Andy Birss
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Retired lab tech and four times Covid champion-Don't get the bug-Get vaccinated!
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Chris Mason failing to point out that Ratcliffe's immigration numbers were untruthful
February 11, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Chris Mason failing to point out that Ratcliffe's immigration numbers were untruthful
Is locking up hundreds of children in a dentention centre part of Trump 'making America normal again' Justin Webb? www.propublica.org/article/ice-... #Americast #r4today
“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility
Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...
www.propublica.org
February 11, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Is locking up hundreds of children in a dentention centre part of Trump 'making America normal again' Justin Webb? www.propublica.org/article/ice-... #Americast #r4today
We can plan to mitigate the worst of the climate emergency but when we have Reform effectively denying reality and much of the media accomodating them because they and Farage provide 'entertainment' I despair. How about presenters of #r4today #wato and #bbcpm actually trying to understand science.
February 11, 2026 at 10:18 AM
Variations on this situation (on a smaller scale) are going on down the east coast of England www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f... Remember that we are just at the beginning of the climate emergency-Will #r4today #wato and #bbcpm start to give it the attention it deserves?
‘We’ve lost everything’: anger and despair in Sicilian town collapsing after landslide
People in Niscemi struggle to comprehend loss of homes and businesses and feel disaster could have been avoided
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Variations on this situation (on a smaller scale) are going on down the east coast of England www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f... Remember that we are just at the beginning of the climate emergency-Will #r4today #wato and #bbcpm start to give it the attention it deserves?
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I and millions of Americans believe exactly the same thing Kasparov does.
Too many troops, too many new prisons, too much money not under Congressional supervision.
We're not just witnessing a mass deportation scheme anymore.
This is something significantly bigger and scarier.
Too many troops, too many new prisons, too much money not under Congressional supervision.
We're not just witnessing a mass deportation scheme anymore.
This is something significantly bigger and scarier.
February 11, 2026 at 9:37 AM
I and millions of Americans believe exactly the same thing Kasparov does.
Too many troops, too many new prisons, too much money not under Congressional supervision.
We're not just witnessing a mass deportation scheme anymore.
This is something significantly bigger and scarier.
Too many troops, too many new prisons, too much money not under Congressional supervision.
We're not just witnessing a mass deportation scheme anymore.
This is something significantly bigger and scarier.
UK media outraged at public deference shown to royal family after themselves showing deference to royal family for decades. Next they will 'discover' that some of their media friends don't tell the truth most of the time. They will have then to go for a long lie-down to recover. #wato #bbcpm
February 11, 2026 at 9:41 AM
An interesting discussion www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6C2...
Could Andrew go to prison over Epstein emails?
YouTube video by Channel 4 News
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February 11, 2026 at 9:19 AM
An interesting discussion www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6C2...
Would Justin Webb call the attempted (and failed) prosecution of his political opponents an example of Trump 'making America normal again'? www.ms.now/all-in/watch... #Americast #r4today
Trump DOJ fails to indict Dem lawmakers on sedition charges
MS Now’s Carol Leonnig reports a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C. declined to indict Sens. Mark Kelly and Elissa Slotkin on charges of seditious conspiracy Tuesday, according to a person familia...
www.ms.now
February 11, 2026 at 7:12 AM
Would Justin Webb call the attempted (and failed) prosecution of his political opponents an example of Trump 'making America normal again'? www.ms.now/all-in/watch... #Americast #r4today
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Still waiting with bated breath for the Supreme Court to decide whether this is just fine because we are functionally a monarchy now.
Trump: "So I put on a 30% tariff, which is very low. I got an emergency call from I believe the prime minister of Switzerland. She was very aggressive ... I didn't really like the way she talked to us, so instead of giving her a reduction, I raised it to 39%."
February 11, 2026 at 6:36 AM
Still waiting with bated breath for the Supreme Court to decide whether this is just fine because we are functionally a monarchy now.
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The uncensored Epstein files reveal rich men who could be prosecuted whose names and images were redacted for no apparent reason, say US Congressmen who have seen them bit.ly/4adttRC
Revealed: six ‘likely incriminated’ men redacted in Epstein files
The Department of Justice had withheld the identities of the men before unredacted copies of the Epstein files were viewed by members of Congress
bit.ly
February 11, 2026 at 6:48 AM
The uncensored Epstein files reveal rich men who could be prosecuted whose names and images were redacted for no apparent reason, say US Congressmen who have seen them bit.ly/4adttRC
If Mr Andrew Windsor refuses to testify then why not ask the police who provided his personal protection up to 2022 what they saw and heard. Surely they must have written or given reports to their senior officers? #Newsnight
February 10, 2026 at 10:56 PM
If Mr Andrew Windsor refuses to testify then why not ask the police who provided his personal protection up to 2022 what they saw and heard. Surely they must have written or given reports to their senior officers? #Newsnight
The expectation of the royals was little different from other powerful people who found themselves in trouble over Aberfan, Ibrox, Flixborough, Bradford, Hillsborough, Grenfell and Windrush-They knew the system worked to protect them. That's the UK over my 68 years on the planet. #Newsnight
February 10, 2026 at 10:53 PM
The expectation of the royals was little different from other powerful people who found themselves in trouble over Aberfan, Ibrox, Flixborough, Bradford, Hillsborough, Grenfell and Windrush-They knew the system worked to protect them. That's the UK over my 68 years on the planet. #Newsnight
The fact that current bunch of #Americast presenters think it 'remarkable' that a few Republican senators spoke out against the racist Trump video about the Obamas tells us much about the modern GOP and the expectation by said presenters that people would stay silent. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Americast - Americanswers! Why is Trump so annoyed about Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl? - BBC Sounds
And why is Donald Trump refusing to apologise for the racist video aimed at the Obamas?
www.bbc.co.uk
February 10, 2026 at 6:48 PM
The fact that current bunch of #Americast presenters think it 'remarkable' that a few Republican senators spoke out against the racist Trump video about the Obamas tells us much about the modern GOP and the expectation by said presenters that people would stay silent. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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I'm sorry, I feel for any family dealing with a kidnapping, but what the hell has the Nancy Guthrie case got to do with us?
There are thousands of kidnappings in Pakistan, for example, but they're not from rich families.
edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...
#BBCPM
There are thousands of kidnappings in Pakistan, for example, but they're not from rich families.
edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...
#BBCPM
February 10, 2026 at 5:51 PM
I'm sorry, I feel for any family dealing with a kidnapping, but what the hell has the Nancy Guthrie case got to do with us?
There are thousands of kidnappings in Pakistan, for example, but they're not from rich families.
edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...
#BBCPM
There are thousands of kidnappings in Pakistan, for example, but they're not from rich families.
edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...
#BBCPM
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The first of the names start to leak out www.rawstory.com/jeffrey-epst... #Epsteinfiles
Alleged Epstein co-conspirators named on House floor as lawmaker overrides redactions
An animated Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) took to the House floor Tuesday to publicly reveal the names of six “powerful men” alleged to be co-conspirators of Jeffrey Epstein, reading their names as a matter o...
www.rawstory.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:55 PM
The first of the names start to leak out www.rawstory.com/jeffrey-epst... #Epsteinfiles
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The United Kingdom has allowed people who hate it and want to see it collapse control over most social media and their own TV channel. Weak and unserious.
February 10, 2026 at 5:34 PM
The United Kingdom has allowed people who hate it and want to see it collapse control over most social media and their own TV channel. Weak and unserious.
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There is no ceasefire.
February 10, 2026 at 4:58 PM
There is no ceasefire.
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An obvious lie about Canada's GDP - and the original source of the antagonism is coming from the US toward Canada, not the other way around. "It's your fault for not acceding to my threats" is the language of domestic abusers.
Greer: "The thing to keep in mind with Canada is this is a country that's 75% dependent on the United States for its gross domestic product ... it can't be a situation where the Canadians have an antagonistic relationship"
February 10, 2026 at 2:19 PM
An obvious lie about Canada's GDP - and the original source of the antagonism is coming from the US toward Canada, not the other way around. "It's your fault for not acceding to my threats" is the language of domestic abusers.
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Reform is threatening Bangor University over a student society’s decision. The society isn’t Bangor University—but this is a neat preview of how a Reform government would work: public money for supporters only. Trump-style politics, UK edition.
Authoritarian reflex is already working just fine.👇
Authoritarian reflex is already working just fine.👇
February 10, 2026 at 2:24 PM
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The law on universities and free speech prevents speakers from being *disinvited after they have been invited*. It does not require universities to provide a platform to whoever demands one.
Let's not mince words: the threat to cut funding to every university who disagrees with them is fascist.
Let's not mince words: the threat to cut funding to every university who disagrees with them is fascist.
This is pretty menacing.
Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students."
When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.
Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students."
When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.
February 10, 2026 at 10:31 AM
The law on universities and free speech prevents speakers from being *disinvited after they have been invited*. It does not require universities to provide a platform to whoever demands one.
Let's not mince words: the threat to cut funding to every university who disagrees with them is fascist.
Let's not mince words: the threat to cut funding to every university who disagrees with them is fascist.
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This is what we're up against. Bangor University, that fine and noble institution where I've spoken twice, nearly 150 years young and still going strong. The sheer hatred they reserve for us shows what could happen after 2029, but also that they're frightened of knowledge and learning.
February 10, 2026 at 10:33 AM
This is what we're up against. Bangor University, that fine and noble institution where I've spoken twice, nearly 150 years young and still going strong. The sheer hatred they reserve for us shows what could happen after 2029, but also that they're frightened of knowledge and learning.
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The raw hatred many voters harbour towards universities, which of course I hear quite a lot, is but one indicator of the deep-seated changes in our moral and emotional economy that are going on under the surface.
February 10, 2026 at 10:35 AM
The raw hatred many voters harbour towards universities, which of course I hear quite a lot, is but one indicator of the deep-seated changes in our moral and emotional economy that are going on under the surface.
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Always believe people when they tell you what they are.
This is pretty menacing.
Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students."
When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.
Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students."
When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.
February 10, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Always believe people when they tell you what they are.
The PPOs assigned to Andrew Windsor I assume were required to submit reports of where they went and what they did prior to 2022 when this service was withdrawn. They should all be interviewed if the investigation into Mr Windsor is to be taken seriously. #r4today
February 10, 2026 at 9:06 AM
The PPOs assigned to Andrew Windsor I assume were required to submit reports of where they went and what they did prior to 2022 when this service was withdrawn. They should all be interviewed if the investigation into Mr Windsor is to be taken seriously. #r4today