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Tom Ward @tomdward.bsky.social · 8h

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

He is going quite mad. I wonder it’s a symptom of his dementia

Trump ‘looking at all options’ amid threats to invoke Insurrection Act, Vance says

Vice-president calls crime ‘out of control’ in US cities as Trump faces legal battles for use of federal forces

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 20h

Nigel Farage went to Dulwich College which when he attended was more expensive than Eton

He earns £1.5m a year, 92% of which comes from dodgy donations

His girlfriend pays £885,000 in cash to buy houses but she's a waitress.

He's not a 'working man' he's very rich and corrupt

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BremainInSpain @bremaininspain.com · 18h

Language matters!

Being immigrants we can tell you just how much it means to live in a country where you are not just made welcome, but celebrated

We are very grateful to Spain’s PM Sanchez and his government for this and truly feel for our fellow migrants in the UK & elsewhere.

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 20h

In the UK we have Keir -island of strangers- Starmer, whose government is driving right wing anti immigrant and asylum seeker policies

In Spain, Pedro Sánchez is not only celebrating diversity, they're embracing and speaking positively about immigrants

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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 14h

Just in case you don’t know what Christian Nationalism is and how deeply scary it is.

Jenny @jenjams.bsky.social · Aug 17

Christian Nationalism

Change the Constitution
• Restrict political office to practicing Christians
• Voting by household: head of household (i.e., a man) casts vote for everyone
• Repeal 19th Amendment to again allow states to deny the right to vote on the basis of sex (i.e., women)

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Tom Ward @tomdward.bsky.social · 10h

Agreed

Tom Ward @tomdward.bsky.social · 10h

Would be better if it tasted like one when you licked it

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 18h

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 12h

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

apnews.com/article/pope...

Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

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Posh Nigel @nigel-hewlett.bsky.social · 11h

I put this comment on the North West Cambs Conservatives post, and the Ely and East Cambs Conservatives "Liked" it!

They do sarcasm, not.

It reads:
No Stamp Duty is the big winner for me. Thank God someone is finally looking after the very richest in society. Screw the little people and their rents. And inheritance tax too! Why should the Duke of Westminster's kids have to work a single day when they can just sit back an get it all for nothing.
And, best of all, the Conservatives have learnt the lessons from Liz Truss's disastrous budget and no longer bleat out about unfunded tax cuts that will increases mortgages by far more than the benefits of any of these policies, in the long run.
Thatcher would kick all of you out of the Party.

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Tom Ward @tomdward.bsky.social · 10h

Scorched earth Hitler style

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Tori Foote @toriatheisttori.bsky.social · 1d

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Tom Ward @tomdward.bsky.social · 10h

And not a word of this 'on our BBC' is Tim Davey a Reptilian spy? He seems to give the Frog Eyed Reptile a lot of time on QT. More than Zack Polandki

Tom Ward @tomdward.bsky.social · 10h

The man is obviously a Russian asset and needs to be jailed for a very long time for the damage he has done to Britain

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👣COCA👣 🇺🇦 @nortygirl.bsky.social · 18h

Release the files....

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The Bar Council @thebarcouncil.bsky.social · 21h

The Bars, Faculty and Law Societies in the UK have come together and accused politicians of "irresponsible and dangerous" language that is putting lawyers at risk.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Lawyers warn of death threats after Reform and Tories' 'two-tier' claims

In an unprecedented intervention, six legal bodies, representing 250,000 lawyers, expressed “grave concern” over the language being used toward legal professionals

www.mirror.co.uk

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Tom Ward @tomdward.bsky.social · 11h

Corrupt, odious bitch

Tom Ward @tomdward.bsky.social · 12h

All that is required for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing. It imperative that we fight back

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Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social · Nov 13

Okay, the U.K. has tried the #HardBrexit experiment foisted on it under the pretext of the Referendum

It’s been ruinously expensive, in more ways than one

It hasn’t worked, big time

It can’t be made to work, ever

It’s time to start on the path to #RejoinEU

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Tom Ward @tomdward.bsky.social · 13h

Anyway for the safety of the world they both need to be removed

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Tom Ward @tomdward.bsky.social · 13h

I think they are on the same side. Both want to destroy America

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Tom Ward @tomdward.bsky.social · 13h

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

As much as I hate admitting to it both the leaders of Labour and the Tories lack the intelligence or Courage that Thatcher had. I still hate her all the same (I lived in Durham) and witnessed the police brutality 1st hand

Tories and Reform battle to be heirs to Thatcher’s legacy on her centenary

Gala dinner to remember Conservatives’ most successful leader puts spotlight on who will carry forward her ideas

www.theguardian.com

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Tom Ward @tomdward.bsky.social · 14h

Same as now but without the basic intelligence those two men had.

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Tom Ward @tomdward.bsky.social · 14h

I was about 10 and my parents kept me unaware it was only much later that I saw an interview with Dean Rusk I discovered how serious it was

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Tom Ward @tomdward.bsky.social · 14h

The frightening thing is the politicians Kennedy and Kruschev were fundamentally very experienced and progressive and didn’t really want war. The ICBM’s were removed from both Cuba and Turkey thus diminishing the perceived threat to both countries

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