David
@twiggy52.bsky.social
Retired Scottish Social Worker. Married for 49 years. Enjoy cycling,hill walking and choral singing. 2 cats and 5 grandchildren.
Appalled by Brexit and Trump.
Love the NHS.
Science is true and together with humanity should inform political decisions.
Appalled by Brexit and Trump.
Love the NHS.
Science is true and together with humanity should inform political decisions.
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As masked federal agents terrorize and kill American citizens Mike Lawler does NOTHING to stop it. I was a military police officer in the Army. I know what law enforcement is about. Protecting and serving, NOT the weaponization of government against its own people.
January 24, 2026 at 7:28 PM
As masked federal agents terrorize and kill American citizens Mike Lawler does NOTHING to stop it. I was a military police officer in the Army. I know what law enforcement is about. Protecting and serving, NOT the weaponization of government against its own people.
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“Please get the truth out about our son.”
January 25, 2026 at 1:11 AM
“Please get the truth out about our son.”
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It's really too bad the United States Congress no longer exists.
January 24, 2026 at 9:41 PM
It's really too bad the United States Congress no longer exists.
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AOC: "An ICE officer had violently pushed a woman to the ground and he had come over to help get her up and that is what precipitated this incident that very quickly led to an execution in the streets. What we are seeing here is a momentous pivotal moment for the United States."
January 24, 2026 at 10:25 PM
AOC: "An ICE officer had violently pushed a woman to the ground and he had come over to help get her up and that is what precipitated this incident that very quickly led to an execution in the streets. What we are seeing here is a momentous pivotal moment for the United States."
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Noem:
"An individual approached US border patrol officers... The officers attempted to disarm this individual, but the armed suspect reacted violently."
Video footage from multiple angles proves that this is outright bullshit.
Alex Pretti did not approach ICE officers nor did he react violently.
"An individual approached US border patrol officers... The officers attempted to disarm this individual, but the armed suspect reacted violently."
Video footage from multiple angles proves that this is outright bullshit.
Alex Pretti did not approach ICE officers nor did he react violently.
January 24, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Noem:
"An individual approached US border patrol officers... The officers attempted to disarm this individual, but the armed suspect reacted violently."
Video footage from multiple angles proves that this is outright bullshit.
Alex Pretti did not approach ICE officers nor did he react violently.
"An individual approached US border patrol officers... The officers attempted to disarm this individual, but the armed suspect reacted violently."
Video footage from multiple angles proves that this is outright bullshit.
Alex Pretti did not approach ICE officers nor did he react violently.
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Iran was threatened for killing protesters. After two killings in America, is it ok for Iran to now threaten America for killing protesters?
January 24, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Iran was threatened for killing protesters. After two killings in America, is it ok for Iran to now threaten America for killing protesters?
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Enough is enough.
January 25, 2026 at 3:47 AM
Enough is enough.
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I worry that Trump’s latest partial climbdowns, pathetic & insincere as they are, will bolster Downing Street’s arguments for keeping him sweet when it’s surely time to go full Mark Carney.
January 24, 2026 at 5:59 PM
I worry that Trump’s latest partial climbdowns, pathetic & insincere as they are, will bolster Downing Street’s arguments for keeping him sweet when it’s surely time to go full Mark Carney.
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On the execution in Minnesota: Obviously, the individuals involved should be held accountable. But responsibility goes to the top of ICE and CBP, and DHS. Their appropriations come up next week in the senate. Not a cent for DHS without pulling ICE and CBP off the streets, in MN and everywhere else.
January 24, 2026 at 4:52 PM
On the execution in Minnesota: Obviously, the individuals involved should be held accountable. But responsibility goes to the top of ICE and CBP, and DHS. Their appropriations come up next week in the senate. Not a cent for DHS without pulling ICE and CBP off the streets, in MN and everywhere else.
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I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
January 24, 2026 at 4:04 PM
I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
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BREAKING: Prime Minister Keir Starmer mocks the idea of Trumps board of peace
“Putin being on a board of peace? He is waging war on a European country"
“Putin being on a board of peace? He is waging war on a European country"
January 23, 2026 at 7:23 PM
BREAKING: Prime Minister Keir Starmer mocks the idea of Trumps board of peace
“Putin being on a board of peace? He is waging war on a European country"
“Putin being on a board of peace? He is waging war on a European country"
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Today, federal agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis in plain sight. This is why we are fighting back against this lawless administration.
Millions are asking us to do something, while our colleagues stand in the way of basic accountability. We must stand for the people and their rights!
Millions are asking us to do something, while our colleagues stand in the way of basic accountability. We must stand for the people and their rights!
January 24, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Today, federal agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis in plain sight. This is why we are fighting back against this lawless administration.
Millions are asking us to do something, while our colleagues stand in the way of basic accountability. We must stand for the people and their rights!
Millions are asking us to do something, while our colleagues stand in the way of basic accountability. We must stand for the people and their rights!
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🚨By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party - lets get this to the 100,000 signatures needed
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party
When an MP decides they want to defect to another party a by-election should be automatically triggered to allow the constituents the opportunity have their democratic right to agree or not with their...
petition.parliament.uk
January 17, 2026 at 9:07 AM
🚨By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party - lets get this to the 100,000 signatures needed
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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Trump II, Year I:
-Bombed Iran, Venezuela, and Yemen
-Allowed Israel to repeatedly violate the ceasefire and kill civilians
-Ripped healthcare and SNAP away from millions
-Deployed masked ICE agents to terrorize American cities
The "Peace President."
-Bombed Iran, Venezuela, and Yemen
-Allowed Israel to repeatedly violate the ceasefire and kill civilians
-Ripped healthcare and SNAP away from millions
-Deployed masked ICE agents to terrorize American cities
The "Peace President."
January 16, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Trump II, Year I:
-Bombed Iran, Venezuela, and Yemen
-Allowed Israel to repeatedly violate the ceasefire and kill civilians
-Ripped healthcare and SNAP away from millions
-Deployed masked ICE agents to terrorize American cities
The "Peace President."
-Bombed Iran, Venezuela, and Yemen
-Allowed Israel to repeatedly violate the ceasefire and kill civilians
-Ripped healthcare and SNAP away from millions
-Deployed masked ICE agents to terrorize American cities
The "Peace President."
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It's so worrying. His actions risk breaking up pf the United States as well as NATO. Perhaps the suspicion of having "Moscow's Agent Governing America" has some truth in it? Whether there is or not, the end results would be the only people wringing their hands in glee are Orange Felon Putin and Xi
Stop pretending Trump is a Western leader.
His ideology is a mirror image of the regimes in Moscow and Beijing.
He is building the same machinery they have: state capitalism, mass surveillance, and authoritarian control.
He is dismantling the US to build his own empire
His ideology is a mirror image of the regimes in Moscow and Beijing.
He is building the same machinery they have: state capitalism, mass surveillance, and authoritarian control.
He is dismantling the US to build his own empire
January 17, 2026 at 11:07 AM
It's so worrying. His actions risk breaking up pf the United States as well as NATO. Perhaps the suspicion of having "Moscow's Agent Governing America" has some truth in it? Whether there is or not, the end results would be the only people wringing their hands in glee are Orange Felon Putin and Xi
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If you don't want Donald Trump's invasion of Venezuela spread the message.
This is his Vietnam.
This is his Vietnam.
December 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
If you don't want Donald Trump's invasion of Venezuela spread the message.
This is his Vietnam.
This is his Vietnam.
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“The relationship between the president and the people he serves has shifted irrevocably,” Justice Sonia Sotomayor warned in her dissenting opinion. “In every use of official power, the president is now a king above the law.”
trib.al/60kPD3S
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John Roberts and the Cynical Cult of Federalist No. 70
Alexander Hamilton’s treatise on executive power is one of the conservative legal movement’s favorite texts to quote—and misquote.
trib.al
December 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
“The relationship between the president and the people he serves has shifted irrevocably,” Justice Sonia Sotomayor warned in her dissenting opinion. “In every use of official power, the president is now a king above the law.”
trib.al/60kPD3S
trib.al/60kPD3S
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Epstein is Watergate, but instead of investigating they have simply admitted everyone is involved.
America is gone.
America is gone.
December 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Epstein is Watergate, but instead of investigating they have simply admitted everyone is involved.
America is gone.
America is gone.
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NEW: The RNC Chair is calling the 2026 midterms a “pending, looming disaster” for Republicans.
December 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
NEW: The RNC Chair is calling the 2026 midterms a “pending, looming disaster” for Republicans.
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Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was sentenced to 45 years in U.S. federal prison for playing a central role in what the Biden administration deemed to be “one of the largest and most violent drug-trafficking conspiracies in the world.”
On Tuesday, he walked free. trib.al/Sq4MSiL
On Tuesday, he walked free. trib.al/Sq4MSiL
December 2, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was sentenced to 45 years in U.S. federal prison for playing a central role in what the Biden administration deemed to be “one of the largest and most violent drug-trafficking conspiracies in the world.”
On Tuesday, he walked free. trib.al/Sq4MSiL
On Tuesday, he walked free. trib.al/Sq4MSiL
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As right wing rags attack the chancellor for her Budget, they can't ignore the disastrous impact Brexit has had on our economy.
November 28, 2025 at 5:22 PM
As right wing rags attack the chancellor for her Budget, they can't ignore the disastrous impact Brexit has had on our economy.
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He can’t say he was a kid when he voiced these antisemitic tropes
On multiple US TV shows & podcasts in his political career, Farage discussed supposed plots by bankers to create a global gov, citing Goldman Sachs, the Bilderberg group & Jewish financier George Soros as threats to democracy.
On multiple US TV shows & podcasts in his political career, Farage discussed supposed plots by bankers to create a global gov, citing Goldman Sachs, the Bilderberg group & Jewish financier George Soros as threats to democracy.
Farage urged to explain conspiracy theories linked to antisemitism he voiced in US media
Exclusive: The Reform UK leader discussed far-right talking points in web TV and radio appearances between 2009 and 2018
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:13 PM
He can’t say he was a kid when he voiced these antisemitic tropes
On multiple US TV shows & podcasts in his political career, Farage discussed supposed plots by bankers to create a global gov, citing Goldman Sachs, the Bilderberg group & Jewish financier George Soros as threats to democracy.
On multiple US TV shows & podcasts in his political career, Farage discussed supposed plots by bankers to create a global gov, citing Goldman Sachs, the Bilderberg group & Jewish financier George Soros as threats to democracy.
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“Farage’s Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny”
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November 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“Farage’s Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny”
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...
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There's lots you can and should criticise the BBC for.
But it's our BBC - and it's important.
Great to speak to CNN - Donald Trump shouldn't have his hands anywhere near our public services.
But it's our BBC - and it's important.
Great to speak to CNN - Donald Trump shouldn't have his hands anywhere near our public services.
Zack Polanski on President Trump, "It's difficult to call him anything other than a fool"
"This is sociopathic behaviour"
"He is toxic, misogynistic, racist"
"I'm not a fan of Trump"
Christiane Amanpour, "It's pretty clear"
"This is sociopathic behaviour"
"He is toxic, misogynistic, racist"
"I'm not a fan of Trump"
Christiane Amanpour, "It's pretty clear"
November 14, 2025 at 9:24 AM
There's lots you can and should criticise the BBC for.
But it's our BBC - and it's important.
Great to speak to CNN - Donald Trump shouldn't have his hands anywhere near our public services.
But it's our BBC - and it's important.
Great to speak to CNN - Donald Trump shouldn't have his hands anywhere near our public services.
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The prime minister has written an exclusive article in the Big Issue pledging to ensure stronger rights for renters, as the government announces that no-fault evictions will end in May 2026 👏
www.bigissue.com/news/housing...
www.bigissue.com/news/housing...
Keir Starmer vows to 'put an end to unsafe housing' in exclusive article for Big Issue
The prime minister Keir Starmer has written an exclusive letter in the Big Issue pledging to ensure stronger rights for renters.
www.bigissue.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The prime minister has written an exclusive article in the Big Issue pledging to ensure stronger rights for renters, as the government announces that no-fault evictions will end in May 2026 👏
www.bigissue.com/news/housing...
www.bigissue.com/news/housing...