Rhetta McLean
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Rhetta McLean
@miladyrh.bsky.social
Here are a few of my favourite things:
Lawrence of Arabia; Count of Monte Cristo (book); Casablanca; France; Italy; tractors; travel; ice cream; clothes; politics….and lots more. Need coffee now…..
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Leopards don't change their spots!
May 18, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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Shouldn't laugh. But I defy you not to.
The Daily Mail complaining that immigrants have not the English too well.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
May 18, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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Joe Biden, you’re gonna beat this cancer. You’re a great man with a strong spirit, and you have a family that loves and supports you, not to mention tens of millions of us grateful for your steady, principled leadership.
May 18, 2025 at 8:41 PM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
Loved your first caller. I share his feelings.Lost and angry.Thankyou for closing down the blasphemous one. So few of us care…..
May 19, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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extraordinary that Thames Water executives are getting *new* bonuses, this time as a result of the £3bn rescue loan from the spring - which loads the company with interest rates of nearly 10%

via me and Gill Plimmer

www.ft.com/content/1f6d...
Thames Water executives to receive bonuses from £3bn emergency loan
Utility’s chair tells MPs that retention payments are needed to prevent rivals ‘picking off’ staff
www.ft.com
May 13, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Your regular reminder that almost everything Trump is getting away with is not because of presidential strength, but because of congressional weakness and judicial deference.

The constitutional tools are already there to fix this, but those who can fix it are refusing to do so.
April 14, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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September 24, 2024 at 4:43 PM
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A good time to remind ourselves that President Zelenskyy is the democratically elected leader of a sovereign country, a hero who is bravely standing against the illegal invasion of Ukraine by a murderous dictator called Vladimir Putin

youtu.be/HpmDquOkSCY?...
FACTS & TRUTH MATTER
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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March 17, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Human rights are universal - if we start stripping away basic human rights from any section of society then none of us has rights – just privileges that can be taken away by people in power whenever they want

Would we want a country like that?
Tories to force vote to disapply Human Rights Act in immigration cases

Human rights are universal - if we start stripping away basic human rights from any section of society then none of us has rights- just privileges that can be taken away by people in power when they want
youtu.be/yhXzz_alkSk?...
Kemi Badenoch to force vote in Parliament to disapply the Human Rights Act in immigration cases
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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March 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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"Human rights are universal - if we start stripping away basic human rights from any section of society then none of us has rights ..."
Tories to force vote to disapply Human Rights Act in immigration cases

Human rights are universal - if we start stripping away basic human rights from any section of society then none of us has rights- just privileges that can be taken away by people in power when they want
youtu.be/yhXzz_alkSk?...
Kemi Badenoch to force vote in Parliament to disapply the Human Rights Act in immigration cases
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
March 10, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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US added to international watchlist for rapid decline in civic freedoms

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US added to international watchlist for rapid decline in civic freedoms
Civicus, an international non-profit, puts country alongside Democratic Republic of Congo, Italy, Pakistan and Serbia
www.theguardian.com
March 10, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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‘We’re here to stop Russia taking the Black Sea’: with the Ukrainian Navy as they battle for supremacy on the waves
‘We’re here to stop Russia taking the Black Sea’: with the Ukrainian Navy as they battle for supremacy on the waves
Captain Oleksandr and his crew are on constant alert to shoot down Vladimir Putin’s swarming drones Captain Oleksandr put his hand on the throttle and nudged it forward. His patrol boat roared into action and zipped through the waves. Behind him was the…
www.theguardian.com
March 8, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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If only there was some way of knowing why Musk is pushing for elections and “regime change” in Ukraine… but not Russia..
March 7, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Is there not a single journalist in the White House with the courage to step up and point out Zelenskyy is the democratically elected leader of a sovereign country who is bravely standing against the illegal invasion of Ukraine by a murderous dictator?
Zelensky has not refused to negotiate. He has refused to surrender to a murderous dictator who has illegally invaded his country

youtu.be/HpmDquOkSCY?...
FACTS & TRUTH MATTER
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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March 8, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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Pete Buttigieg is on point, as ever.
March 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Zelensky has not refused to negotiate. He has refused to surrender to a murderous dictator who has illegally invaded his country

youtu.be/HpmDquOkSCY?...
FACTS & TRUTH MATTER
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
March 6, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Former 🇺🇸 ambassador to Russia 👇🏽
March 4, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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This is the literal penalisation of free speech…
March 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Trump’s goal all along was to end military aid to Ukraine. That’s why he offered a “peace deal” with no security guarantees and set up that fight with President Zelenskyy knowing no sane leader would accept it.
March 4, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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“So yes, we've experienced a coup, not the old fashioned kind, no tanks or mobs, but an undemocratic and hostile takeover of government. It is cruel, it is petty. It can be brutal. It is at once chaotic and surgical…The question is, will the rule of law hold?”
March 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Someone needs to remind President Trump that President Zelenskyy is the democratically elected leader of a sovereign country, a hero who is bravely standing against the illegal invasion of Ukraine by a murderous ACTUAL dictator called Vladimir Putin

youtu.be/HpmDquOkSCY?...
FACTS & TRUTH MATTER
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
March 3, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Macron is quite correct.
March 3, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Karin Keller-Sutter
President of the Swiss Confederation 👏
March 1, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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“If Roosevelt had told Churchill to sue for peace on any terms with Adolf Hitler and to fork over Britain’s coal reserves to the United States in exchange for no American security guarantees, it might have approximated what Trump did to Zelensky.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...
Opinion | A Day of American Infamy
A dreadful moment for Ukraine, for the free world, for the legacy of an America that once stood for the principles of the Atlantic Charter.
www.nytimes.com
March 1, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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It will probably come as no surprise to anyone to learn that Trump and Musk are ushering in a new age of bribery, graft, and corruption to American politics

newrepublic.com/article/1920...
This Is the Biggest Trump-Musk Scandal That No One’s Talking About
Donald Trump and Elon Musk are ushering in a new age of bribery, graft, and corruption to American politics.
newrepublic.com
March 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM