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@BethRigby “Rigorous and swift” you say…

NEW: PM on BBC: “They were shocking and concerning allegations” Says govt been reassured by BBC DG Tim Davie the investigation will be “rigorous and swift” “That is the right thing to do, given the concerning nature of these allegations”

@campbellclaret Meanwhile, back at Tory HQ…

What is it about the media that when there is a story about the media the media seems unable to think there might be stories that are not about the media that people not in the media might think are a)more important and b)more interesting than the one about the media that the1/2

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Sad to hear of the death of Glenda Jackson. An amazing actor and formidable politician. Passing through nature to eternity.

@RussInCheshire Florida Man Throws Toilet Through School Board Building Window in Illinois, Is Arrested Sitting on Another…

Help me decide whether to approve a knighthood for Stanley Johnson. Please vote & RT. Should he be given:

@PippaCrerar That ChatGPT is really rather good…

💥And she’s back… Liz Truss blames a “powerful economic establishment” for her downfall in 4,000 word essay…

@jcrfear @peteneville65 Councils raise around 50% of their revenue from council tax, the rest from business rates and Govt. the latter has been cut by 37% (rt) since 2010. Social care is protected but increased demand is not matched by (capped) local tax raising powers: instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainers/loc…

@peteneville65 Can’t disagree with pretty much everything you say except your comments about council funding being cut. We’ve all been paying extra Council Tax (social care levy) for a while now, so what has happened to this money?

For those who don't fully understand what is up with the NHS, here is a thread for you that might help. I'm a consultant physician working as a doctor in the NHS in Yorkshire and Wales for 32 years now. I have experienced the NHS at its best (2008) and its worst (2022).

Well done @WetBeeCantLeave !!

Imagine being paid £millions to do your job and being held to a nil-nil draw by a third rate team that couldn’t hold their own in the Northern League. #embarrassing #englandvsUSA

Dun dun duuuuun! We’re back! After a successful run at the Barnstaple Fringe, we’ll be performing weekly radio DnD on @SoundwaveDevon, Mondays 9-11pm. If you need a regular DnD fix, we’ll be continuing Brewmaster Sal’s adventure next week.🐿️ soundwaveradio.co.uk/player/?fbclid…

@aljones909 @RoryStewartUK Yes, that is why the authors are critical of present day studies as proxies for ancient populations and have used aDNA and cultural artefacts. The addition of French IA to the bipolar model goes some way to accounting for the lower NCE in the SE as does Frankish influence.

@darrenblanch @RoryStewartUK It's interesting. Looks at DNA from exhumed bodies. As they say in the article - analysis of present-day individuals shows less Anglo Saxon in SE England people. Possibly due to movement of people from the "celtic" areas over centuries. This is from your article.

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@guardian Yeah - “woke activists” - nothing to do with brands not wanting to be associated with a platform subject to a huge spike in hate speech, set on abandoning identity verification, and rapidly laying off content moderators…

Twitter layoffs begin as Elon Musk admits ‘massive drop’ in revenue #Echobox=1667579837" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">theguardian.com/technology/202…

So, given that Elon has to make $1 billion a year to service Twitter’s new debt and he has already turned it into an advertisers worst nightmare where are we all going next? Mastodon? #TwitterLayoffs

@aljones909 @RoryStewartUK Not the case: nature.com/articles/s4158…

@RoryStewartUK Individual anecdotes and all that. Until relatively recent migrations most Britons had a lineage going back to Britons in pre Roman times.

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One reason why Johnson might have found it difficult to read Truss the riot act about security matters & phones… bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…

“I have gained the support of 102 MPs but unfortunately I can’t recall their names as I am distracted by the fact my pants are on fire…” #BorisJohnson #ToryLeadershipFarce

I know we shall have reveling tonight! A sumptuous Italian garden, radish headgear, and crowd-surfing... #MuchAdoAboutNothing has had it all. What a show to end our Summer 2022 season in #ThisWoodenO.

Businesses need employees with soft skills. Are universities doing enough to teach them? hbr.org/2019/01/does-h…