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Pascal Jacquemain

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French citizen in Brexitlandia. Married to a Brit, 2 great daughters. Left of centre. Dislike the right. SQL specialist

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BBC presenter quits one of TV’s best-loved game shows ‘It’s time to let someone else have a go,’ presenter said

House of Games host Richard Osman quits BBC show | The Independent share.google/9Qepfc0WkTwH...

04.03.2026 10:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Labour to scrap government power over elections watchdog amid fears of abuse MPs and campaigners had warned law imposed by Tories could be used by future leaders to ‘undermine democracy’

Labour to scrap government power over elections watchdog amid fears of abuse | Electoral Commission | The Guardian share.google/iDCxk4xsEnWC...

04.03.2026 09:52 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Crazy thing... in the 2010s, I think, one of those free-to-air evangelical channels in the UK repeated a programme by a diseased preacher who was adamant Jesus would return in 2000.

04.03.2026 09:37 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Mahmood to stop study visas from four countries due to 'abuse' The government will end study visas from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan, due to what she says is abuse.

Si ce n'est toi, c'est donc ton frère.

Darth Vader Mahmood to stop study visas from four countries due to 'abuse'

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

04.03.2026 09:34 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Universe-sized brain Lord Wolfson says Keir Starmer was wrong not to reply "how high" when Donald Trump told him to jump.

Who am I to disagree?

<sarc>

04.03.2026 08:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Democrats reject ‘ridiculous’ GOP demand to fund DHS after Iran attack Republicans argue that the nation is at greater risk as Middle East tensions explode.

No sign of Democratic surrender on DHS funding after Iran strikes - POLITICO share.google/euBt2Z3a07cO...

04.03.2026 08:50 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

If this has anything to do with my 'research' into the effectiveness of the company's profanity / swearing filter when editing the first name on a Clubcard account, then I sincerely apologise. No harm was intended.

04.03.2026 08:23 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Simon Harris (@simonharris_mbd) on Threads AN APOLOGY - I double-checked again earlier and it does seem that Tesco have now stopped their handheld scanners from displaying first names after ‘Hello.’ If this has anything to do with my ‘researc...

From Simon Harris MBD

AN APOLOGY - I double-checked again earlier and it does seem that Tesco have now stopped their handheld scanners from displaying first names after 'Hello.'

www.threads.com/@simonharris...

04.03.2026 08:23 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Meanwhile over half Reform supporters want non white foreign born non British citizens who reside in the UK, which includes the above, to be deported.

04.03.2026 08:12 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Does anyone remember that during the Brexit campaign, one of Nigel Farage’s arguments for leaving the European Union was to allow the UK to adopt a fairer immigration system for Commonwealth citizens?

Now he’s saying they shouldn’t be allowed to vote proving yet again the sort of country he wants.

03.03.2026 17:38 — 👍 1172    🔁 367    💬 64    📌 10
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Bottles of water thrown away by South East Water in Tonbridge South East Water says the water was from bottled water stations or returned by customers.

Bottles of water thrown away by South East Water in Tonbridge - BBC News share.google/74mVM8qGVAAK...

04.03.2026 08:09 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 3    📌 0
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DoJ renews fight against law firms that stood up to Trump in abrupt reversal Move comes day after department said it would drop fight against law firms that stood up to Trump’s executive orders

DoJ renews fight against law firms that stood up to Trump in abrupt reversal | Trump administration | The Guardian share.google/Fzy5S1AnCUoj...

04.03.2026 08:08 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Nothing new under the Sun.

Last year Richard Tice threatened companies taking part in renewable energy bids

renews.biz/101883/refor...

04.03.2026 07:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Trump sounds mad.

Proper nuts. But more than anything he sounds REALLY rattled as he rants and raves about Britain.

If Starmer sticks to his guns I suspect this will all play in his favour.

03.03.2026 19:14 — 👍 1074    🔁 161    💬 86    📌 10

Who will become the UK's Delcy Eloína Rodríguez Gómez after Donald Jenius Trump abducts Sir Keir Starmer?

Wrong answers only.

04.03.2026 07:37 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0

That is if they were not shot down by Kuwait in the first place.

04.03.2026 07:29 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The theme emerging in 2026 is that right-wing creeps simply cannot be bothered to check anything or make any sense and they just insult the audience in a way that is already pissing off their own fans.

03.03.2026 19:50 — 👍 10    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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a fluffy kitten is sitting next to a cup of coffee with its hair blowing in the wind . Alt: a fluffy kitten is sitting next to a cup of coffee with its hair blowing in the wind . The words Need Coffee are shown below

Back home. Of course I had to have insomnia the night after spending hours traveling. Caffeine will soon be taken.

04.03.2026 07:26 — 👍 16    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
CNN: More than 1,000 civilians killed in Iran since war began, rights group reports
By Helen Regan
More than 1,000 people, including children, have been killed in Iran since the war began on Saturday, according to US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).
The rights group said as of Tuesday afternoon ET, at least 1,097 civilians had been killed, including 181 children.
More than 5,400 civilians, including 100 children, have been injured, HRANA reported.
The group said its report is preliminary and is veritying hundreds more reported deaths.

CNN: More than 1,000 civilians killed in Iran since war began, rights group reports By Helen Regan More than 1,000 people, including children, have been killed in Iran since the war began on Saturday, according to US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA). The rights group said as of Tuesday afternoon ET, at least 1,097 civilians had been killed, including 181 children. More than 5,400 civilians, including 100 children, have been injured, HRANA reported. The group said its report is preliminary and is veritying hundreds more reported deaths.

At least 1,097 civilians had been killed in Iran so far, including 181 children.

04.03.2026 05:12 — 👍 2084    🔁 1268    💬 116    📌 116

The parking I used in Preston has cameras to record your reg on entrance. You pay before leaving the car park.

If the cameras messed up or the system forgot you, they ask you how long you stayed but the maximum selection is over 24 hours. I did and paid £10.

Result.

03.03.2026 23:55 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

And yet parties like the Tories and Reform simply can't get enough of Trump. Had they been in power, RAF planes would be bombing Iran right now.

03.03.2026 23:43 — 👍 11    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

After a decade of this "orange man bad and dumb" is still better analysis than a large chunk of well paid commentary.

03.03.2026 22:17 — 👍 258    🔁 19    💬 14    📌 0

If Armageddon doesn't happen, those Evangelicals who pushed for the current Iran war to happen will have some explaining to do.

I hope they are exposed as false prophets and lose their congregations. I hope the congregations see the light and abandon MAGA.

(No, I am not religious)

03.03.2026 23:30 — 👍 14    🔁 2    💬 3    📌 0

Back home.

03.03.2026 23:26 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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REPORTER: Yesterday you told us Israel was going to strike Iran and that's why we needed to get involved. But today the president said Iran--

RUBIO: No. Were you there yesterday?

REPORTER: Yes. I asked the question

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She’s a Democrat but running as a Republican. Here’s why
YouTube video by CBC News She’s a Democrat but running as a Republican. Here’s why

She's a Dem but she is running to be the Republican candidate in a gerrymandered constituency
youtube.com/shorts/IvKiH...

03.03.2026 20:03 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Trump from 2024. 👇 #cdnpoli
“I can tell you you’re not going to have a war with Iran with me as president.”
When will Americans realize they've been played, and they fell for it hook, line and sinker!

02.03.2026 09:50 — 👍 107    🔁 44    💬 10    📌 9
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a man in a suit and tie is holding a lighter and says vayagif.com on the bottom right Alt: Will Smith in Men in Black looks at you while wearing dark shades and shines a neuralyser at your face.

Donald Trump says look here ⬇️

🤣

03.03.2026 19:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
02104-25 Fraser v Telegraph.co.uk - IPSO Ian Fraser complained to the Independent Press Standards Organisation that Telegraph.co.uk breached Clause 1 (Accuracy) of the Editors’ Code of Practice in an article headlined “We earn £345k, but soa...

This IPSO adjudication against the Telegraph is quite something

Confirms their story titled: ‘We earn £345k, but soaring private school fees mean we can’t go on five holidays’ was completely fabricated, with the family involved non-existent and stock pictures used

www.ipso.co.uk/rulings/0210...

03.03.2026 13:31 — 👍 1539    🔁 751    💬 70    📌 87