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HR specialist, aspiring writer, politically centrist but proudly woke AF. British & European (I want my EU passport back! #Rejoin) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ΄β€β˜ οΈ Posts are my own views - I’m representing no one but myself here :) (I don’t respond to DMs)

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What has the ECHR ever done for us?

Quite a lot actually, and we wrote it too.

05.10.2025 16:40 β€” πŸ‘ 316    πŸ” 180    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 10

Brilliant pic.

06.10.2025 06:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What this actually shows is how fucked up the US really is.

You have black babies - literally kids under two years old - being zip-tied in the night and just under half of you are OK with it.

06.10.2025 06:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Chills…

06.10.2025 03:45 β€” πŸ‘ 834    πŸ” 449    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 15

It’s of note that during tonight’s hearing the DoJ didn’t even try to make the case that changing conditions on the ground in Portland warranted the CA National Guard. Instead they relied on legal technicalities. Proving again that what they say in court is different than lies they tell the public.

06.10.2025 06:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1691    πŸ” 478    πŸ’¬ 45    πŸ“Œ 16
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Misinformation and myth: the UK’s phoney war over human r... The debate over the future of the European Convention on Human Rights will shape conference season and beyond

As Kemi Badenoch confirms plans to pull out of the ECHR a reminder that much of this debate is driven by myths and misinformation observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

05.10.2025 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 102    πŸ” 44    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 4

I was a skeptic about the import of the Epstein files.

But 3 invasions of cities, one military buildup outside Venezuela, a government shutdown, and so many other things meant to distract have me convinced whatever’s in there is the biggest presidential scandal in U.S. history.

06.10.2025 02:00 β€” πŸ‘ 13964    πŸ” 4182    πŸ’¬ 596    πŸ“Œ 263

THE ECHR PROTECTS US ALL

We must protect it, not leave it

05.10.2025 17:34 β€” πŸ‘ 642    πŸ” 171    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 5
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Gavin Newsom Digs Up Old JD Vance Photo To Troll MAGA Fans Who Say They'll Boycott The Super Bowl

Newsom with the receipts!

05.10.2025 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1376    πŸ” 207    πŸ’¬ 46    πŸ“Œ 5

Laura K should be shut down.

Not only is her show hugely unbalanced, so is her (quite obvious) political opinion.

And the show’s crap, too.

05.10.2025 19:52 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve just set ChatGPT to scan weekly for information about the proposed British national identity card.

Ostensibly I don’t have an issue with an ID card, but I have a concern about who the government might choose as outsourced partners for the extremely sensitive data management.

05.10.2025 19:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you lie in realtime, you should be fact checked in realtime.

05.10.2025 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Totally absurd.

And yet true.

05.10.2025 19:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t watch Strictly very much, but I watched tonight to see toxic Skinner given the boot.

Don’t let the door hit your arse on the way out.

05.10.2025 19:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They’re almost at the current target of 75k.

If you value honesty and standards in the British press and media, please take a look and considering signing.

Cheers.

05.10.2025 18:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Generally I would wholeheartedly agree - but while I certainly wish Megan no ill will, she’s done precious little with her fame and fortune except attempt to extend her fame and fortune.

These four are not the same.

05.10.2025 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

On my way!! πŸƒ

05.10.2025 18:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So many guns in the US, and so few fired in his direction.

Not that I’m suggesting that would be good, obviously. I mean…. I would never…… 😬

05.10.2025 18:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

More of this.

Preferably with really big security guys, ex-forces, etc.

Out-thug these fascist scumbags.

05.10.2025 18:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Telegraph? Mail? Beano?

05.10.2025 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Conversation β€œTherapy” is evil.

It’s snake-oil bullshit for those who, egregiously, wish to profit from faux-Christian fearmongering.

05.10.2025 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Stanford prison experiment - Wikipedia

We've known since the 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment - which was halted after just six days - that it was entirely predictable that ICE agents would, as a consequence of their unchecked power over captives, become increasingly brutal. We saw where this ends up, in WW2.

share.google/a6z6RU8ftYby...

05.10.2025 17:21 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.

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They are funded by the same people who fund the fascist regime in the US right now.

And they count on their propaganda (marketing) working.

05.10.2025 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œThere’s a baby!”

Guns drawn. Windows smashed. With a 1 month old in the car. (They did this as he was coming home from an immigration court appointmentβ€” which is illegal in Colorado: coloradosun.com/2025/10/01/i...)

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05.10.2025 14:55 β€” πŸ‘ 8983    πŸ” 3719    πŸ’¬ 220    πŸ“Œ 122

Just look at the US right now.

05.10.2025 16:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

I really like that one. Very atmospheric.

05.10.2025 16:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Look….. if you manage it, can I come up there with you guys?

I’ll even vote to rejoin the EU with you and I’ll learn the sodding bagpipes if necessary !!

05.10.2025 16:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

WHY aren’t local and state police - which I think you control? - taking a more active stance against violence, against failure to ID, against lack of warrants?

All I see is videos of police vests mixed in with ICE thugs - only we don’t know if any of them are actually ICE.

Come On!

05.10.2025 16:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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