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@jim1132.bsky.social

Happily re-learning the value of expertise, courtesy, and humour after the barking years.

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Nick Ferrari seemed to put more faith in the uninformed assertions of Putin's puppet President than actual facts.

12.12.2025 11:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"the modern literary movement documenting retired football casual reminiscences" is an amazing way of describing bargain bin books for fighty dads at Christmas

12.12.2025 11:34 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Trump: "The European nations are reporting that your president might as well be the leader of the European nations also. They respect us like they've never respected us before."

POLITICO proclaimed Trump as the β€œmost influential politician in Europe on the day they released factcheck-less interview

12.12.2025 11:18 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0
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a woman in a pink shirt says " do one " ALT: a woman in a pink shirt says " do one "

I'm hoping that K is silent.

12.12.2025 09:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ferrari's arse handed to him in a wheelbarrow.

12.12.2025 09:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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12.12.2025 09:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Where does Bonnie Blue fit into the Reform Christian Church - is the record for banging an entire congregation in her sights now?

12.12.2025 09:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They've given up reporting figures in his beloved United States of Trumplandia and are just making them up now, not that he'd mention that. #r4today

12.12.2025 08:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#R4Today

12.12.2025 08:28 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

The "not quite as evil as the rest of the Tech despots" candidate.

12.12.2025 08:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Let's get The Spectator's editor in for an objective view... #r4today

12.12.2025 08:21 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is 1911 all over again, chaps. #r4today

12.12.2025 08:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The temptation to whistle Colonel Bogey next time he comes into the Commons chamber, will he overwhelming for some MPs.

12.12.2025 08:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I was thinking earlier how Michael Gove is easing his way into the regular "Here's Fraser!" slot reserved for Spectator editors, yet he's a Lord and is still actively screwing up legislation.

12.12.2025 07:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The inquiry was designed to disperse the blame sufficiently so both everyone and no-one is to blame.

12.12.2025 07:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Reform have taken more of the Tory fringe and crafted it into a Farage merkin.

11.12.2025 17:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No Tories with special protection in Hong Kong.

11.12.2025 13:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Epstein survivors and Senate Democrats ask for audit to determine if Epstein files have been "tampered with" Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's sex crimes and a group of Democrats are asking for a review of the Epstein case files to determine whether the records have been "tampered" with or concealed, ahead of a...

EXCLUSIVE: Epstein survivors and Senate Democrats ask for audit to determine if Epstein files have been "tampered with"

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www.cbsnews.com/news/epstein...

11.12.2025 11:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1132    πŸ” 370    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 20

People who had any sense of not being free before last November will soon get to experience what being unfree actually feels like - why would the best and brightest walk into that?

11.12.2025 13:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We'd drive home in the 70s from my Nan's flat in South Hackney and I'd occasionally ask why we couldnt move to one of those big houses facing out onto Victoria Park. My parents thought it mad to even ask.

11.12.2025 12:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

No one from the RCP should've ever got near to appearing on the BBC - obviously, they put people on the inside there, too.

11.12.2025 12:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

These ridiculous mega-projects like "datacenters in space" (doomed by thermodynamics) make a LOT more sense when you realize they're massive Ponzi schemes designed to transfer wealth from pension funds to VC's through "fee stacking."

It's the old Assets Under Management con. It should be illegal.

11.12.2025 09:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2933    πŸ” 1036    πŸ’¬ 62    πŸ“Œ 46

Both Farage and Badenoch are surfing the culture war waves of anti-vax and anti-mask, because that's simply what they do. They have no concept of being responsible.

11.12.2025 12:27 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The strategic reserve of minor British celebrities prepared to do anything for money has never been stronger.

11.12.2025 12:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The thing about identity politics is: people are complicated & our identities complex, until some bastard comes along & tells us that one key bit of it is no longer valid, at which point you’d better believe being gay/trans/European/[insert detail here] becomes political. WE didn’t do this, YOU did.

11.12.2025 09:21 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Boris' people mirrored Trump's legion of MTG, Bieber, George Santos and others, primarily recruited to say stupid things very loudly in public.

11.12.2025 09:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œAnnexing Austria and stealing its substantial gold reserves, followed by seizing the Czech reserves and industry in March 1939 quickly eased the problems. The rest of the war would be a constant rolling pillaging of valuable assets from occupied Europe - add to that slave workforces”

11.12.2025 09:18 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Double BB boobs united.

11.12.2025 09:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A clear association with Trump and Putin is more likely to reduce support for national populism rather than increase it. It is likely to create a bigger gulf between hard core Trump and Putin supporters and the wider national community.
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11.12.2025 09:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

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