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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 20m

Abolition of stamp duty would be worth £80,000 to the average person whose girlfriend buys him a £900,000 second home in Clacton

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Paul Cochrane @mrdissent.bsky.social · 23m

More than one type of troll in Sweden! 🇸🇪🇻🇪

Paul Cochrane @mrdissent.bsky.social · 25m

Mr Singh can whistle for it!

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 51m

“When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist.”👇

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Paul Cochrane @mrdissent.bsky.social · 27m

#FabFriday
Twenty mile cycle with a pal.
Shower using wife n daughters smelly stuff.
Listening to Yes for the first time in years in a wooden simmer house and soaking it up!

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Ewan S @ewansanderson.bsky.social · 1h

I gave up when Eddie Mair left, Evan Davis is a lightweight gameshow host replacement for Eddie, much missed...

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Paul Cochrane @mrdissent.bsky.social · 30m

Eddie
Only BBC interviewer to interview.
Cancelled.

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Paul Cochrane @mrdissent.bsky.social · 31m

a man with glasses and a scarf around his neck says " i 'm sick "

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Paul Cochrane @mrdissent.bsky.social · 34m

"I want the Nobel Peace Prize!"
"Do something peaceful."
"Okay! It's now the Department of WAR!"
"Er...."
"Well blast some Venezuelan fishermen to hell!"
"Eh..."
"Invade the capital of Azerbania... PORTLAND!"

Paul Cochrane @mrdissent.bsky.social · 39m

Dan
World class wrongifier

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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 49m

The Nobel Peace Prize has been denied to the man who ended the war between Azerbaijan and Albania. That's just cruel.

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Paul Cochrane @mrdissent.bsky.social · 40m

Can only be awarded to the living

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Paul Cochrane @mrdissent.bsky.social · 40m

a close up of a dog 's face with its eyes closed and looking at the camera .

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Paul Cochrane @mrdissent.bsky.social · 41m

Funny as feck....

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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 4h

NEW: Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado awarded Nobel Peace Prize.

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Paul Cochrane @mrdissent.bsky.social · 43m

The White House's curmudgeonly response to this decision shows how small the people there are.
Delicious.

Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 3h

Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening in Venezuela

Maduro is still in place, but a pro-democracy movement is transforming the beleaguered country.

www.theatlantic.com

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 3h

Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening in Venezuela

Maduro is still in place, but a pro-democracy movement is transforming the beleaguered country.

www.theatlantic.com