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75% of constituencies in England and Wales spend more on welfare than their workers pay in income tax and National Insurance. London and the South East are the only regions that are net contributors; the North East is the most welfare-dependent region in England. Explore the ASI's new Welfare Sustainability Tracker at buff.ly/ltyWwQH

Two UK 🇬🇧 detectorists (Alan Daniels, 48, and Andy Crammond, 34) struck #gold at a rally near Carlisle -- three pristine Bronze Age gold torcs, around 1100 BC, weighing 518 g and worth over £300,000. Buried for 3,000 years and still shining. A proper treasure. #metaldetecting 📸 BNPS

I’m politically homeless in the UK. People often ask what would make me vote for a political party. My answer usually explains why my ideal party will never exist, and why I find what’s on offer so utterly lifeless and unappealing. So here it is… I don’t want another long line of Westminster lifers, professional bullshitters and policy wonks who’ve never had to make anything fucking work. I want mavericks, I want dynamos, I want people with the nerve to fuck shit up, and the competence and desire to build something infinitely better. I want people willing to shatter Westminster’s cosy little racket and expose, in all it’s disgusting glory, the putrid cesspit underneath it all. Including when it’s their own mates who are swimming in it all. I want people who want to build, to unleash the animal spirits of a country that’s spent far too long in a slumber, being told to sit down, shut up and accept that everything in our lives has to be a bit shit. I want people who aren’t terrified of upsetting someone. I want people who can tell a vested interest to fuck off without first consulting a focus group. I want a giant bonfire of our labyrinthine tax code and the excessive regulation that makes building anything worthwhile feel like an act of civil disobedience. I want people willing to shut down the useless institutions and taxpayer-funded talking shops that survive every single failure, achieve absolutely fuck-all and somehow always need more of our money. I want people who demand accountability for failure instead of handing out knighthoods and promotions for it. I want people who understand what government should be for, can also actually do the job, and know where its authority and influence should end. I want people who can see how absolutely fucking miserable this country has become and offer a vision of something better that we can all strive towards. Where everyone can participate. I want a country where you can build a business, build a home and build a future worth looking forward to and be able to celebrate it for the great thing it is, rather than have it torn down. I want a country where ambition has somewhere to go. But most of all, I want people in power who understand how much this country could do if government would get the fuck out of the way. Any takers? @SDPhq @eleanorrofe I'm looking at you. Fancy it?

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Aris Mining reports Q3 2026 results, highlighting strong financial performance and continued investment in growth. Key highlights: 🔹 217.3 koz of gold produced YTD, including 69.3 koz in Q3 🔹 $287 million in Q3 gold revenue 🔹 $144 million in Q3 adjusted EBITDA, bringing YTD adjusted EBITDA to $535 million 🔹 $702 million in trailing 12-month adjusted EBITDA 🔹 $419 million cash balance Strong cash generation from Segovia continues to support our significant capital investment program as we advance key growth initiatives across our portfolio. With several important near-term milestones ahead, we remain focused on execution. Read our full Q3 2026 results: aris-mining.com/news/detail/… TSX: $ARIS.TO | NYSE: $ARIS #ArisMining #GoldMining

Texas' new attorney general Nathan Johnson has revealed that he composed the score for 67 episodes of ‘DRAGON BALL Z’ as well as 5 of the Dragon Ball movies. (Source: variety.com/2026/artisans/ne…)