Bodge
bodgerboardman.bsky.social
Bodge
@bodgerboardman.bsky.social
Bald, middle aged & loving life… champagne socialist from NW of 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 living in NE… would quite like to rejoin🇪🇺… fan of 🐎 NMA & LFC
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Worth noting there were more white British people marching for Palestine than the ‘racist’ protests aimed at asylum seekers. By an absolute landslide. One to note for us all, especially in media and politics.
August 10, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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Well, I’m shocked. It turns out that Labour adding VAT to private school fees did *not* lead to an exodus to the state sector, despite the hysteria of critics. Who would have thought it?? Y’know, other than every normal person in the country. www.theguardian.com/education/20...
No exodus to state sector after VAT added to private school fees, say English councils
Most say they have seen no impact on applications for year 7 places, despite warnings from those against policy
www.theguardian.com
March 10, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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March 2, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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I think BBC news' problem with Trump is this. In most cases you can be both impartial and truthful, which is great. But sometimes you can't, eg climate science, vaccine safety. Splitting the difference in the "debate" means misleading people. Covering Trump is in that category.
March 2, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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The economic cost of Brexit to the UK now exceeds what it paid into the EU over its entire 47 years of membership.

A colossal, unprecedented act of economic self-harm sold to a nation by grifters and snake oil salesmen.
January 4, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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Smuggling gangs don't tend to worry about whether they are breaking the law, and if you remove one another will always pop up. The absolute, only, way to tackle gangs is by making it safer, and simpler, for people to seek asylum without needing to use them. #r4today

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Germany to tighten people-smuggling law in UK deal
The Joint Action Plan sees Germany commit to making it easier to prosecute those facilitating people-smuggling to the UK.
www.bbc.com
December 10, 2024 at 7:05 AM
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💥 Almost HALF of Brits think the EU is our most important trading partner. 2/
December 6, 2024 at 7:22 AM
For those of a certain vintage…
December 6, 2024 at 12:52 PM
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Hi Blueskyers. I run the organization @protectdemocracy.org which aims to do just that.

Over the past decade we’ve won countless cases to protect voters and truth, helped pass legislation, and unfortunately predicted much of what’s happened.

Follow and repost so we can keep doing that here.
November 24, 2024 at 6:51 PM