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Grateful to UK NHS. Left wing, loves photography and discovering Roman walls amongst other things.

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I had to double take there - I thought it was Tory/Reform ex Home Sec, Patel 😳

05.03.2026 13:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Stop Palantir taking over our public services! Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.

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05.03.2026 09:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Watch this clip without sound and Cooper comes across as a swivel-eyed loon.

02.03.2026 09:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So can I assume Parliament will debate this tomorrow, after all it sounds like UK has declared war on Iran 😳

01.03.2026 22:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sorry, no, he’s way way down the list

01.03.2026 12:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Looks like Goodwin convinced the judge it was an honest mistake but speaking as someone who spent nearly 50 years proofing documents - it’s bollocks.

25.02.2026 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My mobile phone provider did the same - cancelled a PAYG plan I’ve been on happily for 12 years with no notice. Replaced it with inferior terms and they’re wondering why I’m looking at competition.

12.02.2026 21:31 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Saw them in Birmingham 1977. Blondie as support act πŸ‘

09.02.2026 06:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Received an email from CEO of US company titled: β€˜To our friends outside of the USA’.

States current events are sickening and hopes mid terms will be fair. Basically asking rest of the world to believe things will improve.

Quite a jaw dropping email but relieved the grown ups haven’t run away.

09.02.2026 01:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It is weird.
Former UK ambassador to Washington sacked;
β€˜Prince’ Andrew stripped of his titles and evicted from his 30 roomed Royal Lodge;
UK Prime Minister a whisker away from being ousted.
But USA: told to move on πŸ™„

07.02.2026 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I really hope the printers release the proofs showing no imprint ever existed.

06.02.2026 23:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Then let’s see the pdf proofs with imprint. They must exist, mustn’t they? As you say, it’s πŸ‚πŸ’©

06.02.2026 23:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
View from the Ridgeway looking north towards Oxford.

View from the Ridgeway looking north towards Oxford.

Ridgeway sign, Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire.

Ridgeway sign, Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire.

View from the Ridgeway looking north towards Wantage and Oxford.

The Ridgeway is a 5,000-year-old, 87-mile (139 km) ancient trackway in southern England, often called "Britain’s oldest road”.

#landscapephotography #oxfordshire #trackways #nikon
#whitehorse #wantage

26.01.2026 12:07 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Street scene in Sicilian town.

Street scene in Sicilian town.

Street scene in Sicilian town.

Street scene in Sicilian town.

Sicily - people and old buildings.

#Sicily #streetphotography #architecture #b&wphotography #people #fujifilm

23.01.2026 21:14 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ok, but will that mean having to buy a bbc licence simply by watching YouTube?

21.01.2026 11:54 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

@theguardian.com Shoutout to Lucy Mangan’s review of Christie’s Seven Dials - had me giggling and wanting to watch the 3-parter, just to see if it’s that bad

15.01.2026 14:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Good isn’t it πŸ‘

14.01.2026 11:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A UK streaming service. Free (with ads).

14.01.2026 11:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Tax cheat Zahawi will claim he’s changed his mind about racist Farage.

But UK citizens changing their minds over Brexit? Not allowed.

12.01.2026 13:19 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"6 ways Nigel Farage will make you and your family worse off"

"1. He wants to scrap the NHS and make you pay by moving to an 'insurance-based system of healthcare' '''"
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11.01.2026 09:52 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

…and whoever is leading the UK in 2028 will be jostling to be first euro leader to bow before him.

08.01.2026 23:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Cats and seagulls in Essaouira, Morocco

Cats and seagulls in Essaouira, Morocco

-5c where I am in UK so here’s a sunny warm Morocco with a sleepy cat and sneaky seagull

#cats #birds #sunshine #morocco #seaside

06.01.2026 15:33 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

At what point will the Labour Party realise they’re finished?

05.01.2026 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Is there no issue Starmer will take a principled stand on?

05.01.2026 15:13 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Open letter: UK must not abstain on UN Venezuela vote Stop Trump Coalition

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05.01.2026 14:14 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Open letter: UK must not abstain on UN Venezuela vote Stop Trump Coalition

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05.01.2026 14:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Starmer once again says there will be no return to free movement of people

Please repost if you demand the restoration of the Freedom of Movement that was robbed from us by foreign interference and the worst abuses of democracy in modern British history.

04.01.2026 20:53 β€” πŸ‘ 434    πŸ” 294    πŸ’¬ 55    πŸ“Œ 19

Good. The thought of that grifting racist Farage anywhere near power is frightening

04.01.2026 11:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sign the petition to keep chlorine-washed chicken off our shelves Here we go again. Trump has told the UK that if we want a UK-US tech deal, we need to buy chlorinated chicken from the US! πŸ€’πŸ” How dare he try to impose poor food standards in Britain. Sign the petitio...

Trump has told the UK that if we want to revive a failing UK-US tech pact, we need to start buying chlorinated chicken from the US!
Say no, please sign the petition!
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04.01.2026 11:42 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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Post Office and Fujitsu had deal 19 years ago to fix Horizon errors, paper shows Document casts doubt on postal service claims it was unaware of bugs that could cause accounting shortfalls

Hang on - does this mean people were lying when they testified at the Post Office Inquiry?

#postofficescandal #fujitsuscandal

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23.12.2025 05:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0