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Crusty old scouser socialist grandad. Retired Chartered Engineer. Still sailing & seeking another motorbike/scooter. Be warned, I do not always follow back. It's not you, it's me. πŸ₯°

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Unlike in America where ICE kidnap people off the streets, shoot protesters & bang people up in awful concentration wharehouses with no support of any sort.

05.03.2026 18:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"People with family and friends in the M.East are terrified of what Iran is doing".
Nope. Loads of family and friends across 3 targeted countries.
Iran has killed about 25 people by targeting US bases, Israel has killed nearly 1500 already.
Israel is still the problem

05.03.2026 14:22 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Straight back to the front line. Russia doesn't like soldiers who surrendered.

05.03.2026 17:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oddly, Corbyn has always turned out to be correct when opposing govt policies & wars.

05.03.2026 17:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Trump Writes Netanyahu Strongly Worded Check

Trump Writes Netanyahu Strongly Worded Check

Trump Writes Netanyahu Strongly Worded Check

05.03.2026 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3768    πŸ” 674    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 14

Just recovering the millions of miles of spider web fibres will be a nightmare.

05.03.2026 16:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"We don't want to fight a war for Israel"

04.03.2026 22:45 β€” πŸ‘ 182    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1

MARCO RUBIO:

The imminent threat was from Israel deciding to attack Iran without us and then Iran retaliating

The imminent threat was from Israel deciding to attack Iran without us

The imminent threat was from Israel deciding to attack Iran

The imminent threat was from Israel

03.03.2026 05:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1888    πŸ” 559    πŸ’¬ 105    πŸ“Œ 27
Party	Total reported	Donations accepted (excl. public funds)	Public funds accepted	Total accepted in this quarter
Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	Β£65,140	Β£20,538	Β£44,602	Β£65,140
Conservative and Unionist Party	Β£4,216,224	Β£2,401,452	Β£1,614,729	Β£4,016,181
Co-operative Party	Β£131,180	Β£131,180	Β£0	Β£131,180
Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.	Β£104,320	Β£0	Β£104,320	Β£104,320
Green Party	Β£294,069	Β£189,010	Β£98,764	Β£287,773
Labour Party	Β£2,043,007	Β£1,943,824	Β£31,836	Β£1,975,660
Liberal Democrats	Β£2,190,101	Β£1,314,139	Β£749,173	Β£2,063,312
Open Party	Β£197,151	Β£155,067	Β£0	Β£155,067
People Before Profit	Β£8,605	Β£0	Β£6,453	Β£6,453
Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales	Β£63,967	Β£30,000	Β£33,967	Β£63,967
Reform UK	Β£5,473,000	Β£5,456,000	Β£0

Party Total reported Donations accepted (excl. public funds) Public funds accepted Total accepted in this quarter Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland Β£65,140 Β£20,538 Β£44,602 Β£65,140 Conservative and Unionist Party Β£4,216,224 Β£2,401,452 Β£1,614,729 Β£4,016,181 Co-operative Party Β£131,180 Β£131,180 Β£0 Β£131,180 Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P. Β£104,320 Β£0 Β£104,320 Β£104,320 Green Party Β£294,069 Β£189,010 Β£98,764 Β£287,773 Labour Party Β£2,043,007 Β£1,943,824 Β£31,836 Β£1,975,660 Liberal Democrats Β£2,190,101 Β£1,314,139 Β£749,173 Β£2,063,312 Open Party Β£197,151 Β£155,067 Β£0 Β£155,067 People Before Profit Β£8,605 Β£0 Β£6,453 Β£6,453 Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales Β£63,967 Β£30,000 Β£33,967 Β£63,967 Reform UK Β£5,473,000 Β£5,456,000 Β£0

The funding gap between Reform UK and the Greens is astounding.

New Electoral Commission stats today reveal the reportable donations in Q4 2025:

🟒 Green Party: £189,010
🟣 Reform UK: £5,456,000

Greens are bringing in barely 3.5% of Reform UK's large donations - but still polling around 20%.

05.03.2026 12:31 β€” πŸ‘ 246    πŸ” 130    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 12

Iraq? Were they lost again?

05.03.2026 13:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So who's aiming to start WW3 then? Netanyahu, Putin or the Armagedon US Military nutters?

05.03.2026 13:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Was it Kirsti's $200m & $148m contracts given to mates, or her callous disregard of law & human rights or just her lies that impressed most?

05.03.2026 13:03 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

There were no "details" 🀣

05.03.2026 12:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Since when was compassion & honesty an extreme?

05.03.2026 12:18 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just normal fascist policy really.

05.03.2026 10:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Reform UK has authored a Welsh policy to place a so-called β€˜free speech duty’ on universities it doesn’t like, giving ministers the powers to impose financial penalties or to withdraw financial support for universities.

They want to control learning.

05.03.2026 09:46 β€” πŸ‘ 62    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 7

Sending apologies is important. It's recorded in the minutes. Failure to turn up is failing to answer the summons to attend.

05.03.2026 10:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The Abyss of fair taxation, equality, honesty, fair wages & rents. What a dreadful thing for greedy exploitative oligarchs.

05.03.2026 10:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

These are people who have crossed continents with no resources but their brain & limbs. Of made homeless, they will survive by whatever means they can. Labour are potentially setting up a crime wave.

This is not in anyone's interest when they could be supported, integrated & paying their way.

05.03.2026 10:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Why not just allow them to work & stop payments? Fine employers who don't pay min wage or have legal work conditions.

05.03.2026 09:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You'd wonder why this wasn't done before the bombing started. Except nothing was pre planned, Netanyahu just told Trump to "retaliate first".

05.03.2026 09:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

When the powerful speak of a β€˜rules-based international order’, they mean rules for others, and impunity for themselves.

All human life has equal value, which is why we need an ethical foreign policy based on cooperation, justice and peace.

05.03.2026 09:08 β€” πŸ‘ 604    πŸ” 157    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 5
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Imagine this headline a year ago.

Zelenskyy says the U.S. asked Ukraine for help countering Iranian Shahed dronesβ€”because Ukraine has the know-how. He agreed, but only if it doesn’t weaken Ukraine’s defense against Russia.

So… is JD Vance going to say thank you?

05.03.2026 09:10 β€” πŸ‘ 113    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2

Fabulous, enjoy πŸ₯°

05.03.2026 09:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Why Azerbaijan? πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

05.03.2026 09:20 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I told you, put some effort into fixing our NHS. People are suffering long delays due to cuts. Employ more staff, reopen closed beds, cancel PFI debt, fund big capital investments from central govt again.

04.03.2026 22:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Checking to see if limbs are regrowing then?

Of course the benefits system is a disaster, 50 years of focusing not on helping or supporting people, but on assuming they are criminals trying to cheat the system.

04.03.2026 22:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

More likely Hesbollah from Lebanon, but could be a false flag

04.03.2026 21:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Too many on sickness?"

What do you propose? Funding the NHS to cure them, euthanasia or just stop paying & make 'em homeless?

04.03.2026 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Gun violence costs the United States an estimated $557 billion every year.

That is about 2.6 percent of the entire U.S. economy, or more than $1,600 per person, every year.

This cost is higher than what the federal government spends annually on education.

03.03.2026 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 962    πŸ” 437    πŸ’¬ 48    πŸ“Œ 23