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Andie Hallihan
@hooli.bsky.social
1.1K followers 1.2K following 2.2K posts
Builds new factories and improves older ones. Engineering & psychology. Star sailing, greyhounds rescuing & reading. We need to reduce inequality and build a better society. Good homes, food, healthcare and education work well for everyone!
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Andie Hallihan @hooli.bsky.social · 16h
Ridiculous and not at all useful?
What about billions in tax cuts for the wealthy?
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Andie Hallihan @hooli.bsky.social · 1d
Johnson speaks. Tells lie. Almost always.
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 2d
UKIP's new logo looks a bit Far Righty.
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Andie Hallihan @hooli.bsky.social · 2d
Bloody hell!
Does their merchandise page sell iron crosses???
When people tell you who they are, listen to them.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 2d
That New York Times story lots of people are sharing today about Farage's ties to US anti-abortion groups was first reported by @mc00.bsky.social on Byline Times a year ago bylinetimes.com/2024/11/29/n...
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 2d
NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.
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Andie Hallihan @hooli.bsky.social · 2d
Or we could more widely accept that Brexit has failed.
It was always likely to, and it has.
Then we could do something about it.
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Andie Hallihan @hooli.bsky.social · 2d
And not only farmers.
Brexit was a bad idea that was “done” awfully. It was bad for almost everyone.
Brexit has failed.
Time to stop dancing around the elephant in the room.
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 2d
This deserves more attention than it has received.

Gove: "we were too anxious as a government to secure those deals in order to show that Brexit was working".

Exactly as so many of us warned at the time, and as the government denied at the time.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/country-and-...
Michael Gove admits that post-Brexit trade deals were bad for farmers
Michael Gove has admitted for the first time that the Australia and New Zealand trade deals negotiated by the former Tory government did not protect Britain’s farmers.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk
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Nolan Jazimreg @nolanjazimreg.bsky.social · 5d
Please don't share this as it might upset Nigel Farage.
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 4d
Can't resist.

How do you approach an angry Reform UK leader in Wales?

Caerphilly!

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...
'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny
Insiders have told Byline Times it is 'inconceivable' the Reform Leader did not know about his close aide's pro Russian statements
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Andie Hallihan @hooli.bsky.social · 5d
We could all be wealthy if we didn’t pay any of our bills.
This is not valuable insight.
Clucking bell. 🤦‍♂️
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Andie Hallihan @hooli.bsky.social · 5d
Put in a straightjacket made of the grittiest reality.
Bless the little sheltered flowers.
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Andie Hallihan @hooli.bsky.social · 5d
It’s just that it is apparent the journalists will not hold him to account for his misrepresentations.
Could unions or other groups keep taking him to court?
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Andie Hallihan @hooli.bsky.social · 5d
Asking as a non-legal person.
Are there grounds for a case of libel here?
I’m not 100% clear on everything that he said, nor if it would constitute libel.
But if there was, could a group of teachers bring a case forward?
A group supported by a union, like a national union … of teachers?
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Andie Hallihan @hooli.bsky.social · 5d
This is not mass shootings by year and country.
It is cumulatively mass shootings from shortly after WWII to year X.
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Andie Hallihan @hooli.bsky.social · 5d
Agreed.
“Keep versus Lose”.
Always frame it as the other side will make you lose.
Keep versus Lose. Keep please!
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Andie Hallihan @hooli.bsky.social · 5d
The old, “it’s not illegal even if you know it’s immoral” line of defence.
Remind me where that’s been used before.
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Andie Hallihan @hooli.bsky.social · 5d
Are they actually saying that Nigel?
Oh, no. No they aren’t.
Nigel is not bothered by lying and bullshitting all day long.
But I’m sure he would look after the interests of the electorate. I mean, why wouldn’t he?
Apart from the liar bit.
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Andie Hallihan @hooli.bsky.social · 5d
Fantasy economics from someone to the right of Farage. Who could have predicted that?
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Andie Hallihan @hooli.bsky.social · 5d
I presume Lowe is giving us a clue on where he stands in moral terms. Lowe by name, low by nature.
Last election I was delighted to see the right wing vote be split between conservative and reform. Next election it will be great to see reform’s vote split.
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Andie Hallihan @hooli.bsky.social · 5d
Whilst I am not too familiar with Faversham I have a strong suspicion that I do know which half I would prefer to live in.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 6d
Today’s uplifting & illuminating chat with @ntarnopolsky.bsky.social.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 6d
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YObd...
Instant reaction: Israel and Hamas agree to first phase of Gaza peace deal
YouTube video by LBC
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Andie Hallihan @hooli.bsky.social · 6d
Very much agree that the question asked changes the response from the LLM - and the sequence of previous questions.
I would like to ask the client for their questions to the LLM.
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Andie Hallihan @hooli.bsky.social · 6d
Why? Who knows?
Is it simply the client being drawn towards an argument that supports their preferred position - even if false?
AI is showing a propensity to find ways in the LLM to agree with the questioner.
Begs the question “what did you ask the AI”?
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