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Retired public servant & HR director. Ex multi-sport athlete with a punished body. Passionate for open democracy, social justice & multiculturalism. Unashamedly woke. #FBPE #NHS free for all. Politics, jazz, food, wine, gardening. Plenty of rants!!

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Keep 'Your Party' out of it and there may be a chance. Corbyn is still toxic and lets be fair, your party is a shambles.

30.01.2026 08:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Even the Guardian has turned against him.

30.01.2026 08:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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It's clear that the only home for One Nation Tories is now the LibDems.

30.01.2026 07:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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So #Tice (& #Farage) wants:
No employment rights.
No human rights.
No income tax.
No universal free healthcare.
Massive gap between rich and poor.
Still think itโ€™s a good idea to #VoteReform?
#ReformUK Ltd.

30.01.2026 07:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Congratulations to Councillor Ben Langmead ๐Ÿ”ถ

The Liberal Democrats gained Bearsden South Ward on East Dumbartonshire from the Conservatives.

๐Ÿ”ถ Liberal Democrat, Ben Langmead: 1744, 38.1%
๐ŸŽ—๏ธ SNP: 789, 17.2%
โžก๏ธ Reform: 709, 15.5%
๐Ÿ”ด Labour: 650, 14.2%
๐ŸŸข Green: 371, 8.1%

Top five first preference votes

30.01.2026 08:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
UK's Starmer seeks fresh start with China as Trump shakes up global relations Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer hailed "really good progress" during talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Thursday. After the 80-minute summit, China also announced that it will...

French site reports on Starmer in China without the pro-Deform spin.

29.01.2026 22:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿค” don't think so.

29.01.2026 22:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Very happy they just wallow in the sewage that is X.

29.01.2026 22:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Badenoch shoots herself in the foot on the Toriesโ€™ long march to the right | John Crace Not content with haemorrhaging MPs to Reform, Kemi decides to drive others into the arms of the Lib Dems

"Kemi wonโ€™t be happy until she has completely destroyed her partyโ€™s credibility."
In this regard she is indeed spawn of Johnson & all who followed after. Was it something they drank or perhaps they bathed in Thatcher's legacy of an island floating in sewage.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

29.01.2026 22:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You'd have to be bonkers to go to the US to watch any matches.

29.01.2026 07:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Good to protests planned by Italians.

29.01.2026 07:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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India and Europe, both stung by Trump, turn to each other in a โ€˜mother of all dealsโ€™ on trade | CNN The European Union and India agreed a free trade deal Tuesday, the largest such deal ever clinched by either side, as they contend with an erratic trade policy from key trading partner the United Stat...

All of our allies have all begun to move on from us. This is a huge trade deal & the United States gets absolutely none of it. Are we great again yet? Canada has left & now the EU. We are led by an idiot. #Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #USDemocracy #ProudBlue

www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/a...

28.01.2026 22:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 162    ๐Ÿ” 103    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Our military budget is not a slush fund for the President to carry out his extreme agenda.

28.01.2026 21:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1660    ๐Ÿ” 409    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 102    ๐Ÿ“Œ 17

To some extent that may be correct but I think he views the entire US budget as his slush fund & every decision he makes as an opportunity to enrich himself, his family & whoever may be his buddies at that time.

28.01.2026 23:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT BIDEN
What has unfolded in Minneapolis this past month betrays our most basic values as Americans. We are not a nation that guns down our citizens in the street. We are not a nation that allows our citizens to be brutalized for exercising their constitutional rights. We are not a nation that tramples the 4th Amendment and tolerates our neighbors being terrorized.
The people of Minnesota have stood strong - helping community members in unimaginable circumstances, speaking out against injustice when they see it, and holding our government accountable to the people. Minnesotans have reminded us all what it is to be American, and they have suffered enough at the hands of this Administration. Violence and terror have no place in the United States of America, especially when it's our own government targeting American citizens.
No single person can destroy what America stands for and believes in, not even a President, if we - all of America - stand up and speak out. We know who we are. It's time to show the world. More importantly, it's time to show ourselves.
Now, justice requires full, fair, and transparent investigations into the deaths of the two Americans who lost their lives in the city they called home. Jill and I are sending strength to the families and communities who love Alex Pretti and Renee Good as we all mourn their senseless deaths.

STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT BIDEN What has unfolded in Minneapolis this past month betrays our most basic values as Americans. We are not a nation that guns down our citizens in the street. We are not a nation that allows our citizens to be brutalized for exercising their constitutional rights. We are not a nation that tramples the 4th Amendment and tolerates our neighbors being terrorized. The people of Minnesota have stood strong - helping community members in unimaginable circumstances, speaking out against injustice when they see it, and holding our government accountable to the people. Minnesotans have reminded us all what it is to be American, and they have suffered enough at the hands of this Administration. Violence and terror have no place in the United States of America, especially when it's our own government targeting American citizens. No single person can destroy what America stands for and believes in, not even a President, if we - all of America - stand up and speak out. We know who we are. It's time to show the world. More importantly, it's time to show ourselves. Now, justice requires full, fair, and transparent investigations into the deaths of the two Americans who lost their lives in the city they called home. Jill and I are sending strength to the families and communities who love Alex Pretti and Renee Good as we all mourn their senseless deaths.

27.01.2026 21:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 509    ๐Ÿ” 200    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 30    ๐Ÿ“Œ 15

You canโ€™t reform this.

Throw the whole department away.

27.01.2026 21:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5997    ๐Ÿ” 2675    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 299    ๐Ÿ“Œ 143
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Ellison: "We have the right as a state, as a co-sovereign, to do our own business with our own tax money. What the federal govt has said is, 'if you don't do it our way, we're gonna saturate your state with 4,000 ICE agents until you cry uncle and obey us.' That's unconstitutional and illegal."

27.01.2026 15:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12887    ๐Ÿ” 4284    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 249    ๐Ÿ“Œ 124
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a black rabbit is chewing on a piece of lettuce ALT: a black rabbit is chewing on a piece of lettuce

Oh well, maybe she can be recycled

26.01.2026 16:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh Dee, you are a one ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ

26.01.2026 16:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
26.01.2026 16:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Well there is that. But why give the appearance of running scared? A strong, confident leader welcomes challenge.

26.01.2026 08:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

#Starmer has just continued to show his yellow streek. He knows he's a one termer.

26.01.2026 07:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

All parties seem to have adopted the mantra that it's not lack of funding & being resource strapped, it's all their fault for being inefficient. ๐Ÿคฆ

26.01.2026 07:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Add to that #Tiktok is now censoring posts critical of ICE. The type of future Fรผhrage wants in Britain. Him as dictator.

26.01.2026 07:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is one of the biggest stories in America, comparable in scale to whatโ€™s happening in Minnesota. The largest social media platform is transferred to Trumpโ€™s allies and immediately forbids you from saying anything bad about him. Absolutely totalitarian in nature. No different than China.

26.01.2026 06:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2022    ๐Ÿ” 803    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 66    ๐Ÿ“Œ 49

Monday is the day of joy. Full of hope & expectation of all the things you will achieve at work this week. Friday is a day of disappointment as you realise you didn't get through the list & it's now even bigger.

Happy Monday ๐ŸŽ†

26.01.2026 07:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh God, what could possibly go wrong?

Liz Truss โ€œhas thrown her backing behind Leconfield House, a new invitation-only club with a reported ยฃ500,000 joining fee for founding members, is teaming up with financier Robert Tchenguiz to launch the ultra-exclusive business in Curzon Streetโ€

25.01.2026 22:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Starmer allies urge him to block Andy Burnham from running in byelection Greater Manchester mayor has applied to stand for Labour in Gorton and Denton, setting up potential fight for PMโ€™s political future

I find this nuts. Why, why try & block him? Have the courage of your convictions #Starmer, if you have any. If you're a better leader than Burnham, show us. Let him challenge if that's to be. If he proves better, bow out. Good leaders don't run scared.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

25.01.2026 10:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Meet โ€˜Ameliaโ€™: the AI-generated British schoolgirl who is a far-right social media star The avatar, created to deter young people from extremism, has been subverted and is breaking out of niche online silos

I find this so scary. If I look at the world today it seems like the summation of every doomsday film being rolled into real life. For every positive creation humankind will make it turn evil.
What world are my grandchildren going to inhabit? ๐Ÿ˜ข
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

25.01.2026 10:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.

24.01.2026 22:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 348    ๐Ÿ” 132    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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