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Martyn Brunt
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Former Team GB swimmer and triathlete, and one time runner for England (literally one time). Greenway builder, hedgehog fosterer, wild gardener, ageing punk, book author, and if I can't bring my dogs, I'm not coming. PUSB.
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Policy by Pub Bore. He's just that spittle-flecked Hate Guy in the corner of your done-up bar saying that modern beer is horrible and anyone under 50 is lazy and a loser. As beatable a politician as there'll ever be.
BREAKING: Nigel Farage calls for an end to working from home and the focus on work-life balance

"People aren't more productive working from home - it's a load of nonsense”

Whatever you do JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM!
February 9, 2026 at 7:09 PM
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Man who doesn't turn up to do his job, tells a room full of retired people that working from home is bad.
BREAKING: Nigel Farage calls for an end to working from home and the focus on work-life balance

"People aren't more productive working from home - it's a load of nonsense”

Whatever you do JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM!
February 9, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Post a banger not in English
youtu.be/jda_k6r9R1A?...
February 9, 2026 at 7:37 PM
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The party that just want to love and protect women and girls strikes again
Jeremy Kyle is interviewing Reform MPs at a live press conference

Discussing who might take over from Keir Starmer as PM, Kyle just said: "She's had a makeover, Angela"

Lee Anderson: "She's throwing her money away, isn't she, to be honest with you"

*applause from the audience*
February 9, 2026 at 4:53 PM
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Being a nemesis of something toxic isn't quite the insult they hoped it would be!

Please give my petition a boost, if you think the premise is reasonable? I believe think-tank funding to sway media and policy needs to be debated and made transparent:

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...
Petition: Require all think tanks to disclose their donors, funding, and media spending
Research bodies and representation of specialist interests is important when making policy. However, think tanks go beyond merely brainstorming ideas and presenting data and arguments. They can push s...
petition.parliament.uk
February 5, 2026 at 4:11 PM
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EXC: Nigel Farage has been accused of having no solution to Britain's problems by his own candidate. Matt Goodwin repeatedly attacked the Farage in historic posts, as well as the Reform party as a whole
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Farage accused of having no answer to UK's problems by his own candidate
In posts from just last year, Matt Goodwin, the Reform UK candidate, claimed if Mr Farage became Prime Minister support for him would 'collapse quickly' due to him being 'fairly divisiv...
www.mirror.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 5:23 PM
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Crockett: "The US is falling apart, partially bc he's allowing for killings in the street, but also bc we have a 34 count convicted felon being shielded from any type of accountability as it relates to a child sex trafficking ring. I don't understand why we're pretending any of this is normal."
February 9, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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'The Fortune Teller.' (c1920) In much of his work of this period, John Bulloch Souter's portraits challenged early 20thC British norms, influencing debates on morality, censorship, and the expressive power of figurative art.
February 9, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Improve your day 1000% by watching Dr Teeth and the Electric Mayhem's performance of Jungle Boogie.
youtu.be/h4Bq69HfR0Y?...
Jungle Boogie | Muppets Music Video | The Muppets
YouTube video by The Muppets
youtu.be
February 9, 2026 at 5:16 PM
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This report implies that 'Andrew' may have broken the Official Secrets Acts (& I wonder if the same could be possible of Mandelson?) and if so I wonder whether that, rather than 'Misconduct in Public Office' might, in both cases, form the basis of a prosecution?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Andrew shared confidential information with Epstein as trade envoy, files suggest
Under official guidance, trade envoys have a duty of confidentiality over sensitive, commercial, or political information.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 8, 2026 at 6:33 PM
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Socialist Seguro wins landslide victory against far right in Portugal's presidential election.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/...
Portugal elects Socialist Party’s Seguro as president in landslide
With 95 percent of votes counted, 63-year-old Antonio Jose Seguro is on 66 percent.
www.aljazeera.com
February 8, 2026 at 11:17 PM
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UK trains, including in Scotland, are all rented.

It is the most profitable part of the rail network and was privatised in 1993-1997.

Now we rent £9bn worth of trains which last for 25 years, for £3bn a year.

It is the worst deal ever.
February 9, 2026 at 12:11 AM
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i just saw someone say "Kid Rock makes music for the people who have tattoos of their kids but not custody" and hol up i need a minute
February 9, 2026 at 4:22 AM
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A constant reminder: You're not stuck in traffic, you are traffic.
February 9, 2026 at 8:57 AM
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This is absolutely insane. The sort of Kafka-esque nightmare you would find in a Philip K Dick book set far in the dystopian future. A window on America tumbling into autocracy.

www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:59 AM
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'Share' if you agree we need more people like Chris in this world!
February 9, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Repost with a photo of yours that would make a good album cover
February 9, 2026 at 12:45 PM
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Something magnificent about Kemi Badenoch's self-confidence, and her claim that the Mandelson affair is entirely down to her asking questions at PMQs. Like a toddler who thinks their plastic steering wheel is controlling the car.
February 9, 2026 at 8:07 AM
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Farage was banging on about Turkish barbers, so these lads in Glasgow did this.

It's in Dumbarton Road, if you fancy a trim.
February 7, 2026 at 12:07 PM
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Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century.

He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
February 8, 2026 at 7:50 PM
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Elon’s emails to Epstein.
Location: Starbase, Texas
February 8, 2026 at 9:10 PM
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Rétro Station Service ⛽️ ESSO ⛽️ avec une voiture 2cv années 80
February 8, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Who’s the super bowl halftime performer?
*wrong answers only*
February 8, 2026 at 10:13 PM