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On a darkling plain. Movies, music, politics, tech, football, photos, outdoors. Pfp: me wearing a giant crown with an arrogant expression. Banner: a still from the 80s arcade game, Battle Zone.

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Now you've got me thinking

20.02.2026 17:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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These streets belong to us These streets belong to us. We strolled them with our newborn as the snow fell. And there, we walked in the cool summer evenings, watched our neighbours and wished them well. That park; we drank inโ€ฆ

I feel like this deserves digging up tonight wp.me/p2t1Av-3V

19.02.2026 23:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'd forgotten about her - now I'm going to have to look it up!

19.02.2026 21:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I remember a time when Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was cheered on in his sexual activities by the press who took great pleasure in referring to him as Randy Andy.

19.02.2026 21:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is what they mean when they say Streeting is Labour's most talented communicator: he says what they want to hear

18.02.2026 12:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

At its core the Labour Together scandal involves secret collaboration between them and our mainstream media to subvert the democratic process. I'm assuming that aspect of it will be ignored as the PM and his allies are monstered to oblivion over the coming days and weeks

17.02.2026 22:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I must have forgotten the Times' indignant story about "Labour activists paid for smears against their own MPs and members"

15.02.2026 12:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The lamps are going out - Wikipedia

When you think us losing is the equivalent to the UK entering WWI in national disaster terms en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_lam...

14.02.2026 11:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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UK signed deals with US firms that were clients of Mandelson lobbying company Clients of Global Counsel, co-founded by Mandelson, included OpenAI and Palantir, which have both signed deals with government

If Keir is really bothered about security risks he might wanna have a close look at all the deals Mandelson - no protector of any interests bar his own - got the UK to sign with water-draining, climate-destroying, hate-enabling firms & rip them up & start again www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

14.02.2026 10:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 37    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

sigh

11.02.2026 14:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10529    ๐Ÿ” 2579    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 82    ๐Ÿ“Œ 36

Either I'm having a stroke or he's toast

12.02.2026 17:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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UK signed deals with US firms that were clients of Mandelson lobbying company Clients of Global Counsel, co-founded by Mandelson, included OpenAI and Palantir, which have both signed deals with government

Rip them up and start again

10.02.2026 22:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 40    ๐Ÿ” 18    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A sign on a mesh fence reading "Plant and Pedestrian Interface"

A sign on a mesh fence reading "Plant and Pedestrian Interface"

The Triffids are back! But this time they're playing it clever...

12.02.2026 16:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just wait till they get to buffalo wings

11.02.2026 22:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Say what you like about the stupid dirty hippies but this time round, nobody has even had to explain to the public that this shit sucks. They can see it for themselves, without having to be told.

11.02.2026 12:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 61    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Exactly no (0) people go on the record to talk up this guy, and the people claiming heโ€™d be a nightmare for the Tories are *the actual Tories*, but youโ€™d be a cynic if you thought British journalism was basically a plot to mislead the public

10.02.2026 21:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 104    ๐Ÿ” 26    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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'Encounter No. 1', Docklands (1947) by Michael Ayrton

(Jerwood Collection)

11.02.2026 07:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 105    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

In Streetingโ€™s supposedly exonerating messages, heโ€™s still trying to get this guy a job with another paedophile connected Labour Lord

10.02.2026 17:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 154    ๐Ÿ” 68    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
A message from REDACTED school ending "thank you for your attention to this important matter" , just like Mr Trump does

A message from REDACTED school ending "thank you for your attention to this important matter" , just like Mr Trump does

Even school are trolling now

10.02.2026 18:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Zack Polanski pressures Wes Streeting over Palantir after Mandelson texts released ZACK Polanski has piled fresh pressure on Wes Streeting over Palantirโ€™s NHS contracts after the Health Secretaryโ€™s newly-released text messagesโ€ฆ

A ยฃ240m defence contract without tender.

Their fingerprints all over our health care data.

A meeting in the USA but without any minutes.

Everything around Palantir stinks.

www.thenational.scot/news/2584192...

10.02.2026 13:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1811    ๐Ÿ” 715    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 74    ๐Ÿ“Œ 47

bigger questions should be asked about his relationship with peter thiel - who is massively on the epstein files

10.02.2026 14:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This govt is as corrupt if not more so than any I can remember. And I can remember Boris Johnson.

10.02.2026 14:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Wes Streeting publishes messages with Peter Mandelson, revealing election fears and criticism of government The health secretary says he is publishing the messages "after a weekend of smear and innuendo that I have something to hide".

We met for dinner in company yearly. We exchanged messages every few months. Sometimes we ended those messages with a kiss. I've links to him going back decades. I knew him better than others my age in politics. I was in favour of his appointment. We're not close friends

www.bbc.com/news/article...

10.02.2026 14:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Okay, Iโ€™ve heard all the criticisms. I agree now that my plan to create a Jonestown on Mars was foolish and dangerous. I will instead be building a much more achievable Jonestown on the Moon

10.02.2026 01:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5322    ๐Ÿ” 740    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 83    ๐Ÿ“Œ 17

There isn't a time in my life when I knew who Peter Mandelson was and didn't know he was dodgy as fuck. I knew that when I was 14 years old.

09.02.2026 13:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 63    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I agree with anas sarwar that scotland needs independence now

09.02.2026 14:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

it really boils down to who do you hate more, rich sex abusers or the left, and Iโ€™m afraid that from Thatcher to Starmer weโ€™ve been run by people for whom the answer to that question is โ€œthe leftโ€

09.02.2026 15:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 485    ๐Ÿ” 169    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator 2 telling some bikers "I need your clothes, your boots and your motorcycle"

Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator 2 telling some bikers "I need your clothes, your boots and your motorcycle"

07.02.2026 09:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The PM thought Mandelson was *his* bastard so everything else was allowed and he's upset now that has turned out not to be the case.

06.02.2026 16:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

How can someone put forward with a straight face the idea that in 2026 the PM is shocked to find out that Peter Mandelson is untrustworthy, a malign influence on public life and interested in his own power and prestige to the exclusion of all else?

06.02.2026 16:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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