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Two elections in a row a Nigel Farage led third party has taken enough votes in England to send a large number of seats to the Tories (2019) or Labour/Lib Dems (2024). In 2019 the Brexit Party stood tactically and won no seats, in 2024 Reform didn't and won 5. That is something to be worried about.

If, as Lord Ashcroft's polls says, Labour achieve a landslide victory on a vote share less than they had in 2017, then their victory is a function of the FPTP system rather than enthusiasm for their policy platform. Somehow that seems very undemocratic.

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The Financial Times has backed the only economically sane option in the UK's imminent general election: A vote for Labour. These 4 graphs say it all. The historically inescapable fact is that 14 years of Tory govt, driven mad by Brexit, have been a disaster for UK prosperity. on.ft.com/4eHFChN

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Love this sky! I'm a semi beginner procreate artist from the UK who doesn't draw nearly as much as I should. I've been focusing more on fantasy art recently but generally draw anything.

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The IFS looks at the main Westminster Parties spending pledges and what they actually mean. ifs.org.uk/articles/how...

How should we interpret parties’ public spending pledges this election? | Institute for Fiscal Studiesifs.org.uk Parties have pledged lots of ‘fully costed’ spending policies but these tell us little about the actual funding each public service might receive.

I've just listened to Paul Johnson's speech on R4's WATO. He's bludgeoning both major parties for not saying how they'll pay for their fully costed policies, nor having detail on how they mitigate if they don't get the growth they forecast. He's one step away from saying they're dishonest.

Cooking dinner! Watching the 2h QT debate on Th night I like that the leaders had to take questions unaided for 30min each. Slogans don't stretch and there's nowhere to hide. What I did notice was that each leader understands the problem and has a destination but no detailed plan to connect them.

It's arrived! Weighs a tonne.

£6.69 for a 750ml bottle of water, salt & vinegar crisps and a regular packet of polo mints at Glasgow Airport. 😲 #ripoff

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Incoming ministers ‘will face UK public services on brink of collapse’ - most state services are performing worse than at the time of the 2019 general election, and “substantially worse” than when the Conservatives first took office in 2010. www.theguardian.com/business/art...

Incoming ministers ‘will face UK public services on brink of collapse’www.theguardian.com Institute for Government calls for ‘credible vision’ to tackle crisis engulfing NHS, prisons and local councils

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‘A strong mix of sentimentality and hard-headedness about Britain’s electoral system keeps left-wing politicians wedded to a leadership that despises them.’ New from James Butler, the first in what will be a series on the UK election: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2024/ma...

James Butler | Sunak’s Choicewww.lrb.co.uk It is difficult to explain Sunak’s choice. He can hardly have missed that the polling average puts the Tories twenty...

Hello Americans! I saw this article in a UK newspaper and wanted to know if this situation of an OAP needing to work to pay their bills is normal. www.theguardian.com/us-news/arti...

Donors raise $233,000 to give US cart pusher, 90, chance at retirementwww.theguardian.com Dillon McCormick, an air force veteran, had been supporting himself by pushing carts in Louisiana’s triple-digit temperatures

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On this day 104 years ago the Tulsa race massacre occurred. These three, Lessie Benningfield Randall (108 yrs old) , Viola Ford Fletcher (109) and Hughes Ellis Sr (102, now deceased) are (were) the last survivors.

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Tuskegee Airmen won the 1st ever "Top Gun" competition in 1949 (flying older planes) but the United States Airforce didnt recognize the African American winners until 1995?!? 😑

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Latest post on the defence and foreign policy aspects of the election, but also what comes immediately after, including the NATO summit on 9 July, soon followed by a meeting of the European Political Community which Starmer will be hosting. samf.substack.com/p/is-labour-...

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It’s meant to be.

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A fascinating take, in that, if true, would mean, if we accept the account that Badenoch presents, would mean every single British prime minister from Walpole to Eden had the wrong idea about how to improve British power and prosperity.

Kemi Badenoch: ‘UK’s wealth isn’t from white privilege and colonialism’www.theguardian.com Minister told London conference that Glorious Revolution of 1688 paved way for economic certainty

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Albin Grau Draft film poster Nosferatu, 1921 Watercolor on cardboard, 16 x 19 cm

I inhabit this island!

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Here it is: my 2024 manifesto to be Mayor of London. Can any other candidate beat this? Not a chance! #VoteBinface #MakeYourVoteCount #IchBinEinLondoner

I'm thinking that I would like this played at my funeral. Not a dry eye in the house.

thanks for reminding me i can just listen to this, say, when i need to build up to run through a brick wall www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJbF...

Ennio Morricone - Duello finale - C'era Una Volta Il West (1968)www.youtube.com Subscribe to hear great music from the master Ennio Morricone http://bit.ly/1rw9u8m Don’t miss all the Greatest Hits and Beautiful Soundtracks by the Legenda...

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Bloody hell. bookriot.com/louisiana-hb...

Louisiana HB 777 Would Criminalize Librarians and Libraries Who Join the American Library Associationbookriot.com Louisiana Library workers or libraries who seek membership in the largest professional organization would be criminalized for doing so.

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We don't have to live like this. We don't have to suffer a world in which bullies dominate our lives. This week's column explores the implications of some fascinating new research. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

From the playground to politics, it’s the bullies who rule. But it doesn’t have to be this way | George Monbiotwww.theguardian.com At every stage of our lives we are forced into destructive competition. It’s not natural, and it holds the best people back, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

@dysonlogos.bsky.social Hi. I saw your Rathenau's Lakeside Tower and it reminded me of a real castle by the sea, Portencross Castle. It's a wee tower house from the 11th century. There's also another about 2mi away on Wee Cumbrae. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portenc...

Portencross Castle - Wikipediaen.m.wikipedia.org

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Musk paid twice as much to destroy Twitter as the U.S. government did to start the atomic age with the Manhattan Project (inflation-adjusted)

Out for a dauner and was presented the opportunity to be the rightful king of England!

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Uber: we can't make money if we have to follow the law Google: we can't make money if we're not allowed to be a monopoly Nestle: we can't make money without using slave labor OpenAI: we can't make money if we can't steal media: should shoplifters be executed?

@menion.bsky.social Hi. I enjoyed the latest podcast. On looking for a vanilla game, have you had a look at "Over the Wall and Other Adventures"? A modern take on the old game with a few interesting ways of generating adventures.

@menion.bsky.social I've enjoyed all your recent episodes of "Confessions of a wee timorous bushi". The walk & talk is a good format. I'm not familiar with Dark Sun at all but I'm very curious about what's happening in your adventure and what is different and special about the setting.