Roger S

FFS

I don't think the Uttoxeter one is much better. Hopefully, you are making a difference where you are. How's the new job going?

West Midlands academy trust reveals £9m deficit after strikes The Arthur Terry Learning Partnership has spent "more than its income over the past three years".

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And there is on in Uttoxeter sending out 'cease and desist' letters to complainants.

The British Right’s Permanent War Fantasy How the Telegraph, Mail and GB News turned a dangerous global conflict into another excuse to shout “weakness” and a supplicating audition for Trump’s approval.

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The Illusion of Building AI makes it dramatically cheaper to produce software that appears to work. But 'building an app' and 'engineering a system' are two different activities that people keep confusing, and the gap between...

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Very chilly in Greece as well, if that makes you feel better.

All good. But espeicially the AI movie at the end! The best bit of AI I've seen!!!

From "no more forever wars" to "unconditional surrender".
The American have been epically f-ed over.

Make coffee, not war.

Regime change worked so well in Libya (not), and they actually had a plan there...

Bylines Network (@bylinesnetwork) If you can vote in Gorton and Denton this Thursday, you need to read these stories. If you know someone else who can, they need to read them too. If you care about democracy, these are the views an...

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Bylines Network (@bylinesnetwork) If you can vote in Gorton and Denton this Thursday, you need to read these stories. If you know someone else who can, they need to read them too. If you care about democracy, these are the views an...

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Hettie O'Brien | Substack Writer at the Guardian Long Read, mostly. THE ASSET CLASS is published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in April 2026 and Grand Central in June 2026.

Another book on on the long, hot, summer reading list

Hettie O'Brien on Substack
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I doubt that he is the proprietor of a high-end ladies' underclothing emporium though.

These two women are suing Andrew Tate, alleging he raped them. Here they visit the social media companies that created Tate. Please share.

*one voice altered to disguise identity

They don't need a personal assistant to sit in an armchair and complain, so why does anyone need one.

Yet they claim to be spending an extra £15 million on roads

Have you tried Star Bars straight from the fridge? Excellent!

Raw America (@rawstory) THIS IS GREAT: Sir Ian McKellen destroys Trump on Colbert last night by performing a Shakespeare monologue from Sir Thomas More. Fits the historical moment exactly. Make sure this gets around!

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Too easy for the Reform air-heads to 'cut and paste' into their policies...

Better than me - Forgot to do it yesterday :(

The Purge That Devoured Its Architects The same shameless tactics that Starmer used to purge the left are now destroying his project from within.

The Purge That Devoured Its Architects

The bubble has burst. What foundations are beneath?

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Great to hear the birds getting ready for spring.

The small actions add up.
Don't think 'it's just me, I can't change anything'.

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Mandelson’s Fifth Column The British government’s business department exists to undermine democracy.

1. In 2009 I wrote this. I argued that Peter Mandelson's department “functions as a fifth column within government, working for corporations to undermine democracy and the public interest.”
This thread explains what I saw, and reaches a startling conclusion.🧵
www.monbiot.com/2009/05/04/m...

Are we fighting evil when we take on President Trump? YouTube video by Richard J Murphy

Dark forces are gathering.
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Guard your leather sofa.