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Graeme Swanson @swansonian.bsky.social · 7h

Yesterday my etsy shop had preciously one view. (And i think that was probably me) If you like my stuff please repost. An eccentric millionaire with lots of empty wall space could be scrolling your timeline right now. marswasrubbish.etsy.com/listing/1579...

One of my prints “And now we’ll abseil down the other side” Shows a mountain that’s actually a monster with abseilers on top of it.

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Ann Harries @annharries.bsky.social · 25m

Presumably, you’ve looked at the French DELF and TCF. It’s hideous and I’ve been teaching it to refugees and it’s driving me bananas.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 6d

Still I'm sure it'll be fine. It's not like those expectations are based on a completely unproven product with deranged costs and hysterical levels of hype.

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 6d

BANK OF ENGLAND FPC: RISK OF A SHARP MARKET CORRECTION HAS INCREASED || EQUITY MARKETS ARE PARTICULARLY EXPOSED SHOULD EXPECTATIONS AROUND AI BECOME LESS OPTIMISTIC

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Ann Harries @annharries.bsky.social · 21h

TBF I remember KS going on about homegrown apprenticeships before he was elected and saying that we had to skill our own young people, then he took a sharp turn right.. and it all went downhill.

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 1d

It seems to me a strange brand of "patriotism" to disbelieve praise from the closest source to this process, because it does not fit with the political narrative on which you have decided. ~AA

Patrick Maguire
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I would like to acknowledge the vital role of the United Kingdom in assisting and coordinating efforts that have led us to this historic day in Israel. In particular, I want to recognize the incredible input and tireless efforts of National Security Advisor Jonathan Powell.
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Simon Clarke
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Haha *absolutely*

Pure Anichebe vibes

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 1d

Watching the Bibi & Don Show treat this like some grand victory, while people returning to northern Gaza dig the rubble for loved ones' remains, is pretty revolting.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1d

Tens of thousands of people killed. An entire state reduced to rubble and he acts like it's the Apprentice final.

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Ann Harries @annharries.bsky.social · 22h

Shhh. Don’t tell him I want him in jail.

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Ann Harries @annharries.bsky.social · 22h

You’ve predicted that NF will destroy himself and I’m hopeful that his party is starting to crumble already. You were right about BoJo and I’m hopeful that you are right about Farage. Although I don’t understand why the press is still so supine I guess they’ve just abandoned the Tories and switched.

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Ann Harries @annharries.bsky.social · 22h

I loved her when I was young. She had the amazing warble in her voice.

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Ann Harries @annharries.bsky.social · 22h

No, this particular bit of nonsense was by Huckabee, the US Ambassador. The mad Christian, who believes in the rapture and calls the West Bank, Samaria, and Judea

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Nicola @sessiagh.bsky.social · 1d

I couldn’t watch it. I’m delighted the hostages are freed, and condemn Hamas for the attacks: but the retaliation and indiscriminate collective punishment meted out to Palestinians has been unforgivable. But Trump has to make it all about Trump today….

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Ann Harries @annharries.bsky.social · 22h

Eeew!

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 2d

Quote: I’m old enough to remember when mainstream British politicians, who should know better, stirred up racial hatred as a path to power. You’re old enough to remember this too because it was last Tuesday. And it was Robert Jenrick. Stewart Lee

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 3d

Same day. Same plenary session. Same visit to Gill’s office. Same Farage, Same Gill, same wife of sanctioned pro Russian agent.

Six days after the first bribery charge

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Ann Harries @annharries.bsky.social · 1d

Please tell me that that isn’t one flavour, I thought you were talking about three different types of crisp?

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Ann Harries @annharries.bsky.social · 1d

How, seriously? They’re half starved and Hamas has the weapons. Plus on a practical level there were 2 Hamas: the military wing, but also the civil service was entirely run by Hamas so there is nobody else, and some of them are just employees with no allegiance but employed by Hamas.

Ann Harries @annharries.bsky.social · 1d

I’m sorry, but the commentators declaring that the Palestinians have won an amazing victory today need to think again. There are going to be thousands more dead bodies under the rubble, mostly children. That’s not a victory. Israel has lost too that doesn’t mean that the people of Gaza have won.

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Ann Harries @annharries.bsky.social · 1d

It’s rarely the reporters on the ground who make the errors. It’s the decisions at management level, where they lack the courage to put out difficult information.

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 1d

In other shocking news, Reform UK's tax-cut promises now just "an aspiration". ~AA

Screengrab from the Guardian's live political rolling feed:

Richard Tice confirms Reform abandoning firm commitment to most of £90bn tax cuts in 2024 manifesto
Richard Tice, the Reform UK deputy leader, has confirmed that the party has dropped its commitment to most of the £90bn tax cuts it was promising in its election manifesto last year.

In a significant change of tack, the party is now saying that it will not implement tax cuts until it has cut government spending first.

Tice and Nigel Farage, the Reform UK leader, still believe that colossal cuts in public spending are achievable, and that these could be used to fund big tax cuts. But they have abandoned the bravado of the 2024 Reform manifesto, which implied rebalancing the economy in that way was relatively straightforward.

At their party conferences Labour and the Conservatives both claimed that Reform’s irresponsible economic policies would crash the economy just like Liz Truss’s mini-budget, and it is now clear that this line of attack seems to have had an impact.

In its manifesto, Reform proposed tax cuts worth £90bn, alongside spending commitments worth £50bn. The key tax cut would have been lifting the tax-free personal allowance to £20,000.

Today Tice told Times Radio that this was no longer a commitment, but just an “aspiration”. He said Reform remained committed to getting rid of net zero environmental levies, but he went on: “All the other details [in the manifesto] go because we’re in a different time.”

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Ann Harries @annharries.bsky.social · 1d

Thank God that the Israeli hostages are free. Thank God that some of the illegally detained Palestinians are free. Let’s see if Trump can focus on the next phase and keep Netanyahu under control.

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Ann Harries @annharries.bsky.social · 1d

Rather as we call ourselves expats and others immigrants I see that the Israeli hostages are given the correct designation, but the 1700 Palestinian hostages are termed “ detainees”. And let’s not forget there are hundreds more who are still detained without charge.

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Ann Harries @annharries.bsky.social · 1d

Honestly, it’s probably the only language that Netanyahu and his far right cronies understand.

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Ann Harries @annharries.bsky.social · 1d

From the moment that Sinwar boasted that “ we will do it again and again” , he sealed the fate of the civilian population of Gaza. I hope there is a special pace in hell for him.

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Ann Harries @annharries.bsky.social · 1d

I’m not even sure that being culturally “English” is a particularly desirable aim. I always say I’m British if anybody asks.

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