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The Banana Splits.... The Arabian Knights... The Flashing Blade... Robinson Crusoe... White Horses. Good time to be a kid.

04.03.2026 09:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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GB News loses Β£22m, taking their total losses to over Β£130m. Except it's not a 'loss', it's an investment by Paul Marshall in providing a propaganda service to platform right wing grifters, gobshites, conspiracy nutters and contrarian fuckwits.

04.03.2026 08:31 β€” πŸ‘ 246    πŸ” 79    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 7

As far as I know. 'Up the junction' was and is the only charted song without a chorus.

04.03.2026 06:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You can literally see the cocky arrogance of that arsehole from that one single photo.

04.03.2026 06:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fully expect little ms perfect to wedge her head a little further up trump's puffy white cheeks around noon.

04.03.2026 06:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He should tell him the application for the UK to rejoin the EU is already in the post... followed by a quick Churchill style two fingers salute.

03.03.2026 23:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

3 little boys had three little toys.

03.03.2026 23:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Everything is literally meaningless in economic terms whilst that orange buffoon continues to draw breath.

03.03.2026 23:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s not difficult to imagine what Winston Churchill would have made of Donald Trump…

03.03.2026 18:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1678    πŸ” 223    πŸ’¬ 159    πŸ“Œ 22

Well for one thing. I suspect that he wouldn't have invited him to tea and crumpets at the kings gaff.

03.03.2026 23:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ”΄πŸ—£οΈ β€’ Michael Carrick on the race for Champions League football:

β€œWe're not looking too far ahead and where we're trying to get to. It's important that we stay present and keep our minds on the job.

03.03.2026 13:52 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

The Daily Telegraph completely fabricated an anti vat on private schools story including using stock pictures..πŸ‘‡πŸΌ

Which proves what I suspected for ages, that very little of what they print, has an ounce of truth to it

03.03.2026 13:58 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Used to enjoy walks between Southend and Leigh-on-sea when I worked at the local FE college about 30 years ago.

03.03.2026 22:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So, in launching a huge bombing campaign on Iran they apparently didn't plan for:

- Who takes over;
- Interceptor shortages from sustained drone retaliation;
- How to defend US bases in the region;
- Threats to ships in the Strait of Hormuz; and
- How to evacuate Americans with airspace closed.

03.03.2026 21:13 β€” πŸ‘ 10029    πŸ” 3154    πŸ’¬ 574    πŸ“Œ 325

They've both obviously come a long way from their Biker Grove days.

03.03.2026 22:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And they clearly made Robert Plant's night too... So hat's off to Wolves for a job well done.

03.03.2026 22:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Iraq; Donald Trump’s character; his contempt for soldiers, dead or alive & the obvious necessity of having a β€œlawful basis” & a β€œviable thought-through plan” for military action…
Just a few of the things all our local neighbourhood warmongers have completely forgotten about.
tinyurl.com/4rrn2mkx

03.03.2026 18:11 β€” πŸ‘ 498    πŸ” 83    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 1

Since he's decided that he doesn't like our prime minister now, or our country for that matter. Should we be bracing ourselves for a US missile strike in the very near future?

03.03.2026 22:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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.

03.03.2026 20:06 β€” πŸ‘ 831    πŸ” 243    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 8

Trump sounds mad.

Proper nuts. But more than anything he sounds REALLY rattled as he rants and raves about Britain.

If Starmer sticks to his guns I suspect this will all play in his favour.

03.03.2026 19:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1045    πŸ” 157    πŸ’¬ 86    πŸ“Œ 10
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Inconvenient facts for Farage Reform’s own involvement with β€œforeign voters”...

Welcome to Farage-land, where it's not okay for Muslims to vote in elections, but it's okay for Reform to have overseas members and foreign billionaire backers...

03.03.2026 08:46 β€” πŸ‘ 387    πŸ” 157    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 5

Can't wait to hear what trump sycophantic bilge Badenoch will be leading with tomorrow at PMQ'S.

03.03.2026 18:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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If it’s true Reform UK’s Treasury spokesperson Robert Jenrick told a business audience last night that renewable companies are "screwed" if Reform get in, it tells you everything about their readiness to inflict national self-harm in pursuit of ideological war on climate action.

03.03.2026 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 490    πŸ” 208    πŸ’¬ 34    πŸ“Œ 16
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We should be grateful that β€˜statesman Starmer’ is still in charge If the prime minister had resigned after last week’s Gorton and Denton by-election defeat – as his critics demanded – it would be David Lammy leading the country’s response to America’s military opera...

β€œStarmer at his best is statesmanly and authoritative. This is Starmer the human rights lawyer, with soft-spoken certainty. Starmer as diplomat, Starmer as man of principle, Starmer as steady, unruffled statesman.”

www.independent.co.uk/voices/starm...

03.03.2026 15:04 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2

The fact that Isabel Oakeshott, economic migrant to the UAE may just turn into a refugee fleeing to the UK from a war zone will cause a level of schadenfreude in me that may just make me topple right over.

03.03.2026 12:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1741    πŸ” 350    πŸ’¬ 114    πŸ“Œ 20
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Wes Streeting: "Ashley (Dalton) has been an outstanding minister and has been so in the face of extraordinary adversity.

She has achieved more as a minister than many politicians achieve in their entire careers.

I’m so sorry to lose her from our team, but proud of her decision and her impact."

03.03.2026 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 56    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

There was a personal political edge to that lazy dig at Starmer from the guy.

03.03.2026 10:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ukraine has obtained Russia’s plans for 2026–2027. Donbas and the south remain the targets.This was announced by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky that documents outline plans to fully seize the Donetsk & Luhansk regions & continue the offensive in southern Ukraine.
www.president.gov.ua/en

03.03.2026 06:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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There are moments in history that may seem insignificant at the time but a British PM standing up to an American president is going to be one of those moments that historians will write about long into the future.

03.03.2026 07:58 β€” πŸ‘ 74    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1