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@tomtyson.bsky.social

Germanist, guitarist, struggling gardener. Translator, former teacher. North Herts District Councillor ๐Ÿ”ถ๏ธ Liberal Democrats #FBPE ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ

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Supporters of the House of Lords should tell us why Lord Mandelson, Baroness Mone, Lord Houchen, Lord Lebedev and Baroness Owen deserve to be unelected lawmakers for the rest of their lives

03.02.2026 10:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 224    ๐Ÿ” 102    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9
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BBC News - Kate Nash Discusses Brexitโ€™s Impact on Touring Artists Singer-Songwriter Kate Nash gives evidence on the impact of Brexit on touring musicians

๐Ÿšจ Our study showed that the number of UK musicians playing at festivals in the EU is still down by 26% compared to pre-Brexit levels.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/l...

03.02.2026 11:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 101    ๐Ÿ” 47    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

I saw your fun footnote. I don't know much about cattle grids but I do know about old-school grammar. FWIW, cattle grid used as a compound before a noun gets a hyphen: "cattle-grid application". Otherwise not. The same applies to "old-school grammar" as opposed to grammar of the old school. HTH!

03.02.2026 12:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I had to google that one as I thought it was a hibiscus. Now I know what to grow in an Australian desert ๐Ÿ˜… Not much good for my plot over here in UK, though climate change makes drought tolerance a useful attribute. Along with flood tolerance and wind resistance... ๐Ÿ™„

03.02.2026 09:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Segway to Heaven

Segway to Heaven

It's Monday Part 2, AKA Tuesday.

03.02.2026 09:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Prime Minister Carney speaks on the phone with Prime Ministerย Mette Frederiksen of Denmark.

Prime Minister Carney speaks on the phone with Prime Ministerย Mette Frederiksen of Denmark.

A good call with Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen of Denmark today.

Greenlandโ€™s future is for Greenland and Denmark alone to decide. We reaffirmed our commitment to sovereignty and territorial integrity and discussed our ongoing work to strengthen Arctic security.

02.02.2026 19:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2780    ๐Ÿ” 507    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 83    ๐Ÿ“Œ 30
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Me:

โ€œWhat about the fact that Trump was found guilty in a civil court for sexual abuseโ€ฆwas that not enough for you to withdraw your support?โ€

Now listen to the response from Andrea Jenkyns of the Reform Partyโ€ฆ

02.02.2026 11:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 899    ๐Ÿ” 236    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 199    ๐Ÿ“Œ 49

NEW: Emily Thornberry, Labour chair of foreign affairs committee, says police should investigate emails.

"Surely this is not a matter of whether Mandelson should be in the Lords [but]... of whether the police should be involved."

SNP, Lib Dems and PC have all already called for police involvement

02.02.2026 17:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 512    ๐Ÿ” 107    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 23    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10

Wow, beautiful - but that we would have to wait till mid to late summer for that display where I am in the UK!

02.02.2026 16:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Tr**p says he's suing Trevor Noah because he made a joke about Tr**p visiting Epstein's Island as he claims he never went there.
Discovery is going to be interesting, isn't it?

Number of people Tr**p has sued for calling him a paedophile: still zero.

02.02.2026 15:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

These allegations are incredibly serious, it is now only right that the police investigate Peter Mandelson for potential misconduct in public office.

02.02.2026 15:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 454    ๐Ÿ” 141    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 35    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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Belgian PM Bart De Wever,

"President Trump is hostile to the idea of the European Union"

"When he says he loves Europe, he means he loves 27 countries, that would be slaves to the US"

"Because the only economy strong enough to stand up to Trump is the European Union, and he doesn't like it"

01.02.2026 23:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 207    ๐Ÿ” 53    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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While Badenoch fights Farage to be Britainโ€™s version of Trump, weโ€™re focused on fixing the NHS, protecting our country, and getting things done.

02.02.2026 14:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 59    ๐Ÿ” 19    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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While Labour drifts into Reform-lite rhetoric, the Lib Dems are the only ones having a grown-up conversation.

The best deterrent we could have is having a competent immigration system.

01.02.2026 17:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 90    ๐Ÿ” 30    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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๐ŸšจBREAKING: ICE drew guns and POINTED THEM at a retired Minneapolis couple in a church parking lot.

โ€œThey were obviously not trainedโ€ฆ I've known many police officersโ€ฆ.They had the professional demeanor of criminals." This is unreal.

#NoWarrantNoICE

29.01.2026 01:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1178    ๐Ÿ” 535    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 50    ๐Ÿ“Œ 40
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As a new anniversary of Brexit arrives, here's a reminder of the chillingly methodical moment when the UK flag was removed from the EU Council building in Brussels. Since then, not a single Brexit promise has come true โ€“ and the majority of us now want that flag put back again.
#RejoinEU ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ•Š

31.01.2026 18:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 242    ๐Ÿ” 104    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Become a Member of the European Movement Join the movement for a European future

Alternativelyโ€ฆ hereโ€™s the direct link:

www.europeanmovement.co.uk/membership-ab

31.01.2026 13:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 47    ๐Ÿ” 28    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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If this photo doesnโ€™t haunt every American citizen then god help them.
And any โ€˜Christianโ€™ supporting this administration is going straight to hellโ€ฆIโ€™m certain of it.

31.01.2026 20:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 84    ๐Ÿ” 19    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Thereโ€™s no justification for shooting someone ten times in the back.

Thereโ€™s no justification for shooting someone ten times in the back.

The debate about what Alex Pretti did or didnโ€™t do is irrelevant.

The agents committed murder.

It wasnโ€™t a โ€œbad shootโ€. It was a killing

31.01.2026 11:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12583    ๐Ÿ” 3714    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 452    ๐Ÿ“Œ 137

Incarcerated for journalism. And for sticking it to various frauds & grifters who profess to care about โ€˜free speechโ€™.

30.01.2026 14:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 974    ๐Ÿ” 289    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 48    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11

Guilty as charged.

30.01.2026 09:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Agitator and, perhaps, insurrectionist, Alex
Pretti's stock has gone way down with the
just released video of him screaming and
spitting in the face of a very calm and under
control ICE Officer, and then crazily kicking
in a new and very expensive government
vehicle, so hard and violent, in fact, that the
taillight broke off in pieces. It was quite a
display of abuse and anger, for all to see,
crazed and out of control. The ICE Officer
was calm and cool, not an easy thing to be
under those circumstances! MAKE AMERICA
GREAT AGAIN

Agitator and, perhaps, insurrectionist, Alex Pretti's stock has gone way down with the just released video of him screaming and spitting in the face of a very calm and under control ICE Officer, and then crazily kicking in a new and very expensive government vehicle, so hard and violent, in fact, that the taillight broke off in pieces. It was quite a display of abuse and anger, for all to see, crazed and out of control. The ICE Officer was calm and cool, not an easy thing to be under those circumstances! MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN

The USA, where the summary execution of an unarmed man can now be justified by the actual president, because on a separate occasion he kicked the tail light of a "very expensive government vehicle."

30.01.2026 07:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4216    ๐Ÿ” 1280    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 400    ๐Ÿ“Œ 125

Vote for Reform for a multimillionaire who makes his living spreading lies on GB News and who lives 200 miles from Manchester.

Please don't complain about useless, selfish MP's who don't give a crap about voters if you are voting for this shite.

29.01.2026 19:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 181    ๐Ÿ” 56    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Rand Paul: "After seeing this, if you call this a good shooting you aren't watching the video. This was a real tragedy and a mistake. The man had been disarmed and then shot 10 times ... if we say things that are obviously not true, the situation is going to get worse."

29.01.2026 15:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13449    ๐Ÿ” 3675    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 742    ๐Ÿ“Œ 312
Legendary Queen Rocker Reveals Reason the Band Wonโ€™t Tour in the U.S. The English guitarist took a stand against performing in America.

Brian May says he'll never tour the US again "because it's too dangerous".

29.01.2026 22:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 47    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Bruce Springsteenโ€™s angry anti-ICE song is on-the-nose in the right way The starโ€™s urgent and to-the-point protest song is not subtle about its target and right now thatโ€™s why it works so well

www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...

30.01.2026 01:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Warwickshire Reform UK councillor illegally let unsafe Tamworth homes Edward Harris is described as a

Edward Harris is described as a... slum landlord #Reform #disgrace www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

29.01.2026 23:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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