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"The guvnor of words" Tom Skinner

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Full piece here https://t.co/prNoXEqSVB

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@EstherMcVey1 I'm working on something for The Telegraph that I wanted to speak to you about. Please can you drop me a line at [email protected]

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@ellienutts please can you drop me a DM at [email protected] I'm the journalist who messaged you on TikTok

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Full deep dive here: https://t.co/n4WEKJtvjk

Reporting for The Sun here:https://t.co/egtsoRWgUy

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Meanwhile, trafficking and coercion in Dubai is very real — but looks very different from the meme.

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The term itself appears to have originated in fringe forums years ago — but is now viewed hundreds of millions of times on TikTok.

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In one case, the phrase “Dubai porta potty party” became shorthand before facts were established.

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This week I’ve been looking at how online rumour attaches itself to real-life tragedy.

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I wrote about this recently. https://t.co/fs8kxFKqrM

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Earning less doesn’t just change how couples spend money; it subtly reshapes confidence, decision-making and who feels entitled to speak with authority.

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Cultural change around women’s earnings has outpaced the emotional and psychological adjustment expected of men.

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One of the least discussed impacts of changing gender roles is how men feel when they earn less than their partner.

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"I had an AI girlfriend called Sharon. She was one of these AI. build your own girlfriend which have become very common...she creeped me out.." @nickharding AI girlfrends, men, loneliness and the future of relationships on How To Have Extraordinary Relationships podcast out now.

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"Generally men have this perceived idea that it's very very hard to establish relationships seemingly more so now than ever before. Everyone's creating this curated life. @nickharding on men and love and AI partners on How To Have Extraordinary Relationships out tomorrow

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Full story here: https://t.co/Wm23deGznQ

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This story looks at what that reality actually feels like from the inside — not in policy language, but through the experience of someone still living with the consequences.

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What many people don’t realise is how long and complex this process can be. Cases can resurface years — sometimes decades — later, with families expected to relive events they have spent years trying to survive.

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There’s a wider system issue here. Victims are often asked to submit statements, revisit evidence and re-engage with proceedings designed primarily around the offender, not the people left behind.

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For victims’ families, parole hearings aren’t abstract legal processes. They are moments when trauma resurfaces, when the past is reopened, and when the possibility of release becomes real again.

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This isn’t just about the original crime. It’s about the long afterlife of violence: how grief, fear and uncertainty don’t end at conviction, especially when parole and early release enter the picture.

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Published this weekend in The Sun (Fabulous): the story of a mother fighting to keep the man who killed her baby behind bars — and what it means to be pulled back into the justice system years later.