Cinders
@cinders001.bsky.social
Uk based citizen of Europe. I want to rejoin, I want reasoned debate about subjects on which we may not agree. Never Tory. Never Reform.Refugees welcome.
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Worth remembering when looking at the horrific scenes in the US right now that both Reform and the Tories have pledged to bring in ICE-style organisations to the UK if they win power
January 24, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Worth remembering when looking at the horrific scenes in the US right now that both Reform and the Tories have pledged to bring in ICE-style organisations to the UK if they win power
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that Farage and Badenoch want ICE-style action in the UK should be enough to end them
January 24, 2026 at 6:14 PM
that Farage and Badenoch want ICE-style action in the UK should be enough to end them
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Noem:
"An individual approached US border patrol officers... The officers attempted to disarm this individual, but the armed suspect reacted violently."
Video footage from multiple angles proves that this is outright bullshit.
Alex Pretti did not approach ICE officers nor did he react violently.
"An individual approached US border patrol officers... The officers attempted to disarm this individual, but the armed suspect reacted violently."
Video footage from multiple angles proves that this is outright bullshit.
Alex Pretti did not approach ICE officers nor did he react violently.
January 24, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Noem:
"An individual approached US border patrol officers... The officers attempted to disarm this individual, but the armed suspect reacted violently."
Video footage from multiple angles proves that this is outright bullshit.
Alex Pretti did not approach ICE officers nor did he react violently.
"An individual approached US border patrol officers... The officers attempted to disarm this individual, but the armed suspect reacted violently."
Video footage from multiple angles proves that this is outright bullshit.
Alex Pretti did not approach ICE officers nor did he react violently.
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The BBC coverage is absolutely terrible.
It leads on "sharply contested narratives"
It has a dramatic skew to the US government
It has posted the video but has failed to report on what it shows: it shows the US govt account is untrue
It leads on "sharply contested narratives"
It has a dramatic skew to the US government
It has posted the video but has failed to report on what it shows: it shows the US govt account is untrue
January 24, 2026 at 11:00 PM
The BBC coverage is absolutely terrible.
It leads on "sharply contested narratives"
It has a dramatic skew to the US government
It has posted the video but has failed to report on what it shows: it shows the US govt account is untrue
It leads on "sharply contested narratives"
It has a dramatic skew to the US government
It has posted the video but has failed to report on what it shows: it shows the US govt account is untrue
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The BBC summary relays false claims but does not prioritise the facts at all
January 24, 2026 at 11:01 PM
The BBC summary relays false claims but does not prioritise the facts at all
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This administration is doing the full court don't believe your lying eyes press.
An absolute disgrace.
An absolute disgrace.
January 24, 2026 at 11:30 PM
This administration is doing the full court don't believe your lying eyes press.
An absolute disgrace.
An absolute disgrace.
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You always think that all the apologists, cheerleaders & sycophants - on both sides of the Atlantic - will surely cut the umbilical *this time*. But they never do. And the rest of us still aren’t equipped to deal with the full horror of what that means.
January 24, 2026 at 5:45 PM
You always think that all the apologists, cheerleaders & sycophants - on both sides of the Atlantic - will surely cut the umbilical *this time*. But they never do. And the rest of us still aren’t equipped to deal with the full horror of what that means.
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Van Hollen: "They really think the American people are stupid. I mean, we can all see the video. We saw the video with Renee Good. We saw the video with Alex Pretti. The real domestic terrorists are in the White House right now."
January 25, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Van Hollen: "They really think the American people are stupid. I mean, we can all see the video. We saw the video with Renee Good. We saw the video with Alex Pretti. The real domestic terrorists are in the White House right now."
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The govt lying about the killing of a U.S. citizen at the hands of the state, is by itself, a front page a story, worthy of drumbeat coverage, resignations, and impeachments.
January 25, 2026 at 1:16 AM
The govt lying about the killing of a U.S. citizen at the hands of the state, is by itself, a front page a story, worthy of drumbeat coverage, resignations, and impeachments.
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They’ve been doing so well but this policy is absolutely shocking.
January 20, 2026 at 10:56 AM
They’ve been doing so well but this policy is absolutely shocking.
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KRUGMAN: “.. How did a great, sophisticated nation, one of the world’s longest-standing republics, end up so fragile that it can be undone by one man’s dementia?”
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January 20, 2026 at 12:11 PM
KRUGMAN: “.. How did a great, sophisticated nation, one of the world’s longest-standing republics, end up so fragile that it can be undone by one man’s dementia?”
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With every passing day Brexit looks more stupid (didn’t think that was possible tbh)
It was obvious to many of us where our economic, security, cultural ties lay, let alone the fact we’re not a Superpower, no matter how much people want us to be.
Please God let this be sinking in to everyone now.
It was obvious to many of us where our economic, security, cultural ties lay, let alone the fact we’re not a Superpower, no matter how much people want us to be.
Please God let this be sinking in to everyone now.
January 20, 2026 at 8:35 AM
With every passing day Brexit looks more stupid (didn’t think that was possible tbh)
It was obvious to many of us where our economic, security, cultural ties lay, let alone the fact we’re not a Superpower, no matter how much people want us to be.
Please God let this be sinking in to everyone now.
It was obvious to many of us where our economic, security, cultural ties lay, let alone the fact we’re not a Superpower, no matter how much people want us to be.
Please God let this be sinking in to everyone now.
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Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "
January 20, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "
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Imagine how much coverage this story would have received in normal times…
Inviting Vladimir Putin to join a “peace board” is the diplomatic equivalent of hiring an arsonist to run the fire department. You don’t build peace by empowering the very people who torch it.
January 20, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Imagine how much coverage this story would have received in normal times…
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Not for the first time, it looks like Channel 4 just handed the keys to their socials to an evil genius:
January 19, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Not for the first time, it looks like Channel 4 just handed the keys to their socials to an evil genius:
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As the Supreme Court continues to delay issuing a ruling on tariffs, the Constitution remains as clear as ever. Article 1, Section 8, lists the "enumerated powers" reserved exclusively to Congress, including the power to levy duties (tariffs).
Only Congress, not the President, can set tariffs.
Only Congress, not the President, can set tariffs.
January 18, 2026 at 9:55 PM
As the Supreme Court continues to delay issuing a ruling on tariffs, the Constitution remains as clear as ever. Article 1, Section 8, lists the "enumerated powers" reserved exclusively to Congress, including the power to levy duties (tariffs).
Only Congress, not the President, can set tariffs.
Only Congress, not the President, can set tariffs.
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“…if the crisis caused by Trump is seized as an opportunity for Britain to rejoin the EU on terms that bind the UK to the mainland. This would make both parties safer – and stop Putin from dancing a happy jig around the Kremlin”
Time to fix stupid.
app.independent.co.uk/2026/01/19/2...
Time to fix stupid.
app.independent.co.uk/2026/01/19/2...
January 19, 2026 at 7:41 AM
“…if the crisis caused by Trump is seized as an opportunity for Britain to rejoin the EU on terms that bind the UK to the mainland. This would make both parties safer – and stop Putin from dancing a happy jig around the Kremlin”
Time to fix stupid.
app.independent.co.uk/2026/01/19/2...
Time to fix stupid.
app.independent.co.uk/2026/01/19/2...
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BREAKING: DOJ refuses court order to release new Epstein files, citing “national security.” Contempt showdown looms. #EpsteinFiles #Transparency
January 17, 2026 at 8:02 PM
BREAKING: DOJ refuses court order to release new Epstein files, citing “national security.” Contempt showdown looms. #EpsteinFiles #Transparency
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We shouldn't look across the Atlantic for our security when we have a reliable partner on our doorstep: Europe.
January 18, 2026 at 6:09 PM
We shouldn't look across the Atlantic for our security when we have a reliable partner on our doorstep: Europe.
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Trump just announced a 10% tariff on most of Europe until Greenland is surrendered.
It is time for the EU to put a 20% tariff on the USA and sign a free trade deal with China.
It is time for the EU to put a 20% tariff on the USA and sign a free trade deal with China.
January 17, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Trump just announced a 10% tariff on most of Europe until Greenland is surrendered.
It is time for the EU to put a 20% tariff on the USA and sign a free trade deal with China.
It is time for the EU to put a 20% tariff on the USA and sign a free trade deal with China.
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I think the White House badly underestimates the strength of the pan-European folk memory of 1930s appeasement, and how deep it still cuts. I suppose this is what happens when you learn in school that WW2 started in 1941 in Hawaii.
January 18, 2026 at 1:04 PM
I think the White House badly underestimates the strength of the pan-European folk memory of 1930s appeasement, and how deep it still cuts. I suppose this is what happens when you learn in school that WW2 started in 1941 in Hawaii.
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Brexit backers saying "this is what happens when Donald Trump thinks you are weak"
Firstly. YOUR brexit made us weak and vulnerable.
Secondly. Friends and allies do not threaten each other and force them to do something they do not want to do.
Firstly. YOUR brexit made us weak and vulnerable.
Secondly. Friends and allies do not threaten each other and force them to do something they do not want to do.
January 18, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Brexit backers saying "this is what happens when Donald Trump thinks you are weak"
Firstly. YOUR brexit made us weak and vulnerable.
Secondly. Friends and allies do not threaten each other and force them to do something they do not want to do.
Firstly. YOUR brexit made us weak and vulnerable.
Secondly. Friends and allies do not threaten each other and force them to do something they do not want to do.
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Keir Starmer did everything he could to be US poodle and his strategy has ended in total humiliation. Both him and Farage are puppets of a hostile foreign nation.
It's obvious that if someone is a bully - you don't just keep appeasing them.
Disastrous strategy by Labour.
It's obvious that if someone is a bully - you don't just keep appeasing them.
Disastrous strategy by Labour.
January 17, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Keir Starmer did everything he could to be US poodle and his strategy has ended in total humiliation. Both him and Farage are puppets of a hostile foreign nation.
It's obvious that if someone is a bully - you don't just keep appeasing them.
Disastrous strategy by Labour.
It's obvious that if someone is a bully - you don't just keep appeasing them.
Disastrous strategy by Labour.