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Scotland's answer to some question nobody was in much of a hurry to ask. Canal photography enthusiast.

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I'll bite. What is the benefit we gain from politicians being able to 'thoughtfully' say in private 'blacks, British Bangladeshis, British Pakistanis, British Indians, mulattos....all the same, and clearly from the look of them not-integrated?'

07.10.2025 15:11 β€” πŸ‘ 236    πŸ” 62    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 2

β€˜Mounting concerns’ πŸ‘€

07.10.2025 12:20 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

imagining the cleaning lady standing in shock as all seventeen fall one after the other through the door of a cupboard which could surely never have contained them in the first place

07.10.2025 09:05 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

'All Terrain'. Is it fuck.

06.10.2025 19:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

SΓ©bastian Lecornu taught me it was okay to be weird

06.10.2025 07:55 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

come on, you can't expect people to know what Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride looks like

06.10.2025 19:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The Portland frog backing down an army of jackboots

The Portland frog backing down an army of jackboots

When your custom character appears in a cut scene

06.10.2025 17:06 β€” πŸ‘ 8457    πŸ” 1461    πŸ’¬ 56    πŸ“Œ 83

That's real Britain.

06.10.2025 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 64    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s happened again

06.10.2025 08:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2264    πŸ” 502    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 15
Good vibes and making friends: Is queuing the new cool thing to do?

Good vibes and making friends: Is queuing the new cool thing to do?

first time back manning the BBC News app after my moderately severe head injury

05.10.2025 10:57 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

fame is a gun. sympathy is a knife. curiosity is a lead pipe. schadenfreude is-

05.10.2025 09:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Screen Violence is a cracker, I'm going to listen to that today

05.10.2025 08:43 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In my feed, this video is next to Kemi Badenoch's promise to create a UK version of ICE.

04.10.2025 21:10 β€” πŸ‘ 169    πŸ” 69    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 2

'UK keeps Brits in dark' is an endearingly bizarre turn of phrase

04.10.2025 21:19 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It is a joint statement from the Board of Deputies and the JLC. Its sad something like this needed to be said on the first Sabbath after Thursday but many people from every faith & none will be glad to see the clarity with which this longstanding position has been reiterated, and so can amplify it

04.10.2025 20:40 β€” πŸ‘ 195    πŸ” 53    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3

Notable how far France is ahead of the UK on this stuff

04.10.2025 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 247    πŸ” 54    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 2

looking at the polling I'm not convinced this one is true

04.10.2025 09:03 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This Israeli government decision to host Tommy Robinson will widen the growing gulf between the Netanyahu government and the British public, including the broad majority of Jews in Britain (3/4 of whom dsapproved of Netanyahu, before this new link to this anti-Muslim racist UK far right convict).

03.10.2025 16:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1410    πŸ” 622    πŸ’¬ 154    πŸ“Œ 293

"nearly all 12 apostles". Cowards. Let me chat with AI Judas.

03.10.2025 12:07 β€” πŸ‘ 197    πŸ” 47    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 2

Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment

03.10.2025 11:02 β€” πŸ‘ 16565    πŸ” 2612    πŸ’¬ 407    πŸ“Œ 106

I think acx might work

03.10.2025 08:28 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

and you would also assume that the age profile of Reform voters is quite helpful for council by-elections

03.10.2025 06:40 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

if they're getting non-voters to turn out, presumably that implies that the position might be worse than it seems in opinion polls that weight according to standard turnout expectations?

03.10.2025 06:19 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Six years ago, almost to the day, Apple removing a similar app from the Hong Kong App Store was seen as such a breach that Tim Cook wrote an all staff email to defend it www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

03.10.2025 05:52 β€” πŸ‘ 356    πŸ” 165    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 10

I was prepared for the future to be awful, I was not prepared for the future to be this stupid

02.10.2025 21:51 β€” πŸ‘ 55    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

every story about the Riyadh Comedy Festival sounds like the premise of a sketch

02.10.2025 21:50 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

anyone posting an article with the subheading 'if you wish to see a virgin on screen, this is one of your better options' should have a tactical unit rappelling through their window to seize their hard drive within minutes

02.10.2025 21:03 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

the social media platform that the nation's politicians and journalists overwhelmingly continue to use:

02.10.2025 18:57 β€” πŸ‘ 120    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

yeah sorry about that

02.10.2025 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

oh yeah, she's awful but Jenrick would very likely be worse - both are emblematic of the utter hollowing out of the party

02.10.2025 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

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