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ShropshireGreenMan

@shropshiregreenman.bsky.social

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Retired manager, now seller of old stuff. Living in Shropshire with a Welsh dragon. Formerly Shropshire Green Man on Twitter. Once a Tory voter but never going back there. Now politically homeless but left leaning. Rejoin 🇪🇺 Nature🦋 Vegan-ish 🌿 WWFC ⚽️

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ShropshireGreenMan @shropshiregreenman.bsky.social · 4h

Isn't it time that the government changed course on NHS vaccinations so that more under 75s could get them? That's a big chunk of the population currently excluded, with an increased risk.

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ShropshireGreenMan @shropshiregreenman.bsky.social · 12h

BBC Breakfast interview with Tim Davie focusing on whether it is independent from the government, but most people are screaming about right-wing influences from the opposition! Are they really this bad at reading the room or is it downright bias? 🤔

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ShropshireGreenMan @shropshiregreenman.bsky.social · 13h

What's also unreasonable is that most adults can't get a Covid vaccination until they're 75, unless they pay £98 privately. Two tier health care already?

ShropshireGreenMan @shropshiregreenman.bsky.social · 13h

Is it now time to turn the focus onto the CPS in all of this instead of using it as a political football? 🤔

ShropshireGreenMan @shropshiregreenman.bsky.social · 14h

Am I alone in wondering that if so much is now done by robots, what do the millions of Chinese people actually DO? They can't all be building the robots...

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ShropshireGreenMan @shropshiregreenman.bsky.social · 14h

Paid for by all that tariff money that Trump says is flooding into America? 🤔

ShropshireGreenMan @shropshiregreenman.bsky.social · 1d

My youngest daughter and our grandchildren have no chance of getting on the housing ladder, at least until we pop our clogs. It's very tough for them compared to the situation that we enjoyed.

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ShropshireGreenMan @shropshiregreenman.bsky.social · 1d

Every new video like this that gets posted convinces me that these creeps are no more than bounty hunters. How much are they getting paid for each 'arrest'? 🤔😡

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ShropshireGreenMan @shropshiregreenman.bsky.social · 1d

There are plenty of people in the USA and the rest of the world who will never believe that, and that the election was stolen...

ShropshireGreenMan @shropshiregreenman.bsky.social · 1d

Exactly. And what is the root cause of that?

ShropshireGreenMan @shropshiregreenman.bsky.social · 1d

Just imagine what this will look like to a future scholar reading about in history books, in the next century. Will it be the next 'Archduke Franz Ferdinand' moment? 🤔

ShropshireGreenMan @shropshiregreenman.bsky.social · 1d

And in the 1970s the cost of a house was about 3.5 times the average annual wage, compared to 8.8 times now. No wonder we have a housing crisis...😡

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ShropshireGreenMan @shropshiregreenman.bsky.social · 1d

Sadly, this always felt inevitable and says something about the complete lack of empathy and sincerity on the Israeli government's part...

ShropshireGreenMan @shropshiregreenman.bsky.social · 2d

Will the requirement for A-level standard English apply to British workers, too? Think we're going to see quite a few unemployed ReformUK voters judging by their posts on here...

BBC News - Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in UK
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in UK

The tougher rules will come in force in January as part of wider plans to cut immigration.

www.bbc.com

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ShropshireGreenMan @shropshiregreenman.bsky.social · 3d

Perhaps the most interesting part of this story is that Tommy Robinson was seen driving a silver Bentley. Wonder what all his working class supporters make of that?

BBC News - Tommy Robinson refused to give phone Pin to protect 'journalistic material'
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Tommy Robinson refused to give police phone Pin to protect 'journalistic material'

The far-right activist was charged under the Terrorism Act over an incident at the Channel Tunnel in July 2024.

www.bbc.com

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ShropshireGreenMan @shropshiregreenman.bsky.social · 3d

Despite the good news about the ceasefire and hostages being released, is anyone feeling quite nauseous how Trump is being feted for his role in the 'deal' and the sycophantic TV coverage? 🤮

Now release the Epstein Files!

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ShropshireGreenMan @shropshiregreenman.bsky.social · 3d

Definitely. Our left of centre parties need a mature and pragmatic approach to future elections. Better still, give us Proportional Representation now!

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ShropshireGreenMan @shropshiregreenman.bsky.social · 3d

This feels like no fluke or protest movement. The Greens now have real political direction with forward-looking policies that people can relate to, and a charismatic leader in @zackpolanski.

(Bots need not bother with facile comments about hypnosis & boobs...)

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Green party reaches 100,000 members for first time after Polanski becomes leader

Green party in England and Wales has had near-50% rise in membership since since Zack Polanski took over last month

www.theguardian.com

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ShropshireGreenMan @shropshiregreenman.bsky.social · 3d

They obviously missed a rather large pro-Palestine protest in London at the weekend, too. Must have been looking the other way...

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ShropshireGreenMan @shropshiregreenman.bsky.social · 3d

@zackpolanski is really leading the charge to expose Nigel Farage for the charlatan, liar and traitor to this country that he is...

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 5d

Glad to see Nigel Farage has finally remembered Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform in Wales - found guilty of taking bribes from Russia.

Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?

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ShropshireGreenMan @shropshiregreenman.bsky.social · 3d

Now up to 72% 'Yes'!

Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 3d

This poll in The Times is still open.

Go to —> compass.pressekompass.net/compasses/ti...

ShropshireGreenMan @shropshiregreenman.bsky.social · 3d

Trump and his acolytes are treating the USA and the rest of the world like a giant game of Monopoly, amassing ever greater wealth, but in the game, all the other players are eliminated until there is only one winner. What will become of them in reality? 🤔

ShropshireGreenMan @shropshiregreenman.bsky.social · 5d

The prospect of that happening is just laughable...but you can bet that the MAGAs believe it!

ShropshireGreenMan @shropshiregreenman.bsky.social · 5d

My best claim to a connection with Charlotte Church is that I once sat on a chair in a South Wales pub, where she had been sitting the night before! ❤️☺️

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 5d

Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack.

Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.

Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.

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