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Alan C. Smith @algingersmith.bsky.social · 18h

Everyone has been spying on everyone else for 80 years. You'd have thought it had just been invented.
Tories setting the agenda, BBC following.

#wato

Alan C. Smith @algingersmith.bsky.social · 18h

Maybe this is behind their excessive noise on it. Distraction.

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Alan C. Smith @algingersmith.bsky.social · 18h

1.25pm...🙄

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a man in a suit and tie is wearing a watch with the letter c on the wrist

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is wearing a watch with the letter c on the wrist

media.tenor.com

Alan C. Smith @algingersmith.bsky.social · 18h

If only this much time and effort could be devoted to pursuing the Reform russian asset/s.

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Alan C. Smith @algingersmith.bsky.social · 18h

China own swathes of the country. This horse bolted years ago..

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Alan C. Smith @algingersmith.bsky.social · 18h

Shockingly, I don't care. China are both a threat and a partner. That's the world we live in.
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Alan C. Smith @algingersmith.bsky.social · 18h

China have invested £100bn in the UK. Maybe the Tories noise over this case would like to distract from that fact.
#wato
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

How much vital UK infrastructure does China own?

BBC Verify looks at what we know about the extent of Chinese investment in the UK economy.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Alan C. Smith @algingersmith.bsky.social · 1d

A completely exhausted and starving population is not going to be capable of rebuilding their own homes for months. And clearing unexploded ordnance will take years. Meanwhile..🤷
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Alan C. Smith @algingersmith.bsky.social · 1d

It's pretty laughable now. And sums him up entirely.

Alan C. Smith @algingersmith.bsky.social · 1d

How about 'blood and treasure.' That always revolts me.

#r4today

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Alan C. Smith @algingersmith.bsky.social · 1d

Finally. Pity they didn't bother yesterday when it was actually happening.

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Alan C. Smith @algingersmith.bsky.social · 1d

Good point, as ever Ed.

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Alan C. Smith @algingersmith.bsky.social · 1d

Thank god for Jeremy Bowen. And shame on the rest of you.
It's not a Peace Deal. It's a cease fire only. The rest is hype, arrogance, overclaim and a craven lack of honesty.
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Alan C. Smith @algingersmith.bsky.social · 2d

"While the perpetrators of Gaza’s genocide pose as its saviours.."
Sums it up entirely. On this day of utter proaganda.
#wato #bbcpm #gazagenocide
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

While the perpetrators of Gaza’s genocide pose as its saviours, survivors return home – to a wasteland | Nesrine Malik

Western leaders attending the Sharm el-Sheikh summit have enabled and sponsored this slaughter. They are in no position to build a Palestinian future, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

www.theguardian.com

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Alan C. Smith @algingersmith.bsky.social · 2d

Meanwhile note how healthy and well fed the hostages appear. The ones I've seen anyway..

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Alan C. Smith @algingersmith.bsky.social · 2d

'..the offence is worse because a deal broadly similar to the one he agreed this week was on offer as early as June 2024. But he refused it, deciding at each turn that his personal and political interests were best served by ongoing war.'
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Trump wants a prize for the Gaza deal. But the real question is, why didn't he do it earlier? | Jonathan Freedland

The ceasefire in Gaza happened when the US president lost patience, but how much horror occurred, how many people were killed because he delayed, asks Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

www.theguardian.com

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Alan C. Smith @algingersmith.bsky.social · 2d

Get this butchers distorted lies off my radio.

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Alan C. Smith @algingersmith.bsky.social · 2d

Politically enabled white nationalism, homophobia and racism dressed up as concern for children. But this is also, quietly, happening in the UK, make no mistake. And #comics are right on the front line of it too.
#thelibrarians #wato #bbcpm #bookbanning #r4today
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Storyville - The Librarians

A Storyville documentary that explores how librarians across the US are risking their safety to defend free speech as book bans and censorship threaten democracy from within.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Alan C. Smith @algingersmith.bsky.social · 2d

'Content is for wimps.'

Turned off ages ago.
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Alan C. Smith @algingersmith.bsky.social · 2d

Yes how did the Backer and Weapons Supplier of the Mad Dog make him stop. 🤔
The cravenness of this reporting is beyond belief.
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Alan C. Smith @algingersmith.bsky.social · 3d

If it is 'peace' in the Middle East, however temporary, it's because Israeli used the excuse of the conflict to defenestrate its local enemies.

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Alan C. Smith @algingersmith.bsky.social · 3d

How many hostages did Israel kill with its indiscriminate bombing.

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Alan C. Smith @algingersmith.bsky.social · 3d

Keep pooping the party Jeremy. Keep it real. Long long way from any real 'conclusion.'

#bbcbh

Alan C. Smith @algingersmith.bsky.social · 4d

And was bloody useless at whichever job she was in..

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Alan C. Smith @algingersmith.bsky.social · 4d

A year of relentless Tory media attacks on Starmer and Labour might be part of the picture too..🙄
#bbcaq

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