Philip O'Connor

Philip O'Connor

@philipoconnor5.bsky.social

Irishman living in Bath, England. European. Like travelling, meeting people, books, ideas.

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2 weeks ago

Excellent thread

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Photo of Yusuf at a lectern saying “shadow Home Secretary” (Wot?)

Reform's plan for a 'British ICE' combines cruelty with stupidity Project forward to 2036 under a majority Reform government and the picture darkens further. Britain would be smaller, older and whiter; more isolated from Europe; paradoxically, more vulnerable to foreign interterence and less able to fund its own defence.
The welfare state would shrink to a skeleton. Charity would fill the gaps.
Flags would proliferate; rights would not. The police and courts would be politicised. The BBC could disappear.
The NHS would survive only as a minimal safety net. Protections against discrimination would erode - you might indeed be sacked for being disabled.
Migrants and even their British-born children could find their rights curtailed unless they were deemed to
"contribute" sufficiently. Meanwhile, the wealthiest would enjoy a generous, low-tax regime.

“Rarely has a British political party unveiled a programme that combines cruelty with impracticality on such an extravagant scale.”

Chilling on Reform’s increasingly confident fascism. High on viciousness and greed. Very low on wisdom. A ruinous combination.
www.independent.co.uk/voices/zia-y...

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2 weeks ago

BREAKING: Richard Tice is to announce Reform UK's plans to introduce a "Great Repeal Bill" that will scrap Labour's Employment Rights' Act and rent reforms

JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM

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2 weeks ago

Reform UK has today unveiled Donald Trump-style ICE plans.

In the meantime UK news shows continue to fail to call out Reform UK leader Nigel Farage’s completely untrue claims.

If UK media can’t get the job done let’s do it ourselves
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

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2 weeks ago

And who paid for this stupid and wholly self indulgent trip? I think we can be sure, based on previous form, that it won't have been himself. And, will he declare it?

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Brave police officer defends
Christian preacher after being...
7 hours ago - A brave female police officer has
faced down a crowd claiming she was in a
"Muslim area" after she defended a Christian

Anyone know why GB News deleted this "story"

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When oligarchs talk of “personal liberties and free markets” they mean their own liberties to become even richer and more powerful.

When oligarchs speak of “freedom,” what they actually seek is freedom from accountability.

Know the truth.

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People in Clacton are calling Nigel Farage:

Nigel Mirage.

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🤣

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Here I am having a holiday while lying about the government stopping me going to the Chagos Islands, where nobody can go without a permit. Still, who needs facts when your followers are thick and gullible?

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Of course, the irony of Trump’s post about us needing to send a “hospital boat” to Greenland was that it only emphasized the point that we, in fact, do not have any hospital ships in service right now that are available, while Greenlanders have free universal health care.

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We are the laughingstock of the world because of our moronic and psychotic president. Deservedly so.

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I can answer this one. The president of the United States is dangerously psychotic and no one in his political party will say it, nor will 95% of American media.

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In case you missed it:

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Where Farage is concerned, it would appear that Clacton, much like taxes, is for the little people.

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Why are the Sunday morning politics shows not calling out these untrue claims from Reform UK leader Nigel Farage? How hard can this be?

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2 weeks ago

I am always wary of comparisons across many decades, and across very different circumstances. But, to equate either Johnson or Farage with Churchill strikes me as a travesty. Of course Churchill was a deeply flawed individual.

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😂

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Working with the fantastic Governor of Louisiana, Jeff
Landry, we are going to send a great hospital boat to
Greenland to take care of the many people who are
sick, and not being taken care of there. It's on the way!!!
President DJT

Healthcare in Greenland is publicly funded, free at the point of use, and despite geographical challenges considered very good.

Healthcare costs in the USA are extortionate and responsible for 60% of all US bankruptcies.

So maybe Denmark should be sending hospital ships the other way.

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2 weeks ago

I realise that it is not a universally popular view, but I think that we are fortunate to have Keir Starmer as our Prime Minister in these somewhat unpredictable and volatile times. Any of the current alternatives could be disastrous.

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Remember back in the day when Congress used to be in charge of appropriations?

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3 weeks ago

It costing tax payers £63 million to feed Farage's ego.

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3 weeks ago

🤣

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3 weeks ago
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Good thing Fox doesn’t do this.

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If you want to know what Reform would be like in power, look at how it threatened Bangor University | Gaby Hinsliff A debating society didn’t want to invite two figures connected to the party to speak. Cue an authoritarian response, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

Bereft of ideas, UK Far Right copy the US to manufacture ‘free speech’ culture wars focused on unis. They target unis not because of their rich recruitment potential (they aren’t) but because we teach critical skills that easily undermine their divisive claims. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Please be careful in London. I have spent 25 years there, but I have never heard a story as frightening as this one from today in which nothing at all happened.

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3 weeks ago

😂

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Karoline Leavitt Slammed Over Her Alarming Comments About The U.S. Constitution

We should all be concerned.

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1 month ago

This is really disgraceful.

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1 month ago

I’ve watched a lot of congressional hearings over the last 40 years. This performance by Bondi is the single most unprofessional, non-responsive, reprehensible and obnoxious I have ever seen from any witness who has testified before any committee of either chamber.

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