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Anti-brexit, Aetheist, Humanist, Pro EU, pro Scottish Independence. Progressive Alliance; Books. Pro Science. ProportionalRepresentation; Education; #NHSblueheart

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Rufford_Oakes @rufford.bsky.social · 11h

Farage will never be PM - that would mean he had to accept responsibility for his words & actions. He would be exposed as an empty vessel; he cannot debate, lacks political nous & experience. He is no more than an oik with delusions of importance. A joke in the harsh spotlight of real politics.

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Rufford_Oakes @rufford.bsky.social · 17h

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Rufford_Oakes @rufford.bsky.social · 1d

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Rufford_Oakes @rufford.bsky.social · 2d

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 3d

Janice Hahn: “We will be urging our colleagues today to declare a state of emergency, because what’s happening across Los Angeles County is an emergency. It may not be a wildfire or an earthquake, but it is a man-made emergency created by our own federal government.

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Rufford_Oakes @rufford.bsky.social · 3d

Search for “elected mayor of London” - brings up Khan & his predecessors. The algorithm is not smart enough to distinguish between ‘Mayor of’ and ‘Lord Mayor of’ so gives both versions of Mayor to hedge its own bets.

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Rufford_Oakes @rufford.bsky.social · 4d

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Rufford_Oakes @rufford.bsky.social · 5d

They wanted the cod in the Newfoundland waters to make bacalao (salt cod dish), they just didn’t tell anyone the source of the cod - in case they encouraged others to fish there.

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Rufford_Oakes @rufford.bsky.social · 5d

And the Basques were there before the Vikings.

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Rufford_Oakes @rufford.bsky.social · 5d

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Rufford_Oakes @rufford.bsky.social · 7d

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Rufford_Oakes @rufford.bsky.social · 8d

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Rufford_Oakes @rufford.bsky.social · 9d

An interesting convergence of world outcomes & personal ambition.Trump announced agreement on his peace plan (which he could have achieved weeks ago) but saved the announcement until the day before the Nobel Committee convenes to announce the 2025 winners - including the Trump-coveted Peace Prize.

Rufford_Oakes @rufford.bsky.social · 10d

St George; never set foot in the UK, was born somewhere around Greece, Turkey, Lebanon - heck he might have been Palestinian. You know, one of those you would have deported on sight. PS - he never knowingly rode a dragon.

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Rufford_Oakes @rufford.bsky.social · 17d

Is any considering US interference/disruption - in pursuit of their taking over Greenland?

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Rufford_Oakes @rufford.bsky.social · 18d

Have cloned Suella & implanted her into a new host body?