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I’m a silversmith, a book editor/proofreader, Francophile, avid reader, baker, vegetarian, and owned by a cat. I hate wilful ignorance, injustice, and cruelty, love nature, trees, and animals.

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The part that's wrong is that it wasn't an executive from one of the drug companies. It was apparently a patient taking one of the drugs, who was presumably invited along as an example of how great the drug is. Only he passed out before anyone got to that bit.

07.11.2025 15:14 — 👍 7    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
Photograph showing Donald Trump's response when one of his team collapsed during a press briefing. Everybody in the room is huddled around the man, apart from Trump, who is standing apart, not even looking at the man - staring ahead with a bored, contemptuous look on his face.

Photograph showing Donald Trump's response when one of his team collapsed during a press briefing. Everybody in the room is huddled around the man, apart from Trump, who is standing apart, not even looking at the man - staring ahead with a bored, contemptuous look on his face.

This photo is incredible. It's like a portrait of his soul.

06.11.2025 18:23 — 👍 302    🔁 70    💬 32    📌 11

The Labour right have basically one electoral strategy which has already been torpedoed by the Greens and no one has absolutely deserved it more.

06.11.2025 18:48 — 👍 150    🔁 24    💬 2    📌 0

Even I thought this was one of mine!

06.11.2025 20:51 — 👍 2477    🔁 484    💬 95    📌 17
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The X-periment: Sky News Proves Elon’s Algorithm Does Pick a Side Nine fake British users, ninety-thousand posts and one undeniable conclusion - X is boosting the far right, and the rest of us were never meant to win the argument.

Is there anything redeemable left of Twitter?

My thoughts are no, there is neither use nor benefit to the platform anymore.

It’s time to burn it to the ground and salt the earth for good measure.

07.11.2025 06:11 — 👍 184    🔁 44    💬 15    📌 3

Dominic Cummings was always an absolute arsehole.

The Conservative right loves to talk up imagined genius among their ranks when in truth there's nothing there but attitude, flex, and pose. Mogg, Johnson, Gove, Cummings. All tiresome little nobodies trotting out rehashed nonsense. Often nasty.

06.11.2025 22:30 — 👍 1396    🔁 228    💬 98    📌 9

Once again, for people in the back: graded exercise therapy, while great for many illnesses, does not help ME/CFS and can, in fact, worsen your condition. Unfortunately, chances are your doctor doesn't know this despite existing guidelines. So if you have or get Long Covid, be warned.

06.11.2025 21:06 — 👍 33    🔁 13    💬 1    📌 0

Graphic by Bradford District Green Party. It shows a cut-out of a Guardian headline reading “Reeves considers cut to green levies in effort to reduce cost of energy bills.” Next to the headline are Labour politicians Rachel Reeves and Ed Miliband smiling. To the right, Green Party leader Zack Polanski is pictured speaking into a microphone with a speech bubble saying, “You sure you don't want to tax the billionaires to get bills down?” At the bottom, there’s a green banner with the text “Join.greenparty.org.uk” and the Green Party logo

Graphic by Bradford District Green Party. It shows a cut-out of a Guardian headline reading “Reeves considers cut to green levies in effort to reduce cost of energy bills.” Next to the headline are Labour politicians Rachel Reeves and Ed Miliband smiling. To the right, Green Party leader Zack Polanski is pictured speaking into a microphone with a speech bubble saying, “You sure you don't want to tax the billionaires to get bills down?” At the bottom, there’s a green banner with the text “Join.greenparty.org.uk” and the Green Party logo

🟢 Tax billionaires.

🟢 Cut bills.

06.11.2025 07:37 — 👍 225    🔁 76    💬 6    📌 3
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The annual harvest for Michael Fabricant’s hair has just begun in Gloucestershire today.

06.11.2025 10:07 — 👍 603    🔁 140    💬 41    📌 3

Destroying the planet with fossil fuels is a choice

06.11.2025 12:41 — 👍 60    🔁 22    💬 0    📌 1
The European Parliament, in their foolishness,
have voted for increased maternity pay. I'm
off for a drink. #UKIP


12:57 PM - 20 Oct 2010


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The European Parliament, in their foolishness, have voted for increased maternity pay. I'm off for a drink. #UKIP 12:57 PM - 20 Oct 2010 4,458 Retweets 1,233 Likes

Nigel Farage says Reform
UK could cut minimum
wage for young people -
and defends U-turn on
tax pledges


Mr Farage gave a wide-ranging news
conference setting out Reform UK's
economic plans, and defending claims of
U-turning on 2024 election manifesto
pledges.

Nigel Farage says Reform UK could cut minimum wage for young people - and defends U-turn on tax pledges Mr Farage gave a wide-ranging news conference setting out Reform UK's economic plans, and defending claims of U-turning on 2024 election manifesto pledges.

Farage has been consistent for 15+ years.

Opposing decent pay and conditions for ordinary hard-working young people and expectant parents.

Meanwhile, he makes a mint hawking bullion, presenting tv shows and flying to the USA to big up his interests - instead of serving his constituents.

04.11.2025 22:21 — 👍 377    🔁 122    💬 12    📌 4

Trump said he would fund half of November's SNAP after courts ordered him to pay

He rescinded that offer 24 hours later & said no SNAP until the Dems capitulate on the big beautiful bill.

Keep donating to food banks.

Keep boosting mutual aid.

Donations likely slowed & we need them to continue!

04.11.2025 22:32 — 👍 102    🔁 42    💬 2    📌 1

Trump illegally withheld $5.5 billion in SNAP funds, defying Congress & the courts.

He’d rather let 16 million kids go hungry than obey the law.

After threats & delays, the WH now says it will “comply" w/ a court order to fund SNAP.

This is chaos. No way to run the government.

04.11.2025 21:59 — 👍 1941    🔁 418    💬 65    📌 14
Minority representation on TV causes outrage

There has been widespread support for prominent Reform MP
Sarah Pochin after she complained about the over-representation of minorities on television.
Said one angry viewer, "She's right. Every time you turn on the telly there's another Reform MP being interviewed by Laura Kuenssberg."
She added, "I respect their way of life and their strange customs, but Reform MPs comprise only 0.7 percent of the House of Commons. Yet Nigel Farage is on Question Time more than Fiona Bruce."
"I'm not prejudiced. Some of my best friends are swivel-eyed loons, but enough is enough.
There are too many people with angry red faces on television.”

Minority representation on TV causes outrage There has been widespread support for prominent Reform MP Sarah Pochin after she complained about the over-representation of minorities on television. Said one angry viewer, "She's right. Every time you turn on the telly there's another Reform MP being interviewed by Laura Kuenssberg." She added, "I respect their way of life and their strange customs, but Reform MPs comprise only 0.7 percent of the House of Commons. Yet Nigel Farage is on Question Time more than Fiona Bruce." "I'm not prejudiced. Some of my best friends are swivel-eyed loons, but enough is enough. There are too many people with angry red faces on television.”

Gotta love Private Eye.
Always cuts through the crap.

31.10.2025 19:37 — 👍 2665    🔁 858    💬 26    📌 34
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Join.greenparty.org.uk

28.10.2025 18:55 — 👍 455    🔁 134    💬 20    📌 8
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Reform are into Day Three of Racismsplaining. It's harder than it looks.
thecritic.co.uk/easy...

28.10.2025 19:11 — 👍 658    🔁 189    💬 28    📌 18
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X is a cesspit led by an unhinged billionaire who is desperately trying to stir up civil war in Britain.

Nobody with any sense or decency should be there.

No organisations, government departments, or politicians should be there.

Everyone who is, is enabling this monster.

29.10.2025 08:22 — 👍 2756    🔁 981    💬 172    📌 97
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Reject plans for a mandatory BritCard (digital ID) Sir Keir Starmer is considering a mandatory digital ID scheme called “BritCard” that would make us all reliant on a digital pass to go about our daily lives. Mandatory digital IDs give the state enor...

The Government has revealed plans for a new mandatory digital ID. It’s invasive and could mean millions of people unable to go about their daily lives. Right now it's just an idea - we need to stop it becoming a reality. Join me and sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/re...

25.10.2025 12:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Buy lots of cheese and run for home. It’ll be worth it.

25.10.2025 10:45 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Tough! Remember whose house/sofa/blanket it is and be grateful you’re being allowed to share them.

21.10.2025 13:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Dilemma. I'm currently working cosily curled under a blanket on the sofa. I have one cat snuggled up either side of me (Dora to the left, Betty to the right), and they are lying on the blanket. There is no way to get out from under the blanket without disturbing at least one cat. But I want coffee.

21.10.2025 09:33 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0

Good to know, but please Russ, do have your book at least proofread, if not actually copy-edited. I prefer to read a physical book and was horribly distracted by the craziness of the running heads not matching the chapter titles in Baby’s Breath. I do love your work, though!

21.10.2025 13:30 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Head to a protest today. I can almost promise you will feel less hopeless. That's exactly what they don't want. There are more of us than there are of them.

18.10.2025 15:26 — 👍 9551    🔁 1812    💬 121    📌 88
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The glamorous TV host, the web of influence and a mysterious trip to Moscow – inside the downfall of Reform’s disgraced MEP Ahead of a critical Welsh byelection for Reform next week, part two of our investigation into Nathan Gill uncovers the web of Russian influence that encircled him – and asks why it took so long to cha...

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And if there was ever a story that proves why Britain needs fiercely independent news outlets, it’s this.
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18.10.2025 08:53 — 👍 584    🔁 266    💬 11    📌 15

The president needs your help! He's collecting diarrhea for his plane. He has a plane that's 99% toilet with other people's diarrhea in it and he wears a little crown when he drives it around. Brave patriots please send your loose stool to your favorite diarrhea president for his diarrhea plane.

19.10.2025 04:54 — 👍 14401    🔁 2157    💬 419    📌 117
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a man is wearing a clown wig and red nose ALT: a man is wearing a clown wig and red nose

As the richest guy in the world, Musk could leave one hell of a legacy. He could solve world hunger or build Carnegie-like centres of knowledge. Be the kinda guy whose name lives on for all the right reasons

Instead he's chosen to stoke race hate, wreck twitter and appoint himself Wanker of the Age

17.10.2025 08:04 — 👍 933    🔁 229    💬 51    📌 9

Just so I have this straight: Vance thinks racist men in their 20s and 30s are “just kids,” but 12-year-old girls are grown enough for forced pregnancy?

17.10.2025 03:10 — 👍 720    🔁 206    💬 18    📌 12
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If You're Going to be on Team
Chump, You've Got To Be A Child
Molester or Groomer.......

17.10.2025 09:02 — 👍 2676    🔁 1299    💬 242    📌 145
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British.

16.10.2025 17:03 — 👍 7338    🔁 2575    💬 294    📌 580

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