Ben Skipper

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I went to Mansfield, and look at me now.

Why are people surprised? He's always had the vibe of being a right 🐓.

From Remembrance to insignificance How we have abandoned the ethos of the Act of Remembrance.

As a veteran this nonsense turns me cold, so much so I've written about ( wait until you see my veteran commoditization piece). Hope you don't mind me posting the link in here. benskipper.substack.com/p/from-remem...

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Holy feck...

Thank you for your kind support Garrie. From one veteran to another, it's greatly appreciated.

A low one at that.

It's what our boys fought for.

Ditto. As I responded to someone who called me a lefty on Facebook yesterday, I'm also woke as f*ck too and a veteran. They then asked if I was gay. I told them I was flattered but wasn't and suggested they find someone with a fascist kink. They blocked me. Bloody snowflakes.

From Remembrance to insignificance How we have abandoned the ethos of the Act of Remembrance.

100%. You may be interested in an article I wrote about this. I hope you don't mind me sharing the link. benskipper.substack.com/p/from-remem...

Just remembered the nickname "village". I think the time is ripe for it's revival.

Mouth breathers the lot of em.

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Spent my evening running circles around Deform defenders on Facebook.

Qluite a few former colleagues don't bother with it, and I'm growing ever "meh" about it all as I get older.

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It's the Nottingham Clown Show. They also banned local press coverage for a while. I wonder why?

Wankers the lot of them.

My first Substack post will be out tomorrow, if you wish to have a read and give me a follow wander over to: open.substack.com/pub/benskipp...

Be interesting to see where the new youth vote will go. Thankfully it won't be Deform, who seems to neglect it in all their "projections".

Screams in horrified Pevsner.

I'm stunned. And not in a good way.

What fresh hell is this?

One of the Dowagers favourite sayings.

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There's always the Canadians.

Which is terrifying in itself. Perhaps the most terrifying of the whole film. Strong Killing Fields vibes.

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Heroes all!

And scarily.

It's almost prophetic isn't it?

I could write an entire Malcolm Barnardesque essay on this photograph. But I won't because sometimes a picture really does say it all.