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PinkTweets @pinktweets.bsky.social · 4d

Don't be fooled. The only reason the USDA is barring Chinese nationals from buying U.S. farmland is that they want to be sure it is available for U.S. oligarchs to purchase on the cheap as the farms go into bankruptcy.

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Paul [email protected] @paulkerr.bsky.social · 4d

Now, we're getting to the basics. They can only fool some of the people, all of the time. Eventually, the truth has to come out.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 14d

'Farage Boats' is a useful term and should be normalised.

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 14d

“I would gently point out to Nigel Farage that before we left the EU we had a returns agreement with every country in the EU. He told the country it would make no difference if we left. He was wrong about that. These are Farage boats in many senses coming across the channel” 👏

PM Keir Starmer

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14d

Folks — this is not a normal government shutdown.

Let me explain the stakes and how we got here.

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Paul [email protected] @paulkerr.bsky.social · 14d

It's an easy route to prevent disagreement with goverment policy. This removal of civil liberty will identify critics, no matter how reasonable the criticism is.

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Paul [email protected] @paulkerr.bsky.social · 18d

According to the efforts needed to surf the net this morning, on my various machines, this is now a totalitarian aspect of life. Be careful online, there appears to be very few havens. Unless of course, it's where your illegitimate stash of tax is held.

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Paul [email protected] @paulkerr.bsky.social · 17d

It's difficult to work out whose side Starmer is on? It appears he is not on the side of the population of the UK. He, or others are definitely working for someone else. Who? is the question that needs to be answered. Starmer needs to be relieved of his duplicitous stewardship, of this country.

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 18d

Trump and Republicans want chaos. We want truth. That’s why we’re flooding the feeds and storming every platform. No more silence. No more excuses. Join the fight, share the storm, and make them own this shutdown 👇
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#TrumpsGovernmentShutdown

Republicans Own This Shutdown Crisis

Don’t let them spin it! Help us hold them accountable! Take action. Post, share, and flood the feeds with truth🔥

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RedScreech @redscreech.fellas.army · 18d

Polls are useless and highly unreliable. /ignore

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Paul [email protected] @paulkerr.bsky.social · 18d

According to the efforts needed to surf the net this morning, on my various machines, this is now a totalitarian aspect of life. Be careful online, there appears to be very few havens. Unless of course, it's where your illegitimate stash of tax is held.

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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 19d

I have just submitted an FOI to the Home Office demanding FULL TRANSPARENCY on Palantir’s role in tomorrow’s “Brit Card” mandatory digital ID scheme 🚨
WHY THIS MATTERS: Palantir already has its surveillance tentacles deep in UK infrastructure with 24+ government contracts including:
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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 24d

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Paul [email protected] @paulkerr.bsky.social · 29d

Exciting times ahead. Your party, appears to be just the answer people have been looking for, in the UK. Good luck and best wishes to this new movement.

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Will🇺🇸📎✌️🌲 @econaturalist.bsky.social · Sep 13

The Human Race.

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Aut. Stuart Miller 📖✍️🤓 @authorstuartmiller.bsky.social · Aug 31

Let's help this teacher @techysaavy.bsky.social clear her classroom list!

If you can't or don't want to, that's fine, but at the very least, please repost for more exposure

Rosina O @techysaavy.bsky.social · Aug 30

I am a nyc teacher and would love color ink to make some copies from time to time for my special needs students. They learn better with color. Please repost. www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...

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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · Aug 31

I need a place to stay in the UK for a couple of weeks, can anyone help?

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Paul [email protected] @paulkerr.bsky.social · Aug 21

Hmm! I have no idea
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Paul [email protected] @paulkerr.bsky.social · Aug 17

Saxony. The 18th century. Level upon level of Aristocracy. Maybe she has gained her position due to opening doors for Nepotists & hibernating imperialists. None with this family history, are likely to accede their family's position. The path to promotion, is endless.
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Ernst Albrecht (politician, born 1930) - Wikipedia

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Paul [email protected] @paulkerr.bsky.social · Aug 14

It's very refreshing that someone as forthright and honest as yourself, is in amongst the very worst of us, trying to give honesty and decency a foothold. It must feel like a fruitless task. Thank you, for your efforts.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · Aug 12

Tesco makes nearly £4bn profit.

Nearly 50% of its workforce are on Universal Credit, receiving about £600m a year.

Why isn't Tesco paying?

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rosiecheeks.bsky.social @rosiecheeks.bsky.social · Aug 8

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Diane Messias @comedywriter.bsky.social · Aug 11

The minimum qualifications for joining the MET need looking at…

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · Aug 11

Right wing coup.

Dissent must be suppressed.

The Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Act 2021: Govt can authorise agents to commit murder, torture, rape and phone-tapping with complete immunity because it is “in the interests of the economic well-being of the United Kingdom”.

How we can fight back against the right-wing coup

For a better future the power of corporations and wealthy elites must be curbed and reversed

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Paul [email protected] @paulkerr.bsky.social · Aug 11

Yes. There's the main protagonist. He has done a lot of damage, in the UK too. Why at 95 years old, does he still bother?

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Paul [email protected] @paulkerr.bsky.social · Aug 11

I liked the prospects of Andy Burnham as a leader of a socially inclined Labour Party. However, his becoming Mayor of Greater Manchester, links him to the SEZ Freeports issue. I'm not sure a socially inclined Labour Party, can operate within a society's structure in conjunction with corporate nature

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