Lee D
@leedon1982.bsky.social
Father, husband, teacher educator, school governor, hospice trustee, dogsbody to an expensive dog.
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Minute Cryptic - 29 November, 2025
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Minute Cryptic - 29 November, 2025
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November 29, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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Minute Cryptic - 29 November, 2025
"Doctor Strange fled, concealing identity" (6)
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Minute Cryptic - 29 November, 2025
"Doctor Strange fled, concealing identity" (6)
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Populist Right: 'We're not racist, we just want immigrants to integrate & contribute.'
Immigrant gains BA, MA, works for charities, marries a 'Brit', becomes Brexit-supporting, lockdown-sceptic Tory MP, then Deputy Speaker of HoC.
Populist Right: 'People born abroad shouldn't be allowed to do this.'
Immigrant gains BA, MA, works for charities, marries a 'Brit', becomes Brexit-supporting, lockdown-sceptic Tory MP, then Deputy Speaker of HoC.
Populist Right: 'People born abroad shouldn't be allowed to do this.'
November 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Populist Right: 'We're not racist, we just want immigrants to integrate & contribute.'
Immigrant gains BA, MA, works for charities, marries a 'Brit', becomes Brexit-supporting, lockdown-sceptic Tory MP, then Deputy Speaker of HoC.
Populist Right: 'People born abroad shouldn't be allowed to do this.'
Immigrant gains BA, MA, works for charities, marries a 'Brit', becomes Brexit-supporting, lockdown-sceptic Tory MP, then Deputy Speaker of HoC.
Populist Right: 'People born abroad shouldn't be allowed to do this.'
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This is one of the most vile, racist diatribes I've ever read.
Authored by the President of the United States of America.
He brings such shame upon us.
Authored by the President of the United States of America.
He brings such shame upon us.
November 28, 2025 at 6:09 PM
This is one of the most vile, racist diatribes I've ever read.
Authored by the President of the United States of America.
He brings such shame upon us.
Authored by the President of the United States of America.
He brings such shame upon us.
Minute Cryptic - 28 November, 2025
"Log location if returning by sub" (9)
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"Log location if returning by sub" (9)
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November 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Minute Cryptic - 28 November, 2025
"Log location if returning by sub" (9)
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"Log location if returning by sub" (9)
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It also risks the health of the Tooth Fairy, may provoke the Loch Ness Monster to violence, is an affront to our elven allies in Lothlórien, threatens a critical unicorn habitat and could undo the many benefits of Brexit.
BELGIUM WARNS THAT USING FROZEN RUSSIAN ASSETS TO FUND UKRAINE WOULD ENDANGER A PEACE DEAL — FT
November 27, 2025 at 11:35 PM
It also risks the health of the Tooth Fairy, may provoke the Loch Ness Monster to violence, is an affront to our elven allies in Lothlórien, threatens a critical unicorn habitat and could undo the many benefits of Brexit.
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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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Having watch child poverty rise like a slow-motion car crash since the two-child limit was introduced, sat in meetings up and down the country, in foodbanks, in schools, to work out how to get child poverty down, the idea that this undoing this policy is 'PLP management' is a joke.
It's such a bizarre framing. Labour MPs think taking 450k kids out of poverty is putting the country first! That's why they wanted it to happen! It's not because they personally benefit.
Headline on The World at One just now:
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
November 27, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Having watch child poverty rise like a slow-motion car crash since the two-child limit was introduced, sat in meetings up and down the country, in foodbanks, in schools, to work out how to get child poverty down, the idea that this undoing this policy is 'PLP management' is a joke.
Not convinced by the definition.
Minute Cryptic - 27 November, 2025
"Praise for animating Kate Winslet in "Flushed Away"" (5,4)
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Minute Cryptic - 27 November, 2025
"Praise for animating Kate Winslet in "Flushed Away"" (5,4)
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November 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Not convinced by the definition.
Minute Cryptic - 27 November, 2025
"Praise for animating Kate Winslet in "Flushed Away"" (5,4)
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Minute Cryptic - 27 November, 2025
"Praise for animating Kate Winslet in "Flushed Away"" (5,4)
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Headline on The World at One just now:
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
November 27, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Headline on The World at One just now:
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
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Ordinary croissants are overrated. Almond croissants are underrated. Society's view of chocolate croissants is about right.
November 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Ordinary croissants are overrated. Almond croissants are underrated. Society's view of chocolate croissants is about right.
Do we have to?
Next: We travel to London to take on West Ham in the Premier League ⚽️ #WHULIV
November 27, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Do we have to?
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Some folks want blood but i'm a hard NO on sacking the coach.
A caretaker doesnt change the pressure on the players, give them new found confidence or accelerate the process for those still grieving.
All you do is sack a league winning coach who had to manage one of his players dying #lfc
A caretaker doesnt change the pressure on the players, give them new found confidence or accelerate the process for those still grieving.
All you do is sack a league winning coach who had to manage one of his players dying #lfc
November 26, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Some folks want blood but i'm a hard NO on sacking the coach.
A caretaker doesnt change the pressure on the players, give them new found confidence or accelerate the process for those still grieving.
All you do is sack a league winning coach who had to manage one of his players dying #lfc
A caretaker doesnt change the pressure on the players, give them new found confidence or accelerate the process for those still grieving.
All you do is sack a league winning coach who had to manage one of his players dying #lfc
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This is one of the changes in the UK media landscape that should be more remarked on: the fact that being a very open, proud, outright racist is no longer a bar to being a pundit on some TV stations (in this case GBN and Talk TV).
Lucy White advocates a ban on "non-natives" from office, citing Rishi Sunak and Priti Patel.
So she is referring to UK-born ethnic minority citizens. (Her argument would apply equally to Shabana Mahmood, Kemi Badenoch, Suella Braverman and others)
Lucy White continues to be a GB News regular
So she is referring to UK-born ethnic minority citizens. (Her argument would apply equally to Shabana Mahmood, Kemi Badenoch, Suella Braverman and others)
Lucy White continues to be a GB News regular
November 21, 2025 at 11:12 AM
This is one of the changes in the UK media landscape that should be more remarked on: the fact that being a very open, proud, outright racist is no longer a bar to being a pundit on some TV stations (in this case GBN and Talk TV).
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An ostensibly mainstream outlet regularly platforming someone who is so overtly racist that she would ban British-born minorities like Rishi Sunak as well as naturalised citizens like Nus Ghani from parliament + tell Muslims to stop practicing their faith or to "remigrate"
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This is one of the changes in the UK media landscape that should be more remarked on: the fact that being a very open, proud, outright racist is no longer a bar to being a pundit on some TV stations (in this case GBN and Talk TV).
Lucy White advocates a ban on "non-natives" from office, citing Rishi Sunak and Priti Patel.
So she is referring to UK-born ethnic minority citizens. (Her argument would apply equally to Shabana Mahmood, Kemi Badenoch, Suella Braverman and others)
Lucy White continues to be a GB News regular
So she is referring to UK-born ethnic minority citizens. (Her argument would apply equally to Shabana Mahmood, Kemi Badenoch, Suella Braverman and others)
Lucy White continues to be a GB News regular
November 26, 2025 at 10:04 PM
An ostensibly mainstream outlet regularly platforming someone who is so overtly racist that she would ban British-born minorities like Rishi Sunak as well as naturalised citizens like Nus Ghani from parliament + tell Muslims to stop practicing their faith or to "remigrate"
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Minute Cryptic - 26 November, 2025
"Run-down backpacker loses backpack" (5)
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Minute Cryptic - 26 November, 2025
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November 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Minute Cryptic - 26 November, 2025
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Minute Cryptic - 26 November, 2025
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Nus Ghani MP - the Deputy Speaker - moved to the UK as a small child. She has been elected by the voters in Wealden in 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2024
More outright racism from the regular GB News & Talk TV contributor Lucy White - who previously called (on GB News) for all Muslims to leave Britain
More outright racism from the regular GB News & Talk TV contributor Lucy White - who previously called (on GB News) for all Muslims to leave Britain
November 26, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Nus Ghani MP - the Deputy Speaker - moved to the UK as a small child. She has been elected by the voters in Wealden in 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2024
More outright racism from the regular GB News & Talk TV contributor Lucy White - who previously called (on GB News) for all Muslims to leave Britain
More outright racism from the regular GB News & Talk TV contributor Lucy White - who previously called (on GB News) for all Muslims to leave Britain
Ridiculous post.
Arne Slot is a league-winning Liverpool manager, one of only two in the last 35 years, and deserves every respect. However, I'm not sure he can or should survive this. Nine defeats in 12 and seven goals conceded in the last two at Anfield. This squad is so much better than that.
November 26, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Ridiculous post.
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I think at this point if you're including Diane Abbott - a woman who has never held government office, has been a backbencher since 2020, and is scarcely a government ally - on your list of political wrongdoers, we all know exactly what your real concerns are
November 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I think at this point if you're including Diane Abbott - a woman who has never held government office, has been a backbencher since 2020, and is scarcely a government ally - on your list of political wrongdoers, we all know exactly what your real concerns are
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Everyone who worked in the coal industry deserves to see this long-standing injustice finally put right. I’m proud that Labour has made this a priority, and that 222 BCSSS pensioners in North Durham will now receive a 41% annual uplift to their pensions - which is an average of £100 more per week.
November 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Everyone who worked in the coal industry deserves to see this long-standing injustice finally put right. I’m proud that Labour has made this a priority, and that 222 BCSSS pensioners in North Durham will now receive a 41% annual uplift to their pensions - which is an average of £100 more per week.
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We heard it from the Tories today. They are going to continue to condemn those in poverty - make them the villians - rather than people who deserve chances and choices like everyone else.
November 26, 2025 at 3:49 PM
We heard it from the Tories today. They are going to continue to condemn those in poverty - make them the villians - rather than people who deserve chances and choices like everyone else.
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But it doesn't end here. There is more to do to get children in decent homes, to make sure their parents can work and fulfil their ambitions, and to help families enjoy life.
As I said recently...none of this will happen without a fight...
substack.com/@alisonmcgov...
As I said recently...none of this will happen without a fight...
substack.com/@alisonmcgov...
speech for 60th anniversary of Child Poverty Action Group
[Edited slightly for ease of reading]
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November 26, 2025 at 3:46 PM
But it doesn't end here. There is more to do to get children in decent homes, to make sure their parents can work and fulfil their ambitions, and to help families enjoy life.
As I said recently...none of this will happen without a fight...
substack.com/@alisonmcgov...
As I said recently...none of this will happen without a fight...
substack.com/@alisonmcgov...
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Today is a huge day for all of us who have fought to make sure no child grows up poor. This budget puts our children first.
November 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Today is a huge day for all of us who have fought to make sure no child grows up poor. This budget puts our children first.
He’s basically Draco Malfoy.
New: Three new ex-pupils come forward, on the record, to say Farage's racism as a teenager was targeted, persistent and nasty. Farage has denied targeting any individuals - but two of the men tell us they recall Farage abusing Peter Ettedgui.
w/ Dan Boffey, @drblacklock.bsky.social
w/ Dan Boffey, @drblacklock.bsky.social
Three more ex-pupils at school with Nigel Farage reject ‘banter’ claims
Exclusive: Dulwich college contemporaries ‘rubbish’ Reform UK leader’s suggestion alleged racist taunts not intended to hurt
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November 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
He’s basically Draco Malfoy.