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John O'Connell

@jdpoc.bsky.social

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Consul Populis, Counsellor & Mentor for substance abuse addicts. Political Activist, Suzuki Biker, Movies Freak, Linux Geek, in London.

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John O'Connell @jdpoc.bsky.social · Nov 12

Hi !!

Veteran Fighter against Right Wing Hatred (literally, once, now electronically)
Identifier of Anonymous Hate Accounts (I have old school geek skills)
Rider of Motorcycles (Yes, plural)

Welcome.

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John O'Connell @jdpoc.bsky.social · 11h

#LateNightThoughts ..

The Basic Socialism Premise : An explanation.

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John O'Connell @jdpoc.bsky.social · 16h

If you even remotely support the Genocide in #Gaza, or in any way the actions of Israel, I hope you’re proud of this number.

18,457.

The highest child casualty rate of any war in history for which records exist.

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John O'Connell @jdpoc.bsky.social · 17h

Your #5OClockInspiration ..

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Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 21h

Nigel Farage fiddled his EU parliamentary expenses, failed to declare political donations, tried to avoid tax through an offshore trust fund & said he greatly admires Putin.

Clearly not a man who'd have anything to do with Russian bribes as taken by his close associate Nathan Gill.

Leeds for Europe @leedseurope.bsky.social · 2d

“This is most definitely not a fringe political scandal. It is a direct admission that Russian-aligned money penetrated Farage’s immediate orbit during a pivotal chapter in Brexit.”

Reform's Russian 'asset' - the Kremlin shadow over Nigel Farage | Searchlight

Nathan Gill - Russian asset On 26 September, former Welsh Brexit Party MEP and Reform UK official Nathan Gill pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to eight coun ...

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John O'Connell @jdpoc.bsky.social · 18h

Toaster Reheating Pizza Hack.

Sadly, the Nobel Prize for Science this year has already been decided.

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John O'Connell @jdpoc.bsky.social · 19h

Your Afternoon #TimelineCleanser ..

"The Neighbour".

John O'Connell @jdpoc.bsky.social · 20h

🎵 🎵 "Whooooah, we're halfway there, whoaaa-oh! ... " 🎵 🎵

(And don't tell me you didn't just sing it!)

John O'Connell @jdpoc.bsky.social · 22h

"where people are judged by the content of their character, not the colour of their skin"

From MLK, whom she would have deported.

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John O'Connell @jdpoc.bsky.social · 22h

When your car is so happy to see you again ...

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John O'Connell @jdpoc.bsky.social · 22h

When you realise that breakfast is the only peace and quiet you'll get today and there are (uurghg) people out there you have to interact with.

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 1d

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John O'Connell @jdpoc.bsky.social · 22h

One entire unit Special Forces was disbanded in disgrace, but the German Army internally continues to be accused of a long-term cover up strategy.

The Bundeswehr continues to be riddled with Neo Nazis at all ranks.

John O'Connell @jdpoc.bsky.social · 22h

THIS DAY in 2017, was 'Day X' in Germany.

A Conspiracy of Neo Nazis in Special Forces planned to assassinate 100s of left-wing politicians, human rights activists, and journalists. The plot was discovered by sheer luck.

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John O'Connell @jdpoc.bsky.social · 22h

This day in 2023. Dodgy Fish Seller, #Brexit Party MEP, Entitled Inherited Rich Boy and overall tw*t @LanceForman, suggested a nuke on #Gaza as a 'solution'.

To this day, he claims it would not be #Genocide, but 'Cleansing'. "Why have nukes if you're not prepared to use them?" (18/12/23)

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 1d

Conservative MP Mel Stride claims PIP benefit is thousands of pounds per month.

No it is an absolute maximum of £720 a month, and most people only get £250 or less.

Meanwhile he claims £1,250 a month in rent on his expenses

Lying, thieving b******

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John O'Connell @jdpoc.bsky.social · 1d

Ah, remember the days before #Brexit when UK steel was sold to Europe without tariffs?

I wonder how many steel workers voted for #Brexit, voted for #Farage’s lies.

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John O'Connell @jdpoc.bsky.social · 1d

#LateNightThoughts ..

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John O'Connell @jdpoc.bsky.social · 1d

Physics Nobel awarded to three scientists for work on quantum computing.

#Trump said to be yugely disappointed he didn’t get it, for his research on ‘firing nuclear missiles into clouds to make it rain.’

Physics Nobel: Three win prize for paving way for very powerful computers

The announcement was made by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm.

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John O'Connell @jdpoc.bsky.social · 1d

Your #5OClockInspiration ..

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John O'Connell @jdpoc.bsky.social · 1d

Your Afternoon #TimelineCleanser ..

This gorgeous fellow.

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Squeezy John @johnspiers.co.uk · 2d

If you don't think that the Overton Window has shifted right in recent years ... here's Reform AND the Tories going beyond what the BNP suggested in 2005.

They want to expel legally permanent British residents.

Frankly I weep every day for what my country has become.

Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 2d

David is slightly unfair. There is a clear difference here.

Conservatives and Reform plan to forcibly expel large numbers of people who are legal, permanent residents of migrant origin. The BNP proposal is voluntary.

David Herdson @davidherdson.bsky.social · 2d

This below is from the 2005 BNP manifesto.

Spot the difference with current Tory and Reform policy.

(p14 news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp... )

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John O'Connell @jdpoc.bsky.social · 1d

THIS DAY in 2016, JD Vance stated what we all thought ... now he's #Trump's VP and one choking cheeseburger away from power.

John O'Connell @jdpoc.bsky.social · 1d

THIS DAY in 2018, Jodie Whittaker first starred as Dr Who. Here's some Daily Mail reactions at the time ...

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John O'Connell @jdpoc.bsky.social · 1d

An Independent Judiciary is one of the cornerstones of Democracy.

Government 'sifting' of the Judiciary is one of the cornerstones of Fascism.

Tanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net · 2d

I say this with the bluntness it requires: they will get people murdered if this continues. This is not just populism anymore either: it’s completely unhinged and a deliberate choice that does endanger lives. I am not saying this lightly at all.

Screenshot of an Express article; it says: Robert Jenrick lists 30 'activist judges' he vows to axe in war on UK's open border

In a bold move, Robert Jenrick is set to unveil a controversial plan targeting what he calls 'activist' judges, at the Conservative Party conference.

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