Dawn B
@dawnbritten.bsky.social
Hedgehog whisperer. Psychopathic hobbit. A bit silly. An ally . 🏳️⚧️
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Former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has called for Europe to deploy up to 20,000 troops behind Ukraine’s front lines, establish an air shield with around 150 combat aircraft and unlock frozen Russian assets.
November 25, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has called for Europe to deploy up to 20,000 troops behind Ukraine’s front lines, establish an air shield with around 150 combat aircraft and unlock frozen Russian assets.
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Breaking News: the WH turkey opted out of pardon to escape having to listen one more second to deranged old man.
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Breaking News: the WH turkey opted out of pardon to escape having to listen one more second to deranged old man.
Am watching Claire Danes for a bit of sanity x
November 25, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Am watching Claire Danes for a bit of sanity x
Alan Shearer’s The One for me. I’d pay him to just stop. Please please god.
November 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Alan Shearer’s The One for me. I’d pay him to just stop. Please please god.
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Volume to zero on the football commentary again. Alan.
November 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Volume to zero on the football commentary again. Alan.
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I really don't get this revelation of specific bits and pieces in the last few hours before the budget (youth minimum wage, sugar tax on milkshakes etc. being other examples). It's happening so much that it is presumably a deliberate strategy - but what is that strategy?
BREAKING: Tourist tax to be introduced across England.
The money raised is intended to be invested in local transport, infrastructure and the visitor economy to attract more tourists
news.sky.com/story/touris...
The money raised is intended to be invested in local transport, infrastructure and the visitor economy to attract more tourists
news.sky.com/story/touris...
Tourist tax to be introduced across England
The new visitor levy will allow mayors to impose a "modest" charge on overnight stays to invest in local transport and infrastructure.
news.sky.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I really don't get this revelation of specific bits and pieces in the last few hours before the budget (youth minimum wage, sugar tax on milkshakes etc. being other examples). It's happening so much that it is presumably a deliberate strategy - but what is that strategy?
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Russia showing just how serious it is about peace tonight, launching waves of missiles and drones at Kyiv. Air defenses are working to knock them down. A series of explosions just rocked Ukraine’s capital. It’ll be another long night.
November 24, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Russia showing just how serious it is about peace tonight, launching waves of missiles and drones at Kyiv. Air defenses are working to knock them down. A series of explosions just rocked Ukraine’s capital. It’ll be another long night.
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I'm pulling out my Blu-ray of "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" for annual Thanksgiving viewing.
When I watch it and "Only the Lonely" I get a sad sense of what we missed as John Candy was developing into a very versatile, dramatic actor. I watched him grow from the SCTV days. He was awesome.😢
When I watch it and "Only the Lonely" I get a sad sense of what we missed as John Candy was developing into a very versatile, dramatic actor. I watched him grow from the SCTV days. He was awesome.😢
a man with a mustache says " i like me " in front of him
Alt: John Candy says "I like me."
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I'm pulling out my Blu-ray of "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" for annual Thanksgiving viewing.
When I watch it and "Only the Lonely" I get a sad sense of what we missed as John Candy was developing into a very versatile, dramatic actor. I watched him grow from the SCTV days. He was awesome.😢
When I watch it and "Only the Lonely" I get a sad sense of what we missed as John Candy was developing into a very versatile, dramatic actor. I watched him grow from the SCTV days. He was awesome.😢
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I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
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[I apologise in advance]. Fifteen years of prime ministerial travel ruined me for the real world. Planes held for you if there was traffic on the M25. No safety rules. When I flew on a real plane after a couple of years, I caused an incident because I'd forgotten you can't stand up on landing.
The one time I got to travel on a Prime Ministerial plane, the thing that sticks in my mind is that it turns out to be entirely OK to stand around chatting over a glass of champagne *while taxying to the runway*, so long as you sit down for the actual take-off. Any safety announcement? Forget it.
November 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
[I apologise in advance]. Fifteen years of prime ministerial travel ruined me for the real world. Planes held for you if there was traffic on the M25. No safety rules. When I flew on a real plane after a couple of years, I caused an incident because I'd forgotten you can't stand up on landing.
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Apparently, there's a budget tomorrow. Why has nobody mentioned this?
Would really have appreciated a bit of a build-up to that because it would have been really fascinating to read all about it in advance, I'm sure.
#NationalSarcasmDay
Would really have appreciated a bit of a build-up to that because it would have been really fascinating to read all about it in advance, I'm sure.
#NationalSarcasmDay
November 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Apparently, there's a budget tomorrow. Why has nobody mentioned this?
Would really have appreciated a bit of a build-up to that because it would have been really fascinating to read all about it in advance, I'm sure.
#NationalSarcasmDay
Would really have appreciated a bit of a build-up to that because it would have been really fascinating to read all about it in advance, I'm sure.
#NationalSarcasmDay
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Hello, have you got a copy of "How to racially abuse people so they feel all warm & cuddly afterwards" by Nigel Farage ?
November 25, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Hello, have you got a copy of "How to racially abuse people so they feel all warm & cuddly afterwards" by Nigel Farage ?
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EU rules that Poland, which doesn’t (yet) have marriage equality must respect those who are in same-sex marriages conducted elsewhere in Europe.
EU court rules entire bloc must respect same-sex marriages in rebuke to Poland
Couple who married in Germany had their right to a ‘normal family life’ impeded, court of justice finds
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:46 AM
EU rules that Poland, which doesn’t (yet) have marriage equality must respect those who are in same-sex marriages conducted elsewhere in Europe.
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😂😂😂🤡🤡🤡
Reform UK’s ‘Cost Cutting’ Council Kent Prepares to Raise Taxes After Presiding Over £46 Million Overspend
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/24/r...
#KemkaranMustGo
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/24/r...
#KemkaranMustGo
Reform UK's 'Cost Cutting' Council Prepares to Raise Taxes After Presiding Over £46 Million Overspend
Nigel Farage's flagship Kent County Council, which promised to "reduce waste and cut your taxes" is set to raise bills on local taxpayers, after spending tens of millions of pounds over its budget
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:21 AM
😂😂😂🤡🤡🤡
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📽️What on earth is "fiscal drag"?
Why will it form the centrepiece of @RachelReevesMP's efforts to raise money this week?
Why are Budgets getting ever more complex?
And could this one backfire like @George_Osborne's omnishambles?
All this and more in my 11m(!) primer👇 youtu.be/idnW0Wu3BzQ?...
Why will it form the centrepiece of @RachelReevesMP's efforts to raise money this week?
Why are Budgets getting ever more complex?
And could this one backfire like @George_Osborne's omnishambles?
All this and more in my 11m(!) primer👇 youtu.be/idnW0Wu3BzQ?...
The budget vs your wallet: How the chancellor could raise billions
YouTube video by Sky News
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 10:14 AM
📽️What on earth is "fiscal drag"?
Why will it form the centrepiece of @RachelReevesMP's efforts to raise money this week?
Why are Budgets getting ever more complex?
And could this one backfire like @George_Osborne's omnishambles?
All this and more in my 11m(!) primer👇 youtu.be/idnW0Wu3BzQ?...
Why will it form the centrepiece of @RachelReevesMP's efforts to raise money this week?
Why are Budgets getting ever more complex?
And could this one backfire like @George_Osborne's omnishambles?
All this and more in my 11m(!) primer👇 youtu.be/idnW0Wu3BzQ?...
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It's not the despair, Charlie Brown. I can handle the despair. It's the hope.
November 25, 2025 at 10:22 AM
It's not the despair, Charlie Brown. I can handle the despair. It's the hope.
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Here's the transcript. When I say ‘we had a convicted reality star’, you can add ‘who now rules as the most openly corrupt president in American history’ in your head.
downloads.bbc.co.uk/radio4/reith...
downloads.bbc.co.uk/radio4/reith...
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Here's the transcript. When I say ‘we had a convicted reality star’, you can add ‘who now rules as the most openly corrupt president in American history’ in your head.
downloads.bbc.co.uk/radio4/reith...
downloads.bbc.co.uk/radio4/reith...
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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The great nation of France trolling the living daylights out of the American far-right on Twitter, after Candace Owens accused Emmanuel Macron of hiring assassins to kill her, is the highlight of the year.
November 25, 2025 at 10:03 AM
The great nation of France trolling the living daylights out of the American far-right on Twitter, after Candace Owens accused Emmanuel Macron of hiring assassins to kill her, is the highlight of the year.
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Here’s how that went…
November 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Here’s how that went…
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