Raretrack Rob
@raretrack.bsky.social
Lifelong European #FBPE - progressive - retired railway manager - EV - cyclist - walker - OpenStreetMapper - amateur photographer
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When will we extend fuel duty to the luxury of flying - and add VAT? We have both taxes applied to motorists - people going to work and about their daily lives, get taxed to the max. People flying round the word - nothing. It can’t be justified.
November 26, 2025 at 12:36 PM
When will we extend fuel duty to the luxury of flying - and add VAT? We have both taxes applied to motorists - people going to work and about their daily lives, get taxed to the max. People flying round the word - nothing. It can’t be justified.
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November 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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I hate when people ask me, “Why are you so quiet?” I’m quiet because that’s how I function. I don’t ask others, “Why do you talk so much?” That would be rude.
November 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I hate when people ask me, “Why are you so quiet?” I’m quiet because that’s how I function. I don’t ask others, “Why do you talk so much?” That would be rude.
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Holy fuck, this is where we are. A Labour Home Secretary just posted this image. I voted for these fucks and have been a member of the party for more than 30 years. Today I quit and so happy that I have.
November 22, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Holy fuck, this is where we are. A Labour Home Secretary just posted this image. I voted for these fucks and have been a member of the party for more than 30 years. Today I quit and so happy that I have.
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"The issue is not simply that the proposals are harsh, unethical or likely to be ineffective. They represent a deeper shift: redefining protection as a discretionary favour rather than a legal obligation."
Great article from @nandosigona.bsky.social
theconversation.com/asylum-is-no...
Great article from @nandosigona.bsky.social
theconversation.com/asylum-is-no...
Asylum is not illegal migration – why the UK government shouldn’t conflate the two
The new proposals transform settlement into something that must be continually earned. The path has become longer, more conditional and far more easily disrupted.
theconversation.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:52 AM
"The issue is not simply that the proposals are harsh, unethical or likely to be ineffective. They represent a deeper shift: redefining protection as a discretionary favour rather than a legal obligation."
Great article from @nandosigona.bsky.social
theconversation.com/asylum-is-no...
Great article from @nandosigona.bsky.social
theconversation.com/asylum-is-no...
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In this mad, flag shagging world we live in, why don't i see ANY EU flags.
The ONLY one I see is mine.
We should have been and really ought to be more forceful, less wet.
I've a flag in my living room window and have since 2019, my car is resplendent with a EU/UK sticker.
Get them out !! 🇪🇺🇪🇺
The ONLY one I see is mine.
We should have been and really ought to be more forceful, less wet.
I've a flag in my living room window and have since 2019, my car is resplendent with a EU/UK sticker.
Get them out !! 🇪🇺🇪🇺
October 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
In this mad, flag shagging world we live in, why don't i see ANY EU flags.
The ONLY one I see is mine.
We should have been and really ought to be more forceful, less wet.
I've a flag in my living room window and have since 2019, my car is resplendent with a EU/UK sticker.
Get them out !! 🇪🇺🇪🇺
The ONLY one I see is mine.
We should have been and really ought to be more forceful, less wet.
I've a flag in my living room window and have since 2019, my car is resplendent with a EU/UK sticker.
Get them out !! 🇪🇺🇪🇺
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Does someone need to explain to the Home Secretary that forcing migrants to volunteer isn’t volunteering? It’s free labour. Do we demand this of anyone else? And what’s a high standard of English?
September 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Does someone need to explain to the Home Secretary that forcing migrants to volunteer isn’t volunteering? It’s free labour. Do we demand this of anyone else? And what’s a high standard of English?
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I of course welcome the recognition of the state of Palestine.
And there won't be a Palestinian state left if government's continue enabling Israel's unfolding genocide.
Labour can't credibly support Palestinian statehood whilst also continuing to arm Israel.
And there won't be a Palestinian state left if government's continue enabling Israel's unfolding genocide.
Labour can't credibly support Palestinian statehood whilst also continuing to arm Israel.
September 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I of course welcome the recognition of the state of Palestine.
And there won't be a Palestinian state left if government's continue enabling Israel's unfolding genocide.
Labour can't credibly support Palestinian statehood whilst also continuing to arm Israel.
And there won't be a Palestinian state left if government's continue enabling Israel's unfolding genocide.
Labour can't credibly support Palestinian statehood whilst also continuing to arm Israel.
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Absolutely brilliant how the same people who lose their shit about “virtue signalling” are the world champs of patriotism signalling and demand it from everyone else too.
September 5, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Absolutely brilliant how the same people who lose their shit about “virtue signalling” are the world champs of patriotism signalling and demand it from everyone else too.
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Reality check.
September 2, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Reality check.
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Stolen from FB because we need it here too
September 1, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Stolen from FB because we need it here too
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English and uk flags going up, And roundabouts painted! #RejoinTheEU 🇪🇺
August 30, 2025 at 6:01 PM
English and uk flags going up, And roundabouts painted! #RejoinTheEU 🇪🇺
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Seeing some politicians competing for just how brutal and dehumanising they can be to vulnerable minorities - I can’t help comparing that to 16th and 17th witch trials. It’s so depressing.
August 26, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Seeing some politicians competing for just how brutal and dehumanising they can be to vulnerable minorities - I can’t help comparing that to 16th and 17th witch trials. It’s so depressing.
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Apparently flags are all the 'rage' right now...
well I'm British, and it's my flag too.
well I'm British, and it's my flag too.
August 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Apparently flags are all the 'rage' right now...
well I'm British, and it's my flag too.
well I'm British, and it's my flag too.
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Loss of human rights doesn't only impact people you don't like!
They want to leave the ECHR because it will allow them to abolish the State Pension, the Minimum Wage, paid holiday and sick leave.
It would make them tens of billions a year.
But of course they say immigration, because they can't tell you the real reason.
It would make them tens of billions a year.
But of course they say immigration, because they can't tell you the real reason.
August 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Loss of human rights doesn't only impact people you don't like!
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It's not asylum seekers who jack up rents, undermine the NHS, hold down wages and keep people insecure.
It's capital.
The role of the far right is to shift the blame for decades of economic attacks by the rich and powerful onto powerless people who have only just arrived here.
It's capital.
The role of the far right is to shift the blame for decades of economic attacks by the rich and powerful onto powerless people who have only just arrived here.
August 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
It's not asylum seekers who jack up rents, undermine the NHS, hold down wages and keep people insecure.
It's capital.
The role of the far right is to shift the blame for decades of economic attacks by the rich and powerful onto powerless people who have only just arrived here.
It's capital.
The role of the far right is to shift the blame for decades of economic attacks by the rich and powerful onto powerless people who have only just arrived here.
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There's no credible evidence asylum seekers commit more crime, or are guilty of more sexual assaults. I am so sick of being force-fed lies by these mendacious thugs in their expensive suits.
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August 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
There's no credible evidence asylum seekers commit more crime, or are guilty of more sexual assaults. I am so sick of being force-fed lies by these mendacious thugs in their expensive suits.
share.google/WCAREyAQN5TG...
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August 11, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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Imagine being the society that didn’t save itself—because billionaires said it wasn’t “cost-effective.”
#WealthTax #GreedTax
#Limitarianism #WealthCap
#RBE
#Technofeudalism #AI #Capitalism
#NRx #ElonMusk #JeffBezos #PeterThiel
#EU #UK #USA
#WealthTax #GreedTax
#Limitarianism #WealthCap
#RBE
#Technofeudalism #AI #Capitalism
#NRx #ElonMusk #JeffBezos #PeterThiel
#EU #UK #USA
August 8, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Imagine being the society that didn’t save itself—because billionaires said it wasn’t “cost-effective.”
#WealthTax #GreedTax
#Limitarianism #WealthCap
#RBE
#Technofeudalism #AI #Capitalism
#NRx #ElonMusk #JeffBezos #PeterThiel
#EU #UK #USA
#WealthTax #GreedTax
#Limitarianism #WealthCap
#RBE
#Technofeudalism #AI #Capitalism
#NRx #ElonMusk #JeffBezos #PeterThiel
#EU #UK #USA
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About time that right to buy is openly blamed for the catastrophic demise of social housing. But why has it taken so long?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Right to buy in England ‘fuelled housing crisis and cost taxpayers £200bn’
Common Wealth report calls discounted sales of council homes one of the ‘largest giveaways in UK history’
www.theguardian.com
August 4, 2025 at 9:20 AM
About time that right to buy is openly blamed for the catastrophic demise of social housing. But why has it taken so long?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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By supporting the expansion of Heathrow Airport and spreading outright lies about decarbonising flying, Labour has again capitulated to lobbyists.
This is its defining characteristic: doing whatever powerful lobbyists ask, regardless of the social, environmental and even political costs.
This is its defining characteristic: doing whatever powerful lobbyists ask, regardless of the social, environmental and even political costs.
August 1, 2025 at 8:26 AM
By supporting the expansion of Heathrow Airport and spreading outright lies about decarbonising flying, Labour has again capitulated to lobbyists.
This is its defining characteristic: doing whatever powerful lobbyists ask, regardless of the social, environmental and even political costs.
This is its defining characteristic: doing whatever powerful lobbyists ask, regardless of the social, environmental and even political costs.
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What’s it like to be an asylum seeker inside a hotel where racist mobs chant for your removal outside?
What will it take for the frightened children to recover from this & be able to feel safe & at home in this country.
Which WILL BE their home. eastangliabylines.co.uk/immigration/...
What will it take for the frightened children to recover from this & be able to feel safe & at home in this country.
Which WILL BE their home. eastangliabylines.co.uk/immigration/...
Exclusive: Inside the Diss hotel – a refugee’s view of the anti-refugee crowd outside
Families fleeing danger thought they'd found safety, until protesters gathered outside their hotel, chanting for their removal
eastangliabylines.co.uk
July 31, 2025 at 9:06 AM
What’s it like to be an asylum seeker inside a hotel where racist mobs chant for your removal outside?
What will it take for the frightened children to recover from this & be able to feel safe & at home in this country.
Which WILL BE their home. eastangliabylines.co.uk/immigration/...
What will it take for the frightened children to recover from this & be able to feel safe & at home in this country.
Which WILL BE their home. eastangliabylines.co.uk/immigration/...
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Robert Reich: "Living a moral life in an age of bullies requires collective action; it cannot be done alone. Each of us must organize & participate in a vast network of moral resistance."
The Basic Struggle Today
How to live a moral life in an age of bullies
robertreich.substack.com
July 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Robert Reich: "Living a moral life in an age of bullies requires collective action; it cannot be done alone. Each of us must organize & participate in a vast network of moral resistance."
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The issue with racism whether on socials, in football or media is that it’s treated like ‘bad apple’ syndrome. Individuals are used as fair scapegoats if at all. Organisations and institutions are never penalised. Racists don’t act alone. They are emboldened by cultures and empowered by our silence.
July 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The issue with racism whether on socials, in football or media is that it’s treated like ‘bad apple’ syndrome. Individuals are used as fair scapegoats if at all. Organisations and institutions are never penalised. Racists don’t act alone. They are emboldened by cultures and empowered by our silence.