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Debbie H
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Widow, proud mum of a resident doctor, cockapoo guardian. Retired teacher. Cake, history, books and The Archers.
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Exactly ONE YEAR AGO TODAY (just before the presidential election) we created "Bohemian Trumpsody" ... so now people can play #Project25 bingo with what was in the parody vs what has transpired in the USA in the 365 days since ...

youtu.be/YY_8WzcHqMQ
"Bohemian Trumpsody" - Marsh Family adaptation of "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen about Donald J. Trump
YouTube video by Marsh Family
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Thread full of entertaining small humans! ⬇️
🧵Spotted recently at a Country Festival in Aotearoa New Zealand:

A tiny human (2?) is given a cone of ice cream covered in chocolate from a Mr Whippy truck.
He looks at it, frowns, then MASHES it against his face.
Startled chortle-splutters. (Hehe!)
Ice cream and chocolate going everywhere! (1)
Possibly 2, if 11th doesn't fall on a Sunday. But yes, definitely not a season. All this performative stuff, and faux outrage about poppies, devalues the meaning of remembrance imo.
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It’s official Farage supports bullying & abuse in the workplace👇🏼

He backs Kent County Council leader Linden Kemkaran "100%" after Reform UK expelled five councillors who didn’t like being sworn and shouted at by her and being treated like shit

No surprise from a man who supported Pochin’s racism❗️
Farage backs Kent County Council boss '100%' after meeting leaked - BBC News
Farage says Reform UK is "better off without" councillors expelled in the aftermath of the leak.
www.bbc.co.uk
Oh no, not a bio-security nightmare 🙄 #TheArchers
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Conservatives have today ditched their Mass Deportation Bill, 5 months after Chris Philip tabled it in the Commons, but a week after it was dubbed the Idi Amin Tribute Act, as it proposed Deportations of settled & legal migrants on a scale never seen since 1972 & never proposed in a democracy before
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Just when you think this piece of sh*t couldn’t stoop lower than weaponising the trauma women suffered as victims of grooming gangs to for his racist, anti migrant campaign..

Farage sinks lower by insulting 5 of the victims, saying they were victims of other sex abuse not grooming gangs❗️😱😡
Female survivors of grooming gangs demand apology from Nigel Farage
Exclusive: Five women said Reform leader’s comments that they were victims of other types of sexual abuse were ‘degrading’
www.theguardian.com
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The Israeli military’s violence across Palestine and the entire region hasn’t subsided despite the ceasefire agreement in Gaza established 18 days ago.
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Tightening Pip benefit eligibility could save £9bn a yr, says Reform.

Targeting vulnerable people.

People with less serious psychological conditions won't get PIP without face-to-face assessment.

Reform plans to sack 100k civil servants.

Silence on ending corporate welfare, tax perks of the rich
Tightening Pip benefit eligibility could save £9bn a year, says Reform
Lee Anderson says ‘gaming the system’ is too common and jokes about symptoms of anxiety and depression
www.theguardian.com
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ICE violently detain father & son walking to school—teenage boy had to be rushed to hospital.

"I was just going to school," kid cries out. "I'm underage!"

The 16-year-old star athlete is a U.S. citizen—agents sent him to the hospital with severe injuries to his back & neck.

Houston, Texas.
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Just disgusting from 3p Lee - who wants to stigmatise, shame and risk the lives of people with disabilities. Truly gutter politics.
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A word to make you forget, if only for a moment, the troubles that currently ail this world of ours...
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Definitely read the fabulous alt text, too!
🧵Spotted at a Country Fair in Aotearoa New Zealand:

A small human (4?) in bare feet, green shorts and an orange T-shirt with a fish on it is standing next to the "I'm Lost" stand.
A grownup asks if he's lost and he says with absolute earnestness: "No, but my mum is." (1)
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Exciting!! You can now preorder Legenda as an audiobook!! Enthusiastically read by me!! Link in bio. Available on @audible_uk and @spotifyuk
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Politico: "MPs should consider deleting X, according to a committee led by Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle...

"On social media, the report said MPs should feel “empowered to step away from platforms that pose more harm than benefit.”

Absolutely. Please get on with it.
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I don't know who to credit this image to, but anyway, they got the price wrong.

That 2/9d should read £122 million
Thank you for a great evening and the beautiful book! I could have listened for hours, the time flew by 😊
Such a lovely and loving couple, reunited now. They have given so much to our cultural life. Loved watching their canal adventures, too! Condolences to their family. RIP Prunella.
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🧵Spotted at a Country Festival in Aotearoa New Zealand:

A worried looking small human (3?) is given a peanut butter sandwich.
Holding his sandwich protectively to his chest, he says to Mum: "I think I should hug you while I eat this."
Mum picks him up for a bear hug. (1)
That is the best and only way to hula hoop, in my opinion!
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