Pretty sure Putin thought his invasion of Ukraine was going to be quick and the Ukrainians would rise up and support them!
01.03.2026 22:35 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@jameskpatterson.bsky.social
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Pretty sure Putin thought his invasion of Ukraine was going to be quick and the Ukrainians would rise up and support them!
01.03.2026 22:35 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Is the Board of Peace meeting today or tomorrow?
01.03.2026 22:35 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Surely the Board of Peace should be meeting today to condemn attacks? Just sayingβ¦
01.03.2026 22:30 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Pretty sure Putin thought his invasion of Ukraine was going to be quick and the Ukrainians would rise up and support them!
01.03.2026 22:27 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0No taxation without representation.
01.03.2026 08:24 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Subtle!
28.02.2026 19:43 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0On a beach in the West of France please.
28.02.2026 19:33 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Fun fact! If you share this starter pack around, the really cool artists in it will get more followers, and I think thatβs really neat π₯°
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Seems like a crisis to me- how will they ever pass legislation now?
27.02.2026 08:54 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0They all just love the drama, and so they want to promote drama and crisis for click bait. The BBC is awful at the moment.
27.02.2026 08:47 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0So what if a bunch of presentable white centrist dads and mums became reform candidates for the next election, get elected by riding the wave - and then mass switch parties the day after the vote to form a majority new party?
27.02.2026 08:45 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Calm down everybody, I reckon you can still pass some legislation.
27.02.2026 08:24 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Labour are in trouble now right? Theyβll never pass any legislation now β¦.. yawn. Over to you Chris Mason and Laura Kunsberg, and Nick Robinson to talk shite for days.
27.02.2026 08:17 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Or Asimovβs laws of robotics?
25.02.2026 20:02 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Damon Runyon is a master at it and I love his stories.
22.02.2026 19:51 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This could be wrong - but is this not a simple case of Britain having more graduates than other countries as a proportion of population which has created a buyers market?
21.02.2026 08:26 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Wow, just figured out that Bruce Moat for GB curling has played around 27 hrs of Curling for Team GB! #winterolympics
21.02.2026 08:22 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Happy with Denis instead of Reinaldo, but sooo happy to have Granite back!
20.02.2026 19:06 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Really, thatβs your take? I presume you have 20:20 hindsight as a magical power.
20.02.2026 17:35 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0
Weβve been here before β¦. havenβt we π€¨
#Brexit
#DublinAgreement
I console myself that I would hope that most of this spending is actually going to employ British workers and be spent in our economy.
16.02.2026 21:29 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Donβt get smart or sarcastic,
he snaps back just like elastic,
Spare us the theatrics,
and the bubble gymnastics,
We break wise guys just like matchsticks.
Elvis Costello - the Loved Ones.
I reckon we should just agree a fair price cap across the country for all hospitals and then everyone would know where they stand. However, the chips is tempting!
16.02.2026 17:28 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0No, Stratford on Avon but we did visit it on the way up North. I love big public art and my wife wants to hunt the big wooden trolls in Denmark!
15.02.2026 18:18 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0that photo is AI, but the Kelpies are amazing, the Falkirk boat lift is also amazing a couple of miles away.
15.02.2026 17:26 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0A nice big Steam train came a calling to Stratford on Avon for Valentines Day!
15.02.2026 16:30 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0We had one of those near our garden but it seems to have moved on overnight. Possibly migrated?
14.02.2026 12:42 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Give it to Cloughie for nostalgiaβs sake!
13.02.2026 07:55 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0We really missed Xhaka!
11.02.2026 22:25 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
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