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Arthur Seaton #FBPE #Wessex

@southsaxon.bsky.social

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Working class history, photography, railways, skiing, cats, corvids and goats! A sense of humour is essential. Cat butler. Reluctant intellectual. Rare disease survivor. Born at 314.3ppm. https://railthing.blogspot.com/?m=1

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 19h

Man escapes ICE while handcuffed, bystanders use pliers to free him.
Salt Lake City, UT

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Arthur Seaton #FBPE #Wessex @southsaxon.bsky.social · 1h

The old fool interferes with business more than any old school communist ever did.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 20h

Cartoon by @edwexler.bsky.social.

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Arthur Seaton #FBPE #Wessex @southsaxon.bsky.social · 2h

B134 at Toller, on the Bridport branch, 25.2.1975

#B134 #Toller #BridportBranch #BritishRail #WesternRegion #1970s #1975Images

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Arthur Seaton #FBPE #Wessex @southsaxon.bsky.social · Dec 21

Francis Ford Transit, Littlehampton, 14.4.1985

#FordTransit #FrancisParker #Littlehampton

Bob Francis built up an empire of about 20 companies in Sussex and his vans and lorries filled the roads for a couple of decades.

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Arthur Seaton #FBPE #Wessex @southsaxon.bsky.social · Dec 21

Ford Transit pickup, Littlehampton, 29.6.1986

#FordTransit #ClassicVan #Littlehampton #1980s

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Arthur Seaton #FBPE #Wessex @southsaxon.bsky.social · 2h

Aqua Hydraulics Ford Transit, 22.9.1985

#AquaHydraulics #FordTransit #ClassicVan #1980s #1985Images

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Vincent Zimmerman @zimmermanv66.bsky.social · 2h

They're offended at everything. Who are the real snowflakes here??? Frogs offend them, multicolored hair offends them, rainbows, art, science, the truth. All offensive. I could go on, but you get the point.

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Arthur Seaton #FBPE #Wessex @southsaxon.bsky.social · 2h

Usually with an actual missionary …

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The Resistance CO 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦 @theresistanceco.bsky.social · 2h

You’ll soon see how many people hate this administration but love this country.

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Arthur Seaton #FBPE #Wessex @southsaxon.bsky.social · 2h

‘Anthropomorphic’ is going to have the MAGAs shuffling through their non existent dictionaries.

Know your audience Patsy.

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Arthur Seaton #FBPE #Wessex @southsaxon.bsky.social · 2h

I’m sure there are but many aren’t on line a lot or don’t want to get involved in politics, even at a distance!

Arthur Seaton #FBPE #Wessex @southsaxon.bsky.social · 2h

In Belfast you get one in one street and the other in the next. Hence the Peace Walls.

It really rather upset me as I live in this sort of housing on the mainland.

Artificially divided by rich scum.

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🌸Norma Jeen🌸 @normajeen.bsky.social · 15h

This!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Tim Walz: "It's almost unimaginable that he's got Milei in there, giving him $20 billion, so that they can undercut us and China can buy their soybeans from them. And now China has learned they can replace our markets."

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 3h

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Arthur Seaton #FBPE #Wessex @southsaxon.bsky.social · 3h

I’m not Labour of course but credit where credit’s due.

LaindonFeminist: 10 Year Keir @viviane49.bsky.social · 1d

So not only have Labour been pivotal on the world stage they’re delivering for the homeless, protecting homes/businesses from flooding and slashing delays to get housing built. All in a normal week under a Labour government. Oh and the economy is still outperforming most, bar US

1. The UK is forecast to be the second-fastest growing of the world's most advanced economies this year. IMF)
2. Deposit Returns Scheme on drinks containers from Oct 27 to run in major supermarkets in England/Wales
3. Every Labour MP voted to ban the badger cull 👏👏👏
4. Landmark Planning and Infrastructure Bill – a key driver for growth to slash planning delays
5. New Fair Work Agency will transform how employment rights are enforced across the UK.
6. Deprived communities to get new flood defences faster
7. Sellafield Ltd awards £2.9bn infrastructure contracts
8. £84 million injection to tackle homelessness
9. Half of rail operators publicly owned with Greater Anglia onboard
10. First illegal migrants returned under new UK-France agreement
11. Patients in poorer areas to get better access to GPs
12. 10,600 new UK jobs have be

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 4h

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 3h

Far-right U.S. influencer Candace Owens has lost her bid to enter Australia after the country’s highest court backed the government’s decision to deny her a visa over concerns she could “incite discord” in the community.

Far-right U.S. influencer Candace Owens loses legal fight to enter Australia

The country’s highest court backed the government’s decision to deny her a visa over concerns she could “incite discord” in the community.

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Arthur Seaton #FBPE #Wessex @southsaxon.bsky.social · 3h

6112 at Woking, 18.8.1986

#6112Unit #Woking #1980s #1986Images

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 4h

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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 3h

A police chief has revealed that no gun was found on a 13-year-old boy who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement despite a top Department of Homeland Security official’s claims to the contrary.

Police Chief Blows Up ICE Barbie Goon’s Story About Child Detained by ICE

Tricia McLaughlin said a seventh-grader detained by ICE and sent to another state had been “in possession of a firearm” when he was arrested.

trib.al

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 4h

In case you weren’t hip to it:

TURNING POINTS USA IS A RACIST HATE GROUP!

It always was.

There is literally no difference between praising Charlie Kirk and praising David Duke.

Same same.

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Brendan May @brendanmay.bsky.social · 5h

If you are watching the Reform Party controlled Councils with their endless mishaps, resignations, fallouts, scandals, mismanagement and sheer comedic idiocy, but still thinking of making these clowns a national government, representing the UK on the global stage, you are literally insane.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17h

So First Amendment rights can now be snatched away if you [checks notes] celebrate?

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