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Bob Kindred MBE

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Providing professional specialist advice on heritage policy & practice for historic buildings & areas since 1979.

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Large far-right German delegation to visit Washington, Trump ally says The invitation to the capital comes as Alternative for Germany politicians seek to build closer ties to the U.S. government.

"The restrictions were intended to prevent a repeat of the Nazi rise to power, when anti-democratic forces were able to subvert democracy from within..."

www.politico.eu/article/larg...

15.11.2025 05:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2687    πŸ” 1108    πŸ’¬ 231    πŸ“Œ 99
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2.4 million
One in 10 houses
300,000
1.3 million
150,000
Pick a number, any number will do.
Make it up as you go along.
Typical Telegraph

15.11.2025 07:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Typical of the Rothermere Rag.
You can’t preside over a shambolic Budget that hasn’t taken place yet.

15.11.2025 07:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Absolutely extraordinary!

15.11.2025 07:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œNever met him”.
Obviously a fake photo. The fingers on Epstein’s shoulder are too big!
🫣🫣🫣

13.11.2025 07:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump takes his assault on the rule of law global.

www.cnn.com/2025/11/12/m...

12.11.2025 19:39 β€” πŸ‘ 647    πŸ” 213    πŸ’¬ 41    πŸ“Œ 17

Turns out you can be as vile as you like - before - you become a Reform councillor then magically you become (or Faragism makes you) entirely respectable.

10.11.2025 22:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"If you’re a Republican official convicted of corruption, your odds of receiving clemency from Trump are roughly 100%...

"The latest move seems intended to deliver a political message: Those who assist Trump with his schemes need not worry about legal consequences..."

www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

10.11.2025 19:15 β€” πŸ‘ 4337    πŸ” 1575    πŸ’¬ 268    πŸ“Œ 72
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Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:

One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.

10.11.2025 13:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1258    πŸ” 511    πŸ’¬ 38    πŸ“Œ 59

Why $1Bn? Why not $10Bn or Β£100Bn and why don’t the courts then award the world’s greatest narcissist a symbolic 1p?
Poetic justice served.

10.11.2025 18:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?

10.11.2025 11:29 β€” πŸ‘ 5598    πŸ” 1655    πŸ’¬ 148    πŸ“Œ 73

A big win for people more outraged by a silly edit at the BBC than by a man impeached by Congress for literally inciting an insurrection being back in the White House. Pathetic.

09.11.2025 19:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1873    πŸ” 344    πŸ’¬ 110    πŸ“Œ 13

He had 70 more laps when he made that misjudgement.

09.11.2025 21:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"When I picked up my granddaughter from the federal agents, she had a dirty diaper, a bruise on her face, and was developing a rash. She was exhausted and cried… My heart aches knowing this could happen to others, to my kids, or even me, despite being U.S. citizens.”

08.11.2025 15:26 β€” πŸ‘ 6921    πŸ” 3236    πŸ’¬ 228    πŸ“Œ 310
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With the attention span of a gnat, it would be surprising if he remembers who they are by tomorrow.
Wouldn’t β€˜war’ prejudice his Nobel aspirations? πŸ₯΄πŸ₯΄πŸ₯΄

08.11.2025 07:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Byline Times is digging where the monopoly press fears to tread.

Farage’s Kremlin links. Trump’s pull on Blue Labour. Thiel & Palantir’s reach into government.

Our new investigations team is just getting started. Help us go even further:

πŸ‘‰ subscribe.bylinetimes.com/nostoneuntur...

22.10.2025 16:20 β€” πŸ‘ 238    πŸ” 125    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0
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Just a reminder. The Gargoyle & his Reformers aim to dismantle the NHS and replace it with a US style insurance-based health care system

06.11.2025 08:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ooops! Another unfortunate blow for the Treasury and ordinary taxpayers ahead of the Budget.

06.11.2025 08:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just wondering if the editorial team at the Rothermere rag have a direct line to The Samaritans?
Perhaps readers might also appreciate the phone number displayed prominently each day on the front page?

05.11.2025 06:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s the relentless positivity and optimism that will get their readers in the end!
What a miserable rag.

05.11.2025 06:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Serious financial irregularities have been uncovered with claims that some donors were awarded questionable contracts.

Today a specialist financial crime court in Brussels will deliver its verdict.

05.11.2025 05:53 β€” πŸ‘ 96    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Well he worked so hard for that Knighthood and his miserable wife still looked sullen.

04.11.2025 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Strange. No major policy press conference from The Gargoyle about this one.

04.11.2025 08:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Nigel Farage backtracks on Reform UK’s promise to cut Β£90bn of taxes Party leader says proposal had been an β€˜aspiration’ and accuses Tories and Labour of β€˜wrecking the public finances’

Nigel Farage backtracks on Reform UK’s promise to cut Β£90bn of taxes

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

03.11.2025 20:11 β€” πŸ‘ 100    πŸ” 45    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 7
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Standards slipping at the Rothermere Rag.
Only FIVE salacious pages of tittle-tattle.

02.11.2025 08:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

To be fair, they’re losing MPs at a much faster rate.

01.11.2025 11:34 β€” πŸ‘ 945    πŸ” 226    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 2

Wondering if there is a vacant flat going above the Pizza Express in Woking?

31.10.2025 11:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Nigel Farage β€˜sad’ as Clacton area remains most deprived neighbourhood Jaywick is part of Reform leader and Clacton MP Nigel Farage’s Essex constituency

Stop being sad, and start being an MP.

Nigel Farage β€˜sad’ as Clacton area remains most deprived neighbourhood

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

31.10.2025 06:46 β€” πŸ‘ 274    πŸ” 74    πŸ’¬ 53    πŸ“Œ 8

Can't overstate how fucked up it is that unraveling what is arguably the greatest achievement in the history of humanity is now a motivating issue of one of the two dominant parties in the U.S.

31.10.2025 04:13 β€” πŸ‘ 9376    πŸ” 3388    πŸ’¬ 384    πŸ“Œ 167

A former Hampshire county council Tory leader who claimed more than Β£15,000 in allowances over six months – despite failing to attend meetings in that period – has won a ceremonial honour for β€œdedication and hard work”.

31.10.2025 07:42 β€” πŸ‘ 561    πŸ” 240    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 16

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