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Captain Starkiller

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Like #GenderIdentity, politics is not binary. I prefer to #DisagreeAgreeably rather than resort to blocking & insults. That is what Twitter is for. But I respect your right to be rude if that is what you prefer.

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Captain Starkiller @cpnstarkiller.bsky.social · Apr 23

The record of Labour and the #NHS is one to be proud of. The Conservatives are the party that fails it. Repeatedly. #PMQs

Captain Starkiller

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#YourParty, four factions with six MP’s and how internal divisions cannot be blamed on disloyal Labour MP’s.

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‘We had six MPs and four factions’: inside Your Party’s toxic power struggles

Some say Jeremy Corbyn is too non-committal for project to work, while others blame Zarah Sultana’s combative nature

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November 28, 2025 at 7:26 AM

Captain Starkiller

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#AgentOrange envoy reportedly told Kremlin official that Ukraine must cede land for peace deal

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Trump envoy reportedly told Kremlin official that Ukraine must cede land for peace deal

Steve Witkoff told Yuri Ushakov in October phone call that peace would require Russia gaining control of Donetsk

www.theguardian.com

November 26, 2025 at 3:50 AM

Captain Starkiller

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The #EthnicCleansing of Gaza may have stopped, but it continues at a slow pace in #TheWestBank

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

‘They have total impunity’: West Bank settler violence surges after Gaza ceasefire

UN logs 260 attacks in October alone, its highest monthly tally, as settlers attack farmers and burn olive trees

www.theguardian.com

November 19, 2025 at 8:56 AM

Captain Starkiller

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While the stories of those who cross #TheChannel are heartbreaking, I want the #OneInOneOut policy to be ramped up so we end the crossings and take in #refugees on safe and legal routes. #R4Today

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‘No safe place to go’: people sent back to France under ‘one in, one out’ deal tell of desperation

In Paris, a group of those returned from UK as part of the immigration scheme say they feel frightened and hopeless

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November 18, 2025 at 7:02 AM

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Private Eye Magazine

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Five of the survivors’ liaison panel members have already stepped back amid calls for safeguarding minister Jess Phillips to resign, while another five have said they will only stay if Phillips does.

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November 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM

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Brian Flake

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Meanwhile at the Coldplay concert.
#EpsteinFiles
#LockThemAllUp

November 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM

Captain Starkiller

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A broken clock is right twice a day. That also applies to #MarjorieTaylorGreene as well as the #Orangutan

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Trump ends support for Marjorie Taylor Greene amid growing Epstein feud

President turns on ‘Wacky Marjorie’ after congresswoman criticizes effort to block release of key Epstein documents

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November 15, 2025 at 7:48 AM

Captain Starkiller

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#MargaretThatcher or as I call her, #MadMaggie

November 12, 2025 at 11:04 AM

Captain Starkiller

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Check out this #chess game: Captainstarkiller vs 2ndFiddle - www.chess.com/game/daily/7...

November 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM

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Best for Britain

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Simply laughable.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/nov/06/reform-uk-suspends-another-member-kent-county-council-isabella-kemp

Reform UK suspends another member of Kent county council

Isabella Kemp’s departure means party has lost nine of 57 councillors elected in May, including four after video leak

www.theguardian.com

November 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM

Captain Starkiller

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Check out this #chess game: deatheaton vs Captainstarkiller - www.chess.com/game/daily/8... via @chesscom #TimeOut #aWinIsAWin

November 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM

Captain Starkiller

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I should have lost this #chess game: Captainstarkiller vs AAMichael - www.chess.com/game/daily/6...

November 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM

Captain Starkiller

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#PresidentBoneSpurs fired off a series of messages on his #TruthSocial website after the American people had a chance to express their views. #Democracy

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Critics Mock 'Panicked' Trump's Online Freakout After Democrats Trounce Republicans

The president fired off a series of messages on his Truth Social website.

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November 5, 2025 at 8:15 AM

Captain Starkiller

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#KillSwitch - Danish authorities in rush to close security loophole in Chinese electric buses

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Danish authorities in rush to close security loophole in Chinese electric buses

Investigation launched after discovery that Chinese supplier had remote access to vehicles’ control systems

www.theguardian.com

November 5, 2025 at 8:06 AM

Captain Starkiller

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If I have a “reasonable excuse” can I hinder #JustStopOil activists from travelling?

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Just Stop Oil protesters convicted after being denied right to state climate facts

Lawyers call for clarity over law as six are found guilty while being stopped from using defence used by fellow activists

www.theguardian.com

November 5, 2025 at 8:04 AM

Captain Starkiller

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#NewYork elects #ZohranMamdani. I am not sure what MAGA will hate the most about him as he is a #Muslim, an #immigrant and a #socialist!

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

Zohran Mamdani: meteoric rise of New York’s visionary new mayor

Charismatic and relatable, the 34-year old energized voters – and provided a blueprint for other progressives to follow

www.theguardian.com

November 5, 2025 at 5:04 AM

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Helen harrison

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Apart from all the disasters and failings caused by Brexit.. but the one thing that has grown from brexit is RACISM.. something Farage personifies.. #ToriesGone487
#HopeNotHate
#BrexitTheElephant

November 4, 2025 at 12:10 AM

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Sarah Murphy

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Gotta love Private Eye.
Always cuts through the crap.

Minority representation on TV causes outrage

There has been widespread support for prominent Reform MP
Sarah Pochin after she complained about the over-representation of minorities on television.
Said one angry viewer, "She's right. Every time you turn on the telly there's another Reform MP being interviewed by Laura Kuenssberg."
She added, "I respect their way of life and their strange customs, but Reform MPs comprise only 0.7 percent of the House of Commons. Yet Nigel Farage is on Question Time more than Fiona Bruce."
"I'm not prejudiced. Some of my best friends are swivel-eyed loons, but enough is enough.
There are too many people with angry red faces on television.”

October 31, 2025 at 7:38 PM

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George Takei

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She has the receipts.

Don Jr. Called Out By His Former Mistress After He Tried To Slam Chelsea Clinton Over Ballroom Comments

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November 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM

Captain Starkiller

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The first episode of the new series of #TheWitcher was terrible. Things have improved, but this series is not as good as the previous ones. (I have yet to finish watching it BTW.)

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