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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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Message from the RSPCA โ˜€๏ธ

13.08.2025 08:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 170    ๐Ÿ” 59    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Buddy Holly and the Grasshoppers

13.08.2025 12:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The pretenโ€ฆ. Nah, only kidding

13.08.2025 12:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Donโ€™t burn care: save contraceptives, save lives $10 million in contraceptives are days from being burned in Europe โ€“ under Trump's orders. Our leaders are starting to give in to public pressure. With enough voices, we can stop this destruction and ...

$10 million in contraceptives are days from being burned in Europe โ€“ under Trump's orders. Our leaders are starting to give in to public pressure. With enough voices, we can stop this destruction and protect womenโ€™s health and dignity. Sign NOW: action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-08...

13.08.2025 07:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Goodness. 36ยฐ here but weโ€™re further north and 1/2 hr from the sea

12.08.2025 09:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Don't listen to the usual suspects doom-mongering about London - things are much better than they'd have you believe

11.08.2025 10:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 92    ๐Ÿ” 29    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Not one Al Jazeera journalist leftโ€ฆ

All systematically murdered by a regime desperate to conceal the truth

And while many of their western counterparts and media figures (who are safe and salaried) choose silence and complicity.

11.08.2025 21:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1590    ๐Ÿ” 550    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 54    ๐Ÿ“Œ 14

As we watch Keir Starmer and his team expand NHS privatisation, please remember that he was elected to become Labour leader saying specifically that he would remove NHS private outsourcing. He then quietly dropped this pledge in Summer 2022.

This isnโ€™t OK ๐Ÿšจ

12.08.2025 05:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1357    ๐Ÿ” 574    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 54    ๐Ÿ“Œ 27
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Victoria Derbyshire, "Do you think Yvette Cooper is lying?"

Sir Jonathan Porritt, former advisor to King Charles, who was arrested on Saturday,

"When Yvette Cooper implies that Palestine Action has done violence to people, we know the Home Secretary is not revealing the whole truth"

11.08.2025 22:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 451    ๐Ÿ” 184    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 26    ๐Ÿ“Œ 13

Netanyahuโ€™s plan to occupy Gaza is abhorrent and it's increasingly clear that his goal is ethnic cleansing.

The UK can't just sit on its hands. The Prime Minister must stop all arms exports to Israel and sanction Netanyahu and his cabinet.

08.08.2025 09:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 520    ๐Ÿ” 182    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 23    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11

Breaking | Al Jazeera correspondent:

The Israeli army is blowing up residential buildings in the center of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip.

11.08.2025 13:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yup. 36ยฐ yesterday (weโ€™re only 1/2 hour from the sea so not too bad) and today due 33ยฐ . Family staying and doing great things in the garden. Daughter went for a walk early. Currently sciatica is limiting my activities, so I canโ€™t really join in either of those.
Theyโ€™re taking me out for lunch too๐Ÿ˜Š

12.08.2025 08:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yvette Cooper - just resign.

That is all. The crimes are:

* Supporting genocide.

* Criminalising pensioners and destroying trust with the police.

* Demonising migrants and supporting Farage.

@naushabahkhanmp.bsky.social @teamlabouruk.bsky.social @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social

11.08.2025 19:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 87    ๐Ÿ” 35    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Let's not forget the blatant corruption too.

12.08.2025 00:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Only 36ยฐ here yesterday.

Only 36ยฐ here yesterday.

Only 36ยฐ here yesterday.

12.08.2025 07:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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EU leaders say Ukraine should have freedom to decide its future ahead of Trump-Putin summit Statement on Ukrainian sovereignty endorsed by all European Union leaders except for Hungaryโ€™s Viktor Orbรกn

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Of COURSE the EU is right!
Ukraine ( and Europe because Ukraine IS in Europe) must be FULLY
involved in every aspect of these discussions!
This situation sets a precedent for all of us. These dictators wonโ€™t stop at Ukraine ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ!

12.08.2025 07:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Do you have the link?

11.08.2025 19:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Letter of the day (in the Times)

11.08.2025 08:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6125    ๐Ÿ” 2421    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 121    ๐Ÿ“Œ 140

Theyโ€™re already doomed, poor kids.
Hard to imagine a worse start in life than having Jenrick as a parent.

10.08.2025 17:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

But they need to change radically about foreign policy, especially Palestine/Israel.
โ€œThe evil that men do lives after them, the good is often interrรจd with their bonesโ€

10.08.2025 17:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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David Lammy protesting Trump in 2018,

"We are standing in solidarity with many Americans and communicating our huge disapproval with him"

โ€œI think Theresa May has been terribly humiliated today. She looks like an appeaser"

โ€œTrump should not be meeting our great monarch, he doesn't deserve it"

10.08.2025 13:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 178    ๐Ÿ” 66    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 23    ๐Ÿ“Œ 16

Iโ€™ve been asked that fairly regularly at Portsmouth

10.08.2025 11:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
10.08.2025 07:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Message de service ! ๐Ÿ˜‰

10.08.2025 07:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 79    ๐Ÿ” 24    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

#ShakespeareSunday
Truthโ€™s a dog to kennel, but Lady my brach can sit by the fire and stink

10.08.2025 07:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Locatelli?
I thought this was going to be about baroque music

10.08.2025 05:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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If you'd rather we banned supplying Israel with weapons instead of banning Palestine Action.

Spread the message, and prove we do.

09.08.2025 17:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 459    ๐Ÿ” 267    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

Because of Keir Starmerโ€™s Labour government,
WE NO LONGER HAVE FREEDOM OF SPEECH OR FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN THE UK.
THINK ABOUT THAT.

09.08.2025 19:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Saint-Michel-Mont-Mercure, Vendรฉe

09.08.2025 20:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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