Gez Kirby
@gezkirby.bsky.social
Flaneur (retd.). Welsh Labour. Big fan of country walks, books, coffee, red wine. Lucky resident of both Caerphilly and Ceredigion counties.
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I don’t think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little or make a poem which children will speak for you when you’re dead.
November 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I don’t think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little or make a poem which children will speak for you when you’re dead.
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It's not fair to form a judgment of Nigel Farage's character based solely on unpleasant things he said and did at school. He was only just getting started.
November 29, 2025 at 6:59 PM
It's not fair to form a judgment of Nigel Farage's character based solely on unpleasant things he said and did at school. He was only just getting started.
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I’ve seen enough rom-coms to know that Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana get married in the end.
November 29, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I’ve seen enough rom-coms to know that Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana get married in the end.
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Donald Trump is a disgusting buffoon without a single redeeming quality.
November 28, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Donald Trump is a disgusting buffoon without a single redeeming quality.
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Israel has ‘de facto state policy’ of organised torture, says UN report
Israel has ‘de facto state policy’ of organised torture, says UN report
Committee highlights allegations including dog attacks and sexual violence, raising concern about impunity for war crimes
Israel has “a de facto state policy of organised and widespread torture”, according to a new UN report covering the past two years, which also raised concerns about the impunity of Israeli security forces for war crimes.
The UN committee on torture expressed “deep concern over allegations of repeated severe beatings, dog attacks, electrocution, waterboarding, use of prolonged stress positions [and] sexual violence”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Israel has ‘de facto state policy’ of organised torture, says UN report
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“Get out of my fucking seat.”
November 29, 2025 at 8:08 AM
“Get out of my fucking seat.”
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So you guys are good with this, eh?
November 28, 2025 at 8:51 PM
So you guys are good with this, eh?
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I’ve made some amazing savings on Black Friday by not buying anything.
November 28, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I’ve made some amazing savings on Black Friday by not buying anything.
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Every interview with Kemi Badenoch is like a Road Runner cartoon where her mouth is the Road Runner and her brain is Wile E Coyote.
November 28, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Every interview with Kemi Badenoch is like a Road Runner cartoon where her mouth is the Road Runner and her brain is Wile E Coyote.
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Kinnock voice - "I’ll tell you what happens with impossible promises. You start with far-fetched resolutions....and you end up in the grotesque chaos of a Labour government, a *Labour* government, rejecting visas for homeless 8 yr olds trying to joing their parents"
November 28, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Kinnock voice - "I’ll tell you what happens with impossible promises. You start with far-fetched resolutions....and you end up in the grotesque chaos of a Labour government, a *Labour* government, rejecting visas for homeless 8 yr olds trying to joing their parents"
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There was no state. Who does she think crucified him, an anarchist collective?
November 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
There was no state. Who does she think crucified him, an anarchist collective?
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we have to go back. to warn them.
November 28, 2025 at 2:49 AM
we have to go back. to warn them.
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Day one rights were promised. Working people expect them. Labour must deliver them—fully, and without qualification argues [email protected]
‘Day one rights were promised – Labour must deliver them’ – LabourList
The cost of living crisis has pushed millions of workers to the brink, and the government’s own figures show what working people have long known:…
labourlist.org
November 28, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Day one rights were promised. Working people expect them. Labour must deliver them—fully, and without qualification argues [email protected]
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Also not all welfare spending is the same. Eliminating child poverty is to an extent not just redistribution but an investment in their education, employment, future earnings, tax payments, and propensity to be involved in crime.
Welfare spending is currently 1.2% of GDP *lower* than in 2012-13.
Abolition of two-child cap is best viewed as a correction than an increase.
Abolition of two-child cap is best viewed as a correction than an increase.
Is welfare spending ''out of control''?
Total welfare spending in Britain in 2025-26 is estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP.
That's just 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than in 2007-08, and total welfare spending has actually fallen fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP since 2012-13⤵️
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Total welfare spending in Britain in 2025-26 is estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP.
That's just 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than in 2007-08, and total welfare spending has actually fallen fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP since 2012-13⤵️
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November 28, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Also not all welfare spending is the same. Eliminating child poverty is to an extent not just redistribution but an investment in their education, employment, future earnings, tax payments, and propensity to be involved in crime.
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In the richest city in the richest country on the planet, the thing we can’t afford is to forget those who are left hungry.
November 27, 2025 at 9:50 PM
In the richest city in the richest country on the planet, the thing we can’t afford is to forget those who are left hungry.
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Israel still committing genocide in Gaza, Amnesty International says
Israel still committing genocide in Gaza, Amnesty International says
The NGO’s chief says last month’s ceasefire ‘risks creating a dangerous illusion that life in Gaza is returning to normal’
Amnesty International has said Israel is “still committing genocide” against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, despite the ceasefire agreed last month.
The fragile, US-brokered truce between Israel and Hamas came into effect on 10 October, after two years of war. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Israel still committing genocide in Gaza, Amnesty International says
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The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
November 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
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Srsly. Does Heath not have anyone? A partner, a mother, a sibling? Anyone who loves him? A cousin that remembers him fondly to stage an intevention? An editor who does not loathe him to stop this? ANYONE?
November 27, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Srsly. Does Heath not have anyone? A partner, a mother, a sibling? Anyone who loves him? A cousin that remembers him fondly to stage an intevention? An editor who does not loathe him to stop this? ANYONE?
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you've tweeted 452k times since december 2013. that's 103 tweets a day. assuming you sleep 8 hours a day, that's a new tweet every ten mins for twelve years. talking about how to attract a high value man. brother, you need to attract a HIGH VALUE JOB
November 27, 2025 at 11:49 AM
you've tweeted 452k times since december 2013. that's 103 tweets a day. assuming you sleep 8 hours a day, that's a new tweet every ten mins for twelve years. talking about how to attract a high value man. brother, you need to attract a HIGH VALUE JOB
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Dear media, don’t interview billionaires about how they should be taxed. That’s like criminals attempting to set their own prison sentences, ignorant nut jobs giving vaccine advice, and politicians telling the poor how to survive on baked beans. They should all be invited to go and fuck themselves.
November 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Dear media, don’t interview billionaires about how they should be taxed. That’s like criminals attempting to set their own prison sentences, ignorant nut jobs giving vaccine advice, and politicians telling the poor how to survive on baked beans. They should all be invited to go and fuck themselves.
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YOU WANTED NET IMMIGRATION TO COME DOWN! THIS IS WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE!
November 27, 2025 at 1:13 PM
YOU WANTED NET IMMIGRATION TO COME DOWN! THIS IS WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE!
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Remember -
Net migration rises: The government has lost control of the borders
Net migration fails: The government has trashed the country so badly that no one wants to come here
Net migration rises: The government has lost control of the borders
Net migration fails: The government has trashed the country so badly that no one wants to come here
November 27, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Remember -
Net migration rises: The government has lost control of the borders
Net migration fails: The government has trashed the country so badly that no one wants to come here
Net migration rises: The government has lost control of the borders
Net migration fails: The government has trashed the country so badly that no one wants to come here
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this high quality gag came from someone who is also here but as he hasn’t posted it himself I assume he doesn’t want to be tagged to share in the glory
October 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
this high quality gag came from someone who is also here but as he hasn’t posted it himself I assume he doesn’t want to be tagged to share in the glory