Jon Patience
@smoulderstoat.bsky.social
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I mostly rant about housing.
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smoulderstoat.bsky.social
We had to host Eurovision?
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redpeter99.bsky.social
Yesterday, the US Ambassador in Oslo sought assurance that I would be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Sadly, the US has received no such assurance from the Nobel committee.
It is my solemn duty to inform you that we are now at war with Norway.
smoulderstoat.bsky.social
Also, the entire point of bad apples is that they make the whole barrel rot.
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pastpostcard.bsky.social
I am thinking of you because I am sad.
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nikkicoates.bsky.social
[subtweet of a much bigger account cos no one needs more of these types of argument] Ah you can have all the mild mannered TfL signs you like saying that not all disabilities are visible and yet people seem pretty confident they can spot arthritic joints from the outside
smoulderstoat.bsky.social
I think we're going to be OK as long as the prevailing winds don't change.
A map illustrating Donald Trump's retaliatory nuclear strike on Oslo.
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brianklaas.bsky.social
I wrote about some good news: a UK charity that's combating homelessness with some extremely simple, straightforward interventions that use flexible, decentralized decision-making and treat people as people. Their approach showcases the importance of experimental and evidence-based public policy:
Should we just give cash to the homeless?
A new charity is tackling homelessness with a simple approach. Does it work?
www.forkingpaths.co
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lewisbaston.bsky.social
The historical parallels are just too wincingly crude now, aren’t they?
onestpress.onestnetwork.com
Press pool: “On Trump’s desk in the Oval Office today was a plan for a triumphal arch on the other side of the river from the Lincoln Memorial”
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reformexposed.bsky.social
Reform Defunding Schools

Reform UK’s Flagship Kent Council is planning to take £2 million from schools’ already-squeezed budgets to pay for vital services it can no longer afford.

Linden Kemkaran, Reform’s Kent Leader is failing.

schoolsweek.co.uk/reform-run-k...
Reform-run Kent council plans £2m school budget raid
Leaders say proposals fly in face of pre-election pledges to identify efficiencies from 'DOGE' unit
schoolsweek.co.uk
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danneidle.bsky.social
Who benefits from the abolition of stamp duty land tax?

The first answer: people buying very expensive homes. Average saving for someone buying a £10m+ home is £1.7m. Average saving for someone buying a £250k-£500k home is £5k.
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sheltercharity.bsky.social
Shelly the snail began her slow but steady journey from Shell-ter HQ in East London, heading to the Housing Minister’s constituency in Greenwich, South London.

To deliver your postcards, asking the govt to speed up the Renters' Rights Bill.

The arrival of the bill is moving slower than Shelly🐌
smoulderstoat.bsky.social
The obvious solution would be to declare himself Emperor, surely?
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eliothiggins.bsky.social
Big presence on the beaches of Normandy in 1944 too.
premthakker.bsky.social
From Donald Trump's Roundtable on Antifa just now —
"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."
— special guest Jack Posobiec
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drjennings.bsky.social
You'd think there would be more interest from the US media that Trump is simply delusional - at best being fed complete fabrications by his team, at worst in serious cognitive decline and unable to recognise reality.
atrupar.com
Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."
smoulderstoat.bsky.social
Do it, Don. Visit the active war zone with loads of unexploded munitions lying around. You'll be fine.
atrupar.com
Q: Would you consider going to Gaza to see what things are like on the ground?

TRUMP: I would. I might do that.
smoulderstoat.bsky.social
This is down the road from me. Someone is having a firework display which has added a certain frisson to things.
lauraphillips.bsky.social
BBC’s Simon Jones: ‘Police have evacuated residents in four roads in Margate following a report of a property containing suspicious items. A cordon has been put in place and an Explosive Ordnance Disposal team from the Ministry of Defence is at the scene. One person has been arrested.’