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Die hard Chelsea FC (for my sins), ST MHL, v old funk soul girl, educator, reader & unashamed cat lady! EU lover/Brexit hater! Vegan. Longstanding Archers/Lord of the Rings fan.

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mstblue.bsky.social @mstblue.bsky.social · 57m

Boo!

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Gavin Esler @gavinesler.bsky.social · 3h

I agree is looks like a major shift - or to put it another way, at last a recognition of reality.

Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 21h

This strikes me as a pretty major Brexit shift from Starmer.

Perhaps the beginning of 'Brexit is sh1t and has caused real economic damage'.

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mstblue.bsky.social @mstblue.bsky.social · 1h

@joannechocolat.bsky.social just finished ‘The Moonlight Market’ and absolutely blown away by it. Reminders of a childhood steeped in magic, faeries and folklore. And that you’re never too old to believe. Thank you!

mstblue.bsky.social @mstblue.bsky.social · 5h

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Grr! @kevsta.chelsfc.me
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mstblue.bsky.social @mstblue.bsky.social · 1d

This is great news. Pity I missed it!

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 1d

Oh look its another White home grown criminal.

Like they mostly are.

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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 1d

Indeed the Nazis were so pickled in hateful propaganda that in Hungary for example once it became obvious that the war was lost, rather than back off & save their own skins, they accelerated the mass murder so that they could realise their antisemitic fever dreams before their date with the hangman

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NevereverDave.bsky.social @nevereverdave.bsky.social · 1d

The British by Poet Mr #BenjaminZephaniah

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The British by Benjamin Zephaniah

"Take some Picts, Celts and Silures And let them settle, Then overrun them with Roman conquerors.

Remove the Romans after approximately 400 years Add lots of Norman French to some Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Vikings, then stir vigorously.

Mix some hot Chileans, cool Jamaicans, Dominicans, Trinidadians and Bajans with some Ethiopians, Chinese, Vietnamese and Sudanese.

Then take a blend of Somalians, Sri Lankans, Nigerians And Pakistanis, Combine with some Guyanese And turn up the heat.

Sprinkle some fresh Indians, Malaysians, Bosnians, Iraqis and Bangladeshis together with some Afghans, Spanish, Turkish, Kurdish, Japanese And Palestinians Then add to the melting pot.

Leave the ingredients to simmer.

As they mix and blend allow their languages to flourish Binding them together with English.

Allow time to be cool.

Add some unity, understanding, and respect for the future, Serve with justice And enjoy.

Note: All the ingredients are equally important. Treating one ingredient better than another will leave a bitter unpleasant taste.

Warning: An unequal spread of justice will damage the people and cause pain. Give justice and equality to all."

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mstblue.bsky.social @mstblue.bsky.social · 1d

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 1d

Today’s antique shop find: a bottle of Guerlain’s Eau Imperiale AND WITH SOME STILL LEFT INSIDE. And the shopkeeper let me dab some! The 19th century, stored in scent…

mstblue.bsky.social @mstblue.bsky.social · 1d

Though it does say *up to! Not that it makes a difference.

mstblue.bsky.social @mstblue.bsky.social · 1d

And how many of these are properly vetted?

mstblue.bsky.social @mstblue.bsky.social · 1d

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Wasn’t expecting that @kevsta.chelsfc.me !
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mstblue.bsky.social @mstblue.bsky.social · 1d

Tougher today, 20 guesses.

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mstblue.bsky.social @mstblue.bsky.social · 1d

I’m here for Rubes, unbelievable the time that has passed since he last played for England. #AlwaysABlue 💙

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Morten Morland @mortenmorland.bsky.social · 1d

Friday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve been saying this for ten years now but possibly not often enough: Ask Them What They Think The Words They’re Using Mean. And then ask them to name the ‘problematic’ people. We had ‘sovereignty’, ‘laws’ & ‘unelected bureaucrats’. The US now has ‘Antifa’, the ‘radical left’ & ‘insurrection’. Ask!

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mstblue.bsky.social @mstblue.bsky.social · 1d

😂 Didn’t even know they were playing!

mstblue.bsky.social @mstblue.bsky.social · 2d

Oh, only there for a long day but it was lovely. All that blue! 👌🏻
Have a fabulous time. 💙

mstblue.bsky.social @mstblue.bsky.social · 2d

😂 Brilliant man, and Hancock! 😉

dag @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 2d

For the uninitiated, this is an allusion to the brilliant Tony Hancock in "Twelve Angry Men" written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.

Such a pity that the Washington reporter did not reply "A brave Hungarian peasant girl" in answer to Trump's "Who?".

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Tony Hancock and Magna Carta

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James Vaughan @equusonthebuses.bsky.social · 2d

Occasional reminder that the "distracted boyfriend" meme has its origins in a pre-WW1 Punch cartoon about Anglo-German relations...

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Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 2d

In @thetimes.com letters page today

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mstblue.bsky.social @mstblue.bsky.social · 2d

Oh dear…!

Mr Roger Quimbly @rogerquimbly.bsky.social · 2d

Conservative Comic Con cosplay. Robert Crumb, Dr Combover Neckbeard, evil mutant, FBI agent.

mstblue.bsky.social @mstblue.bsky.social · 2d

Many fond (and not so fond) memories of that time. I actually quite liked number 2 single (don’t shoot me) and my parents bought me Slade Alive for Christmas. Have no idea what happened to it though.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 2d

Trump Dangles Shutdown Paychecks, FAA Stretches Thin & FBI Looks for Amelia Earhart

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Trump Dangles Shutdown Paychecks, FAA Stretches Thin & FBI Looks for Amelia Earhart | The Daily Show

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