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Phil Waring

@philwaring.bsky.social

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🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇪🇺🇪🇸 UK Brefugee in Spain. Afraid for Democracy. Pro-EU. Anti-tory. Anti-Fascist. Trans ally. #FBPE (I tend not to follow back US accounts; there are just too many of you! Sorry). 🗣 🇬🇧🇫🇷🇩🇪🇪🇸

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Phil Waring @philwaring.bsky.social · May 22

"When future generations learn that, for 19 months, we woke up every morning to videos of children being burned alive – bombed with weapons that the US taxpayer helped pay for and the western world helped justify – will you be able to say that you spoke up?"

What did you do during the genocide in Gaza? | Arwa Mahdawi

When future generations read about Gaza with horror and wonder how we allowed a livestreamed genocide to happen, what will you say?

www.theguardian.com

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Phil Waring @philwaring.bsky.social · 16m

Other than the weather, one of the things I love about living in Spain is the ever-present possibility of stumbling across a local fiesta.
But I wasn't ready for one of my neighbours holding a line-dancing party!

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 16h

Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack.

Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.

Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.

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Phil Waring @philwaring.bsky.social · 22h

So that's about... 30 years?
(No response required; you are after all, a.lady).
Goodnight Dawn!

Phil Waring @philwaring.bsky.social · 23h

I haven't done much stalking recently.
So I looked up your follower list.
Are the most recent ones at the top?
Couldn't work out who this mysterious person is - but nonetheless I found lots of interesting accounts to follow!

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World’s Most Intriguing Man™ @myblueeyes.bsky.social · 23h

1/2🧵 October 10, 2025, the chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee Jørgen Watne Frydnes is responsible for awarding the Nobel Peace Prize, he delivered a #Savage verbal punch that Trump will never win a Noble Peace Prize because he lacks courage (born spurs)& integrity (pathological liar & rapist)

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Phil Waring @philwaring.bsky.social · 23h

The US is currently around episode three/four of series one of 'The Handmaid's Tale".
The bit where academics are forced to flee the country...

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Peter Shaw @pcsoblahdeehell.bsky.social · 23h

Or the entirely mythical Red Wall on to which they - and others, to terrify pusillanimous spirits - project ludicrously outsize shadows of trembling fear.

Mythical, because no firm or solid entity. Confidence has to be earned, evil, bigotry & ignorance combated, with leadership, principle, courage.

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Phil Waring @philwaring.bsky.social · 23h

In my days - I'm 70yo - we used to stop cars by forcing apples/potatoes/etc onto the exhaust pipes.*
(I don't understand the reason - but it seemed to work. Allegedly.)
* Clearly won't work with electric cars!

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Grab the popcorn.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 23h

Trump didn’t just instruct his cronies to look into Letitia James to see what they could rustle up. Instead, he twisted the entire federal government into a shape designed to produce the criminal indictment he demanded. www.thebulwark.com/p/insidious-...

The Insidious Effort To Rationalize Trump’s Lawfare

This is not a president justified in going after those who went after him. It’s a person making a mockery of our justice system.

www.thebulwark.com

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Phil Waring @philwaring.bsky.social · 23h

Hadn't realised it was AI.
(And I like to think that I'm quite good at spotting fakes. 😞)

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Phil Waring @philwaring.bsky.social · 23h

Because they seem to have forgotten who is their core vote.
(Clue: it's NOT an imaginary 'Northern Working Class Racist').

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 1d

Finally, someone is saying it.

🔴 NEW: "The message is simple: Farage is ultimately to blame as the man who delivered Brexit with 'easy sloganeering' then walked away from the aftermath rather than putting in the hard yards."

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 1d

Yesterday they were shooting priests in the head with rubber bullets. Today they're arresting journalists. If you have anyone in your life who doesn't regularly follow the news and doesn't understand how bad things are and how bad they're about to get, you need to tell them right now. Time is short.

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Phil Waring @philwaring.bsky.social · 1d

"imported". 🫩

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1d

Give up satirists.

Move to Saudi or something.

You're not needed any more.

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PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · 1d

Trump crudely mocks trans people in front of pro-LGBTQ+ Canadian PM Mark Carney
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/09/mark-carney-trans-rights-donald-trump-canada-us/?utm_content=1760136000&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

Trump crudely mocks trans people in front of pro-LGBTQ+ Canadian PM Mark Carney

US president Donald Trump mocked trans people and their rights in front of Canadian prime minister Mark Carney during a meeting in Washington.

www.thepinknews.com

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Phil Waring @philwaring.bsky.social · 1d

Sadly, 'Boris Johnson breaking the rules to his own benefit' is a 'Dog Bites Man' story.
It's what he - and all tories - just do. 🤷🏼

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Dan Guachione @sounddepartment.bsky.social · 1d

History 101

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Phil Waring @philwaring.bsky.social · 1d

Yes.
WE know that.
It's the Labour government that's needs to figure it out. 😡

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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 1d

www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

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Phil Waring @philwaring.bsky.social · 1d

Just checked:
"That's an interesting question!
According to my research, Gordon Bennett was a member of the 'Wombles of Wimbledon Common' Antifa group.
Is there anything else I can help you with?"

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Phil Waring @philwaring.bsky.social · 1d

I'm tempted to ask Gemini/ChatGPT where the phrase originated.
But - like with James O'Brien's 'Mystery Hour' - that would seem like cheating!

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Phil Waring @philwaring.bsky.social · 1d

I hear it in a London/Cockney accent ie 'Gawdon Bennit'.
Is it southern UK?

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 1d

Still not going away...

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