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“A loyal dog is the truest companion and the most faithful friend.” ~Harry Truman🐾
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Labour’s Lucy Powell, trying to explain why she was complicit on Ed Miliband interview with Brand in 2015, says a)it was before social media; and b) there was no easy way of checking on people in these days.
Which is strange since a) she’d been on social media since 2009 and by 2015 it was in full swing; and b) Google has been available since 2000.
Other than that her explanation is entirely credible.
Russell Brand: The shameful truth about those who turned a blind eye
youtu.be/5hfFwqW_e9s?si=2gXy… via @YouTube
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Andy Burnham said: "I'm a big fan of David and feel honoured to have his support for my campaign to put Labour back in touch with millions of disillusioned voters." mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/da…
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Lucy Powell Had Tweeted 11,600 Times by Time of Mili-Brand Interview order-order.com/2026/11/10/l…
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🚨NEW: Norway's PM, Jonas Gahr støre, has personally warned the UK and Andy Burnham not join the EU single market
He claims Brussels takes "too much control" and that his country was left implementing Brussels directives
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In 2014, a woman accused Russell Brand of assault. A court then banned her from ever talking about it, even to the police. She had no lawyer; there was no proper trial.
It's hard to believe so here, for the first time, is a copy of the injunction: taxpolicy.org.uk/2026/11/07/…
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Morning Tax Slaves!
They found something else to spend it on ……
🚨 NEW: Andy Burnham is “open” to payouts in health and education for Commonwealth countries to make up for Britain’s role in the slave trade
[@Telegraph]
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They literally have nothing else in the tank apart from nostalgia for those glory days when Brussels wrote the laws & UK politicians implemented them. Taking responsibility for our country's destiny? Nah, far too difficult. Democracy be damned.
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Rachel Reeves tonight declares Britain should return to the European Union
The former chancellor says Brexit made the UK “poorer, weaker and less secure”
She will make her case in a lecture at the Harvard Kennedy School on Monday
Reeves helped draft the Labour 2024 manifesto which said no EU return
She’s one of the most prominent Lab figures to back rejoin since Burnham became PM
The tectonic plates within Labour are shifting. Will more follow her?
Reeves writes in The Sunday Times:
“I am proud of the progress we have already made in strengthening our relationship with the European Union. Brexit has made us poorer, weaker and less secure.
“There is a debate to be had about our future relationship with Europe, and I welcome Andy Burnham’s leadership in facing up to this. No one in the Treasury ever doubted where my instincts were.
“I do believe Britain’s future lies in the European Union.
“However, it is incumbent on supporters of our re-entry to make the argument, demonstrate tangible benefits and to get the next steps right — especially ahead of the UK-EU summit later this month, where at a minimum we should be looking for confirmation of the ambitious youth mobility scheme negotiated earlier this year, and — I hope — progress towards entry into the SAFE defence partnership.”
thetimes.com/article/06d9b6a…
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On the day of the Tidal Barrage announcement.... Pure poetry.
Heavily delayed Liverpool Baltic Station costs soar to £160m liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liv…
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Many have shared this already, but just to add, 2 minutes of this chap is worth a million CBI surveys
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Badenoch: 'The Prime Minister came in promising that he would "reverse 40 years of neoliberalism". Instead we got 4p off gherkins'
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I believe the purpose of life is to be happy. Happiness is not guaranteed, we have to work for it. The most important way to do this is to cultivate concern for others. That’s how to take a wise approach to our natural self-interest.
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Alongside @afneil nobody explains economics better than the brilliant @LiamHalligan
He’s a busy man, newly appointed to run the Centre for Policy Studies, so very chuffed to see him embarking on a collaboration with Outpost. Here are his thoughts ahead of tomorrow’s Budget.
