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Sir Basil @sirbasil.bsky.social · 3h

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Sir Basil @sirbasil.bsky.social · 3h

a close up of a woman 's face looking out of a window .

ALT: a close up of a woman 's face looking out of a window .

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Doc Paperback @docpaperback.bsky.social · 6h

Hamas and Likud-IDF agree a ceasefire.
Oh, that's all right then.

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Sir Basil @sirbasil.bsky.social · 7h

Well said, Graham....an inconvenient truth

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Sir Basil @sirbasil.bsky.social · 18h

Marginally less frequent

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The Onion @theonion.com · 18h

Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis

CAIRO—As part of a historic ceasefire agreement with Hamas following two years of war, the Israeli government reportedly agreed Thursday to go back to killing Palestinians on a less frequent basis. “I...

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Sir Basil @sirbasil.bsky.social · 18h

I knew he was going to say this....I had a tip off

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 19h

The UK is in collective denial about the damage a populist nationalist government could do given thd absence of checks and balances in our system. Not sure why, since we had a pretty close run a few years ago.

Melissa Jo Peltier @melissjpeltier.bsky.social · 19h

As an American watching our best & most crucial institutions crumble in less than a year under Trump, I suggest you make as many of these changes now, while you can.
We didn’t, obviously.

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Compassion in World Farming UK @ciwf.org.uk · 20h

It's 2025, in a so-called nation of animal lovers, & yet in the UK, 7 million hens are still trapped in cages every year.

It's time to end cages for ALL UK hens once & for all.

Please join us in urging the UK Government to #EndTheCageAge ➡️ bit.ly/3J3mbVy

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Sir Basil @sirbasil.bsky.social · 1d

We used to be at the table making these kind of decisions.

But sovereignty, or something

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Sir Basil @sirbasil.bsky.social · 1d

Correct

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Sir Basil @sirbasil.bsky.social · 1d

The Brexit-supporting Spectator owned by Brexit-supporting Paul Marshall publishes an article on why EU tariffs (possible now because of Brexit), mean we should let the British steel industry die....without a single mention of the word "Brexit"

www.spectator.co.uk/article/its-...

Britain's steel industry must die

It already faced tariffs in the United States, and it has been struggling to cope with some of the highest industrial energy prices in the world. Now what remains of the British steel industry faces w...

www.spectator.co.uk

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 1d

Children around the world have died because Trump and Musk needlessly destroyed USAID. These are some of their stories.

apnews.com/article/myan...

AP: Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 6d

I am just so fucking proud of her.

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Sir Basil @sirbasil.bsky.social · 2d

Crikey, Alan B'stard has let himself go!

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Sir Basil @sirbasil.bsky.social · 2d

23.6.2016

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Sir Basil @sirbasil.bsky.social · 2d

UK governments will have to continue trying to put the shit back into the donkey since we failed The Great British IQ Test of 2016

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 2d

Keir Starmer says the government is in talks with the EU about steel tariffs amid reports that Europe is about to introduce massive 50% tariffs on steel from outside the bloc, including from the UK

www.itv.com/news/2025-10...

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Sir Basil @sirbasil.bsky.social · 2d

Brexit becomes more expensive by the month

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RITTÆR @rittaer.bsky.social · 2d

Moin

Cartoon in Schwarzweiß: Ein Priester schüttet aus einer Kaffeekanne Kaffee auf eine liegende, im Raum schwebende Person. Die Szene ist dem Film The Exorcism of Emily Rose nachempfunden. Dazu Text "The Power of Coffee compels you". Quelle: imgur

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Sir Basil @sirbasil.bsky.social · 2d

23.6.2016

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Sir Basil @sirbasil.bsky.social · 2d

I grew up in Scunthorpe....you wouldn't believe how many steel workers voted for Brexit

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Sir Basil @sirbasil.bsky.social · 2d

UK governments will have to continue trying to put the shit back into the donkey since we failed The Great British IQ Test of 2016

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 2d

Keir Starmer says the government is in talks with the EU about steel tariffs amid reports that Europe is about to introduce massive 50% tariffs on steel from outside the bloc, including from the UK

www.itv.com/news/2025-10...

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 2d

Utterly beholden to lobbyists, staggeringly ignorant and dismissive of the natural world: Rachel Reeves might not look or sound like Donald Trump, but she is behaving very much like him. This government is even more of an ecological hazard than the Tories were.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Rachel Reeves clears planning blockage amid ‘good relationship’ with developer

Exclusive: Chancellor says 20,000 homes were being held up due to ‘some snails that are a protected species or something’

www.theguardian.com

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Sir Basil @sirbasil.bsky.social · 3d

It's a real shock to me that wholly unqualified, alarmingly inadequate clowns have found running a complex, £ multi-million public services organisation somewhat tricky!

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Sir Basil @sirbasil.bsky.social · 3d

IMHO,that the Tories think Jenrick is the answer demonstrates that they are still crashing around in the wilderness

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