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Today is National black cat day. A day to celebrate how fabulous black cats are. We make wonderful companions but are so often overlooked. Share photos of your black cats today so that we can show how unique each one is 🐈⬛
Politicians, councillors and the like are generally lazy and indolent. They’ll always choose the path of least resistance and prefer to maintain the status quo rather than do anything they don’t *have* to do.
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Absolutely disgusting stats on sexual crime rates by country/ region.
These are the men coming in on small boats, claiming asylum and staying here at our expense.
We need to deport all illegal arrivals as they arrive - before they have the chance to commit crimes.
To those who are not great at statistics The Economist chart uses a log scale, so the biggest gaps look smaller than they are.
On a linear scale, Afghanistan’s 8× rate would stretch far past the others. Equal distances would mean equal absolute differences, making the high end dominate the graphic.
A log scale treats equal distances as equal ratios (1× to 2× looks the same as 5× to 10×). That pulls the highest multiples inward and spreads out the lower ones, so the disparities appear more moderate even though the underlying numbers are unchanged.
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Millions of animals are suffering unnecessarily by being slaughtered without stunning to meet religious demands. That's why we campaign to end religious exemptions to animal welfare laws. Join our campaign to end #NonStunSlaughter 👇 secularism.org.uk/religious-… #AnimalWelfare
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After the Budget, millions will use online tax calculators. But there's a privacy catch: we tested the seven most popular, and every one sends your income to a server.
Here's what MoneySavingExpert sends:
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🇬🇧 In 18th-century London, dictionary-maker Samuel Johnson adored his cat Hodge. He personally bought oysters for him, rather than send his servants.
Today, a bronze statue of Hodge sits on a dictionary beside oyster shells outside Johnson’s former home in Gough Square.
He had no basis to accuse you of that - he should apologise unreservedly.
Completely unacceptable behaviour from Peter Bleksley.
The veteran said that he wouldn't have wanted to fight for what the UK has become.
Alex cited corresponding reasons why he and others would not want to fight either.
There was no basis to accuse Alex of cowardice - you should apologise unreservedly.