Dianne Bancroft
@diannebancroft.bsky.social
Self employed, married mum living in North Wales. Londoner at heart
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WTAF
Plaques commemorating Black WWII soldiers fighting against Nazi Germany have been removed from a U.S. military cemetery in the Netherlands —Newsweek
November 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
WTAF
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The CURRENT sitting MP for Clacton earns £511,000 as a presenter for GB News and took £281,000 as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The CURRENT sitting MP for Clacton earns £511,000 as a presenter for GB News and took £281,000 as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
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Labour needs to sort out election funding rules as a matter of urgency.
And if we think it’s bad now, imagine what it could look like, say, two months from a U.K. general election?
Could imagine huge sums in US far right cash flooding in, much of what would only be declared after the election (our electoral rules really are a jape)
Could imagine huge sums in US far right cash flooding in, much of what would only be declared after the election (our electoral rules really are a jape)
Be clear, the American far right are coming for British democracy.
November 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Labour needs to sort out election funding rules as a matter of urgency.
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I'm in bits, kids are crying, "but daddy who's going to do the Is The Escaped Prisoner An Immigrant all-day live feeds now?" and I don't know what to tell them.
Tim Davie resigns as BBC director general after accusations of ‘serious and systemic’ bias in coverage
Tim Davie resigns as BBC director general after accusations of ‘serious and systemic’ bias in coverage
Davie tells staff departure was “my own decision” but it comes with the BBC preparing to apologise for the way it edited a Trump speech
Tim Davie, the BBC’s director general, and the head of BBC News have resigned after a former adviser to the corporation accused it of “serious and systemic” bias in its coverage of issues including Donald Trump, Gaza and trans rights.
In a shock move, Davie said his depature was his own, but comes with the BBC preparing to apologise for the way the broadcaster edited a Donald Trump speech. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I'm in bits, kids are crying, "but daddy who's going to do the Is The Escaped Prisoner An Immigrant all-day live feeds now?" and I don't know what to tell them.
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The resignations of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness must be an opportunity for the BBC to turn a new leaf, rebuild trust and resist those like Nigel Farage who want to destroy it
We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.
We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.
November 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The resignations of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness must be an opportunity for the BBC to turn a new leaf, rebuild trust and resist those like Nigel Farage who want to destroy it
We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.
We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.
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Beyond the bog standard racism, I think this may explain why the right is going after David Lammy so aggressively at the moment ...
November 9, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Beyond the bog standard racism, I think this may explain why the right is going after David Lammy so aggressively at the moment ...
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#GVerse Um. WTF???
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy: "Pilots need to stop depending on air traffic controllers. They need to suck it up and go with their gut feelings."
This is the stupidest and most dangerous administration in history.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy: "Pilots need to stop depending on air traffic controllers. They need to suck it up and go with their gut feelings."
This is the stupidest and most dangerous administration in history.
November 9, 2025 at 2:24 AM
#GVerse Um. WTF???
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy: "Pilots need to stop depending on air traffic controllers. They need to suck it up and go with their gut feelings."
This is the stupidest and most dangerous administration in history.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy: "Pilots need to stop depending on air traffic controllers. They need to suck it up and go with their gut feelings."
This is the stupidest and most dangerous administration in history.
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Trump and his cronies are now pushing 50-year mortgages.
Buckle up. This is going to make the 2008 mortgage crisis look like the good old days.
Buckle up. This is going to make the 2008 mortgage crisis look like the good old days.
November 8, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Trump and his cronies are now pushing 50-year mortgages.
Buckle up. This is going to make the 2008 mortgage crisis look like the good old days.
Buckle up. This is going to make the 2008 mortgage crisis look like the good old days.
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Jeez. Capitalism eh?
'Buy' a house at 30, own it at 80.
You get less time for murder.
'Buy' a house at 30, own it at 80.
You get less time for murder.
Trump and his cronies are now pushing 50-year mortgages.
Buckle up. This is going to make the 2008 mortgage crisis look like the good old days.
Buckle up. This is going to make the 2008 mortgage crisis look like the good old days.
November 8, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Jeez. Capitalism eh?
'Buy' a house at 30, own it at 80.
You get less time for murder.
'Buy' a house at 30, own it at 80.
You get less time for murder.
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Has anyone reminded you of when Karmel Allison (an invited guest; girl in bright red) nearly fainted during an Obama speech on the Affordable Care Act (ACA; Obamacare) in the White House Rose Garden on October 21, 2013.
Should a president care & act this way?
Should a president care & act this way?
November 8, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Has anyone reminded you of when Karmel Allison (an invited guest; girl in bright red) nearly fainted during an Obama speech on the Affordable Care Act (ACA; Obamacare) in the White House Rose Garden on October 21, 2013.
Should a president care & act this way?
Should a president care & act this way?
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EU investing €546 billion for high speed rail by 2040
E.g. Lisbon to Warsaw, from 38 hours today to 12 hours
Pricing to compete with low cost flights
Reduce emissions by 80%
Jokes on them, they don't have Brexit sovereignty 🤷♂️
E.g. Lisbon to Warsaw, from 38 hours today to 12 hours
Pricing to compete with low cost flights
Reduce emissions by 80%
Jokes on them, they don't have Brexit sovereignty 🤷♂️
November 7, 2025 at 7:56 PM
EU investing €546 billion for high speed rail by 2040
E.g. Lisbon to Warsaw, from 38 hours today to 12 hours
Pricing to compete with low cost flights
Reduce emissions by 80%
Jokes on them, they don't have Brexit sovereignty 🤷♂️
E.g. Lisbon to Warsaw, from 38 hours today to 12 hours
Pricing to compete with low cost flights
Reduce emissions by 80%
Jokes on them, they don't have Brexit sovereignty 🤷♂️
It's official, I have just seen the World's biggest dog, a Scottish Deerhound. Absolutely gargantuan.
November 7, 2025 at 12:39 PM
It's official, I have just seen the World's biggest dog, a Scottish Deerhound. Absolutely gargantuan.
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Well, this is lovely.
#CelebrityTraitors
#CelebrityTraitors
Lovely message from @neuroblastomauk.bsky.social thanking Alan Carr.
Shared on their X.
#CelebrityTraitors
Shared on their X.
#CelebrityTraitors
November 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Well, this is lovely.
#CelebrityTraitors
#CelebrityTraitors
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Another example, not only of Labour following the money but of how profligate the Tory govt were with taxpayers cash. Much more of this to come imo.
Good news bravo Labour 👏🏼👏🏼👌🏼
Govt recovers £74m from asylum hotel firms, of tax money the Tories let slip through their greasy hands to profiteers
But it’s not long before the reporter disses the achievement highlighting any negative they can, ignoring the fact that the previous Govt recovered zero❗️
Govt recovers £74m from asylum hotel firms, of tax money the Tories let slip through their greasy hands to profiteers
But it’s not long before the reporter disses the achievement highlighting any negative they can, ignoring the fact that the previous Govt recovered zero❗️
Government recovers £74m from asylum hotel firms
The amount recouped remains a small percentage of the overall cost of asylum accommodation.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Another example, not only of Labour following the money but of how profligate the Tory govt were with taxpayers cash. Much more of this to come imo.
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They really seem to be writing the mid-term campaign messaging for the Democrats, aren’t they.
Steve Bannon: If we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included.
November 7, 2025 at 6:08 AM
They really seem to be writing the mid-term campaign messaging for the Democrats, aren’t they.
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Musk will see this picture as evidence of the rise of an exciting new UK white supremacy movement and try to find out if it needs funding.
November 6, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Musk will see this picture as evidence of the rise of an exciting new UK white supremacy movement and try to find out if it needs funding.
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Bit by bit, he's turning the White House into a knock off Sandals holiday resort.
November 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Bit by bit, he's turning the White House into a knock off Sandals holiday resort.
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Reform: spreaders of fake news.
He was wearing a poppy. I watched it live. Someone been learning photoshop?
He was wearing a poppy. I watched it live. Someone been learning photoshop?
November 5, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Reform: spreaders of fake news.
He was wearing a poppy. I watched it live. Someone been learning photoshop?
He was wearing a poppy. I watched it live. Someone been learning photoshop?
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And with no hint of shame, humility or personal responsibility, the Tory who detonated the economy with his mini budget and whose party trashed the place with austerity and Brexit, then scorched the earth with unaffordable pre-election tax cuts, tells Reeves to apologise.
Insufferable.
(iPaper)
Insufferable.
(iPaper)
November 5, 2025 at 8:26 AM
And with no hint of shame, humility or personal responsibility, the Tory who detonated the economy with his mini budget and whose party trashed the place with austerity and Brexit, then scorched the earth with unaffordable pre-election tax cuts, tells Reeves to apologise.
Insufferable.
(iPaper)
Insufferable.
(iPaper)
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Farage “knows he has to moderate his tone and get across some budget details. But attention to detail [isn’t] his thing and responsibility bores him”…and makes a bore of him.
His success lies in him talking shite. If he can’t do that, he becomes v dull v quickly
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
His success lies in him talking shite. If he can’t do that, he becomes v dull v quickly
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Economic policy is one thing Nigel Farage can’t crib from the Donald Trump playbook | Rafael Behr
The Maga model, based on the US’s exorbitant market privileges, can’t be imported to Britain. That’s going to be a problem for Reform UK, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Farage “knows he has to moderate his tone and get across some budget details. But attention to detail [isn’t] his thing and responsibility bores him”…and makes a bore of him.
His success lies in him talking shite. If he can’t do that, he becomes v dull v quickly
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
His success lies in him talking shite. If he can’t do that, he becomes v dull v quickly
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Will the RW media remember the driver and conductor of the Huntingdon attack, and how many lives they saved, the next time train companies try to eliminate staff and they strike, citing passenger safety?
November 3, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Will the RW media remember the driver and conductor of the Huntingdon attack, and how many lives they saved, the next time train companies try to eliminate staff and they strike, citing passenger safety?
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Hannan and Frost in the Telegraph.
Sunak in the Times.
Kwasi Kwarteng in the iPaper.
Johnson in the Mail.
Gove editing the Spectator.
Farage everywhere.
All of them shamelessly honking out their ‘Listen to me!’ garbage, as the country flails around in the unbelievable mess they’ve made.
Nauseating.
Sunak in the Times.
Kwasi Kwarteng in the iPaper.
Johnson in the Mail.
Gove editing the Spectator.
Farage everywhere.
All of them shamelessly honking out their ‘Listen to me!’ garbage, as the country flails around in the unbelievable mess they’ve made.
Nauseating.
November 2, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Hannan and Frost in the Telegraph.
Sunak in the Times.
Kwasi Kwarteng in the iPaper.
Johnson in the Mail.
Gove editing the Spectator.
Farage everywhere.
All of them shamelessly honking out their ‘Listen to me!’ garbage, as the country flails around in the unbelievable mess they’ve made.
Nauseating.
Sunak in the Times.
Kwasi Kwarteng in the iPaper.
Johnson in the Mail.
Gove editing the Spectator.
Farage everywhere.
All of them shamelessly honking out their ‘Listen to me!’ garbage, as the country flails around in the unbelievable mess they’ve made.
Nauseating.
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Who made this? Brilliant.
October 31, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Who made this? Brilliant.
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I just played a fun game with my friend over WhatsApp.
Which is Trump's bathroom and which is Sadam Hussain's?
Which is Trump's bathroom and which is Sadam Hussain's?
October 31, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I just played a fun game with my friend over WhatsApp.
Which is Trump's bathroom and which is Sadam Hussain's?
Which is Trump's bathroom and which is Sadam Hussain's?