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Compassion & empathy are not dirty words. Vulnerability requires support, not scapegoating. #fbpe #carers #RefugeesWelcome #noToriesorBrexiteers

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That's how most people look first thing in the morning. Not everyone has the luxury of a home with stables and an hour or two to come round before inflicting themselves on the community

14.02.2026 11:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Johnson partied as
pensioners died
alone. Why didn't
Johnson get this
pressure to resign.
Farage appointed a
Russian Agent as the
leader of Reform UK
in Wales. Why doesn't
Farage get this
pressure to resign
The answer is the
Tory Press.

Johnson partied as pensioners died alone. Why didn't Johnson get this pressure to resign. Farage appointed a Russian Agent as the leader of Reform UK in Wales. Why doesn't Farage get this pressure to resign The answer is the Tory Press.

Very good from @verybrexitproblems.bsky.social

12.02.2026 20:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2393    πŸ” 791    πŸ’¬ 58    πŸ“Œ 25
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Who is Sir Jim Ratcliffe? The billionaire co-owner of Manchester United facing backlash over immigration comments Sky News looks at the business history of Sir Jim Ratcliffe, his involvement with Manchester United, and his previous remarks about politics.

Ooh look. A dishonest tax exile.
news.sky.com/story/who-is...

12.02.2026 09:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Who is Sir Jim Ratcliffe? The billionaire co-owner of Manchester United facing backlash over immigration comments Sky News looks at the business history of Sir Jim Ratcliffe, his involvement with Manchester United, and his previous remarks about politics.

Behold. Another lying patriot who avoids paying UK tax.
You don't pay into the club so you don't get to slag it off.
news.sky.com/story/who-is...

12.02.2026 07:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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One of my fave community notes to date…

10.02.2026 16:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1427    πŸ” 375    πŸ’¬ 85    πŸ“Œ 14
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Why does Badenoch have rats running around her Westminster abode?

05.02.2026 01:15 β€” πŸ‘ 247    πŸ” 73    πŸ’¬ 86    πŸ“Œ 32

I think it’s just a member of her shadow cabinet

05.02.2026 07:43 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

It is. The hatred they get is off the scale. Whilst far from perfect it is the best government we have had for decades.

31.01.2026 09:04 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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People sometimes say politics isn’t funny anymore. Those people clearly haven’t been watching the birth of Your Party…

From β€˜Private Eye - The Year In Review 2025’ on the Eye’s YouTube youtu.be/AQ5Xxj2EwGQ?...

04.01.2026 10:29 β€” πŸ‘ 172    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1
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Amazing how the mob baying for Starmer to quit and demanding another General Election less than two years after the last landslide win are the same idiots who said Brexit meant Brexit, and told us Remainers to get over it because the 52-48 [advisory] Referendum was the enduring will of the people. οΏΌ

27.12.2025 09:00 β€” πŸ‘ 103    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 1
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Channel crossings resume after four weeks with no arrivals The 28-day stretch with no arrivals was the longest period without any small boat crossings in seven years.

Annnd sure enough BBC stirs the pot for Far Right Wing Racists narrative with this vacuous headlineπŸ‘‡πŸΌ

β€œMigrant Channel crossings resume after four-week gap”

Don’t recall them saying last weekend

β€œThis is the third week without any Migrant Boat Crossings”

So it’s press / repeat usual the crap πŸ™„

14.12.2025 10:16 β€” πŸ‘ 83    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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Specialist teams and online investigators deployed across England and Wales to tackle 'national emergency' of violence against women and girls Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said her measures mean "abusers will have nowhere to hide" but the Conservatives claimed Labour had "failed women" and "broken its promises".

Please can someone place a ban on Chris Philp?
That pound shop Jeremy Hunt telling me that Labour has 'failed women' is more thany blood pressure can take.
news.sky.com/story/specia...

14.12.2025 11:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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2016 Daily Mail: We want foreigners out! We don’t care if it makes us poorer. Brexit means Brexit!

2025 Daily Mail: Foreigners are leaving Starmer’s Britain because this country is poor and shit!

This country would be so much better off without this hypocritical, incendiary, irresponsible rag.

13.12.2025 10:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1213    πŸ” 363    πŸ’¬ 67    πŸ“Œ 23
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Nigel Farage, "At Michael Barrymore's house they removed all the ashtrays, on the basis that they chuck all the fags in the pool."

09.12.2025 19:16 β€” πŸ‘ 251    πŸ” 160    πŸ’¬ 65    πŸ“Œ 59

I guess she's trying to show that SHE has balls.

08.12.2025 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well. I’m on a pretty decent salary, particularly for the region I live in and none of the tax/ pension measures have affected me. None.

I work for a global Company, and I’m not struggling.

If I’m ok, so will others be.

If people with Β£5m houses have a problem, sell them.

07.12.2025 13:16 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Inside private members' club bash where guests laugh at Hitler jokes and sing 'we're all racist now' The dinner was attended by Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage, Liz Truss, Robert Jenrick and Lee Anderson among other high-profile political figures.

This was last month.
Two disgraceful, former Tory PMs, Johnson & Truss, with Farage, partying together.
Such greedy people. Deluded, selfish, right wing liars and racists - who broke Britain's economy, but they're still laughing all the way to the bank

www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ins...

07.12.2025 10:08 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
With his party riding high in the polls, toasting a game-changing Β£9m donation and welcoming its first Tory defector in the Lords, Nigel Farage seems to be sitting pretty. But creeping allegations of racist schoolboy behaviour β€” and his belligerent response to them
β€” could harm his chances of winning over wavering voters, writes Josh Glancy
(Cartoon of shocked? angry? frightened? people under the money bags holding placards saying β€˜BIGOT’, β€˜RACIST’ and β€˜NAZI NIGEL’)

With his party riding high in the polls, toasting a game-changing Β£9m donation and welcoming its first Tory defector in the Lords, Nigel Farage seems to be sitting pretty. But creeping allegations of racist schoolboy behaviour β€” and his belligerent response to them β€” could harm his chances of winning over wavering voters, writes Josh Glancy (Cartoon of shocked? angry? frightened? people under the money bags holding placards saying β€˜BIGOT’, β€˜RACIST’ and β€˜NAZI NIGEL’)

Crick believes that there is a clear line to be drawn between Farage the sixth-former and Farage the politician. "So much of his character is the same as you can see at Dulwich," he says. "The boy who's desperate for attention, who loves debating, who loves division. The English nationalism, the interest - almost obsession - with immigration, the admiration for Enoch Powell, the free-market Thatcherism; all of that began at Dulwich."
Much of the public has already made up its mind on Farage. In as much as this story cuts through to the wider elector-ate, some will think it deeply unfair to judge Farage on his adolescence; while others will see it as fair game and reflective of the man he later became.
But there will be many who are still undecided on Farage and, for this last camp, his belligerent response to the allegations will be a test.
He has the polling support. He has the Tory defections. He has the money now too. But does he have the ability to woo and keep voters who once found him unsavoury?
Farage is unlikely to change tack now.
"He's got to be true to him-self," says the senior Reform source. "There is precious little point in apologising to people like Ed Davey."
Additional Reporting:
Harry Yorke

Crick believes that there is a clear line to be drawn between Farage the sixth-former and Farage the politician. "So much of his character is the same as you can see at Dulwich," he says. "The boy who's desperate for attention, who loves debating, who loves division. The English nationalism, the interest - almost obsession - with immigration, the admiration for Enoch Powell, the free-market Thatcherism; all of that began at Dulwich." Much of the public has already made up its mind on Farage. In as much as this story cuts through to the wider elector-ate, some will think it deeply unfair to judge Farage on his adolescence; while others will see it as fair game and reflective of the man he later became. But there will be many who are still undecided on Farage and, for this last camp, his belligerent response to the allegations will be a test. He has the polling support. He has the Tory defections. He has the money now too. But does he have the ability to woo and keep voters who once found him unsavoury? Farage is unlikely to change tack now. "He's got to be true to him-self," says the senior Reform source. "There is precious little point in apologising to people like Ed Davey." Additional Reporting: Harry Yorke

On why Farage doesn’t apologise for his schoolboy racism:
β€œif he apologised, he would be turning to his own support base and saying, β€˜You’re all guilty too.’ ”
Exactly.
He is racist. So are his voters. He can’t be pissing them off by saying sorry.
#NeverPM

www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

07.12.2025 09:24 β€” πŸ‘ 552    πŸ” 185    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 10

Interesting what Crick notes.

Farage like Mogg and Johnson are really just grown up versions of their teenage selves. Lots of public school boys leave fully formed - and armed with an entitlement and a sense of empowerment that takes them through the rest of their lives.

07.12.2025 10:28 β€” πŸ‘ 658    πŸ” 198    πŸ’¬ 34    πŸ“Œ 7

Today is the day.

05.12.2025 07:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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04.12.2025 17:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Pleased to discover that slightly misnaming the national chess championship you won as a school child is a much more serious offence than repeatedly racially abusing your fellow pupils and telling them they should go to the gas chamber

03.12.2025 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1973    πŸ” 564    πŸ’¬ 42    πŸ“Œ 18

I bet she wears stripes and checks at the same time.

03.12.2025 21:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Plus sides to today: Two-child benefit scrapped. Largely progressive tax implications. Good market reaction. No big spending cuts. Nightmare prospect of cutting funding to net zero etc avoided. It's a left-wing budget. Those who say there's no difference between Labour and Tories are bananas.

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