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Avid reader, previously children’s author, mum of teens & a lovely Lab. Liberal, anti-fascist. Live in London and not murdered yet…πŸ€ͺ

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Investigators now say the U.S. likely bombed a girls’ school in Iran, killing over 160 people, mostly children. If confirmed, it would rank among the worst civilian massacres of America’s Middle East wars.

06.03.2026 11:41 β€” πŸ‘ 4177    πŸ” 1693    πŸ’¬ 335    πŸ“Œ 122

The more the public gets a taste of Reform UK Ltd, the more they don’t want it

06.03.2026 07:18 β€” πŸ‘ 119    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2

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06.03.2026 07:32 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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On the one hand, a clearly deranged lunatic in the White House starting a dangerous illegal war on Iran with already-serious repercussions for the region and world...

Or having a pop at Keir Starmer.

You just knew which side the Right would come down on.

06.03.2026 07:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1279    πŸ” 310    πŸ’¬ 128    πŸ“Œ 24

Only 38%?!

05.03.2026 19:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

According to UK ch4 news, US are quite keen to take advantage of Ukraine’s drone expertise in their ill-advised war in Iran. Hopefully that’ll give Ukraine a few more cards.

05.03.2026 19:21 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

BREAKING: UK Minister of defense said: the drone that hit a UK airbase in Cyprus wasn't launched by Iran.

Someone's trying to draw them in…

I wonder who?!

05.03.2026 18:23 β€” πŸ‘ 57    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 4
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Please Reply: "I am against this war with Iran"

If you are against this war. Let them know it.

Share on all socials!

05.03.2026 15:23 β€” πŸ‘ 436    πŸ” 218    πŸ’¬ 61    πŸ“Œ 19

I am against this war in Iran.

And I hope the UK don’t get drawn in any more than we’ve already been forced to by bully Trump

05.03.2026 15:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

05.03.2026 07:15 β€” πŸ‘ 17078    πŸ” 5955    πŸ’¬ 512    πŸ“Œ 493
Reform fury as someone else wins
by Our By-election Editor
Tim Shipsink
The losing candidate in the Gorton and Denton by-election, Matt Goodwhinge, has demanded an immediate re-run of the election on the grounds that he lost
comprehensively to someone else.
"It's totally unfair and rigged,"
said Goodwhinge.
"I shouldn't
be required to sit there and suck it up, just because I lost."
Mr Goodwhine continued, *I can't believe that all those voters I demonised failed to back me.
Especially after I was endorsed by Tommy Robinson and ten million Russian bots on X.
"We have clear evidence of family voting, where people voted in order for me to stop deporting their families."
Mr Badloser concluded. "I'm the victim of colour prejudice.
They didn't vote for me simply because I'm not green."
Reform leader
Mr Farage,
speaking from a sun lounger on a rock near the Chagos Islands said,
"It's a tragedy that the people of Manchester won't see Matt in Westminster, but my constituents don't see me in Clacton either."

PLUMBER DEFEATS
MATT GOODWIN

Photo of Hannah Spencer with speech bubble saying… 
I've stopped the cock

Reform fury as someone else wins by Our By-election Editor Tim Shipsink The losing candidate in the Gorton and Denton by-election, Matt Goodwhinge, has demanded an immediate re-run of the election on the grounds that he lost comprehensively to someone else. "It's totally unfair and rigged," said Goodwhinge. "I shouldn't be required to sit there and suck it up, just because I lost." Mr Goodwhine continued, *I can't believe that all those voters I demonised failed to back me. Especially after I was endorsed by Tommy Robinson and ten million Russian bots on X. "We have clear evidence of family voting, where people voted in order for me to stop deporting their families." Mr Badloser concluded. "I'm the victim of colour prejudice. They didn't vote for me simply because I'm not green." Reform leader Mr Farage, speaking from a sun lounger on a rock near the Chagos Islands said, "It's a tragedy that the people of Manchester won't see Matt in Westminster, but my constituents don't see me in Clacton either." PLUMBER DEFEATS MATT GOODWIN Photo of Hannah Spencer with speech bubble saying… I've stopped the cock

Beautiful from Private Eye on the massive toddler-tantrum that Matt Goodwin and Reform are having, because they got whooped in Gorton and Denton.

05.03.2026 07:35 β€” πŸ‘ 4350    πŸ” 1447    πŸ’¬ 92    πŸ“Œ 79
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Iraq, all over again. An attack based on lies, and this time without the approval of Congress....

04.03.2026 20:57 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You couldn’t make this up: USA allows and enables child r@pist - and possibly even worse - to start WW3? The world is watching and judging

04.03.2026 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The local elections are in 2 months and Reform UK are begging people to stand.

Recruitment must be going poorly, they’ve probably realised they don’t have enough former Tories to fill their candidate list.

04.03.2026 11:41 β€” πŸ‘ 910    πŸ” 256    πŸ’¬ 201    πŸ“Œ 33

Great minds - I was thinking along same lines. Let’s break them from within!

04.03.2026 17:14 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’d be their ideal candidate (white & English on both sides as far back as my family history goes) - just as long as they don’t read my social media posts… Should I go for it? 🀣

04.03.2026 17:11 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I too had tears (of pride and, dare I say it, patriotism) listening to the poem at the end… and the audience reaction to it. It should be taught in primary schools

04.03.2026 17:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Disingenuous. She’s not there as a journalist, she’s there as a performative protest against a government she disagrees with - and to avoid taxes. STFU, Oakeshott

04.03.2026 17:04 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Love your comparison! Hope Candy remains in Dubai. I’m sitting in the sunshine on a London common with my dog. Not stabbed yet.

04.03.2026 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oops

04.03.2026 13:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

God, I hate this man. Bluster, bully, deny. I wish he’d shrivel up and disappear like a slug that’s been liberally sprinkled with salt

04.03.2026 13:14 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

They claim to have been planning this for months, to allegedly keep Americans safe, but had no plan to evacuate any Americans from the region because it happened too quickly.

Weird.

04.03.2026 12:15 β€” πŸ‘ 8769    πŸ” 2247    πŸ’¬ 416    πŸ“Œ 111

I thought the latest News Agents podcast about the US/UK β€œspecial relationship” was excellent

04.03.2026 12:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A miscarriage is a non-viable, self-terminating pregnancy. How can any doctor refuse medical assistance in this scenario? They undoubtedly deserve prison

04.03.2026 12:13 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Polish doctors jailed for denying woman abortion A Polish court on Tuesday sentenced three doctors to prison sentences over the 2021 death of a pregnant woman, which sparked nationwide protests and renewed scrutiny of the country's restrictive abort...

Justice for Izabela! A Polish court has sentenced three doctors to prison over the 2021 death of Izabela from sepsis during a 22-week miscarriage, after doctors refused to help. "This was a case involving extraordinary negligence, a pure disregard for the most basic and fundamental medical duties."

04.03.2026 02:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1522    πŸ” 419    πŸ’¬ 41    πŸ“Œ 24
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Traitorous gobshite says Starmer is not Churchill. Neither is Putin.
BTW, how did your foreign national girlfriend get Β£865k in cash to buy a house in Clacton? #UKPolitics

04.03.2026 08:25 β€” πŸ‘ 325    πŸ” 122    πŸ’¬ 59    πŸ“Œ 10

He’s looking a bit peaky, isn’t he? Dodgy prawn in the Maldives, Nige? 🀞

04.03.2026 11:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hannah’s there! Nigel is a (D-list) sleb not a serious politician. He works for himself (& his paymasters) not his constituents

04.03.2026 10:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Spring statement, a huge day in Commons year, yet

"Nigel Farage was absent
Again
On a Β£92,000 taxpayer-funded salary
...
Too busy for Parliament
Not too busy for TV
If most people skipped one of the most important days at work, there’d be consequences
He's laughing at you, Clacton"

via Paul Clark

04.03.2026 10:42 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1
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I must apologise for Richard Stupid Tice not understanding that no gas or oil is β€˜our own’ because Maggie Thatcher sold it off, so it is all sold by private companies on the global market. Norway did not sell theirs off and now have a sovereign wealth fund of Β£1.6trillion.

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