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Jarl Graham Kirk. Photo of me taken by my Uncle Alan in 1960
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Lad from Stoke; thank you FRANCE for letting me live here. Brexit's a crime. #LFC Justice for the 97. ALL tories lie.
No DM's please, without asking 1st.
No human is superior to any other.
RESPECT every person's rights
MAGA, reform, crypto, porn = BLOCK
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"Patriots" advocating that a deranged foreigner overthrow our elected government
I think the Daily Mail is actually verging into sedition and subversion and treason.
January 22, 2026 at 10:15 AM
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This country is full of very evil and broken ENGLISH people.
But it's definitely migrants that are the problem.

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
Mother of 10 who kept vulnerable woman as ‘house slave’ for 25 years found guilty
Amanda Wixon, 56, held the woman between 1995 and 2021 at her family home in Gloucestershire
www.independent.co.uk
January 22, 2026 at 10:33 AM
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January 22, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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Nothing less than a cold blooded murder. Deliberate, methodical. Front shot, diagonal shot, side shot. That man wanted to make sure he murdered her. Almost looks professional and even, possibly, premeditated. #ReneeNicoleGood #ReneeGood
January 21, 2026 at 11:41 PM
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Can we please stop using the word distraction? Yes, Epstein files must be released, yes the orange fucktard is stalling, but to reduce all the carnage, from attacking allies to arresting five-year-olds, to a mere distraction cheapens their impact. Be angry about all of it
#DestructionNotDistraction
January 22, 2026 at 5:14 AM
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Bridging the digital divide for older LGBTQ+ people in Yorkshire | New digital inclusion hubs from Yorkshire-based LGBTQ+ charity, Out Together and Patient.info will help support older LGBTQ+ people | Yorkshire Bylines
Bridging the digital divide for older LGBTQ+ people in Yorkshire
New digital inclusion hubs from Yorkshire-based LGBTQ+ charity, Out Together and Patient.info will help support older LGBTQ+ people
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
January 22, 2026 at 7:10 AM
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“When we only negotiate bilaterally with a hegemon, we negotiate from weakness. We accept what’s offered…This is…the performance of sovereignty while accepting subordination…compete with each other..or combine to create a third path with impact.”
👆#Brexit www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Europe must heed Mark Carney – and embrace a painful emancipation from the US | Paul Taylor
Trump’s tariff retreat should lull nobody into dropping their guard. The EU must join forces with Canada, Japan and other like-minded countries, says Paul Taylor of the European Policy Centre
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:29 AM
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Thursdays are Reader Contribution days, and this week’s submission is from one of my favourite authors.

It’s not strictly political in the usual sense, but Andy is my go to writer for when I want to feel a bit of hope in humanity again.

If you need a break from chaos, this is it.

🐻
Reader Contribution: A Day in the Life of a Probation Officer
I joined the probation service in 2017 and have been working in various offices since then. Here is a typical day…
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
January 22, 2026 at 8:10 AM
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And should be focusing on decoupling from the US, forming & renewing trading partners.
#Brexit is a crime bought by oligarchs using lies & stolen data. The votes of the dead are not more important than votes if the living & opinion is only going one way. Nobody born this century voted for brexit.
BREAKING: Sky’s Sophy Ridge asks Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper if she thinks Trump’s climbdown on Greenland is thanks to people like Mark Carney “who were really tough” and “who really stood against Donald Trump”
January 22, 2026 at 8:14 AM
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Trump shenanigans contributing to Iceland decision to hold a referendum on joining the European Union.
It will be the 11th non-EU country to apply to join.
If this continues, Britain will be almost alone in Europe in being outside the EU, isolated, poorer and weaker.
January 22, 2026 at 8:16 AM
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January 22, 2026 at 8:44 AM
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WE ARE FINALISTS!
We are proud to announce that Middleport Pottery is a finalist for Small Visitor Attraction of the Year and The Packing House Café is a finalist for Tea Room/Coffee Shop of the Year in the Visit Staffordshire & Stoke-on-Trent Tourism Awards 2026.
#visitstoke #stokeontrent
January 22, 2026 at 9:29 AM
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Note the contrast:
US Republican President Eisenhower in 1958:
“We cannot and will not condone armed aggression - no matter who the attacker, and no matter who the victim. We cannot - in the world, any more than in our own nation - subscribe to one law for the weak, another law for the strong”
www.thenewworld.co.uk
January 21, 2026 at 10:22 PM
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also does the EU still think it needs a summit tomorrow?
Presumably Trump's U-turn (if it sticks) could mean that the European Parliament passes the legislation to give effect to the EU/US deal after all?
January 21, 2026 at 8:53 PM
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Three of the hardest things for American people to say:

I was wrong

I need help

Worcestershire sauce
January 21, 2026 at 8:57 PM
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Why shouldn’t you buy trousers from Ukraine?

Because Chernobyl fall out…
January 21, 2026 at 9:05 PM
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January 21, 2026 at 9:09 PM
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“best & perhaps only hope for restoring some of kind of check on Trump’s rogue presidency lies in a Democratic victory in this fall’s midterm congressional elections. Unfortunately, Democrats have yet to show they can get their act together & win back confidence of voters” archive.ph/2026.01.21-2...
archive.ph
January 21, 2026 at 9:17 PM
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Trump is a sick, cruel, demented, thick, narcissistic, unserious, immature, embarrasing bullying arsehole.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!
January 21, 2026 at 9:44 PM
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Now that he’s said he won’t invade Greenland can we go back to the Epstein files, at least for a few hours before he starts ranting about the next country he wants to invade?
January 21, 2026 at 9:51 PM
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“Reform UK hold a 42% vote share and 21 point lead among those whose highest level of education is a GCSE or lower, they are 5th among those who hold a degree, on just 13%…Reform UK are polling better amongst those who self-reportedly pay the least attention to politics” yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
How would Britain vote at the start of 2026? | YouGov
We take a detailed look at voting intention across multiple factors, including a new socio-economic classification
yougov.co.uk
January 21, 2026 at 9:55 PM
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“Calling for democratic nations to take steps to lessen their reliance on the US…Carney urged other leaders to accept a new reality that, in his view, the longstanding postwar order was already gone.”
No more US deals‼️ Pass it on @labourlewis.bsky.social please!
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Clive Lewis MP (@labourlewis.bsky.social)
MP for Norwich South “The ultimate hidden truth of the world is that it is something we make and could just as easily make differently” - David Graeber
labourlewis.bsky.social
January 21, 2026 at 10:04 PM
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Appeasement, as expected. Farage has never seen a bully he didn't like.
January 21, 2026 at 6:58 PM
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January 21, 2026 at 7:05 PM