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JC Stephenson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Author of 'A Murder in Auschwitz'. Currently looking for an agent for my new novel, 'Merle'. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Murder-Auschwitz-J-C-Stephenson/dp/1491060913 Inventor of the chip omelette. 🚫 Be aware, DMs may result in a block.
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JC Stephenson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jcvstephenson.bsky.social · Aug 10
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Auschwitz, 24th July 1943 MANFRED Meyer stood in line.  His eyes darted from left to right as he tried to take in as much about this place as possible without standing out.  Or perhaps it was fear …
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JC Stephenson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jcvstephenson.bsky.social · 4h
Thought this was a reasonable time to post this - particularly for my American friends...
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JC Stephenson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jcvstephenson.bsky.social · 6h
Because only rich people need bonuses to make them work harder, while those on low incomes need to be threatened with less money.

BBC News - Bankers to get bonuses faster under rule change
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Bankers to get bonuses quicker under rule change
The change is a relaxation of rules that were brought in after the 2008 financial crash.
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JC Stephenson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jcvstephenson.bsky.social · 6h
This mysterious £30bn 'black hole' could be immediately solved by changing what the Labour government is calling it.
Call it a £30bn stimulus package, and suddenly Labour are heroes again!
Instead? More taxes, spending cuts...etc...etc...etc.
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JC Stephenson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jcvstephenson.bsky.social · 7h
This is a picture taken of my youngest daughter, who was 10 at the time, during the 'Beast from the East' on 28th February, 2018, on my Samsung phone.

It remains the most beautiful image I have ever captured.
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JC Stephenson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jcvstephenson.bsky.social · 7h
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JC Stephenson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jcvstephenson.bsky.social · 8h
Congratulations! Xx
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Ika @ikaferrergotic.bsky.social · 9h
So, I'm getting married, everyone's invited to a lavish whisky party!

| #BrideToBe #Scotland
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JC Stephenson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jcvstephenson.bsky.social · 13h
More economic bollocks from Labour.

BBC News - Rachel Reeves says she is looking at tax rises ahead of Budget - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Rachel Reeves says she is looking at tax rises ahead of Budget
The chancellor also said she was considering further measures on public spending, in a bid to put the UK's finances on a firmer footing.
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Oor Blaze fae Skye 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @blazespage.bsky.social · 1d
If anyone is interested in getting hold of my stuff, just drop me a DM.
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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 2d
great moments in US politics
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 1d
Sign of the day…
I need to be able to tell my children I did not stay silent.
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James Aithie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jamesaithie.bsky.social · 1d
Just a reminder that Boris Johnson was born in New York, and so when people talk about foreign born people having a detrimental effect on the country, we should look no further than him.
Also, I'm all for parts of Britain not having English as the main language: Welsh, Gaelic, Scots, Doric, Cornish.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 1d
Tim Stanley, "Is there a certain point in Britain where the number of foreign born is so great, that the country ceases to be Britain any more?"

Boris Johnson, "Parts of London where the Bangladeshi community, second or third generation were not speaking English"

*This is a lie*
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JC Stephenson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jcvstephenson.bsky.social · 1d
It's almost as if, while Labour try to emulate Reform, the people who traditionally voted Labour - I think they are called soshulists, or something - disapprove, mainly because they are left-wing, rather than right-wing.

I'm not sure how Labour hasn't worked this out yet.
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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 1d
Latest YouGov government approval ratings, 11-13 October 2025

Approve: 14% (+1 from 4-6 Oct)
Disapprove: 69% (=)
Net: -55 (+1)

yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 2d
The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.
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JC Stephenson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jcvstephenson.bsky.social · 1d
Stop giving them ideas!
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JC Stephenson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jcvstephenson.bsky.social · 1d
Assuming the ceasefire holds, that there is no expansion into the West Bank, and that when international agencies and journalists get access to Gaza, there are no war crimes to report.
Seems a bit of a tall order.
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 1d
Labour MPs reckon that if the ceasefire holds it will be harder for opponents to mobilize against them over the Israel-Palestine issue in the next election. There are concerns though about whether the fragile agreement will hold. More in London Playbook PM.
London Playbook PM: Has he Don Keir a favor?
Presented by Rolls-Royce By EMILIO CASALICCHIO with NOAH KEATE PRESENTED BY Send tips here | Subscribe for free | Listen to Playbook and view in your browser SCOOP — LOBBY TO LOBBIED: Sky News Poli…
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JC Stephenson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jcvstephenson.bsky.social · 1d
The United States of America. Land of the free.
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Gwen Filosa Media @gwenfilosamedia.bsky.social · 2d
A Key West woman painted a piece of her fence in rainbow colors.

Two weeks later, a neighbor complained to the city’s code department that the colors aren’t permitted in the historic district.

The 12 painted slats had to go.

Story: tinyurl.com/3tzryp48
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Scotch Whisky Truths 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @specialscot.bsky.social · 2d
Lefty snowflakes.
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JC Stephenson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jcvstephenson.bsky.social · 2d
It must be an astonishing relief for the families of the remaining live hostages going home.

BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx...
Joy in Israel as hostages return but families say Hamas not honouring deal to return all the dead - live updates - BBC News
Joy in Israel as hostages return but families say Hamas not honouring deal to return all the dead - live updates
The IDF says Hamas has handed over the coffins of two dead hostages to the Red Cross in Gaza, with two more to be returned today.
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JC Stephenson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jcvstephenson.bsky.social · 2d
It's interesting that the narrative is that Israel holds prisoners, not hostages.

BBC News - Palestinians celebrate return of prisoners freed by Israel
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Palestinians in West Bank and Gaza celebrate prisoners' release
Thousands of people gather in Gaza and the West Bank to welcome Palestinian prisoners and detainees freed by Israel.
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JC Stephenson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jcvstephenson.bsky.social · 2d
Am I really seeing this? Trump accepting greetings from world leaders, one at a time, like a fucking emperor?
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 3d
"They need us more than we need them"
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EU Council @consilium.europa.eu · 3d
Today, the entry/exit system gets underway.

This new digital border system will streamline travel, enhance security, and improve the efficiency of border controls for non-EU nationals entering or exiting the EU.

Full implementation is planned for 10 April 2026.

More info → link.europa.eu/mnYbcy
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JC Stephenson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jcvstephenson.bsky.social · 4d
It's not like Floyd needs a large sunbeam. 😉
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JC Stephenson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jcvstephenson.bsky.social · 4d
I know this is an oft used phrase, but I literally wouldn't give Farage the steam aff ma pish.
I hope this has cleared up any dubiety.
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Gary Gilligan #FBPE #KTTO @garygilligan.bsky.social · 4d
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Reform, Farage and Tice: it’s all about the money
The leaders of the hard right party are raking it in. Do any of them have any time left over for the boring stuff in life – like representing their constituents?
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JC Stephenson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jcvstephenson.bsky.social · 4d
A classic.
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