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Some Tory MPs to boycott conference if vaccine passports required for entry
"A growing number of Tory MPs have revealed they plan to boycott the party’s annual autumn conference over fears they will need a vaccine passport to gain entry."
Some Tory MPs to boycott conference if vaccine passports required for entry
"A growing number of Tory MPs have revealed they plan to boycott the party’s annual autumn conference over fears they will need a vaccine passport to gain entry."
hitmouse
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One more of these and we'll have a great pub quiz question for future years - "What links the 2021 tory party conference, England football games, and...?"
Well said Dawn Butler:
Dawn Butler ejected from Commons for saying Johnson has lied repeatedly
"The Labour MP Dawn Butler has been ejected from the Commons after saying Boris Johnson had lied repeatedly to fellow parliamentarians and the country, and then refusing to withdraw the remark."
“The prime minister has lied to this house time and time again,” Butler told the deputy speaker, Judith Cummins. When asked to “reflect on her words”, Butler added: “It’s funny that we get in trouble in this place for calling out the lie, rather than the person lying.”
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"Poor people in this country have paid with their lives because the prime minister spent the last 18 months misleading this house and the country,” the Brent Central MP said."
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"It’s dangerous to lie in the pandemic. And I’m disappointed the prime minister has not come to the house to correct the record, and to correct the fact that he has lied to this house and the country over and over again.”
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"I’ve reflected on my words, and somebody needs to tell the truth in this house, that the prime minister has lied.”
Dawn Butler ejected from Commons for saying Johnson has lied repeatedly
"The Labour MP Dawn Butler has been ejected from the Commons after saying Boris Johnson had lied repeatedly to fellow parliamentarians and the country, and then refusing to withdraw the remark."
“The prime minister has lied to this house time and time again,” Butler told the deputy speaker, Judith Cummins. When asked to “reflect on her words”, Butler added: “It’s funny that we get in trouble in this place for calling out the lie, rather than the person lying.”
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"Poor people in this country have paid with their lives because the prime minister spent the last 18 months misleading this house and the country,” the Brent Central MP said."
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"It’s dangerous to lie in the pandemic. And I’m disappointed the prime minister has not come to the house to correct the record, and to correct the fact that he has lied to this house and the country over and over again.”
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"I’ve reflected on my words, and somebody needs to tell the truth in this house, that the prime minister has lied.”
Dogsauce
I’ve got Skol but I’m not a Scholar
They’ve been around a while, I think the London ones are notable because they’re the first hydrogen powered double deckers, not the first hydrogen buses. The single decker ones usually have a tank on the roof (similar to natural gas powered ones).
dessiato
4 years and I still cry sometimes
We had them in Porto when I lived there nearly 10 years ago
The Dub ones are double decker too.
Dystopiary
putting up a hook to hang my hopes upon
RNLI save bird:
hitmouse
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Summer rains bring acid-shooting ‘land lobsters' out of hiding in Texas
The frightening creatures go by various names. Some call them whip-scorpions, while one journalist at the Houston Chronicle called the insect a "land lobster from hell." The insects are better known as vinegaroons, and despite their hellish appearances, the nocturnal, visually impaired creatures...
Who doesn't love a good heist...
www.theguardian.com
Woman convicted of £4.2m diamond theft at luxury UK jewellers
Lulu Lakatos, who posed as expert to value gems at Boodles store, given five and a half years in prison
Bloody brilliant news in Tottenham!
Plans for 190 flats on London Latin Village site scrapped after protests
"Campaigners trying to save London’s only surviving Latin market have claimed a victory after the developer behind a multimillion-pound residential plan for the site pulled out.
Grainger on Thursday announced it was abandoning plans for 190 “build-to-rent” flats, with no affordable housing provision, on the Wards Corner site in Tottenham, north London, citing “rising costs” and the strength of local opposition."
Plans for 190 flats on London Latin Village site scrapped after protests
"Campaigners trying to save London’s only surviving Latin market have claimed a victory after the developer behind a multimillion-pound residential plan for the site pulled out.
Grainger on Thursday announced it was abandoning plans for 190 “build-to-rent” flats, with no affordable housing provision, on the Wards Corner site in Tottenham, north London, citing “rising costs” and the strength of local opposition."
The epic adventures of China's wandering elephants - BBC News
"For the past 17 months, a wandering herd of elephants in China has embarked on an adventure of mammoth proportions.
Now, after straying hundreds of kilometres from their nature reserve, the animals are on the final leg of their journey home, Chinese officials announced last week."
"For the past 17 months, a wandering herd of elephants in China has embarked on an adventure of mammoth proportions.
Now, after straying hundreds of kilometres from their nature reserve, the animals are on the final leg of their journey home, Chinese officials announced last week."
dessiato
4 years and I still cry sometimes
This should go on the elephant thread
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
This is awesome - Kinshasa street perfomers in DLC making the best of a very shitty situation by creating costumes out of recyled materials to commemorate civil war dead:
www.theguardian.com
‘They call us bewitched’: the DRC performers turning trash into art – photo essay
Dolls found in rubbish dumps, radio parts and discarded flip-flops are among items used to create surreal costumes by a Kinshasa collective highlighting political and environmental issues
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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That really is jolly good.
hitmouse
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I reckon this counts:
www.breakingnews.ie
Wally the walrus to get 'floating couch' to avoid him sinking boats | BreakingNews.ie
Wally was first spotted in Irish waters back in March.
www.breakingnews.ie
hitmouse
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Attack of the giant rodents or class war? Argentina’s rich riled by new neighbors
Hordes of capybaras have taken up residence at a gated community, sparking a debate on the environment and inequality
hitmouse
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Baby bats babble like humans
Babbling in baby bats bears a striking resemblance to human infants learning to talk, researchers find.
www.bbc.co.uk
‘Absolutely madness’: Melbourne teenagers reveal they are behind leading Covid tracking website
"It turns out one of the most authoritative Covid-19 tracking sites in Australia is run by three teenagers.
The trio, who have been running CovidbaseAU, became part of their own statistics after getting their first doses of the Moderna vaccine in Melbourne.
The identities of the brains trust behind CovidbaseAU had not been public before Thursday afternoon, when 14-year-old Wesley with Jack and Darcy, both 15, tweeted a photograph of themselves."
"It turns out one of the most authoritative Covid-19 tracking sites in Australia is run by three teenagers.
The trio, who have been running CovidbaseAU, became part of their own statistics after getting their first doses of the Moderna vaccine in Melbourne.
The identities of the brains trust behind CovidbaseAU had not been public before Thursday afternoon, when 14-year-old Wesley with Jack and Darcy, both 15, tweeted a photograph of themselves."
hitmouse
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Danish Artist Takes Museum’s Money and Runs, Calls It Artwork
A Danish artist has pocketed 534,000 kroner ($84,000) in cash that he received from a museum to incorporate into an artwork and changed the name of the installation to “Take the Money And Run.”
www.bloomberg.com
hitmouse
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Turkey: 'Missing' man joins search party looking for himself
Beyhan Mutlu, who was reported missing after he wandered away from his friends in a forest while drunk, later joined people who were helping the authorities search for him.
Dogsauce
I’ve got Skol but I’m not a Scholar
Turkey: 'Missing' man joins search party looking for himself
Beyhan Mutlu, who was reported missing after he wandered away from his friends in a forest while drunk, later joined people who were helping the authorities search for him.news.sky.com
I hope there was some perfect comic timing with this.
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
At least the search was successful
Dom Traynor
Tino Pai
I joined a search party once. Worst party I'd ever attended. Didn't even get any cake.
krtek a houby
Kick me again Jesus
It's the searching, not the caking part
hitmouse
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'Crocodile-faced hell heron' dinosaur discovered in England
Two toothy carnivorous dinosaurs with crocodile-type skulls once stalked the riverbanks on England's Isle of Wight, new fossils reveal.
hitmouse
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Some proper good news:
www.theguardian.com
WHO endorses use of world’s first malaria vaccine in Africa
World Health Organization’s director general hails ‘historic day’ in fight against parasitic disease
This is not silly, or amusing, but does seem good news to me, if a bit wierd it took til 2021 and this specific murder to get them going:
Sarah Everard’s death prompts men to join groups trying to halt male violence
"The murders of Sarah Everard and Sabina Nessa could mark a turning point in men taking responsibility for male violence against women and girls, experts have said.
Groups led by men that work to end violence against females have experienced a surge in interest from other men, but organisers say if the momentum is not harnessed the opportunity will be lost."
Sarah Everard’s death prompts men to join groups trying to halt male violence
"The murders of Sarah Everard and Sabina Nessa could mark a turning point in men taking responsibility for male violence against women and girls, experts have said.
Groups led by men that work to end violence against females have experienced a surge in interest from other men, but organisers say if the momentum is not harnessed the opportunity will be lost."
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