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Rediscovering Germany with British husband, after years in UK & Oz; lifelong anglophile, then Tory Brexit ruined Britain; look up and #MaskUp #CovidIsNotOver
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Pitch for a new spy movie: a CIA agent spends years getting close to a terrorist suspect then just before he gets the crucial piece of evidence he’s fired and replaced with a teenager who doesn’t speak any foreign languages but does have a lot of followers on X.

Everybody dies.
February 5, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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This!!
December 8, 2024 at 7:03 PM
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cartoon of the day
November 15, 2024 at 7:53 AM
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America's red lines:

- Violent insurrection
- 34 felony convictions
- Liable for sexual abuse
- Profound corruption
- Chronic incoherence
- Chaotic incompetence
- Unable to explain a single policy
- Signs of cognitive failure

Sorry, I meant: America's red lines:

- Being a woman
November 6, 2024 at 7:18 PM
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What to expect.
November 6, 2024 at 12:43 PM
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🔥 A whopping 94% of small business survey respondents said leaving the single market and customs union has had a negative effect.

—> www.thelondoneconomic.com/business-eco...
Trade with Europe 'harder than ever' for UK businesses
The voices of our small and medium businesses show "the ugly truth of trading for UK business after exiting the EU", Sir Nick Harvey said.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
November 16, 2023 at 12:29 PM
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London: Homeless tents crushed in rubbish van

A DOZEN homeless people were evicted from their sleeping spot next to a hospital this afternoon (Friday), as police, security and bin workers arrived in the masses to throw away tents and life-saving belongings.
November 11, 2023 at 9:18 AM
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Declining to back Braverman’s words but keeping her in office is Sunak hoping to secure the bigot vote while pretending he isn’t one.
Sorry no. If Braverman is your Home Secretary, you endorse her. Her hate speech is your hate speech. And you are responsible for the harm she does.
November 7, 2023 at 7:40 AM
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Fixed it for Braverman
November 7, 2023 at 9:32 AM
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And there we are - yet again.

Brexit will keep doing damage until we can get free of its inherently restrictive nature— ie get back into Single Market at least, but preferably full membership of the EU.
November 6, 2023 at 9:04 AM
My first day on Bluesky
November 4, 2023 at 11:06 PM