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@stevebotham.bsky.social

Retired professional, not seeking a woman to hasten me to my grave. Have three cats. Live in Coventry U.K. Coventry City fan. #PUSB. Like most sports. Socialist but not loony. #Returner Hate fascism & fascists whichever cloak they hide behind. No DMs

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He has not got even a basic grasp of economics. For less wealthy people a rise in cost of essential items can result in something else being given up. Within poverty a choice between eating and heating, for example, is a real dilemma.

18.02.2026 00:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Has he been vetted? He could be a security risk for all we know.

18.02.2026 00:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And reciprocal actions by Israel.

16.02.2026 01:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Senile.

16.02.2026 01:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It might also wish to have clean air instead of removing controls.

16.02.2026 01:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#LawBreakers this paper isnโ€™t good with the facts. But it is distorting the truth here - U.K. officials broke the law and the U.K. taxpayer gets to pay for it.

16.02.2026 01:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€ฆ.and the judges, and opposition politicians, and intellectuals, and trade unionists, and โ€ฆ. Well thatโ€™s how it goes according to the Nazi playbook. #FascistTrump&GOP.

12.02.2026 18:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

#Ratcliffe. #ManU. So ManU effectively stand by Ratcliffes racist remarks. So ManU also behaves as a racist organisation. I should imagine millions of their โ€˜fansโ€™ will be very disappointed and that the FA could well sanction the club.

12.02.2026 16:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

#Ratcliffe thatโ€™s no apology! So you failed to pick the correct vocabulary, but you donโ€™t apologise for the views, nor the wildly incorrect statistics. Sorry - nowhere near good enough. Hand back your gongs, resign from ManU (fit and proper person?) and frankly go and stay in Monaco. #Unwelcome

12.02.2026 13:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Or the DOJ is lying.

12.02.2026 09:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Police state. Maybe thatโ€™s why republicans are so sure of their future. The mid terms may not happen or at least not as expected.

12.02.2026 09:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Corrupt.

12.02.2026 09:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Jamie Raskin accuses DoJ of cover-up after viewing unredacted Epstein files Ranking member of House judiciary panel said โ€˜mysterious redactionsโ€™ in files obscured names of abusers

In the least shocking news ever, the DOJ illegally redacted Trump's name from manyEpstein files. [And of course that doesn't count the ones they just didn't release because they are about Trump]

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

10.02.2026 13:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3648    ๐Ÿ” 1126    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 111    ๐Ÿ“Œ 46

That really depends on the intent of the FBI.

10.02.2026 23:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hasnโ€™t he been a busy boy.

10.02.2026 23:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Reflect on 1930โ€™s Germany to understand how dangerous apathy is.

10.02.2026 23:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What an arse!

10.02.2026 23:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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@deadder.bsky.social has so many great cartoons:

10.02.2026 19:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12588    ๐Ÿ” 3428    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 169    ๐Ÿ“Œ 100

ICE recruitment pool disclosed. No wonder they wear masks.

10.02.2026 23:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The same people who tell us โ€œoh, dear boy, you donโ€™t understandโ€ when reassuring us about Palantir embedding itself in the British state were almost exactly the same people who told us Russian interference, Cambridge Analytica and phone hacking were just โ€˜conspiracy theoriesโ€™

10.02.2026 23:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 853    ๐Ÿ” 333    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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FDA refuses to review Modernaโ€™s application for mRNA flu vaccine, company says | CNN The US Food and Drug Administration has refused to accept an application from Moderna to review its first mRNA seasonal flu vaccine, the company said Tuesday, in another setback for the technology tha...

www.cnn.com/2026/02/10/h.... So US antivaxers have their way in blocking new flu vaccine. It seems that the views of Lord Trump weigh heavier than cold science. We can confidently expect a massive growth in numbers of flat earthers in Trumpโ€™s kingdom.

10.02.2026 23:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

#Epstein #BrexitFraud. So the papers are filling in the gaps in the illegal funding of Brexit. So far the conspirators seem to get near the steps of the White House.

Thereโ€™s Russian money And involvement of US citizens close to both Johnson and Farage. Why is the Met holding back on traitors?

10.02.2026 02:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So the Met are investigating a crime from several years ago something they said they didnโ€™t do under the tories. Why is that?

07.02.2026 00:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sounds like organised election rigging.

06.02.2026 22:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

#Farage given this outright racism by your friend #Trump has not been condemned by you, the only reasonable assumption is that it also reflects your views. That being so, when will you resign your seat and withdraw from front line politics.

06.02.2026 22:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This is seriously bad in the USA. Not for the first time history from the #Nazis in Germany seems to be repeating itself. #Trump #Fascism

06.02.2026 22:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

#Voterdata. #Farage, friend of #Trump and #Epstein, is trying to collate voter information in the U.K. The Republicans are trying to do the same Kim the US. A judge has stopped them and it seems the basis is that he does not believe their claims and evidences this by reference to a Bondi letter.

06.02.2026 22:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Where are the calls for BadEnoch to go given her poor choice of Tory friends who have now defected to Farage / a pal of Trump who is so heavily linked to Epstein. Her judgement is appalling.

05.02.2026 18:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes but the Tory/Reform press are jumping on Starmer because he believed a known โ€˜bad eggโ€™ - heโ€™d been sacked twice before. I think the choice was made because he got on with Trump / who appears hundreds of times more in the Epstein revelations (and that excludes the redacted documents).

05.02.2026 18:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wow. Sounds like a very party political decision rather than a business one. I guess it will reinforce MAGA readership and lose readers who can think for themselves. I guess some of the commentary will be replaced by badly drawn cartoons.

05.02.2026 01:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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