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Grenobob @grenowl82.bsky.social · 6h

If any country other than the US were blowing up small boats in international waters, the UK would be one of the first countries to condemn it.

Grenobob @grenowl82.bsky.social · 8h

To Reform, the truth is just an inconvenience to be avoided.

Dame Knitting Cat @dameknittingcat.bsky.social · 8h

Fact is, this rabble rousing racist & traitor will still be in this country, living in one of his shadily funded houses, free to walk the streets, spreading his vile brand of fascism.

With his financial connections to Russia which the media refuses to address.

Mike D London @mikedlondon.bsky.social · 14h

Farage:

'The fact is, in 18 months, this violent criminal will be in this country, living in a hotel, free to walk the streets.'

Isn't it the fact that he would be deported as a foreign criminal sentenced to more than 1 yr in jail - under Labour's 2007 Borders Act?

Ignorance on Farage's part?🤔

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Grenobob @grenowl82.bsky.social · 8h

Reform will be more worried about the Greens than Labour or the Tories. That's because the Greens are giving people a hopeful alternative to Reform Lite. This is down to Zack Polanski telling people who is really to blame for their poor wages, lack of opportunity and failing public services.

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Grenobob @grenowl82.bsky.social · 9h

Of course. But why is the UK retirement age higher and our pensions lower than most comparable countries? For years, civil service workers both men and women, retired at 60, while blue collar workers worked until 65. How was that even tolerated?

Mike @mike-0568.bsky.social · 10h

If the fact that life expectancy have raised considerably not a factor?

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Grenobob @grenowl82.bsky.social · 9h

When Boris Johnson sold you the sunlit uplands. What he didn't tell you, is that the sunlit uplands are only for the rich. And that they are provided by your sweat and taxes.

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Grenobob @grenowl82.bsky.social · 10h

I'm sitting in a pub and horse racing is on. Seeing animals being made to perform for people is bad enough, but seeing them being whipped at the same time is revolting. It's time to ban all animal racing.

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Grenobob @grenowl82.bsky.social · 10h

The French have rebelled against raising the retirement age from 62 to 64. In the UK we went from 65 to 67 and now it looks like it will soon move to 70. And what do we do? Shrug our shoulders and go 'oh well.' The retirement age rises for working people so that taxes won't rise for the rich.

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Grenobob @grenowl82.bsky.social · 12h

Make it illegal for homeowners to lay tarmac or concrete drives and give grants for others to tear up their concrete and tarmac drives and lay drives that allow rainwater to be absorbed into the ground and not run off causing drains to overload and exasperate flooding. Also, ban synthetic lawns.

Thames21 @thames21.bsky.social · 13h

🧽💧🍃 🌳🐸 Have you heard of a ‘sponge city’?🧽💧🍃 🌳🐸

🧼A sponge city is one better designed to absorb and hold rainwater, managing flood risks, sewage and road run-off pollution with green solutions instead of relying solely on drains. 🧼⬇️

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Grenobob @grenowl82.bsky.social · 1d

Starmer appointing a tainted person like Mandelson as US ambassador against his government advisors advice just shows the type of arrogant person he is.

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Grenobob @grenowl82.bsky.social · 1d

Starmer is quasi fascist. He doesn't tolerate dissent, and he's destroyed the last vestige of what the Labour Party once where. If he can drive away a 50 plus years voter like me, then millions of Labour voters must be looking elsewhere. The Greens seem like the best home for them at the moment.

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Grenobob @grenowl82.bsky.social · 1d

Elon Musk must be declared a foreign agitator against the UK, and must never be allowed to set foot here. He is openly funding the enemies of UK democracy and uses his social media platform to stir up division and hatred. We should not tolerate those who wish harm on the UK. Ban X for starters.

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Grenobob @grenowl82.bsky.social · 2d

This is true. When countries swear allegiance to one person, it usually means it's a dictatorship. Which is what the sovereign was for hundreds of years. I would rather we were a republic, but politicians swearing allegiance to the country would be a small step in the right direction.

Kevin @yesscots1320.bsky.social · 2d

England WAKE UP Westminster Parliament is Sovereign ONLY Duty bound of His Majesty's Govt & His Majesty's Opposition is to the Crown The 99% so called British Citizens are Subjects of the Crown aka Serfs Slaves or Canon fodder. Your Govt is NOT YOUR Govt. Oath is to the Crown NOT the population.

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Grenobob @grenowl82.bsky.social · 2d

If the UK is being harmed and the government can stop the harm, then they are duty bound to do so. Reverse Brexit and stop the harm, Starmer.

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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 2d

It'll soon be 10 years since the Brexit ref. So much has changed since then. If Brexit is the cause of our economic problems, as the government now admits, then surely we need to ask ourselves whether we want to carry on down the Brexit road or turn around and head back to the Single Market and EU.

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🔥Harry Potter Resists Fascism🔥 @harrypotterresists.bsky.social · 3d

trump's lies catch up with him.

#LiarsGetCaughtOneGoodDay

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Grenobob @grenowl82.bsky.social · 4d

Could be saying this about the US soon

Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 4d

This is what the Nobel committee said in giving her the award and it is worth your time, trust me.

“Venezuela has evolved from a relatively democratic and prosperous country to a brutal, authoritarian state that is now suffering a humanitarian and economic crisis. Most Venezuelans live in deep poverty, even as the few at the top enrich themselves. The violent machinery of the state is directed against the country's own citizens. Nearly 8 million people have left the country. The opposition has been systematically suppressed by means of election rigging, legal prosecution and imprisonment.
Venezuela's authoritarian regime makes political work extremely difficult. As a founder of Súmate, an organisation devoted to democratic development, Ms Machado stood up for free and fair elections more than 20 years ago. As she said: "It was a choice of ballots over bullets." In political office and in her service to organisations since then, Ms Machado has spoken out for judicial independence, human rights and popular representation. She has spent years working for the freedom of the Venezuelan people.”

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Grenobob @grenowl82.bsky.social · 5d

Whenever a journalist asks Trump a hard question, instead of answering it, he often retorts, 'You are a very nasty person.' So maybe a journalist should retort back, 'you are a very nasty president,' and let's see what happens.

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Grenobob @grenowl82.bsky.social · 5d

Trump said he wanted to 'drain the swamp.' He didn't say he would replace the swamp with the 'Trump sump' to pump billions to his own family.

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Grenobob @grenowl82.bsky.social · 6d

It's the Tory way. Pretend you're helping everyone, but really, you're only helping the top echelon.

Suzanne Brown @suzannebrown.bsky.social · 6d

Has anyone told the Tories that young people can't afford to buy their own homes? Abolishing stamp duty will just benefit the wealthy and private landlords. #wato

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Grenobob @grenowl82.bsky.social · 6d

But only if they are the poor. The rich ruling classes have always believed that observance of the law and paying taxes are for the common people only.

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 6d

Criminals should face "the full force of the law" says Kemi Badenoch

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Grenobob @grenowl82.bsky.social · 6d

Whenever somebody is overpaid or makes a false benefits claim, everything is thrown at them to recover every last penny. However, when billions get stolen by rich people, they don't go after them with the same vigour, and many times, the government just writes it off as 'unretrievable.' Yeah, right.

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Grenobob @grenowl82.bsky.social · 7d

And so it begins. But this is good news for the Greens as it shows they are being taken seriously as a mass party capable of challenging the status quo.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 7d

I'm never actually going to need to write another comment piece again am I?

The right wing shit rags are just going to keep recruiting for us.

Folks - want a better country?

Join.greenparty.org.uk

The party even more dangerous than Starmers labour - UK's answer to Putin's communists

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Grenobob @grenowl82.bsky.social · 7d

Absolutely brilliant!

BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 7d

How the Green Party plan to abolish Landlords.

Basically by just doing exactly what the Government were doing in the 1970's.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 7d

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