Oliver Dowden speaking to MPs yesterday: 'There needs to be greater awareness among the public of the risks, and of the need to treat images [online] with much more scepticism'

🔴NEW🔴 My first investigation for openDemocracy since starting my new role - how leaked emails from a global anti-gender network reveal European, UK, US and Russian politicians & activists collaborating to roll back abortion and LGBTQ+ rights...

We need help on Bournemouth beach right now. Can you spare an hour?

We’re laying out 11,500 sets of children’s clothing to mark all of the children killed in the conflict since 7th October.

Head to Bournemouth Pier and you will see us on the beach. We have huge numbers of

The Bank of England is asking a fox to review security in the hen house. What could go wrong?

The owner of Nigel Farage at GB News has allegedly just made millions after a bet made that Nat West shares would plummet before this whole banking fiasco. It seems this playing the great British saviour ‘to fight for the de-banked everywhere’ was all just a distraction to

sue#NHSLove💙💙💙#FBNHS #GeneralElectionNow Johnny Wessex #FBPE 🇪🇺🧡 #LeftTheXfire🔥 Agreed, I’m not voting for any political.I am voting tactically against a political party specifically the corrupt Conservative grifters. We must get rid of them now.
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#ToryCrimeSyndicate
#ToriesCorruptToTheCore
#ToryBrokenBritain
#ToriesDestroyingOurNHS

British Gas has announced profits of £969,000,000

That’s almost a 900% INCREASE on last year.

These profits have come mostly from taxpayers, who are covering the high cost of energy bills.

They’re lining their pockets while you suffer.

I understand that tories have broken the country and it will take decades to repair. But I want the filthy corrupt lying bastards gone. I will vote tactically to get the Tories out. No other party could be as bad as 13 years of Tory. Tory policies kill people #GeneralElectionN0W

As the BBC’s reported, Unilever's profits have soared after it raised its prices. Profits are up over 20%. I very much doubt wages will have increased by anything like that much outside the boardroom. So much for all the crap about wages forcing up prices. bbc.co.uk/news/business-…

🔴 Silence from Dan Wootton’s Employers MailOnline and GB News as Head of Commons’ DCMS Committee Demands Answers from his Former Boss The Sun Over Byline Times’ Investigation

Questions on his employment with them were not acknowledged or responded to...

bylinetimes.com/2023/07/25/sil…

🚉 Closing train station #ticketoffices will be catastrophic for disabled and older passengers.

⚠️ The government has confirmed there WILL be fewer staff available at stations to help.

✍️ The consultation closes TOMORROW. Make sure you have your say!

bbc.com/news/disabilit…

A front page for the history books.

Jesus, look how chirpy and upbeat this bird used to be! What a lovely little fella! What ever happened to
you?!

Embarrassing for all concerned. Really embarrassing.

When the history books are written, this image will stand testament to one of the most economically illiterate, morally broken, incompetent, corrupt and downright shameful governments in British history.

Struggling to comprehend the sheer absence of dignity, shame or embarrassment that lets you walk into a seat in the legislature for life knowing you have no qualification for the role and got there through naked cronyism alone bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…

There’s stupid…then there’s this…

“The only thing that stops the authoritarian right is a new politics, and Labour are currently a million miles away from that”. Powerful interview with ⁦Neal Lawson⁩ theguardian.com/politics/2023/…

“The past 48 hours has seen a political story whose parochialist absurdity is off the scale…there’s an increasingly madcap drive to fold the climate crisis into a kind of school-play version of US culture wars” - spot on ⁦John Harris⁩👇 theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Struggling to think of a pornier name to appear on your bank statement than a subscription to X Blue