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James Leakyboots Batty

@jamesbatty.bsky.social

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I run a charity with my wife (One And All Aid), which funds education for Yezidis, following the 2014 genocide. In my spare time I fish and write. Two fishing books have been published, and my new book is a comedy adventure novel, Criminal Bycatch.

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James Leakyboots Batty @jamesbatty.bsky.social · 6h

#ClothesWeWearInASongOrMovie

Trenchcoat Rock

James Leakyboots Batty @jamesbatty.bsky.social · 6h

#ClothesWeWearInASongOrMovie

Singlet White Female

James Leakyboots Batty @jamesbatty.bsky.social · 6h

#ClothesWeWearInASongOrMovie

Y-front Fools Fall in Love, Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers

James Leakyboots Batty @jamesbatty.bsky.social · 6h

#ClothesWeWearInASongOrMovie

Jemima Suspenders, The Band

James Leakyboots Batty @jamesbatty.bsky.social · 6h

#ClothesWeWearInASongOrMovie

Undies the Boardwalk

James Leakyboots Batty @jamesbatty.bsky.social · 6h

Maybe if the people needing health insurance could prove that they're far right/libertarian/totalitarian f*ckwits, they'd have $20Bn too.

James Leakyboots Batty @jamesbatty.bsky.social · 6h

John Lee Hooker in London, summer 1967. He seemed to so much enjoy the fact that British kids recognised his talent at a time when he was somewhat overlooked in the USA. He had a grin on his face from start to finish, and he blew the doors off the place.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 10h

I called this out on #BBCQT last night and I'm calling it out again now.

He is gaslighting a nation.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 13h

Farage insists ex-Reform UK Wales leader convicted of bribery is ‘bad apple’

Farage said he was shocked by Nathan Gill’s admissions relating to pro-Russia statements Nigel Farage has insisted his party’s former leader in Wales who was convicted of taking pro-Russian bribes was a “bad apple” who betrayed him. The Reform UK leader was in Caerphilly campaigning for his candidate in a forthcoming Senedd byelection when he was asked about his links to Nathan Gill. Continue reading...

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James Leakyboots Batty @jamesbatty.bsky.social · 7h

I imagine the role will involve collecting videos of asylum seekers being handcuffed to aeroplane seats; or plastering towns with crosses of St. George.
Even so, I double dog dare you to have a go. The interview process might give you the chance to give a few people a piece of your mind.

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Harebrained @harebrained.bsky.social · 10h

Preorder now! $8 per screenprinted shirt is going to the ICIRR (Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights)

www.harebraineddesign.com

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James Leakyboots Batty @jamesbatty.bsky.social · 7h

George Orwell: "Every joke is a tiny revolution."

James Leakyboots Batty @jamesbatty.bsky.social · 20h

In 1999's eclipse (the one where people rented houses at ridiculous rates in Cornwall, only to be met by thick cloud cover) I stood in a field & watched all the diurnal birds vanish. Then the bats & owls started flying about, for 5 minutes or so.

James Leakyboots Batty @jamesbatty.bsky.social · 21h

"I will help Hillsdale .. garner hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of young people to your online courses." Typical Farage bollix. And I doubt his flag shagging followers care a damn about "a scientific, literary, theological, political, & moral education."
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Nigel Farage accuses teachers of ‘poisoning our kids’ on race issues

Exclusive: Reform UK leader’s remarks at event for private US college criticised as ‘grossly irresponsible’ by NEU leader

www.theguardian.com

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James Leakyboots Batty @jamesbatty.bsky.social · 1d

Every time I pay a ridiculous water bill and read that my local beach is unsafe due to raw sewage, I think of Margaret Thatcher.

James Leakyboots Batty @jamesbatty.bsky.social · 1d

We have an Afghan refugee couple helping in our charity shop (oneandallaid.org). They are brilliant, hard workers & always smiling. I'm trying to teach them British (or Cornish) ways: work 60 minutes, then a tea break. They have three daughters, & are so excited that they're in school & loving it.

One And All Aid

oneandallaid.org

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James Leakyboots Batty @jamesbatty.bsky.social · 1d

Adding to Mr Reich's list, Amazon:
Ships in boxes so big they destroy forests,
Makes employees pee in bottles rather than giving them breaks,
Pays just about no taxes in most jurisdictions.
If you buy books & music, why not support local independents, staffed by people who care about books & music.

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 1d

Trying to remain cautiously optimistic for the Gaza ceasefire. Can't shake the feeling though that if Trump doesn't win the Nobel Peace Prize he will throw a full scorched earth tantrum and trash everything.

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James Leakyboots Batty @jamesbatty.bsky.social · 2d

Neatly showing that mathematics can be used to make jokes.

James Leakyboots Batty @jamesbatty.bsky.social · 2d

It might cause a small increase in demand, leading to rising house prices. The beneficiaries of are people who already own houses (maybe several). So it appeals to traditional Tory voters. The losers are first-time buyers, faced by even more unaffordable homes. But young folk don't vote Tory anyway.

James Leakyboots Batty @jamesbatty.bsky.social · 2d

ripper, well played

James Leakyboots Batty @jamesbatty.bsky.social · 2d

#ASongOrMovieForRoadsInGeneral
Layby Lady Lay

James Leakyboots Batty @jamesbatty.bsky.social · 2d

#ASongOrMovieForRoadsInGeneral
All Things Must Bypass, George Harrison

James Leakyboots Batty @jamesbatty.bsky.social · 2d

#ASongOrMovieForRoadsInGeneral
Tarmac the Knife

James Leakyboots Batty @jamesbatty.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you, I enjoyed that one.

James Leakyboots Batty @jamesbatty.bsky.social · 2d

Presumably the Express would like someone to save Britain by destroying the world (which doesn't include Britain because .. we're special?)