The party describes it as the “biggest reform of our railways for a generation” while avoiding the word “nationalise” – and building on Tory policy.
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@JonnElledge
A new variant of avian influenza emerged: one that can infect many different species and could be highly pathogenic in humans.
🖊️ Tim Flannery & James Kempton
The novelist on the threat to free speech, facing his attacker, and why writing Knife gave him back “the power”.
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@EricaWgnr
’s interview with Salman Rushdie
“Kyle Walker is so tough, fierce, committed, a bit clumsy, but so strong and still so fast. He would always outrun me. If I were a defender, playing against Erling Haaland, oh my God, that would be a nightmare. He is not human.”
🖊️ Hunter Davies
“I had assumed a massive bruiser of a man, with muscles the size of yams all down his arms, a nose folded sideways and ears reduced to stumps.”
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@NickLezard
The head of the Commission for Countering Extremism on why our categories for the threats we face are “not fit for purpose”.
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@Anoosh_C
meets
@RobinSimcox
“Thirty years after his death, Canetti’s work is still being read and some of it––now including The Book Against Death––is still being published. That’s a start.”
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@JaredMPollen
“Yousaf has had control over policy and delivery and the general reputation of the government,” one senior SNP parliamentarian told me.
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@chrisdeerin
“On top of all the spending challenges that already exist there are the growing liabilities of our ageing society and the climate crisis, and government borrowing is already very high.”
📫 Today’s Morning Call with
@willydunn