Rob Parsons
@robparsons.bsky.social
Educational jack of all trades. #COYS. Carer for #pwme. Born in the NHS at 312 ppm CO₂.
Even the Express is too embarrassed to put "patriots" without the quote marks.
They aren't "patriots" they're a racist militia.
We have already seen vigilantes on the beaches of Dover, now we see them "hunting" people in towns. These are the people Starmer talks about "understanding the concerns of". Jfc, this is worrying on so many levels.
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2143...
We have already seen vigilantes on the beaches of Dover, now we see them "hunting" people in towns. These are the people Starmer talks about "understanding the concerns of". Jfc, this is worrying on so many levels.
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2143...
December 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Even the Express is too embarrassed to put "patriots" without the quote marks.
2025's biggest truth in a single post.
Being a British parent is so weird bc you're actually worried about paying the sky high rent/mortgage & getting GP appointments but the entire press keeps telling you you're worried there's a trans person or immigrant nearby & the vat on Eton means there'll only be two skiing holidays this year
December 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
2025's biggest truth in a single post.
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People are upset by disabled people they believe to be abusing the benefits system. But they are nothing compared to these insulation contractors paid hundreds of millions (paid through our fuel bills) for botched work that now needs more millions to undo bit.ly/4rDjg7D
30,000 homes fitted with botched insulation under government schemes, ministers admit
The government has documented the number of homes blighted by sub-standard work for the first time.
bit.ly
December 7, 2025 at 12:25 PM
People are upset by disabled people they believe to be abusing the benefits system. But they are nothing compared to these insulation contractors paid hundreds of millions (paid through our fuel bills) for botched work that now needs more millions to undo bit.ly/4rDjg7D
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This illegal waste dump is an immediate threat to the environment and the Environment Agency need to clean it up urgently.
Criminal gangs have built a mountain of illegal waste by the River Cherwell.
The police are calling the mega fly-tipping across the county ‘the new narcotics’. It’s time Labour clean this mess up in Oxfordshire and everywhere else.
The police are calling the mega fly-tipping across the county ‘the new narcotics’. It’s time Labour clean this mess up in Oxfordshire and everywhere else.
December 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
This illegal waste dump is an immediate threat to the environment and the Environment Agency need to clean it up urgently.
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And colossally that’s Lando!
Huge congratulations to Lando Norris on becoming Britain’s 11th Formula One World Champion. A fantastic achievement.
And well done to everyone at McLaren in Woking who powered him to the title.
Huge congratulations to Lando Norris on becoming Britain’s 11th Formula One World Champion. A fantastic achievement.
And well done to everyone at McLaren in Woking who powered him to the title.
December 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
And colossally that’s Lando!
Huge congratulations to Lando Norris on becoming Britain’s 11th Formula One World Champion. A fantastic achievement.
And well done to everyone at McLaren in Woking who powered him to the title.
Huge congratulations to Lando Norris on becoming Britain’s 11th Formula One World Champion. A fantastic achievement.
And well done to everyone at McLaren in Woking who powered him to the title.
To make a typo once is regrettable but understandable. To make it twice is so Guardian.
December 4, 2025 at 10:36 AM
To make a typo once is regrettable but understandable. To make it twice is so Guardian.
Perfect 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂
it's Ofcom so the major social media platform they'll kick off with could easily be myspace
NEW: Ofcom has launched a new investigation into whether social media platforms are doing enough to identify and remove illegal terror and hate content
It will start with a detailed review of one major platform before extending to others
It will start with a detailed review of one major platform before extending to others
December 2, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Perfect 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂
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If Nigel Farage wanted to investigate Russian infiltration into Reform, he’d have done it already.
It’s time the Prime Minister launched a national investigation.
It’s time the Prime Minister launched a national investigation.
December 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
If Nigel Farage wanted to investigate Russian infiltration into Reform, he’d have done it already.
It’s time the Prime Minister launched a national investigation.
It’s time the Prime Minister launched a national investigation.
It has taken him a while, but he's got round to it. Good.
👏🏽"We must all now confront the reality that the Brexit deal significantly hurt our economy. We have to keep reducing frictions. We have to keep moving towards a closer relationship with the EU. And we have to be grown up about it. To accept that it will require trade-offs."👏🏽
Music to my ears. ~AA
Music to my ears. ~AA
December 1, 2025 at 2:11 PM
It has taken him a while, but he's got round to it. Good.
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It’s time to admit what a disaster Brexit has been.
Liberal Democrats have a plan to fix our trade with Europe to turbocharge the economy, fix the cost of living crisis and properly fund our public services.
Liberal Democrats have a plan to fix our trade with Europe to turbocharge the economy, fix the cost of living crisis and properly fund our public services.
November 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
It’s time to admit what a disaster Brexit has been.
Liberal Democrats have a plan to fix our trade with Europe to turbocharge the economy, fix the cost of living crisis and properly fund our public services.
Liberal Democrats have a plan to fix our trade with Europe to turbocharge the economy, fix the cost of living crisis and properly fund our public services.
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There's going to be a lot more pain – and regrettably there *needs* to be a lot more pain – for Farage supporters before this is out.
The Farage way is costly. That's the lesson. And you will damn well learn it.
The Farage way is costly. That's the lesson. And you will damn well learn it.
Around 26,000 of the neediest people in County Durham will have to start paying council tax next year...
About 2,400 others who already pay some council tax will lose part of their rebate.
Women and the disabled will be disproportionately affected.
Not quite what Reform UK had promised.
About 2,400 others who already pay some council tax will lose part of their rebate.
Women and the disabled will be disproportionately affected.
Not quite what Reform UK had promised.
Council tax shock for thousands of Durham’s poorest – thanks to Reform UK
Durham will scrap full council-tax rebates, forcing 26,000 low-income working-age residents to start paying for the first time
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 6:19 PM
There's going to be a lot more pain – and regrettably there *needs* to be a lot more pain – for Farage supporters before this is out.
The Farage way is costly. That's the lesson. And you will damn well learn it.
The Farage way is costly. That's the lesson. And you will damn well learn it.
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The tide is turning. Even the Telegraph is now admitting the damage the Brexit deal has done to the economy.
November 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The tide is turning. Even the Telegraph is now admitting the damage the Brexit deal has done to the economy.
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Well said Sir Ed Davey!👏👏
#InvestigateReformRussiaLinks
#WhereIsThatRussianDossier
#DeepCleanseBritishPolitics
#InvestigateReformRussiaLinks
#WhereIsThatRussianDossier
#DeepCleanseBritishPolitics
It’s clear to anyone paying attention that Farage won’t investigate the Russian infiltration of Reform.
The Prime Minister must step up and launch a national investigation.
The Prime Minister must step up and launch a national investigation.
November 29, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Well said Sir Ed Davey!👏👏
#InvestigateReformRussiaLinks
#WhereIsThatRussianDossier
#DeepCleanseBritishPolitics
#InvestigateReformRussiaLinks
#WhereIsThatRussianDossier
#DeepCleanseBritishPolitics
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“There is a part of human existence which necessarily remains individual and independent and by right beyond all political jurisdiction.” Benjamin Constant
November 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM
“There is a part of human existence which necessarily remains individual and independent and by right beyond all political jurisdiction.” Benjamin Constant
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I can't remember seeing posts here saying "join the EU again and all the UK's problems will be solved." I do see many posts saying joining the EU again would deliver economic growth. And as the IFS says, growth not only makes us richer, it makes almost every problem easier to solve.
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November 27, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I can't remember seeing posts here saying "join the EU again and all the UK's problems will be solved." I do see many posts saying joining the EU again would deliver economic growth. And as the IFS says, growth not only makes us richer, it makes almost every problem easier to solve.
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Today the Government had the opportunity to end the cost of living crisis, get Britain growing again and repair the £90bn Brexit black hole - by fixing our trade with Europe.
It didn't.
It didn't.
November 26, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Today the Government had the opportunity to end the cost of living crisis, get Britain growing again and repair the £90bn Brexit black hole - by fixing our trade with Europe.
It didn't.
It didn't.
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🚨It's time there was investigation into Russian interference in our politics.
And the first person they should question is Nigel Farage.
And the first person they should question is Nigel Farage.
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
🚨It's time there was investigation into Russian interference in our politics.
And the first person they should question is Nigel Farage.
And the first person they should question is Nigel Farage.
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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beginning to believe I would actually vote for a dead pigeon on a stick if it just promised to restore the fuel duty escalator
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
beginning to believe I would actually vote for a dead pigeon on a stick if it just promised to restore the fuel duty escalator
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Brexit has cost each and every one of us £3,700 a year.
But instead of solving the problem, Labour are using Brexit as an excuse to raise your taxes.
My message ahead of the Budget: Stop blaming Brexit and start fixing it!
But instead of solving the problem, Labour are using Brexit as an excuse to raise your taxes.
My message ahead of the Budget: Stop blaming Brexit and start fixing it!
November 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Brexit has cost each and every one of us £3,700 a year.
But instead of solving the problem, Labour are using Brexit as an excuse to raise your taxes.
My message ahead of the Budget: Stop blaming Brexit and start fixing it!
But instead of solving the problem, Labour are using Brexit as an excuse to raise your taxes.
My message ahead of the Budget: Stop blaming Brexit and start fixing it!
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“I believe in freedom with the same burning delight, the same faith, the same intense abandon which attended its birth on this continent more than a century and a half ago. … I am in love with freedom and that it is an affair of long standing and that it is a fine state to be in..” E B White
November 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
“I believe in freedom with the same burning delight, the same faith, the same intense abandon which attended its birth on this continent more than a century and a half ago. … I am in love with freedom and that it is an affair of long standing and that it is a fine state to be in..” E B White
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dear men: plz find a route to self-actualization that doesn’t run through someone else’s uterus
November 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
dear men: plz find a route to self-actualization that doesn’t run through someone else’s uterus
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Some of the most important words ever written: 'Endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.' – Charles Darwin, 'On the Origin of Species'. It was published #OnThisDay 1859.
November 24, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Some of the most important words ever written: 'Endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.' – Charles Darwin, 'On the Origin of Species'. It was published #OnThisDay 1859.
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I mean it's not complicated. Twenty people who were there have confirmed that Nigel Farage said all of these things.
He's the only one denying it, which means just one thing. He is a liar
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
He's the only one denying it, which means just one thing. He is a liar
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Twenty people allege he has a racist past. He denies it. Who’s telling the truth about Farage’s schooldays?
Reform UK’s leader refuses to answer questions about his abusive behaviour, claiming there’s ‘no evidence’. We talk to victims and witnesses
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:53 AM
I mean it's not complicated. Twenty people who were there have confirmed that Nigel Farage said all of these things.
He's the only one denying it, which means just one thing. He is a liar
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
He's the only one denying it, which means just one thing. He is a liar
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Ringmer review
A reader writes
Philip Pullman: The Secret Commonwealth The latest instalment of Lyra's life journey unfolds in mesmerising fashion.
A reader writes
Philip Pullman: The Secret Commonwealth The latest instalment of Lyra's life journey unfolds in mesmerising fashion.
November 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Ringmer review
A reader writes
Philip Pullman: The Secret Commonwealth The latest instalment of Lyra's life journey unfolds in mesmerising fashion.
A reader writes
Philip Pullman: The Secret Commonwealth The latest instalment of Lyra's life journey unfolds in mesmerising fashion.