Bollieboy
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It's January 31st, 2020, and Nathan Gill is celebrating our imminent departure from the EU.... and that terrible idea of a European Army.
Hmm, now I wonder who else would have been delighted about that.
Hmm, now I wonder who else would have been delighted about that.
November 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
It's January 31st, 2020, and Nathan Gill is celebrating our imminent departure from the EU.... and that terrible idea of a European Army.
Hmm, now I wonder who else would have been delighted about that.
Hmm, now I wonder who else would have been delighted about that.
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This is so very true. Reform/MAGA/etc and people fall for it time after time.
May 3, 2025 at 8:55 AM
This is so very true. Reform/MAGA/etc and people fall for it time after time.
Great explanation !
The US rep to the IEA said that "pursuing offshore wind power would make countries reliant on China." It's instructive to explore this sort of claim, in particular for what it reveals about those claiming it. Two points:🧵
At energy security talks, US pushes gas and derides renewables
The US envoy to the IEA's energy security summit pushed gas and criticised renewables, arguing that they cause power cuts
www.climatechangenews.com
April 26, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Great explanation !
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It's Valentine's Day ! How many cards did you all get. I am not boasting but I got double figures.
February 14, 2025 at 3:53 PM
It's Valentine's Day ! How many cards did you all get. I am not boasting but I got double figures.
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Nazi salutes in week one.
State-sanctioned ethnic cleansing in week four.
But all the scumbag apologists who dared to talk about ‘over-reaction’ are still too bent and/or invested to row back.
State-sanctioned ethnic cleansing in week four.
But all the scumbag apologists who dared to talk about ‘over-reaction’ are still too bent and/or invested to row back.
February 5, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Nazi salutes in week one.
State-sanctioned ethnic cleansing in week four.
But all the scumbag apologists who dared to talk about ‘over-reaction’ are still too bent and/or invested to row back.
State-sanctioned ethnic cleansing in week four.
But all the scumbag apologists who dared to talk about ‘over-reaction’ are still too bent and/or invested to row back.
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Good letter.
It’s with a heavy heart that I’ve been forced to write to Claire Coutinho again.
January 15, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Good letter.
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Liz Truss crashed the economy. And I'm happy to accept service of proceedings at Good Law Project's registered address.
January 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Liz Truss crashed the economy. And I'm happy to accept service of proceedings at Good Law Project's registered address.
Spot on.
my take, from having spent a long time in and around academia, is that being genuinely rational is as much a matter of character as "raw intelligence"--as much a matter of *emotional self-regulation* in the face of the challenges to one's ego that inevitably emerge in investigation and debate
January 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Spot on.
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November 19, 2024 at 9:14 PM
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Absolutely!!
Sorry. But this right wing media howling about landowners and employers having to pay a bit more tax is tiresome.
Where was your analysis and anguish over the impact of Brexit on…
trade
farming
travel
fishing
businesses
education
the arts
science
healthcare
the costs and losses for *all* of us…?
Where was your analysis and anguish over the impact of Brexit on…
trade
farming
travel
fishing
businesses
education
the arts
science
healthcare
the costs and losses for *all* of us…?
November 19, 2024 at 10:16 AM
Absolutely!!
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November 19, 2024 at 10:11 AM
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Sums things up
November 15, 2024 at 7:58 AM
Sums things up