Ian Gorrie
@iangorrie.bsky.social
35 years in Telecom’s. Scot living in England = British . Refugee from Twitter. Dundee & Redditch Worcestershire Uk. Interested in Technology, Aviation, History, local culture, military history, politics for the people and many other things.
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‘Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952’
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952’
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To all you right-wingers complaining that raising the two-child benefit cap is just giving money to scroungers, wobble your head and try living in the real world ⬇️
November 29, 2025 at 12:42 PM
To all you right-wingers complaining that raising the two-child benefit cap is just giving money to scroungers, wobble your head and try living in the real world ⬇️
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It’s my birthday!
Bunty has given me breakfast in bed allowing me to smear jam on her croissants.
Later on Jill in the village shop is giving me a taste of her Lemon drizzle.
Then Bunty & I will settle down & watch our DVD of Liz Truss’s greatest moments! 🥳
Bunty has given me breakfast in bed allowing me to smear jam on her croissants.
Later on Jill in the village shop is giving me a taste of her Lemon drizzle.
Then Bunty & I will settle down & watch our DVD of Liz Truss’s greatest moments! 🥳
November 29, 2025 at 12:35 PM
It’s my birthday!
Bunty has given me breakfast in bed allowing me to smear jam on her croissants.
Later on Jill in the village shop is giving me a taste of her Lemon drizzle.
Then Bunty & I will settle down & watch our DVD of Liz Truss’s greatest moments! 🥳
Bunty has given me breakfast in bed allowing me to smear jam on her croissants.
Later on Jill in the village shop is giving me a taste of her Lemon drizzle.
Then Bunty & I will settle down & watch our DVD of Liz Truss’s greatest moments! 🥳
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New Tory and Reform slogan...
November 29, 2025 at 12:47 PM
New Tory and Reform slogan...
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Always love to see great talent using their platform for unabashed good.
'F*** Off And Let People Be': David Tennant Doubles Down On Support For Trans People
"People are trying to create division... and it's so f***ing unnecessary."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Always love to see great talent using their platform for unabashed good.
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Any ideas?👇🏻
Trivia Question:
Name the PremEugby referee whose brother plays for Lichfield and has refereed Bromsgrove on his ascendancy to first class rugby.
No prizes, just Kudos.
A virtual pat on the back to the first correct answer.
Name the PremEugby referee whose brother plays for Lichfield and has refereed Bromsgrove on his ascendancy to first class rugby.
No prizes, just Kudos.
A virtual pat on the back to the first correct answer.
November 29, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Any ideas?👇🏻
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Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
November 29, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
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The truth is, the media class won't be happy until Rachel Reeves, Jess Phillips, and Bridget Phillipson are hounded out of their jobs. I've come to the conclusion that, alongside Angela Rayner, these are the four women, the media will stop at nothing to get rid of.
November 29, 2025 at 10:31 AM
The truth is, the media class won't be happy until Rachel Reeves, Jess Phillips, and Bridget Phillipson are hounded out of their jobs. I've come to the conclusion that, alongside Angela Rayner, these are the four women, the media will stop at nothing to get rid of.
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Two presidents that never served in the military one did the right thing. The other is a selfish prick 🤬🤬🤬😡
November 28, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Two presidents that never served in the military one did the right thing. The other is a selfish prick 🤬🤬🤬😡
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Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
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Everyone is talking about Coburn. It would be terrible to keep David Coburn, UKIP (former leader) really prominent. Share this to raise awareness.
David Coburn, former leader of UKIP Scotland & mentioned in WhatsApp messages sent between Gill and his handler answers "no" when a journalist asks him if he took money to give a speech to promote pro-Russian campaigners.
The video of him outside his chateau is lol
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The video of him outside his chateau is lol
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Former Brexit Party MEP denies taking payment from pro-Russian campaign
A prominent former MEP for Nigel Farage's old party denies taking bribes in a pro-Russian campaign.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Everyone is talking about Coburn. It would be terrible to keep David Coburn, UKIP (former leader) really prominent. Share this to raise awareness.
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This is a highly unusual order from a Secretary of Defense, and it’s almost certainly a war crime.
In the strike in question, two people survived and were clinging to the side of the ruined boat, and a second mission was spun up to execute them.
In the strike in question, two people survived and were clinging to the side of the ruined boat, and a second mission was spun up to execute them.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:30 PM
This is a highly unusual order from a Secretary of Defense, and it’s almost certainly a war crime.
In the strike in question, two people survived and were clinging to the side of the ruined boat, and a second mission was spun up to execute them.
In the strike in question, two people survived and were clinging to the side of the ruined boat, and a second mission was spun up to execute them.
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A war crime. No room for debate, this is “manifestly illegal”. Where was the chain of command?
Murder, pure and simple.
Murder, pure and simple.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
A war crime. No room for debate, this is “manifestly illegal”. Where was the chain of command?
Murder, pure and simple.
Murder, pure and simple.
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Keep asking the important questions.
November 28, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Keep asking the important questions.
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk posted a false claim yesterday about Labour ending the Digital Services Tax. He was shown evidence that his claim was false yet his post remains both here and on X, where people continue to share it. Next time Lib Dems talk about disinformation, remind them of this.
November 28, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk posted a false claim yesterday about Labour ending the Digital Services Tax. He was shown evidence that his claim was false yet his post remains both here and on X, where people continue to share it. Next time Lib Dems talk about disinformation, remind them of this.
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Coincidence corner: Nigel Farage and crypto.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
November 28, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Coincidence corner: Nigel Farage and crypto.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
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Is welfare spending ''out of control''?
Total welfare spending in Britain in 2025-26 is estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP.
That's just 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than in 2007-08, and total welfare spending has actually fallen fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP since 2012-13⤵️
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Total welfare spending in Britain in 2025-26 is estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP.
That's just 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than in 2007-08, and total welfare spending has actually fallen fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP since 2012-13⤵️
buff.ly/s5mz97u
November 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Is welfare spending ''out of control''?
Total welfare spending in Britain in 2025-26 is estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP.
That's just 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than in 2007-08, and total welfare spending has actually fallen fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP since 2012-13⤵️
buff.ly/s5mz97u
Total welfare spending in Britain in 2025-26 is estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP.
That's just 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than in 2007-08, and total welfare spending has actually fallen fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP since 2012-13⤵️
buff.ly/s5mz97u
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The UK, where the day after a decision to take half a million children out of poverty, the media & political world has been full of sneering at those same children & their families, labelling them as ‘Benefits Street’, while the same people are moaning about a tax on £2m mansions. Shameful stuff.
November 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The UK, where the day after a decision to take half a million children out of poverty, the media & political world has been full of sneering at those same children & their families, labelling them as ‘Benefits Street’, while the same people are moaning about a tax on £2m mansions. Shameful stuff.
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The idea of building an A90 relief road, bypassing the notorious junction and the Kingsway, has been on the cards repeatedly.
Why has a Dundee bypass never been built amid Swallow Roundabout chaos?
The idea of building an A90 relief road, bypassing the notorious junction and the Kingsway, has been on the cards repeatedly.
dlvr.it
November 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The idea of building an A90 relief road, bypassing the notorious junction and the Kingsway, has been on the cards repeatedly.
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Why has a Dundee bypass never been built amid Swallow Roundabout chaos?
Why has a Dundee bypass never been built amid Swallow Roundabout chaos?
The idea of building an A90 relief road, bypassing the notorious junction and the Kingsway, has been on the cards repeatedly.
dlvr.it
November 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Why has a Dundee bypass never been built amid Swallow Roundabout chaos?
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God bless the UK supermarket cats taking the strain for the American shop cats on this their special day
November 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
God bless the UK supermarket cats taking the strain for the American shop cats on this their special day
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Vance loves to deploy fabricated racist fearmongering. First Haitians are eating the pets, now Indigenous people sacrificed children?! Sheesh.
November 27, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Vance loves to deploy fabricated racist fearmongering. First Haitians are eating the pets, now Indigenous people sacrificed children?! Sheesh.
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The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
November 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
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This is bollocks. Really disappointed in you for this, Ed. The DST is *remaining* as a temporary tax until a new internationally agreed regime is put in place. It's exactly what Labour said it would do, and it's exactly what is needed. Shame on the Lib Dems for this disinformation.
November 27, 2025 at 1:46 PM
This is bollocks. Really disappointed in you for this, Ed. The DST is *remaining* as a temporary tax until a new internationally agreed regime is put in place. It's exactly what Labour said it would do, and it's exactly what is needed. Shame on the Lib Dems for this disinformation.