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Mike Pennell
@hollyhock140.bsky.social
Gay gray grandad no longer surprised at anything politicians do.

Staffordshire in the UK.

Co-Founder of The Food Chain HIV charity.
https://www.foodchain.org.uk/

Expect cynicism, sarcasm and leg pulling.
Too many characters. 😊

#r4today
December 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Choices are determined by what is available and what you can afford. If good choices are out of your reach by deliberate actions of others such as low wages and vitamin depleted food then bad choices are not your fault.
Hence the Ritz hotel is open to everyone, but only some can go there.

#r4today
December 17, 2025 at 8:59 AM
If Sarah Montague came to ask me questions I would indicate that I didn't speak English. What a waste of a programme, although nothing of importance is happening elsewhere. 🙄

#wato #bbcwato
December 16, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Haha. Only if Tim Stanley can earn money from it. He has spent his life as a movable feast, both in politics and religion, hovering where it is most advantageous, and journeying on.

#r4today

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December 16, 2025 at 8:22 AM
I think that with Labour it is timidity, the inertia of change, fear of the media, rather than corruption, that's weighing them down. The result may be the same, but Labour want to succeed and may do so, given time and good will.

#r4today
December 15, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Yep. It all comes from the incestuous relationship between Big Business and Govt, particularly Tories, involving school and family connections and lazy procurement and contracting.
A growing economy needs a public/private partnership rather than endless competition.

#r4today
December 15, 2025 at 7:39 AM