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The Global Jigsaw: A Guide to Not Losing Your Mind in a Complicated World.
Why the Modern World Is So Insane (And Why a Simple Life Isn't an Option). The Great Labelling: Political and Identity Tribes.
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#UK News. The Scandal of the 'Scandal in the Wind.'
Donald Trump’s UK State Visit Reveals the Fawning of a Desperate Government and the Futility of the 'Special Relationship.'
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If #Bristol City Council Were Sitting An Exam, The Result Would Be Fail, Fail, Fail!
Bristol's Broken Promise: A City 'Failing' its Citizens, Administratively and Politically.
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#Bristol - The Bristol City Council Circus: An Evening of High Drama and Low Politics Which Seemed To Drag On. Literally!
How a 'six-foot-three trans woman with a beard' ended up as a comment at a Bristol City Council meeting.
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#Bristol: A Tale of Two Wastes.
While one takes out the rubbish, the other takes out the budget.
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East Bristol's LTN: The £6 Million Lesson in Talking to 'The Plebs.'
Bristol City Council's "Liveable Neighbourhoods" trial leaves locals, and logic, behind.
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The Dangerous Cult of 'Action': Why Supporting Palestine Is Not Palestine Action.
Unpacking the Dangerous Protest Cult: From Blind Faith and Emotional Outrage to the Real Puppetmasters of Civil Unrest.
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#Bristol's Circus of ‘Liveable Neighbourhoods’: Why Residents Don’t Trust the Clowns. Never Mind The Whole Damn Circus!
East Bristol road closures to bus gate fines, residents are fighting back against a council that seemingly treats public consultation as a "tick-box…
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Now Hiring: Director of Urology for #Bristol City Council.
Bristol Council's Financial Crisis Explained: How New Park Charges for Dog Walkers, Fitness Instructors, and Residents are Funding a £600m Debt.
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#Bristol - A Broken Window or a Green Agenda?
Why Bristol’s leadership is failing to address the true cost of crime as a Green Agenda overlooks the city as a priority.
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The Two Plagues of #Bristol: A City's Exhausted Police and Its Lost Generation.
As Bristol's police are stretched to breaking point by protests, local crime rates soar and youth unemployment reveals the true cause of the city's…
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The End of Protest Season 2025, a DFS Satire, and the Rise of Horse Milk.
Yes, The End of the Protest Season and a Countdown to a Miraculous Birthday. So they reckon.
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