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Sam Coleridge

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Sam Coleridge @samcoleridge.bsky.social · Jul 8

Just in case anyone's not entirely clear about Farage's motivation and non stop shuttling back and forth to MAGAland.

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Trump is working on regime change in Europe — fact, not conspiracy theory

On 27 May, an official document, The Need for Civilizational Allies in Europe, calling for regime change in European countries was published, written by a senior adviser for the Bureau for Democracy, ...

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Sam Coleridge @samcoleridge.bsky.social · 17h

Appropos the seedy coterie of men under current media scrutiny:

"He was a great friend of mine. Well, as much as you could be a friend of his, unless you were a fourteen-year-old nymphet."

Truman Capote (about Faulkner)

Sam Coleridge @samcoleridge.bsky.social · 2d

My first job was selling programs at Southend dog track.
Common sight, side door opening and a dead dog chucked in the back of a van.

Sam Coleridge @samcoleridge.bsky.social · 8d

This breathless, live action tracking of the missing man on BBC Radio News is fucking insane, worthy of OAN.

Sam Coleridge @samcoleridge.bsky.social · Sep 1

£5 × 11,500 =

Are these "expenses" in the room with you now?

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Sam Coleridge @samcoleridge.bsky.social · Aug 31

"Save Are Oil!"

Sam Coleridge @samcoleridge.bsky.social · Aug 30

channelling Rebekah

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Malaclypse the Middle @malaclypse.bsky.social · Aug 30

“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been.The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge”

Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · Aug 29

RFK Jr: We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism.

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Sam Coleridge @samcoleridge.bsky.social · Aug 29

Her print journalism BA is older than that, being put to great use.

Sam Coleridge @samcoleridge.bsky.social · Aug 29

The problem is that they know that and don't care.

Sam Coleridge @samcoleridge.bsky.social · Aug 29

I think that's the plan, although there's some problems with that imo.
Mainly performative, like Trump's laying on of hands.

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Sam Coleridge @samcoleridge.bsky.social · Aug 29

Derbyshire Reform's decided on praying before council meetings instead.

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Sam Coleridge @samcoleridge.bsky.social · Aug 29

I remember "true believer" being stated as a requirement for a Reform Border Force application.
Do you get a black uniform?

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Lizzie Kodpuak née Acid Lich (Gröbnerpilled era) @acidlich.bsky.social · Aug 28

I enjoyed the world of PKD much better when I didn’t live in it

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Sam Coleridge @samcoleridge.bsky.social · Aug 28

What a surprise

Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · Aug 28

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK would allow a fossil fuel company owned by a Donald Trump donor to open up a huge fracking site in Greater Lincolnshire

It "shows exactly whose interests they serve – and it’s certainly not ordinary people" says @tessakhan.bsky.social‬

www.desmog.com/2025/08/27/r...

Reform Plans to Hand Fracking Windfall to Trump Donor

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK would allow a fossil fuel company owned by a Donald Trump donor to open up a huge fracking site in Greater Lincolnshire, DeSmog can reveal. Andrea Jenkyns, Reform’s mayor in t...

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Sam Coleridge @samcoleridge.bsky.social · Aug 27

There was no choice of contractor, unfortunately.

Sam Coleridge @samcoleridge.bsky.social · Aug 27

Also government grants to landlords with qualifying tenants for~£50k for solar, heat pumps etc.
A friend's landlord qualified, mayhem for weeks, cowboy contractor signed it off themselves with outstanding snagging list, no government involvement apart from giving the money. ECO 4 scheme, I think.