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Phil Truckel

@flippytrux.bsky.social

Writer, musician, retired Higher Education lecturer. Anti Brexit and opinionated socialist

949 Followers  |  323 Following  |  27 Posts  |  Joined: 14.11.2024  |  1.9028

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C’MON, MAKE THIS DEMONSTRATION HUGE!!

08.10.2025 08:03 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Instead of picking the pockets of pensioners #TaxTheRich

Instead of letting energy prices spiral out of control, renationalise our #Energy

07.10.2025 07:40 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

08.10.2025 02:14 β€” πŸ‘ 17391    πŸ” 9470    πŸ’¬ 901    πŸ“Œ 732
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Starmer faces cabinet revolt over Budget tax rises driving wealthy away β€˜The trouble is we have crossed a line in trying to encourage aspiration. The non-dom change and the VAT on school fees have sent the opposite message,’ minister tells The Independent

Starmer faces cabinet revolt over tax rises that could drive wealthy away. Ridiculous.

Capital gains, dividends taxed at lower rates than wages.

Poorest 20% pay higher proportion of income in tax than the richest 20%.

16m live in poverty. Millions rely on food banks.

End tax perks of the rich.

07.10.2025 14:23 β€” πŸ‘ 356    πŸ” 112    πŸ’¬ 37    πŸ“Œ 8

The vast majority of the UK is not against Jewish communities (as Kier Starmer implies) but so very many are against the Israeli governments’ genocidal actions.

Know the difference Kier and please act accordingly

07.10.2025 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Imagine if Trump and MAGA found out Jesus was from the Middle East and had olive brown skin. DO NOT SHARE THIS!!!!

04.10.2025 21:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1032    πŸ” 485    πŸ’¬ 83    πŸ“Œ 20
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"the PM has condemned plans for pro Palestinian marches"

The mainstream media never say these protests are also against our govts complicity in Israels genocide, do they? Because then we start to get nearer to the truth, that the PM is condemning marches that are critical of him

07.10.2025 06:20 β€” πŸ‘ 87    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

Seems sensible

07.10.2025 08:28 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

🚨 NEW: Rachel Reeves is considering increasing tax on bank profits.

The tax currently is 3%, it was previously 8% but the Tories lowered it in 2023. The move could raise Β£2bn

06.10.2025 09:42 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3
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Robert Jenrick complained of β€˜not seeing another white face’ in Birmingham neighbourhood Shadow justice secretary criticised for suggesting he could tell how integrated Handsworth was based on short visit

This is shocking racism from Jenrick and Badenoch should sack him immediately.

No further comment necessary.

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

06.10.2025 22:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1128    πŸ” 294    πŸ’¬ 112    πŸ“Œ 31
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Asylum hotel provider makes Β£180m profit despite claims of inedible food and rationed loo paper Asylum seekers and charities tell BBC of

Finally!!! The real scandal of the asylum hotels. Why, instead of shining the light on these parasites, months were spent on demonising vulnerable people at their mercy?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

07.10.2025 06:51 β€” πŸ‘ 432    πŸ” 194    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 8

Can you imagine if Russia attacked and seized a UK vessel in international waters & kidnapped the people on board, including UK citizens, and the only response from the UK govt was to say that's "a matter for the Russian govt".

No, me neither.

07.10.2025 06:10 β€” πŸ‘ 709    πŸ” 271    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 6

Once again, what's happening in Palestine isn't a war. It's an illegal occupation and genocide.

06.10.2025 17:30 β€” πŸ‘ 125    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 1
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Popular UK design show gives hempcrete a major global platform in season debut Grand Designs has served as a cultural barometer for architectural experimentation for decades.

FYI
Hemp is the future of housing

Whole-of-plant use
Carbon neutral
Fireproof
Environmentally friendly
3D printed houses/materials
Hemp is ideally suited to Australian conditions

CC: @JEChalmers @ClareONeilMP @CatherineKingMP @JulieCollinsMP
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#auspol
hemptoday.net/popular-uk-d...

07.10.2025 00:53 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Love this. Superbly done. Please send this far and wide. @donwinslow.bsky.social

06.10.2025 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 23245    πŸ” 14955    πŸ’¬ 794    πŸ“Œ 1046
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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 7
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This story is now big news all over the world... except in the UK.

03.10.2025 17:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1460    πŸ” 677    πŸ’¬ 40    πŸ“Œ 26

The highest electricity prices in the world, the highest train fares in Europe and rivers full of sewage. It's almost as if privatisation was fundamentally flawed.

03.10.2025 10:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1273    πŸ” 404    πŸ’¬ 46    πŸ“Œ 20

For too long, the UK press have bullied people, harassed grieving families, and destroyed lives, all to sell papers. It's time to hold them to account.

You can support the campaign to change the law by signing the petition hereπŸ‘‡πŸ™

you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...

02.10.2025 08:08 β€” πŸ‘ 418    πŸ” 156    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 4
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ENERGY COSTS!
And here we are shutting off solar power because the grid is so outdated that it can’t cope - and to solve the problem we switch to gas.

The country has been run by incompetent morons for far too long!

01.10.2025 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 4    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‘ 1972    πŸ” 758    πŸ’¬ 156    πŸ“Œ 92
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John Archer was the first Black man to hold senior public office in London when he was elected Mayor of Battersea in 1913.

Black History Month is about rediscovering our history, the stories of Londoners like John Archer and paying tribute to those who came before us.

01.10.2025 06:31 β€” πŸ‘ 343    πŸ” 79    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 9
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Please RT this so Donald Trump sees.

29.09.2025 08:21 β€” πŸ‘ 466    πŸ” 268    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 16
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Congrats to team Europe for winning the Ryder Cup. Historic and well deserved.

Our fans were disgraceful. An embarrassment to the US team and the game of golf.

No class, dignity or grace…just like their cult leader in the White House.

29.09.2025 02:26 β€” πŸ‘ 15523    πŸ” 4458    πŸ’¬ 1032    πŸ“Œ 412
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πŸ‘€ ⛳️ πŸŒοΈβ€β™‚οΈ πŸ† #RyderCup

29.09.2025 02:59 β€” πŸ‘ 19833    πŸ” 5052    πŸ’¬ 784    πŸ“Œ 611
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Leaving the ECHR won’t β€œTake Back Control” – it will hand your rights to politicians The myths are seductive, the reality is very different – without the ECHR your freedoms rest on whichever Home Secretary wakes up grumpy

β€œThe ECHR isn’t Brussels meddling. It’s the foundation that protects you from your own government.” πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘

27.09.2025 15:34 β€” πŸ‘ 469    πŸ” 177    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 7

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