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Tony Dexter @timbleman.bsky.social · 2h

Here’s decadent Dick Lice

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 7h

UAE has no democratically elected institutions, no free speech and an appalling human rights record.

Its economy functions on completely different metrics to the ours & ranks well below us for GDP

No serious person would ever think that we should emulate it.

But here's Tice calling us decadent

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Tony Dexter @timbleman.bsky.social · 3h

Ha ha ha. Bad Enoch the gift that keeps giving

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 12h

"15 years ago, Polish workers came here to find opportunity. Now Poland is growing twice as fast as we are," says Kemi Badenoch.

Any ideas what may have happened in the interim?

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 12h

"15 years ago, Polish workers came here to find opportunity. Now Poland is growing twice as fast as we are," says Kemi Badenoch.

Any ideas what may have happened in the interim?

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Tony Dexter @timbleman.bsky.social · 3h

By his face it looks like Trump is in physical decline

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 5h

We would like to thank Kristi Noem for bringing cameras with her everywhere and collecting evidence for her future trial at The Hague.

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Humanity Must Win @humanitymustwin.bsky.social · 3h

Starmer is treasonous.

Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 3h

UK Set to Cave to Trump on NHS Drug Prices novaramedia.com/2025/10/08/u...

UK Set to Cave to Trump on NHS Drug Prices | Novara Media

The UK to hike drug prices to fight tariffs Plus: Kemi’s speech at Tory Conference, and is Nigel Farage a fascist? With: Michael Walker, Helena(@NoJusticeMTG), Nick Dearden & James Meadway Support ...

novaramedia.com

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Buck Frexit @beany.bsky.social · 4h

Tories will abolish stamp duty to “revive the housing market”

First time buyers don’t pay it anyway (up to £300k) & the fact the average UK house price is 10x the average salary is the problem, not £5k stamp duty on a £300k house! And then there’s the £24bn lost tax revenue…

Totally deluded 🤦‍♀️

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Tony Dexter @timbleman.bsky.social · 3h

Clegg is not trust worthy. He let students down over tuition fees, he sided with the Tory coward and Brexit instigator Cameron, he joined a tech firm so has a vested interest in AI.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 12h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

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.

buff.ly

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 7h

Sorry, but if you're saying those implausible and shallow Kemi Badenoch announcements constitute a good speech then you're part of the UK's political problem.

Same half-baked "tax cut good / international commitments bad" bearing no resemblance to well formed policy.

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 10h

If I were the leader of the opposition a year after an election, facing an unpopular government, I would simply focus my energy on criticising the current government's policy record rather than constantly bemoaning the last fifteen years of policymaking, in which I was intimately involved.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 8h

My secret evil plot to ‘destroy Britain’ has been unveiled by (checks notes) the same paper that endorsed Liz Truss.

If I don’t know better I’d say we’ve got them entirely rattled.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Greens who want to save the world by destroying Britain.

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 9h

🔴 ‘America Must Save Britain’: MAGA-Mania and Conspiracy Theories Broadcast Nightly on GB News’ New US Show

A new daily GB News programme broadcast from Washington features climate denial, vaccine misinformation, and non-stop praise for Donald Trump. ✍️ @bylinetimes.bsky.social

'America Must Save Britain': MAGA-Mania and Conspiracy Theories Broadcast Nightly on GB News' New US Show

A new daily GB News programme broadcast from Washington features climate denial, vaccine misinformation, and non-stop praise for Donald Trump – as its hosts tell the American audience that the UK need...

bylinetimes.com

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Andrew Whiteley @andrewwhiteley.bsky.social · 9h

This is authoritarian dictatorship.

Reuters @reuters.com · 10h

Trump calls for Chicago mayor, Illinois governor to be jailed reut.rs/47e8DzL

Trump calls for Chicago mayor, Illinois governor to be jailed

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday called for Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker to be jailed, accusing the two Democrats of failing to protect federal immigration officers without offering any evidence.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 12h

So many questions, but my main one is:

Why is St. George riding the dragon?

Sebastian Dobson @sebdobson.bsky.social · 13h

Reform: Lefties are disrespecting our national saint!

Also Reform:

(Spotted at rally held yesterday by N.E. Lincolnshire County Councillor Oliver Freeston)

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Tony Dexter @timbleman.bsky.social · 9h

Promises, fake promises

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Tony Dexter @timbleman.bsky.social · 12h

Had to turn it off at "the party is my family" bit🤮

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Tony Dexter @timbleman.bsky.social · 12h

That glass ceiling looks solid with Bad Enoch.

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Tony Dexter @timbleman.bsky.social · 12h

Bad Enoch - a woman who struggles to understand a question and when confused declines to answer it. If only she had studied English instead of pretending she was working class. (Pulling up the ladder. That glass ceiling looks solid Kemi)

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 14h

Plans to weaken protections for national parks will have ‘disastrous consequences’, say environmentalists

Pleased to have signed @campaign4parks.bsky.social's letter urging Ministers to drop plans to remove the Protected Landscapes Duty on public bodies 1/

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Plans to weaken protections for national parks will have ‘disastrous consequences’ say green groups

Exclusive: Letter from 170-plus organisations calls on government to drop proposed changes to planning law

www.theguardian.com

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Tony Dexter @timbleman.bsky.social · 12h

Exactly my thought

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Tony Dexter @timbleman.bsky.social · 12h

If she says so....

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 1d

An incredible scoop from Darren here lifted straight from... Polanski's public Wikipedia page

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Tony Dexter @timbleman.bsky.social · 13h

Hollinrake doubling down on Jenrick's racist remarks

Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 15h

"You go to some places like Handsworth.. parts of Dewsbury, Bradford, Leicester, where you see.. a single ethnicity.. we don't think that's healthy thing"

Kevin Hollinrake is MP for Thirsk and Malton, which according to the 2021 census is 98% white.

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Tony Dexter @timbleman.bsky.social · 13h

I studied ART.

EARTH without ART is just EH

(PS Happy Birthday)

(Antony Gormley v Kemi Gormless)

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