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Another great episode of mutiny on the bounty(ny). After Sunak enjoyed several episodes of “me and Ruanda” he is now starring in “Poulter-and are early elections really necessary?” The real reason though is the NHS. Things got protracted. That means...
by ccoaler1
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on Sat Apr 27, 2024 at 02:10 PM PDT
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Tonight’s selections from Lady Sovereign’s debut album, 2006’s Public Warning . Not all stories have happy endings. ** TRIGGER WARNING — SELF HARM **
It should be a straightforward question,
by Al Dorado
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on Thu Apr 04, 2024 at 09:01 PM PDT
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and �...
by Chitown Kev
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on Tue Feb 13, 2024 at 08:59 PM PST
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January 2, England was getting back to work after what for most had been an 8 day break from work. Parliament was not in session and the right wing had nothing to grumble about. OK the King’s speech was a bit … slightly political with him showing all...
by Lib Dem FoP
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on Wed Jan 03, 2024 at 06:12 PM PST
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UPDATE: thank you to everyone who has recommended this diary. I know so well that everyone is stretched tight at the moment. I am grateful for any eyeballs on my pathetic ask. ______________ I never thought that I would be writing a diary like this. I...
by SninkyPoo
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on Mon Dec 18, 2023 at 12:49 PM PST
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Tonight’s selections from Lush’s first album, 1990’s Gala (a compilation of their UK EPs).
For a too-brief moment, Lush were the platonic ideal of an underground college band turning their ...
by Al Dorado
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on Thu Dec 07, 2023 at 09:01 PM PST
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Welcome to the New Day Cafe! This is an open thread.
London shops do it up for the holidays. Here’s a look.
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by samanthab
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on Thu Nov 30, 2023 at 07:30 AM PST
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and JeremyBloom. Alumni editors include (but not limited to)...
by annetteboardman
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on Fri Oct 13, 2023 at 10:23 PM PDT
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Results of a new trial of a protocol for treating localized prostate cancer was due to be presented to The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Meeting on Monday. These show (that for suitable patients) the number of doses of...
by Lib Dem FoP
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on Tue Oct 03, 2023 at 10:36 AM PDT
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The UK’s largest infrastructure project in the UK at the moment is phase 1 of the construction of “High Speed 2” or just “HS2”. Some of the experience and financial aspects should be informative about proposals for high speed rail projects in the US....
by Lib Dem FoP
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on Tue Sep 26, 2023 at 03:38 AM PDT
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No not that one. Britain has had its own escaped prisoner story this week, complete with increased security measures at the main airports. Daniel Khalife was on remand in Wandsworth Prison in SW London awaiting trial on terrorism offences and for...
by Lib Dem FoP
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on Sat Sep 09, 2023 at 06:01 PM PDT
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Jack Straw’s article, “We should never have let Cyprus join the EU” in POLITICO EU (September 7, 2023), presents an inaccurate narrative riddled with omissions. Straw singles out Cyprus for past economic dealings with Russia, while ignoring similar...
by tony a
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on Thu Nov 02, 2023 at 01:55 PM PDT
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J. Draper is an English tour guide whose YouTube channel, “The London History Show,” explores some subjects and places from — you guessed it — London’s history. She can be extremely ...
by Youffraita
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on Fri Sep 08, 2023 at 07:30 AM PDT
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and JeremyBloom. Alumni editors include (but not limited to)...
by annetteboardman
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on Fri Jul 28, 2023 at 09:25 PM PDT
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Welcome to Saturday Morning Garden Blogging! Today we’re taking a break from our domestic gardens to travel Across The Pond.� After our journey, we’ll resume local gardening programing.
by Mentha
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on Sat Jul 15, 2023 at 06:00 AM PDT
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Today is the one-year anniversary of the Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade. Half the states, containing 25 million women, now have restrictions on abortion. (Handy map.) Fourteen states ban abortion under almost all circumstances. And...
by Tara the Antisocial Social Worker
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on Sat Jun 24, 2023 at 05:00 PM PDT
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On American Juneteenth, the Royal Mint has issued a new design of 50p (£0.50) coin to commemorate Windrush Day on June 22, 1948. That was when the ship Empire Windrush landed carrying Britons from Jamaica to find their fortunes in the “Mother country”....
by Lib Dem FoP
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on Mon Jun 19, 2023 at 04:22 PM PDT
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A plot to Ouster… nah … how nefarious is that. Lower instincts meet pandemics. See, Loyality is missing in this plot of demise… hehehe… perhaps a ploy (what Covid-19? No Rishi Sunak) Rishi Sunak is blocking the release of WhatsApp messages to the Covid...
by ca cokz
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on Sun Jun 04, 2023 at 12:07 PM PDT
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“He knows nothing, and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career” ― George Bernard Shaw The undeclared but likely contender for the GOP crown, Ron DeSantis, took a global road trip, ostensibly to promote Florida’s trade....
by TheCriticalMind
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on Sat Apr 29, 2023 at 03:33 PM PDT
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There was a time in the 1990s when I was in London a lot — maybe a week or two every month. My job was to research insurance records for American companies who had lost their records — and as London insurance brokers were supposed to keep their records...
by Sara R
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on Fri Apr 28, 2023 at 05:30 PM PDT
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