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Dave Rackliff

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Film geek, metal fan, Swindon Town FC fan, Yeovil Walking football player, Worcester Warriors rugby union. Royal Navy veteran. Oh, and beer, always beer. He/him

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In the past, sometimes presidents have said it’s just a military operation or limited airstrikes to skirt Congress. Trump has unilaterally launched major combat operations, declaring war with the goal of regime change. A major violation of the U.S. Constitution, also illegal under international law

28.02.2026 08:46 β€” πŸ‘ 6111    πŸ” 2072    πŸ’¬ 228    πŸ“Œ 161
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THIS.

28.02.2026 12:21 β€” πŸ‘ 25478    πŸ” 10577    πŸ’¬ 953    πŸ“Œ 559
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BREAKING: Ed Davey responds to the ongoing situation in the Middle East

28.02.2026 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 702    πŸ” 151    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 2
A tweet from 10/09/12 from trump --Now that Obama's poll numbers are in tailspin - watch for him to launch a strike in Libya or Iran. He is desperate. 

There's always a tweet (from @mmpadellan on X)

A tweet from 10/09/12 from trump --Now that Obama's poll numbers are in tailspin - watch for him to launch a strike in Libya or Iran. He is desperate. There's always a tweet (from @mmpadellan on X)

28.02.2026 14:25 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œI have in my hand a piece of paper….”

28.02.2026 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The real threat to democracy doesn't come from 'family voting'. It comes from the losing side refusing go accept they've lost

28.02.2026 11:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3139    πŸ” 794    πŸ’¬ 279    πŸ“Œ 125

The problem with the war in Iraq was that George Bush was an idiot. With the Iran situation, we've got... [checks notes]... oh jesus christ

28.02.2026 14:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1580    πŸ” 278    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 5

Farage and Badenoch say we should be helping the US and Israel in their attack on Iran, despite it being a blatant violation of international law.

Waiting for a UK journalist to ask them both: β€œWhat do you intend to do about the Iranian refugees who will soon be arriving on small boats?”

28.02.2026 13:14 β€” πŸ‘ 81    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 3

Well, of course, there is also Putin, not to mention the man who says he admires Putin more than any other leader: Farage

28.02.2026 13:25 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a cartoon character says i 'm shocked ALT: a cartoon character says i 'm shocked

Don't worry folks, I'll put in a call to the Board of Peace to sort things out.

Let me just check who's on that board.

Wait, what?

28.02.2026 09:58 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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"I think that sort of barbarity is not something that is true to British values, and so we will oppose that."

@EdDavey.LibDems.org.uk on Reform UK's plans for a Trump-style ICE force in the UK

28.02.2026 09:30 β€” πŸ‘ 104    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
Front page of the daily email with headline 

Police urged to probe Family voting fraud in sectarian by election
Farage demands action after poll monitors raised the alarm
Starmer reeling yet again as a Rayner leads calls to lurch left
Kimmy says labour was bitten by monster of mass harvesting of Muslim votes

Front page of the daily email with headline Police urged to probe Family voting fraud in sectarian by election Farage demands action after poll monitors raised the alarm Starmer reeling yet again as a Rayner leads calls to lurch left Kimmy says labour was bitten by monster of mass harvesting of Muslim votes

Very normal reaction to β€œBritish people voting for parties whose policies they prefer”. RATTLED

28.02.2026 09:27 β€” πŸ‘ 386    πŸ” 69    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 28

If Reform had won, Labour's statement would be that this result is a stark reminder we need to listen and learn from voters who rightly feel betrayed by modern politics.

But the Greens won by a comfortable margin, so it's: these voters are stupid and also sinister and, ugh, Muslims

28.02.2026 09:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2164    πŸ” 602    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 8

I thought Starmer's statement this morning was a disaster. Pretending that the Greens are as bad as Reform, jUsT oN tHe LeFt, is an idiotic strategy for attracting back voters that clearly like what GPEW has to say.

27.02.2026 19:07 β€” πŸ‘ 483    πŸ” 68    πŸ’¬ 41    πŸ“Œ 4
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⚠️ SHUT UP: Everything is β€œFine,” Say Billionaires.

#BrokenNews

28.02.2026 09:37 β€” πŸ‘ 160    πŸ” 77    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 7
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28.02.2026 09:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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28.02.2026 09:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s just the beginning of the attack pieces on her and the Greens. This will only increase over the next few years.

28.02.2026 08:40 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image "At home, a lot of girls dress the same way.
It's boring. I pretty much dress like this all
the time. People always get a shock when I
turn up to their door to fix something. I work
with lots of fortysomething men and they
probably just think I'm a bit weird."

"At home, a lot of girls dress the same way. It's boring. I pretty much dress like this all the time. People always get a shock when I turn up to their door to fix something. I work with lots of fortysomething men and they probably just think I'm a bit weird."

Trope doing rounds in Reform circles that Hannah Spencer is a "fake plumber" because those people can't imagine that a Green politician might be anything other than the sum of their horrid prejudices.

If it were a lie she'd have been playing the longest of long games... because here she is in 2013.

28.02.2026 08:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1168    πŸ” 254    πŸ’¬ 79    πŸ“Œ 17

Im no fan of Iran (an awful regime ruling over mainly lovely people) but it is less of a threat to world peace right now than the United States and Israel.

28.02.2026 08:37 β€” πŸ‘ 4033    πŸ” 851    πŸ’¬ 154    πŸ“Œ 45

β€œmissiles that can now threaten our very good friends and allies in Europe,”

Wild that the Iranians have a missile that can only hit Hungary and Slovakia.

28.02.2026 08:19 β€” πŸ‘ 219    πŸ” 53    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 1

We’ve bombed Iran. And dismantled our joint terrorism task force. And sent a third of the FBI to help ICE. And gutted the National Security Council. And a drunk guy is in charge at the pentagon. And our intelligence allies probably won’t share intel with us. Because people couldn’t vote for a woman.

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The arsenal of freedom for the war for peace. What a fucking world.

28.02.2026 08:35 β€” πŸ‘ 169    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 4

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28.02.2026 08:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I keep being told by Labour supporters that Starmer is not right wing and not trying to mimic Reform policies on immigration and race….but here we are, he almost exactly copies Goodwin and Farage’s words.

27.02.2026 19:08 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Green Party's Zack Polanski and Hannah Spencer hold news conference following by-election victory YouTube video by Sky News

πŸŽ‰ Congratulations Hannah Spencer MP.

πŸ‘‰πŸΌ Here's what happens next:

www.youtube.com/live/mvz5Sw6...

27.02.2026 16:51 β€” πŸ‘ 872    πŸ” 179    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 7
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Reform said their agenda was not about division... now the mask has slipped As the results of the Gorton and Denton by-election were announced we got a glimpse of what Reform really thought about the people whose votes they had been trying to win, writes Damon Wilkinson

Reform tried to convince people their agenda was not about division, now the mask has slipped

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...

27.02.2026 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 87    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

Maybe part of it is that the average person feels it’s very difficult to get into the politics business without having that private school education or money backing. Again, a product of our system.

27.02.2026 14:37 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hannah Spencer: the Green MP speaking to everyday people’s frustrations Winner of Gorton and Denton byelection was driven into politics by growing gap between super-rich and the β€˜rest of us’

The small, brave band of MPs who represent the trampled, not the tramplers, has a very welcome new member.

We should all ask ourselves why, in a supposed democracy, such representatives are so rare.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

27.02.2026 13:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2007    πŸ” 486    πŸ’¬ 49    πŸ“Œ 16

Once again Reform engaging in the Trumpism approach. Lose an election and accuse of vote rigging. The fact they campaign heavily on β€œBritish Christianity” makes a mockery of their sectarianism claims.

27.02.2026 10:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0