Mark Basnett
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That's made me feel a bit emotional, well done Eze.
November 23, 2025 at 11:02 PM
That's made me feel a bit emotional, well done Eze.
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type for books used to be set using little metal letters built into words in racks and then inked and pressed on to paper. If you had stock phrases you wanted to reuse a lot you could make a cast of them called a ‘stereotype’. The sound of them *clicking* into place, in French, is ‘cliché’
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 10:17 AM
type for books used to be set using little metal letters built into words in racks and then inked and pressed on to paper. If you had stock phrases you wanted to reuse a lot you could make a cast of them called a ‘stereotype’. The sound of them *clicking* into place, in French, is ‘cliché’
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I remember when there was a discussion on Twitter about Shein's manufacturing practices and some apologists invented all sorts of fantastical machinery and technology to avoid facing the more horrifying truth. Reminds me of this comedian's joke.
IG bscomedian
IG bscomedian
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I remember when there was a discussion on Twitter about Shein's manufacturing practices and some apologists invented all sorts of fantastical machinery and technology to avoid facing the more horrifying truth. Reminds me of this comedian's joke.
IG bscomedian
IG bscomedian
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Wow - those are quite phenomenal headlines given the details of the story.
Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
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Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
🧵
1/9
October 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Wow - those are quite phenomenal headlines given the details of the story.
Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
🧵
1/9
Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
🧵
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Oh, put a wasp nest up your arse.
October 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Oh, put a wasp nest up your arse.
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It's John Lennon's birthday, so here's that picture of him out on the town with Edwina Currie.
October 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
It's John Lennon's birthday, so here's that picture of him out on the town with Edwina Currie.
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Firms running hotels make vast profits, while often providing appalling conditions.
People seeking asylum don't choose to get stuck in hotels. Firms choose to make money off their lives, and governments choose to pay them rather than implement better alternatives.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
People seeking asylum don't choose to get stuck in hotels. Firms choose to make money off their lives, and governments choose to pay them rather than implement better alternatives.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Asylum hotel provider makes £180m profit despite claims of inedible food and rationed loo paper
Asylum seekers and charities tell BBC of
www.bbc.co.uk
October 7, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Firms running hotels make vast profits, while often providing appalling conditions.
People seeking asylum don't choose to get stuck in hotels. Firms choose to make money off their lives, and governments choose to pay them rather than implement better alternatives.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
People seeking asylum don't choose to get stuck in hotels. Firms choose to make money off their lives, and governments choose to pay them rather than implement better alternatives.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Bear in mind that the entire tactic since *winning a landslide* has been not to use that majority to enact beneficial legislation, but to shore up popularity in marginal constituencies to hold onto seats. From day one. It is almost awe-inspiring how badly that’s gone.
September 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Bear in mind that the entire tactic since *winning a landslide* has been not to use that majority to enact beneficial legislation, but to shore up popularity in marginal constituencies to hold onto seats. From day one. It is almost awe-inspiring how badly that’s gone.
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I'll remind you that this man hid in a fridge rather than speak to journalists.
September 20, 2025 at 11:31 AM
I'll remind you that this man hid in a fridge rather than speak to journalists.
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[the shooter is unidentified] the left must be purged with the sword
[the shooter is, again, a compulsive masturbator who loved Hitler] I believe it was pascal who said that the heart has reasons that reason may not know
[the shooter is, again, a compulsive masturbator who loved Hitler] I believe it was pascal who said that the heart has reasons that reason may not know
September 12, 2025 at 9:22 PM
[the shooter is unidentified] the left must be purged with the sword
[the shooter is, again, a compulsive masturbator who loved Hitler] I believe it was pascal who said that the heart has reasons that reason may not know
[the shooter is, again, a compulsive masturbator who loved Hitler] I believe it was pascal who said that the heart has reasons that reason may not know
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what a humiliating way for don jr. to find out his dad sends birthday cards.
September 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
what a humiliating way for don jr. to find out his dad sends birthday cards.
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I am a hypermasculine and extremely powerful alpha male. As such my greatest fears are seed oils, rainbows, people who don't look like me being on TV, and preventative medicine. I cannot explain any of these fears and consider that to be your fault.
September 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I am a hypermasculine and extremely powerful alpha male. As such my greatest fears are seed oils, rainbows, people who don't look like me being on TV, and preventative medicine. I cannot explain any of these fears and consider that to be your fault.
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These are the things that make me proud to be British 🫡
September 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
These are the things that make me proud to be British 🫡
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Current state of UK political discourse.
September 2, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Current state of UK political discourse.
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Yvette, I'm confused.
September 1, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Yvette, I'm confused.
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When the Beano starts taking pops at you then it's probably time to question your amazing comms and policy strategy.
August 28, 2025 at 11:44 AM
When the Beano starts taking pops at you then it's probably time to question your amazing comms and policy strategy.
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Just for perspective, a few weeks ago roughly 100,000 turned up for the London Trans+ Pride march. By contrast fewer than 3,000 ACROSS THE WHOLE COUNTRY, have turned up to anti-asylum "protests". Yet we are meant to take the latter as "the voice of the people" and the former as "the minority".
August 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Just for perspective, a few weeks ago roughly 100,000 turned up for the London Trans+ Pride march. By contrast fewer than 3,000 ACROSS THE WHOLE COUNTRY, have turned up to anti-asylum "protests". Yet we are meant to take the latter as "the voice of the people" and the former as "the minority".
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No idea how on earth that's a penalty but handball seems to be considered more interesting than football nowadays.
August 18, 2025 at 8:45 PM
No idea how on earth that's a penalty but handball seems to be considered more interesting than football nowadays.
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Feel a bit bad for Jack. Think we need to give him a bit of breathing space to get back to enjoying his football and feeling appreciated before he gets saddled with being Everton’s saviour.
August 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Feel a bit bad for Jack. Think we need to give him a bit of breathing space to get back to enjoying his football and feeling appreciated before he gets saddled with being Everton’s saviour.
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Either Robert Jenrick doesn't believe in all the ear-biting racist stuff he comes out with & just pretends to regardless of the damage caused because he thinks it'll garner him power or he does believe in what he says. Either explanation means he's a walking latrine, a suit full of atrocity.
August 17, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Either Robert Jenrick doesn't believe in all the ear-biting racist stuff he comes out with & just pretends to regardless of the damage caused because he thinks it'll garner him power or he does believe in what he says. Either explanation means he's a walking latrine, a suit full of atrocity.
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This is what Tory austerity has done. And this story is repeated across the country. Recovering from this is going to take more than some shitty AI scheme.
Firefighters in Merseyside responded to the Holt Heath fire in Dorset, exposing a critical lack of resources and resilience to major incidents.
14 years of austerity has lead to...
🚫 1 in 5 firefighter posts cut
🚫 Stations closed
🚫 Fire engines taken off the run
14 years of austerity has lead to...
🚫 1 in 5 firefighter posts cut
🚫 Stations closed
🚫 Fire engines taken off the run
August 16, 2025 at 4:11 PM
This is what Tory austerity has done. And this story is repeated across the country. Recovering from this is going to take more than some shitty AI scheme.
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"defund the police" didn't go far enough
get these shitstains out of any position of authority immediately
get these shitstains out of any position of authority immediately
While masked agents were violently attacking a delivery worker this morning, bystanders repeatedly asked to see their badge numbers but they refused.
Bystander: You guys are ruining this country, you know that, right?
Agent: Liberals already ruined it.
Bystander: You guys are ruining this country, you know that, right?
Agent: Liberals already ruined it.
August 16, 2025 at 4:19 PM
"defund the police" didn't go far enough
get these shitstains out of any position of authority immediately
get these shitstains out of any position of authority immediately
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The only reason to apologise for calling Jenrick a xenophobe is that you meant to call him a pin-eyed careerist xenophobe with the moral compass of a serial killer who melted down his dignity into a dildo of performative cruelty to shove up his own arse on command for those who pay his wages.
August 13, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The only reason to apologise for calling Jenrick a xenophobe is that you meant to call him a pin-eyed careerist xenophobe with the moral compass of a serial killer who melted down his dignity into a dildo of performative cruelty to shove up his own arse on command for those who pay his wages.
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if I ever go properly "screaming about nothing in particular in the street" mad it will be due to having spent too much time having read about the opinions of men who have absolutely never cared about women's rights for one moment in their lives but decided to pretend just for the sake of racism
The Mail on Sunday: TOP TORY'S FEARS FOR DAUGHTERS OVER BOAT MIGRANTS #TomorrowsPapersToday
August 9, 2025 at 10:01 PM
if I ever go properly "screaming about nothing in particular in the street" mad it will be due to having spent too much time having read about the opinions of men who have absolutely never cared about women's rights for one moment in their lives but decided to pretend just for the sake of racism