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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 2h

To be clear... Any political violence is wrong. Full stop.
But what happened? A 19 year old kid was "pushed by another man" at 2 o'clock on a Saturday morning. Not exactly the crime of the century, is it?
But more than enough for Farage to play the victim. Again 🤮
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Farage criticises ‘disgraceful’ rhetoric after alleged attack on Reform council leader

George Finch, 19, says he was called a ‘racist’ and ‘fascist’ during incident in Warwickshire on Friday

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Reece Dinsdale @reecedinsdale.bsky.social · 20h

A friend of mine, who has always struggled to find a political home, feels comfortable enough with what @zackpolanski.bsky.social and the @greenparty.org.uk have to offer to be able to nail her colours to the mast.
Quite the endorsement.
👍 🙌 👏

StoneyCat ≅ @stoneycat.bsky.social · 22h

I've always felt scared to join a political party: feel a bit out of my depth; not intelligent enough; worried what it would involve; very conscious of my lower class status...
Now Zack's saying everything I wanted to hear politicians say for so long; I'm kinda scared not to join & show my support
💚

Screenshot of my email from the Green Party confirming my membership is now active.

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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 22h

Old photo: Kyle of Lochalsh railway station, Wester Ross, Scotland.

"The warship now standing at Platform 2..."

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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 1d

This was a sickening orgy of self-congratulation.

But at least there is some pause to the killing. Childish jealousy (of Obama's Peace Prize) is the wrong reason for it to happen.

Sometimes the worst of people achieve great things for bad reasons...

May peace continue🫰
www.bbc.com/news/article...

'Long and painful nightmare finally over,' Trump tells Israel's parliament

The US president was applauded by Israeli lawmakers for his role in brokering an Israel-Hamas ceasefire.

www.bbc.com

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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 1d

In other words, Reform UK Ltd will now concentrate on accelerating environmental suicide.

And if you're mad enough to vote for them, *you* will have the privilege of paying for it, too!

It's win-win! If you're a lunatic... 🤮

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Reform UK abandoning manifesto pledge of £90bn in tax cuts, deputy leader admits

Richard Tice says party will concentrate on cutting civil service and scrapping net zero once in government * UK politics live – latest updates Reform UK’s deputy leader has admitted the party cannot deliver the £90bn in tax cuts promised in its manifesto, saying it would concentrate on public spending cuts once in government. Richard Tice said key election pledges such as lifting the income tax threshold would be an “aspiration” and that once in government Reform would concentrate on cutting the civil service and scrapping net zero. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 1d

This is genuinely worth twenty minutes of your time. @zackpolanski.bsky.social is his usual calm, rational, intelligent self. And Piers Morgan is - well - Piers Morgan.🤣

Thanks to @reecedinsdale.bsky.social for bringing this to so many people's attention. Including mine!👍

Vote @greenparty.org.uk !

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

Lower bills.

Fund our NHS.

Not their culture war nonsense.

youtu.be/1CbN6TUTRZs?...

Zack Polanski HUMILIATES Piers Morgan LIVE On Air!

YouTube video by Antony Jones

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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 1d

Damn! You noticed... 😂

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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 1d

I haven't seen this, and am looking forward to it! Many thanks 👍

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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 1d

Old photo: lost in the distant flatlands beyond Hull, the elegant 14th century St Patrick's, Patrington, is one of England's finest parish churches, sometimes called the 'Queen of Holderness'.

A pity your photographer chopped off the top of the spire...

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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 2d

I'm sure John Thaw was a damn sight better person than either of those two traitorous haters could ever imagine being!
There's something uniquely repulsive about Tice's ingratiating smirk, isn't there?

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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 2d

As we know, Antifa is not an organisation. It has no leader, no membership. It is simply an anti-fascist way of thinking.

To start policing thought is clearly Orwellian. Fortunately the UK has free speech advocates, who will stand up to condemn this!

Won't you Nigel? 🤮
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European far right follows Trump in calling for antifa to be declared terrorists

Netherlands and Hungary move towards designation as draft resolution reportedly backed by 79 MEPs in 20 countries

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oldpharmacist.bsky.social @oldpharmacist.bsky.social · 2d

#LauraK Saw the line up ! Bloody Reform again and no LibDem again !! Five MP’s against seventy plus ! Bollocks to this , where is the off switch !!

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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 2d

Hear hear! And for anyone who doesn't follow Reece - he's one of the good guys! 👍🏻

Reece Dinsdale @reecedinsdale.bsky.social · 2d

My wish for this/any platform, is that we might all attempt to see the best in each other (and life) & find enough commonality to get along together.
Contrary to some people’s opinion, the last thing I want is to create enemies & friction.
Less hate… more understanding. 👍

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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 3d

"New skills gained". I admire the way you never do the 'wise old actor/director who knows everything' thing. All the best with the production! 👍

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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 3d

An authoritarian dictator is persistently attempting to subvert the laws of his country, in order to deploy the military to suppress his own people.

And this dangerous, warmongering animal seriously believes it's in with a chance of a Nobel Peace Prize.

Deluded... 🤮

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Judge blocks Trump’s attempt to send National Guard troops to Chicago

Well President Trump might be celebrating his peace efforts abroad - but at home he's fighting Democratic rivals around the country as he tries to step up his federal crackdown from Memphis to Portlan...

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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 3d

Have you noticed how Israeli captives are "hostages" but Palestinian ones are "prisoners"?

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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 3d

Old photo: even without its relics of the cold war, and earlier conflicts, the shingle spit (be careful how you say that) of Orford Ness, Suffolk, would still be a strange, remote, isolated place.

With them. It becomes positively haunting...

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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 3d

"He's not dead, he's just stunned"

"Stunned?!"

"Yeah. You stunned him just as he was waking up to reality. Reform Pale Blues stun easily"

"Alright, if he's stunned I'll wake him up. YOU'RE ALL TRAITORS!..."

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Politics latest: Farage 'stunned' at guilty plea of former Reform leader in Wales for Russia-linked bribes

Nigel Farage has described a former senior figure in his party who has been convicted of taking pro-Russian bribes as a "bad apple".

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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 4d

I'm sure the irony of a man with a French Huguenot surname whining about our multicultural society won't be lost on most people.

And it didn't stop the hypocritical racist turning up to present a gong at the 2018 British Curry Awards, either.

Changed your mind, Nigel?

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Farage says multiculturalism was a mistake. He's wrong. - The Mancunion

Everything from our language, food, workforce, and values, has been defined and strengthened by cultural diversity

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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 4d

I only found out about this now. I haven't watched QT in years because of the blatant bias of Fiona "he only hit her once" Bruce.

But this is disgusting. People aren't interested in an elected representative pleading guilty to taking bribes from Russia. Really?🤔
www.thenational.scot/news/2553221...

Fiona Bruce shuts down Zack Polanski grilling of Reform UK's Zia Yusuf

FIONA Bruce shut down Zack Polanski on BBC Question Time as he pressed Zia Yusuf over Reform UK’s links to Russia ...

www.thenational.scot

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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 4d

I know... It's a worrying feeling isn't it?

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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 4d

Slowly but surely, corporate USA is taking the line of least resistance, and knuckling under to authoritarianism... 😢

James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 4d

We seem to have reached the ‘portraying the KKK in a negative light is controversial’ stage already.

DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.net · 5d

Ubisoft canceled an ‘ASSASSINS CREED’ game set in the post-Civil War era

• Featured a Black Assassin who was formerly a slave

• Players would fight the emerging KKK

• Leadership canceled it after concerns with U.S. political climate & Yasuke backlash

(Source: www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...)

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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 5d

Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch, who want Britain to abandon any pretence of taking global warming seriously need to see this.

I hate to say "in fairness to Margaret Thatcher", BUT as far back as 1989 she (a trained scientist) gave this warning to the UN General Assembly...

youtu.be/B-M6O8OyTZ0?...

Margaret Thatcher's Historic Speech on Climate Change | 1989 Address to United Nations

YouTube video by ITN Archive

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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 5d

I think you're being unfair. Reform UK Ltd looks to me like a very DISorganised crime syndicate... 🤮👍

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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 5d

As usual, for water issues - the stock photograph of a middle class person staring at a piece of paper, in front of a laptop.

No photo of a shareholder gloating over their latest dividend. Or of sewage pouring into a river. Or blue-green algae poisoning Windermere... 🤮
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Water bills to rise further for millions after appeal

Five water companies win permission for higher bills as they seek more investment to fix outdated infrastructure.

www.bbc.co.uk

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