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Very concerned that right-wing pluto-populists are degrading our lives and our planet (🌱)

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Very funny, thanks for the laugh!

03.03.2026 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thick grifter, Nick Candy apes the US Right's choreographed ignorant nonsense about London

03.03.2026 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Am sticking with my bet that the right is reading this wrong and that the majority of voters are not at all unhappy Starmer has upset Trump by holding back from a war whose purpose and end game no-one seems able to define.

03.03.2026 17:47 β€” πŸ‘ 371    πŸ” 53    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 1

I think you are correct!

03.03.2026 18:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œAmericans are very lucky, because wherever they go to bring freedom… they find oil" ~ Michele Serra, Italian journalist

03.03.2026 17:56 β€” πŸ‘ 94    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
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Spring Statement: No new tax rises, but don't be fooled - they are still set to rise There are measures, announced ahead of the chancellor's Spring Statement, yet to take effect.

This BBC article reads like a Daily Mail article

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

03.03.2026 17:54 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Im with Starmer on this... our role is not to simply support Israel in their naked aggression (via supporting the US, crashing around the Middle East like a drunk at chucking out time)

03.03.2026 17:46 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
2h ago
12.32 GMT
UK government charter flight will take off from Oman 'in the coming days', says home secretary
A government charter flight will take off from Muscat, Oman, β€œin the coming days”, foreign secretary Yvette Cooper has told the Commons.

Cooper said that Britain was working with airlines on increasing capacity out of Muscat, Oman to prioritise the evacuation of vulnerable British nationals.

Cooper said she was in close contact with her counterparts in the Gulf countries, where 130,000 British citizens have now registered their presence in the region.

β€œWe are also working with airlines on increasing capacity out of Muscat for British nationals, with priority for vulnerable nationals,” Cooper said.

β€œA government charter fight will fly from Muscat in the coming days, prioritising vulnerable nationals, but British nationals in Oman must wait to be contacted by the Foreign Office regarding these options.β€œ

2h ago 12.32 GMT UK government charter flight will take off from Oman 'in the coming days', says home secretary A government charter flight will take off from Muscat, Oman, β€œin the coming days”, foreign secretary Yvette Cooper has told the Commons. Cooper said that Britain was working with airlines on increasing capacity out of Muscat, Oman to prioritise the evacuation of vulnerable British nationals. Cooper said she was in close contact with her counterparts in the Gulf countries, where 130,000 British citizens have now registered their presence in the region. β€œWe are also working with airlines on increasing capacity out of Muscat for British nationals, with priority for vulnerable nationals,” Cooper said. β€œA government charter fight will fly from Muscat in the coming days, prioritising vulnerable nationals, but British nationals in Oman must wait to be contacted by the Foreign Office regarding these options.β€œ

Will Yvette Cooper confirm that wealthy Brits who decamped to Middle East tax havens to dodge their patriotic obligation to pay their taxes won't get free flights?

03.03.2026 14:11 β€” πŸ‘ 390    πŸ” 111    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 5
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If Westerners Could Wrap Their Minds Around What War Really Is Reading by Tim Foley:

πŸŽ―πŸŽ―πŸŽ―πŸŽ―πŸŽ―πŸ€¬πŸ’”

open.substack.com/pub/caitlinj...

03.03.2026 02:38 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Nigel Farage demands 'best of 3' over Gorton and Denton by election

02.03.2026 16:05 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

As the price of natural gas spikes across Europe for the fourth time in the last five years remember those extremely clever people in Reform and the Conservatives who want to abandon renewable energy and rely even more on gas 🀑 🀑

02.03.2026 13:40 β€” πŸ‘ 813    πŸ” 243    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 8

Genuine people trying to do the right thing. More please!

02.03.2026 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hannah, we are so happy to welcome you to Parliament and to the team of @greenparty.org.uk MPs! πŸ’πŸ’šβ˜€οΈ

02.03.2026 14:59 β€” πŸ‘ 836    πŸ” 127    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 7

Keep digging, Nigel!

02.03.2026 12:55 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The right hand doesnt know what the right hand is doing

02.03.2026 12:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Starmer:- "Guys, can anybody think of a policy I can announce tonight to make our polling numbers even worse?"

01.03.2026 22:01 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pandora's box this morning

02.03.2026 07:24 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Starmer:- "Guys, can anybody think of a policy I can announce tonight to make our polling numbers even worse?"

01.03.2026 22:01 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Spare a thought for Isabel Oakeshott....one minute you're dodging tax, next minute you're dodging drones

01.03.2026 21:32 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It's just not cricket, Claire

01.03.2026 16:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Appalling to think that wealthy white people are now being impacted in places like Dubai

01.03.2026 16:42 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

Otto you are missing the point....wealthy white people are now being impacted!

01.03.2026 16:20 β€” πŸ‘ 84    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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'PEOPLE VOTED FOR PARTIES OTHER THAN REFORM DISGRACE'

01.03.2026 07:35 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1
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In a statement, Mr Farage claims to have personally seen the foreign-born dolphin follow his dolphin family into the voting booth

01.03.2026 07:31 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

If bombing a girls' school doesn't win Trump a Nobel Peace Prize, nothing will

28.02.2026 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Let me guess.....the election was "stolen"

28.02.2026 20:39 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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via @normalisland.co.uk

28.02.2026 10:55 β€” πŸ‘ 328    πŸ” 142    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

Operation Epic Distraction

28.02.2026 11:44 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Why do they pander to the worst instincts of the worst people?

Has Gorton not demonstrated to them that the rest of us have fecking votes too?

28.02.2026 09:07 β€” πŸ‘ 86    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Superb Merv

28.02.2026 09:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0