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John Earle

@skembear.bsky.social

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Volunteer welfare rights adviser SWLICAN Skem. Disabled twisty, humpty backed bastard. Very Anti theism, Tory, Blue Labour, War. zionism, Centrism. Liking pancakes doesn't mean I hate waffles. No govt will save or represent you. Help each other instead 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 9h

Private equity wrecked UK high street, says Iceland Foods boss

PE model - low wages, cut staff/investment, high debt, profiteering, tax abuse.

PE devoured Debenhams, Maplin, Byron Burger, Cath Kidson, Comet, Flybe, Poundworld, Toys R Us.

Controls care homes, vets, supermarkets.
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Private equity has wrecked the high street, says Iceland boss

Richard Walker says private buyers take out costs and fail to invest then sell to the highest bidder in a cycle that makes retailers steadily worse

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John Earle @skembear.bsky.social · 4h

Bridget Phillipson just justified blocking Israel from peace talks www.thecanary.co/trending/202...

Bridget Phillipson just accidentally justified blocking Israel from peace talks

Bridget Phillipson said there's no place for a terrorist group which kills countless civilians and is responsible for inflicting violence

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John Earle @skembear.bsky.social · 4h

Israel violates Gaza 'ceasefire' for third day, killing Palestinians

#Scum

www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...

For the third day running, Israel violates Gaza 'ceasefire' to maim and murder Palestinians

On the third day of the ceasefire, an Israel drone targeted the Jabalia refugee camp, killing one civilian and seriously injuring others

www.thecanary.co

John Earle @skembear.bsky.social · 4h

Trump's latest tariff chaos exposed America's biggest weakness

stock markets lost $2tn in value over a singe day. Ah bless

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Trump's latest tariff chaos exposed America's biggest weakness

Trump's tariffs keep weakening the US grip on power, and this latest round have shown just how fragile that grip really is

www.thecanary.co

John Earle @skembear.bsky.social · 4h

Not if the UK #ScumMedia have anything to do with it

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 5h

Maybe there's something in this Nigel Farage and Nathan Gill Russian bribes story....

Lots of stories about Nathan Gill and Russian bribes.

John Earle @skembear.bsky.social · 4h

Paul Holden gives exclusive extracts of The Fraud to the Canary www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...

Paul Holden: why I’ve given exclusive extracts of The Fraud to the Canary and Inside Croydon

The Fraud shows the targeting of both Inside Croydon and the Canary are genuinely shocking, Paul Holden says in an exclusive column

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John Earle @skembear.bsky.social · 5h

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MSN

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John Earle @skembear.bsky.social · 5h

Not him, the grammar is too good. His team write them, he approves them. Something about it came out on 8th when he was slipped a note asking for his approval for a post from Rubio

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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 5h

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Gaza's health ministry: 124 bodies arrive at hospitals in last 24 hours

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Denis Buckley @wellingtonrock.bsky.social · 5h

,,,
'If a sort of global anti-democracy revolt or, at least, a critical loss of faith in democratic systems is occurring, it would be useful to know why. Short- and long-term economic issues – the cost of living, inflation, lack of good jobs, de-industrialisation, shattered communities, ...'

France is not alone in its political crisis – belief in a democratic world is vanishing | Simon Tisdall

The populist right offers a solution in the form of turning back the clock. Macron and his counterparts need to find a different answer fast, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

www.theguardian.com

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John Earle @skembear.bsky.social · 5h

Irish Unity on the agenda in Presidential election

“We’re coming together to unite for something that’s much bigger than ourselves, bigger than me, and bigger than the differences between parties.”
Catherine Connolly TD, Presidential candidate

labouroutlook.org/2025/10/12/i...

Irish Unity on the agenda in Presidential election

"Inch by inch we are getting closer and closer to Irish Unity."

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John Earle @skembear.bsky.social · 5h

Why is Pope Leo meeting with an alleged sex offender? garethgore.substack.com/p/why-is-pop...

Why is Pope Leo meeting with an alleged sex offender?

He met with the Opus Dei cardinal on Monday - but won't meet with victims

garethgore.substack.com

John Earle @skembear.bsky.social · 1d

Has anyone told him what 'kid' means?

John Earle @skembear.bsky.social · 1d

Weapons

John Earle @skembear.bsky.social · 1d

The whole novara show that night was excellent

John Earle @skembear.bsky.social · 1d

Does he think they are pigs in blankets?

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 1d

Farage seeks divine intervention against National Trust vegan tampons

Farage's latest dab on his culture wars bingo card does beg the question: how meaty do Reform want tampons to be?
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...

Farage seeks divine intervention against National Trust vegan tampons

Farage's latest dab on his culture wars bingo card does beg the question: how meaty does Reform want tampons to be?

www.thecanary.co

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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 2d

🚨Urgent: Thames Water want permission from Ofwat to ILLEGALLY pollute rivers and seas until 2040.

🤮They want your bills to fill their pockets with gold, while they fill your rivers with sewage.

✍️Sign now. Tell Ofwat to say NO to Thames Water before Tuesday 21st October.

Thames Water want to pollute illegally until 2040. Ofwat must say NO.

Thames water want to make at deal with Ofwat, to pollute illegally for 15 years

weownit.org.uk

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John Earle @skembear.bsky.social · 1d

Israel murders at least 30 Palestinians on second day of 'ceasefire'

Others cease, Israel fires
#Scum

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Israel murders at least 30 Palestinians on second day of 'ceasefire'

The bodies of more than eighty-three people Israel murdered on day one were recovered, seventy-three in Gaza City alone

www.thecanary.co

John Earle @skembear.bsky.social · 1d

Did the migrant Tice say all this from the comfort of his home in Dubai?

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

Greens growing. Reform ratttled.

PS - I changed my name back to my family's original Jewish name because I'm proud of being Jewish. If Tice think that makes me a weirdo, I think that makes him an antisemite.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Tice "green party leader Zack Polanski is a weirdo. Changed his name, claimed hypnosis could increase women's breast size, thinks me should compete in women's sport, thinks women can have a penis. Other than that he's fine. Vote Green. Get weirdo."

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John Earle @skembear.bsky.social · 1d

Any welfare overpayments go into the 'fraud' pot. 2 tier fraud

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 1d

Limited liability is one of our weird silences. It's a massive free gift society makes to plutocrats, seldom remarked upon, let alone contested.
Shareholders should have to buy limited liability, like any other insurance. The insurers would then be liable. 🧵
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Will UK taxpayers get their £122m back from PPE Medpro?

The high court told the company linked to Michelle Mone to pay up over the supply of defective gowns, but there appears no clear route to reclaim the funds

www.theguardian.com

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Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 1d

'...Mark Ruffalo voiced frustration over Western hypocrisy that justifies the Israeli mass killing of Palestinians. He said people try to convince him that “Palestinians are all terrorists who deserve to die” or “human shields who deserve to die because of that.”'

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7elG...

Mark Ruffalo condemns dehumanization and Western hypocrisy toward Palestinians

YouTube video by Sahat English

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