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Richard M.

@mat70x.bsky.social

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Usually cycling the Northern Fells or the hills around Paphos. An asylum seeker from Twitter & Brexit - likely to go off on a tangent for no reason at all........ I'm not an Expat I'm an immigrant & grateful for being accepted by my adopted home

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Richard M. @mat70x.bsky.social · 4h

Johnson's political appointments to the BBC........

Richard M. @mat70x.bsky.social · 4h

Football: keep pubs open / Rugby: keep pubs open / Royal Wedding: keep pubs open / Sun shines in November: keep pubs open / Bank Holiday: keep pubs open / Pubs open until 2AM: keep pubs open / Any of above: Should be a Bank Holiday.... British Productivity drive......

Richard M. @mat70x.bsky.social · 4h

bots........

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Richard M. @mat70x.bsky.social · 4h

The very same Conservative voters who said they were fine with serious damage being done to the economy as long as they got their precious Brexit.......

Richard M. @mat70x.bsky.social · 5h

Cameron's solution to the Tory schism & the ensuing Tory Brexit has torn Britain apart. It's destroyed UK Conservatism, Probably ended the Union, Unleashed the racists & xenophobes..... Hard to see what can be saved of what we once had!

Richard M. @mat70x.bsky.social · 6h

😲 holy shit!

Richard M. @mat70x.bsky.social · 7h

The real issue is that people actually believe that Farage & Reform understand their issues, are like them & have their interests at heart...... Britain is about to become a domestic abuse victim!

Richard M. @mat70x.bsky.social · 7h

Kemi Badenoch knows she'll be gone by Xmas - all she's doing now is getting talking points for her return to work interviews.....

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Richard M. @mat70x.bsky.social · 9h

I'm sure Kemi Badenoch & her team have fully costed their latest policy announcement.......... 🤔

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Conservatives would scrap stamp duty, Badenoch announces

Kemi Badenoch unveils major new policy in her first conference speech as Conservative leader.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Richard M. @mat70x.bsky.social · 10h

The one thing I wouldn't have done is tied my own hands with red lines to keep people off my back! I'd have said we'll review the Brexit deal struck by the previous Government & take whichever steps are in the best interests of the country each step of the way......

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Richard M. @mat70x.bsky.social · 10h

#WhoKnew 🤔

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Richard M. @mat70x.bsky.social · 11h

I think we can safely assume Honest Bob Jenrick is #BoughtAndPaidFor

Richard M. @mat70x.bsky.social · 11h

They're more worried about their careers, and what they get out of it later, than they are about actually running the country for the country........

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Richard M. @mat70x.bsky.social · 16h

did you see the Kevin Hollinrake piece on BBC this morning? Talking absolute shite, deflecting on Truss only being a short term effect, Throwing it all back to Labour fault pre 2010, no mention of NiC stupidity...... All absolute bollocks & now Badenoch is talking tax cuts! 🙄

Richard M. @mat70x.bsky.social · 16h

I'm waiting for the day when some politician catches on to the fact that financing education in areas of key national requirement might just be the way forward.......

Richard M. @mat70x.bsky.social · 17h

A country where public services are on their knees due to lack of finance...... Kemi Badenoch's solution...... Cut Taxes! 🙄

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Badenoch to set out new rule to cut borrowing and taxes

In a conference speech, the Tory leader will say the Conservatives are the only party

www.bbc.co.uk

Richard M. @mat70x.bsky.social · 17h

THIS is why every sensible person in the UK needs to destroy Reform with evidence & at the ballot box..... Farage will set the EDL / NF in to acting on behalf of the state & turn us in to a Trumpian theme park.......

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 21h

Monstrous.

"federal agents detained nearly every resident of the 130-unit building—including children and babies—placing them in zip ties and separating them by race into vans for more than two hours early Tuesday morning."

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 1d

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Richard M. @mat70x.bsky.social · 17h

I see Castle Way, Carlisle, has became Flag Shaggers central...... NO WAY were they all put up off a ladder during the night by Bob & Trev who were just feeling a bit patriotic after swilling a few Skems in the Cumberland........

Richard M. @mat70x.bsky.social · 17h

Ahhhhh the Telegraph..... backers of Boris Johnson & his Brexit means I get to be PM, reaping what it sowed..... Then dressing it up as being the EU to blame..... Total Rag!

Richard M. @mat70x.bsky.social · 17h

It's always been the same.... everywhere..... The press aren't about reporting news, they're about pushing the agenda & prominence of the owners..... The current British problem is that the supposedly neutral, provider of news, the BBC, has been taken over via political appointments!

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Richard M. @mat70x.bsky.social · 1d

It's why it's time for SOMEONE (hello LibDems) to step right in to that gap! One Nation policies, Opportunity for the masses, Acceptance that we've ALWAYS needed to both look "after our own" and bolster & diversify through positive immigration!

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Richard M. @mat70x.bsky.social · 1d

Fiona Bruce waving her hands in despair on BBC News about the effects on British Steel by being outside of the EU...... #OwnIt

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

EU steel tariff hike threatens 'biggest crisis' for UK industry

The EU is the destination for 78% of steel products made in the UK for overseas markets.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Richard M. @mat70x.bsky.social · 1d

need to get back to inclusivity & Europe mixed in with opportunity & aspiration for the masses! It's not going to happen is it........ Too many old farts in blue suits / twin sets

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Richard M. @mat70x.bsky.social · 1d

Interestingly BBC has ran a couple of features on "Young Conservatives" last couple of days...... they all look EXACTLY as you'd expect them to, sound exactly as you'd expect them to..... The kind of Rees-Moggisms that would get a smack in the mouth in most pubs outside of Chelsea...... They REALLY

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Richard M. @mat70x.bsky.social · 1d

What was the "deal" £16 per person for the county to have an elected Mayor 🤔 absolute bollocks of a deal!