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A Pinned Thread for All Think Pieces to-date.
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Former NHS nurse completes year long solo walk from top to bottom of Europe dodging death along the way
Kit Birks aged 30 from Andover Hampshire started her 343 day solo trek in July last year from the northernmost point in Norway and finished on Sunday at the southernmost point on the Greek island of Gavdos after walking 5000 miles through 13 countries.
The former NHS nurse carried a 23 kilogram bag and a memorial flag bearing the names of hundreds of people lost to suicide while sleeping in a tent for 210 days including stretches of up to 10 days completely off grid in the Arctic Circle.
She survived a near death fall sliding 30 metres down a cliff face in Sweden where she clung to a boulder with both feet dangling before pulling herself and her bag to safety using adrenaline.
Kit also faced risks to her personal safety in Hungary but completed the challenge celebrating four years clean and sober just days before reaching the finish line.
The walk raised more than £76,000 pounds for mental health charities CALM and James Place with support from Prince William who sent an Instagram message and Sir Stephen Fry who had a FaceTime call with her.
Kit said she had been through enough in her life and hoped her achievement in spite of her own mental health challenges had helped others in some way.
Well done Kit!!!
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My latest cartoon for tomorrow's @Telegraph
Buy a print of my cartoons at telegraph.co.uk/mattprints
Original artwork from chrisbeetles.com
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Interesting piece from Nigel Hall just out @TweetTheArticle
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Peter Kyle: the plan is great
Naga Munchetty: have you seen the plan?
Kyle: no
Munchetty: So how do you know its great?
Peter Kyle: "Because I have faith in a PM.. to fund the plan & design a plan & lead a plan, of course & he is the PM that is fit for the moment we're in"
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Every war now shows up on your energy bill. Defence isn't separate from the economy any more. It is the economy.
And the countries that invest in it get to write the rules. Everyone else lives by them.
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📉🥛 Britain's milk producer numbers have fallen to 6,850, down 160 in six months
READ MORE: farminguk.com/news/britain-l…
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Fletcher: Why do I never meet a beautiful Russian spy in a sleeping car?
Drake: Possibly because the Treasury would send you a memo afterwards asking why it was necessary for you to travel First Class.
(A gentle parody of 007 in Danger Man, with an M9 agent reading FRWL.)
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Good bit of Jersey trivia!
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Italy declared war on France and Britain on the night of June 10, 1940.
Britain did not wait.
Within 24 hours, 36 RAF bombers lifted off from Yorkshire, refueled in the Channel Islands, and flew across the Alps in the dark to bomb Turin, the industrial heart of Italy.
Ten planes made it through. Turin became the first Italian city bombed in the entire war.
Mussolini had spent years building up Italy's image as a great power. He had calculated that joining Germany would cost him almost nothing.
The RAF sent their answer the very next night.
Most people know about Churchill's speeches. Fewer know that while he was giving them, his bombers were already over Italy.
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Jun 12
Italy declared war on France and Britain on the night of June 10, 1940.
Britain did not wait.
Within 24 hours, 36 RAF bombers lifted off from Yorkshire, refueled in the Channel Islands, and flew across the Alps in the dark to bomb Turin, the industrial heart of Italy.
Ten planes made it through. Turin became the first Italian city bombed in the entire war.
Mussolini had spent years building up Italy's image as a great power. He had calculated that joining Germany would cost him almost nothing.
The RAF sent their answer the very next night.
Most people know about Churchill's speeches. Fewer know that while he was giving them, his bombers were already over Italy.
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My new favourite quote from @BenWallace70
" We have become the Hyacinth Bucket of Nato: keeping up appearances."
I warned John Healey about the Treasury’s defence tricks. He didn’t listen
telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/06…
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Ben Jennings @BJennings90 on the #WorldCup and the US war on Iran @Guardian – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.c…
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Jun 11
My latest cartoon for tomorrow's @Telegraph
Buy a print of my cartoons at telegraph.co.uk/mattprints
Original artwork from chrisbeetles.com
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UPDATE: Healeyites have let it be known that MoD was only offered £10 billion of extra money on Monday. An additional £3.5 billion was described as "Treasury trickery" and not real cash.
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Hilarious!
"Devon farmer baffled after sheepdog is reported to RSPCA for rounding up his own flock"
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Jun 10
My latest cartoon for tomorrow's @Telegraph
Buy a print of my cartoons at telegraph.co.uk/mattprints
Original artwork from chrisbeetles.com
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Weather depending, this year's booking with my mountain guide is for end of August and hopefully will be:
1. North Face of Triglav- probably the "Slovenian Route"
#mountaineering #alpinism #themountainsarecalling
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(The Matterhorn will have to wait. Guide expecting new addition to family soon and wants to be near home!)
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Read our latest article published on @politicshome that discusses operational national infrastructure systems: maintain, repair, refurbish, renew versus cost, value and investment
Jun 4
@UKCRIC address the challenge of keeping our infrastructure systems operational by distinguishing between the consequences of maintenance, repair, refurbishment and renewal, and between the cost, value and investment involved.
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Whilst its meant to be entertaining, its still worth a watch. Gives a great view of Jersey from a tourist's eyes. @VisitJerseyCI
youtu.be/EbX0NLkvOjk?si=7zaH…
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