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James G-C

@redbarchetta.bsky.social

Trench art collector extraordinaire. Amateur WW1 historian, author of one book (so far, but who knows!). Punk and rock music fan. Trying to be as green as I can... Do as you would be done by. Based in Warwickshire, UK.

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HMRC nets Β£90m from pursuit of football’s tax own goals Inquiries into clubs, players and agents generate a big increase in underpaid tax being reclaimed

Football clubs, players, and agents have been evading tax, reveals @HMRCgovuk crackdown which scored record amounts of unpaid tax last year bit.ly/47eztrx I hope the people selling the dodgy schemes are also being pursued.

08.10.2025 06:17 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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First of all, 5mm isn't microscopic and you CAN see them.

Second of all, the fact that our Chancellor thinks she can't see these seems to mean she thinks they're not worthy of our consideration.

A hallmark of this government's terminal lack of imagination.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

07.10.2025 20:02 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1

"If you see something that doesn't look right, report it to staff or British Transport Police".

Okay then: I'd like to report the entire rail network. That's not right at all.

07.10.2025 18:46 β€” πŸ‘ 191    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 0

Does that mean Reform is in favour of Sharia law after all? I am getting confused now.

07.10.2025 18:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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'rescuers found jenrick clutching his mywaitrose card, sobbing into an ordnance survey map of the cotswolds, and rocking gently inside a makeshift shelter constructed from yesterday’s telegraph'

07.10.2025 06:13 β€” πŸ‘ 128    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 2
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UK police forces dodge questions on Palantir | Good Law Project After Leicestershire Police removed details of a deal with the controversial US spy-tech firm, three quarters of UK police forces refuse to say if they even have a contract with Palantir.

⚠️Three-quarters of UK police forces refuse to say if they even have a contract with Palantir.
Read that back.
The head of the UK branch of Palantir is Louis Mosely, grandson of British Fascist Oswald Mosely.
goodlawproject.org/uk-police-fo...

07.10.2025 05:42 β€” πŸ‘ 188    πŸ” 146    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 5
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A Texas megachurch pastor and GOP leader has been arrested for crimes against children. Not Robert Morris, a different one. Not Josiah Anthony, a different one. Not Luke Cunningham, a different one. Not Tony Evans, a different one. Not Scott Crenshaw, a different one. Not Steve Lawson, a different o

05.10.2025 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 16051    πŸ” 7594    πŸ’¬ 991    πŸ“Œ 923
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We should do this.

02.10.2025 14:08 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I can't believe you guys are going to have your 250th anniversary celebrations led by him.
All the glory, absolutely none of the guts.
How embarrassing.

06.10.2025 17:52 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

"Beseiged" may be overstating things a little...

06.10.2025 17:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Arrived back at Bham Airport this evening and the place was besieged by ladybirds!

06.10.2025 17:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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BBC Laura Kuenssberg Show Accused of Anti-Green Bias After Cancelling Zack Polanski Interview The new Green Party leader was the only major party leader not to have been granted a conference interview on the flagship BBC show

The Greens requested an interview on the Laura Kuenssberg Show with Zack Polanski when he was elected leader, but were denied, with a promise to interview him during Green conference instead.

This was then scrapped citing the Manchester synagogue attack. Polanski is both Jewish and from Manchester

06.10.2025 10:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2971    πŸ” 1306    πŸ’¬ 153    πŸ“Œ 85
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For shame. 😑

06.10.2025 07:24 β€” πŸ‘ 770    πŸ” 310    πŸ’¬ 78    πŸ“Œ 33
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Spot the difference!

06.10.2025 09:30 β€” πŸ‘ 154    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 5

But she has read a LOT of tweets about how the ECHR is bad.

06.10.2025 09:39 β€” πŸ‘ 219    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0

*gasp*

05.10.2025 21:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3120    πŸ” 1062    πŸ’¬ 187    πŸ“Œ 140
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🚨 🚨 🚨 #BREAKING | Scottish flotilla participant Yvonne Ridley is MISSING after being IMPRISONED 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Yvonne Ridley had been held at Ketziot prison on hunger strike and denied her medication.

She was due to be deported to Istanbul but disappeared πŸ‘‡β€ΌοΈ

05.10.2025 17:30 β€” πŸ‘ 412    πŸ” 346    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 15
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πŸ’΅ Russia recruits soldiers from Afghanistan, Iran, and Iraq to fight against Ukraine β€” Ukrainian intelligence

Afghans are promised $1,500–2,500 per month and the possibility to obtain Russian citizenship or a temporary residence permit, said SBU officer Oleg Alexandrov.

05.10.2025 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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The msm pursued the Rayner story in such detail it forced her resignation . Now there’s a much bigger scandal concerning Farage of possible treason it’s like they’ve forgotten how to spell investigate & corruption. It’s not only Farage who has a Russian problem, if our msm protects him we all do .

05.10.2025 12:57 β€” πŸ‘ 346    πŸ” 163    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 9

Should end with Now!

05.10.2025 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A friendly reminder that if you go to a church where the pastor supports the regime that zip tied children in Chicago, you don’t have to go to that church anymore.

Remember, at a certain point, complacency becomes complicity.

05.10.2025 14:14 β€” πŸ‘ 983    πŸ” 293    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 15
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NEW: Extraordinary scenes in Amsterdam this afternoon (Sunday, Oct 5).

An estimated 250,000 bring the city to a standstill; people all wearing red to show solidarity with Palestine πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ

(πŸŽ₯ Ahmed Zantac)

05.10.2025 15:07 β€” πŸ‘ 11294    πŸ” 4297    πŸ’¬ 250    πŸ“Œ 331
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Massive demonstrations were held in Istanbul around the Sultan Ahmed Mosque and in all Turkish cities in support of Gaza and in rejection of Israel's blockade of the Global Sumud flotilla.

05.10.2025 15:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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And the violent Zionist Settler expansion continues uninterrupted

Israeli Settlers shoot 2 villagers, so the cops come and arrest 19 villagers for being shot at

Thankfully France, UK & others who recognized this is happening in the Palestinian State are swiftly to react.. by doing nothing
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05.10.2025 06:29 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Greta Thunberg says she is being detained by Israel in cell β€˜infested with bedbugs’ Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

”The Italian legal team representing the flotilla confirmed those detained were left ’for hours without food or water – until late last night’, with the exception of ’a packet of crisps handed to Greta and shown to the cameras.’ Lawyers also reported instances of verbal and physical abuse.”

04.10.2025 14:52 β€” πŸ‘ 101    πŸ” 56    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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History repeats.

04.10.2025 06:54 β€” πŸ‘ 11615    πŸ” 5602    πŸ’¬ 275    πŸ“Œ 301
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Free Greta Thunberg and the rest of the illegally detained flotilla activists.

04.10.2025 22:12 β€” πŸ‘ 23691    πŸ” 7939    πŸ’¬ 449    πŸ“Œ 231

Adelita Grijalva won her special election on September 23rd.

Speaker Mike Johnson still hasn’t sworn her in.

She’s being prevented from governing.

Why? Because she’s the deciding vote to release the Epstein files.

Learn her name.

Call your reps and demand she be sworn in.

04.10.2025 03:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1101    πŸ” 431    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 20
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β€˜Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem Far from being distant from the Reform UK Leader, insiders told Byline Times that the former MEP convicted of bribery was one of Farage’s closest aides, while we reveal how Gill worked on the Kremlin’...

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@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12

04.10.2025 13:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1701    πŸ” 1147    πŸ’¬ 50    πŸ“Œ 116

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