English Psychotherapist/Psychologist living in Scotland, interested in everything & working for a better world. "Remember your humanity, and forget the rest"

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Helen Whately is a millionaire, she talks about unaffordable benefit payments. She was the MP claiming the highest amount for Rent in the entire Parliament, £39,000 a year. And that was JUST what she was claiming for rent. It's always the worst offenders trying to blame someone else.
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Jeez. By now even Larry the cat knows it was Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal which caused the skyrocketing number of small boat crossings in the English Channel
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Jeez. By now even Larry the cat knows it was Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal which caused the skyrocketing number of small boat crossings in the English Channel
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It would be hard to find a bigger hypocrite than Helen Whately.
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It would be hard to find a bigger hypocrite than Helen Whately.
Helen Whatley MP spends every day bashing disabled people online and calling them scroungers. She has claimed for almost £2,000,000 on expenses since 2015. £300,000 of this are for her own travel and accommodation etc, yet she lives 50 miles from London.
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Labour members call on government to cancel Palantir's NHS contract | Politics News | Sky News news.sky.com/story/labour-me…
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Yes. If we were as f*cking insane as North Sea 'bosses' clearly are! bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c65y…
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Helen Whatley MP spends every day bashing disabled people online and calling them scroungers. She has claimed for almost £2,000,000 on expenses since 2015. £300,000 of this are for her own travel and accommodation etc, yet she lives 50 miles from London.
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Helen Whatley MP spends every day bashing disabled people online and calling them scroungers. She has claimed for almost £2,000,000 on expenses since 2015. £300,000 of this are for her own travel and accommodation etc, yet she lives 50 miles from London.
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Our country has become so desensitised to this image that we have children chanting “let them drown”. This man matters exactly as much as you matter. He mattered to loved ones just as much as your family matter to you. Safe routes or barbarism. Always has been that simple.
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To give Thiel a free speech award and a platform to spout this kind of nonsense, one can only assume Doepfner agrees. Telegraph is in peril of becoming even more unhinged
Peter Thiel @peterthiel steht da auf der Springer‑Bühne, nimmt den Preis entgegen und spricht mit der Gravitas eines Mannes, der gewohnt ist, dass ihm niemand widerspricht. Die Medien seien „sehr, sehr einseitig“, manche gar eine „linke Hassfabrik“. Man hört den Satz – und die Pointe läuft schon los, bevor er fertig ist. Ein Milliardär, der Palantir mitgegründet hat, also jene Software, mit der Staaten und Geheimdienste Datenströme durchpflügen, erklärt uns die Freiheit der Presse. Derselbe Mann, der Gawker finanziell zu Fall brachte, weil ihm die Berichterstattung nicht gefiel. Derselbe, der ein Start‑up mitfinanzierte, das Journalistinnen und Journalisten per KI und „Ehrenindex“ sortieren sollte. Und jetzt steht er auf der Bühne eines der größten Medienhäuser Europas und klagt über mangelnde Meinungsfreiheit. Das ist ungefähr so, als würde der Betreiber der Überwachungskamera sich über zu wenig Privatsphäre beschweren. Besonders elegant: Springer ist für ihn die „Gegenstimme“. Nicht ein Konzern mit BILD, WELT, Politico und Business Insider – sondern der letzte tapfere Außenposten gegen die angebliche Einheitsmeinung. Dass er den Preis genau dort bekommt, wo man ihn als visionären Nonkonformisten feiert, stört das Narrativ erstaunlich wenig. Man könnte fast meinen: Medien sind dann frei, wenn sie Peter Thiel einen Preis geben. Wer genauer hinsieht, wird zur „Hassfabrik“. Wer Palantir‑Verträge, Trump‑Nähe oder die Idee hinterfragt, Demokratie und Freiheit seien nicht wirklich kompatibel, hat offenbar das Drehbuch nicht gelesen. Also, wenn ich gut verstanden habe,sieht so aus: Thiel hält eine Rede über fehlende Medienfreiheit – vor einem Publikum, das ihn auszeichnet, in einem Haus, das ihn hofiert, finanziert von einem Vermögen, das unter anderem damit verdient wurde, Staaten besser sehen zu lassen und unliebsame Blätter zum Schweigen zu bringen. Wenn das die Diagnose ist, dann ist der Arzt selbst ein ziemlich deutliches Symptom. @welt
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Successive Tory governments from 2010 to 2024 implemented a strict austerity program of deep public spending cuts, which many economists/political analysts argue directly weakened public services and stunted economic growth in the U.K. leading to a loss of jobs in public sector.
We cannot go on with millions of people living on benefits instead of in work. It's not fair on taxpayers, and unaffordable for Britain. We've announced our plan for a fairer welfare system, where what you pay in affects what you get out. 👇
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Prem Sikka as always cuts through some of the sterile debate about the forthcoming budget. “This is how the Chancellor can increase the personal allowance and lift millions out of hardship.” Prem in Left Foot Forward. leftfootforward.org/2026/09/…
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Prem Sikka as always cuts through some of the sterile debate about the forthcoming budget. “This is how the Chancellor can increase the personal allowance and lift millions out of hardship.” Prem in Left Foot Forward. leftfootforward.org/2026/09/…
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So going to avoid Parliament and do yet another 'look at me' tour....... despite no election until 2029 Farage to launch general election campaign with national tour telegraph.co.uk/politics/202…
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Simon De Cogan #FBPE, #FBPA retweeted
So to be clear: there’s a genocide going on in Lebanon too.
Israel’s military has extensively destroyed predominantly Shia villages in southern Lebanon. Nearby Christian villages have been told they will be spared if they remain neutral, but life is still far from normal. Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reports from Marjayoun.
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Too extreme, even for GB news? Hilary Fordwich called for all asylum seekers to be 'pre-emptively castrated' upon arrival in the UK. OFCOM are now being urged to investigate further... 👀👀 thelondoneconomic.com/politi…
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Trump says he wants to 'take' Cuba because he objects to one family using the state as a vehicle for personal enrichment. Let's just leave it there.
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