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ricardowensley.bsky.social @ricardowensley.bsky.social · 5m

It sounds like both aunts suffered as a consequence of 9/11, to different degrees but that doesn’t make the lesser one irrelevant.

That’s like saying you can’t complain about racism because there used to be slaves.

ricardowensley.bsky.social @ricardowensley.bsky.social · 10m

If you’re English, that’s just gibberish.

“I’d like four pounds”
“Right, that’ll be ten dollars”
“But I want four pounds”
“Yes, that’ll be ten dollars”
“OK, make it two pounds”
“OK, that’ll be five dollars”
“Thanks. Incidentally, your exchange rate sucks”

ricardowensley.bsky.social @ricardowensley.bsky.social · 16m

If you understand the context of a conversation it’s quite simple.

I assume you don’t think the term “best pound for pound boxer” relates to how much they would cost to buy in 1965 England.

ricardowensley.bsky.social @ricardowensley.bsky.social · 20m

Yes, of course it could. What’s hard to understand?

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ricardowensley.bsky.social @ricardowensley.bsky.social · 47m

Are you suggesting it wasn’t true?

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Rhid83 @rhid83.bsky.social · 13h

Bore da - hahahaha -well said.

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ricardowensley.bsky.social @ricardowensley.bsky.social · 1h

I’m between 20 and 65 and have never heard that song before in my life.

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ricardowensley.bsky.social @ricardowensley.bsky.social · 1h

“By ‘eck lass. You’ve piled on some beef since I last saw you” being a classic example.

ricardowensley.bsky.social @ricardowensley.bsky.social · 1h

You’ve not spent a lot of time in Yorkshire, have you?

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icookfood2023.bsky.social @icookfood2023.bsky.social · 19h

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Kerry @kerry10.bsky.social · 2h

We must fight the Far-Right.

The Dutch are going to polls next week.

Hopefully Nederlanders can keep Geert Wilders out of office.

He is the embodiment of pure hatred against muslims, black & brown people.

We all must stand together against this hate.
#HopeNotHate
#DefendDemocracy

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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 4h

It speaks volumes about the dire state of British politics that an MP can say that she gets mad about seeing Black and Asian people in adverts on TV and she hasn't immediately been expelled from her party - a party that hopes to form the next Govt.

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 3h

I've lost count of the occasions I've had "go back home you white bastard.." shouted at me in the street and being annoyed that people can't be bothered to pronounce my name correctly.

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ricardowensley.bsky.social @ricardowensley.bsky.social · 4h

He’s a bit weird

ricardowensley.bsky.social @ricardowensley.bsky.social · 4h

Was it the hypnotherapy to enlarge women’s breasts that appealed?

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ricardowensley.bsky.social @ricardowensley.bsky.social · 4h

It’s just like re-run of Corbyn, unsurprisingly.

ricardowensley.bsky.social @ricardowensley.bsky.social · 7h

Well you should be quids in with Paddy Power then.

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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 14h

I know this is obvious. And I know we all know this.
But if the President can raise taxes because an advert annoyed him, without even consulting Congress, then the US constitution is simply not functioning as intended.

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ricardowensley.bsky.social @ricardowensley.bsky.social · 8h

He’s allowed to decide his religion,
You aren’t.

ricardowensley.bsky.social @ricardowensley.bsky.social · 8h

….. and are married to our children!

ricardowensley.bsky.social @ricardowensley.bsky.social · 9h

Only fucking idiots like you care about political purity. You get nothing done for the poor, the sick and the old.

You’d rather have Farage as PM than someone on the left who fails your socialist purity test.

You’re an embarrassment.

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 10h

Streeting may not be everyone's cup of tea but he cuts through to the politically unobsessed.
Labour needs more representatives like him doing the media rounds. Darren Jones, Anna Turley, Torsten Bell to name three.

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ricardowensley.bsky.social @ricardowensley.bsky.social · 11h

Floella…… John Noakes……. Johnny Ball…..

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ricardowensley.bsky.social @ricardowensley.bsky.social · 12h

Of course, it fails to address the issue of how the became rich.

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ricardowensley.bsky.social @ricardowensley.bsky.social · 12h

Come back in 5 years and you’ll be able to say if his talent is generational.

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