@yorksfella59.bsky.social
Proud to be a Yorkshireman of Scottish descent. Lefty Humanist. Green Party member. Dislikes Tories. Hates racism, bigotry, misogyny, Putin, Trump and Farage. Loves music - Alan Hull/Lindisfarne, Runrig, Springsteen, Dylan, Cohen, Al Stewart. #FBPE. 🏴. 🇺🇦.
If you pay any attention to my witterings, you'll know that I'm not the biggest fan of the PM.
But at #PMQs he sounded like a statesman.
Kemi Badenoch (unbelievably) hit a new low. Obsessively asking the grown-up about fuel duty, during a war in the middle east.
She's a goner, surely?
We've already noticed how ludicrous the Telegraph - once a 'proper' newspaper - has become.
And now, with the middle east on fire, and the Strait of Hormuz throttled, it's happily promoting the wild promises of Farage and Jenrick as facts.
Hands up anyone who thinks oil prices will come down...?
No matter how serious the situation, you can always rely on @mrjohncrace.bsky.social to, simultaneously, provide razor-sharp insight and some good laughs!
This piece is no exception... 🤣👍
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Ukraine is helping to protect US bases.
Will the orange shitgibbon thank President Zelensky? Will he feel the tiniest bit of embarrassment, or even shame?
Will he hell! 🤬 He'll be too busy whispering sweet nothings on the phone to his buddy Vladimir... 🤮
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How on earth can we continue with a World Cup hosted by a nation that is at war with other parts of the world?
It’s crazy! 🤷♂️
"It will be a tight fit, Mr President. But if you insert it slowly enough, it should be manageable"... 🤮
I don't always agree with this fella - the editor of the Yorkshire Post - but he's usually worth reading!
This piece is no exception. I, for one, certainly understand the feelings he describes...
Just suppose this was a Tory plan. Or imagine that Margaret Thatcher had come up with the notion at the time of the miner's strike.
But it's now a *Labour* government that proposes to abolish an 800 year old human right.
We mustn't sleepwalk into this...
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Not that I remember... 🤔
Derided as a 'Scottish Genesis' - despite being formed in Aylesbury - being incredibly uncool didn't stop neo-prog band Marillion selling shedloads of records in the '80s.
Nor did it stop them making something quietly heartbreaking from a 17th century nursery rhyme...
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Oh wow! Would you trust £215k of your money to *Kwasi Kwarteng* - Mr Mini Budget himself - of all people?! 🤣🤣
Then again, you probably don't have two hundred thousand quid spare to chuck around - unlike the 'man of the people' himself - do you?
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The Tories oversaw the degradation of UK gas storage capacity - 2010 to 2017.
Thatcher privatised the gas and oil industry - 1982 to 1986.
Thatcher closed the collieries - 1986 to 1991.
This woman is an idiot - 1960 to 2026
Legislation is, rightly, in place to protect children in so many areas.
The fact that it would be difficult, in this case, to make protections foolproof is no reason for not trying.
It’s time to cut our ties with America and this not so special relationship.
‘This is Trump’s war of choice. But Britain has choices, too. 250 years after the American colonists broke free of empire, it’s time for a British Declaration of Independence.’
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Absolutely right, Reece. The US is, certainly under the current administration, an enemy. It should be treated as such, and kept at arm's length at best.
And if it's not too late to rebuild the bridges with our friends in Europe we should. Urgently.
Not just Carshalton..! Chalk Streams are rare and precious on a global scale. Pure and clean, they are wonderful habitats for all manner of wildlife, and the vast majority of them are in (southern) England.
It is our responsibility to the planet to look after them.
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Crossed fingers for you 🤞
Yes, but *we'll* need our aircraft carrier, Donny.
For when we bomb the White House... 🤬
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And now this anti-British rag is cheering on a Russian tool (well, just a tool, actually...) swanning off to sunny Florida to discuss matters with a fellow admirer of Putin.
(Didn't get Orange Donny to come to Clacton, did he?🤣)
I suppose a sudden, lethal, hurricane is too much to ask for?
"Labour's Chagos Islands surrender". Also known as 'the agreement negotiated by a Conservative government'.
Still, I suppose we all stopped expecting truth from the vile Daily Mail long ago.
I wonder how many Mail readers could even point to the islands in an atlas? 🤔🤣
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So, rather than have their leader chosen by a small cabal of murderous religious lunatics, the people of Iran might now have him personally selected by Donald Trump instead.
Isn't democracy a wonderful thing? 🤮
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For me, The Kinks' "Waterloo Sunset" might just be the best three-minute pop song ever written.
This glorious version features its composer, Ray Davies, and the Crouch End Festival Chorus.
Enjoy! ❤️
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The @greenparty.org.uk is the future, Reece. I'm convinced of it.
And I love that their latest MP is, in the most positive way possible, an ordinary person. A plumber, who felt she had to apologise to her customers because another job had come up! 😄👍
215,000 members! ✅✊
It seems I’m not alone in whom I’ve put my trust to take us forward out of the present mire.
#HopeNotHate
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I've already reposted this calm and reasonable response from @zackpolanski.bsky.social. But honestly...
Shabana Mahmood is a *Labour* MP. What happened? What has changed her, and what changed Labour?
I was once proud to be a member. Now I'm a Green. And I didn't leave Labour. They left me...
A brilliant letter from a Party leader who genuinely cares about the plight of humans struggling to make their lives even remotely palatable, to a Home Secretary who once shared the same sentiments.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social… I salute you!
Shabana Mahmood… what happened to you? 😱
Well done for bringing this to wider attention, Reece. And of course to @zackpolanski.bsky.social for being, like you, a concerned and compassionate human being!
Bravo both of you!
Or at least, move matches in the US to Canada and Mexico! 🤣👍🏻
(And publicly ask him to return his ridiculous FIFA peace Prize...)
