Tag: politics
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Officer Eddie Price
A father holding court paperwork,asking for help to find his child.Eddie Price didn’t see a father.He saw an inconveniencestanding in the open air.So he pulled the chemical spray.He threw the punch.He took a desperate man downwhose only crime was demanding help.Strip away the badge,strip away the gun,and all that remainsis a bully hiding behind power.
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3 Good Things Vol. 22 (04/10/26)
On Sundays, I like to share three things I have enjoyed in the past week. They could be anything; just stuff that has, as Marie Kondo might say, sparked joy. They also don’t have to be new or recent, so long as I’ve enjoyed them this week. Thing 1: Halloween Events at the Glasgow Botanic…
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Womb Service
They love youwhen you’re quiet.When you’re curled.When you’re theory.When you’re womb-shaped and wordlessand not asking for breakfast. They love youin bumper sticker font.In ultrasound grayscale.In the sermon, the slogan,the sanctified soundbite. But once you breathe?Once you cry?Once you need shoes,a school, a sandwich,a mother who isn’t working three jobsto prove you deserve to exist? Suddenly,you’re…
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City of New York Directive: No Good Deed Penalty Schedule
City Hall updated the municipal code: Every good deed gets a line-item fine. You breathed the dust to pull out the dead? You’ll pay for it on the instalment line. Twenty-five years of compounding interest on lungs full of glass and pulverised stone. The city takes pride in its braves and its best, then leaves…
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Number 10 of the… North?
Andy Burnham is our prime minister. Third time was, indeed, the charm for the ruthlessly ambitious career politician who has been treated as the king across the water for some time. That’s not a criticism. Ambition is important, but I don’t quite understand some of the people buying into his contrived persona of a happy-go-lucky…
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3 Good Things Vol. 11 (19/07/26)
On Sundays, I like to share three things I have enjoyed in the past week. They could be anything; just stuff that has, as Marie Kondo might say, sparked joy. They also don’t have to be new or recent, so long as I’ve enjoyed them this week. Thing 1: Sir Adrian Hill Wins a European…
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The Keirful Goodbye
With Reeves wiping tears from her eyes,Sir Keir said his final goodbyes.He walked out the door,To a clap from the floor,Beneath the Westminster skies.
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3 Good Things Vol. 10 (12/07/26)
On Sundays, I like to share three things I have enjoyed in the past week. They could be anything; just stuff that has, as Marie Kondo might say, sparked joy. They also don’t have to be new or recent, so long as I’ve enjoyed them this week. Thing 1: Rebel Heart (Yes, Again…) I previously…
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3 Good Things Vol. 9 (05/07/26)
On Sundays, I like to share three things I have enjoyed in the past week. They could be anything; just stuff that has, as Marie Kondo might say, sparked joy. They also don’t have to be new or recent, so long as I’ve enjoyed them this week. Thing 1: Reduction in Pollution in the EU…