TubaGarden
@johnfblower.bsky.social
Former NHS worker and UNISON branch secretary; too Green for the local Greens.
The older I get, the more left I become - I've been patient for too long.
Politics and current affairs junkie; amateur photographer.
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The older I get, the more left I become - I've been patient for too long.
Politics and current affairs junkie; amateur photographer.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/10332960@N03
Where is the small boy to point out that the emperor has no clothes?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...
Ofcom urged to investigate GB News Trump interview over inaccuracy claims
US president’s assertions climate change is ‘a hoax’ and London has police no-go areas left unchallenged, say critics
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Where is the small boy to point out that the emperor has no clothes?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...
Let us not forget Shamima Begum!
Shamima Begum remains in the al-Roj camp in northern Syria, stripped of her British citizenship in 2019.
She's currently stateless and detained by Kurdish forces, while the UK government maintains its stance based on national security risks.
Shamima Begum remains in the al-Roj camp in northern Syria, stripped of her British citizenship in 2019.
She's currently stateless and detained by Kurdish forces, while the UK government maintains its stance based on national security risks.
December 29, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Let us not forget Shamima Begum!
Shamima Begum remains in the al-Roj camp in northern Syria, stripped of her British citizenship in 2019.
She's currently stateless and detained by Kurdish forces, while the UK government maintains its stance based on national security risks.
Shamima Begum remains in the al-Roj camp in northern Syria, stripped of her British citizenship in 2019.
She's currently stateless and detained by Kurdish forces, while the UK government maintains its stance based on national security risks.
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December 28, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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I'm so pleased the israeleans will have a safe home on the land they stole...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Israel approves 19 new Jewish settlements in occupied West Bank
Decision takes the total number of new settlements to 69 in past few years as construction binge continues
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I'm so pleased the israeleans will have a safe home on the land they stole...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
I wonder how many Americans realise that the US's standing in the world will take a generation to recover post-trump.
December 20, 2025 at 8:05 AM
I wonder how many Americans realise that the US's standing in the world will take a generation to recover post-trump.
The real threat in Trump’s madness
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The real threat in Trump’s madness
I hate to say this, but it must be faced
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December 19, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The real threat in Trump’s madness
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Shocked! I am shocked!
B-b-but Baroness Mone is a business whiz - surely some mistake?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
B-b-but Baroness Mone is a business whiz - surely some mistake?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
PPE company linked to ex-Tory peer Michelle Mone goes into liquidation
PPE Medpro owes government £148m for supplying unusable personal protective equipment during Covid-19 pandemic
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Shocked! I am shocked!
B-b-but Baroness Mone is a business whiz - surely some mistake?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
B-b-but Baroness Mone is a business whiz - surely some mistake?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Why Americans are going batsh*t over the cost of living
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Why Americans are going batsh*t over the cost of living
Today's added information
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December 16, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Why Americans are going batsh*t over the cost of living
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YTS rides again!
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Young unemployed told to engage with jobs scheme or risk benefit cuts
About 350,000 work and training places in care, construction and hospitality available but ‘sanctions’ may apply if ‘neets’ refuse offers
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:15 AM
YTS rides again!
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
" Farage has told reporters that he had never been racist or antisemitic with “malice”."
Perhaps he'd be kind enough to provide us of racism "without malice".
Perhaps he'd be kind enough to provide us of racism "without malice".
December 8, 2025 at 9:35 AM
" Farage has told reporters that he had never been racist or antisemitic with “malice”."
Perhaps he'd be kind enough to provide us of racism "without malice".
Perhaps he'd be kind enough to provide us of racism "without malice".
Reposted by TubaGarden
The calls from America this weekend to "abolish the EU" are for one simple reason: the EU is the only thing that can keep European nation-states from becoming Russian or American vassals.
The US has declared rhetorical war on the EU
The calls from America this weekend to destroy the EU are revealing. They hate the union because it's the only thing that can keep European countries from being Russian or American vassals.
davekeating.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:05 AM
The calls from America this weekend to "abolish the EU" are for one simple reason: the EU is the only thing that can keep European nation-states from becoming Russian or American vassals.
The return of YTS?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Young unemployed told to engage with jobs scheme or risk benefit cuts
About 350,000 work and training places in care, construction and hospitality available but ‘sanctions’ may apply if ‘neets’ refuse offers
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The return of YTS?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Hmmm. Maybe the diagnoses are correct, but there's something seriously wrong with our society? Just a thought...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Streeting orders review into mental health and ADHD diagnosis
The health secretary said the aim was to tackle a rising demand for services and the increased pressure on the NHS.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Hmmm. Maybe the diagnoses are correct, but there's something seriously wrong with our society? Just a thought...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Winner of this week’s Joseph Welch Award
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Winner of this week’s Joseph Welch Award
For standing up to tyranny. In honor of attorney Joseph Welch, who represented the U.S. Army in the Army-McCarthy Hearings of June 1954.
open.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Winner of this week’s Joseph Welch Award
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Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Politicians denies being "economical with the truth". See front page (cont. p.96).
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Rachel Reeves denies lying to public in run-up to budget
Chancellor accused of misleading public about reasons for tax rises, with opposition politicians calling for her resignation
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Politicians denies being "economical with the truth". See front page (cont. p.96).
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Rogers Park
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November 30, 2025 at 7:57 AM