Ian Gorrie
@iangorrie.bsky.social
35 years in Telecom’s. Scot living in England = British . Refugee from Twitter. Dundee Angus & Redditch Worcestershire Uk. Interested in Technology, Aviation, History, local culture, military history, politics for the people and many other things.
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Ian Gorrie
@iangorrie.bsky.social
· Nov 7
‘Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952’
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952’
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BBC News - Most consecutive days of rain since 1908, Reading University says - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Most consecutive days of rain since 1908, Reading University says
The only Januarys wetter than this year's were in 1939, 1995 and 2014, meteorologists say.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 6, 2026 at 9:13 PM
BBC News - Most consecutive days of rain since 1908, Reading University says - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Just to be clear: I’m a proud Brit - born and raised here (my surname’s by marriage).
We do not want these flags here. The people behind them don’t come from our neighbourhood, and they’re about division, not community. I’m livid to see this on our streets.
www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...
We do not want these flags here. The people behind them don’t come from our neighbourhood, and they’re about division, not community. I’m livid to see this on our streets.
www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...
Police and council to take down flags in Moseley Village
Moseley councillors had approached West Midlands Police and the Director for Community Safety after flags were put up around the village
www.birminghammail.co.uk
February 6, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Just to be clear: I’m a proud Brit - born and raised here (my surname’s by marriage).
We do not want these flags here. The people behind them don’t come from our neighbourhood, and they’re about division, not community. I’m livid to see this on our streets.
www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...
We do not want these flags here. The people behind them don’t come from our neighbourhood, and they’re about division, not community. I’m livid to see this on our streets.
www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...
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If you still support Trump and his administration, I don’t judge you for your choice of political party.
I judge you for your lack of morals, ethics, compassion & humanity.
I judge you for your support of pedophilia, racism, treason & fascism.
So will others. So will history.
I judge you for your lack of morals, ethics, compassion & humanity.
I judge you for your support of pedophilia, racism, treason & fascism.
So will others. So will history.
February 6, 2026 at 8:19 PM
If you still support Trump and his administration, I don’t judge you for your choice of political party.
I judge you for your lack of morals, ethics, compassion & humanity.
I judge you for your support of pedophilia, racism, treason & fascism.
So will others. So will history.
I judge you for your lack of morals, ethics, compassion & humanity.
I judge you for your support of pedophilia, racism, treason & fascism.
So will others. So will history.
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February 6, 2026 at 8:31 PM
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1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
February 6, 2026 at 5:42 PM
1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
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This is an excellent question for @thetimes.com. What would be the threshold racism had to cross for you to recognize it as racism, and not as “racism”?
Hey @thetimes.com what is ’racism’ - surely depicting the Obamas as monkeys is just old fashioned racism?
February 6, 2026 at 8:01 PM
This is an excellent question for @thetimes.com. What would be the threshold racism had to cross for you to recognize it as racism, and not as “racism”?
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Hey @thetimes.com what is ’racism’ - surely depicting the Obamas as monkeys is just old fashioned racism?
February 6, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Hey @thetimes.com what is ’racism’ - surely depicting the Obamas as monkeys is just old fashioned racism?
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Reform announced their new leader in Wales yesterday.
But made nothing of the fact that Dan Thomas was a Tory councillor in Barnet btwn 2006 - 2025
Tory council leader from 2019 to 2022 leader of the Tory opposition until he defected last year.
Twice a Tory prospective parliamentary candidate
But made nothing of the fact that Dan Thomas was a Tory councillor in Barnet btwn 2006 - 2025
Tory council leader from 2019 to 2022 leader of the Tory opposition until he defected last year.
Twice a Tory prospective parliamentary candidate
February 6, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Reform announced their new leader in Wales yesterday.
But made nothing of the fact that Dan Thomas was a Tory councillor in Barnet btwn 2006 - 2025
Tory council leader from 2019 to 2022 leader of the Tory opposition until he defected last year.
Twice a Tory prospective parliamentary candidate
But made nothing of the fact that Dan Thomas was a Tory councillor in Barnet btwn 2006 - 2025
Tory council leader from 2019 to 2022 leader of the Tory opposition until he defected last year.
Twice a Tory prospective parliamentary candidate
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The behaviour of those British people associated with Epstein was absolutely despicable - but where are those Americans associated with Epstein being held accountable for their behaviour? There’s something very big missing here.
February 5, 2026 at 6:38 PM
The behaviour of those British people associated with Epstein was absolutely despicable - but where are those Americans associated with Epstein being held accountable for their behaviour? There’s something very big missing here.
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My God.....Mark Kermode did see Melania....🔥
Mark Kermode reviews Melania
YouTube video by Kermode and Mayo's Take
www.youtube.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:26 PM
My God.....Mark Kermode did see Melania....🔥
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Imagine if four years into our war in Iraq we had only occupied 20 percent of it and lost 1.2 million men. Would anyone say the US is winning?
No? Then how in the hell can you say Russia is winning?!
No? Then how in the hell can you say Russia is winning?!
February 5, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Imagine if four years into our war in Iraq we had only occupied 20 percent of it and lost 1.2 million men. Would anyone say the US is winning?
No? Then how in the hell can you say Russia is winning?!
No? Then how in the hell can you say Russia is winning?!
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
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So true. Also, many of the Americans doing literally nothing about Epstein’s American ‘associates’ are precisely the ones lying about Europe & particularly the UK being overrun with child-rapists. It’s insane.
This is preying on my mind a bit. Jeffrey Epstein was not primarily a British scandal! So far we've removed a Prince from the Royal family, fired our US ambassador who was one of the most important political figures of the last few decades and banned the CEO of Barclays from the financial industry..
One by one, Europeans mentioned in the Epstein files who still hold political office are beginning to resign or are being forced out of office.
Meanwhile, ruled by an administration almost entirely made up of Epstein associates, the US carries on as if nothing really happened.
Meanwhile, ruled by an administration almost entirely made up of Epstein associates, the US carries on as if nothing really happened.
February 5, 2026 at 6:10 PM
So true. Also, many of the Americans doing literally nothing about Epstein’s American ‘associates’ are precisely the ones lying about Europe & particularly the UK being overrun with child-rapists. It’s insane.
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Because we have a functioning democracy , judicial system, and an unfettered news media. The US has none of those .
February 5, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Because we have a functioning democracy , judicial system, and an unfettered news media. The US has none of those .
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This is preying on my mind a bit. Jeffrey Epstein was not primarily a British scandal! So far we've removed a Prince from the Royal family, fired our US ambassador who was one of the most important political figures of the last few decades and banned the CEO of Barclays from the financial industry..
One by one, Europeans mentioned in the Epstein files who still hold political office are beginning to resign or are being forced out of office.
Meanwhile, ruled by an administration almost entirely made up of Epstein associates, the US carries on as if nothing really happened.
Meanwhile, ruled by an administration almost entirely made up of Epstein associates, the US carries on as if nothing really happened.
February 4, 2026 at 11:13 AM
This is preying on my mind a bit. Jeffrey Epstein was not primarily a British scandal! So far we've removed a Prince from the Royal family, fired our US ambassador who was one of the most important political figures of the last few decades and banned the CEO of Barclays from the financial industry..
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Mystery of abandoned village in the middle of the Welsh countryside. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Swansea man's surprise after finding abandoned Welsh village
The reason it was abandoned remains a mystery with the local council and developer tight-lipped.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Mystery of abandoned village in the middle of the Welsh countryside. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Why is Trump taking humiliation after humiliation without being angry at Putin?
His behaviour, in every other part of his life, is a strong and angry reaction to anything he finds offensive.
But not here. Not when he is publicly humiliated to a degree no American president has ever been before.
His behaviour, in every other part of his life, is a strong and angry reaction to anything he finds offensive.
But not here. Not when he is publicly humiliated to a degree no American president has ever been before.
February 5, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Why is Trump taking humiliation after humiliation without being angry at Putin?
His behaviour, in every other part of his life, is a strong and angry reaction to anything he finds offensive.
But not here. Not when he is publicly humiliated to a degree no American president has ever been before.
His behaviour, in every other part of his life, is a strong and angry reaction to anything he finds offensive.
But not here. Not when he is publicly humiliated to a degree no American president has ever been before.
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Lookalike: Starmer and Trump / Lord Charles and Ray Alan
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
February 5, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Lookalike: Starmer and Trump / Lord Charles and Ray Alan
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
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Cluster bomb market attack kills seven in Ukraine as Russian peace talks begin
Cluster bomb market attack kills seven in Ukraine as Russian peace talks begin
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said the trilateral talks with Russia and the United States which resumed again Wednesday in Abu Dhabi must lead to real peace and not give Russia an oppor...
www.channel4.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Cluster bomb market attack kills seven in Ukraine as Russian peace talks begin
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Yeah.
Want to know how Anne Frank and her family got murdered?
Because this is how.
Want to know how Anne Frank and her family got murdered?
Because this is how.
February 4, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Yeah.
Want to know how Anne Frank and her family got murdered?
Because this is how.
Want to know how Anne Frank and her family got murdered?
Because this is how.
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Kindergarten teacher calls ICE (prank) line to get the parents of ONE OF HER STUDENTS deported. And she looked them up in the school files.
This person needs to be named, reported, and fired.
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
This person needs to be named, reported, and fired.
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
Kindergarten teacher wants kindergartener deported
YouTube video by Ben Palmer
www.youtube.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Kindergarten teacher calls ICE (prank) line to get the parents of ONE OF HER STUDENTS deported. And she looked them up in the school files.
This person needs to be named, reported, and fired.
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
This person needs to be named, reported, and fired.
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
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Although there will of course be commentary on the political fallout of the Epstein files, as that will likely be consequential, the number one focus and priority must be absolutely clear: the industrial scale abuse of women and girls by powerful, rich men.
February 4, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Although there will of course be commentary on the political fallout of the Epstein files, as that will likely be consequential, the number one focus and priority must be absolutely clear: the industrial scale abuse of women and girls by powerful, rich men.
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First mentioned in Roman sources over 1,700 years ago as a collective name for troublesome, barbaric peoples, the Picts went on to become the dominant kingdom in northern Britain 💪
On 12 February, explore their southern kingdoms at this online event: www.digitscotland.com/events/east-...
On 12 February, explore their southern kingdoms at this online event: www.digitscotland.com/events/east-...
January 29, 2026 at 3:19 PM
First mentioned in Roman sources over 1,700 years ago as a collective name for troublesome, barbaric peoples, the Picts went on to become the dominant kingdom in northern Britain 💪
On 12 February, explore their southern kingdoms at this online event: www.digitscotland.com/events/east-...
On 12 February, explore their southern kingdoms at this online event: www.digitscotland.com/events/east-...
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A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
February 4, 2026 at 5:07 PM
A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world