Alan Purchase
@alanpurchase.bsky.social
I have worked in IT for a long time -since before it was commonly called IT.
Very anti Brexit, anti-racist and intolerant of intolerance.
Care about the environment for my kids and grandchild.
Don’t post often, but read a lot of posts.
Very anti Brexit, anti-racist and intolerant of intolerance.
Care about the environment for my kids and grandchild.
Don’t post often, but read a lot of posts.
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In principle, I’m not actually automatically opposed to ID cards. However, from how the present UK government is going about this and related matters, it’s a straightforward nope, not on your life.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards
We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.
petition.parliament.uk
September 26, 2025 at 6:44 AM
In principle, I’m not actually automatically opposed to ID cards. However, from how the present UK government is going about this and related matters, it’s a straightforward nope, not on your life.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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Why are the American president's claims about autism the first item on British news bulletins?
He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.
So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?
He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.
So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?
September 23, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Why are the American president's claims about autism the first item on British news bulletins?
He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.
So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?
He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.
So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?
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He's not actually MAGA. Or a Democrat (anymore).
www.factcheck.org/2024/09/what...
www.factcheck.org/2024/09/what...
What We Know About Ryan Routh's Political Affiliations - FactCheck.org
Rumors about Ryan Wesley Routh, who staked out Trump International Golf Club in Florida on Sept. 15, have been flying on social media. Some claim he "is a registered democrat." Others claim he "is a R...
www.factcheck.org
September 24, 2025 at 12:12 AM
He's not actually MAGA. Or a Democrat (anymore).
www.factcheck.org/2024/09/what...
www.factcheck.org/2024/09/what...
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Dyson can fuck right off.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/james-dyson-brexit-leave-eu-campaign-b2829797.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/james-dyson-brexit-leave-eu-campaign-b2829797.html
September 20, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Dyson can fuck right off.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/james-dyson-brexit-leave-eu-campaign-b2829797.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/james-dyson-brexit-leave-eu-campaign-b2829797.html
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This is a really good message.
solar panels and other renewables don't generate profits for the oil and gas industry that Reform are the shills for though.
Who wants to pay more for their energy?
solar panels and other renewables don't generate profits for the oil and gas industry that Reform are the shills for though.
Who wants to pay more for their energy?
September 10, 2025 at 8:38 AM
This is a really good message.
solar panels and other renewables don't generate profits for the oil and gas industry that Reform are the shills for though.
Who wants to pay more for their energy?
solar panels and other renewables don't generate profits for the oil and gas industry that Reform are the shills for though.
Who wants to pay more for their energy?
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So nice to meet lots of people today at the demo & to hear the anger about Donald Trump’s visit on the 17th 🥰
Every week thousands of us come out to stand up for Gaza🇵🇸
To show our solidarity & our disgust at the politics of hate - whose ultimate expression is genocide.
Week after week our politicians let us down but we will not be silenced & ultimately this movement will win💪
To show our solidarity & our disgust at the politics of hate - whose ultimate expression is genocide.
Week after week our politicians let us down but we will not be silenced & ultimately this movement will win💪
September 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
So nice to meet lots of people today at the demo & to hear the anger about Donald Trump’s visit on the 17th 🥰
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Will he be forced to resign!?
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/06/nigel-farage-admits-he-was-wrong-to-say-he-had-bought-house-in-clacton
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/06/nigel-farage-admits-he-was-wrong-to-say-he-had-bought-house-in-clacton
Nigel Farage admits he was wrong to say he had bought house in Clacton
Reform UK leader says he should not have claimed he was buyer of property that was really bought by his partner
www.theguardian.com
September 6, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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Tories demand tax fraud probe into Angela Rayner. Funny, coming from a party built on dodging taxes: Johnson - £9m cash mansion, Sunak - family tax schemes, Cameron - Panama Papers, Hunt - 7 rental flats. Pyromaniacs moaning about a campfire. #ukpolitics
September 4, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Tories demand tax fraud probe into Angela Rayner. Funny, coming from a party built on dodging taxes: Johnson - £9m cash mansion, Sunak - family tax schemes, Cameron - Panama Papers, Hunt - 7 rental flats. Pyromaniacs moaning about a campfire. #ukpolitics
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So the big “patriot” flying England flags on every lamppost? Turns out he’s already been banged up for trying to smuggle immigrants in. 😂 You couldn’t make it up – a flag-waving fraudster shouting about borders while running his own immigrant smuggling at Dover. Proper flag shagging 🏴 wanker logic.
September 4, 2025 at 12:37 PM
So the big “patriot” flying England flags on every lamppost? Turns out he’s already been banged up for trying to smuggle immigrants in. 😂 You couldn’t make it up – a flag-waving fraudster shouting about borders while running his own immigrant smuggling at Dover. Proper flag shagging 🏴 wanker logic.
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Wow Steve Baker slams Robert Jenrick's language on asylum seekers:
"The tone in which we say things really matters. We're talking about human beings... It's really important that when we discuss people, we leave room for the innocent majority. We have to ask ourselves, how fragile is civilisation?"
"The tone in which we say things really matters. We're talking about human beings... It's really important that when we discuss people, we leave room for the innocent majority. We have to ask ourselves, how fragile is civilisation?"
August 29, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Wow Steve Baker slams Robert Jenrick's language on asylum seekers:
"The tone in which we say things really matters. We're talking about human beings... It's really important that when we discuss people, we leave room for the innocent majority. We have to ask ourselves, how fragile is civilisation?"
"The tone in which we say things really matters. We're talking about human beings... It's really important that when we discuss people, we leave room for the innocent majority. We have to ask ourselves, how fragile is civilisation?"
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The radical right in Britain increasingly claims to represent "Christian values" & "Christian civilisation" - though its leaders rarely go to church or pretend to believe anything.
It's especially important that Christian leaders speak out against this, as it's their tradition that's being claimed.
It's especially important that Christian leaders speak out against this, as it's their tradition that's being claimed.
A courteous but very impressive rebuke to Nigel Farage from the Bishop of Oxford.
"I heard no compassion in what you said...".
"I disagree profoundly with your attempts to ... increase fear of the stranger in our communities".
Do read.
blogs.oxford.anglican.org/an-open-lett...
"I heard no compassion in what you said...".
"I disagree profoundly with your attempts to ... increase fear of the stranger in our communities".
Do read.
blogs.oxford.anglican.org/an-open-lett...
An open letter to Nigel Farage - Bishop Steven's Blog
Bishop Steven writes an open letter in response to Nigel Farage MP's immigration policy which was launched in Oxford this week.
blogs.oxford.anglican.org
August 29, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The radical right in Britain increasingly claims to represent "Christian values" & "Christian civilisation" - though its leaders rarely go to church or pretend to believe anything.
It's especially important that Christian leaders speak out against this, as it's their tradition that's being claimed.
It's especially important that Christian leaders speak out against this, as it's their tradition that's being claimed.
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DO NOT COMPLAIN ABOUT #FARAGE ALWAYS BEING ON TV IF YOU HAVEN'T SIGNED THIS PETITION !!!
DO IT!!!!!
RT and thankyou for your attention to this matter! 😰
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
DO IT!!!!!
RT and thankyou for your attention to this matter! 😰
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
Petition: Ensure plurality of political coverage across UK broadcast media at all times
We want to ensure that a plurality of views from all political parties in Westminster are represented and the nations parliaments are heard all year round, not just election times. The rules for coverage during elections should apply at all times.
petition.parliament.uk
August 29, 2025 at 6:49 AM
DO NOT COMPLAIN ABOUT #FARAGE ALWAYS BEING ON TV IF YOU HAVEN'T SIGNED THIS PETITION !!!
DO IT!!!!!
RT and thankyou for your attention to this matter! 😰
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
DO IT!!!!!
RT and thankyou for your attention to this matter! 😰
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
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This is Nigel Farage on mass deportations less than a year ago on GBNews.
I wonder what has changed?
I wonder what has changed?
August 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
This is Nigel Farage on mass deportations less than a year ago on GBNews.
I wonder what has changed?
I wonder what has changed?
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Well played; finally a politician with convictions. The Liberal Democrat leader, Ed Davey, will boycott King Charles’s state banquet held in honour of Donald Trump to protest against the US president’s failure to intervene decisively to end the war in Gaza.
August 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Well played; finally a politician with convictions. The Liberal Democrat leader, Ed Davey, will boycott King Charles’s state banquet held in honour of Donald Trump to protest against the US president’s failure to intervene decisively to end the war in Gaza.
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Well said, Mo Salah.
Suleiman al-Obeid was shot dead by IDF forces whilst waiting for food aid in southern Gaza.
Suleiman al-Obeid was shot dead by IDF forces whilst waiting for food aid in southern Gaza.
August 9, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Well said, Mo Salah.
Suleiman al-Obeid was shot dead by IDF forces whilst waiting for food aid in southern Gaza.
Suleiman al-Obeid was shot dead by IDF forces whilst waiting for food aid in southern Gaza.
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Latest figures show visas for health/care workers have fallen to the lowest level in at least a decade. With desperate shortages why on earth is this being celebrated as some kind of win for the country? We’ve completely lost the plot
August 21, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Latest figures show visas for health/care workers have fallen to the lowest level in at least a decade. With desperate shortages why on earth is this being celebrated as some kind of win for the country? We’ve completely lost the plot
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Deeply concerned that changes to trans rights could be approved without MPs or the public seeing details. This risks undermining accountability on issues affecting lives and freedoms. Proposals must face scrutiny before approval. Everyone deserves to know what’s being decided in their name.
August 26, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Deeply concerned that changes to trans rights could be approved without MPs or the public seeing details. This risks undermining accountability on issues affecting lives and freedoms. Proposals must face scrutiny before approval. Everyone deserves to know what’s being decided in their name.
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I should add some nuance to this point - access to work is different across EU countries & there remain many barriers.
But in some countries it's working well. We should be matching asylum seekers with language & skills training in areas where we need workers to get the best for all
But in some countries it's working well. We should be matching asylum seekers with language & skills training in areas where we need workers to get the best for all
Zoe Gardner: asylum seekers should be able to work while their claims are processed. Yes!
It was the last Lab govt that removed their right to work, talked about bogus asylum seekers swamping our schools, introduced vouchers & opened Yarls Wood. And here we are #GMB
It was the last Lab govt that removed their right to work, talked about bogus asylum seekers swamping our schools, introduced vouchers & opened Yarls Wood. And here we are #GMB
August 21, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I should add some nuance to this point - access to work is different across EU countries & there remain many barriers.
But in some countries it's working well. We should be matching asylum seekers with language & skills training in areas where we need workers to get the best for all
But in some countries it's working well. We should be matching asylum seekers with language & skills training in areas where we need workers to get the best for all
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Last night fighting an ex Liz Truss minister (for goodness sake) on Newsnight about what to do about asylum accommodation.
Pitch forks are dictating UK asylum policy now. 🤦♀️
My thanks as always to the brilliant @implausibleblog.bsky.social for the clip ❤️🙏 www.youtube.com/watch?v=8auh...
Pitch forks are dictating UK asylum policy now. 🤦♀️
My thanks as always to the brilliant @implausibleblog.bsky.social for the clip ❤️🙏 www.youtube.com/watch?v=8auh...
Epping asylum hotel CLOSED BY MOB RULE? Where should they go?
YouTube video by Zoe Gardner
www.youtube.com
August 20, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Last night fighting an ex Liz Truss minister (for goodness sake) on Newsnight about what to do about asylum accommodation.
Pitch forks are dictating UK asylum policy now. 🤦♀️
My thanks as always to the brilliant @implausibleblog.bsky.social for the clip ❤️🙏 www.youtube.com/watch?v=8auh...
Pitch forks are dictating UK asylum policy now. 🤦♀️
My thanks as always to the brilliant @implausibleblog.bsky.social for the clip ❤️🙏 www.youtube.com/watch?v=8auh...
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Day in, day out, I speak to ordinary people who are organising to welcome the asylum seekers accommodated in their towns.
They befriend, support them, reach out to them as fellow human beings.
That's the Britain I know, the one I see around me & we never get told about on TV.
They befriend, support them, reach out to them as fellow human beings.
That's the Britain I know, the one I see around me & we never get told about on TV.
August 20, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Day in, day out, I speak to ordinary people who are organising to welcome the asylum seekers accommodated in their towns.
They befriend, support them, reach out to them as fellow human beings.
That's the Britain I know, the one I see around me & we never get told about on TV.
They befriend, support them, reach out to them as fellow human beings.
That's the Britain I know, the one I see around me & we never get told about on TV.
Israel plans to take over Gaza City. Starmer says their plan is wrong & they must rethink it, but the UK is still supporting Israel with arms sales, training, RAF surveillance flights & more. Sign the petition: tell Keir he MUST end this support: 38d.gs/hwpb
Sign the petition: Stop all UK support for the Israeli military in Gaza
I've signed a petition calling for Keir Starmer to end all UK military support in Israel.
38d.gs
August 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Israel plans to take over Gaza City. Starmer says their plan is wrong & they must rethink it, but the UK is still supporting Israel with arms sales, training, RAF surveillance flights & more. Sign the petition: tell Keir he MUST end this support: 38d.gs/hwpb
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aption: 🚨Boycott Pepsi!
The newest reports of Q2 2025 are in!
And they don’t look good for Pepsi
The newest reports of Q2 2025 are in!
And they don’t look good for Pepsi
July 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
aption: 🚨Boycott Pepsi!
The newest reports of Q2 2025 are in!
And they don’t look good for Pepsi
The newest reports of Q2 2025 are in!
And they don’t look good for Pepsi
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⚠️ "The results are stark. Where the most extreme barriers were introduced, services exports fell 90 per cent. On average there was a 16 per cent drop in services exports to the EU in sectors where Brexit imposed new trade frictions"
Brexit blocks growth.
Brexit blocks growth.
Don’t believe the myth: Britain’s services have been hit hard by Brexit
Export growth has been strong but not lived up to its potential
buff.ly
July 11, 2025 at 9:30 AM
⚠️ "The results are stark. Where the most extreme barriers were introduced, services exports fell 90 per cent. On average there was a 16 per cent drop in services exports to the EU in sectors where Brexit imposed new trade frictions"
Brexit blocks growth.
Brexit blocks growth.