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Bob Jamieson
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Male, retired. Equality for all, regardless of gender, colour or sexual orientation. Society without socialism is not society, but exploitation of the weakest. He/him
#democraticsocialism #LGBTQally #transally #EU #SNP #antifascist #SOSNHS #FOSS
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New Year’s Revels on the Eve of the Crash
I’ve always found December, especially its ending and the handover to January, a series of emotional swings and roundabouts.
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December 29, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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21st Century Capitalism Made 1931 Our Future
Yesterday, a fierce winter storm crashed into my region.
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December 27, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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December 27, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Every single time they tell blatant lies, this is what needs to happen immediately.
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MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?

NOEM: We haven't deported veterans

MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 12, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Merry Christmas, everyone!
Merry Christmas, everyone!
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December 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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How to Get Rich Quick by Lady Michelle Mone
Former underwear model Michelle Mone is truly one of the success stories of our time, having got rich and become a baroness, despite having no talent and contributing nothing to society.
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December 23, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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Most principled man in politics demands policy he opposed under Corbyn
Wes Streeting, the most principled man in UK politics, has demandeed a policy that he vehemently opposed when JEremy Corbyn was Labour leader.
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December 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Christmas 1945 — A Hard-Won Peace We Squandered
Today marks the winter solstice, the northern hemisphere’s darkest day of the year.
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December 21, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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DoJ proves Trump is not a paedo by redacting 90% of Epstein files
For months, there has been concern that the Epstein files could mistakenly suggest Trump and his friends are paedophiles.
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December 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Their Christmas, 1930 — Became Ours in 2025
About This Recording
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December 20, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Government announces exciting plan to put spyware in every device that can't be removed
All of us agree that the one thing the government could do to solve the cost of living crisis and make life bearable for everyone is to put surveillance software in our devices and spy on everything w...
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December 19, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Force the government to meet with the Palestine Action hunger strikers NOW
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Force the government to meet with the Palestine Action hunger strikers NOW
Palestine Action activists are in the middle of their hunger strike, and their situation is desperate. Some of them have not eaten for 46 days. They have been refused medical attention, their communic...
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December 18, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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The American Empire Fell Gradually, Then Suddenly.
The collapse of the West in 2025 arrived the way Hemingway described bankruptcy: gradually, then suddenly.
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December 17, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Trump hopeful land attacks on Venezuela will distract from release of Epstein files
President Trump has decided to launch land strikes against Venezuela to stop people talking about the embarrassing stuff in the Esptein files.
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December 17, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Capitalism: A Groundhog Day of Economic Tyranny
This past weekend had other plans for me than I intended.
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December 16, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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"She Was Snatched From Us Because We Are Poor"
The past haunts everyone, whether it’s our own personal history, the history of our society, or the history of our nation.
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December 12, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Patriot who tragically died while hanging flag on lamp post to be given state funeral
Somebody’s drunk uncle has died on his patriotic mission to save his neighbourhood from foreigners by tying flags to lamp posts.
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December 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Prince Andrew hugely relieved to be kept out of grooming gang inquiry
When the government announced it was launching an inquiry into grooming gangs, there was huge concern about which grooming gangs would be targeted and whether our favourite paedophiles, such as Prince...
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December 12, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Snow Falling Over Democracy’s Corpse
The snow began falling yesterday and hasn’t stopped since.
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December 11, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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History Warned, But We Failed to Listen
When Harry Leslie Smith published Don’t Let My Past Be Your Future in 2017, he intended it as 20th century history and commentary on 21st century politics.
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December 9, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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The Working Class Must Reclaim Its History Before the 1% Writes Our Future
This is the opening chapter of Life on the Never, Never, the third volume of Harry Leslie Smith’s trilogy memoir cycle begun with The Green and Pleasant Land. This book chronicles life in post-war Bri...
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December 6, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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Four European countries forced to make way for Asian country in Eurovision
Four European countries have been forced to make way for an Asian country in the Eurovision Song Contest.
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December 6, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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The Ghost of our Christmas Future sleeps in doorways
It’s the season, I suppose, that triggers the thought. When I brush past a homeless person in December, I think: there stands our Christmas Future.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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My Stalker and the Digital Storm Troopers of Fascism
This is a story unfolding in real time, one I never imagined would happen to me.
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November 30, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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“Thirty Days in the Hole”
Who could be proud of doing a job like that is beyond me — protecting shop owners from potential 21st-century Jean Valjeans.
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November 29, 2025 at 10:17 PM