Deborah Parr
@deborahparr.bsky.social
Retired NHS. Recent non-cat lady 😢😢 married 41 years. Refreshing knitting and sewing skills. Addicted to reading. Still hate Brexit, not fond of Trump either.🇨🇦🇬🇱🇺🇦🇵🇦
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You can't realistically have universal basic income in a society that tolerates the existence of the gambling lobby. For UBI to prosper, the gambling industry has to be smashed.
November 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
You can't realistically have universal basic income in a society that tolerates the existence of the gambling lobby. For UBI to prosper, the gambling industry has to be smashed.
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Tbf, it’s a great action movie line: “I used to shoot you down, motherfucker.”
Greg Bovino calls NANCY SINATRA "a main cause of violence"
November 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Tbf, it’s a great action movie line: “I used to shoot you down, motherfucker.”
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Oh look, yet another disaster for ordinary people caused by Tory governments abandoning social responsibility in pursuit of cost-cutting for lower taxes, which has unfolded exactly as experts predicted at the time, and clearing up the mess will now cost public money desperately needed elsewhere.
November 29, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Oh look, yet another disaster for ordinary people caused by Tory governments abandoning social responsibility in pursuit of cost-cutting for lower taxes, which has unfolded exactly as experts predicted at the time, and clearing up the mess will now cost public money desperately needed elsewhere.
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Important not to leap to conclusions in this case of a lying, abusive caravan park company, residents who have lost all their money and gone to the press to expose dodgy dealing, and a pair of fires that happened to break out the day after the company tried to evict the residents.
Homes of residents caught in dispute catch fire on same day
Residents had appeared in a BBC Panorama programme and were in dispute with a holiday park company.
www.bbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Important not to leap to conclusions in this case of a lying, abusive caravan park company, residents who have lost all their money and gone to the press to expose dodgy dealing, and a pair of fires that happened to break out the day after the company tried to evict the residents.
I’ll say one thing for Immigrants to the UK - they know how to dress for bad weather. What is it with the English? PUT A FUCKING COAT ON. And a hat. And crocs are not suitable footwear for England in November. You’ve lived here all your life - you should have twigged by now what the weather does.
November 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I’ll say one thing for Immigrants to the UK - they know how to dress for bad weather. What is it with the English? PUT A FUCKING COAT ON. And a hat. And crocs are not suitable footwear for England in November. You’ve lived here all your life - you should have twigged by now what the weather does.
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i legitimately have a celebration box full of stuff to enjoy the day he dies. maybe we should start a new trend for them and see if it goes viral. mine has an 8th, lighter and pipe, bottle of zinny and a bunch of boxes of botan rice candy
November 29, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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This is another huge scandal and needs to be thoroughly investigated. It seems highly likely that there are more weird financial ties and Trump wants to influence the upcoming election in Honduras 2/
November 29, 2025 at 6:20 AM
This is another huge scandal and needs to be thoroughly investigated. It seems highly likely that there are more weird financial ties and Trump wants to influence the upcoming election in Honduras 2/
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This pardon of the ex-president of Honduras, who was convicted of conspiring with the most violent narco gangs in the word to bring billions of doses of cocaine to the US stinks to high heaven. We are murdering suspected mules on the ocean but letting a convicted kingpin go free? 1/
Isn’t this something that should be investigated? What are the details related to this pardon? Who requested that a pardon be considered on behalf of Juan Hernandez. What documents, emails exist? Was anything of value offered? Who was involved in the process?
November 29, 2025 at 6:20 AM
This pardon of the ex-president of Honduras, who was convicted of conspiring with the most violent narco gangs in the word to bring billions of doses of cocaine to the US stinks to high heaven. We are murdering suspected mules on the ocean but letting a convicted kingpin go free? 1/
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This ⬇️
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I try to avoid binary thinking, but...
There are only two types of people in the world.
"I had to suffer, so should they."
Or "I had to suffer, and I will work to help others so they don't have to."
There are only two types of people in the world.
"I had to suffer, so should they."
Or "I had to suffer, and I will work to help others so they don't have to."
November 29, 2025 at 6:25 AM
This ⬇️
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Make it make sense.
Trump said today he'll be pardoning former Honduran President Juan Hernandez, who was convicted of drug trafficking and weapons charges in 2024 and sentenced to 45 years in prison.
Waging a drug war on Venezuela while pardoning a narco-terrorist takes hypocrisy to a level once thought impossible.
Waging a drug war on Venezuela while pardoning a narco-terrorist takes hypocrisy to a level once thought impossible.
November 29, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Make it make sense.
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There needs to be investment in early years support like we had with Sure Start. Parents were helped by multidisciplinary teams , it worked but that was decimated by the tories.
November 27, 2025 at 1:51 PM
There needs to be investment in early years support like we had with Sure Start. Parents were helped by multidisciplinary teams , it worked but that was decimated by the tories.
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Early years poverty reduce a person’s life chances- educational attainment, health & eventual earnings all adversely affected. Keeping kids out of poverty is literally a good future investment
November 27, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Early years poverty reduce a person’s life chances- educational attainment, health & eventual earnings all adversely affected. Keeping kids out of poverty is literally a good future investment
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Research shows unequivocally what the benefit limit means: kids go without food, clothes, and heating. You can think it’s unfair some parents get cash you don’t or made poor choices you didn’t. But if you think that resentment is more important than a child, I’d suggest you might reflect on that.
November 27, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Research shows unequivocally what the benefit limit means: kids go without food, clothes, and heating. You can think it’s unfair some parents get cash you don’t or made poor choices you didn’t. But if you think that resentment is more important than a child, I’d suggest you might reflect on that.
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Self-censorship is contagious. Once it starts, self-censorship can ripple through a society, making all of us the poorer for it.
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Self-censorship is contagious. Once it starts, self-censorship can ripple through a society, making all of us the poorer for it.
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His asylum application was approved by the current administration.
November 27, 2025 at 2:07 AM
His asylum application was approved by the current administration.
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#HappyThanksgiving to those “unprofessional” nurses out there today, spending their holiday casually tending to their “hobby” of making sure your loved ones stay alive.
The sales pitch for becoming a nurse is getting to be impossible: go into debt to be figuratively & literally shit on forever.
The sales pitch for becoming a nurse is getting to be impossible: go into debt to be figuratively & literally shit on forever.
a colorful sign that says thank you nurses on it
ALT: a colorful sign that says thank you nurses on it
media.tenor.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:40 PM
#HappyThanksgiving to those “unprofessional” nurses out there today, spending their holiday casually tending to their “hobby” of making sure your loved ones stay alive.
The sales pitch for becoming a nurse is getting to be impossible: go into debt to be figuratively & literally shit on forever.
The sales pitch for becoming a nurse is getting to be impossible: go into debt to be figuratively & literally shit on forever.
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So we are already back to the levels of migration of the early 2010s and declining faster... let's hope all those new restrictions, based on previous higher numbers, don't make Britain massively unattractive to those migrants the government DOES wish to attract.
Net migration fell sharply agaim to 204,000 in the year to June 2025, having been 344k in 2024 and 848k in 2023. But falling immigration has been the biggest secret - and it is time for the media and political debate to catch up with this change
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
UK net migration fell to 204,000 in year to June - live updates
Net migration, the difference between those entering and leaving the country, was 345,000 in 2024 according to revised figures.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:56 AM
So we are already back to the levels of migration of the early 2010s and declining faster... let's hope all those new restrictions, based on previous higher numbers, don't make Britain massively unattractive to those migrants the government DOES wish to attract.
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👏👏Kudos to South Africa for standing up to the Liar&Bully-in-Chief, and not letting his bullshit narrative go unchallenged.
(MSM and several other entities in the US: take notes, this kind of energy is what your country needs from you)
(MSM and several other entities in the US: take notes, this kind of energy is what your country needs from you)
South Africa hits back at ‘punitive’ Trump move to bar it from G20 meeting in Florida
Diplomatic row worsens after US president says member state will not be invited to 2026 summit
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:35 PM
👏👏Kudos to South Africa for standing up to the Liar&Bully-in-Chief, and not letting his bullshit narrative go unchallenged.
(MSM and several other entities in the US: take notes, this kind of energy is what your country needs from you)
(MSM and several other entities in the US: take notes, this kind of energy is what your country needs from you)
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🤔 Remind me, how exactly is Russia winning their war against Ukraine?
🤯 The Kremlin has loosened medical rules so even people with severe mental disorders can sign military contracts.
Moscow Clears Troops With Psychosis and Addiction for Combat Amid Growing Manpower Shortages
The new military medical guidelines in Russia now permit soldiers with severe mental health issues to rejoin active service, according to recent reports.
united24media.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:22 PM
🤔 Remind me, how exactly is Russia winning their war against Ukraine?
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At Birmingham’s Christmas Market, traders are telling the same story to us again and again. Behind the lights and stalls, small businesses are still paying the price of Brexit, with business now harder, slower and more expensive.
November 27, 2025 at 1:45 PM
At Birmingham’s Christmas Market, traders are telling the same story to us again and again. Behind the lights and stalls, small businesses are still paying the price of Brexit, with business now harder, slower and more expensive.