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Mike Ranscombe

@mikeranscombe.bsky.social

Father & Husband. Digital stuff at work and PlayStation games at home. I also like shouting about my lefty politics.

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Opinion | Trump Might Take the U.S. to War. Where Are Schumer and Jeffries?

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/o...

20.06.2025 20:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So what β€œBrexit freedoms” are the Tories and Reform worried we’re going to lose? More difficult trade with the EU? Longer queues at airports and borders? Not having a returns agreement for illegal migrants? πŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈ

18.05.2025 18:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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15.05.2025 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Must admit I’m considering my Labour Party membership. There’s an argument to be made for lowering immigration (with commensurate investment and policy changes to compensate for the losses in GDP, employment etc.) but the rhetoric we heard from Stammer is not from the Labour Party that I believe in.

13.05.2025 17:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In today’s shocking news, convicted felon holds court in contempt.

07.02.2025 23:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Andrew Griffith being so disingenuous on the politics shows this morning. Arguing that the trading issues with EU are not to do with Brexit, but barriers put in place by individual states. But they wouldn’t have been able to put in those barriers if it wasn’t for Brexit πŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈ

02.02.2025 12:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Petition: Prohibit publishers irrevocably disabling video games they have already sold The government should update consumer law to prohibit publishers from disabling video games (and related game assets / features) they have already sold without recourse for customers to retain or repa...

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

25.01.2025 11:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This matters. Not because I think Trump is capable of mercy or empathy towards these vulnerable groups. But because it is a public act of defiance.

Contrast that with all these other powerful people in this country signaling nothing but appeasement and obedience.

22.01.2025 01:24 β€” πŸ‘ 23274    πŸ” 4756    πŸ’¬ 312    πŸ“Œ 163
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Bishop Tells Trump to β€˜Have Mercy’ on Immigrants and Gay Children The direct appeal to President Trump at the start of the first full day of his presidency was a remarkable moment at a National Cathedral event that has not historically been political.

The bishop at President Trump’s inaugural prayer service implored him to β€œhave mercy” on gay, lesbian and transgender children, as well as undocumented immigrants.

β€œI ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now,” asked Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde.

22.01.2025 00:23 β€” πŸ‘ 3451    πŸ” 477    πŸ’¬ 188    πŸ“Œ 69

We are now really entering the post-fact and post-truth world.

07.01.2025 18:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Recent events just show that money can’t replace intellect.

06.01.2025 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"Some jobs are productive and others less so," says Kemi Badenoch, whose own job has involved trying to start a culture war with autistic children, calling for civil servants to be locked up, and attempting to start an online spat with Doctor Who

25.11.2024 14:02 β€” πŸ‘ 4841    πŸ” 1116    πŸ’¬ 194    πŸ“Œ 57

Or just morons.

16.11.2024 19:10 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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