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Data Centers Use Less Water Than Almond Farms—and Do More Good #bbcnews reason.com/2026/05/20/dat… via @reason

'Completely preposterous!' M&S boss launches furious attack on Rachel Reeves's supermarket price cap plans #bbcnews gbnews.com/money/ms-boss-…

Gloucestershire woodland named 'best place in the world' with meandering rivers gloucestershirelive.co.uk/whats-on/glouc…

The story of Keir Starmer’s failure is boringly familiar cityam.com/the-story-of-k… #bbcpm

Youth Unemployment Reaches 11-Year High #bbcnews order-order.com/2026/05/19/you… 16-24s out of work has risen to 16.2% which is the highest level since January 2015. In addition pay growth has fallen to its lowest level since October 2020, mid-pandemic.

UK unemployment was up to 5% this week. A tragic 16% of our youth are unemployed ! Vacancies are down! #bbcnews

Britain nearing peak tax, warns IMF #BBCnews telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/… UK is reaching limits of how much it can raise levies without hurting growth

Britain risks being left behind in the AI industrial revolution (& the EU) #bbcnews politicshome.com/members/articl…

Wes Streeting’s NHS home working revolution ‘puts patients at risk’ #bbcnews telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/05/1… They also fear the creation of a “two-tier” health system in which the digitally capable are “fast-tracked” while others who are older or more vulnerable are forced to wait longer

What I told my daughter about climate change #bbcnews open.substack.com/pub/rationalop… “Do more” optimism wins

As Labour lurches further Left, the markets are calling time #bbcnews telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/… All leadership rivals in the frame would crank up borrowing and spending even more

Clarkson's Farm Season 5 Premiere Date and First Look share.google/A46Isfrx60bqQk…

Lisa Nandy attacks Wes Streeting for restarting ‘Brexit wars’ amid Labour Party infighting #bbcnews telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/… Culture Secretary says leadership hopeful has ‘learned nothing’ from Labour’s local election wipeout

Climate Headbangers Crawl from the Wreckage of RCP8.5 ‘Implausible’ Finding Spinning Nothing-to-See-Here Claims #bbcnews dailysceptic.org/2026/05/17/cli…

BBC’s #Amandaland is a Well-Observed Indictment of Our Downwardly Social Mobile Society dailysceptic.org/2026/05/16/bbc…

Ryanair plans for ‘Armageddon situation’ on fuel shortage fears #bbcnews telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/… Airline prepares for worst-case scenario as Strait of Hormuz remains closed

Brazier's Back youtu.be/sAFvgvgyHEQ?si… via @YouTube #bbcnews COLIN BRAZIER IS BACK. Joining Outpost exclusively for a new weekly show, Brazier, every Friday, the veteran broadcaster returns with sharp, personal & uncompromising monologues, looking at Britain & the world

The Lancashire town at the epicentre of Britain’s looming vaping crisis #bbcnews telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/05/1… In Preston, where there are more vape shops than anywhere else in the UK, doctors’ warnings aren’t deterring the city’s e-cigarette devotees