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Former Head of MFL Faculty. Balham born and bred. Like French New Wave cinema, sports, music, comedy, theatre, retro items, vintage lighting, mid-century, architecture, fine arts, cooking, travel and a bit of politics. Francophone and Europhile.

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Scum.

17.10.2025 10:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I seem to remember that the ventilator expert was a woman from Scotland but can’t recall her name.

16.10.2025 09:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wasn’t the ventilator woman from Scotland, James. Sorry can’t remember her name.

16.10.2025 09:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The time when Britain First met Vladimir Putin* The far-right has long flirted with Russia

πŸ”΄ NEW - At the same time that Nathan Gill was taking Russian bribes, the British far-right was travelling regularly to Moscow.

Paul Golding even met β€œVladimir Putin”…

15.10.2025 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 144    πŸ” 87    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2

Holden is a figure of fun. Parachuted into a safe Tory seat and only just scraping enough votes, he’s always on the lookout for a gotcha moment and fails miserably every time. He’s a sad and painful reminder of that talentless 2019 intake under Liar Johnson.

15.10.2025 18:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well, I never. Wonders never cease.

15.10.2025 18:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Holden is a figure of fun. Parachuted into a safe Tory seat and only just scraping enough votes, he’s always on the lookout for a gotcha moment and fails miserably every time. He’s a sad and painful reminder of that talentless 2019 intake under Liar Johnson.

15.10.2025 14:34 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Roooooney!!!

15.10.2025 14:33 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny Insiders have told Byline Times, it is 'inconceivable' the Reform Leader did not know about his close aide's pro Russian statements

β€œHere Farage is, in Gill’s office, with Voloshyn’s wife Nadia, on the day Gill makes an intervention on behalf of Medvedchuk’s channels, with an employee of one of those channels, whose husband started bribing Gill to make these statements 6 days earlier”

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...

11.10.2025 09:56 β€” πŸ‘ 920    πŸ” 579    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 56

Number of deportations the ECHR have actually blocked since 1980 - 13 (THIRTEEN).

Please remember this next time some grifting populist claims us leaving the ECHR (and sacrificing the rights it gives us in the process) will allow us to β€˜control our borders’.

11.10.2025 11:23 β€” πŸ‘ 200    πŸ” 72    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1

For the kids at the back of the class:
The DOJ is supposed to independently investigate crimes and hold the perpetrators responsible
It is NOT supposed to respond to unhinged accidental tweets from a demented felon by taking people from his "enemies" list and trying pin crimes on them

09.10.2025 21:31 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Nigel Farage accuses teachers of "poisoning our kids" on race issues.

Here's a reminder of what teachers and fellow pupils at Farage's own school remember of his own views on that subject.

www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...

09.10.2025 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1417    πŸ” 712    πŸ’¬ 55    πŸ“Œ 25
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JP Morgan boss Jamie Dimon sounds warning on US stock market fall Dimon said he was

Read the 8th paragraph
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

09.10.2025 06:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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JP Morgan boss Jamie Dimon sounds warning on US stock market fall Dimon said he was

You have to go to the 8th paragraph to get the good news:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

09.10.2025 06:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Watching it now, Matt.

08.10.2025 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No surprise that his constituency of Newark is an anagram of Wanker.

07.10.2025 07:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Reform's Russian 'asset' - the Kremlin shadow over Nigel Farage | Searchlight Nathan Gill - Russian asset On 26 September, former Welsh Brexit Party MEP and Reform UK official Nathan Gill pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to eight coun ...

β€œThis is most definitely not a fringe political scandal. It is a direct admission that Russian-aligned money penetrated Farage’s immediate orbit during a pivotal chapter in Brexit.”

07.10.2025 07:50 β€” πŸ‘ 191    πŸ” 86    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 6

He’s right.

06.10.2025 09:42 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh please. Deluded doesn’t even come close.

06.10.2025 09:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Next, please.

06.10.2025 09:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@mrjamesob.bsky.social
Didn’t realise that Mel Stride was a β€œSir” as reported on the LBC News headlines at 10am.

06.10.2025 09:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Can’t be true, she never makes gaffes.

03.10.2025 08:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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@kamalaharris.com

02.10.2025 15:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Starmer to end asylum β€˜golden ticket’ of resettlement and family reunion rights People granted asylum will have to earn right to invite family in plan charities call β€˜straight from populist playbook’

Labour has a chance now to turn a corner and win support from people who want it to succeed. Or it can continue with this type of vicious populist filth and alienate everyone. It's your call guys.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

02.10.2025 06:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1118    πŸ” 299    πŸ’¬ 92    πŸ“Œ 22

It’ll be a long wait.

01.10.2025 21:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Does General Kurtz now run it?

01.10.2025 08:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œI would gently point out to Nigel Farage that before we left the EU we had a returns agreement with every country in the EU. He told the country it would make no difference if we left. He was wrong about that. These are Farage boats in many senses coming across the channel” πŸ‘

PM Keir Starmer

01.10.2025 07:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1973    πŸ” 757    πŸ’¬ 156    πŸ“Œ 92
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No new Β£2,000 fine for unmarried couples who don’t declare their status – Full Fact Videos circulating on social media claim you need to tell the government if you’ve been living with your partner for more than a year, or you’ll face a Β£2,000 fine. But this isn’t true.

We’ve spotted several videos circulating online that claim if you’ve been living with your partner for more than 12 months you need to register your relationship with the government, or you’ll face a Β£2,000 fine.

But HMRC has said this isn’t true.

01.10.2025 08:01 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3

Maybe call it, "Celebrate Our Community Day". I know many have individual events but if we could coordinate it and categorise it under the umbrella of a national pride celebration then it would get national interest and exposure.

30.09.2025 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@sarahowen.org.uk
Hi Sarah, how about devoting one day a year where every village, town or city has the opportunity to shows itself off? A chance to show pride in our community and in our country. It'll certainly steal a march and take the wind out of Reform's sails.

30.09.2025 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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