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The public purse spends over £500 million every year to maintain a billionaire king and his family.

It's no surprise that polling shows a majority of Scots want to abolish the monarchy. It's an outdated, undemocratic, unaffordable and unjustifiable system.

Wisconsin Supreme Court strikes down state’s 1849 abortion ban

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has struck down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban. The court’s liberal majority ruled 4-3 on Wednesday that the ban is no longer valid because newer abortion restrictions superseded it. State lawmakers adopted the total ban in 1849. It was in effect until 1973, when the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion nullified it, and was never repealed. Conservatives argued that the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 decision overturning Roe reactivated the prohibition. Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul sued, arguing that a 1985 state law that prohibits abortions after viability essentially repealed the ban.

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@hosford42

It seems to me in the countries where they are trying socialism, at least the social democratic version, it seems to be working quite well, certainly better than all the hard core capitalist models of society.

There's a lot of 'the spendthrift PLP versus the Iron Downing Street' about, which ignores that the PLP accepted a deferment of scrapping the two child limit and voted to means-test winter fuel.
'“This is ACTUAL IDF chanting about burning Palestinian villages … but yeah, let’s talk about #BobVylan instead,” commented Nizar Mhani on X after the Glastonbury show, posting a video of IDF members singing and chanting “burn their villages!” Mhani is a British NHS consultant who has his own YouTube channel where he unravels Israeli propaganda about the Gaza genocide.'
The BBC own goal that was heard around the world | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/bbc-own-goal-was-heard-around-world
#Starmer #BBC #DeathToTheIDF
The BBC own goal that was heard around the world | Morning Star

Journalists and presenters know the BBC is biased against Palestinians, against the truth... https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/jul/02/more-than-400-media-figures-urge-bbc-board-to-remove-robbie-gibb-over-gaza
More than 400 media figures urge BBC board to remove Robbie Gibb over Gaza

Miriam Margolyes, Alexei Sayle and Mike Leigh among signatories to letter criticising Jewish Chronicle ties

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I don’t like seeing women, or anyone really, crying, but… Rachel Reeves can just f**k right off. If normal procedures are going to happen, she will be gone by the weekend. I hope she takes Starmer with her and we get an actual socialist Labour Government.
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I'm proud of you Budapest 

Photo Source: Huszti István / Telex https://telex.hu/belfold/2025/06/28/csordultig-tele-az-erzsebet-hid

The ruling party tried to outlaw it.

The police proclaimed the march illegal four times (despite insufficient legal grounds for doing so).

The far right staged a counter-demonstration trying to stop it.

And yet, the "népek tengere", the sweeping tsunami of people could not be stopped.

Some days I feel that my home country (and humanity) isn't *completely* fucked — today is one such day  

Live reporting by Telex:
https://telex.hu/belfold/2025/06/28/budapest-pride-buszkeseg-vonulas-ellentuntetes-2025-junius-28

Megtelt a Deák tér és környéke

Indul a 30. Budapest Pride – igaz, most Budapesti Büszkeség néven, önkormányzati rendezvényként. A rendőrség szerint ők megtiltották ezt a gyűlést. Ellentüntetők is vannak: a Mi Hazánk és a Hatvannégy Vármegye Ifjúsági Mozgalom is tüntet.

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Easter Purge? Orbán Sets Deadline to Crush Independent Media and Civil Society - VSquare.org

Since coming to power in 2010, Orbán has gradually yet systematically restricted the space for independent voices, largely following the Russian model. With Donald Trump taking office and U.S. funding for foreign aid frozen, Orbán likely feels that all external obstacles have now been removed.

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@flaki Gratulálunk! Boldog Pride Napot! Már alig várom, hogy hatalmas európai utcabál legyen az egész EU-ban, amikor megszabadulsz Orbántól. 😏🇪🇺 
@flaki I don't think they can put this many people in prison 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈
@juliaro dehogynem, körbeássák azt' Budapestet lehajózzák a Dunán, földlabdástól, meg se áll a gőzös elszalvadorig 💩
Dejan Mihajlović (@dejan@d-64.social)

Attached: 1 video In Belgrad steht heute wieder ein großer Teil der Bevölkerung auf der Straße, weil sie auch nach sieben Monaten nicht aufgeben, sich für einen Rechtsstaat und eine Demokratie einzusetzen. Man kann Menschen verprügeln und verhaften, aber ihre Idee von Freiheit und Würde kann man ihnen nicht nehmen. #Serbien #DemokratieVereint

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Nagyon boldog vagyok!
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@flaki ‘CIS’ old bloke here, well done Buda and Pest! ❤️🥰✊