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Still recovering from four decades at the BBC. I write. I read. And paint ... and use the shredder a lot.

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Screenshot of a headline reading "Israeli plan for forced transfer of Gaza's population 'a blueprint for crimes against humanity"', with subheading reading "Military ordered to turn ruins of Rafah into 'humanitarian city' but experts call the plan an internment camp for all Palestinians in Gaza"

Screenshot of a headline reading "Israeli plan for forced transfer of Gaza's population 'a blueprint for crimes against humanity"', with subheading reading "Military ordered to turn ruins of Rafah into 'humanitarian city' but experts call the plan an internment camp for all Palestinians in Gaza"

Absolutely horrific. We are watching ethnic cleansing and genocide happening in broad daylight, in real time. Our govt has a duty to prevent genocide - and yet is still selling arms to Israel. The UK's complicity must end.

08.07.2025 08:52 — 👍 628    🔁 258    💬 17    📌 7
BBC article: Reform councillor charged after Pride event arrest
Mandy Clare is smiling. She has long brown hair and is wearing a black top and red cardigan.
Image source,Cheshire West and Chester Council
Image caption,
Mandy Clare will appear before magistrates in Crewe on 8 August, police said

Angela Ferguson
BBC News, Cheshire
Published
30 June 2025
Reform UK councillor Amanda Clare has been charged with assault and criminal damage after an incident at a Pride event.

The councillor who represents the Winsford Dene ward on Cheshire West and Chester Council, is to appear before magistrates in Crewe on Friday 8 August.

Cheshire Police said they were called to reports of a disturbance at Winsford Pride at around 16:30 BST on Saturday, where they arrested Ms Clare, who is known as Mandy Clare.

Ms Clare, 54, from Malpas, has been bailed pending her court appearance.

BBC article: Reform councillor charged after Pride event arrest Mandy Clare is smiling. She has long brown hair and is wearing a black top and red cardigan. Image source,Cheshire West and Chester Council Image caption, Mandy Clare will appear before magistrates in Crewe on 8 August, police said Angela Ferguson BBC News, Cheshire Published 30 June 2025 Reform UK councillor Amanda Clare has been charged with assault and criminal damage after an incident at a Pride event. The councillor who represents the Winsford Dene ward on Cheshire West and Chester Council, is to appear before magistrates in Crewe on Friday 8 August. Cheshire Police said they were called to reports of a disturbance at Winsford Pride at around 16:30 BST on Saturday, where they arrested Ms Clare, who is known as Mandy Clare. Ms Clare, 54, from Malpas, has been bailed pending her court appearance.

Register of interests
Councillor Mandy Clare
This register of interests was published on Monday, 7th July, 2025, 9.02 am.
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I Councillor Mandy Clare a Member of the Cheshire West and Chester Council give notice that I have the following disclosable interests
PART A: DISCLOSABLE PECUNIARY INTERESTS
1. Employment, office, trade, profession or vocation
You	Your partner
Councillor	-
Caseworker for Sarah Pochin MP	-

Register of interests Councillor Mandy Clare This register of interests was published on Monday, 7th July, 2025, 9.02 am. More information about this councillor Printer friendly view I Councillor Mandy Clare a Member of the Cheshire West and Chester Council give notice that I have the following disclosable interests PART A: DISCLOSABLE PECUNIARY INTERESTS 1. Employment, office, trade, profession or vocation You Your partner Councillor - Caseworker for Sarah Pochin MP -

Oh. Just spotted this: the Reform cllr charged with assault and criminal damage after an 'incident' at a Pride event is...

Reform MP Sarah Pochin's caseworker

08.07.2025 08:25 — 👍 642    🔁 260    💬 37    📌 8
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Half of school-leavers in England ‘should go to university’ An inquiry has proposed a ‘triple-lock’ target to get more young people from poorer areas into higher education

'The most recent figures show that 13 per cent of school-leavers from Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, go to university, compared with 70 per cent from Wimbledon, southwest London.' Is shrinking staff at University of Cumbria wise in this context?

08.07.2025 08:53 — 👍 15    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 1
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A Donald Trump ally has a suggestion for Warner Bros. Discovery: Why don't you pay us or give us a TV show? Donald Trump is suing some media companies. But he's also open to deals with them, like one with WBD that could include money, programming, or both.

A Trump intermediary tells CNN’s parent company that they can buy peace with Trump by making a highly flattering documentary about Melania Trump or a TV show about Trump Jr, which would involve paying the Trump family large amounts of money. The move appears to meet the legal standard for extortion.

01.06.2025 13:14 — 👍 861    🔁 377    💬 50    📌 54
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Your occasional reminder that in two years' time, Nigel Farage will be taking his gold plated £73,000 annual EU pension.

02.06.2025 06:20 — 👍 2188    🔁 993    💬 139    📌 24
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The determination of Kemi Badenoch to turn Lucy Connolly - a woman who demanded a pogrom ffs - into a national hero just shows how far down the right wing Twitter rabbit hole she is. Really despicable.

31.05.2025 21:01 — 👍 1092    🔁 182    💬 31    📌 8
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Hermer spoke articulately, lucidly and morally about human rights so of course now the dogs of hell are after him www.theguardian.com/law/2025/may...

30.05.2025 15:00 — 👍 346    🔁 97    💬 21    📌 5
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Julia, you are an absolute fucking disgrace. Again.

27.05.2025 07:05 — 👍 500    🔁 66    💬 55    📌 14

The Government has sold the last of its shares in NatWest which it nationalised in the 2008 Financial Crisis.

The Government has lost £10bn.

Natwest is making £7.2bn profit a year.

We are being robbed NatWest needs to pay back every penny.

27.05.2025 02:28 — 👍 334    🔁 101    💬 13    📌 1

#ICYMI 🤣

25.05.2025 11:10 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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U.S. citizen with REAL ID handcuffed and held in immigration raid before being released The man told Noticias Telemundo that authorities took his ID from his wallet and told him it was fake before handcuffing him.

The man told Noticias Telemundo that authorities took his ID from his wallet and told him it was fake before handcuffing him.

23.05.2025 23:15 — 👍 3329    🔁 1638    💬 227    📌 383
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Jean Pisani-Ferry : « Face à l’agressivité économique de Trump, l’Europe doit passer aux actes » CHRONIQUE. Si l’Union européenne a pris conscience qu’elle doit renforcer sa souveraineté dans un monde gouverné désormais par les rapports de force, elle reste pourtant timide face aux Etats-Unis, et...

Ma chronique @lemonde.fr : face à l’agressivité de Trump, l’Europe avance sur la défense. Mais sur le commerce elle se montre timide et elle n’a toujours pas commencé de mettre en œuvre les recommandations des rapports Letta et Draghi. Il est temps de passer aux acted www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...

24.05.2025 08:40 — 👍 16    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Nigel Farage said he’d ‘bought a house’ in Clacton – it’s actually owned by his girlfriend Reform UK leader said he’d ‘exchanged contracts’ to buy property last November, but it’s in name of Laure Ferrari

Nigel Farage said he’d ‘bought a house’ in Clacton – it’s actually owned by his girlfriend
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

23.05.2025 16:46 — 👍 17    🔁 6    💬 3    📌 0

🚨"Starmer’s approach to #Brexit, whatever tactical rationale it may have, is strategically incoherent. It recognizes the geographical, economic & regulatory realities which doom Brexit to failure, & yet it places major constraints on what can be done to address them". Spot-on analysis by Chris Grey:

23.05.2025 10:17 — 👍 73    🔁 46    💬 1    📌 2
Line chart of the quarterly US applications for British citizenship showing Americans seek UK citizenship in record numbers during the first few months of Trump's presidency

Line chart of the quarterly US applications for British citizenship showing Americans seek UK citizenship in record numbers during the first few months of Trump's presidency

US applications for British citizenship hit a record high during the first few months of Donald Trump’s presidency, as immigration lawyers report a surge in Americans looking to move to the UK because of economic and safety concerns.

@financialtimes.com
on.ft.com/4jekcd2

23.05.2025 09:14 — 👍 33    🔁 25    💬 5    📌 2
Photo of Trump showing photo to journalists

Photo of Trump showing photo to journalists

Reuters confirm that the photo of alleged white genocide in South Africa showed humanitarian workers lifting body bags in the Congolese city of Goma.

www.reuters.com/world/africa...

23.05.2025 10:43 — 👍 113    🔁 53    💬 16    📌 4
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Rugby : les joueuses du Stade français demandent la démission d’un dirigeant après des propos homophobes Suspendu de ses fonctions auprès de l’équipe féminine à l’issue d’une plainte, d’une saisine du conseil de discipline du rugby français et de la conclusion de l’enquête interne, le directeur sportif a conservé le reste de ses prérogatives.

Rugby : les joueuses du Stade français demandent la démission d’un dirigeant après des propos homophobes

23.05.2025 10:56 — 👍 32    🔁 12    💬 3    📌 1
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Margaret Renki looks at the history of the techniques now being used by Trump's secret police

23.05.2025 03:37 — 👍 55    🔁 22    💬 1    📌 2

I spent too much time on Truth Social for you to not read my article on it 👇🏼

It is boring… but CEO Devin Nunes has plans to use it to hawk crypto to Trump’s biggest fans.

It risks becoming “the digital echo of a slot machine hall: a sad, antisocial space for lonely people to lose money.”

21.05.2025 14:01 — 👍 96    🔁 32    💬 10    📌 1
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Trump's luxury hotel in Serbia on hold after official admits forging documents The Serbian government said an official forged documents to help pave the way for a luxury hotel and residential complex in Belgrade planned by the Trump family

Trump's family once again did what they Trump family does. Kushner caught trying to build a luxury resort in Serbia based on forged documents by a former government official. But please tell us again how Trump & his family businesses are honest & transparent
www.irishstar.com/news/us-news...

16.05.2025 15:07 — 👍 216    🔁 103    💬 13    📌 5

Again, this isn't an issue of left vs right, Republican vs Democrat, but authoritarianism vs democracy. You have to decide what side you're on, and fight.

15.05.2025 08:25 — 👍 962    🔁 330    💬 19    📌 5
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Every word of this!
#Corruption

12.05.2025 17:34 — 👍 833    🔁 259    💬 19    📌 15
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Opinion: Migrant workers prop up the UK’s social care system. Now… Labour’s crackdown will break a promise made to workers like me – and leave the system in disrepair

everyone's said pretty much all there is to be said on the 'island of strangers'/'incalculable damage' stuff, so just sharing this by a migrant care worker on how it feels to hear yourself discussed like this while looking after people's loved ones www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...

12.05.2025 16:02 — 👍 159    🔁 76    💬 5    📌 6
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Trump defends the prospect of Qatar gifting him a plane to use as Air Force One U.S. officials say it could be converted into a potential presidential aircraft to replace the 40 year old Air Force One. The Qatari government said a final decision hadn’t been made.

Trump is literally trying to fly around on a plane from a foreign government while serving as President. That’s a violation of the Constitution.

The Emoluments Clause wasn’t a suggestion. It’s the LAW.

12.05.2025 14:04 — 👍 4355    🔁 1012    💬 353    📌 69

Very ashamed today of Starmer/Labour's comments about 'island of strangers' and 'incalculable damage'. It's the job of the government to leave the country in a better place than they found it, not to appeal to the base instincts of a nation in order simply to carry on governing.

12.05.2025 16:29 — 👍 945    🔁 183    💬 29    📌 6

I can’t accept anything worth more than $50 from someone in my role as a state employee

11.05.2025 13:36 — 👍 72    🔁 13    💬 5    📌 2
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🦆 13y-old-boy ‘trapped’ inside an old man | David Cay Johnston

“Donald Trump is an old man trapped in the emotions and mindset of a 13 year old boy.”

#Felon is an “empty vessel” and will do anything for the approval for the person in front of him, says Trump biographer David Cay Johnston.

5/5🧵

30.04.2025 09:59 — 👍 334    🔁 102    💬 15    📌 5

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