Not a chef. MD ANT @benpollinger@mastodon.org.uk
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Those were the days….
Stop buying Russian oil, @JoeBiden.
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(10/09/26). Donald Trump announced a deal with Vladimir Putin for Russia to supply diesel fuel to global and American markets.
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(10/09/26). US Department of Treasury, issues licenses Russia to sell and distribute diesel oil.
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Woah! Watch every minute of this. AMAZING undercover reporting from inside Reform.
Huge kudos to new investigative kids on the block, @Verbatim_Media via @Channel4News.
youtu.be/aXut3s90rUI?is=p1PO…
RT @carolecadwalla: Suicide is highly contagious. It triggers copycat deaths across both time & space. Essentially if reported sensationall…
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It’s A level results day. In August 1996 I was sent to the suicide of an 18yr old woman who’d hung herself. After we cut her down we found her note. She’d failed her A levels. She thought she’d shamed her family. She thought her parents would be angry.
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I study authoritarianism for a living, so I do not say this lightly: America isn't facing an authoritarian future. America is living an authoritarian present.
(A long 🧵)
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Nathan Gill has pleaded guilty & this tweet has been doing rounds today.
Now imagine my investigation into Russian interference hadn’t been crushed by lawfare, my news org had doubled down & carried on & govt had opened an inquiry as MPs demanded.
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Reform giving a platform to anti-vax crankery. This stuff costs lives. Evidence - if you are one of the people who still needs it - of why they shouldn't be let anywhere near government
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24 years ago, at a Techno Parade in the year 2000, the legendary Techno Viking took to the streets of Berlin
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I’m a PE teacher in Leeds. In February I am running 5 marathons in 5 days in Tanzania, to raise money for @NW_leedsfood. Please donate or share to help me hit my target 👍Any support would be amazing 😊 🏃♂️
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I’m sorry to spoil your Boxing Day evening @UKLabour @Keir_Starmer @SteveReedMP @AngelaRayner but this poor fox is not having one . This is the face of illegal fox hunting in the UK . . . it’s got to end . . . we respectfully ask that you will end ‘trail hunting’ in your manifesto . Thank you
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Many thanks, @wesstreeting.
Have to say I really didn't have "stop exploiting those patients you see dying in corridors in horrifically overwhelmed A&Es" on this year's Christmas list.
Please consider reading this short thread in response to your Sunday Times interview. 1/n
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Want to learn how to use the HILTI DX 460 F8 Full Automatic Powder Actuated Fastening Nail Gun? Check out our comprehensive User Guide! #DIY #nailgun #howto dlvr.it/Sxpgvp
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Passing an emergency law to change a Supreme Court decision you don't like sounds really useful. Unfortunately it's also fascist.
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Ant & Dec are going to have to play Nigel Farage's toxicity as a feature in @imacelebrity - for laughs. Like it doesn't exist outside their TV show or his menace is just pantomime.
But it's not.
He's a poisonous dangerous cunning individual.
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We’re trying to get as many followers as Rishi Sunak so we can show the government just how many people are prepared to fight for the NHS and its staff
Please can you take a few seconds to help by following us and retweeting this?
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How does “holding your nerve” help you find an extra £1000 a month out of nowhere?
The problem is our government consists of people who have literally no concept of “not enough money” bbc.co.uk/news/business-6601…
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This party took place on the 14th Dec 2020. On the 30th Dec 2020 one of my closest friends died alone in hospital. Everyone other than his mother, father and wife had to watch his funeral on a video stream. Those were the rules.