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Local history enthusiast. Allotment holder. Read books. Saints fan (sadly). Love curry, hate fascists.

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Despite being continually accused of not integrating, Muslims have voted in numbers, and against a party with a Muslim Home Sec whose immigration policies and actions regarding Gaza they strongly opposed.Instead they found common value with a white British woman who spoke to them locally and beyond.

27.02.2026 08:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 616    ๐Ÿ” 148    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
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From the @wsj.com chief foreign correspondent

07.12.2025 09:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10567    ๐Ÿ” 3259    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 166    ๐Ÿ“Œ 159
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Here's a seven-point peace plan:

23.11.2025 09:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1463    ๐Ÿ” 524    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 68    ๐Ÿ“Œ 60

I hope Hell exists and I pray thereโ€™s a particularly nasty little pit reserved for Trump and Putin. Slava Ukraini.

22.11.2025 09:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Stone Roses debut album on record player.

Stone Roses debut album on record player.

Only right to put this on tonight. RIP Mani ๐Ÿ˜ข

20.11.2025 18:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I saw Bob Dylan last night. Bob Dylan. There, a little way off in the distance, at his piano. It was remarkable and surreal.

14.11.2025 10:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This perfectly encapsulates why we need the BBC

13.11.2025 14:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2494    ๐Ÿ” 557    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 171    ๐Ÿ“Œ 44

Once upon a time Iโ€™d feel really pissed off about this. I just donโ€™t care anymore. Weโ€™re so bad. #SaintsFC

25.10.2025 15:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Feel so sorry for #SWFC fans but they shouldnโ€™t view their punishment as a 12-point deduction. Theyโ€™re playing #SaintsFC soon which means itโ€™s basically only a 9-point deduction.

24.10.2025 14:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€˜Beach Haven is Trump's Tower
Where no Black folks come to roam
No, no, Old Man Trump!
Old Beach Haven ain't my home!โ€™

24.10.2025 06:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€˜I suppose
Old Man Trump knows
Just how much
Racial Hate
He stirred up
In the bloodpot of human hearts
When he drawed
That color line
Here at his Beach Haven family projectโ€™

24.10.2025 06:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Woodie Guthrie with his โ€˜THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTSโ€™ guitar.

Woodie Guthrie with his โ€˜THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTSโ€™ guitar.

๐Ÿคฏ Just read that in 1954 Woodie Guthrie wrote notes and lyrics about how his landlord made money by stirring up racial hatred and using discriminatory rental policies. His landlord was Fred Trump, father of Donald, who must have taught his son a thing or two about profiting from racismโ€ฆ

24.10.2025 06:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Credits:
Camera Supervisor 
Lincoln Abraham

Credits: Camera Supervisor Lincoln Abraham

Shoutout to the parents of the Strictly Come Dancing Camera Supervisor:

19.10.2025 19:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Great to be back in my own bed last night after operation and sleepless night in hospital in Winchester. The NHS is one of this countryโ€™s greatest triumphs. The staff and the nurses - a diverse range of people from all over the world - were utterly amazing. Wonderful humans. They are superheroes.

18.10.2025 10:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It seems the regime actively encourages them to act this way.

05.10.2025 13:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sane people: โ€˜Weโ€™re horrified by all these videos of the masked and armed wannabe-Gestapo ICE thugs terrorising, assaulting, killing, and disappearing their fellow human beings in America.โ€™

The Tories: โ€˜Yes! ICE! ICE is exactly what we need to make Britain great again!โ€™

God give me strengthโ€ฆ

05.10.2025 12:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is very Alan Partridge.

05.10.2025 12:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Bravo.

04.10.2025 20:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 921    ๐Ÿ” 190    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

I bet corporations are loving the fact that everyone is so distracted by โ€˜the immigrantsโ€™ because they can just get away with ripping us off. We should be angry about their huge profits but nobody is bothered because โ€˜blame the immigrantsโ€™. I want my country back from the profiteering extortionists.

28.09.2025 08:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€˜Operation Raise the Coloursโ€™ Organised by Well-Known Far-Right Extremists โ€“ HOPE not hate Union Jacks and the crosses of St George have begun to appear on lampposts up and down the UK in recent days. Much of the...
25.08.2025 16:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
England Champions.

England Champions.

Phew!!! Heroes, every single one of them!

27.07.2025 19:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Jesse Welles - Encore: War Isnโ€™t Murder - Newport Folk Festival | July 26, 2025
YouTube video by Chris Connelly Jesse Welles - Encore: War Isnโ€™t Murder - Newport Folk Festival | July 26, 2025

youtu.be/O8y0VzWQEqQ

27.07.2025 08:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Michelle Agyemang.

Michelle Agyemang.

National hero.

22.07.2025 21:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Lemmy and Ozzy.

Lemmy and Ozzy.

Another legend gone. Thereโ€™ll be a hell of a party going on somewhere right nowโ€ฆ

22.07.2025 20:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m currently reading Wuthering Heights. This Heathcliff chap is a real piece of work.

18.07.2025 16:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Feel like Iโ€™ve aged a few years this evening. Bloody well done, Englandโ€ฆ Phew! ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ

17.07.2025 21:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Bangers, burgers, kielbasa, and boerewors, all on a BBQ grill.

Bangers, burgers, kielbasa, and boerewors, all on a BBQ grill.

Tonightโ€™s braai.

29.06.2025 20:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Waiting outside the library
Eager for the doors to open
Because we got here early
A bag of stories to be returned
Others yet undiscovered
Waiting for us on the shelves.

21.06.2025 08:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A note written by George III!

A note written by George III!

GEORGE III !!! ๐Ÿคฏ๐Ÿคฏ๐Ÿคฏ

14.06.2025 12:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Letter written by Frederick.

Letter written by Frederick.

Currently holding a letter written by Frederick, Prince of Walesโ€ฆ๐Ÿคฏ

14.06.2025 12:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0