@mrjamesob.bsky.social no-one can remove a medal from Andrew earned on active service. Actions afterwards can potentially take away rank but not medals

@mrjamesob.bsky.social The Royals are our soft power. Their job is to promote and maintain our status in the world and to attract tourism. To me they are the most highly-paid slaves in the world (we tell them what to do, who they can marry, no privacy etc) and I would not like their job for ANYTHING

@mrjamesob.bsky.social No racists in the military? Which Army were you in?! Send someone undercover in HM Forces and see the racism and mysogyny I witnessed. Ask the people broken by their treatment while serving what it's really like. RIP Jaysley Beck - and all those who came forward after she died

@mrjamesob.bsky.social Right in the middle of listening to James O'Brien on catch-up, and it disappears... What dark forces are at play here....? 🤔 Is it the 'free speech' advocates again...?! 🤣

@mrjamesob.bsky.social Reform supporters know that racism is bad, which is why they react badly to be called racist. However, they want to hold racist opinions, so are looking to position these opinions as 'mainstream' in order to be OK saying them, and divorce them from 'bad' people who are racist

@mrjamesob.bsky.social talk about the different types of migration and what is being done about each instead of lumping everyone together - bring nuance and statemanship to the debate. He has to counter the 'spin doctor' approach that caused so much damage

@mrjamesob.bsky.social that Brexit HAS made this much worse, as has reduction in International Aid budget; state people are allowed to claim asylum but we need to be better at processing their claim and deporting those that need to be quickly - that will take money and staff;

@mrjamesob.bsky.social Starmer has to be HONEST and balanced - we were left with _ defecit; despite what you are being told claiming asylum ISN'T illegal - quote international regulations. State we are a World leader and will not back away from our legal responsibility; talk about why from WW2;

@mrjamesob.bsky.social this war on tylenol comes with a tacit idea that autism is bad, but I think the reason comes from anti-intellectualism (i.e science and scientists!) that dictatorships seem to need to attack. A man who wants to make things up doesn't want scientists proving how stupid he is!

@mrjamesob.bsky.social Why women leave home: male child at home = looked after. Female child at home = take on share of mental load...?

@mrjamesob.bsky.social Last year I moved house with a view to getting somewhere that could allow my son to carry on living there with me post-18 and for as long as he wants. It's makes financial sense,and don't think it's a sign of failure - very recently households were multi-generational anyway!

@mrjamesob.bsky.social did you notice in the clip you played of the PM and Trump he did not give an answer to the King's invite - Starmer literally had to tell him what it said! CAN Trump read? He certainly can't comprehend what was written - and this is the POTUS 😳

@mrjamesob.bsky.social I think it's pretty straightforward at one level:WHSmiths is known for physical books and physical writing, which has been replaced by digital reading and wordprocessing - yet, they haven't kept up and changed their offer accordingly 🤷🏽‍♀️

@mrjamesob.bsky.social I wish I'd managed to phone in - I could tell you how I know more about history, physics, languages, cultures and so much more because of music! How I use the skills every day of my life because of it. How I am a collaborative and tolerant person - all because of music!

Elon Musk has set up a UK company through his 'wealth manager' Jared Birchall - almost certainly in order to donate to Reform UK. A foreign actor interfering in UK politics, and nothing being done to stop it... find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/1613...

Whenever I share govt announcements on here, one thing is always certain: the comments will be full of surprise from people who haven’t seen the news anywhere else

Here's a bunch of recent announcements that you may have missed
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/20/l...

A reminder that in 2019 Kemi Badenoch insisted that the "Country is run on elections not petitions"...

apparently....

unless the petition is something you like eh Kemi....?

www.saffronwaldenreporter.co.uk/news/2188696...