@MichaelVaughan If possible, would an international team - say England - beat the best IPL side?
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Dave .. they have chased 221 without breaking sweat tonight ..
David 'Bumble' Lloyd@BumbleCricket
No
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Half a million people marched together today - in the biggest demonstration against the far-right in our history.
Our message to Farage and his allies was clear:
We will defeat your division with unity.
And we will challenge your hate with hope.
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6 million...a bit of fact-checking might be in order here.
Florence Lox 🇬🇧🏴@floboflo
At least 6 million people at the anti far -right march in London today. No fighting the police and a friendly atmosphere. That’s how they do it on the left.
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Exclusive:
Police did not investigate the theft of Morgan McSweeney’s phone because officers were “too busy”, despite the sensitivity of his messages and contacts
Sir Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff told the Metropolitan police that his phone was stolen as he returned home from a restaurant in central London on October 20 last year
The theft of the work device means that McSweeney’s WhatsApp messages and texts to Lord Mandelson, the former ambassador to the US, cannot be retrieved. It has led critics to question whether the phone was stolen
The State of It, the political podcast from The Times and The Sunday Times, can disclose that McSweeney told police the phone was taken by a man wearing a balaclava on an electric bike.
The man grabbed it out of his hand as McSweeney was responding to text messages and cycled off. McSweeney gave chase but was unable to keep up
Scotland Yard has a record of the incident but did not carry out any formal investigation. Officers did not speak to McSweeney directly because they were too busy. He was given a crime reference number and the case was closed
McSweeney reported the theft of his phone to No 10 and the device was shut off remotely. He was given a new device with the same number the next day.
The theft of the phone was first reported by The Sun on Sunday
thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…
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@ToryWipeout It’s all about how it compares to the rest of the G7 you doughnut .. when all yields went up recently, the UK went up the most .. it’s because investors see our economy as the most fragile … which wait for it… is because of Reeves 🙄
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I imagine all the people blaming Reeves will be congratulating her now? No?
Ed Conway@EdConwaySky
UK government bond yields also dropping. Here is the UK 10 year
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There are 107 Chinese carmakers. All backed by the government, all intent on flooding the European market with technically excellent vehicles at a fraction of the price of legacy manufacturers.
Wave goodbye to Audi, Renault, Mercedes, VW, Jaguar, Skoda, Seat, BMW, Citroen etc
XPENG@XPengMotors
XPENG is hitting new records in every direction! 2025 marked a massive turning point for our scale and technology. We soared to new peaks in 2025—delivering 429,445 vehicles and posting our first-ever quarterly profit in Q4. Simultaneously, our AI matrix hit key production milestones. The climb continues. ⚡️ $XPEV
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@patmcfaddenmp @UKLabour Errr .. why don’t you reduce the tax take or even the minimum wage?? The admin costs to sort this out too? It looks bonkers…. Why does everyone have to rely on the state?
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Too many of Britain’s young are not working. Labour has a plan to fix that.
Long term problem deserving a serious answer.
Hiring bonuses for employers. Boosting youth apprenticeships for small businesses. Help for the long term youth unemployed.
telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/03/2…
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@SNGMallard @montie @SteveReedMP @adamboultonTABB @NJ_Timothy Islam is a religion and religion is a choice ..
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Hi @SteveReedMP. Just heard you talking to @adamboultonTABB. While I disagree with your accusation that @NJ_Timothy was "Islamophobic" I can understand the basis for you doing so. But you also said he'd been "racist" and I don't get that at all. Can you please explain?
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History is not neutral; you can’t include everything, so there will always be a choice whenever you write it. It’s clear that race baiters like O’Brien want to make an explicit choice to exclude black people from our national story. Reactionary and retrograde in the extreme
Neil O'Brien@NeilDotObrien
Interesting that Labour want to name one of their New Towns after Mary Seacole - she was essentially unknown until the left recently seized on her as part of their efforts to try and re-write our history
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Some of the medical aid I’ve brought directly with me to Cuba, as Trump tries to strangle the Cuban people.
Today we’ll be receiving tonnes more as the Nuestra America Aid Convoy arrives.
Aid is arriving all the time from Britain thanks to solidarity. Donate to Viva Cuba below.
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@WalkerMarcus Bureaucrats or old fashioned British sense of fair play ? Think the later back then.
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‘“Why isn’t Britain using this gear?!” At first the Air Corps generals tries to cover their failure by saying they didn’t want to violate Fokker’s patent!’
Britain’s bureaucrats haven’t changed one jot in a century.
Sandy Petersen 🪔@SandyofCthulhu
The British made “pusher” planes because they didn’t know the forward-firing synchronous mechanism. About 1915 a German Fokker got lost and landed at a British airstrip. The British soldiers took apart the plane and noted the synchronization gear. A British war reporter happened to be there and was excited that Britain would now have that tech. After months and seeing no word of a new British fighter, he asked around. The report on the Fokker’s gear had been stuffed into a filing cabinet &forgotten. The reporter made a stink. “Why isn’t Britain using this gear?!” At first the Air Corps generals tries to cover their failure by saying they didn’t want to violate Fokker’s patent!! But people higher than the Air Corps morons forced them to take it seriously, and in 1916 the Sopwith 1 1/2 strutter came out with forward-firing synchronous guns. Was that the last time a journalist did something worthwhile? Hard to say.
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@ox_anna29 Err … this is February’s borrowing which was before the war…. Also why is our debt now the highest priced in the G7? You are the ghoul and a fool.
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Borrowing has surged because of a war YOU fucking support you ghoul.
Kemi Badenoch@KemiBadenoch
What is Rachel Reeves doing? She maxed out the nation’s credit card with record borrowing and runaway welfare spending. Now Britain is more exposed to global shocks and our debt costs are spiking. Only @Conservatives have a plan to cut spending and get Britain working again.
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The UK's gilt yields are spiking because we're seen as more exposed to higher inflation than any other major economy.
A summary:-
comment.press/debt
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@RichardBurgon Zero Covid … you read the latest report from the Covid enquiry… your policy would have cost more lives.. yes - more lives.
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I’m on my way to Cuba for an emergency 3-day visit.
I’ll be delivering medical aid to a children’s cancer hospital and joining an international delegation of MPs opposed to Trump’s new ban on any fuel entering the country.
This cruel policy is putting lives at risk. It is an inhumane attempt to strangle the Cuban people. And Trump is even threatening that Cuba could be “next” after Iran.
We must take a stand.
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This guy speaks so much sense and he genuinely wants to help YOU, he's not at the whim of cronies & donors.
Clearly the Tabloids will try and destroy him before the next general election...but don't believe their tripe, believe the GREEN hype...'cos it's on...it's genuinely ON!
ITVPolitics@ITVNewsPolitics
'A wealth tax needs to be a day one priority' Zack Polanski says the Green Party would introduce a 1% tax on wealth over £10 million if they were elected 'It would send a very clear message that those who have accumulated the most money will pay a little bit more'
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Zack Polanski says Greens would ditch GDP targets & focus on wellbeing instead. BRAVO!
Green leader prioritises public services & reduction of inequality over growth
UK has enough wealth. It's just unfairly distributed
REDISTRIBUTE WEALTH !
theguardian.com/politics/2026/…
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One in six private renters is now renting a former council home, often at extortionate rates – and often partly paid for by the government in the form of housing benefit.
It's not just deeply unfair - it economically doesn't make any sense.
standard.co.uk/news/politics/…
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@MarsSmuff @implausibleblog @grok Not if there is immediate emergency legislation to stop capital flight and to limit to a small arbitrary amount of wealth per annum also taxed very heavily as an exit tax.
People have no idea what governments can do. Especially in the uk.
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Zack Polanski, "A wealth tax won't fix everything but it would be a very good place to start"
"1% on £10 million, and 2% on £1 billion, would raise around £15 billion a year"
"A clear message that those who have accumulated the most money will pay a little bit more"
"For a truly progressive government a wealth tax needs to be a day one priority"
"And to get our economy moving we much look at all the levers we can pull"
"That must include equalising capital gains tax with income tax"
"Close down tax avoidance loopholes"
"And to expand National Insurance to cover income from investment as well as earned income"
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