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Mike Gibb ↔️ look at what they make you give
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Mike Gibb ↔️ look at what they make you give
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Random, eccentric, eclectic data, maps, tables, facts, factoids. Could be brexit, climate, opera, France, tech, word play... serendipity rules
Katılım Mayıs 2013
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@mikeydoubled @brstreetfighter @Aviation_Intel The Ukranian drones used in Operation Spiderweb jockyed around, choosing the best impact points on each target.
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@brstreetfighter @Aviation_Intel Yeah I guess if you have 'infinite' time to dick around you could land your drone where the wing meets the fuselage, a moderate tannerite blast there would likely be pretty damaging if only due to the inspections you'd need to do to verify the thing wasn't seriously compromised
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I have spent a good part of my career just getting people to believe this was actually happening. Now we are here. With 15 drones, you can lose roughly 1/4 of the B-52 force as it sits idle on the ground. This was always the most concerning scenario. Time to move to hardening. Just a matter of time now till we learn the hard way.
Hey, Dave!@davegreenidge57
Barksdale AFB was hit by multiple waves of drones over a week’s time. The base houses numerous nuclear weapons.
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@1goodtern I'm reading Laurent Binet's novel HHhH on the life and death of Reinhard Heydrich.
This behaviour would fit right in with Heydrich.
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Such
Despicable
Evil
They truly are utterly deplorable.
Headquarters@HQNewsNow
New reporting reveals that Trump's longtime friend and special White House envoy asked ICE to detain the mother of his child amid a custody battle. The mother of his child was deported last fall.
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@Noirchick1 Kind Hearts and Coronets, he said, as How to Make a Killing is released in the UK.
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In this era of recycling....in your opinion, what classic film should NEVER be remade?
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@campbellclaret How can EVs move when the sun doesn't shine at night?
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Like Hannan before him (the “brains behind Brexit”) this guy thinks he is a lot smarter than he is. Prisoners of their own ideology
Farrukh@implausibleblog
Watch the Reform UK's James Orr humiliate himself on #BBCQT James Orr, "When the wind doesn't blow, you need gas to back it up and sometimes the wind doesn't blow" Fiona Bruce asks how drilling helps us is oil and gas are traded on the international market James Orr, "Prices are fixed internationally but a portion of them is connected to" Caroline Lucas, "It really isn't. It's sold on international markets to the highest bidder" James Orr, "That's not true.. Bills are higher because of unreliable renewables" Caroline Lucas, "They are not unreliable. All we need are interconnectors so when its not windy in this country you import the wind power from somewhere else" "I just despair at the kind of lies James, you are telling to people" James Orr, "These are not lies" Caroline Lucas, "They are"
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@DavidHenigUK A good example of self-harm, the Chinese campaign against sparrows was pretty damn stupid. Between 15 and 55 million people died.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliminate…
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There presumably has been a stupider government running a major power during past times, but can someone point me in the direction of when it might have been?
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It is time to open a path towards de-escalation in order to restore stability in the Middle East.
France calls for the immediate implementation of a moratorium on strikes targeting civilian infrastructure, whether related to water or to energy. Freedom and security of navigation must be restored.
As the region enters a period of religious celebrations and renewal, tempers must cool and hostilities must cease, in order to give a real chance to the prospect of a negotiated and sustainable solution.
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@POLITICOEurope "We are not alone. We are the first. Those who will end up alone are the ones defending the indefensible"
instagram.com/reel/DVmCkTED4…
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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s condemnation of the U.S. and Israel’s attack on Iran initially made him an outlier in Europe. Now everyone wants in.
politico.eu/article/spain-…
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The world's oldest poster museum has reopened in Warsaw after a five-year break for refurbishment.
Its new exhibition features 240 works showcasing 130 years of Poland's history, including from the world-renowned Polish Poster School notesfrompoland.com/2026/03/17/wor…
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@PippaCrerar @AngelaRayner Angela Rayner, a vice-chair of the Labour Friends of Israel?
THAT Angela Rayner?
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💥Punchy remarks from @AngelaRayner at Mainstream event tonight, esp given she is viewed as front runner in any Labour leadership contest:
- she warns Keir Starmer he “cannot just go through motions” in face of decline - and that govt is “running out of time” to show it can deliver change people need.
- a nod to disgruntled MPs when she says they need to “rebuild this party” as well as the country.
- says it’s “un-British” to move the goalposts on indefinite leave to remain - puts her at odds with govt’s key immigration policy.
- attacks Reform who she says are “twisting our flags” into symbols of division - and says they’re on side of the people who rigged the system.
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@Noirchick1 I'm getting Reese Witherspoon in Pleasantville:
"I could, like, kill a guy with these things."
clip.cafe/pleasantville-…
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A steamy afternoon and rumor of an all-points bulletin out for Miss June Wilkinson....
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@deAdder BREAKING: Iran has renamed it as the Strait of Instant Death. Thank you for your attention in this matter.
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Do Canadians want to see Canadian military ships in the Strait of Hormuz helping Donald Trump after all his bullshit?
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@neilorpen @LizWebsterSBF @DrSteveTaylor Defenders of Tice: It's legal. If you don't like it, change the system.
The rest of us: OK.
We are talking about it because it raises the saliency of changing the system to make it more equitable.
Helpful timing, as various elections approach.
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@LizWebsterSBF @DrSteveTaylor So it is legal - why are we talking about it then ?
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A Sunday investigation reports that Richard Tice’s company obtained REIT (Real Estate Investment Trust) status.
That allowed the company to avoid corporation tax on rental profits as long as dividends were paid out.
Legal? Yes.
But it shows how wealth can structure itself to minimise tax.
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@AgnesCPoirier Amusing conjunction in my timeline:
Exhibit 1: Only 57% of French voters went to vote on the first round
Exhibit 2: The meek shall inherit the Earth
cc: @TTomTToro
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Only 57% of French voters went to vote on the first round of #Municipales elections. The lowest since the 1950s.
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@Mij_Europe @PippaCrerar Reeves' "Mais non" lecture?
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@PippaCrerar I think this mis-frames the discussion. The issue is being explored as part of a broader and more ambitious reset of UK/EU relations. Reeves's Mais lecture on Tues will lean into that
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NEW: Britain in standoff with Brussels over demand to cut university tuition fees for European students, with row threatening to scupper Keir Starmer’s planned EU reset.
EU officials say European students should pay “home” fees of about £9,500 a year as part of youth mobility scheme, rather the higher international rate, which can rise above £60,000.
But British negotiators have been blindsided by the demand, which they say was not mentioned in framework agreement signed last year and would cost British universities around £140m a year.
Sources say the disagreement has brought talks to a near standstill with just three months left before summit in Brussels in late June or early July.
@kiranstacey reports 👇
theguardian.com/politics/2026/…
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@Femi_sorry Great question for Reeves:
A majority of people is in favour of rejoining the EU. Nick Thomas–Symonds has said flat-out that this will not happen under Labour (while he lives). Which party does Reeves recommend that they vote for?
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Rachel Reeves : Brexit is bad for the UK.
Should Remainers now back Labour?
youtu.be/Lk5Yz36CQG8?si…
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After weeks of relentless attacks - this is bloody lovely!
Labour - please do feel free to keep making attack videos!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
cez@cezthesocialist
Green Party Leader Zack Polanski is the most popular politician, with both the highest approval of 30 and the highest net approval of -7, 15 points higher than Ed Davey in second on -22.
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@DavidHenigUK I am constantly reminded just how inspired Barnier's step diagram was .. simple, clear, discrete. Blunt.
Choose the [step of the] rights you would like, read off the responsibilities that go with it.
Some combinations of rights(benefits)/ responsibilities(costs) do not exist.
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Important NB on reports the UK government hopes to have an SPS agreement with the EU very soon - the actual agreement is a framework which is unlikely to have the full detail, the important part is the implementation via the joint committee - and the timescales for this
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For all the excitement around Rachel Reeves talking about the EU, this government's position hasn't changed, this current package of negotiations is mostly the limit given Brussels isn't overly tempted to offer much more. independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
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@ZackPolanski Richard Tice is boasting that his tax avoidance scheme is totally legal under the current system. Apparently this is true.
Methinks that this should backfire ... heavily.
Please can we have a better system?
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Increasingly we find out people want the party that wants to tax the super rich fairly!
Lower bills, protect the NHS, rebuild our public services.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Keiran Pedley@keiranpedley
Some movement in @Ipsos_in_the_UK leader satisfaction ratings following Gorton and Denton. - Satisfaction with Polanski up 8 points - Starmer net sat up from record lows Zack Polanski 30% satisfied (+8) 37% dissatisfied (+4) Net -7 ( -11 last month) Farage 29% satisfied (+1) 58% dissatisfied (+3) Net: -29 Keir Starmer 19% satisfied (+4) 72% dissatisfied (-5). Net: -53. Up from -62 last month
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@RhonddaBryant David Allen Green on The Empty City law and polity blog:
"Yes, an incoming illiberal and radical UK government would have absolute constitutional power".
Be afraid, be very afraid.
cc: @PolitlcsUK @guardian
open.substack.com/pub/emptycity/…
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I can’t wait for him to discover that the UK is governed by the role of law. And that requires legislation.
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