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Halifax couple admit abusing health worker in park race attack Victim Apple Moorhouse says she never returned to work after the incident in Halifax last summer.

Horrible, nasty behaviour that caused long-lasting damage to their victim. I hope they're sentenced accordingly.

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I watched a documentary (or maybe a mid-length BBC investigative piece?) a few years back that examined the gender imbalance in China, and how this stacked things in favour of women when it came to marriage. I wish I could remember more of it - looked at material wealth and marriage I think?

Currently reading Careless People, after a string of fiction books, and I keep having to correct my brain when it looks for a redemption arc.

Horrible people. Horrible sector.

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Iran latest: Oil price passes $100 for first time since 2022, as Khamenei's son named leader UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves will join an emergency meeting of G7 finance ministers later to discuss oil prices. Meanwhile, 32 civilians are injured by an Iranian drone attack on Bahrain.

So, following the US taking control of Venezuelan oil, the US bomb a refinery in Iran - pushing up the price of oil. But sure, it's all about the rights of women and girls.

Another completely predictable thing has just happened.

The House of Lords Digital & Communications Committee just published their report on AI, copyright & the creative industries, and their conclusions could not be clearer.

🧵 1/5

An email header from Interflora with the title “Who runs the world?”

A good grasp of current affairs should be an essential skill for anyone working in comms 😳

NHS official pushed to add patient data to Palantir platform whilst also advising company

A lobbyist who worked directly for Peter Mandelson, on the Palantir board, and on the board of *four* NHS trusts.

Lobbying the NHS to hand over even more patient data to Palantir.

This absolutely stinks. Get Palantir out of the NHS. Sign my petition:

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Our March newsletter is now out!

Take a look to read more on our Global Crucible and Horizons Platform programmes, as well as a brief look at what's coming up over the next couple of months

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Quietly, calmly and forensically, BBC just dismantled the Trump communications shitshow on Iran.

No hyperbole, just laying out an unprecedented military, diplomatic and reputational shambles.

Worth a watch.

(🎥 BBC News/BBC Verify)

So appalling that UK politicians and newspapers are encouraging full-on participation in a war that (among many other issues) was launched without consulting us, has no apparent strategy or endgame, and has already involved US-Israeli forces blowing up a school and killing over a hundred kids.

Crypto investor based in Thailand donates further £3m to Reform Christopher Harborne’s gift is latest to party’s election war chest and comes amid calls for cap on political donations

Crypto investor based in Thailand donates further £3m to Reform.
Christopher Harborne’s gift is latest to party’s election war chest and comes amid calls for cap on political donations.

Ladies and Gentlemen! I give you the party of the common people, REFORM!🤮🤮🤮

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I'm so relieved IWD is on a Sunday this year, because my hackles have been up for the longest time now and I can't imagine a day of hollow simpering social media posts is going to help with that.

Don't even get me started on the not-so-subtle messaging of 'Give to Gain'.

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Where challenge meets opportunity This year the Horizons Institute have delivered the fourth and final year of Global Crucible, and will be awarding its final Horizons…

A few months ago, some of our team travelled to South Africa with a cohort of researchers for a week of interdisciplinary activity in Wits.

In this new post, Samantha Aspinall reflects on the week, why it worked so well, and what we can take forward into our new programmes 👇

That’s a great shout - it might also mean that it’s not me doing clear-up every time.

She's right about something. Charlotte does embody the New Conservatives, because everyone decided her candidacy was irrelevant and she lost her deposit.

The Green victory in Denton is the result which will have the biggest effect on Labour, far more so than a Reform win.

The blithe assumption progressives have nowhere else to go has been proved catastrophically wrong.

Can’t help thinking of this quote from a Labour minister, a year ago…

Super glad to see a #GreenWin and not a #Goodwin this morning!

It's great to see how those doorstop conversations really helped shift things locally. The right candidate and the right approach for a massively overdue move in the national conversation.

Would definitely like to see more of this.

Matt Goodwin definitely not a Goodloser

But he’ll be subject to a skills and competencies exam before he’s given any responsibility. Until then he’s only allowed to fold leaflets.

There's loads of cooperative games out now. I was an absolute monster with monopoly as a child, so to delay finding out whether my kids have inherited that particular gene, we tend to play games that encourage working together.

Good luck to everyone out today. Hoping for an excellent bit of positive news to end the week 💚

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If you edit out part of a speech, it will be one of the only things people remember from the night. That and the complicity of the censor.