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Author of 'A Murder in Auschwitz'. Currently looking for an agent for my new novel, 'Merle'. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Murder-Auschwitz-J-C-Stephenson/dp/1491060913 Inventor of the chip omelette. 🚫 Be aware, DMs may result in a block.

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JC Stephenson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jcvstephenson.bsky.social · Aug 10

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Auschwitz, 24th July 1943 MANFRED Meyer stood in line. His eyes darted from left to right as he tried to take in as much about this place as possible without standing out. Or perhaps it was fear …

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JC Stephenson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jcvstephenson.bsky.social · 13h

Very good. Cheesy, but very good.

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JC Stephenson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jcvstephenson.bsky.social · 13h

I think I should have won the Nobel Peace Prize. There have been numerous times over the past year when I wanted to punch someone in the face. And haven't.

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JC Stephenson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jcvstephenson.bsky.social · 14h

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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 22h

More money in your pocket, more opportunities, fewer emissions.

I’m proud we introduced free bus travel for young people under 22 - and as of today, over 250 million free journeys have been made across Scotland.

Together with scrapping peak rail fares, we’re making your commutes cheaper.

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JC Stephenson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jcvstephenson.bsky.social · 14h

Nobel Piece Prize.

JC Stephenson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jcvstephenson.bsky.social · 14h

There was a man on Radio 4 yesterday who proudly described himself as being 'Blue Labour', and when asked what that meant, he said - and I kid you not - he said, "It means we are Labour with a small 'c'."
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JC Stephenson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jcvstephenson.bsky.social · 1d

Maleficent!

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Alistair Barrie @alistairbarrie.com · 2d

Excellent. In the parents’ spare room tonight, and just discovered both bedside tables are stuffed with copies of every memorial service/funeral they have ever been to.
They’re in their mid-eighties.

Sleep well between the Drawers of Death.

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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 1d

📷 View of the City of #Aleppo from the Castle, Syria, 1898

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JC Stephenson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jcvstephenson.bsky.social · 1d

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 2d

Mass deportations and Trump-style ICE snatch squads: British politicians are in a race to the bottom on race. They disgrace the country

My column in @heraldscotland.bsky.social

www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

'It feels like British politics has become some grotesque carnival'

Policies from Farage and Badenoch for mass deportations and ICE-style removal squads are the antithesis of everything Britain stands for, our Writer…

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JC Stephenson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jcvstephenson.bsky.social · 2d

Just chillin' on da couch.

JC Stephenson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jcvstephenson.bsky.social · 2d

Look at this beautiful beast.

JC Stephenson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jcvstephenson.bsky.social · 2d

There are everything from local shops to takeaways being targeted by little racist shits emboldened by Farage. And they are beginning to close, the end of decades of service to a community.

Paul Marshall @pmarsha11.bsky.social · 3d

This is the result of Farage and Jenrick’s far-right, divisive rhetoric. Hard working, responsible people feeling afraid for their future.
Disgraceful.

Doncaster chippy owner 'scared for his children' after vandalism - BBC News

Poseidon's Fish Bar had the word "England" painted on its front, says Iraqi-born owner Darin Ahmed.

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JC Stephenson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jcvstephenson.bsky.social · 3d

That visa rules are the subject of discussion before the India trip just demonstrates how far down the Reform rabbit hole Starmer has gone.

BBC News - UK won't relax visa rules for India, Starmer says
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UK won't relax visa rules for India, Starmer says

The PM says there are no plans to open up more visa routes ahead of a visit to India to tout a trade deal.

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JC Stephenson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jcvstephenson.bsky.social · 3d

I walked through Dunblane today and only saw white faces. Does that not make Dunblane the worst-integrated? Or does it not count when it is only white people?

BBC News - Jenrick defends calling Handsworth 'worst-integrated' - BBC News
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Jenrick defends calling Handsworth 'worst-integrated'

The shadow justice secretary is accused of racism after saying the Handsworth area was one of the

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d

Healthcare should be guaranteed as a human right #MedicareForAll @salaambhattiva.bsky.social

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JC Stephenson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jcvstephenson.bsky.social · 4d

October 7th.

We should never forget the terrorist atrocity carried out by Hamas 2 years ago.

We will never understand the fear that the victims must have felt trying to flee the attack.

And those taken hostage - some never to return.

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JC Stephenson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jcvstephenson.bsky.social · 4d

By asking this, he is suggesting that protesting about the genocide in Gaza is, in some way, antisemitic.

BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cj...
Starmer urges UK students not to protest as Israel marks two years since 7 October attack - live updates - BBC News

Starmer urges UK students not to protest as Israel marks two years since 7 October attack - live updates

The UK PM describes pro-Palestinian rallies, planned to mark the second anniversary of Hamas's attack on Israel, as

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JC Stephenson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jcvstephenson.bsky.social · 4d

That looks magnificent. And I applaud your choice of plate.

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 4d

Not gonna lie: I'm so stressed by the state of the world that my eye is twitching. Disasters are on my mind, so let me leave you with this...

The menu booklet for what would be the final lunch onboard the Titanic.

A menu from the Titanic dated April 14, 1912. Among the many items it lists are fillets of brill, grilled mutton chops, and apple meringue.

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JC Stephenson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jcvstephenson.bsky.social · 4d

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The girl who gets gifts from birds

Lots of people give food to the birds in their garden and get nothing in return - but when one girl feeds the crows outside her house, they show their affection with tiny presents.

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JC Stephenson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jcvstephenson.bsky.social · 4d

I wonder how many local shops and take-aways are making the decision to close due to increased racism and racist violent threats?

JC Stephenson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jcvstephenson.bsky.social · 4d

Any government that implements a 'send them back' policy, the very first investigations should be on any relations, friends, and associates of EVERY member of the governing party.
And only once those people have been deported, should any investigations be made on anyone else.

JC Stephenson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jcvstephenson.bsky.social · 4d

It's Barbarossa all over again.

ghost malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 4d

not sure how long they were planning on keeping this going but just hypothetically do we think Texas National Guard owns Chicago-grade winter coats