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Robin McBurnie

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Pro EU. Pro Real Democracy. Pro Fairness. Sort-of Humanist. STEM enthusiast also photograpy & film-making. I design electronic things and write software to go in them, they sometimes work... #FBPR #FBPE No DMs please.

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Angela Rayner resigns after underpaying tax on Hove flat - BBC News Her departure comes after the PM's ethics adviser concludes that she breached ministerial rules.

Lest we forget one month ago Angela Rayner resigned over underpaying stamp duty on her £800,000 flat in Hove

Within a week Farage exposed not to own a £885,000 house in #Clacton he claimed he’d bought & accused of avoiding £44,000 in tax by funding his girlfriend to buy it

It got buried quick eh❗️😡

16.10.2025 13:08 — 👍 352    🔁 196    💬 13    📌 7

How can autistic adults thrive in life?

This should be at the heart of autism researchers, not what causes autism.

But instead.. 2025.. and I still keep seeing all the same things that's labeled as negative or a barrier from these researchers, that is disappointing to say the least.

Come on now.

17.10.2025 12:00 — 👍 247    🔁 45    💬 10    📌 8
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Yikes!

16.10.2025 19:15 — 👍 553    🔁 136    💬 7    📌 10
Quilt squares in parliament - made in memory of those who died by suicide

Quilt squares in parliament - made in memory of those who died by suicide

Image of quilt squares in parliament upper lobby

Image of quilt squares in parliament upper lobby

Yesterday a friend of mine died following an overdose. She had been in a dark place & I don’t yet know if she meant to take her life, if she did she will be one of 17 who die by suicide each day 💜

I visited Speak Their Name quilt exhibition in Parliament & will work to support suicide prevention

16.10.2025 18:38 — 👍 57    🔁 8    💬 8    📌 0

This surge is not just about Zack's leadership - it's about solid policies for people and planet delivered emphatically and with hope at its heart
Join @greenparty.org.uk

17.10.2025 11:14 — 👍 35    🔁 12    💬 2    📌 0
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The case for a Royal Commission on Britain and Europe Britain’s post-Brexit paralysis demands independent scrutiny. A Royal Commission could finally confront the evidence politicians avoid

“Make Brexit work” has failed.

Former MEP Andrew Duff says only an independent Royal Commission can cut through political denial and chart a path back towards Europe.

17.10.2025 10:37 — 👍 196    🔁 69    💬 6    📌 4
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Not only BMW drivers here in Spain, it feels like the whole nation has an aversion to using their indicators - much to my annoyance :-)

17.10.2025 05:53 — 👍 60    🔁 1    💬 8    📌 0
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Scientists Studied The Infamous "Chicago Rat Hole" And They Have Some Bad News The "Chicago rat hole" became so famous it is now housed in the City Hall-County Building. Scientists studying it found a few surprises, and some grim news.

Just glad Splatatouille's family can finally have some closure x

15.10.2025 15:44 — 👍 2683    🔁 351    💬 93    📌 41
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Scott & Minét
"Whale sharks feeding in the warm waters of Sumbawa !! Being in the presence of these gentle giants was an incredible experience we won’t be forgetting soon"

16.10.2025 20:01 — 👍 611    🔁 111    💬 29    📌 6
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Reform's Dame Andrea Jenkyns considers scrapping English lessons Dame Andrea Jenkyns says a £1m budget to teach foreign nationals

For the love of God just make your mind up whether migrants should be speaking English or not www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

17.10.2025 10:42 — 👍 724    🔁 174    💬 59    📌 14
They call this their “small-government, big-lunch’” group photo.

They call this their “small-government, big-lunch’” group photo.

They call this their “small-government, big-lunch’” group photo.

17.10.2025 09:33 — 👍 6258    🔁 1955    💬 1188    📌 246
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And the sky was happy until it heard about the coastal storm that’s coming.

11.10.2025 14:35 — 👍 5041    🔁 503    💬 83    📌 31
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This

14.10.2025 09:42 — 👍 66    🔁 8    💬 3    📌 0

THIS: 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

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Autistic meltdowns aren’t tantrums.

They’re the bodymind saying “I can’t hold this anymore".

They’re not moral failures.

They’re overload.

Pressure leaving the system.

You don’t need punishment.

You need safety.

08.10.2025 16:13 — 👍 622    🔁 186    💬 10    📌 6
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The Island by Gabriele Corno.
Good morning

08.10.2025 14:07 — 👍 213    🔁 34    💬 4    📌 2
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Kemi Badenoch wants a UK ICE.

Given that US ICE is destroying America, this is not a smart idea.

05.10.2025 21:02 — 👍 652    🔁 197    💬 48    📌 5

British politics is basically a doom spiral of increasingly unhinged hostile policies.

Reform says something unhinged
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Labour counters with their own unhinged policy
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Tories shout from back they'll be even more unhinged
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Reform announces different unhinged proposal in response
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And repeat...🔁

05.10.2025 08:08 — 👍 1514    🔁 527    💬 71    📌 44
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The Zumon Lighthouse on the Brittany Coast of France. It comes with a hefty salary of 1.2 million a year if you can handle it.
Good morning

05.10.2025 14:02 — 👍 87    🔁 16    💬 18    📌 2

Stoke fear. Exploit desperation. Suspend the rule of law. Fan brutality.

Every time the stronger brutalize the weak, it’s fundamentally the same playbook.

Our duty is to stand up to brutality.

Our moral obligation is to protect the vulnerable and hold the powerful accountable.

05.10.2025 21:00 — 👍 12985    🔁 4150    💬 271    📌 128
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250,000 people turned out in Amsterdam to support Palestine today.

Our leadership does not represent us.

05.10.2025 20:52 — 👍 819    🔁 266    💬 10    📌 19
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What do you mean I’m doing it the wrong way around, Mom? If I want to lie on the footstool with my paws up on the chair, then that’s exactly the right way. 😼 🐾💕 #Hedgewatch #catsofbluesky

05.10.2025 08:03 — 👍 755    🔁 33    💬 13    📌 1

The people (Tories and Reform) who tell you your rights are safe if we leave the ECHR as they’ll replace them with British laws also told you our trade, borders and NHS was safe if we left the EU because they’d negotiate amazing trade deals, take control of our borders and fix the NHS…..

05.10.2025 17:49 — 👍 913    🔁 320    💬 36    📌 7

Kemi Badenoch doesn't seem to understand that the ECHR was set up to protect everyone from people like her.

05.10.2025 08:47 — 👍 1302    🔁 289    💬 43    📌 8

And then it needs to be kept in public ownership and not sold-off again once it is "improved"!

05.10.2025 18:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Israel is still holding more than 200 people from nearly 40 countries in a prison where it is starving and abusing them, and the world is completely ignoring it.

05.10.2025 18:03 — 👍 175    🔁 90    💬 8    📌 1

Genuinely pathetic.

If there were actual benefits, it would be obvious.

Some obscure weirdo on X posting his list of desperate nonsense to an audience of nodding halfwits and cultists is just peak Brexit.

05.10.2025 16:47 — 👍 136    🔁 14    💬 1    📌 0

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