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Paul Rogers @paulrogers.bsky.social · 13d

Yup, lots of people here think their lives are rubbish because of foreigners.

They're not correct, but that's what they think.

Paul Rogers @paulrogers.bsky.social · 19d

The son of a tool maker ought to know this 😜

Paul Rogers @paulrogers.bsky.social · 19d

I don't think mass production is really viable in the UK any more unless workers are prepared to work for £1/hr.

But we've also lost so, so many people (retirement) who can make and design tools, prototypes etc. The last cohort of these is nearly finished retiring. When they go, it's finished.

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Paul Rogers @paulrogers.bsky.social · 19d

Oh can the Israelis STFU with this nonsense now. We all know they just want to kill all the Palestinians and take their land.

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Paul Rogers @paulrogers.bsky.social · 19d

There's no-one in Clacton called "N. Farage"

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Paul Rogers @paulrogers.bsky.social · 20d

What if they don't watch BBC news is because of their opinion of it? 😉

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Paul Rogers @paulrogers.bsky.social · 24d

And in 5 years time I could be a billionaire.
Neither is very likely though, is it?

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Paul Rogers @paulrogers.bsky.social · 27d

Well, I'm not sure how that would 'unite the kingdom'. Maybe this guy thinks these are legitimately concerns.

Or maybe he's an absolute crazy.

Paul Rogers @paulrogers.bsky.social · Sep 7

Israel's supreme court is about to be called anti-Semitic

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Paul Rogers @paulrogers.bsky.social · Sep 7

If only they'd said this before. Ok, thanks guys. Problem solved, cheers.

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Paul Rogers @paulrogers.bsky.social · Sep 7

Cool, so Labour now just do whatever Reform and the Tories say they're going to do.

All that waffle from Starmer about not all politicians are the same is looking, erm, ironic.

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Paul Rogers @paulrogers.bsky.social · Sep 5

I guess that Rayner was a 'left' influence on Downing St? If so, Starmer & McSweeney might choose to replace her with someone more of their mindset i.e. austerity and more Tory policies.

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · Sep 2

I want Keir Starmer to lead - to call out racism, not mutter about bunting.

To offer real refugee policy, not parrot Farage.

To show Britain is better than this.

Instead we’re cowering. We must do better. They must do better.

Enough Platitudes: Starmer Must Confront Racism With Courage, Not Flags

The Far-Right is. Emboldened, Lies Go Unchallenged and Labour Looks Like Deer in Headlights. It's Past Time For Real Leadership

www.bearlypolitics.co.uk

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Paul Rogers @paulrogers.bsky.social · Sep 1

I can't get past "hello darling... wanna feel the growth in my pocket?"

Paul Rogers @paulrogers.bsky.social · Sep 1

His "country of strangers" speech was dismissed as an unfortunate mistake.

They can't try the same back-pedal this time.

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Paul Rogers @paulrogers.bsky.social · Aug 21

The first one has a room temperature IQ.

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Paul Rogers @paulrogers.bsky.social · Aug 20

I've just realised that Derek Gow was one of the nice accounts I left behind when I deleted Twitter. Does he post on any other platforms?

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Paul Rogers @paulrogers.bsky.social · Aug 17

I'm fully expecting these replies to turn into a list of terrible songs. I'll check back together 😉

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Paul Rogers @paulrogers.bsky.social · Aug 15

Hey, Americans- have you realised yet? Your President is a big fan of authoritarian rulers.

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Paul Rogers @paulrogers.bsky.social · Aug 15

All the protesters that are being arrested aren't being charged - just let go. It's wasting massive amounts of police time. But Yvette Cooper gets to go on telly and say her usual word salad

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Paul Rogers @paulrogers.bsky.social · Aug 15

There's going to be a shedload of compensation payments for wrongful arrests when this 'law' gets repealed. Good.

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Paul Rogers @paulrogers.bsky.social · Aug 14

If you need a plot 20% wider, they charge you 20% more. Seems perfectly reasonable to me.

Cemeteries don't have infinite space, so this makes sense.

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Paul Rogers @paulrogers.bsky.social · Aug 10

Well, we could stop our spy-plane flights over Gaza and giving the info to Israel. But maybe that's me being naïve?

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Paul Rogers @paulrogers.bsky.social · Jul 29

Answer: Israel prevented all food entering Gaza. They even persuaded Egypt not to let any through their border with Gaza.

There you go, a 2 sentence explanation.

Paul Rogers @paulrogers.bsky.social · Jul 29

Ah, classic Starmer. When an obvious course of action is right in front of his face, he finds a way to make a complete balls up of it.