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Retired PR & Communications specialist. Criminal justice, probation service & local government background. Lover of badminton, rock music and real ale!

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The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford

19.11.2025 12:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2930    ๐Ÿ” 1754    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 106    ๐Ÿ“Œ 135
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Ken Clarke, "Politically you can't rejoin the European Union at the moment it would cause its own nightmare, divisions and crisis"

"Brexit is doing damage to our economy"

"The time has come to rejoin the Customs Union and the EU Single Market would be a huge, huge advantage to us"

13.11.2025 00:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 408    ๐Ÿ” 126    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9

You never really hear of the things the government are getting done, the bills they have pushed through. Instead the media amplifies the errors 10x and spout continuous nonsense from certain individuals to whip up hatred. I try not to pay attention to news anymore.

12.11.2025 08:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Every labour leaders position is untenable when the Mail, Telegraph, Express, Times are endlessly opining against their every move. This and Robbie Gibbs coup at the BBC, is a concerted effort to move the country right. The Labour govt must grow a spine and resist. Bring in PR, sack Robbie Gibb.

12.11.2025 08:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 46    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Should Gibb be sacked? yes, obviously. He's an abomination of basic journalistic standards. His GB News channel spreads conspiracy theory & disinformation. His Jewish Chronicle newspaper spreads invented stories. He is plainly trying to undermine the BBC so it's as bad as everything else he touches.

10.11.2025 12:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2868    ๐Ÿ” 881    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 61    ๐Ÿ“Œ 20
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What he said Part 3: ๐Ÿ’ฏ ๐ŸŽฏ

03.11.2025 19:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24047    ๐Ÿ” 7046    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 545    ๐Ÿ“Œ 227
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Itโ€™s clear to anyone paying attention that Farage gets an easy ride from the media. They give him as much airtime as he wants but never hold him to account for the damage heโ€™s done.

So much of whatโ€™s broken in Britain is thanks to Nigel Farage.

03.11.2025 19:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1160    ๐Ÿ” 385    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 36    ๐Ÿ“Œ 17
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If you agree the govt should not strip away our right to protest, add your name

You might not agree with every protest you see, but these anti-protest laws could stop you having your say on anything from disability rights, employment rights or even your local library shutting.

The government must stop this attack on protest now. --> act.gp/43pAgnt

29.10.2025 10:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 172    ๐Ÿ” 62    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Warm Homes Plan

The Labour government has revealled early details of their Warm Homes Plan, to be launched soon.

It includes:

+ ยฃ13.2bn public investment

+ upgrades to 5m homes

+ lower bills & tackles fuel poverty

+ help with costs of solar, batteries, heat pumps, insulation

Excellent news!

29.10.2025 16:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 84    ๐Ÿ” 22    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you!

29.10.2025 20:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The racists are over-represented, get them off the TV.

29.10.2025 20:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 130    ๐Ÿ” 40    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Farage: epic grifter

27.10.2025 12:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7654    ๐Ÿ” 4236    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 212    ๐Ÿ“Œ 395
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Richard Gere helping Asylum Seekers, RT if he is a billion times the man Nigel Farage is.

27.10.2025 20:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 494    ๐Ÿ” 189    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

I am a volunteer at Stretford Public Hall . I am helping with the โ€˜New Rootsโ€™ project which is welcoming and working with asylum seekers in South Manchester. I am very pleased to be part of this group and the people I have met are friendly and gentle and just need to feel accepted and understood.

27.10.2025 21:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.

Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.

27.10.2025 11:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2073    ๐Ÿ” 1329    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 44    ๐Ÿ“Œ 65
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Have you noticed an abandoned or derelict Victorian building near you? ๐Ÿ“ฉ media@victoriansociety.org.uk for a chance for it to be featured in our Top 10 Endangered Buildings list 2026.
๐Ÿ˜๏ธ ๐Ÿญโ›ช in England & Wales only, built between 1837 - 1914. More here: bit.ly/4hybqrc

#heritage #endangeredbuildings

27.10.2025 11:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Save Arena Essex- Tell Google to search elsewhere!   Wedged between the Mar Dyke Valley and Lakeside Retail Park, the former Arena Essex Raceway is not your usual wildlife haven. Where once stock cars and speedway bikes lined up to cross the fini...

Google plans to bulldoze a wildlife haven in Essex โ€“ home to rare species โ€“ for a data centre. Sign the petition now to help save it before itโ€™s gone forever ๐Ÿ๐Ÿฆ‹ you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

19.10.2025 16:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Michelle Mone and Doug Barrowman owe ยฃ145m, their estimated wealth is ยฃ500m.

They should be arrested and kept in prison until they payup in full.

Just like any criminal who stole this much would be.

16.10.2025 13:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 340    ๐Ÿ” 111    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Excellent news, thank you

17.10.2025 11:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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An incredibly important third win in a row in our ongoing fight for the rights and dignities of trans people

17.10.2025 11:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 259    ๐Ÿ” 66    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
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a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a mountain with the word boom written in white letters ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a mountain with the word boom written in white letters

Can you imagine the boost it would give to the UK economy if Reeves announced during the Budget that we were applying to rejoin the Single Market !!!!
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ

16.10.2025 11:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 127    ๐Ÿ” 38    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

โ€œThere is no doubting that the impact of Brexit is severe and long lastingโ€ says Chancellor Rachel Reeves

But our genius Chancellor will not rejoin the single market and deal with this Brexit impact?

15.10.2025 16:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 32    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Sky News, "If the government agrees, with everyone from the Bank of England, to the OBR, to their own treasury research, that Brexit is a drag on economic growth"

"And that Labour's number one priority is that very growth itself"

"Why not do something about it?"

#RejoinEU

15.10.2025 20:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 415    ๐Ÿ” 125    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

Great news that they have taken it down now, but for those who have suffered as a result of this initial ruling it must have been traumatic

16.10.2025 10:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Kemi Badenoch blames those crossing borders for our problems. Itโ€™s a lie aimed to distract.

The real issue is a system protecting the super-rich while nurses & carers canโ€™t make ends meet. Tax wealth fairly, fund public services properly. This is how we give Britain hope again.

08.10.2025 12:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2820    ๐Ÿ” 828    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 83    ๐Ÿ“Œ 29

We flounced out of the EU on the say-so of politicians who lied to us. And what a total shitshow thatโ€™s turned out to be. The polar opposite of what they promised. Now the call to flounce out of the ECHR. By the same people. Telling the same lies. Has the country been kicked in the head by a horse?

05.10.2025 07:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5146    ๐Ÿ” 1756    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 272    ๐Ÿ“Œ 73
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London is, and always will be, a place for everyone.

A city where people of all backgrounds live side-by-side, and where our differences are not just tolerated, but celebrated.

25.09.2025 15:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 492    ๐Ÿ” 104    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 17

Surely the simplist way to show the cruelty of Farage's latest 'plan' is to humanise the people it will affect? A video with nurses, carers, mums, dads, kids, people we know and live with and stamp the word *deported* on their images as they appear. They are your neighbours, colleagues, family....

22.09.2025 16:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 69    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Ed Davey, "Who was it who campaigned to rip up 27 return agreements, where, in the EU, the UK could legally and fairly return asylum seekers who had no right to be here"

"Yes it was Boris Johnson and the Conservatives, but it was also Nigel Farage"

23.09.2025 16:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 422    ๐Ÿ” 173    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
Screenshot of George Monbiot article citing "innovative new outlets" in local journalism

Screenshot of George Monbiot article citing "innovative new outlets" in local journalism

We were delighted to be mentioned in this powerful Guardian article by George Monbiot about the state of British journalism. โ€œYou cannot speak truth to power if power controls your wordsโ€ฆ but perhaps the ground is shifting.โ€ #wearealltheclarion www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

22.09.2025 14:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 106    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

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