Plastic-Paddy: London-born, Swiss/Irish-heritage.

Support for hardline anti-immigration policies linked to ignorance about migration figures, poll suggests – UK politics live Almost half of voters either strongly or somewhat support ‘admitting no more new migrants and requiring large numbers who came in recent years to leave’, says YouGov

So NOW can we call them ignorant?

#Racist #FarRight #Immigration #Boats

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Ah okay - just a thought. No idea then.

Is it goals scored?

Obvs not showing in that photo but just wondered as "goal average" used to be a thing when I was a kid.

@manbehavingdadly.bsky.social is the man who started this off so sincere thanks and kudos to him...

Donate to Buy A New RNLI Hovercraft - The Flying Farage, organized by Simon Harris I am trying to raise enough money to buy a new lifesaving hovercraft for th… Simon Harris needs your support for Buy A New RNLI Hovercraft - The Flying Farage

The #FlyingFarage is now getting close to its target.

What better way to show up the xenophobic, racist, old bigot for what he is than name a #RNLI lifeboat after him?

If you're skint or struggling then please don't but if you can spare a quid or two...

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The old adage; When one finger is pointed forwards, three are pointed back.

Labour focused on appeasing Reform, not beating them, says Jeremy Corbyn Former Labour leader says his new party will inspire hope, not fear, and promises to reset ‘broken’ political system

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*bigger

Indeed, it was less a case of old vs young and more educated vs un-educated.

Level of educational attainment was a big determinant than age.

Just done the same. Thanks for the heads up.

I didn't come to Bluesky just to see that same old bollix.

and count your fingers.

Bollocks.

Certainly for CEOs and Heads of HR they have.

Oh, don't get me started on the Irish genocide...

There was NO famine. Plenty of food but the English (and some Irish) landowners chose to sell it abroad rather than feed the (Irish) people who worked for them.

All goes back to Thatcher and Reagan.

The arrogance in behaviour (from phone-wankers at gigs, twats who park on pavements or full-on criminals like Johnson and Trump) stems from that attitude of self-entitlement that they fomented.

They both sit in their own special level of hell.

The good thing about this lawsuit is that one of these old ***ts will be destroyed.

Yeah, yeah, yeah but Glastonbury...

I've never seen as much litter after an event than I did a couple of years' ago at Henley Regatta.

It's the arrogance of the so-called middle-classes.*

* and yes I DO accept that Glasto is a little bit middle-class these days but at least they are trying 😜

If a product is listed as "Lasagna" rather than "Lasagne". I would question the quality of ingredients anyway.

If they can't even get the name right how on earth can they guarantee what's in it?😱

I agree with all of what you say except the "we've all paid in". No one has paid into anything

Pensions are paid from general taxation. Our NIC record is used only to qualify for SP; there is no imaginary "pot" of money.

Many others also contribute who never take a pension such as overseas workers

SNP MPs in call for full arms embargo on Israel

LATEST: SNP MPs have joined calls with more than 50 MPs for the UK Government to issue a full arms embargo on Israel

UK here.

We feel your pain.

We could have saved a lot of our COVID dead, would not have had a 4% hit to our GDP or shit still floating in our rivers, and probably no invasion of Ukraine had more people made the right decision in 2015.

But Boris Johnson eh? 'e was such a larf.

Five arrested as more than 1,000 protesters gather outside Essex asylum hotel Officers issue order warning of arrest for anyone wearing a face covering

Two-tier policing you say?

Five arrested in an event which had clearly turned into riotous assembly.

Meanwhile more than a hundred PEACEFUL protesters arrested on Saturday for quietly holding a piece of paper against genocide and in support of #PalestineAction.

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'The growth strategy no one will say out loud: rejoin the European Union' - LabourList By the time the next election manifestoes are written, it might be an idea whose time has come.

‘The growth strategy no one will say out loud: rejoin the European Union’ labourlist.org/2025/07/uk-r... – via LabourList

That is not taking into account any "rule changes" or involvement from Tech billionaires.

Aw bollocks.

We are both 66 at some point this year and so Route 66 was planned for years. I've wanted to go to Oz since I was a kid though but my wife hates flying so it was not on the cards. Until... (She hates him as much as I do - and I'M supposed to be the "political one" 😜😂).

Looking forward to it.

We're not. We cancelled a six-week £20k retirement road trip.

Australia is going to get the cash instead in December - then Canada next summer.

Rule 1: Never piss off boomers with disposable income.

‘It captures something we’ve been sleepwalking towards for years’ – Image of burning migrant boat atop Moygashel Bonfire a ‘turning point’ in immigration debate The effigies of migrants being burned at the bonfire have been widely condemned

If you read one line of one article .. let it be this:

'As of Friday, the the UK Prime Minister had not acknowledged the burning of the effigy.'

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Most people in France, Germany, Italy and Spain would support UK rejoining EU, poll finds YouGov survey suggests majority support idea of Britain returning to bloc – but not on same terms it once enjoyed

"They'll never let you #rejoinEU" is the common call from the Brextremists.

Oh yeah?..

#Brexit #BrexitProblems #EU #FBPE

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