Paul Curran
@paullypops.bsky.social
It’s knowing that your door is always open …….. Edinburgh lad. Schnauzer dad. Volunteer Ranger. Retired but not shy. Views my own. Enjoys the outdoors, company & conversation, great whisky, bourbon & rum. Struggles with extremism & guitar 🙄
This is absolutely horrendous. I’m so angry. We expect much better from our @teamlabouruk.bsky.social government. 😡
Fascism on the rise, domestic violence kills thousands of women, rape is effectively decriminalised, COVID corruption goes unpunished, hate crime and child sexual abuse are rampant.
But the police, those faithful servants of capitalism, are arresting peaceful protestors against climate breakdown.
But the police, those faithful servants of capitalism, are arresting peaceful protestors against climate breakdown.
🚨 Outrage as 20 police officers break into Westminster Quaker Meeting House and arrest six. 🚨
This shocking violation of a place of worship is a direct result of crackdowns on protest and dissent - freedom of speech, assembly and democracy are at risk.🕊️
👉 www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
This shocking violation of a place of worship is a direct result of crackdowns on protest and dissent - freedom of speech, assembly and democracy are at risk.🕊️
👉 www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
March 29, 2025 at 9:26 AM
This is absolutely horrendous. I’m so angry. We expect much better from our @teamlabouruk.bsky.social government. 😡
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Hearing that tomorrow’s State of The Union address to be given by President Trump will be delayed while it’s translated from Russian.
March 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Hearing that tomorrow’s State of The Union address to be given by President Trump will be delayed while it’s translated from Russian.
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Nigel Farage is once again showing his true colours as Trump’s spokesman in Britain.
Zelensky has shown true courage, while Farage just licks Trump’s boots. It's clearer than ever that Nigel is simply out for himself and his masters in Mar-a-Lago
Zelensky has shown true courage, while Farage just licks Trump’s boots. It's clearer than ever that Nigel is simply out for himself and his masters in Mar-a-Lago
Farage accused of ‘licking Trump’s boots’ for calling Zelensky ‘rude’ in Trump clash
The Reform UK leader blamed the Ukrainian president for having ‘played it very badly’, as well as accusing Mr Zelensky of ‘bowling in and showing no respect’
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March 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Nigel Farage is once again showing his true colours as Trump’s spokesman in Britain.
Zelensky has shown true courage, while Farage just licks Trump’s boots. It's clearer than ever that Nigel is simply out for himself and his masters in Mar-a-Lago
Zelensky has shown true courage, while Farage just licks Trump’s boots. It's clearer than ever that Nigel is simply out for himself and his masters in Mar-a-Lago
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social it’s a time for cool heads. It’s also a time to speak up for what is right.
It’s also a time to help those who are right.
Please do not be silent.
It’s also a time to help those who are right.
Please do not be silent.
February 28, 2025 at 10:10 PM
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social it’s a time for cool heads. It’s also a time to speak up for what is right.
It’s also a time to help those who are right.
Please do not be silent.
It’s also a time to help those who are right.
Please do not be silent.
Why Did You Do It? …. A great funky 70s track by Stretch. Written by guitarist Kirby (ex-Curved Air) after he & Elmer Gantry were seriously let down by Mick Fleetwood. youtu.be/smg2S8CssQU?...
Stretch - Why Did You Do It • TopPop
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February 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Why Did You Do It? …. A great funky 70s track by Stretch. Written by guitarist Kirby (ex-Curved Air) after he & Elmer Gantry were seriously let down by Mick Fleetwood. youtu.be/smg2S8CssQU?...
Tonight it looks like the @reformparty.bsky.social have been spending lots of money on Facebook video ads. At a guess 2-3 videos in every 10 are Reform Party related videos. It looks like the chancers are pushing their nonsense messages hard. Yet another reason to ditch another social media app.
February 24, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Tonight it looks like the @reformparty.bsky.social have been spending lots of money on Facebook video ads. At a guess 2-3 videos in every 10 are Reform Party related videos. It looks like the chancers are pushing their nonsense messages hard. Yet another reason to ditch another social media app.
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Repost if you have tinnitus.
here's the Bunny With Tinnitus (graphite on vellum 2x3
inches)
inches)
February 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Repost if you have tinnitus.
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History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes…
February 17, 2025 at 3:16 AM
History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes…
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This should be changed asap.
If we give someone refugee status, it can't be right to then refuse them route to become a British Citizen. To say they can have a home in our country, but never a place in our society and be forever second class. freemovement.org.uk/good-charact...
If we give someone refugee status, it can't be right to then refuse them route to become a British Citizen. To say they can have a home in our country, but never a place in our society and be forever second class. freemovement.org.uk/good-charact...
Good character guidance amended to block refugees from naturalisation - Free Movement
There have been some important additions to pages 50 and 51 of the Good Character guidance (a comparison of the new and old versions is here) that have the
freemovement.org.uk
February 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
This should be changed asap.
If we give someone refugee status, it can't be right to then refuse them route to become a British Citizen. To say they can have a home in our country, but never a place in our society and be forever second class. freemovement.org.uk/good-charact...
If we give someone refugee status, it can't be right to then refuse them route to become a British Citizen. To say they can have a home in our country, but never a place in our society and be forever second class. freemovement.org.uk/good-charact...
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Reform are panicking about people pointing out that they want to replace the NHS. So please don't share this clip of Nigel Farage saying he'd rather healthcare was done through insurance companies.
February 8, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Reform are panicking about people pointing out that they want to replace the NHS. So please don't share this clip of Nigel Farage saying he'd rather healthcare was done through insurance companies.
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social This photo was taken in the Cairngorms. Do you or any of your followers have any suggestions on what the predator would have been? 🤔
February 7, 2025 at 9:32 AM
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social This photo was taken in the Cairngorms. Do you or any of your followers have any suggestions on what the predator would have been? 🤔
Welcome @realstevetom.bsky.social. I hope you’re doing well. 😊
January 30, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Welcome @realstevetom.bsky.social. I hope you’re doing well. 😊
I thought the basic operating principles of the BBC incl @bbc5live.bsky.social was to focus on the “truth” without fear or favour. How is @bbc5live.bsky.social going to focus on the “truth” without expert opinion?
Was just disinvited by @bbc5live.bsky.social to a discussion of Brexit 5 years on- on the entirely reasonable/correct grounds that I know what I am talking about and would give an expert, objective view.
What they actually wanted was a "hard Remainer" (to balance a know-nothing Brexiteer).
FFS.
What they actually wanted was a "hard Remainer" (to balance a know-nothing Brexiteer).
FFS.
January 30, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I thought the basic operating principles of the BBC incl @bbc5live.bsky.social was to focus on the “truth” without fear or favour. How is @bbc5live.bsky.social going to focus on the “truth” without expert opinion?
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A brand new Holocaust discovery from the commandant’s house at Auschwitz.
Part of a Jewish inmate’s uniform, used to block a hole in the roof.
I’m releasing podcasts this week from and about Auschwitz & its commandant
Please listen here: podfollow.com/dan-snows-hi...
Part of a Jewish inmate’s uniform, used to block a hole in the roof.
I’m releasing podcasts this week from and about Auschwitz & its commandant
Please listen here: podfollow.com/dan-snows-hi...
January 28, 2025 at 7:03 AM
A brand new Holocaust discovery from the commandant’s house at Auschwitz.
Part of a Jewish inmate’s uniform, used to block a hole in the roof.
I’m releasing podcasts this week from and about Auschwitz & its commandant
Please listen here: podfollow.com/dan-snows-hi...
Part of a Jewish inmate’s uniform, used to block a hole in the roof.
I’m releasing podcasts this week from and about Auschwitz & its commandant
Please listen here: podfollow.com/dan-snows-hi...
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For the last 5 months, I’ve spoken to Rosy as she’s fought for care. MND means she needs a ventilator and feeding tube and yet she has been denied 24/7 carers. Rosy is now losing her voice but wants to speak out. We should all listen.
In today’s @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In today’s @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A reader with a terminal illness emailed in despair. What she told me should shock us all | Frances Ryan
Rosy is unable to move, breathe or eat unassisted. Yet for hours a day she is being left completely alone, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2025 at 8:53 AM
For the last 5 months, I’ve spoken to Rosy as she’s fought for care. MND means she needs a ventilator and feeding tube and yet she has been denied 24/7 carers. Rosy is now losing her voice but wants to speak out. We should all listen.
In today’s @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In today’s @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A really random plea if people could repost please? We are two planks short of V4 silent oak pool NE31 laminate flooring. It is a very long story and yes we are idiots. It is discontinued and out of stock even at V4. Putting out this plea in case someone, somewhere, has a few planks!
January 15, 2025 at 6:18 PM
A really random plea if people could repost please? We are two planks short of V4 silent oak pool NE31 laminate flooring. It is a very long story and yes we are idiots. It is discontinued and out of stock even at V4. Putting out this plea in case someone, somewhere, has a few planks!
Did you know that the Glen Sannox was delivered today 7 years late?
Did you know that the incomplete Glen Sannox was launched 7 years ago by Nicola Sturgeon? …… with fake windows painted in & plywood funnels & goodness knows what else?
Lies for the cameras. 😔
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cj...
Did you know that the incomplete Glen Sannox was launched 7 years ago by Nicola Sturgeon? …… with fake windows painted in & plywood funnels & goodness knows what else?
Lies for the cameras. 😔
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cj...
Glen Sannox ferry makes return journey after first official sailing
The vessel made its first scheduled passenger sailing from Troon to Brodick on Arran.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 13, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Did you know that the Glen Sannox was delivered today 7 years late?
Did you know that the incomplete Glen Sannox was launched 7 years ago by Nicola Sturgeon? …… with fake windows painted in & plywood funnels & goodness knows what else?
Lies for the cameras. 😔
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cj...
Did you know that the incomplete Glen Sannox was launched 7 years ago by Nicola Sturgeon? …… with fake windows painted in & plywood funnels & goodness knows what else?
Lies for the cameras. 😔
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cj...
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A low winter sunlight rakes a rare fragment of Irish Atlantic rainforest.
Happy New Year, folks. Let it be one in which we as a species begin to come to our senses, and stop killing the natural world we all depend on, and our brothers and sisters in Gaza and elsewhere. 🌍
Happy New Year, folks. Let it be one in which we as a species begin to come to our senses, and stop killing the natural world we all depend on, and our brothers and sisters in Gaza and elsewhere. 🌍
January 1, 2025 at 6:50 AM
A low winter sunlight rakes a rare fragment of Irish Atlantic rainforest.
Happy New Year, folks. Let it be one in which we as a species begin to come to our senses, and stop killing the natural world we all depend on, and our brothers and sisters in Gaza and elsewhere. 🌍
Happy New Year, folks. Let it be one in which we as a species begin to come to our senses, and stop killing the natural world we all depend on, and our brothers and sisters in Gaza and elsewhere. 🌍
Quote post something beautiful ….
December 31, 2024 at 8:55 AM
Quote post something beautiful ….
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Pensioners just above the level to get winter fuel payment struggling this winter bit.ly/3ZQWmfZ I do hope the people mentioned have checked housing benefit, council tax support, attendance allowance, household support fund and have asked their energy supplier for help
‘The joy went out of my life’: the pensioners struggling after loss of winter fuel payment
Many readers back the government’s decision to cut payment, saying they didn’t need the money, but others say it has made life harder
bit.ly
December 24, 2024 at 6:57 AM
Pensioners just above the level to get winter fuel payment struggling this winter bit.ly/3ZQWmfZ I do hope the people mentioned have checked housing benefit, council tax support, attendance allowance, household support fund and have asked their energy supplier for help
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Should billionaires and corporations be banned from buying political parties in the UK?
Like if yes.
RP if it's HELL YES.
Like if yes.
RP if it's HELL YES.
December 22, 2024 at 6:35 PM
Should billionaires and corporations be banned from buying political parties in the UK?
Like if yes.
RP if it's HELL YES.
Like if yes.
RP if it's HELL YES.
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This is unutterably stupid. Political donations should have been reformed YEARS ago.
We don't want a knee-jerk "stop-Farage" law; we just want a democracy that isn't a corruptible plaything of the rich, whether it's Lord Sainsbury, Frank Hester or Elon Musk.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We don't want a knee-jerk "stop-Farage" law; we just want a democracy that isn't a corruptible plaything of the rich, whether it's Lord Sainsbury, Frank Hester or Elon Musk.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Ministers resist calls to block Musk donations to Farage’s Reform UK
Government fears moves to curb any potential cash from the tech titan could backfire and play into Reform UK’s hands
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2024 at 9:27 PM
This is unutterably stupid. Political donations should have been reformed YEARS ago.
We don't want a knee-jerk "stop-Farage" law; we just want a democracy that isn't a corruptible plaything of the rich, whether it's Lord Sainsbury, Frank Hester or Elon Musk.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We don't want a knee-jerk "stop-Farage" law; we just want a democracy that isn't a corruptible plaything of the rich, whether it's Lord Sainsbury, Frank Hester or Elon Musk.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...