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Paul D
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Dogs, football, running, history. Not necessarily in that order #STFC
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Until ppl are actually considered ppl and have their human rights fully respected, fuck off with this conversation. I have no patience for it
November 28, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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“Speaking outside his chateau in France, former Brexit Party and UKIP MEP Coburn answered "no" when a BBC journalist asked him whether he’d ever been paid to give a speech to promote pro-Russian campaigners”

Just FFS investigate the whole dodgy traitorous lot of them.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Former Brexit Party MEP denies taking payment from pro-Russian campaign
A prominent former MEP for Nigel Farage's old party denies taking bribes in a pro-Russian campaign.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 9:01 AM
@wulfhelm.bsky.social may I present you with this offering my Lord. Behold! Tis an egret! #shitbirdphotos
November 28, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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Don’t want to be too moralistic about this, but it is an active disgrace what people are doing to a profoundly liberational scheme that costs relatively piddling amounts on the basis of a couple of right wing shitposters misrepresenting it on Twitter.
November 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Today seems an apposite moment to share this from another time and another place. Short🧵
November 21, 2025 at 10:38 AM
The weather here is grisly this morning, could barely see Liddington through the sleet/rain combo so instead here's a couple of photos from Monday morning of Liddington Castle dressed in all its late autumn early morning finery #HillfortsWednesday
November 19, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Indentured servitude is immoral and a Labour minister offering to consider it should have to resign in shame
Watching the Mahmood announcement and debate. Tory backbencher (Karen Bradley) suggests putting refugees into debt and making them repay during the rest of their lives. Mahmood says she’ll think about it.
November 18, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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November 18, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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Why do they lie about something so easily verifiable?
The Home Secretary says "we have become the destination of choice in Europe, clearly visible to every people smuggler and would-be illegal migrant across the world"

That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
November 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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I was tagged and asked to take a look at this claim - cos, well just look at it!🙄

Does it seem plausible that THE Trocadero is going to be turned into a Mosque?

It was pretty easy to debunk but I decided to do a deep dive into the reality AND the appalling press coverage

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November 16, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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Emails: The aristocrats are in a pedophilic cabal and NYT journalists were providing cover for them.

@nytimes.com: Yeah, those were the days…
November 16, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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This is not what I voted for. Labour have a huge majority, just fucking get on with makeing lives better for everyone!
November 15, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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To reiterate, this is about making life immeasurably more miserable and stressful for some of the most vulnerable people, in the almost certainly vain hope of winning over the votes of racists.

Anything more shabby and shameful is difficult to envisage.
Asylum in UK to be made temporary under Home Secretary’s plans
Shabana Mahmood will lay out reforms modelled on the Danish system on Monday.
www.independent.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 9:14 AM
@barr222.bsky.social uh oh, it's happening again....
November 16, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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"There are many many more of us than you!"

A handful of fascists turned up in Bristol again. They were outnumbered massively again.

We are the people, they are the tiny fascist minority that has our mainstream media and politicians' attention
November 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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About 50 antiasylum protesters led by far right UKIP leader Nick Tenconi were outnumbered by over 400 anti fascists in Bristol today. Lots of refugees waved at the crowd protecting the Mercure Hotel, with one girl making a silver heart and holding up against the window.
November 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Looks useful, but they may not cover an important topic: if you need a #map for your book, where do you go? Many authors, faced with that question, have no idea where to start.

If that’s you, I can help! I draw maps for a living, and specialize in maps for academic books.

surprisedeelmaps.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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The decision to keep paying Ros Atkins but basically stop him doing any of the analysis or explainers which he was a) good at and b) seemed to be quite popular in favour of co-hosting a podcast about the media is really, really baffling.
November 10, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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And get rid of Robbie Gibb
November 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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The resignations of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness must be an opportunity for the BBC to turn a new leaf, rebuild trust and resist those like Nigel Farage who want to destroy it

We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.
November 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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And if we think it’s bad now, imagine what it could look like, say, two months from a U.K. general election?

Could imagine huge sums in US far right cash flooding in, much of what would only be declared after the election (our electoral rules really are a jape)
Be clear, the American far right are coming for British democracy.
November 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
November 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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It blows my mind that there are real people who see a post like this and actually believe the whole “Christmas is being cancelled by Muslims” BS 🙄

Let’s have a quick look at what’s happening to Sheffield so you can put your Express reading uncle’s mind at ease!😆

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November 8, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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One from the actual Shire.
A demonic elon musk about to be burned in effigy. #Lewes #Bonfire #Sussex 🔥
November 5, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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The easiest explanation of what’s happening to the billionaires is that , while wealth cooks everyone’s brains a little, unimaginable wealth deep fries your brain. And that social media has given us a front row seat to the process
November 7, 2025 at 9:11 AM