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Anti-Tory/not pro-Labour/pro🇪🇺EU. 55 years: Chartered Accountant
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Live 1 mile from the English Channel.
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Anti-Tory/not pro-Labour/pro🇪🇺EU. 55 years: Chartered Accountant
Hybrid Celt: in East Sussex from 1986.
Live 1 mile from the English Channel.
Welcomes informed debate.
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@bbc5live.bsky.social please don't present Katherine Leavitt's propaganda as anything like the truth. The ICE agent committed what can only be described as murder.
January 8, 2026 at 7:17 AM
@bbc5live.bsky.social please don't present Katherine Leavitt's propaganda as anything like the truth. The ICE agent committed what can only be described as murder.
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We pay £1.5mn a year until 2033 to Prince William, whose Duchy of Cornwall owns the prison, for an unusable empty prison bit.ly/4bje5DV This deal done in 2022 by previous Conservative govt.
January 7, 2026 at 7:45 AM
We pay £1.5mn a year until 2033 to Prince William, whose Duchy of Cornwall owns the prison, for an unusable empty prison bit.ly/4bje5DV This deal done in 2022 by previous Conservative govt.
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“In 2022, drivers aged between 17-24 were involved in 25,698 road accidents, despite representing a far smaller group of licence holders. By contrast, those over 85 years - frequently cited as the highest risk group - were involved in just 979 accidents”
I'm not 70, but the new licence rulings seem unfair on post-70's in the light of the statistics. Why doesn't it apply to everyone if younger drivers are highest-risk group?
January 6, 2026 at 9:35 PM
“In 2022, drivers aged between 17-24 were involved in 25,698 road accidents, despite representing a far smaller group of licence holders. By contrast, those over 85 years - frequently cited as the highest risk group - were involved in just 979 accidents”
Quite.
As with virtually everything else Starmer’s stance mirrors ‘rabbit caught in headlights’!
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As with virtually everything else Starmer’s stance mirrors ‘rabbit caught in headlights’!
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Is Starmer’s reluctance to criticise Trump smart tactics – or the sign of a man without a plan? | Rafael Behr
Is Starmer’s reluctance to criticise Trump smart tactics – or the sign of a man without a plan? | Rafael Behr
The PM won’t call out Trump over Venezuela, and won’t commit to Europe. His refusal to choose leaves vital choices for Britain to be made by others, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 7:24 AM
Quite.
As with virtually everything else Starmer’s stance mirrors ‘rabbit caught in headlights’!
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As with virtually everything else Starmer’s stance mirrors ‘rabbit caught in headlights’!
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Completely and absolutely agree, the message Trump’s actions in Venezuela sends to Russia and China is that anything goes, international law be damned. Russia and China will act aggressively no matter what, but this adds cover to their agendas on Ukraine and Taiwan.
Nigel Farage expresses support for Trump's "unorthodox" breach of international law - on grounds that they may "make China and Russia think twice"
But the main impact on Russia and China will be to help them to legitimise aggression in cases like Ukraine and Taiwan, citing Trump/US as analogous.
But the main impact on Russia and China will be to help them to legitimise aggression in cases like Ukraine and Taiwan, citing Trump/US as analogous.
January 3, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Completely and absolutely agree, the message Trump’s actions in Venezuela sends to Russia and China is that anything goes, international law be damned. Russia and China will act aggressively no matter what, but this adds cover to their agendas on Ukraine and Taiwan.
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No wonder Starmer’s Labour is struggling, with the ethereal concepts contained in the final paragraphs of this piece. 25 years’ strategy!! - it would be as doomed as the execrable Tories are.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What is Keir Starmer doing to push back the populists? Not nearly enough. We have a plan to take them on | Chris Powell
There is much to learn from the New Labour playbook. We were disciplined, innovative, robust and proactive – and we won, says elections strategist Chris Powell
www.theguardian.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:59 AM
No wonder Starmer’s Labour is struggling, with the ethereal concepts contained in the final paragraphs of this piece. 25 years’ strategy!! - it would be as doomed as the execrable Tories are.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Gongs r’All doesn’t quite have the same caché so favours the drawbridge approach so common with upstarts.
Toby Young - who now sits as Baron Young of Acton in the House of Lords following his 2024 political peerage from the Conservative Leader of the Opposition - has tweeted bemoaning "handing out honours to a motley crew of woke failures" in policing, the NHS and the National Trust
December 31, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Gongs r’All doesn’t quite have the same caché so favours the drawbridge approach so common with upstarts.
Guess the formless peg of Starmer fits no hole.
The “political leaders are just always unpopular now” idea really does let Starmer’s operation off the hook for its deliberate efforts to alienate their own base.
The upsetting their own voters bit worked like a charm. Whatever else the plan was supposed to deliver…less so.
The upsetting their own voters bit worked like a charm. Whatever else the plan was supposed to deliver…less so.
I mean look at these graphs - 82% of 2024 Green voters disapprove of Starmer, 64% of LDs and 53% of the Labour voters *who explicitly voted for him less than two years ago.* That is not normal. I suspect it may be unprecedented.
December 31, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Guess the formless peg of Starmer fits no hole.
The insanity of the woman. 😳
December 26, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The insanity of the woman. 😳
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The irony is that if ever there was a Minister who needed to speak up for freedom of movement, it’s the Health Secretary, presiding over a sector that carries tens of thousands of vacancies, inhibiting its ability to deliver.
Apparently engaging with the EU is all about economics, while also avoiding freedom of movement. Sigh.
Anyone hoping to rejoin has a very very long wait.
Frankly, if you're a rejoiner over 50, I'd suggest taking up stamp collecting or bird watching instead. It'll be more fulfilling.
Anyone hoping to rejoin has a very very long wait.
Frankly, if you're a rejoiner over 50, I'd suggest taking up stamp collecting or bird watching instead. It'll be more fulfilling.
December 22, 2025 at 9:06 AM
The irony is that if ever there was a Minister who needed to speak up for freedom of movement, it’s the Health Secretary, presiding over a sector that carries tens of thousands of vacancies, inhibiting its ability to deliver.
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I've just signed the Liberal Democrats petition to Trump-proof the BBC.
The BBC is under attack from Trump and his cronies like Farage - we must defend our national broadcaster against those who want to destroy it.
Add your name here: www.libdems.org.uk/bbc
The BBC is under attack from Trump and his cronies like Farage - we must defend our national broadcaster against those who want to destroy it.
Add your name here: www.libdems.org.uk/bbc
Trump-proof the BBC
The BBC is our national broadcaster, we must defend it against those who want to destroy it.
www.libdems.org.uk
December 21, 2025 at 9:13 AM
I've just signed the Liberal Democrats petition to Trump-proof the BBC.
The BBC is under attack from Trump and his cronies like Farage - we must defend our national broadcaster against those who want to destroy it.
Add your name here: www.libdems.org.uk/bbc
The BBC is under attack from Trump and his cronies like Farage - we must defend our national broadcaster against those who want to destroy it.
Add your name here: www.libdems.org.uk/bbc
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"Some of them have been on hunger strike for 48 days"
Well done to @adilray.bsky.social for covering the Palestine hunger strikers and reading out their names on #GMB.
Well done to @adilray.bsky.social for covering the Palestine hunger strikers and reading out their names on #GMB.
December 19, 2025 at 7:11 AM
"Some of them have been on hunger strike for 48 days"
Well done to @adilray.bsky.social for covering the Palestine hunger strikers and reading out their names on #GMB.
Well done to @adilray.bsky.social for covering the Palestine hunger strikers and reading out their names on #GMB.
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As ever, the point is that what he did and said then is deeply relevant to what he does and thinks now. Reform's 'ideas and policies' are the direct descendants of his saying 'Hitler was right' and bullying a nine year old black kid when he was 17.
Reform is that bully. Still. Heart and soul.
Reform is that bully. Still. Heart and soul.
December 18, 2025 at 8:47 AM
As ever, the point is that what he did and said then is deeply relevant to what he does and thinks now. Reform's 'ideas and policies' are the direct descendants of his saying 'Hitler was right' and bullying a nine year old black kid when he was 17.
Reform is that bully. Still. Heart and soul.
Reform is that bully. Still. Heart and soul.
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As if Reform welcomes genuine debate on anything they do!!
We’d be more than happy to debate Reform on ‘the substance’ of their ideas and policies too. Because they’re also racist and ruinous.
We’d be more than happy to debate Reform on ‘the substance’ of their ideas and policies too. Because they’re also racist and ruinous.
December 18, 2025 at 9:02 AM
As if Reform welcomes genuine debate on anything they do!!
We’d be more than happy to debate Reform on ‘the substance’ of their ideas and policies too. Because they’re also racist and ruinous.
We’d be more than happy to debate Reform on ‘the substance’ of their ideas and policies too. Because they’re also racist and ruinous.
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As ever with Reform there's no attempt to take responsibility for Farage’s appalling behaviour as a schoolboy.
It's everyone else's fault that he said "Hitler was right" and bullied a 9 year old black kid when he was 17...
Poor Nigel is the real victim in all of this.
It's everyone else's fault that he said "Hitler was right" and bullied a 9 year old black kid when he was 17...
Poor Nigel is the real victim in all of this.
December 18, 2025 at 8:18 AM
As ever with Reform there's no attempt to take responsibility for Farage’s appalling behaviour as a schoolboy.
It's everyone else's fault that he said "Hitler was right" and bullied a 9 year old black kid when he was 17...
Poor Nigel is the real victim in all of this.
It's everyone else's fault that he said "Hitler was right" and bullied a 9 year old black kid when he was 17...
Poor Nigel is the real victim in all of this.
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You elected *this* as your president. Twice.
December 15, 2025 at 3:08 PM
You elected *this* as your president. Twice.
The only one with TDS is the 🍊🤡
A new low, even for this vile and abhorrent creature.
December 15, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The only one with TDS is the 🍊🤡
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Just when I thought I couldn't admire the man more...
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December 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Just when I thought I couldn't admire the man more...
🎯 🎯 🎯 💯 💯 💯 👍 👍 👍
🎯 🎯 🎯 💯 💯 💯 👍 👍 👍
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And billions and billions of parents who have raised children before him laugh hysterical at what a doofus he is.
December 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
And billions and billions of parents who have raised children before him laugh hysterical at what a doofus he is.
I’ve worked for a number of paper millionaires over the past 3 decades - largely miserable, narrow-minded & closed.
Cured me of aiming ever to be wealthy, with great assistance now from the 2 major U.K. Parties in the past 17 years.
Cured me of aiming ever to be wealthy, with great assistance now from the 2 major U.K. Parties in the past 17 years.
A striking metric to help understand how rich billionaires are is that most of us would consider, say, a million dollars as a very useful sum of money, life-changing in many cases.
A million minutes ago from now is last January.
A billion minutes ago is August 124 CE. Hadrian is Emperor of Rome.
A million minutes ago from now is last January.
A billion minutes ago is August 124 CE. Hadrian is Emperor of Rome.
If you make a billion dollars — or $500 million or even $100 million dollars — and you keep trying to make more, then there is something seriously wrong with you. It's a mental illness akin to hoarding or drug addiction.
December 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I’ve worked for a number of paper millionaires over the past 3 decades - largely miserable, narrow-minded & closed.
Cured me of aiming ever to be wealthy, with great assistance now from the 2 major U.K. Parties in the past 17 years.
Cured me of aiming ever to be wealthy, with great assistance now from the 2 major U.K. Parties in the past 17 years.
‘Rent-a-mouth’ Braverman/Patel clone, more like.
No they can’t. Sorry, but this is utter rubbish.
Everyone can see Shabana Mahmood is the heir to Blair. Even Tony www.independent.co.uk/voices/shaba...
December 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM
‘Rent-a-mouth’ Braverman/Patel clone, more like.
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‘Never trust a Tory,’ says Farage — while welcoming 22 ex-Tory MPs under his own umbrella. Irony, eh?
December 12, 2025 at 1:08 PM
‘Never trust a Tory,’ says Farage — while welcoming 22 ex-Tory MPs under his own umbrella. Irony, eh?
