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Jon Patience @smoulderstoat.bsky.social · 2h

We always knew you'd be back.

a man in a purple robe and a woman in a white dress are wearing crowns and waving

ALT: a man in a purple robe and a woman in a white dress are wearing crowns and waving

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Jon Patience @smoulderstoat.bsky.social · 2h

Apparently the former colonies are also in want of a King.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Bessent: "This crazy No Kings rally this weekend, which is gonna be the farthest left, the hardest core, the most unhinged in the Democratic Party, which is a big title. No Kings equals no paychecks."

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Jon Patience @smoulderstoat.bsky.social · 2h

"No Kings equals no paychecks."

Lord North, 1776.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Bessent: "This crazy No Kings rally this weekend, which is gonna be the farthest left, the hardest core, the most unhinged in the Democratic Party, which is a big title. No Kings equals no paychecks."

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Matthew Pennycook MP @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social · 5h

My sincere thanks to Peers for completing their scrutiny of the Renters’ Rights Bill yesterday.

With no Lords amendments coming back to the Commons, the Bill will soon receive Royal Assent allowing us to transform the experience of private renting for millions of tenants.

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Jon Patience @smoulderstoat.bsky.social · 5h

He's squatting like a giant toad across British politics.

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Renters' Reform Coalition @rentersreformco.bsky.social · 6h

🚨GREAT NEWS FOR RENTERS🚨

Last night, we defeated last-ditch amendments that would have weakened tenants' rights and shifted power back towards landlords.

The Bill now just needs sign-off from the Commons (and the King) before becoming the Renters' Rights Act!

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Jon Patience @smoulderstoat.bsky.social · 1d

I see the Government have also published their unhinged opinion on literature:

www.gov.uk/government/n...

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Jon Patience @smoulderstoat.bsky.social · 1d

Do you want to give Keir Starmer a kick up the bum? Vote Powell.

Do you want to avoid undermining the Government even further? Vote Phillipson.

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Jon Patience @smoulderstoat.bsky.social · 1d

If you made Shakespeare do a GCSE exam in any of his plays he'd be baffled. He just wrote stuff that he thought people would pay to see.

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Jon Patience @smoulderstoat.bsky.social · 1d

Everthing they teach you in English Literature is plausible-sounding bullshit. The entire subject is a conspiracy by the publishers of set texts and revision guides.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Jon Patience @smoulderstoat.bsky.social · 1d

I would be interested to know how much he personally is prepared to suffer for this, and how much he actually thinks should be borne by someone else.

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Jon Patience @smoulderstoat.bsky.social · 1d

I read a book about improving my attention span, and

Andrew R @excelpope.net · 1d

I read a book about the world's most average person. Extraordinary.

Danger, ghosts etc. Mudford @danmud.bsky.social · 1d

I read a book about pet euthanasia but I couldn't put it down.

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 1d

How Brexit drained the Tories’ talent pool on.ft.com/4qarx21 | opinion

How Brexit drained the Tories’ talent pool

The party can’t keep expecting successful people to pretend that leaving the EU was a good idea

on.ft.com

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Jon Patience @smoulderstoat.bsky.social · 1d

Do you have the cheese that's made backwards?

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Ed Jennings @edjennings.bsky.social · 1d

Another one falls in Kent.

Reform has suspended county councillor Robert Ford after a complaint was made about him by 'several female members of staff.'

The party said that Cllr Ford refused to engage with the complaints process, so he has had the whip removed pending a disciplinary process.

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Jon Patience @smoulderstoat.bsky.social · 1d

My dog's got an upset stomach and it looks *exactly* like that.

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Jon Patience @smoulderstoat.bsky.social · 1d

I've never been hot. I've always been like a pink bin liner full of yogurt.

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Renters' Reform Coalition @rentersreformco.bsky.social · 2d

For too long, section 21 has meant many tenants fear eviction simply for asking for repairs - as @darlingtom.bsky.social says, "England has the weakest tenant protections in all of Europe".

The Renters' Rights Bill cannot come soon enough.
www.mylondon.news/news/propert...

What the Renters' Rights Bill is and when it is likely to come into force

Next week the Renters' Rights Bill will enter its final stages as key amendments are considered

www.mylondon.news

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 2d

Have you considered giving up avocado on toast?

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 2d

Private school can feel like the only option when the state system isn’t meeting your child’s needs, but the financial burden goes far beyond school fees ⬇️

School fees were a shock, then came VAT, uniforms, trips …

www.thetimes.com

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Jon Patience @smoulderstoat.bsky.social · 2d

It's all kicking off in Southend.

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Jon Patience @smoulderstoat.bsky.social · 3d

Ten homes. Ten.

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 3d

Seems odd to see people I know would be repulsed at the idea that the state impose death on an offender celebrating other lags doing it.

legalclaret @legalclaret.bsky.social · 3d

Watkins was one of the most vile criminals I have ever read about, an offender whose depravity fell to lows even this hardened ex-prosecutor had not seen before. I am however uncomfortable with the celebrations of his murder. /1

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3d

Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins dies after being attacked in prison

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Jon Patience @smoulderstoat.bsky.social · 3d

Unsolicited Nick pic

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 3d

They have fired the staff of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, who are disease detectives that respond to outbreaks around the world.

I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous it is to dismantle our disease surveillance infrastructure.

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