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Mike Pennell
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Gay gray grandad no longer surprised at anything politicians do. Staffordshire in the UK. Co-Founder of The Food Chain HIV charity. https://www.foodchain.org.uk/ Expect cynicism, sarcasm and leg pulling.
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True, but I am going for the ballroom as well.

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I am just hoping #Melissa is heading for 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. 🤞

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A meteorological nerd writes...

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What we're witnessing with #Melissa is ultra rare in the history of known hurricanes in the Atlantic. This level of sustained intensity and feasting on every joule of ocean heat content without any real disruption is incredible.

Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
Slow hurricane news day. No English casualties.

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Nice to hear the Evangelical Danny Kruger joining the angels dancing on the head of a pin to explain away the obvious racist comments of #Pochin.
I think Humpty Dumpty was more honest. Words to him meant exactly what he wanted them to mean.
Try harder, Danny.

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The report raises concerns about financial mismanagement of 10-year contracts with the private providers Clearsprings, Mears and Serco, which began in 2019, with the contract value tripling from £4.5bn to £15.3bn.

But, please remember that Labour haven't fixed it.

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"Here we are talking about Reform" says Simon Jack. The BBC in general and #r4today in particular, never stop talking about Reform, unless they are Russia adjacent, such as the Caerphilly candidate, when the BBC looks the other way.
You can add it to the list of important things that #r4today have no intention of sharing with the listeners. See also #Brexit, failings of Conservative governments, anything good about the Labour, Greens or Lib Dems.
Cutting off all trade negotiations with Mexico because the Taco Bell ad that aired during the 2am rerun of NCIS: MIAMI made wildly untrue claims about just how 'Loco' their new cheesy burrito bowl is.

Thank you for your attention to this platter. President DJT.
Trump is unable to understand the reaction to the destruction of the East Wing. He keeps referring to the cost, because money is his motivation.

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Former WH historian Ed Lengel, a self-described conservative, says Trump is “smacking the founders in the face” with his demolition of the East Wing for a ballroom and that Jefferson would have gone “ballistically insane” over the project. www.youtube.com/live/yZa00O0...
The Reagan radio address in 1987 had a lengthy bit about how destructive tariffs are. The Ontario advert used it as a voice over. That's all that happened.

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I checked the National Archives page for that Reagan video. It says that use is unrestricted.

Here’s how NARA defines that: “Use ‘Unrestricted’ if there are no copyright, donor, or other use restrictions on the archival materials.”
“A Led By Donkeys spokesperson said: “It’s good the police now accept it’s not illegal to project a film about Donald Trump’s close relationship with America’s most notorious child sex trafficker on to a wall.”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Police take no further action against men arrested for Trump Windsor projections
Investigation ends after Led By Donkeys stunt highlighting the US president’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein
www.theguardian.com
I know God hasn't spoken publicly for a couple of thousand years, but isn't it a good idea for some religious leader to ask Him which religion He prefers, rather than assuming their one is favourite? #JustSaying

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Oh, the price has gone up.

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Wait! So Trump lied about the East Wing not being touched—and now about the ballroom price tag too?

The cost suddenly ballooned to $300 million.
Well, it was a busy time then, 3 Prime Ministers in a year, and no business or industrial strategy or costed public investment. Cut them some slack. 🙄
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I had the misfortune to watch most of Johnson’s performance on YouTube. In the last 15 minutes or so there were questions from several lawyers for children's groups about the missed needs of young people. He was his usual shambolic self.

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It could be a lawyer's unconscious caution, because as you say, she is hostile to Andy.

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