Darren
@gredawarha.bsky.social
I work in Town Planning, I like to run, photography, long walks, most sport but Coventry City FC and F1 in particular, tech, politics etc. Love my Ellie, Alex and Clem Fandango.
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why can they not just fix it
![[Scene is MCcDONALDS PICKUP POINT but for the most part we can only see the close up faces of tha CUSTOMER and the McDONALDS EMPLOYEE at the serving point].
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CUSTOMER:
Hi - I’m afraid this isn’t what I ordered
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McDONALDS EMPLOYEE:
Number 187?
CUSTOMER:
Yes
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CUSTOMER:
Maybe I pressed the wrong thing?
I just ordered one strawberry milkshake.
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EMPLOYEE:
Oh - yeah sorry
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EMPLOYEE:
The milkshake machine’s not working.
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EMPLOYEE:
The only flavours we can do are vanilla, banana, and Labour Leader Pretending to be Nigel Farage.
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CUSTOMER:
Is that a new flavour?
EMPLOYEE:
Yeah
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[We now see that the employee has placed a gigantic milkshake cup on the counter]
EMPLOYEE:
If you look inside, there’s a Labour leader pretending to be Nigel Farage.
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[Customer looks inside the cup]
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[Show Keir Starmer dressed as Nigel Farage inside the cup]
CUSTOMER:
So there is
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CUSTOMER:
Is that something people want, then?
EMPLOYEE:
No! No, not at all.
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EMPLOYEE:
It just keeps happening when we press banana.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:16 AM
why can they not just fix it
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Shabana Mahmood is wrong - Another cowardly attack on immigrants does not hide the incompetence of the Starmer government.
Me, for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
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Me, for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
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Shabana Mahmood is wrong
Another cowardly attack on immigrants does not hide the incompetence of the Starmer government
www.newstatesman.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Shabana Mahmood is wrong - Another cowardly attack on immigrants does not hide the incompetence of the Starmer government.
Me, for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
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Me, for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
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A few prints off to new homes.
November 18, 2025 at 12:57 PM
A few prints off to new homes.
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So we probably won't take your wedding rings from you, but we might place you into indentured servitude
Watching the Mahmood announcement and debate. Tory backbencher (Karen Bradley) suggests putting refugees into debt and making them repay during the rest of their lives. Mahmood says she’ll think about it.
November 17, 2025 at 9:31 PM
So we probably won't take your wedding rings from you, but we might place you into indentured servitude
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2015 Shabana Mahmood really needs to have a word with 2025 Shabana Mahmood
November 16, 2025 at 8:14 PM
2015 Shabana Mahmood really needs to have a word with 2025 Shabana Mahmood
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This lad reckons he's solved the climate crisis by unblocking a drain and this is why we're doomed.
November 16, 2025 at 3:50 PM
This lad reckons he's solved the climate crisis by unblocking a drain and this is why we're doomed.
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Rachel Reeves has already made a complete mess of her Budget, so I thought I should offer an alternative. This is the first part. There are several more to come. When the country's economy is failing, it's time to be radical. Nothing less will do. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11...
The Alternative Budget 2025 – The Background
Rachel Reeves will be presenting her Budget on November 26, if the Labour government of which she is a part lasts that long.
I will be commenting on that Budget on the day on BBC Radio 2, and elsewh...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
November 16, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Rachel Reeves has already made a complete mess of her Budget, so I thought I should offer an alternative. This is the first part. There are several more to come. When the country's economy is failing, it's time to be radical. Nothing less will do. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11...
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Not everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics
November 16, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Not everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics
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Every time I hear a politician say that an issue is “dividing” this country they always then come down on the side of the right wing view of it. Just once I’d love to hear someone say “this issue is divisive, which is why I’m making the argument that kindness and compassion is important”
November 16, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Every time I hear a politician say that an issue is “dividing” this country they always then come down on the side of the right wing view of it. Just once I’d love to hear someone say “this issue is divisive, which is why I’m making the argument that kindness and compassion is important”
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Siri show me the best example you can of how fucked up American healthcare is.
Actor James Van Der Beek is selling memorabilia from his film and television career, including Dawson’s Creek and Varsity Blues, to help with the financial cost of his cancer treatment.
James Van Der Beek auctions 'Dawson's Creek' memorabilia to pay for cancer treatment
The actor was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer in 2023.
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November 13, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Siri show me the best example you can of how fucked up American healthcare is.
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Starts with a lovely version of This is Hardcore www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_Kl...
Pulp: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
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November 13, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Starts with a lovely version of This is Hardcore www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_Kl...
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Such concrete outcomes do not grow on trees.
Talk TV has sacked presenter Mike Graham over a racist FB post. He actually tried to blame “hackers”.
November 12, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Such concrete outcomes do not grow on trees.
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You'll miss the BBC when it's gone...
November 12, 2025 at 5:53 PM
You'll miss the BBC when it's gone...
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President Trump criticises France and others for celebrating remembrance day, saying, "We're the one that won the wars"
Surreal, and so very disrespectful to every person who fought in the wars for the freedoms we all enjoy today
Surreal, and so very disrespectful to every person who fought in the wars for the freedoms we all enjoy today
November 11, 2025 at 6:17 PM
President Trump criticises France and others for celebrating remembrance day, saying, "We're the one that won the wars"
Surreal, and so very disrespectful to every person who fought in the wars for the freedoms we all enjoy today
Surreal, and so very disrespectful to every person who fought in the wars for the freedoms we all enjoy today
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In these times of rancour & division, it’s comforting to find things on which we can all agree: Kent County Council, for example, really does provide a perfect illustration of how well Reform would run the country. I agree with Nigel!
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Kent fire authority 'in disarray' amid Reform UK video leak row
A firefighters union claims Reform UK suspending councillors is impacting the local fire authority.
www.bbc.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
In these times of rancour & division, it’s comforting to find things on which we can all agree: Kent County Council, for example, really does provide a perfect illustration of how well Reform would run the country. I agree with Nigel!
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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If we're talking about bias, why do BBC politics programmes, from Politics Live to the Laura Kuennsberg Show, still always begin with a look at the newspaper front pages, which are overwhelmingly biased in one direction. Helps frame the entire news agenda and debate in their favour
November 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
If we're talking about bias, why do BBC politics programmes, from Politics Live to the Laura Kuennsberg Show, still always begin with a look at the newspaper front pages, which are overwhelmingly biased in one direction. Helps frame the entire news agenda and debate in their favour
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They look like Reform councillors
November 9, 2025 at 8:15 PM
They look like Reform councillors
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Despite living in New Zealand for the last 18 years I was unaware of our involvement in this piece of aviation and world history theupfront.media/flying-blind...
Nice work @garius.bsky.social
Nice work @garius.bsky.social
Flying blind: The remarkable journey of the California Clipper, Part 2
What Pan Am were asking of Ford, his crew and his aircraft was to do something that no commercial flying boat had ever done before: complete a circumnavigation of the world.
theupfront.media
November 8, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Despite living in New Zealand for the last 18 years I was unaware of our involvement in this piece of aviation and world history theupfront.media/flying-blind...
Nice work @garius.bsky.social
Nice work @garius.bsky.social
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My "American Week" for @tomswarbrick.bsky.social's programme on the UK's @lbc.co.uk. Listen live every Friday or find it here on-demand afterwards.
This week: the Democrats rout Trump's Republicans in off-year elections, and former VP Dick Cheney dies at 84.
🎧: audioboom.com/posts/880364...
This week: the Democrats rout Trump's Republicans in off-year elections, and former VP Dick Cheney dies at 84.
🎧: audioboom.com/posts/880364...
November 7, 2025 - "American Week": The Democrats dare to dream
Simon's weekly chronicle of events in the United States for Tom Swarbrick's Friday drivetime programme on the UK's LBC. Listen live every Friday at 5:50pm or find it on catch-up here after...
audioboom.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
My "American Week" for @tomswarbrick.bsky.social's programme on the UK's @lbc.co.uk. Listen live every Friday or find it here on-demand afterwards.
This week: the Democrats rout Trump's Republicans in off-year elections, and former VP Dick Cheney dies at 84.
🎧: audioboom.com/posts/880364...
This week: the Democrats rout Trump's Republicans in off-year elections, and former VP Dick Cheney dies at 84.
🎧: audioboom.com/posts/880364...
Slow hand clap for the Surrey Police Constable stood outside the Royal Surrey County Hospital smoking right next to one of the countless ‘No Smoking’ signs. Setting a great example. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
November 7, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Slow hand clap for the Surrey Police Constable stood outside the Royal Surrey County Hospital smoking right next to one of the countless ‘No Smoking’ signs. Setting a great example. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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🟢 Tax billionaires.
🟢 Cut bills.
🟢 Cut bills.
November 6, 2025 at 7:37 AM
🟢 Tax billionaires.
🟢 Cut bills.
🟢 Cut bills.
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UK energy companies made £30bn profit.
Gas extractors £10.8bn
Electricity generators £9.7bn
Transmission/Distribution £6.8 bn
Retail suppliers £2.8 bn
£500 a yr profit from average household
Bills up 42% since 2021.
Direct cause of inflation and poverty.
128,000 people a year die in fuel poverty.
Gas extractors £10.8bn
Electricity generators £9.7bn
Transmission/Distribution £6.8 bn
Retail suppliers £2.8 bn
£500 a yr profit from average household
Bills up 42% since 2021.
Direct cause of inflation and poverty.
128,000 people a year die in fuel poverty.
www.unitetheunion.org
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 AM
UK energy companies made £30bn profit.
Gas extractors £10.8bn
Electricity generators £9.7bn
Transmission/Distribution £6.8 bn
Retail suppliers £2.8 bn
£500 a yr profit from average household
Bills up 42% since 2021.
Direct cause of inflation and poverty.
128,000 people a year die in fuel poverty.
Gas extractors £10.8bn
Electricity generators £9.7bn
Transmission/Distribution £6.8 bn
Retail suppliers £2.8 bn
£500 a yr profit from average household
Bills up 42% since 2021.
Direct cause of inflation and poverty.
128,000 people a year die in fuel poverty.
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One of those calls you don’t forget in a hurry…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9Kz...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9Kz...
LBC caller describes her husband’s ‘grin’ after train stabbing
YouTube video by LBC
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November 4, 2025 at 3:39 PM
One of those calls you don’t forget in a hurry…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9Kz...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9Kz...