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Adrian Faiers

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Organisational Myths (2017) now available FREE via www.perfecthost.co.uk/rapier.html | #MixedEconomy | #DoughnutEconomics | #Degrowth | Former #NHS #MentalHealth commissioner & governor | Typos

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
My teacher brother has just informed me that his primary school kids now refer to anything shit or old fashioned as "Brexit". Which has made my morning.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🔴 Reform UK Mayor Has Firm Struck off as Another Files No Accounts in Six Years Exclusive: Reform UK’s Sam Journet branded “Britain’s worst councillor” as opponents demand he be suspended as Mayor of Basildon Council bylinetimes.com/2026/10/02/r...
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Reform UK Mayor Has Firm Struck off as Another Files No Accounts in Six Years
Exclusive: Reform UK's Sam Journet branded "Britain's worst councillor" as opponents demand he be suspended as Mayor of Basildon Council
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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
FARTGATE: Tomorrow’s Lancashire Telegraph is an absolute joy to behold. Buy it. Treasure it. Leave it to your grandchildren. #BuyALocalNewspaper
Lancs Telegraph front page: A POINT
OF ODOUR
Reform councillor 'broke wind
towards rival' during meeting.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
All these platforms were originally sold to us as being liberating tools of free speech and expression. Now they're being actively used by their owners to suppress it www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Adrian Faiers @adrianfaiers.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Even during the Second World War, the RNLI operated under its founding principle of impartiality, rescuing enemy as well as allied members of the armed services, such as downed aircrew. True patriotism demonstrates our true values. #BBCBreakfast #R4Today
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Adrian Faiers @adrianfaiers.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The crypto millionaires' donations to Reform don't have to be crudely transactional for the donors to think they'll directly benefit. #BBCLauraK
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Really important from Ed Miliband. The Chief Rabbi’s position essentially means there can never be any criticism of Israeli government actions.
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Miliband defends sanctions on Israeli settlements and pushes back against chief rabbi’s criticism – UK politics live
UK foreign secretary ‘regrets’ Israel’s response to ban on trade with illegal settlements but ‘proud’ of his actions
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Stay European #RejoinEU 🇪🇺 #FBPE @stayeuropean.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
It's far-right militia organisation, complete with uniforms. The media really need to be a lot clearer about what just happened in Dover.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The ‘British values’ brigade in action.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Half an hour after publish this, get an email from Reform saying can’t come to this year’s conference 🤔
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London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
🚨Public funding is being poured into a wartime mine to fuel a global arms race🚨 The UK Government has announced a £71 million investment in the Hemerdon tungsten mine. Demand for tungsten is overwhelmingly driven by the arms and aerospace industries. londonminingnetwork.org/2026/08/uk-g...
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UK Government criticised for backing ‘wartime’ tungsten mine in Devon - London Mining Network
The Government has invested £71m in the Hemerdon tungsten mine, a project which will fuel the global arms race.
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Global Justice Now @globaljusticenow.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
If the government stands behind its medicines deal with Trump, why is it doing everything possible to evade political and public scrutiny? Is it because they know potentially forking over BILLIONS from our NHS to big pharma would be deeply unpopular? www.thetimes.com/business/com...
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Ministers refuse to reveal cost details of US-UK drugs trade deal
Government agreed to double spending on medicines for tariff exemptions on exports to the US but MPs want to know financial impact on NHS services
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Global Justice Now @globaljusticenow.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Multinational corporations can sue governments in secret tribunals for passing laws that protect people and the planet. It's called ISDS, it's in trade deals, and it's blocking climate action right now. This October, we fight back. Join the action!👇 stopisds.global #StopISDS
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Adrian Faiers @adrianfaiers.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
'As the great jurist Louis Brandeis is reputed to have said: “America has a choice. We can have great wealth in the hands of a few. Or we can have a democracy. But we can’t have both.”' www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Lost jobs, inequality, rogue agents: why are we accepting oligarchs’ AI agenda? | Robert Reich
The dangers of AI become clearer every day. Why are we still acting as if we have no choice about our future?
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Nick Dearden @nickdearden.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Farage is the MP for Washington DC. He’s used his position to back Trump’s bullying at every stage - including when it erodes the NHS or our tech regulation. So much for sovereignty! www.desmog.com/2026/08/08/n...
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Nigel Farage Dubbed ‘MP for Washington’ for Parroting Trump in Parliament
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage used a quarter of his speeches in Parliament to boost U.S. President Donald Trump’s attacks on the UK’s Chagos Islands deal – three times more than he raised the cost of ...
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Nick Dearden @nickdearden.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
The thing no one mentions - Britain will end up being forced to pay this and much much more when Jingye take an ISDS claim. Yet Reynolds continues to put new ISDS clauses into trade deals we sign. It’s madness. #ExitISDS www.cityam.com/government-u...
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Government urged to refuse £1bn British Steel payout to Chinese companies
British Steel owed just under £1bn to Chinese companies just before it was nationalised, according to official accounts.
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Nick Dearden @nickdearden.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
“If governments continue to allow themselves to be hamstrung by ISDS the climate transition will fail” Pleased to be quoted 👇 Exxon is using Britain as a base for an ISDS case against the EU despite the fact we’ve both left the relevant treaty 🧵 www.sustainableviews.com/brexit-gives...
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Brexit gives Exxon loophole to attack EU carbon capture
The oil and gas producer has launched an international dispute, known as an ISDS, despite lobbying in favour of the technology ExxonMobil has sent an investor-state dispute settlement notice to the Eu...
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
But they seemed like such nice, patriotic, community-minded chaps. (Except the ones currently facing murder, child abuse & assault charges, obviously.)
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Reform UKs plan to use the Royal Navy to intercept migrant boats in the Channel brilliantly taken apart by ... er ... Nigel Farage
The new Royal Navy presence in the Channel off to
a terrible start...


The gunwhales on the vessels are too high to pick
up migrants, so the RNLI & Border Force are doing
the job instead!


The Navy are then going around picking up the
empty dinghies,


Waste of time and resources!
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Direct, full-time jobs opening Rosebank oilfield would create: 450 D, f-t jobs opening Jackdaw gasfield would create: 27 D, f-t jobs in UK's net-zero economy: 300,000 + 400,000 more on the way D, f-t jobs in the rest of the green economy: 600,000 Is that really the hill Burnham wants to die on?
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I can’t believe we’re still having a debate about whether there’s a trade off between job creation and measures to green the economy. There isn’t. The evidence was clear years ago - a green economy creates far more jobs than the fossil fuel economy it replaces. Come on Labour, catch up …
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Government contracts to require job creation instead of green targets under new rules
Louise Haigh says taxpayer money must benefit local communities amid backlash from environmental groups
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Once again, I think we can all agree that the real story here is Kemi Badenoch’s miraculous resurrecting of Tory fortunes.
Manchester mayoral election results, showing Kemi Badenoch’s Tories in fifth place.
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Check out those Reform voters! (Source: www.ft.com/content/4932...)
Graph showing that a large majority of UK voters link hot weather to climate change, the only exception being Reform, where only a minority do.
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Nick Dearden @nickdearden.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Super interesting. China is threatening the UK with an ISDS case over its nationalisation of British steel. This threat will be repeated as Burnham moves on water etc. Will the government finally wake up to the danger ISDS poses? www.ft.com/content/dc61...
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China’s Jingye demands payout over British Steel nationalisation
UK government accused of disregarding group’s investment and offering ‘almost zero compensation’
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Global Justice Now @globaljusticenow.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
We’ve watched as corporate court cases challenge climate policies, frustrating the green transition. But now we’re increasingly seeing companies use claims to determine who benefits from the transition, as cases over ‘critical mineral’ projects rise. www.globaljustice.org.uk/news/uk-comp...
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UK companies sue Mexico over mining regulations through secretive ‘corporate courts’ - Global Justice Now
Campaigners state corporate court system allows companies to hold countries to ransom Two UK-based companies have initiated a legal challenge against Mexico through a corporate courts system campaigne...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 30/07/2026
I’ve seen what can confound Farage on his home turf: optimism. People need a politics that offers them that | Owen Jones
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I’ve seen what can confound Farage on his home turf: optimism. People need a politics that offers them that | Owen Jones
You can’t blame his constituents in Clacton for their pessimism – because they have been let down for years, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 30/07/2026
++BREAKING++ The UK and Spanish governments have issued a joint statement overnight: "[We] agreed that this summer’s wildfires demonstrated that climate change was now a national security emergency facing Europe and threatening our way of life." www.gov.uk/government/n...
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 29/07/2026
As Europe braces itself for another heatwave Andy Burnham looks set to approve new oil and gas. Kemi Badenoch is purging the Tories of net zero supporters, while Reform councils are abandoning climate goals up and down the country. The UK urgently needs bold and ambitious climate leadership
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Nick Dearden @nickdearden.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
British American Business says - give up on the idea of digital sovereignty and sign a legally binding tech deal with the US which surrenders everything to Trump 🤦‍♂️ www.babinc.org/britishameri...
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BritishAmerican Business Makes the Case for UK Tech Sovereignty Through Transatlantic Partnership - BritishAmerican Business
Published: 28 July 2026 BritishAmerican Business Makes the Case for UK Tech Sovereignty Through Transatlantic Partnership Share this page Contact: Mazar Ahmed, Senior Manager, Communications & Mediama...
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Nick Dearden @nickdearden.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
The US says ‘Britain capitulated to our Big Pharma companies, now Germany must follow suit’ It’s being called the ‘U.K. model’ - a shorthand for total surrender. ustr.gov/about/policy...
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USTR Announces Initiation of Section 301 Investigation of Germany’s Persistent Underpayment for Innovative Pharmaceutical Products
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer initiated an investigation under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 against Germany. This investigation will seek to determine whether pe...
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Bloody hell.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
New PM, same old media: Burnham is now simultaneously being accused of spending money he hasn't got on the policies he announces *and* not spending enough money on the policies he announces.
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Nick Dearden @nickdearden.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Big Pharma really unhappy that their man on the inside has been sacked 🙂🙂🙂 www.abpi.org.uk/media/news/2...
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ABPI comment on resignation of Lord Vallance
On the resignation of Lord Vallance as Science Minister, Richard Torbett, Chief Executive of the ABPI, said: “Patrick Vallance has been a tremendous Science Minister and a genuine champion for the U...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 12/07/2026
Britain’s cars and SUVs are growing bigger – but there is a way to stop this deadly ‘carspreading’ | Christian Wolmar
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Britain’s cars and SUVs are growing bigger – but there is a way to stop this deadly ‘carspreading’ | Christian Wolmar
Larger vehicles crowd our roads and are far more dangerous to pedestrians. Let’s curb them before they do even more damage, says says transport commentator Christian Wolmar
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Adrian Faiers @adrianfaiers.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
I agree that 'the characteristic linking them [Trump, Putin and Netanyahu] most closely is their rejection of – or failure to grasp – basic moral standards' rather than the earlier suggestion in the article that 'they can't tell right from wrong', which might or might not be true.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 03/07/2026
229,000 excess deaths: the cost of US-UK trade deal? - The Latest
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229,000 excess deaths: the cost of US-UK trade deal? - The Latest
The NHS will divert billions of pounds from essential services to pay for new medicines under the terms of the US-UK trade deal agreed last December, which could lead to more than 200,000 excess deaths, analysis has found. Lucy Hough speaks to columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 02/07/2026
Infrastructure cuts to pay for defence will cost UK 10,000 jobs, analysis shows
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Infrastructure cuts to pay for defence will cost UK 10,000 jobs, analysis shows
Exclusive: Findings cast doubt on Starmer claims that reallocation of funds to MoD will boost British jobs Keir Starmer’s decision to cut billions of pounds of infrastructure spending to pay for more defence equipment will end up costing the UK 10,000 jobs, according to an analysis of the government’s own figures. The prime minister announced this week he was putting an extra £15bn into defence investment to revamp the country’s armed forces and boost British manufacturing. Continue reading...
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Nick Dearden @nickdearden.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
People ask: ‘why don’t countries just refuse to pay ISDS fines.’ Here’s why. They get hounded. In this crazy case, ISDS investors are following Spain’s football team around the World Cup to try to seize their assets (inc deposits for hotel rooms). Insane www.bfmtv.com/economie/int...
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Des investisseurs américains traquent l'équipe d'Espagne de foot aux Etats-Unis pour saisir une partie de leurs avoirs (ils réclament 600 millions d'euros à l'Etat espagnol)
Un fonds d'investissement américain réclame 200 millions d'avoirs espagnols situés aux États-Unis, dont certains seraient liés à la Coupe du monde. Les investisseurs reprochent à Madrid d'avoir cessé ...
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Debt Justice @debtjustice.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
🇸🇳⚽ Senegal is on the world stage tonight, but back home it's facing a far harder match. More than 40% of their government spending goes to unjust debt. Money that should reach hospitals and schools goes to lenders, under rules written in their favour. act.debtjustice.org.uk/tackle-unjus...
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Debt Justice @debtjustice.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Private lenders just squeezed an extra $65 million out of Zambia. A country where almost half of the population doesn't have electricity. www.reuters.com/world/africa...
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
An event is planned to be hosted in London proudly promoting the sale of land on illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. This is obscene. I've called on @london.gov.uk and @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social to stop the event and for this govt to take real action on illegal settlements.
https://greenparty.org.uk/2026/06/10/zack-polanski-calls-on-sadiq-khan-and-yvette-cooper-to-cancel-obscene-and-illegal-sale-of-settlements-on-palestinian-land/
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Nick Dearden @nickdearden.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Farage will be attending Liz Truss’s comeback gig. I tell @desmog.com “Farage likes to pretend he’s on the side of the ordinary working man, but he’s really a 1980s yuppie, with out of date Thatcherite ideas” www.desmog.com/2026/06/08/n...
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Nigel Farage to Speak at Liz Truss’ CPAC GB Event
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has announced that he will be speaking at CPAC GB in July – the pro-Trump conference brought to the UK by disgraced former prime minister Liz Truss. Reform sources speaki...
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
The way the entire British media is suddenly discussing 'two tier policing' as if it is a real thing worth seriously debating, rather than the obvious far-right white supremacist fantasy it has always been, is very alarming
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Nick Dearden @nickdearden.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
- 87% of Labour Party members support banning trade with Israeli settlements - 78% support suspending all UK arms exports - 68% support suspending the UK-Israel Trade deal. www.map.org.uk/latest/news/...
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New poll shows overwhelming majority of Labour members support a full arms export ban to Israel, illegal settlement trade ban
New poll shows overwhelming majority of Labour members support a full arms export ban to Israel, illegal settlement trade ban.
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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Racist politicians whip up racist outrage. Widespread disorder ensues. The courts treat widespread disorder with the severity that they have always treated widespread disorder. Racist politicians cry “two-tier justice”, whipping up racist outrage. Rinse. Repeat. It’s so fucking tedious.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 02/06/2026
UK’s growing green economy worth more than £100bn a year, research finds
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UK’s growing green economy worth more than £100bn a year, research finds
Net zero industry accounts for more than a million jobs and benefits whole country, according to CBI Economics More than a million jobs, higher wages, nearly half a trillion pounds in investment in the pipeline – the UK’s green economy is powering ahead, according to research by the country’s leading business organisation. The net zero economy, which is worth more than £100bn a year, benefits all of the UK, according to the CBI Economics analysis commissioned by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit thinktank, despite critics who want to abolish the UK’s net zero targets. Continue reading...
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Charles Arthur @charlesrarthur.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
No media outlet in the English-speaking world covered the fact that a former Trump administration official was at a gathering of the world's leading fascists to promote the ethnic cleansing of non-white people from the United States and Europe. www.theredoubt.net/why-did-the-...
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Why did the press ignore a gathering of the world's leading fascists?
Right-wing extremism is going mainstream, but it's not getting the coverage.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 28/05/2026
Nearly 500 seriously injured in e-scooter collisions in Great Britain in 2026
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Nearly 500 seriously injured in e-scooter collisions in Great Britain in 2026
Ten people, all of whom were e-scooter riders, were killed in collisions compared with six in 2024 Nearly 500 people were seriously injured in collisions involving e-scooters in Great Britain last year, government statistics have shown. The Department for Transport (DfT) said there had been an estimated 1,484 casualties in crashes involving electric scooters, compared with 1,390 in 2024. Continue reading...
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Dan Miller @dan--miller.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Ray Washburne, a Trump ally with ties to U.S. military and intelligence circles, just bought control of Sherritt, a Canadian company operating in Cuba’s nickel industry. Does this signal that well connected political insiders expect Trump will definitely launch an invasion of Cuba?
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 28/05/2026
Humiliated by Iran, the US wants an easy scalp: keep your eyes on Cuba | Owen Jones
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Humiliated by Iran, the US wants an easy scalp: keep your eyes on Cuba | Owen Jones
The decision to charge Raúl Castro is grimly reminiscent of the run-up to Trump’s military operation in Venezuela. Meanwhile, the Cuban people are suffering needlessly, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
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