231680. That number is burned into my consciousness. I inadvertently learned that you could see private conversations in public chat rooms when using Telnet instead of a browser on GeoCities. I can tell you the difference in audible dial-up handshakes between 1200, 2400, 14.4 kbps modems. I needed a edu email address to join Facebook after my university was admitted. We were here at the beginning. We made social media. You wouldn't be in my Top 8. I have usernames older than you. 852 Q62 G6 72

β€œI have usernames older than you.”.
Holy shit

06.03.2026 01:05 πŸ‘ 20785 πŸ” 4427 πŸ’¬ 767 πŸ“Œ 1141