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MarBenCel1
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Retired, living my best life beside the Atlantic in West Clare.

No D/Ms please
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This is the best explainer I’ve seen on Ratcliffe’s motives for his racist outburst. We shouldn’t enter into any ‘debate’ on immigration on these terms. It’s a deeply dishonest and dangerous call to arms by cynical people who prioritise profit over everything else
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
So yes, there is this point of view. You could very easily be cynical, jaded, lost in realpolitik at the revelation that Ratcliffe feels it useful to pretend Britain is in economic difficulty because of an invading army of foreigners. And that Nigel Farage, arch deregulator, seems, in his disinterested view, an entirely reasonable voice on this topic. Let us be clear about what is happening here. There is very little chance Ratcliffe feels any of this deeply. But he does know that a slash-and-burn Reform government would be good for business. With his Ineos hat on Ratcliffe has spoken publicly about the problems of doing business in the current version of a non-EU UK. He wants a harder out. Immigration is just a wedge issue in this dynamic, a way of pressing those buttons. If Ratcliffe actually gives a personal toss about this, is actually losing any sleep about its effects on "everyday people", I will gladly eat my own arm. This is pre-electioneering on behalf of the super-wealthy. A powerful person with skin in the game is trying to influence people into voting a certain way.
February 13, 2026 at 7:29 AM
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malcolmstoneman.bsky.social
Cathedral of St Mary, Newcastle

Industrial Heritage 2006
Joseph A Nuttgens

Ship building - the vessel towering over the worker’s terraced housing as they leave work.

#StainedGlassSunday
Cathedral of St Mary, Newcastle Industrial Heritage 2006 Joseph A Nuttgens Ship building - the vessel towering over the worker’s terraced housing as they leave work.
February 8, 2026 at 12:16 PM
marbencel1.bsky.social
Well it's clearly to remind the MAGA base, which might be getting sick of him, why it was they voted for him. At all cost, you have to keep the base happy.
February 6, 2026 at 1:28 PM
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timlow3.bsky.social
Sure looks like freedom of expression over here. 🤔

Maybe Elon just means he should have the freedom to spread hateful lies and illegal pornography?

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thetnholler.bsky.social The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9d
LONDON — 🇬🇧 people put Elon’s email to Epstein up at a bus stop 👀

This is who we’re letting poison Memphis and drill a hole in Nashville? 🤔
February 5, 2026 at 1:59 PM