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Tony McAlinden

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Leith. Photography. Screenwriting. Flibbertigibbet.

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Does his Vatican contract permit him developing a lucrative pickled onion business on the side though?

16.11.2025 19:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Sarah Vine โ€ข @WestminsterWAGโ€ข โ€ข9h g
Islamists screaming allahu Akbar outside villa park - and the person who gets arrested is a 17-year-old boy who goes to debate them.
Meanwhile, a woman is condemned for 'face-crime'.
What is going on?

Sarah Vine โ€ข @WestminsterWAGโ€ข โ€ข9h g Islamists screaming allahu Akbar outside villa park - and the person who gets arrested is a 17-year-old boy who goes to debate them. Meanwhile, a woman is condemned for 'face-crime'. What is going on?

Whatโ€™s happened here is that, by sticking to their guns and refusing to be intimidated and shitehoused, the club and police have thankfully prevented Parliament and the press inciting rioting and running battles in the streets of a major city.

07.11.2025 08:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 590    ๐Ÿ” 108    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 23    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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We Is Us Podcast Episode ยท Pluribus: The Official Podcast ยท S1 E1 ยท 42m

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p...

One of the best things about the Vince Gilligan run shows have been their sublime podcasts thanks to Kelley Dixon and latterly Chris McCaleb.

I am glad to report that the official #Pluribus podcast is no exception, truly a film school in your ears.

07.11.2025 22:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

... plus Jews everywhere by making football hooliganism sound like a Jewish tradition by calling criticism of it 'antisemitic'.

05.11.2025 18:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 33    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Great lesson here!!

05.11.2025 23:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 520    ๐Ÿ” 129    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 25    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Do you mean in money - or do you mean to humanity?

Because Iโ€™m interested in the latter.

06.11.2025 08:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 262    ๐Ÿ” 40    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

While I broadly agree with your statement; I think Khan and Burnham have both been the harshest critics thus far of the McSweeney project.

Being men holding considerable power themselves, they have less reason to fear the Stalinist purges from central office.

06.11.2025 08:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

British Labour MPs trying to associate themselves with Mamdani's win all "how do you do, fellow lefties" style, as if they aren't the same sort of right-enabling establishment he was a reaction against, embarrassing, the cheek, the nerve, the gall, the audacity and the gumption required

05.11.2025 10:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 45    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

An article containing two quaint concepts. Imagine a minister resigning immediately after they did something wrong?

05.11.2025 13:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Many in politics and media are trapped on X/Twitter, a latter-day Plato's cave, mistaking projected shadows for reality.

No social media platform can be perfect - the 'social' bit ensures that - as people are also not perfect.

But some platforms are better than others.

05.11.2025 06:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 392    ๐Ÿ” 81    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A cartoon showing a young boy playing chess on his iPad at home.  On the sofa is his father, who is watching a large TV with GB News on it.  The caption says "That thing is going to rot your brain".  It is up to you to decide who is saying it...

A cartoon showing a young boy playing chess on his iPad at home. On the sofa is his father, who is watching a large TV with GB News on it. The caption says "That thing is going to rot your brain". It is up to you to decide who is saying it...

"That thing is going to rot your brain..."

05.11.2025 13:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 41    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Starting with most of his own partyโ€ฆ

05.11.2025 13:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."

05.11.2025 04:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18636    ๐Ÿ” 4399    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 164    ๐Ÿ“Œ 356
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A response to Jimmy Carrโ€™s comments about Graham Linehan.

29.10.2025 12:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 196    ๐Ÿ” 75    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Canโ€™t imagine a more worthy caretaker for such an item. Your love of Ladybird brings joy to so many.

24.10.2025 21:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Isnโ€™t one of the oddities of this route (and indeed a lot of rural ferries) that only truck *trailers* go on it.

The tractor on a big arctic provides a lot of ballast to keep the whole thing upright.

24.10.2025 21:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Cnut. He's forgotten about Cnut, who went on pilgrimage to Rome in 1027. Oh, and Edward I, who spent 2 months at the court of Gregory X in 1273. Otherwise, all over the detail, as per.

23.10.2025 11:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1050    ๐Ÿ” 196    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 76    ๐Ÿ“Œ 21

On Insta last week he specifically thanked the shows Welfare team and on this basis I can see whyโ€ฆ

22.10.2025 21:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The gap between the government, opposition and national press unifying over some ludicrous, wildly irresponsible, insultingly idiotic bullshit and that then exploding in their faces now appears to be down to about two days. I reckon they could manage same-day meltdowns, if they tried.

20.10.2025 02:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 313    ๐Ÿ” 86    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

The fact that Hope Not Hate is as biased and wilfully ignorant as a Tufton Street think tank is the other depressing fact.

People do make clowns of themselves while acting as agents of a foreign power.

20.10.2025 07:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Do parents still tell their children not to lie or has politics of the last 10 years put an end to that as it clearly doesn't matter/will hold them back in life?

20.10.2025 07:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 117    ๐Ÿ” 18    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Well then Iโ€™m pleased youโ€™ve learned from this. BTW if youโ€™re in the US, isnโ€™t it rather lateโ€ฆ

20.10.2025 07:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The point Iโ€™m making is that there are facts and there is opinion and Iโ€™m unconvinced you know the difference between them.

Was there a riot in Tel Aviv yesterday? Yes. That is a fact.

That trumps the need for
opinions.

20.10.2025 07:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This.

18.10.2025 07:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3798    ๐Ÿ” 1231    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 114    ๐Ÿ“Œ 48

A lot you didnโ€™t know? None of it more than a Google search away, but youโ€™re the sort of person incapable of educating yourself.

Maybe because youโ€™ve never held an actual opinion in your life but just followed your herd.

20.10.2025 06:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Tel Aviv football derby between Hapoel and Maccabi called off after rioting Israeli police make nine arrests, citing โ€˜disorderly conduct, riots, injured police officersโ€™ and infrastructure damage

Football match involving Maccabi Tel Aviv called off due to violence.

Is it anti semitic to call it off in Jerusalem or only in Birmingham?

Message to those who hurled the antisemitism libel around last week. Beware of Karma. Sheโ€™s a real bitch!

www.theguardian.com/football/202...

20.10.2025 06:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Because the team has extensive prior form in cuntish behaviour, a fact youโ€™ve chosen to ignore as I expect youโ€™re an aficionado of genocide too.

19.10.2025 11:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

UK PM Keir Starmer who wants to reverse the Maccabi Tel Aviv fan ban at Villa Park Europa game next week said:

"The role of the police is to ensure all football fans can enjoy the game, without fear of violence or intimidation."

Exactly sir Keir, thatโ€™s why there has been a ban in the first place.

19.10.2025 07:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 575    ๐Ÿ” 103    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 35    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Also a frankly astonishing number of people who still havenโ€™t figured out how to turn their routers off and on again.

That said, it was the fat finger of all fat fingers.

14.10.2025 09:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It wonโ€™t fix itself. Youโ€™ll need to turn it off and on again.

14.10.2025 09:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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