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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 4h

Holy Crap!. This is amazing! Newsom certainly has a great social media game.

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Blackavar @officer-blackavar.bsky.social · 5h

Just so I get this right.

Lucy Connelly calling for immigrants to be burned alive - heroine expressing her free speech, unjustly victimised by the state.

Fayaz Khan saying he wanted to kill Nigel Farage - dangerous lunatic, who the state has gone easy on.

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Old Hobbit✌ @oldhobbit.bsky.social · 6h

He has quite a lot of explaining to do over not following conflict of interest and integrity rules. The despicable piece of shit.

Old Hobbit✌ @oldhobbit.bsky.social · 7h

And a lot of that is thanks to super-dumb tabloids!

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Old Hobbit✌ @oldhobbit.bsky.social · 8h

Withdrawing from ECHR over toilets would be very British! Ooh Matron!

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Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · 8h

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Anhaga @arioch.bsky.social · 14h

Simon Jenkins 'which ever way the wind blows, I shall write an opinion piece' @theguardian.com

Cllr Brian Wernham 🔶 C.Eng. MA History @brianwernham.bsky.social · 16h

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Old Hobbit✌ @oldhobbit.bsky.social · 8h

The stuff we could do collectively... cutting out faff at every stage, working more quickly rather than with fewer people.

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Old Hobbit✌ @oldhobbit.bsky.social · 10h

He should be on the hook for another 12 months if he wants a Nobel Peace Prize!

Old Hobbit✌ @oldhobbit.bsky.social · 11h

Never thought about that!

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11h

Seems the Narcissist-in-Chief is mad about the Time Mag cover neckgina pic so please don’t share it widely

Thank you for your attention to this matter

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Derek @derekdesanges.bsky.social · Aug 15

with your help we can change this

the wicker mang @mangmangmang.bsky.social · Aug 14

People are always rightly pointing out that Warhammer contributes more to the British economy than the fishing industry, but the problem is that there just aren't very many folk songs about Warhammer

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Old Hobbit✌ @oldhobbit.bsky.social · 11h

England's problem is similar to Scotland's problem: everything flows to London and it will get worse as the elites want it to be like Dubai.

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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 1d

Reminder that Christopher Columbus (beyond being a genocidal conqueror) was also was a colossal asshole who literally stole money from HIS OWN CREW.

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Old Hobbit✌ @oldhobbit.bsky.social · 12h

The magazine does like racism, Islamophobia, antisemitism and sex offending, though.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 12h

The Spectator (owned by GBNews owner Paul Marshall - estimated wealth of £800 million) doesn’t like taxing wealth fairly.

I wonder how they got to this editorial decision?

Let’s tax wealth fairly, fund front line services & make hope normal again.

join.greenparty.org.uk

Polanski is talking nonsense about wealth taxes.

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 14h

🏮 He's very concerned about measures which oblige trans people to out themselves publicly and significantly increase their vulnerability to harassment, abuse and even violence

🏮 And he asks for an evidence-based approach. This ought to be common sense but sadly none of this is evidence based.

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 14h

🏮 He thinks the direction of travel in the UK will breach its human rights obligations in multiple respects - pushing trans people into an 'intermediate zone' and jeopardising their right to be treated with dignity and to be able to participate in all areas of everyday life...

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 14h

Quite a bodying, here, for the UK, from the Commissioner for Human Rights, Council of Europe.

🏮 He points out the Supreme Court ignored human rights (which breaches its legal obligations)
🏮 He says, in effect agreeing with Lucy Powell, Parliament should be involved...

rm.coe.int/letter-to-pa...

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 13h

Sacked eight years ago for secret 'Israel' meetings, Priti Patel is still shilling for Zionism

Former Tory minister and permanent sociopath Priti Patel has been on the BBC repeating standard Zionist fictions about Palestine marches
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

Sacked eight years ago for secret 'Israel' meetings, Priti Patel is still shilling for Zionism

Former Tory minister and permanent sociopath Priti Patel has been on the BBC repeating standard Zionist fictions about Palestine marches

www.thecanary.co

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Old Hobbit✌ @oldhobbit.bsky.social · 13h

In guess he will sue the ambulance operators in return

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Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · 13h

GOOD NEWS: On July 14th, Kent Police threatened this protestor, Laura Murton, with arrest for holding a Palestinian flag and placards stating "Free Gaza" and "Israel is committing genocide". Thousands raised the alarm, and Police Kent has now apologised.

good news: Kent police forced to apologise to protester

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Old Hobbit✌ @oldhobbit.bsky.social · 13h

Can be filled with $1million dollars or gold bars that cast a reflective glow upon the opener's face.

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Old Hobbit✌ @oldhobbit.bsky.social · 13h

A whole baby? Fucking hell

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