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Yorkshireman happily retired on the beautiful South Devon coast. Bielsaphile.

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A superb essay on the nature of the so-called Special Relationship

30.03.2025 10:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Patrick Minford, the only economist the BBC could find to argue in favour of Brexit did, of course, say that leaving the EU would destroy UK agriculture. So this shouldn’t come as a surprise, it was all part of the Johnson-Gove-Farage plan

14.03.2025 09:11 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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UK food and drink exports to the EU down 34% since Brexit Food and Drink Federation say businesses are struggling to deal with added ‘complexity and bureaucracy’

🚨🚨 Given horrible state of things in the world, it is easy to simply forget about the absolute shitshow of #brexit but new report by Food and Drink Federation is a stark reminder of those devasting implications. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/business/202...

14.03.2025 08:51 — 👍 555    🔁 290    💬 33    📌 13

Jeez.

11.03.2025 14:37 — 👍 1115    🔁 162    💬 135    📌 16
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Canada goose fights off bald eagle in rare, symbolism-laden battle on ice Photographer captures 20-minute clash between birds emblematic of Canada and US amid high political tensions For the second time in weeks, a Canadian icon has emerged as the unlikely victor in an existential battle on the ice. Mervyn Sequeira, an…

Canada goose fights off bald eagle in rare, symbolism-laden battle on ice

05.03.2025 19:09 — 👍 1739    🔁 538    💬 57    📌 161
Europe's Way Forward WITHOUT Trump & Putin
YouTube video by MilitaryRated Europe's Way Forward WITHOUT Trump & Putin

This is one you should watch, and there are several others on youtube that are worth watching as well, if you want to have some idea about military options.
youtu.be/1M1lKbFXUHY?...

01.03.2025 19:16 — 👍 140    🔁 35    💬 10    📌 0

“No ill intent?” You don’t go in with your studs at head height unless you are a thug. Even by Millwall standards that was violent.

01.03.2025 16:40 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Petition: Cancel Trump’s state visit Stop Trump Coalition

stoptrump.org.uk/petition-can...

01.03.2025 16:37 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

… and they said that Biden was mentally impaired

27.02.2025 20:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

@irishtexan.bsky.social

Morning Ed!

08.01.2025 09:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 2

And so it came to pass

24.11.2024 17:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Unlikely, given the abject way your lads performed at Elland Road. But as a Yorkshireman I’d be happy with a repeat of the 1989-90 table.

23.11.2024 21:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Sheffield United drop 2 points - if Sunderland do the same at Millwall then Leeds can go top tomorrow

23.11.2024 15:11 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Tanaka has to be the bargain of the season, not just for LUFC but throughout the league.

23.11.2024 02:07 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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