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Retired languages teacher living in France (85). Widower. Wildlife, especially birds. Pro-EU, anti-Tory, anti-billionaire. Word freak. Cats, coffee, wine

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Liberté pour le chanteur nigérian Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, condamné à mort pour une chanson !

10.10.2025 20:43 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

😂😂😂

10.10.2025 19:12 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Thames Water want to pollute illegally until 2040. Ofwat must say NO. Thames water want to make at deal with Ofwat, to pollute illegally for 15 years

🚨Urgent: Thames Water want permission from Ofwat to ILLEGALLY pollute rivers and seas until 2040.

🤮They want your bills to fill their pockets with gold, while they fill your rivers with sewage.

✍️Sign now. Tell Ofwat to say NO to Thames Water before Tuesday 21st October.

10.10.2025 14:37 — 👍 91    🔁 106    💬 12    📌 2

He’s despicable.
PS typo in the 6th line. I don’t think he knows how.

10.10.2025 14:44 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

My car is one of the less-known models to be in the guilty group.
When the scandal broke, my garage offered to correct the fault, free.
But it’s a Renault and I live in France

10.10.2025 12:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The UK Media is very interesting, Angela Rayner who tried to avoid tax was on the TV and in Media every day of the week.

But Reform UK's ex-Welsh Leader pleads guilty to Bribery Charges.

And we need to forget about it instantly.

Can't be having bad PR for Reform.

10.10.2025 09:28 — 👍 290    🔁 115    💬 3    📌 3

Ooh yes. Great app

10.10.2025 07:28 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hope x-ray results are good

10.10.2025 07:25 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This is what we should be hearing from Labour. People are flocking to join the Greens because Labour have lost their way

10.10.2025 07:24 — 👍 21    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Former Head of Comms for the IEA, Annabel Denham, says the super rich will leave if we have a wealth tax.

Yes, the very same IEA that brought us Liz Truss’ disastrous mini budget. 🤦🏽‍♂️

Green Party leader Zack Polanski explains that their taxable assets can’t leave. #bbcqt

09.10.2025 21:41 — 👍 954    🔁 317    💬 57    📌 41
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Rutgers University’s Antifa expert flees US after MAGA death threats Bray was branded ‘Dr Antifa’ on a petition before threats, including one to kill him in front of his pupils, began flooding in

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

10.10.2025 06:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Funny, this morning the same phrase occurred to me.
Only I was thinking about Zack Polanski

09.10.2025 19:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I do wonder how the Jewish community in the US will react to this. That would carry more weight with the Trump administration than how Muslims take it

09.10.2025 19:06 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

The BBC's justification for platforming Farage beyond the actual significance of his small parliamentary party are his polls. A rather cynical explanation, for he wouldn't be where he is without the constant, uncritical appearances he's given on the BBC. It's a (literally) vicious circle.

09.10.2025 05:51 — 👍 1194    🔁 310    💬 65    📌 19
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Maidstone dad fears his autistic son's needs have been forgotten George, 17, has been without a placement since the start of the school year, his father says.

Reform run KCC shows when they said they were going to cut spending on SEND support for children they meant it👇🏼😡

George a strong achieving student, suffers severe autism and anxiety, is left without education by KCC who’s refused to engage with the family❗️

They did stop flying Pride flags tho.. 😡

09.10.2025 09:36 — 👍 24    🔁 12    💬 0    📌 0

Has Farage done any constituency work in Clacton? In his MP acceptance speech he said he'd get inward investment for Clacton? Is he funding it from his 12 jobs? How's that inward investment going?

09.10.2025 09:48 — 👍 77    🔁 9    💬 4    📌 1

I hope Australians realise that with Trump calling "antifa" a "terrorist organisation" he is effectively calling our ANZACs terrorists.

The terrorists who landed at Gallipoli helped liberate France & Germany in WWII and went to Iraq & Afghanistan for the Yanks are terrorists now, says Trump.

09.10.2025 07:33 — 👍 11    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 0
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National security threatened by climate crisis, UK intelligence chiefs due to warn Report by joint intelligence committee delayed, with concerns expressed that it may not be published

Is the government blocking the publication of a report into the national security threat posed by the climate crisis?

If so, why?
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/08/national-security-threatened-climate-crisis-uk-defence-chiefs-warn

09.10.2025 07:15 — 👍 82    🔁 29    💬 2    📌 1
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Chorizo & kale hash with a fried egg Serve up brunch with a bang - this pan-fried potato hash with Spanish sausage and earthy greens will start the day on the best possible foot

I did this the other day
www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/chor...

09.10.2025 07:28 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Tom Harwood @tomhfh
Kemi announces:

British benefits for British citizens only.
Benefits to be restricted to most severe conditions only.
Motability vehicles to be restricted to people with serious disabilities only.
11:45 AM · Oct 8, 2025
65.1K Views

Tom Harwood @tomhfh Kemi announces: British benefits for British citizens only. Benefits to be restricted to most severe conditions only. Motability vehicles to be restricted to people with serious disabilities only. 11:45 AM · Oct 8, 2025 65.1K Views

So more performative cruelty from the Conservatives then?
Shooked

09.10.2025 07:15 — 👍 20    🔁 6    💬 3    📌 0

Raking it in…

09.10.2025 07:13 — 👍 50    🔁 21    💬 5    📌 1

Dare I say that at least Mussolini knew how to look imposing?
Bombastic and theatrical, maybe, but imposing.
I wonder if Fartage knows the fable about the frog that tried to make itself as big as an ox?

08.10.2025 18:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I’m not sure the food and drink would match very well.

08.10.2025 18:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Define your terms.
I would only admit to knowing a small amount about it, but that is enough to make me want to keep it

08.10.2025 18:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
A bold black-and-white Green Party graphic with the slogan “REAL HOPE. REAL CHANGE.” at the top. The main message in large capital letters reads “END ALL ARMS SALES,” with “END” highlighted in green and underlined. The Green Party logo and name appear at the bottom.

A bold black-and-white Green Party graphic with the slogan “REAL HOPE. REAL CHANGE.” at the top. The main message in large capital letters reads “END ALL ARMS SALES,” with “END” highlighted in green and underlined. The Green Party logo and name appear at the bottom.

As revealed by Channel 4 News’ documentary, UK arms exports to Israel have hit record highs — £408,000 in June and £316,000 in September.

The government says it’s restricting sales, but the data says otherwise.

The UK must end all arms sales to Israel now.

08.10.2025 14:45 — 👍 237    🔁 94    💬 7    📌 3

You need to rewrite the last sentence to include “so that hardworking people can be exploited by greedy landlords, and that includes some Labour MPs”

08.10.2025 12:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

On the one hand you have Jenrick wanting to purge judges he deems too liberal, on the other you have Labour wanting to crack down on our democratic freedoms and stop us demonstrating.
Not looking good

08.10.2025 10:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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But but but

07.10.2025 19:29 — 👍 8    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

When is a major figure from Labour going to spell it out to him?
Parliament makes the laws, and the judges interpret and administer it.
If politicians don’t like the results than they have to modify the laws.
That’s how democracy works.
(Maybe Labour aren’t too happy about that either)

08.10.2025 10:41 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

We’ve always said lions, but griddle is an entertaining improvement

08.10.2025 10:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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