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Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈

@carolebristol.bsky.social

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I like cooking, photography, reading, music and wine. I have two Westies who I love dearly and I am in a civil partnership. History is a passion of mine, also Wargaming. Take a look at my blog https://hippolytastinyfootsteps.blogspot.com/

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Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 2h

In my case, they are taking forever to get out of the box and glued together.

Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 4h

Refuse planning permission and tell China that they don't get to threaten the UK. The whole thing is just a nest of spies.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

China threatens UK with ‘consequences’ over delayed London mega embassy

Diplomatic tensions escalate amid rows over planning hold-ups and collapse of spying trial

www.theguardian.com

Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 10h

He should have given the title up too. Then, we could all call him "The sex-pest formerly known as Prince".

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Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 10h

It's another one of those famous Brexit bonuses.

Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 10h

He didn't even last as long in his job as Liz the Lettuce did in hers;

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Ange Postecoglou: Nottingham Forest sack manager after just 39 days in charge

Ange Postecoglou is sacked by Nottingham Forest after a 3-0 defeat by Chelsea just 39 days after being appointed as head coach.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Patrick - Here for the craic 👍🏼 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 2d

Lest we forget one month ago Angela Rayner resigned over underpaying stamp duty on her £800,000 flat in Hove

Within a week Farage exposed not to own a £885,000 house in #Clacton he claimed he’d bought & accused of avoiding £44,000 in tax by funding his girlfriend to buy it

It got buried quick eh❗️😡

Angela Rayner resigns after underpaying tax on Hove flat - BBC News

Her departure comes after the PM's ethics adviser concludes that she breached ministerial rules.

www.bbc.com

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Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 11h

Who says "no one" wants rent controls. I'd think that a lot of private renters would like to see rents controlled by law.

Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 15h

Charles says "Look bruv, I ain't wearing it no more, fuck off outta my sight and don't come back".

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Prince Andrew gives up royal titles including Duke of York after ‘discussion with king’

In statement released by Buckingham Palace, Andrew says he will give up titles and honours

www.theguardian.com

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Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 15h

Well, let's hope they trail all the way through this one, once we stick the first goal away.

Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 15h

Trump's corruption is boundless;

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

George Santos: 'Have a great life!' Trump orders prison release of disgraced ex-congressman

George Santos was jailed for seven years for stealing identities, including from members of his own family.

www.bbc.co.uk

Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 1d

I hope he's OK.

Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 1d

Yup. Just lacking the white tie and tails.

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Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 1d

Spooky? How about a diabolical Pumpkin King?

#Nerdlings #FindFolkFriday @badsquiddogames.bsky.social

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Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 2d

I don't see a problem. It means that I can avoid three programmes at once.

Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 2d

I buy my meat from a butcher. Supermarket meat is crap, generally.

Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 2d

Trump met his boss to get his next set of orders.

Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 2d

The fact he eats McDonald's crap is a good enough reason to hate him. It is vile muck.

Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 2d

Ditch Windows - go to Linux.

Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 2d

Take all the utilities back into public ownership. Use the majority in parliament to pass the necessary laws and make it happen. Shareholders should not have the right to hold the country to ransom.

Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 2d

It also requires huge amounts of water to cool the data centres and it contributes to global warming.

Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 2d

Exactly! The nation is basically being held to ransom by greedy parasitical private companies. This needs to end. Energy needs to be taken into public ownership.

Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 2d

Pulp women by @badsquiddogames.bsky.social ;

#nerdlings #wargames #pulpgames

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Six female Pulp figures

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Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 3d

Rejoin.

Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 3d

Well, instead of pushing up prices for consumers, I've got a better idea. Stop paying out huge bonuses for executives who do fuck all and cancel all those dividends to parasitical shareholders.

www.theguardian.com/money/2025/o...

Energy bills likely to rise by 20% in next four years, says Britain’s biggest supplier

MPs told that even if wholesale prices plummet, consumers face higher bills owing to costs of government policies

www.theguardian.com

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Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 3d

Well, if Labour is now admitting that Brexit has been a massive shitshow, it is time to also start talking about reversing it.