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Mr RobertBob

@mrrobertbob.bsky.social

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Thanks for dropping by. Fancy a coffee or cocktail?…..😀 Retired SEND School Principal, now artist. Married to a lovely Frenchman. Live in UK. Looking to move to France. Pro EU. Let’s get Brexit UNDONE and save ourselves by saving the planet.

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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · Nov 18

Some days it’s just not worth getting out of bed. 🙂

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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 3h

Seems fine at my end.

Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 3h

Excuses excuses.
The ‘art’ belongs to the artist and AI must be made to pay for its use. If it cannot then by all means let the AI industry die.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 3h

I’m not unhappy about this.

Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 10h

🔥 Wow!

“Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni says she has been accused of “complicity in genocide” in a complaint lodged with the International Criminal Court (ICC) over Rome’s support for Israel as it bombards Gaza”

Italy’s Meloni says ICC complaint accuses her of Gaza genocide complicity

A complaint lodged with the ICC points to the Italian government's role supplying lethal weapons to Israel amid Gaza war

www.aljazeera.com

Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 3h

Mmm……..

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 11h

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 11h

Racism is a serious character flaw.

Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 11h

Clearly the sorry racist remnants of the Tory party would disagree with Heleltine.

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Attacks on migrants will not return Tories to power, Lord Heseltine warns Badenoch

Lord Heseltine warning comes as Robert Jenrick is caught up in a racism row

www.independent.co.uk

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 17h

NEW: I spoke to clergy and faith leaders who've joined protests at the Chicago-area ICE facility.

Three say they've been shot with pepper balls, sometimes while praying.

All say ICE is also violating their religious freedom, and one is arguing it in court. religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago

(RNS) — Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who w...

religionnews.com

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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 18h

It’s also perfectly normal and necessary to call out racism when it rears its ugly head.

Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 18h

Let’s not be afraid of the words ‘fascist’ or ‘racist’. Indeed we have a duty to put a spotlight on anyone whose actions or words fit the bill.

BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 23h

“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”

“Because that’s what they are”

@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.

#Newsnight

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Elle @kindofnorthern.bsky.social · 19h

Co-signed by community leaders of other faiths. Love it.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21h

Your Prime Day reminder that Amazon...

-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump

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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 19h

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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 19h

Ofcom is a disgrace and waste of our money.

Stop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social · 22h

Ofcom took *six months* to decide to take no action after thousands complained about this very blatant breach of broadcasting standards by GB News.

But perhaps the real surprise is that they investigated it at all… /1

www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/06/g...

GB News' homophobic slur breached Ofcom code – but channel won't face any sanctions

Ofcom has said GB News breached its Broadcasting Code over the use of a homophobic slur, but have refused to sanction the channel.

www.thepinknews.com

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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 19h

The Bishop of Birmingham has written to the racist Robert Jenrick.

Letter from the Bishop of Birmingham to the racist Robert Jenrick.

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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 19h

It’s genocide by any measure.

To not condemn it is collusion.
The world must come together and immediately force the Israeli government to stop.
Netanyahu, his ministers and senior armed forces officers must stand trial.

BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 20h

What is happening in Gaza is Genocide summed up perfectly in 2 minutes while a stunned Piers Morgan sits in silence.

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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 19h

What wonderful unsullied ignorance these Tory MPs have. 🙄

BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 20h

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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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 19h

😂👍……..assuming anyone is in the room to hear her.

Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 19h

Next question. How old were these ‘young women’?

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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 20h

I believe Hitler and his regime were easily triggered as well.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22h

👂LISTEN — (U.S. Navy veteran) country Singer Zach Bryan’s lyrics about ICE that triggered the White House

Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 20h

I’m sure both people in the audience were highly amused.

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 1d

Chris Philp starts his Conservative Party conference speech saying that his wife says he doesn't feature in her wildest dreams

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 21h

In the Third Reich, Hitler’s will replaced German law. Whatever he wanted, he did.

Life in the early months of Trump’s second presidency hews to this framework in important respects.

The “dual state” theory was invented to describe Nazis. The Supreme Court could take us there.

Authoritarianism—but make it look like the rule of law.

www.motherjones.com

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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 20h

Sounds like ReformUK and Farage.

Chris Klitzing 🦋🇨🇦🇺🇦 @hosea6.bsky.social · 20h

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 21h

Our movement is living rent free in the heads of Telegraph journalists at the moment.

Join me in being ‘a threat to the right that they never saw coming’.

join.greenparty.org.uk

The greens may be the threat that the right never saw coming.

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SMR 🎧 Rejoin Radio @smrrejoinradio.bsky.social · 22h

NEW! This week, on SMR Rejoin Radio, we take a look back at 2025's Party Conference Season! For good, for bad, for all!

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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 22h

What is the point of Ofcom?
Or is their apparent collusion with GB News deliberate?

Stop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social · 1d

"Ofcom appears to be unwilling to intervene and unwilling to regulate this channel in the same way as it regulates other television news channels." www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

GB News’s US expansion feared to be new way for Trumpian views to reach UK audience

White House backing was on full display as GB News launched The Late Show Live

www.theguardian.com

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