Laura
@laurahird.bsky.social
Pretty dull woman who walks a lot, thinks a lot and sleeps a lot. It’s not a bad life.
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Really enjoyed this interview and it's refreshing that the journalist says she doesn't agree with all of my politics but still engages with the ideas.
You don't have to agree with me on everything. Just the basics: it's time to make hope normal again.
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
You don't have to agree with me on everything. Just the basics: it's time to make hope normal again.
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
Zack Polanski: I thought what Keir Starmer said about me was vile
Green leader Zack Polanski is taking the fight to Labour with his brand of eco-populism — but while he’s riding high in the polls, do his economic policies really stack up?
www.standard.co.uk
February 6, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Really enjoyed this interview and it's refreshing that the journalist says she doesn't agree with all of my politics but still engages with the ideas.
You don't have to agree with me on everything. Just the basics: it's time to make hope normal again.
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
You don't have to agree with me on everything. Just the basics: it's time to make hope normal again.
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
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Weird and almost universal revisionism today. Even at the time, it was pretty clear that Mandelson wasn't appointed *despite* his dodgy links but *because* of them. Trump's Washington is a dirty swamp. Mandelson was deemed a man able to swim in it. This wasn't a secret. Everybody said it out loud.
February 4, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Weird and almost universal revisionism today. Even at the time, it was pretty clear that Mandelson wasn't appointed *despite* his dodgy links but *because* of them. Trump's Washington is a dirty swamp. Mandelson was deemed a man able to swim in it. This wasn't a secret. Everybody said it out loud.
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Not a big sports guy, but I've always understood that you're supposed to support your team through thick and thin. Irrespetive of performance. Unconditional loyalty is a virtue. Changing allegiances is treachery.
... which is why we probably shouldn't write about politics as if it were football.
... which is why we probably shouldn't write about politics as if it were football.
February 4, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Not a big sports guy, but I've always understood that you're supposed to support your team through thick and thin. Irrespetive of performance. Unconditional loyalty is a virtue. Changing allegiances is treachery.
... which is why we probably shouldn't write about politics as if it were football.
... which is why we probably shouldn't write about politics as if it were football.
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Another COVID fraudster held to account for fraudulently obtaining an £80k bounce back loan!
The funds were spent on a share dealing platforms instead of supporting his business through the pandemic.
He is jailed for 2 years & 4 months and disqualified as a company director for 8yrs.
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The funds were spent on a share dealing platforms instead of supporting his business through the pandemic.
He is jailed for 2 years & 4 months and disqualified as a company director for 8yrs.
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Derby fraudster jailed after using Covid loan funds on share dealing platforms
Jail for Bounce Back Loan fraudster
www.gov.uk
December 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Another COVID fraudster held to account for fraudulently obtaining an £80k bounce back loan!
The funds were spent on a share dealing platforms instead of supporting his business through the pandemic.
He is jailed for 2 years & 4 months and disqualified as a company director for 8yrs.
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The funds were spent on a share dealing platforms instead of supporting his business through the pandemic.
He is jailed for 2 years & 4 months and disqualified as a company director for 8yrs.
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This is my flag.
August 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
This is my flag.
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Here he goes.
August 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Here he goes.
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New RNA treatments for things like cancer, dementia & infectious diseases will be possible thanks to a new facility the government has announced today.
The UK RNA Biofoundry, to be based in Darlington & backed by £30m funding, is part of the Life Sciences Sector Plan from the Industrial Strategy.
The UK RNA Biofoundry, to be based in Darlington & backed by £30m funding, is part of the Life Sciences Sector Plan from the Industrial Strategy.
Next-gen therapies for cancer, dementia and more fast-tracked with new facility
New facility based in Darlington to springboard novel RNA therapies – which could help tackle cancer, heart conditions, infectious diseases, and more.
www.gov.uk
August 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
New RNA treatments for things like cancer, dementia & infectious diseases will be possible thanks to a new facility the government has announced today.
The UK RNA Biofoundry, to be based in Darlington & backed by £30m funding, is part of the Life Sciences Sector Plan from the Industrial Strategy.
The UK RNA Biofoundry, to be based in Darlington & backed by £30m funding, is part of the Life Sciences Sector Plan from the Industrial Strategy.
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He has filled the most powerful vaccine advisory board at CDC with sycophants.
He has placed a man who is opposed to COVID19 vaccines in charge of their approvals at FDA
Their hands are tied, and they correctly refuse to “just follow orders”.
He has placed a man who is opposed to COVID19 vaccines in charge of their approvals at FDA
Their hands are tied, and they correctly refuse to “just follow orders”.
August 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
He has filled the most powerful vaccine advisory board at CDC with sycophants.
He has placed a man who is opposed to COVID19 vaccines in charge of their approvals at FDA
Their hands are tied, and they correctly refuse to “just follow orders”.
He has placed a man who is opposed to COVID19 vaccines in charge of their approvals at FDA
Their hands are tied, and they correctly refuse to “just follow orders”.
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If you live in Dubai to avoid paying UK income tax, maybe don't post endless tweets attacking 'economic migrants'
July 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
If you live in Dubai to avoid paying UK income tax, maybe don't post endless tweets attacking 'economic migrants'
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How many Tories called Labour liars about the ‘black hole’. Knowing full well that they created it & took out a super injunction to shield it from the public. So Labour have spent a year unable to tell the truth. And the political journos jumped on that bandwagon with glee.
July 16, 2025 at 7:17 AM
How many Tories called Labour liars about the ‘black hole’. Knowing full well that they created it & took out a super injunction to shield it from the public. So Labour have spent a year unable to tell the truth. And the political journos jumped on that bandwagon with glee.
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If the only way you'll ever hear someone call out Nigel Farage's destructive, divisive politics on the BBC is for me to do it, then so be it.
Watch @EdDavey.LibDems.org.uk call out the BBC for their failure to hold Nigel Farage to account.
July 16, 2025 at 10:35 AM
If the only way you'll ever hear someone call out Nigel Farage's destructive, divisive politics on the BBC is for me to do it, then so be it.
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“Men are alone, we are so depressed.🥺”
Gee, I wonder why women are choosing to avoid men…it’s almost like you take our lives if your fragile ego is hurt or feels rejected ….
Gee, I wonder why women are choosing to avoid men…it’s almost like you take our lives if your fragile ego is hurt or feels rejected ….
July 16, 2025 at 9:56 PM
“Men are alone, we are so depressed.🥺”
Gee, I wonder why women are choosing to avoid men…it’s almost like you take our lives if your fragile ego is hurt or feels rejected ….
Gee, I wonder why women are choosing to avoid men…it’s almost like you take our lives if your fragile ego is hurt or feels rejected ….
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✍️ Households are tired of carrying the can for water companies
Yorkshire Water’s hosepipe ban is a symptom of a broken system – it’s time to take back control of our water
By Jon Trickett
@jontrickett.bsky.social
Yorkshire Water’s hosepipe ban is a symptom of a broken system – it’s time to take back control of our water
By Jon Trickett
@jontrickett.bsky.social
Households are tired of carrying the can for water companies
Yorkshire Water’s hosepipe ban is a symptom of a broken system – it’s time to take back control of our water
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
July 17, 2025 at 6:19 AM
✍️ Households are tired of carrying the can for water companies
Yorkshire Water’s hosepipe ban is a symptom of a broken system – it’s time to take back control of our water
By Jon Trickett
@jontrickett.bsky.social
Yorkshire Water’s hosepipe ban is a symptom of a broken system – it’s time to take back control of our water
By Jon Trickett
@jontrickett.bsky.social
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1. One thing you need to realise about the British Establishment is that it uses clowns to express its deepest desires. People like Rod Liddle offer a kind of deniability - "lighten up, he's just having a laugh". But they deliver a closer representation of its truths than any sober editorial.
Meanwhile
The Spectator is condoning the bombing of Brighton and Glastonbury
I'm sure it will be a proscribed organisation any minute now...
The Spectator is condoning the bombing of Brighton and Glastonbury
I'm sure it will be a proscribed organisation any minute now...
July 5, 2025 at 6:43 AM
1. One thing you need to realise about the British Establishment is that it uses clowns to express its deepest desires. People like Rod Liddle offer a kind of deniability - "lighten up, he's just having a laugh". But they deliver a closer representation of its truths than any sober editorial.
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If you've read LORD OF THE FLIES, the spite between Musk and Trump makes perfect sense.
#booksky 💙📚
#HistoricalFiction ⏳📚
#booksky.club/main 📚💙
#bookskychat #sanity #litfic
#booksky 💙📚
#HistoricalFiction ⏳📚
#booksky.club/main 📚💙
#bookskychat #sanity #litfic
June 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
If you've read LORD OF THE FLIES, the spite between Musk and Trump makes perfect sense.
#booksky 💙📚
#HistoricalFiction ⏳📚
#booksky.club/main 📚💙
#bookskychat #sanity #litfic
#booksky 💙📚
#HistoricalFiction ⏳📚
#booksky.club/main 📚💙
#bookskychat #sanity #litfic
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A cop doing the right thing? I think that i might need my fainting chair!
June 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
A cop doing the right thing? I think that i might need my fainting chair!
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As a four-decade veteran of the daily journalism business, let me tell you: Every competent political reporter in this country knows that Trump is trying to establish a dictatorship. The industry's shame is that so few journalists will say so, and the ones who do lose their jobs.
June 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
As a four-decade veteran of the daily journalism business, let me tell you: Every competent political reporter in this country knows that Trump is trying to establish a dictatorship. The industry's shame is that so few journalists will say so, and the ones who do lose their jobs.
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BBC Newswatch desperately trying to justify their excessive exposure of ReformUK today, but every argument only supports the complaints. Of course, their support will grow if the other parties don't even get the airtime to promote their own policies! Absolutely outrageous bias from the BBC. 😡
June 14, 2025 at 7:07 AM
BBC Newswatch desperately trying to justify their excessive exposure of ReformUK today, but every argument only supports the complaints. Of course, their support will grow if the other parties don't even get the airtime to promote their own policies! Absolutely outrageous bias from the BBC. 😡
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NO
KINGS
DAY
KINGS
DAY
Veterans for Peace are in DC today protesting Trump’s military parade, cuts to VA benefits, and US military being deployed on America’s streets.
“BENEFITS NOT BULLSHIT!”
LFG. 🔥
“BENEFITS NOT BULLSHIT!”
LFG. 🔥
June 14, 2025 at 5:03 PM
NO
KINGS
DAY
KINGS
DAY
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Out of an abundance of caution my Department of Public Safety is recommending that people do not attend any political rallies today in Minnesota until the suspect is apprehended.
June 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Out of an abundance of caution my Department of Public Safety is recommending that people do not attend any political rallies today in Minnesota until the suspect is apprehended.
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As a former captain who commanded infantry at Twentynine Palms, I know these Marines deserve better than Trump's corruption and Hegseth's incompetence.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
June 14, 2025 at 11:09 AM
As a former captain who commanded infantry at Twentynine Palms, I know these Marines deserve better than Trump's corruption and Hegseth's incompetence.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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PHILLY SHOWING UP!
No Kings Day!!
No Kings Day!!
Love Park in Philly today for the No Kings protest 👏👏👏
June 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
PHILLY SHOWING UP!
No Kings Day!!
No Kings Day!!