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Jan the Gran πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊπŸ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏπŸ‡¬πŸ‡·πŸŒ»πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦
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πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί Massive EU Rejoiner #FBPE 🧑. Half Scottish, half Londoner. U3A member. Keen traveller. Work as an SA aka an 'extra'. No DMs please.
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In my lifetime I've often thought 'What is the world coming to?' Now, looking at what's happening in the UK (brexit-related πŸ’©), the USA, Ukraine, Gaza & West Bank, I truly despair. These are the worst times I can think of. Putin, Netanyahu, trump, B Johnson, all despots ruining lives at random 😭
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One thing I've learned from the Internet is that a lie needs 0% proof to be believed, but the truth requires thousands of pages of proof and still won't be believed.
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Perfect.
Gary Lineker on winning the National TV Award,

"It's not lost on me why I might have won this award"

"Aside from presenting Match of the Day.."

"Also, I think it demonstrates that perhaps it's ok sometimes to use our platform to speak up on behalf of those who have no voice"
Says it all 😭
Lucy Connolly was convicted of inciting racial hatred, and her tweet was part of the tinder that lit violence, intimidation, looting, and thuggery across England last year.

The fact Reform conference gave her a standing ovation says everything about that movement.

bylinetimes.com/2025/08/27/l...
The Martyrdom of Saint Lucy
The right is desperately seeking to make a martyr out of Lucy Connolly in order to distract from the real victims of the hate she helped to spread, argues Otto English
bylinetimes.com
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White House is considering a National Day of Memorial if Donald Trump dies.

Sources say, "Well everyone is going to take the day off and party, so we have to make it look like they are mourning."
It was a Triumph Herald convertible JUL 33D and I bought it from a friend who was emigrating in 1973. It was red and I loved it.
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Judging by their actions & words re Brexit it must come as a complete surprise to most of our politicians, incl Labour. Why else would you vow to keep up the red lines that protect the framework of this complete disaster, preventing the "medicine" that would undo most of it without rejoining the EU?
FFS these warmongers need to stop. I genuinely despair.
Wakes up.

Checks news.

Israel has attacked Iran

Israel is a major threat to international peace and security and that is an understatement
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I can tell you from vast experience that when police are given additional authority, power or equipment, THEY WILL IMMEDIATELY ABUSE IT.

Changing the name from Police Officer to Law Enforcement Officer and training them in Command and Control instead of de-escalation creates a degenerate mentality.
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Reform is just a distraction from how awful the tories were, Reform is just a symptom of how easily the general public is misled, it's depressing πŸ˜•
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The reasoning behind government wanting us to β€œask AI” for information is simple, so they can feed AI propaganda answers and it will lie for them. No more direct access to unfiltered data. No thank you.
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Oops. They accidentally said 'erroneous' when they meant to put 'fraudulent'. Easy mistake when talking about hereditary tory peers, I suppose.
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I waited so many years for a Labour government and I am SO disappointed. The worst thing is I hated the Tories for saving money by putting their boots on the necks of the poorest and now Labour are doing exactly that. No wonder people are deserting the 2 main parties. Shame on you.
Spot on. What a mess.
You’re telling me that right wing voters that Labour was trying to appeal to voted for a right wing party anyway and left wing voters decided not to vote for Labour because they’re too right wing now? Who could have possibly predicted this.
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I love you my Canadian brothers and sisters. Thank you for showing up. You give us decent Americans hope.
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If you think a just-fertilized ovary is entitled to life but are indifferent to what happens to a kidnapped 4-year-old with cancer, sent to a dangerous country without meds, you don’t give a fuck about the lives of children. You are just in a cult that fetishizes being against abortions.
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Reading some of yesterdays newspaper headlines:

"China halts all Rare Earth Exports to USA"

"China suspends Boeing Deliveries"

I'm thinking............ Donald, you didn't have the cards!
I simply don't get why Starmer is being so obstinate about this. He's an intelligent man. Surely he can see how much harm brexshit has done/is doing to the UK. He's in serious danger of being a one-term PM - unless he sees sense.
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Amazon, Meta, Alphabet, Netflix, Apple, Microsoft dodged $278bn US corporation taxes over 10 years.

Paid 18.8%, compared with 29.7% US average. Profits shifted to low/no tax jurisdictions.

Same companies operate in the UK, dodge taxes, create social squalor. Force companies to publish tax returns.
β€˜Silicon Six’ accused of avoiding almost $278bn in US corporation taxes over 10 years
Analysis finds Amazon, Meta, Alphabet, Netflix, Apple and Microsoft averaged 18.8%, compared with 29.7% US average
www.theguardian.com