Mikel Newton
@mikelfrance.bsky.social
Aging Mod now living in France. Love cycling. Veering further Left as I get older.
@psbhq.bsky.social Coming up from Limoges to see you guys on Saturday with a few friends! My missus is buzzing! (We all are!!)
November 13, 2025 at 2:09 PM
@psbhq.bsky.social Coming up from Limoges to see you guys on Saturday with a few friends! My missus is buzzing! (We all are!!)
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If you enjoyed the Accidental Tour-ist, then perhaps you might put your ballot paper in the digital box? I'd be enormously grateful. I mean, there's bigger things in the word than this. But the really teeny tiny things also matter (to me).
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November 5, 2025 at 6:06 PM
If you enjoyed the Accidental Tour-ist, then perhaps you might put your ballot paper in the digital box? I'd be enormously grateful. I mean, there's bigger things in the word than this. But the really teeny tiny things also matter (to me).
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Huge congratulations to Zohran Mamdani on his election as Mayor of New York City from all of us at the Green Party! 🎉💚
November 5, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Huge congratulations to Zohran Mamdani on his election as Mayor of New York City from all of us at the Green Party! 🎉💚
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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Farage/Reform sell themselves as the protectors of women, they aren't, "two in five arrested for last summer’s UK riots had been reported for domestic abuse", his own nephew a convicted sexual offender. Farage and Reform are misogynists who have no respect for women.
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October 30, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Farage/Reform sell themselves as the protectors of women, they aren't, "two in five arrested for last summer’s UK riots had been reported for domestic abuse", his own nephew a convicted sexual offender. Farage and Reform are misogynists who have no respect for women.
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685,000 Britons has wealth of £2.8 trillion, 48m have £2.4trn.
4 people have more wealth than 20m Britons.
Bottom 50% of the population has 5% of wealth, the bottom fifth only 0.5%.
Rich buy political parties, legislators; hold govts to ransom.
Can't get economic growth without redistribution.
4 people have more wealth than 20m Britons.
Bottom 50% of the population has 5% of wealth, the bottom fifth only 0.5%.
Rich buy political parties, legislators; hold govts to ransom.
Can't get economic growth without redistribution.
Rachel Reeves’ budget must reduce inequalities and increase spending capacity of the masses
This is how to secure sustained economic growth
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October 23, 2025 at 8:31 AM
685,000 Britons has wealth of £2.8 trillion, 48m have £2.4trn.
4 people have more wealth than 20m Britons.
Bottom 50% of the population has 5% of wealth, the bottom fifth only 0.5%.
Rich buy political parties, legislators; hold govts to ransom.
Can't get economic growth without redistribution.
4 people have more wealth than 20m Britons.
Bottom 50% of the population has 5% of wealth, the bottom fifth only 0.5%.
Rich buy political parties, legislators; hold govts to ransom.
Can't get economic growth without redistribution.
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How has the government got itself into the position of standing up for Israeli football hooligans, while criminalising peaceful supporters of Palestine Action?
October 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
How has the government got itself into the position of standing up for Israeli football hooligans, while criminalising peaceful supporters of Palestine Action?
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Can you imagine if Russia attacked and seized a UK vessel in international waters & kidnapped the people on board, including UK citizens, and the only response from the UK govt was to say that's "a matter for the Russian govt".
No, me neither.
No, me neither.
October 7, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Can you imagine if Russia attacked and seized a UK vessel in international waters & kidnapped the people on board, including UK citizens, and the only response from the UK govt was to say that's "a matter for the Russian govt".
No, me neither.
No, me neither.
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Nigel Farage claim:
"We are not the world's food bank, it is not for us to provide welfare to people coming in from all over the world"
Reality:
The average migrant on the Skilled Worker visa had a net fiscal impact of +£16,300 in 2022/23. In contrast, the average UK-born adult had about +£800
"We are not the world's food bank, it is not for us to provide welfare to people coming in from all over the world"
Reality:
The average migrant on the Skilled Worker visa had a net fiscal impact of +£16,300 in 2022/23. In contrast, the average UK-born adult had about +£800
September 22, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Nigel Farage claim:
"We are not the world's food bank, it is not for us to provide welfare to people coming in from all over the world"
Reality:
The average migrant on the Skilled Worker visa had a net fiscal impact of +£16,300 in 2022/23. In contrast, the average UK-born adult had about +£800
"We are not the world's food bank, it is not for us to provide welfare to people coming in from all over the world"
Reality:
The average migrant on the Skilled Worker visa had a net fiscal impact of +£16,300 in 2022/23. In contrast, the average UK-born adult had about +£800
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Melissa Hortman (1970-2025)
September 20, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Melissa Hortman (1970-2025)
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September 16, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Elon Musk openly called for violence on our streets yesterday.
I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric.
Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.
I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric.
Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.
September 14, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Elon Musk openly called for violence on our streets yesterday.
I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric.
Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.
I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric.
Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.
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A British Guide to terrorism -
Terrorism:
- picking up a flag
- putting paint on a war plane
Not terrorism:
- executing 250 journalists
- murdering 20,000 children
- bombing 37 hospitals
- starving 2million people
- shoot people queuing for food"
via Irish Unity
Terrorism:
- picking up a flag
- putting paint on a war plane
Not terrorism:
- executing 250 journalists
- murdering 20,000 children
- bombing 37 hospitals
- starving 2million people
- shoot people queuing for food"
via Irish Unity
September 11, 2025 at 9:56 AM
A British Guide to terrorism -
Terrorism:
- picking up a flag
- putting paint on a war plane
Not terrorism:
- executing 250 journalists
- murdering 20,000 children
- bombing 37 hospitals
- starving 2million people
- shoot people queuing for food"
via Irish Unity
Terrorism:
- picking up a flag
- putting paint on a war plane
Not terrorism:
- executing 250 journalists
- murdering 20,000 children
- bombing 37 hospitals
- starving 2million people
- shoot people queuing for food"
via Irish Unity
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Todays word of the day:
FARAGE
FARAGE
August 31, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Todays word of the day:
FARAGE
FARAGE
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“They looked like grotesques from a Roald Dahl book. Shrivelled, pinched faces, every bit as nasty as they sounded.”
This week: vandalised takeaways, racist pensioners, and the privilege of being a 6’3 white immigrant.
This week: vandalised takeaways, racist pensioners, and the privilege of being a 6’3 white immigrant.
Chaos, Cupboards and Cat Sneezes at Six on a Sunday Morning
Woken by an Elderly Cat, Confronted by Racism - On Why the UK Must Stop Defending Bigotry as “Local Anger.”
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August 31, 2025 at 7:52 AM
“They looked like grotesques from a Roald Dahl book. Shrivelled, pinched faces, every bit as nasty as they sounded.”
This week: vandalised takeaways, racist pensioners, and the privilege of being a 6’3 white immigrant.
This week: vandalised takeaways, racist pensioners, and the privilege of being a 6’3 white immigrant.
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It's amazing the billionaires have got you enraged at an imaginary 'Immigrant invasion' so you're not angry with the very real billionaire invasion.
In fact they are so great we can't tax them in case they leave.
Madness.
In fact they are so great we can't tax them in case they leave.
Madness.
August 30, 2025 at 7:55 PM
It's amazing the billionaires have got you enraged at an imaginary 'Immigrant invasion' so you're not angry with the very real billionaire invasion.
In fact they are so great we can't tax them in case they leave.
Madness.
In fact they are so great we can't tax them in case they leave.
Madness.