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Currently job-seeking former bank worker. Love St Austell Tribute, classic TV+film e.g. Blake's 7, Goodies, Only Fools, Carry Ons. Also Retro computing, photography,sometime gardening and occasional creative writing. Hoping someday to be in Cornwall f/t.

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Lol πŸ˜‚

07.08.2025 22:12 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Heathrow Airport's expansion plans to cost Β£49bn, plans reveal Heathrow says expansion is

Heathrow Airport's expansion plans to cost Β£49bn.

Previous plans abandoned as passenger numbers dropped.

Expansion of foreign-owned airport would release millions of tonnes of CO2 while benefiting a few rich flyers.

How about cutting rail fares?

01.08.2025 06:57 β€” πŸ‘ 385    πŸ” 153    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 11
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One of their very best.

23.07.2025 10:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How our water went to shit Privatisation was meant to revitalise a public good. Instead, it left us with leaky pipes, sewage spills and rivers not fit to swim in

How England's water went to shit.

Ideology of privatisation.
Monopolies privatized.
Political system bought by corporations.
Profiteering by corporations.
Ineffective regulation.
No one listens to the people.

Don't believe private is the best.

Govt still resisting public ownership.

16.07.2025 06:18 β€” πŸ‘ 308    πŸ” 129    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 7
REAL HOPE. REAL CHANGE.
An average of 27 children have been killed in Gaza every day since October 7, 2023.
An entire classroom of children murdered, every day, for 646 days.
Source: UNICEF
Green Party
Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

REAL HOPE. REAL CHANGE. An average of 27 children have been killed in Gaza every day since October 7, 2023. An entire classroom of children murdered, every day, for 646 days. Source: UNICEF Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

Since 7 October 2023 an average of 27 children have been killed in Gaza by Israel every single day.

A whole classroom of children wiped out everyday by a genocidal regime, even while queuing for food and water.

And still the UK government sells them weapons. Shame on them.

14.07.2025 14:06 β€” πŸ‘ 265    πŸ” 142    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 6

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06.07.2025 16:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Wentworth Castle, from the Corinthian temple

Wentworth Castle, from the Corinthian temple

Just sitting here feeling lucky to spend time in this beautiful place. Wentworth Castle, home of the Northern College

03.07.2025 19:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dutch Queen Appears To Mockingly Mimic Trump Right In Front Of Him In Hilarious Viral Video Yaass, Queen!

Only thing to say here is yaaaas, Queen!

27.06.2025 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3719    πŸ” 445    πŸ’¬ 153    πŸ“Œ 32
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Pik-Sen Lim obituary Groundbreaking actor best known for her roles in Mind Your Language, Johnny English Reborn and Vampire Academy

Obituary: Pik-Sen Lim πŸ˜‡πŸ™

18.06.2025 21:53 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Kemi Badenoch calls for end to windfall tax on oil and gas companies The Conservative leader said the windfall tax on the oil and gas sector should end and new drilling licenses are needed.

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has called for an end to the oil and gas windfall tax

Imagine her shock when she finds out energy companies have made BILLIONS in profits while millions can't afford heating

How out of touch can you be?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

13.06.2025 17:36 β€” πŸ‘ 565    πŸ” 151    πŸ’¬ 56    πŸ“Œ 10
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Full cost of failed pandemic- PPE finally revealed after major fraud probe The Covid counter-fraud commissioner uncovered the Β£1.4billion figure in the first phase of his investigation into wasteful Tory spending during the Covid-19 pandemic

Failed pandemic-era PPE contracts cost the British taxpayer Β£1.4billion.

The Covid counter-fraud commissioner uncovered the figure in the first phase of his probe into wasteful Tory spending during the pandemic
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

02.06.2025 06:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1078    πŸ” 560    πŸ’¬ 92    πŸ“Œ 39
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Fuck Elon Musk

31.05.2025 21:45 β€” πŸ‘ 194    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 1
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Reform UK-run Lincolnshire County Council scraps flood committee - BBC News The work will be incorporated into another committee despite all other parties opposing the change.

Wake-up call…

Lincolnshire has suffered some of the worst flooding in its history in recent years

Lincolnshire’s newly elected Reform council has abolished the flooding committee

This is who they are

Please wake up to this.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

24.05.2025 20:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1235    πŸ” 552    πŸ’¬ 95    πŸ“Œ 27
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🚨Reform UK’s Councillor Barry Martin for Stretton in Staffordshire has posted this on Facebook asking if he should resign or not.

This is a slap in the face to his constituents.

We’ve highlighted him previously:

x.com/reformexpose...

23.05.2025 13:46 β€” πŸ‘ 233    πŸ” 100    πŸ’¬ 72    πŸ“Œ 24
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Reform UK offers nostalgia, not solutions Reform UK trades on national nostalgia – but behind the slogans lies regression, not renewal or reform

Reform UK says it’ll β€˜reset’ Britain inch by inch.

But to what?

Smog, slums and Section 28? Their nostalgic fantasy hides a dangerous truth.

πŸ‘‰ Read The Bear's clear-eyed breakdown of what’s really on offer ‡️

@eastangliabylines.co.uk @bearlypolitics.co.uk

05.05.2025 08:25 β€” πŸ‘ 606    πŸ” 227    πŸ’¬ 75    πŸ“Œ 29
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Iran Sells Russia Drones And Missiles To Kill Ukrainians And Trump Doesn’t Care While the president brags about his β€œmaximum pressure” campaign against Iran and throttling its oil exports, its weapons sales to Russia get a pass.

While the president brags about his β€œmaximum pressure” campaign against Iran and throttling its oil exports, its weapons sales to Russia get a pass

www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

20.04.2025 05:35 β€” πŸ‘ 439    πŸ” 171    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 6
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Can United Utilities be trusted with Windermere? Water quality in Windermere is important to millions of visitors. Are United Utilities and the Environment Agency doing enough to make improvements?

Back to the archives again with this piece from 2023 that shares the truth about the management of national icon Lake Windermere by United Utilities and The Environment Agency.
#TruthToPower /1 @northwestbylines.co.uk
northwestbylines.co.uk/environment/...

20.04.2025 07:01 β€” πŸ‘ 62    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1

Lizbit ?

16.04.2025 22:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Day 106 of #365DaysOfSmiles
Ministry of silly walks

16.04.2025 08:37 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

β€˜Free speech’ latest.

31.03.2025 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 498    πŸ” 155    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 1
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AOC: We must acknowledge the terrifying moment we are in right now. What we are hearing and seeing with our own eyes is, in fact, happening. We are watching our neighbors, students, and friends being fired, targeted, and disappeared. It is real.

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True!
Brexit has clearly shown that we NEVER LOST our sovereignty in the EU. We were always free to leave and make our own way. So the main argument for Brexit is gone. It's now time to admit that Brexit doesn't work and to accept that we're stronger with the ENHANCED SOVEREIGNTY of EU membership.

15.04.2025 09:33 β€” πŸ‘ 89    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
A tweet by Sarah Longwell (@SarahLongwell25
) reads: "He’s threatening media companies who are critical of him. He’s talking about sending Americans to foreign prisons. He’s signing executive orders to investigate former staff members who spoke out against him. Don’t you see what’s happening here?"

A tweet by Sarah Longwell (@SarahLongwell25 ) reads: "He’s threatening media companies who are critical of him. He’s talking about sending Americans to foreign prisons. He’s signing executive orders to investigate former staff members who spoke out against him. Don’t you see what’s happening here?"

I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now.

15.04.2025 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 45891    πŸ” 14664    πŸ’¬ 979    πŸ“Œ 488

British newspapers are largely obsessed with stopping climate change action. An oil soaked suicide squad. If something cuts carbon and prepares for a difficult future they will attack it without fail.

14.04.2025 11:33 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Greenland's new Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen has said that the US will not get Greenland:

"President Trump says the US is 'getting Greenland'. Let me be clear: The US is not getting it. We do not belong to anyone else. We determine our own future.

We must not react with fear.

30.03.2025 18:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2198    πŸ” 446    πŸ’¬ 37    πŸ“Œ 17
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I'm really really sick of the orange turd's clown show!

26.03.2025 18:35 β€” πŸ‘ 9733    πŸ” 4470    πŸ’¬ 488    πŸ“Œ 231

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