Tom Hunter
@onelifestand87.bsky.social
Ruth’s husband, Andrew, Harriet & Owen’s dad, Unison member & Newcastle fan
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ok look Henry Cuellar sucks but this is pretty funny he took the pardon now Trump has no leverage over him so he filed to run again and Trump is losing it
December 7, 2025 at 3:58 PM
ok look Henry Cuellar sucks but this is pretty funny he took the pardon now Trump has no leverage over him so he filed to run again and Trump is losing it
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Given the Lords behaviour on repeated manifesto bills this Parliament then, quite frankly, they can't be relying on old convention they arent willing to respect themselves.
The Govt should be looking for more wholesale reform now they've given up on traditional limits
The Govt should be looking for more wholesale reform now they've given up on traditional limits
The primacy of the Commons is constitutionally acknowledged in certain limited ways, including via the Salisbury convention (Lords should not block manifesto bills) and law (Parliament Acts enable Commons to legislate unilaterally subject to Lords' one-year delaying power). /3
December 7, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Given the Lords behaviour on repeated manifesto bills this Parliament then, quite frankly, they can't be relying on old convention they arent willing to respect themselves.
The Govt should be looking for more wholesale reform now they've given up on traditional limits
The Govt should be looking for more wholesale reform now they've given up on traditional limits
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not killing this guy on the installment plan is the single best shot Israel has at peace in our lifetimes but apparently that's an unrealistically high bar
The source said Barghouti's condition was described as “extremely difficult and very dangerous”.
The Palestinian Authority’s Commission of Detainees’ Affairs said it had gathered information that appeared to corroborate the report of a recent attack.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/marwan-...
The Palestinian Authority’s Commission of Detainees’ Affairs said it had gathered information that appeared to corroborate the report of a recent attack.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/marwan-...
Marwan Barghouti brutally assaulted in Israeli prison, family told
Fatah leader reportedly has part of his ear cut off and his teeth and ribs broken in what sources describe as a 'slow, gradual assassination attempt'
www.middleeasteye.net
December 6, 2025 at 9:09 PM
not killing this guy on the installment plan is the single best shot Israel has at peace in our lifetimes but apparently that's an unrealistically high bar
LOOK AT ME MORTY I’M CASABLANCA RICK IT’S A CROSSOVER MORTY
Netflix, which rarely carries a single movie from before 1980, wants you to know how thrilled they are to acquire that classic piece of franchise IP, Casablanca
December 6, 2025 at 10:46 PM
LOOK AT ME MORTY I’M CASABLANCA RICK IT’S A CROSSOVER MORTY
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see the thing about them all being the worst people in the world is that even when one of them gets killed they can't create a proper cult of martyrdom around him because the others get jealous he's getting all the attention.
December 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
see the thing about them all being the worst people in the world is that even when one of them gets killed they can't create a proper cult of martyrdom around him because the others get jealous he's getting all the attention.
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This is genuinely revolting and might possibly qualify as the sin against the Holy Ghost.
She compares the boat strikes to Jesus breaking the sabbath to heal someone.
December 6, 2025 at 8:07 PM
This is genuinely revolting and might possibly qualify as the sin against the Holy Ghost.
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The level of hater you have to be to make a whole multi-episode documentary about someone you hate is extraordinary
Possibly the best hater to ever do it
Possibly the best hater to ever do it
December 6, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The level of hater you have to be to make a whole multi-episode documentary about someone you hate is extraordinary
Possibly the best hater to ever do it
Possibly the best hater to ever do it
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This is so disgusting.
December 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
This is so disgusting.
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The radio silence about Farage from people who are usually supremely vocal about antisemitism is so so telling.
December 6, 2025 at 9:34 AM
The radio silence about Farage from people who are usually supremely vocal about antisemitism is so so telling.
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Half a lifetime ago, when I was a cabinet member on a local council pre 2010, the director of public health used to come and see me if there was *one* family in a B&B for more than an emergency weekend or so. Just the least safe and healthy place for children
December 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Half a lifetime ago, when I was a cabinet member on a local council pre 2010, the director of public health used to come and see me if there was *one* family in a B&B for more than an emergency weekend or so. Just the least safe and healthy place for children
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I refer to this a lot but it is, I feel, the British version of “everyone is 12” - at the end of Arthur Smith’s play An Evening with Gary Lineker, one of the main characters says to Angelic Gary “cigarettes are good for you now, aren’t they Gary?” and Gary nods wisely and that’s this, isn’t it?
I don’t get how Jenrick can actually believe that we should shrink the population and then start making more of our own things from pots and pans to what iPhones? How does he think that happens?
December 5, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I refer to this a lot but it is, I feel, the British version of “everyone is 12” - at the end of Arthur Smith’s play An Evening with Gary Lineker, one of the main characters says to Angelic Gary “cigarettes are good for you now, aren’t they Gary?” and Gary nods wisely and that’s this, isn’t it?
She’d win too
Angela Rayner and the soft left do not like the idea of a Wes Streeting coronation
Rayner has told friends she would stand in a leadership contest to stop him
This week's New Statesman column 👇🏻 www.newstatesman.com/politics/lab...
Rayner has told friends she would stand in a leadership contest to stop him
This week's New Statesman column 👇🏻 www.newstatesman.com/politics/lab...
Angela Rayner is Wes Streeting’s biggest obstacle to PM
But would she even want to be leader?
www.newstatesman.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:30 AM
She’d win too
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This has become a common refrain from the EHRC recently: "Stop complaining about your rights. You don't have any".
It is hardly a winning argument to tell trans and non-binary individuals that we should just accept having fewer rights.
It is hardly a winning argument to tell trans and non-binary individuals that we should just accept having fewer rights.
Kishwer Falkner in The Times talking about the rights of "biological people". As compared to trans people, who are, of course, non-biological.
December 6, 2025 at 10:18 AM
This has become a common refrain from the EHRC recently: "Stop complaining about your rights. You don't have any".
It is hardly a winning argument to tell trans and non-binary individuals that we should just accept having fewer rights.
It is hardly a winning argument to tell trans and non-binary individuals that we should just accept having fewer rights.
Had a type this year
December 6, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Had a type this year
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cool cool cool
The International Atomic Energy Agency reports that the Chernobyl sarcophagus, built to prevent radioactive release from the melted reactor and damaged in a drone strike this February, has "lost its primary safety functions, including the confinement capability." www.iaea.org/newscenter/p...
Update 331 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine | IAEA
An IAEA team is criss-crossing Ukraine this month to assess the status of electrical substations critical for nuclear safety and security, following recent military attacks targeting energy infrastruc...
www.iaea.org
December 6, 2025 at 9:21 AM
cool cool cool
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The gambling industry is cancer
"Soon, CNN will run live odds on world events where its viewers can gamble on them in real time on their smartphones."
CNN Partners With a Gambling App That Lets You Wager on Starvation in Gaza
The app company’s two biggest investors are also heavily invested in the Israeli military.
truthout.org
December 6, 2025 at 9:01 AM
The gambling industry is cancer
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"Online gambling should be illegal and gambling is a thing you have to travel to a heavily regulated destination for if you REALLY want to play" is my least liberal opinion but I stand by it
December 6, 2025 at 9:33 AM
"Online gambling should be illegal and gambling is a thing you have to travel to a heavily regulated destination for if you REALLY want to play" is my least liberal opinion but I stand by it
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First of many such incidents, I expect. Another ‘win’ for those ‘useful’ Gen AI tools.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trains cancelled over fake bridge collapse image - BBC News
Rail services were cancelled after a 'hoax' picture of a damaged bridge appeared on social media
www.bbc.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 8:46 AM
First of many such incidents, I expect. Another ‘win’ for those ‘useful’ Gen AI tools.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It shouldn’t be missed how many examples of Farage’s racist bullying are from when he was 17-18 & the kids were 9-10. He’s always been a coward
"'Where are you from?’ he asked. Within seconds of offering my rather confused and sputtering answers, he had a clear response: ‘That’s the way back to Africa,’ with an accompanying hand gesture pointing towards a place far away."
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Former Dulwich pupil says Farage told him: ‘That’s the way back to Africa’
Exclusive: Yinka Bankole says he felt compelled to speak out after Reform leader’s attempts to ‘dismiss’ hurt of alleged targets
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:10 AM
It shouldn’t be missed how many examples of Farage’s racist bullying are from when he was 17-18 & the kids were 9-10. He’s always been a coward
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you know how i know im a 44yo dad? how much i laughed at this shit
December 6, 2025 at 3:31 AM
you know how i know im a 44yo dad? how much i laughed at this shit
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In terms of what’s understood to be socially acceptable behavior, normalizing the filming/taking pictures of people in public who are minding their own business (and putting it online) is one of the worst developments of the past 15 years.
Woman Hailed as Hero for Smashing Man's Meta Smart Glasses on Subway
A New York subway rider has accused a woman of breaking his Meta smart glasses. She was later hailed as a hero.
futurism.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
In terms of what’s understood to be socially acceptable behavior, normalizing the filming/taking pictures of people in public who are minding their own business (and putting it online) is one of the worst developments of the past 15 years.
You can really tell he has never had any media pushback before because this is just drenched in sweat
Reform respond to Channel 4 request for comment on this story: “Since the comments by Lord Hermer, those perpetrating these coordinated attacks on Nigel’s character are using the presumption of guilt. Is this where our legal system is going and our media with it? An accusation is not a fact.”
Exclusive: A group of Holocaust survivors have demanded Nigel Farage tell the truth and apologise for the antisemitic comments that fellow pupils of Dulwich College allege he made toward Jewish pupils.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
December 5, 2025 at 8:36 PM
You can really tell he has never had any media pushback before because this is just drenched in sweat