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The Goat

@spudfromdublin.bsky.social

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Ex Dublin. Living on Llyn peninsula in Wales. Love walking and reading. 🇮🇪 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇪🇺 I follow back. Born when CO2 was at 317ppm. No DM unless you know me. No Cryptoshit.

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The Goat @spudfromdublin.bsky.social · 1h

It's a quote from Melville.
But it isn't part of a poem, just a quote from his work.

The Goat @spudfromdublin.bsky.social · 18h

These were still in use into the 1970's.
One of my teachers pulled out the stitching on one. He then put in a row of coins and stitched it back up. It hurt.

He actually sewed coins in to make it hurt more!
What sort of sadist does that?

The Goat @spudfromdublin.bsky.social · 18h

I can understand that.

The Goat @spudfromdublin.bsky.social · 18h

So true.
I set up a new account and had a look last week.
Deleted the account after two days.
It's got far worse than it used to be. And it used to be a cesspit.

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STOP MAKING SENSE 🇨🇦🦋 @davidbreakpar.bsky.social · 1d

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The Goat @spudfromdublin.bsky.social · 1d

Starmer. Never knowingly on our side.

He cares for Israel more than he cares for the UK.

David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 1d

Starmer's knack for making simple stories worse. Banning away fans from games is pretty common as this story says. Best not politicised, but he has to go there. Badly advised. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Starmer condemns ‘wrong decision’ to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from Aston Villa game

Fans of Maccabi Tel Aviv will not be allowed to attend the Europa League match at Aston Villa on 6 November owing to safety concerns

www.theguardian.com

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The Goat @spudfromdublin.bsky.social · 1d

Possibly.
We'll certainly never know until we actually ask the question.

The Goat @spudfromdublin.bsky.social · 1d

Badenoch is pandering to her support base.

Starmer is turning his support base against him.

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The Goat @spudfromdublin.bsky.social · 1d

Wales would be much better off in the long term as an independent country.

The Goat @spudfromdublin.bsky.social · 1d

As an immigrant it really hit me when Starmer said I helped cause incalculable damage to the UK & that I helped turn it into an island of strangers.

I know he really didn't mean someone like me. He meant brown people. That makes it worse and doesn't make me feel any better about it.

The Goat @spudfromdublin.bsky.social · 1d

People want to vote for the party they actually support.

Until FPTP is ditched, we're screwed.

The only government likely to ditch it is whatever party gets in after Reform have spent a few years ruining the country.

The Goat @spudfromdublin.bsky.social · 1d

People on the right get really annoyed at being called out. Call a racist a racist? How dare you.

Ask for immigrants to be burned alive? What a hero.

The Goat @spudfromdublin.bsky.social · 1d

Possibly.

Or possibly people are sick and tired being told to vote for a party other than the one they want, in the hope of keeping the worse party out.

That hasn't worked. All it results in the the elected party moving further right, knowing the left votes are locked in.

The Goat @spudfromdublin.bsky.social · 1d

A lot of the problem is that some of them DO read the newspapers.

The UK newspapers are unbelievably shite.

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The Goat @spudfromdublin.bsky.social · 1d

You don't get it.
The Labour voters are, in large numbers, EX Labour voters.

Personally I hate them. I despise Starmer and I think Reeves is in way over her depth.

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The Goat @spudfromdublin.bsky.social · 1d

That's nothing.
You should see the yachts BOUGHT by Tory supporters with Covid cash.

The Goat @spudfromdublin.bsky.social · 1d

She IS a bag. A nasty piece of work.

The Goat @spudfromdublin.bsky.social · 1d

Because that's where a lot of Nazi's fled to after the war.
He reckons if it was good for Nazi's it must be good.

The Goat @spudfromdublin.bsky.social · 1d

Centre left my shiny arse.

The Goat @spudfromdublin.bsky.social · 1d

It was today that I learned that there is such a thing as the co-operative party. I had to look it up.

The Goat @spudfromdublin.bsky.social · 1d

It really needs the remaining Labour supporters to vote Plaid.

The Goat @spudfromdublin.bsky.social · 2d

Your question doesn't really make sense.

You seem to be under the mistaken belief that these are being built as homes. They are not.

Their primary function is as an investment vehicle.

The Goat @spudfromdublin.bsky.social · 2d

a baby is making a funny face with his mouth open

ALT: a baby is making a funny face with his mouth open

media.tenor.com

The Goat @spudfromdublin.bsky.social · 2d

The president has no such power. Nor should (s)he.

All (s)he can do is talk about stuff. The government can (and probably will) ignore anything the President has to say.

The Goat @spudfromdublin.bsky.social · 2d

What have they done to deter visitors?