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Evertonian, on the left proud NEU member. I love reading and am a fan of Rugby league. Springsteen fanatic of course. 🇪🇺🌹
Four years of colonial infighting between the upper classes of Europe.
Fought by ordinary people who if they had been born 80 years later would have been on cheap flights and on stag do's in each others countries.
youtu.be/2-HIghR793c?...
Fought by ordinary people who if they had been born 80 years later would have been on cheap flights and on stag do's in each others countries.
youtu.be/2-HIghR793c?...
1968: Remembering the CHRISTMAS TRUCE | Voice of the People | BBC Archive
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November 9, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Four years of colonial infighting between the upper classes of Europe.
Fought by ordinary people who if they had been born 80 years later would have been on cheap flights and on stag do's in each others countries.
youtu.be/2-HIghR793c?...
Fought by ordinary people who if they had been born 80 years later would have been on cheap flights and on stag do's in each others countries.
youtu.be/2-HIghR793c?...
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Yeh, club needs to act. It's too often and too vitriolic.
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Yeh, club needs to act. It's too often and too vitriolic.
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30 years ago Spitting Image dared to broadcast the truth about Israel.
Now no one dares.
Now no one dares.
November 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
30 years ago Spitting Image dared to broadcast the truth about Israel.
Now no one dares.
Now no one dares.
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He's a very likeable bloke, sense he has struggled mentally at time and belief has been an issue. Really hope good form continues
November 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
He's a very likeable bloke, sense he has struggled mentally at time and belief has been an issue. Really hope good form continues
Today and this week.
Remember the dead of both sides.
Fed propaganda and led to slaughter in 1914-18.
Remember the dead of both sides.
Fed propaganda and led to slaughter in 1914-18.
November 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Today and this week.
Remember the dead of both sides.
Fed propaganda and led to slaughter in 1914-18.
Remember the dead of both sides.
Fed propaganda and led to slaughter in 1914-18.
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Ireland is pushing a motion to ban Israel from FIFA and UEFA.
It has made JD Vance very mad.
It's time to remove Israel from world sport, don't you agree?
It has made JD Vance very mad.
It's time to remove Israel from world sport, don't you agree?
November 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Ireland is pushing a motion to ban Israel from FIFA and UEFA.
It has made JD Vance very mad.
It's time to remove Israel from world sport, don't you agree?
It has made JD Vance very mad.
It's time to remove Israel from world sport, don't you agree?
Poppy debate rears its head regarding Irish players etc.
I don't think people should be called out for not wearing one.
From my perspective having visited the Somme and Ypres Salient it's remembering the ordinary people who gave their lives protecting others.
Not glorifying the army or war.
I don't think people should be called out for not wearing one.
From my perspective having visited the Somme and Ypres Salient it's remembering the ordinary people who gave their lives protecting others.
Not glorifying the army or war.
November 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Poppy debate rears its head regarding Irish players etc.
I don't think people should be called out for not wearing one.
From my perspective having visited the Somme and Ypres Salient it's remembering the ordinary people who gave their lives protecting others.
Not glorifying the army or war.
I don't think people should be called out for not wearing one.
From my perspective having visited the Somme and Ypres Salient it's remembering the ordinary people who gave their lives protecting others.
Not glorifying the army or war.
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People are asking why the BBC has been relentlessly promoting Reform, the party with just 5 MPs.
Here’s the reason.
Here’s the reason.
November 6, 2025 at 1:52 PM
People are asking why the BBC has been relentlessly promoting Reform, the party with just 5 MPs.
Here’s the reason.
Here’s the reason.
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Blatant disgusting corruption, Reform will do it better than anyone else.
November 6, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Blatant disgusting corruption, Reform will do it better than anyone else.
Three Roman skeletons found buried under car park in Chelmsford
Passerby James Gardner says he was
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November 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
A great read if you are a fan of George Orwell. I like Paul Theroux's travel books but this is my favourite of his novels so far.
November 7, 2025 at 1:22 PM
A great read if you are a fan of George Orwell. I like Paul Theroux's travel books but this is my favourite of his novels so far.
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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 9:51 AM
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❗️
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Why was it not news before now?
November 6, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Why was it not news before now?
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If we are willing to pay lots of money to have a super capable machine in our homes controlled by Elon Musk we actually don’t deserve to survive as a species.
November 7, 2025 at 8:14 AM
If we are willing to pay lots of money to have a super capable machine in our homes controlled by Elon Musk we actually don’t deserve to survive as a species.
People moaning about fireworks for a couple of nights a year try Spain at Easter. Had seven days of it until the early hours.
November 6, 2025 at 9:50 PM
People moaning about fireworks for a couple of nights a year try Spain at Easter. Had seven days of it until the early hours.
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This year, Labour increased the minimum wage for all workers at well above inflation.
But they increased it even MORE for younger workers.
They aim to get the rates the same for all ages.
But Reform want the opposite - to reduce the minimum wage for younger people.
Support Labour. Oppose Reform.
But they increased it even MORE for younger workers.
They aim to get the rates the same for all ages.
But Reform want the opposite - to reduce the minimum wage for younger people.
Support Labour. Oppose Reform.
November 6, 2025 at 6:12 PM
This year, Labour increased the minimum wage for all workers at well above inflation.
But they increased it even MORE for younger workers.
They aim to get the rates the same for all ages.
But Reform want the opposite - to reduce the minimum wage for younger people.
Support Labour. Oppose Reform.
But they increased it even MORE for younger workers.
They aim to get the rates the same for all ages.
But Reform want the opposite - to reduce the minimum wage for younger people.
Support Labour. Oppose Reform.
A fantastic gesture by Spain. These people deserve to be remembered. Heroes all.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Spain grants citizenship to descendants of civil war’s International Brigades
About 32,000 volunteered to fight Franco dictatorship, including 2,500 men and women from Britain and Ireland
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
A fantastic gesture by Spain. These people deserve to be remembered. Heroes all.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Best football film?
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Lev, Samoa and the Kaiser
Three football films reviewed
open.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Best football film?
open.substack.com/pub/ghostoft...
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No Pensions, no Healthcare.
If you are a Pensioner voting Reform you are voting for DEATH.
If you are a Pensioner voting Reform you are voting for DEATH.
November 5, 2025 at 2:16 PM
No Pensions, no Healthcare.
If you are a Pensioner voting Reform you are voting for DEATH.
If you are a Pensioner voting Reform you are voting for DEATH.
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I blame her👇🏼for Reform gaining members since the general election
Kemi Badenoch supremely arrogant, weapons grade stupidity, void of imagination, obnoxious and overestimating her own abilities drove Tory members into Reforms arms
I despise Tories.. but boy do I despise far Reform more❗️🤷🏼♂️
Kemi Badenoch supremely arrogant, weapons grade stupidity, void of imagination, obnoxious and overestimating her own abilities drove Tory members into Reforms arms
I despise Tories.. but boy do I despise far Reform more❗️🤷🏼♂️
November 5, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I blame her👇🏼for Reform gaining members since the general election
Kemi Badenoch supremely arrogant, weapons grade stupidity, void of imagination, obnoxious and overestimating her own abilities drove Tory members into Reforms arms
I despise Tories.. but boy do I despise far Reform more❗️🤷🏼♂️
Kemi Badenoch supremely arrogant, weapons grade stupidity, void of imagination, obnoxious and overestimating her own abilities drove Tory members into Reforms arms
I despise Tories.. but boy do I despise far Reform more❗️🤷🏼♂️
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If this is what happens when Reform runs a council, just imagine Farage running the country.
Care homes closed and vulnerable people abandoned.
We cannot let Trump’s America become Farage’s Britain.
Care homes closed and vulnerable people abandoned.
We cannot let Trump’s America become Farage’s Britain.
November 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
If this is what happens when Reform runs a council, just imagine Farage running the country.
Care homes closed and vulnerable people abandoned.
We cannot let Trump’s America become Farage’s Britain.
Care homes closed and vulnerable people abandoned.
We cannot let Trump’s America become Farage’s Britain.
Fantastic and not before time.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Scottish Parliament passes land reform bill
The legislation is designed to help reduce the concentration of rural land ownership among a small number of people.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Fantastic and not before time.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Hope this guy pulls through and is compensated properly for these heroic acts.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Train hero who saved passengers during attack named
The family of rail worker Samir Zitouni say they are
www.bbc.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Hope this guy pulls through and is compensated properly for these heroic acts.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...