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Recently retired journalist & translator, Andalucรญa. Flรขneuse ๐Ÿ™‚. Travel, Nature, Cats, Politics, Languages, Wine (not necessarily in that order ๐Ÿ˜‰). Activist in Spain's Historical Memory movement.

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๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฝ"We must all now confront the reality that the Brexit deal significantly hurt our economy. We have to keep reducing frictions. We have to keep moving towards a closer relationship with the EU. And we have to be grown up about it. To accept that it will require trade-offs."๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฝ

Music to my ears. ~AA

01.12.2025 12:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1050    ๐Ÿ” 308    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 91    ๐Ÿ“Œ 54

I sold a car to a neighbour and went with him to a local insurance agent. We are the same age, had been driving the same number of years and both had a full no-claims bonus. The company - who had insured the car for several years - gave him a quote for far less than my premium ๐Ÿ˜ก

01.12.2025 13:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Conservatives Promote JCB's 'Revolutionary' Pothole Machine While Taking Millions of Pounds in Donations from the Company Senior Conservatives have repeatedly promoted a pothole repair machine made by a company which has donated huge sums to the party and its MPs

Jonathan Gullis defects to Reform saying his former party has "lost touch with the people it was meant to serve".

He should know. When he was in Government he took a five-figure donation from JCB, then stayed silent when it axed hundreds of his constituents' jobs just two weeks later

01.12.2025 11:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 994    ๐Ÿ” 421    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 53    ๐Ÿ“Œ 31

Our economic woes are caused by Brexit, (Ukraine), Covid, Brexitโ€™s ugly baby - our dismal immigration policy, Truss budget, 14yrs of austerityโ€ฆ
All rightwing policies.
Quite mad that our media acts as if Labourโ€™s budget is the end of days, when they failed to adequately scrutinise any of
that๐Ÿ‘†shit.

01.12.2025 07:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 703    ๐Ÿ” 233    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 32    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

Our media has become the story. What they decide is newsworthy, what they scream about, who they accuse, who they excuse, who they blameโ€ฆ

They have an agenda entirely of their own. Not one rooted in public interest or national responsibility. But one that is deeply rightwing and undemocratic.

01.12.2025 07:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 572    ๐Ÿ” 192    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 39    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

So funny ๐Ÿคฃ

30.11.2025 21:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Flag? Far too big for that prat. An eye makeup remover pad would do!

30.11.2025 21:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What an absolute prat! ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ

30.11.2025 21:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Not the Brexit deal.
Brexit.
A prejudiced moronathon that will continue to damage our country until weโ€™re brave/sane enough to admit it, demand accountability from those who insisted upon it and then, finally, start to fix it.

29.11.2025 19:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 643    ๐Ÿ” 185    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 33    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.

If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.

28.11.2025 19:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11019    ๐Ÿ” 3839    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 311    ๐Ÿ“Œ 201

I would call Pete Hegseth a war criminal, but we arenโ€™t at war. Heโ€™s just a mass murderer.

28.11.2025 19:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12634    ๐Ÿ” 2980    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 370    ๐Ÿ“Œ 111

I can't wait for the day when I wake up and don't have to see anymore of this....

28.11.2025 03:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Nigel Farage has spent ยฃ1m taking out adverts in the papers to distract from the Nathan Gill Russian bribe scandal.

We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.

27.11.2025 12:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1892    ๐Ÿ” 779    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 103    ๐Ÿ“Œ 28

๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ

27.11.2025 07:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh Zia Yusufski, you and your Reform lot are going to have to get cross with *a lot* of people. Hereโ€™s Private Eye taking the piss out of you too.

26.11.2025 21:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 509    ๐Ÿ” 162    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

It is good to see cross-party challenge to overt racism in British political and media discourse: Labour MP Sarah Owen, who chairs the women & equalities select committee, challenges the racist claim from GB News contributor Lucy White that Deputy Speaker Nus Ghani should be barred from parliament

26.11.2025 22:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 324    ๐Ÿ” 82    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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White by name, racist fuckwit by nature.

26.11.2025 22:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 307    ๐Ÿ” 43    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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DOJ Says Noem Made Final Decision on El Salvador Removals in Breach of Court Order Read more here.

This is a really big story that should not be missed. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

27.11.2025 00:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17583    ๐Ÿ” 7340    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 889    ๐Ÿ“Œ 410

Also, nobody would have "full freedom of movement" because they won't have the right to live and work in EU27 as EU citizens do. Technically, like UK citizens resident in an EU country, they shouldn't spend more than 90/180 days elsewhere in Schengen, but it would be tricky to detect overstayers.

26.11.2025 19:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
New residency applications for UK and EEA nationals temporarily suspended New residency applications from UK nationals and citizens from the European Economic Area have been suspended temporarily due to โ€œan unprecedented influxโ€ since June in the number of people seeking to...

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www.chronicle.gi/new-residenc...

26.11.2025 19:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

the mother of her nephew!!!

26.11.2025 04:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1625    ๐Ÿ” 302    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 51    ๐Ÿ“Œ 16
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Witkoff advised the Russians on how to pitch their Ukraine plan to Trump www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

25.11.2025 21:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2165    ๐Ÿ” 833    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 162    ๐Ÿ“Œ 72
A screenshot of an X accountโ€™s โ€œAbout this accountโ€ page for โ€œAmerica First.โ€ It shows:
โ€ข Date joined: March 2025
โ€ข Account based in: Bangladesh (highlighted)
โ€ข Verified since April 2025
โ€ข One username change
โ€ข Connected via United States App Store.

A screenshot of an X accountโ€™s โ€œAbout this accountโ€ page for โ€œAmerica First.โ€ It shows: โ€ข Date joined: March 2025 โ€ข Account based in: Bangladesh (highlighted) โ€ข Verified since April 2025 โ€ข One username change โ€ข Connected via United States App Store.

Things online are often not as they appear.

24.11.2025 23:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8578    ๐Ÿ” 2274    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 251    ๐Ÿ“Œ 68
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Ohโ€ฆ

25.11.2025 00:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5458    ๐Ÿ” 1183    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 121    ๐Ÿ“Œ 84

๐Ÿ˜ฑ Cats are such psychopaths! ๐Ÿคฃ

25.11.2025 04:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
America First O @America_Firsto
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Date joined
March 2025
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Bangladesh
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Since April 2025
@ 1username change
Last on March 2025
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America First O @America_Firsto ๆ›ฒ Date joined March 2025 Account based in Bangladesh Verified Since April 2025 @ 1username change Last on March 2025 โ€ข Connected via United States App Store

Chaos on TwitterX as they roll out a new change which shows the location of the user and inadvertently reveal how many fake accounts there are and how much foreign interference.

Earlier a vocal Scottish independence campaigner was outed as an Iranian account. Then thereโ€™s this pro Trump one:

23.11.2025 23:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 613    ๐Ÿ” 225    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 45    ๐Ÿ“Œ 18
Picture of Nathan Gill arriving at court. Headline: Reform UK and Russian Bribes. A Nathan Gill Timeline.

Picture of Nathan Gill arriving at court. Headline: Reform UK and Russian Bribes. A Nathan Gill Timeline.

NEW There's no overstating how significant the Nathan Gill case is. On Friday, the close associate of Nigel Farage was jailed for over 10 years for taking bribes ultimately from a friend of Putin. It's a complex, detail-heavy story that raises questions about Farageโ€™s claim Gill was โ€˜one bad appleโ€™๐Ÿงต

23.11.2025 11:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 473    ๐Ÿ” 309    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 20    ๐Ÿ“Œ 26

Ha! ๐Ÿคฃ

23.11.2025 14:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And another one!

23.11.2025 11:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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First rail freeze in 30 years to ease the cost of living Rail fares frozen for the first time in 30 years in historic intervention to deliver real savings for millions of commuters.

UK government freezes rail fares for a year www.gov.uk/government/n...

23.11.2025 12:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 207    ๐Ÿ” 48    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 22    ๐Ÿ“Œ 21

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