Tim the Raver
@tg59.bsky.social
Ageing provocateur. Charity Trustee. Stoke City. Notts cricket. Trance, tech and house music. Ales. Equality, decency, fairness, integrity. Just a little bit woke. Left and progressive. European #FBPE
All views my own.
All views my own.
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The Seven Social Sins are:
Wealth without work.
Pleasure without conscience.
Knowledge without character.
Commerce without morality.
Science without humanity.
Worship without sacrifice.
Politics without principle.
From a sermon by Frederick Lewis Donaldson, Westminster Abbey, London, 20 March 1925
Wealth without work.
Pleasure without conscience.
Knowledge without character.
Commerce without morality.
Science without humanity.
Worship without sacrifice.
Politics without principle.
From a sermon by Frederick Lewis Donaldson, Westminster Abbey, London, 20 March 1925
December 13, 2025 at 6:31 AM
The Seven Social Sins are:
Wealth without work.
Pleasure without conscience.
Knowledge without character.
Commerce without morality.
Science without humanity.
Worship without sacrifice.
Politics without principle.
From a sermon by Frederick Lewis Donaldson, Westminster Abbey, London, 20 March 1925
Wealth without work.
Pleasure without conscience.
Knowledge without character.
Commerce without morality.
Science without humanity.
Worship without sacrifice.
Politics without principle.
From a sermon by Frederick Lewis Donaldson, Westminster Abbey, London, 20 March 1925
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They will never get tired of playing this record until you get tired of listening.
December 12, 2025 at 6:59 PM
They will never get tired of playing this record until you get tired of listening.
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Interesting isn't it that if you interfere enough they stop mentioning it, or even call you 'ally'.
December 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Interesting isn't it that if you interfere enough they stop mentioning it, or even call you 'ally'.
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BBC: Germany accuses Russia of 2024 cyber attack and election disinformation campaign
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www.bbc.com/news/article...
Germany accuses Russia of 2024 cyber attack and election disinformation campaign
The Russian ambassador is summoned over a cyber-attack on air traffic control and attempted electoral interference.
www.bbc.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:35 PM
BBC: Germany accuses Russia of 2024 cyber attack and election disinformation campaign
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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~ The Institute of Economics Affairs has pocketed over £600,000 from big oil and Murdoch - Left Foot Forward ~
https://leftfootforward.org/2025/12/the-institute-of-economics-affairs-has-pocketed-over-600000-from-big-oil-and-murdoch/
https://leftfootforward.org/2025/12/the-institute-of-economics-affairs-has-pocketed-over-600000-from-big-oil-and-murdoch/
The Institute of Economics Affairs has pocketed over £600,000 from big oil and Murdoch - Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
The free-market think tank has taken money from oil companies and Rupert Murdoch’s outlets while campaigning against climate action
leftfootforward.org
December 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
~ The Institute of Economics Affairs has pocketed over £600,000 from big oil and Murdoch - Left Foot Forward ~
https://leftfootforward.org/2025/12/the-institute-of-economics-affairs-has-pocketed-over-600000-from-big-oil-and-murdoch/
https://leftfootforward.org/2025/12/the-institute-of-economics-affairs-has-pocketed-over-600000-from-big-oil-and-murdoch/
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No, of course he didn't 'deserve this'. He deserved politicians & media that provide fact-based information instead of fuelling his emotions for their own advantage. He deserved education that teaches critical thinking & an economy that pays living wages. He deserved solutions instead of scapegoats.
Tributes pour in after man dies falling from ladder while putting up Union Jack flags | LBC
Paul Lumber, 60, died after falling from a ladder near his South Bristol home on November 23.
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December 12, 2025 at 2:39 PM
No, of course he didn't 'deserve this'. He deserved politicians & media that provide fact-based information instead of fuelling his emotions for their own advantage. He deserved education that teaches critical thinking & an economy that pays living wages. He deserved solutions instead of scapegoats.
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Farage, Badenoch, and unfortunately a.significant proportion of the British public creaming their pants at the prospect of the UK doing the same soon.
What would you do if you saw a child being attacked for no reason other than the color of their skin?
There are predators roaming the streets & brutalizing & abducting women & children. They work for our government. You're effin paying them to do this!
Stop #ICELawlessness
Congress: 202-224-3121
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There are predators roaming the streets & brutalizing & abducting women & children. They work for our government. You're effin paying them to do this!
Stop #ICELawlessness
Congress: 202-224-3121
🧵
December 12, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Farage, Badenoch, and unfortunately a.significant proportion of the British public creaming their pants at the prospect of the UK doing the same soon.
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Losers Gullis and Ben Bradley, now possibly disgraced Scott Benton will join Reform. Farage admits his party lacks experience. But recruits the morons and the pisstakers to make up for that.
Reform: Loitering around the Tory bins seeing what bits of their stinking rubbish they can recycle.
Reform: Loitering around the Tory bins seeing what bits of their stinking rubbish they can recycle.
December 12, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Losers Gullis and Ben Bradley, now possibly disgraced Scott Benton will join Reform. Farage admits his party lacks experience. But recruits the morons and the pisstakers to make up for that.
Reform: Loitering around the Tory bins seeing what bits of their stinking rubbish they can recycle.
Reform: Loitering around the Tory bins seeing what bits of their stinking rubbish they can recycle.
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I’m minded to agree.
Which is why I joined the Greens after observing Zak Polanski at work.
At mid-40’s I have to say the only decent time of my life was under Blair and that’s likely because I was young and less engaged.
There was hope. There was a zest about Britain.
There were also problems.
Which is why I joined the Greens after observing Zak Polanski at work.
At mid-40’s I have to say the only decent time of my life was under Blair and that’s likely because I was young and less engaged.
There was hope. There was a zest about Britain.
There were also problems.
There's nothing 'progressive' about 'centrism' - centrism is about stagnation and further decay; the pendulum swinging ever further to the right. The only truly progressive politics is centred on society and hope: that's socialism; proper, unapologetic left-wing socialism.
December 12, 2025 at 8:25 AM
I’m minded to agree.
Which is why I joined the Greens after observing Zak Polanski at work.
At mid-40’s I have to say the only decent time of my life was under Blair and that’s likely because I was young and less engaged.
There was hope. There was a zest about Britain.
There were also problems.
Which is why I joined the Greens after observing Zak Polanski at work.
At mid-40’s I have to say the only decent time of my life was under Blair and that’s likely because I was young and less engaged.
There was hope. There was a zest about Britain.
There were also problems.
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And I’ll tell you another thing about FIFA….robbing fucking cunts!
December 11, 2025 at 11:37 PM
And I’ll tell you another thing about FIFA….robbing fucking cunts!
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“900 peers there on Over Sized Records….next up from the Orb a Pointless 2nd Chamber that rules from the centre of a Gin Barrel…”
December 11, 2025 at 11:47 PM
“900 peers there on Over Sized Records….next up from the Orb a Pointless 2nd Chamber that rules from the centre of a Gin Barrel…”
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Whenever Farage talks about the NHS, he always suggests it needs replacing with an American system, never a European one. That's because he wants to earn money for himself out of our misfortune.
#FarageOut
#FarageOut
Ossoff: "She got her new insurance quote & it's $700 more per month than what she's paying now. She's diabetic. She had surgery a few months ago for something else. She told me she cried again bc she realized she's gonna have to cancel her insurance. She believes she might die bc of a policy choice"
December 11, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Whenever Farage talks about the NHS, he always suggests it needs replacing with an American system, never a European one. That's because he wants to earn money for himself out of our misfortune.
#FarageOut
#FarageOut
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Farage is a conman
Starmer is a robot
Badenoch is a moron
Starmer is a robot
Badenoch is a moron
Farage thinks I'm a maniac?
Starmer thinks the Greens are nuts?
Badenoch thinks I'm weird?
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Starmer thinks the Greens are nuts?
Badenoch thinks I'm weird?
Join.greenparty.org.uk
December 11, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Farage is a conman
Starmer is a robot
Badenoch is a moron
Starmer is a robot
Badenoch is a moron
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We need a coalition/working pact between the Lib Dem’s and the Greens in England.
We need a coalition/working pact between the Lib Dem’s and the Greens in England.
Labour has quietly gutted funding for Britain’s struggling regions – it’s an economic and political disaster | Larry Elliott
A stark new report highlights the price paid in Britain’s former industrial heartlands for this silent demolition job, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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We need a coalition/working pact between the Lib Dem’s and the Greens in England.
We need a coalition/working pact between the Lib Dem’s and the Greens in England.
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The European Investment Bank (EIB) doesn't just offer help for big projects. British farmers could get this kind of help, too, if we were back in the EU.
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
Meet Adrien.
He invested in his farm to modernise it, improve productivity and optimise his time.
With EIB Group support, farmers like him can invest & innovate.
Together, we're creating better working conditions for future generations & building the agriculture of tomorrow.
He invested in his farm to modernise it, improve productivity and optimise his time.
With EIB Group support, farmers like him can invest & innovate.
Together, we're creating better working conditions for future generations & building the agriculture of tomorrow.
December 11, 2025 at 11:16 AM
The European Investment Bank (EIB) doesn't just offer help for big projects. British farmers could get this kind of help, too, if we were back in the EU.
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
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"Eighty years after Russia and America carved up Europe at Yalta, the two powers are ganging up to impose their will on the continent again."
#We♡Europe
#We♡Europe
December 11, 2025 at 11:18 AM
"Eighty years after Russia and America carved up Europe at Yalta, the two powers are ganging up to impose their will on the continent again."
#We♡Europe
#We♡Europe
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Europe. Don’t be fooled by Starmer.
Human Right are unalienable Rights. Save Our Human Rights have been good for 75 years
Human Right are unalienable Rights. Save Our Human Rights have been good for 75 years
December 11, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Europe. Don’t be fooled by Starmer.
Human Right are unalienable Rights. Save Our Human Rights have been good for 75 years
Human Right are unalienable Rights. Save Our Human Rights have been good for 75 years
Just another normal day.
December 11, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Just another normal day.
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A case of the GP surgery deliberately misimplementing a simple process.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Tried using the new online GP booking system? I have – and it was almost as miserable as my chest infection | Simon Hattenstone
Wes Streeting’s plan to make booking easier made sense. Then I encountered an AI triagist, a stubborn receptionist and a Kafkaesque vicious circle, says Guardian feature writer Simon Hattenstone
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:36 AM
A case of the GP surgery deliberately misimplementing a simple process.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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We divide people, countries, languages into native & foreign. Those who grew up with more than one language or feel at home in more than one place know the magic: A multicultural life transforms others from foreign to friend. No longer strangers. No longer a threat.
#GoodMorning, everyone
#GoodMorning, everyone
December 11, 2025 at 6:02 AM
We divide people, countries, languages into native & foreign. Those who grew up with more than one language or feel at home in more than one place know the magic: A multicultural life transforms others from foreign to friend. No longer strangers. No longer a threat.
#GoodMorning, everyone
#GoodMorning, everyone
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Donald Trump, the transactional president
Days after FIFA awarded Trump a fake peace prize, DOJ moves to drop charges in FIFA corruption case www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
U.S. Moves to Drop Charges in International Soccer Corruption Case
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Donald Trump, the transactional president