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Patricia Davies
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Love family, friends, cooking,⛵ 🖌️ 📚 & politics.
Hate lying narcissistic politicians & those who think opinion is as valid as facts.
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Patricia Davies @patriciadavies.bsky.social · Nov 28
Can't believe I have to say this: I do not respond to DMs unless I've invited them. I'm here for politics & current affairs.
I'll engage with comments on books (principally lit-fic & poetry) art, photography & humour.
I'm fed up with creeps who continue to DM after I've said Don't! Instant Block.
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“That Brexit has made control of immigration more difficult, damaged our economy and weakened opportunities for future generations should make people think twice before putting Brexit's chief proponent in charge of running the country”

Times letters: a lonely oasis of sanity in the far right storm.
Differing political definitions of patriotism 3 of the 6 letters (4th quoted in the post) criticising Phillips 😊 Sir, Melanie Phillips expresses a very specific and slightly odd definition of patriotism as "love for the Crown, the armed forces and the common law, and attachment to faith, family and flag" ("Sorry Keir, you don't understand patriotism", , comment, Sep 30). Perhaps that is why she concludes that Nigel Farage offers “the only patriotic force on the horizon". Personally, I regard someone who had a very direct hand in diminishing the United Kingdom's GDP by 4 per cent — as a direct result of our leaving the European Union — as confirming Samuel Johnson's much-quoted remark that "Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel". Acts rather than words still count for some of us. Shaun Leavey Sherborne, Dorset Sir, Over thousands of years these islands have been invaded and occupied by various tribes, who, at any given moment, represented some kind of "Englishness". "In 300 years' time there might well be another kind of "Englishness", doubtless defending itself from the incursion of escapees from another foreign disaster, and claiming a threat to its purity". We were never pure, and attempts such as the present one to somehow freeze a manufactured notion of "Englishness" are doomed to failure. Jerry Stuart London SEI Sir, There is a fundamental flaw in Melanie Phillips's article. She talks of British patriotism as "attachment to faith, family and flag". °. She doesn't indicate which faith she is referring to, but presumably means the Christian faith as the traditional faith in Britain. However, the faith of Jesus of Nazareth shares much more common ground with the values she seems to dismiss - decency, reasonableness and compassion - than it does with the militarism and flag-waving she seems to endorse. I surely cannot be the only person getting worried when the Christian faith is conscripted into the support of strident nationalism. The Rev Paul Dowling
October 1, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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The number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills.

Norway - 0
UK - 0
France - 0
Spain - 0
Portugal - 0
Denmark - 0
Australia - 0
Iceland - 0
Italy - 0
Finland - 0
Ireland - 0
Germany - 0
Netherlands - 0
Sweden - 0
Japan - 0
Canada - 0
United States - 643k
September 30, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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June 11, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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May 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Do you know how much CEO pay has skyrocketed since 1978?

100%? 500%?

Try 1,085%

Meanwhile, the $7.25/hr fed. minimum wage hasn't budged in 15 years and the tipped min. wage has been $2.13/hr since 1991.

This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
May 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Oh Howay man.

When is someone going to get a spine.

“Two Russian spies arrested by intelligence services had US Defense Secretary Hegseth’s private phone number on their cell phones”

www.europesays.com/2031358/
Germany: Two Russian spies arrested by intelligence services had US Defense Secretary Hegseth's private phone number on their cell phones, — Der Speigel - EUROPE SAYS
Germany: Two Russian spies arrested by intelligence services had US Defense Secretary Hegseth's private phone number on their cell phones, — Der Speigel
www.europesays.com
April 28, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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This is some sick shit
April 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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47 claims the entire world is taking advantage of the US, but we have 32% of the world’s wealth, generate 26% of the world’s GDP, and only have 4% of the world’s population

We have a wealth DISTRIBUTION problem

Raise the min wage
Give us universal healthcare
Create federal job-training programs
world's wealth distribution chart
April 7, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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March 31, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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hankgreen.bsky.social
Oh my God, I just had a full night’s sleep and Cory Booker is still going…
www.youtube.com/live/rCUK2Vb...
LIVE: Cory Booker speaks on the Senate floor
YouTube video by Associated Press
www.youtube.com
April 1, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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Why aren’t you wearing a suit?

Have you said “Thank you” to Greenland and Denmark for allowing you to have a base on Greenland?
March 29, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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March 27, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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Islamophobic posts about Sadiq Khan more than double in a year, analysis shows

Dreadful! I think he’s pretty amazing

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Islamophobic posts about Sadiq Khan more than double in a year, analysis shows
Most Islamophobic content referring to London mayor, a prominent voice against online abuse, was on X
www.theguardian.com
March 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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"Hey! We're doing beers tonight at Shenanigans! Are you guys in? Oh by the way...we're bombing Yemen!"

#DangerousBamOfTheDAy
Picture of Pete Hegseth. American Defence Secretary.
March 25, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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#kokako issue 42 is out kokako10.wordpress.com/current-issue/ Thank you editor-in-chief Graham Bates for putting together a lovely big collection of poets I admire.
March 22, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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maga???
March 22, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Edinburgh Just Banned SUV and Airline Ads

We need to take urgent #ClimateAction to avoid the worst of #ClimateChange!

What action is your city taking to beat climate change?

Here’s why: forbes.com/sites/davidrvett...

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via @Forbes @davidrvetter @Edinburgh_CC
This Scottish City Just Banned SUV And Airline Ads. Here’s Why
Advertisements for flights, gas-guzzling SUVS and cruises will no longer be permitted under a city ruling described as "historic" by campaigners.
forbes.com
March 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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March 22, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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If you want your country to stop arming Israel.

RT/Like this post.
March 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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March 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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The guy whose daddy bought his way into Wharton, the guy whose grades were so shitty he's never disclosed them – that guy just destroyed the Department of Education. This is what dystopia looks like. This is what Fascism looks like.
March 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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March 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Ahead of Germany’s election, with anti-immigrant sentiment rising, they released viral videos showing life without immigrants.

History proves that when a country starts erasing certain people, it doesn’t end well.
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March 18, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth orders a halt to offensive cyber operations against Russia
Russia has intensified cyber operations against Ukraine and NATO countries, according to previous U.S. intelligence and private sector reports.
www.nbcnews.com
March 3, 2025 at 4:52 AM