AJ Thomas
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Posting to get thoughts out of my head so I can see how rubbish they are.
Mostly post about politics, rugby, music, TV and movies.
@zzypt everywhere else.
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Starmer keeps using this line, & it's bonkers.
Most importantly, it's untrue: the party that ended Free Movement, ran the "hostile environment" & made Suella Braverman Home Sec did not run "an experiment in open borders".
It's also politically mad. Voters who believe this will not vote for Starmer
Most importantly, it's untrue: the party that ended Free Movement, ran the "hostile environment" & made Suella Braverman Home Sec did not run "an experiment in open borders".
It's also politically mad. Voters who believe this will not vote for Starmer
!["And this is what Keir Starmer’s press secretary has said about Robert Jenrick at the lobby briefing this morning.
[Highlighted] Robert Jenrick was the immigration minister in a government that presided over an open borders experiment [Highlighted], a health minister who left people stuck on waiting lists, and a Treasury minister during the worst decline in living standards on record.”
While Reform continues to welcome failed Tory retreads, this Labor government is putting the country back on track."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cixgmtrg7nzy4gkmyfeosaox/bafkreibe3jczrmbmzfnhj2adl4qe432lbpmcbn6m6qrentwih7vxj4fu7y@jpeg)
January 15, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Starmer keeps using this line, & it's bonkers.
Most importantly, it's untrue: the party that ended Free Movement, ran the "hostile environment" & made Suella Braverman Home Sec did not run "an experiment in open borders".
It's also politically mad. Voters who believe this will not vote for Starmer
Most importantly, it's untrue: the party that ended Free Movement, ran the "hostile environment" & made Suella Braverman Home Sec did not run "an experiment in open borders".
It's also politically mad. Voters who believe this will not vote for Starmer
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This "open borders" line is *infuriating* - these people came here to study or work, because they had a uni place or a job to come to. They paid visa fees, student fees, NHS surcharge - and many of them are doing challenging and important work - staffing our care homes, for example, including Mum's.
Starmer keeps using this line, & it's bonkers.
Most importantly, it's untrue: the party that ended Free Movement, ran the "hostile environment" & made Suella Braverman Home Sec did not run "an experiment in open borders".
It's also politically mad. Voters who believe this will not vote for Starmer
Most importantly, it's untrue: the party that ended Free Movement, ran the "hostile environment" & made Suella Braverman Home Sec did not run "an experiment in open borders".
It's also politically mad. Voters who believe this will not vote for Starmer
January 15, 2026 at 2:29 PM
This "open borders" line is *infuriating* - these people came here to study or work, because they had a uni place or a job to come to. They paid visa fees, student fees, NHS surcharge - and many of them are doing challenging and important work - staffing our care homes, for example, including Mum's.
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To the people out of state who keep saying “why won’t the local cops stop ICE” you need to understand that ICE is overwhelmingly the largest force on the ground in Minneapolis. They outnumber Minneapolis cops four to one. They’re more likely to stop the cops than the other way around
The Star Tribune had an insane graphic about the presence of immigration enforcement in Minneapolis. There are more immigration officers in the metro right now than local police officers.
January 15, 2026 at 12:25 PM
To the people out of state who keep saying “why won’t the local cops stop ICE” you need to understand that ICE is overwhelmingly the largest force on the ground in Minneapolis. They outnumber Minneapolis cops four to one. They’re more likely to stop the cops than the other way around
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Jenrick bigged up the culture wars while planning to help his rich mates line their pockets.
He'd be an ideal Reform MP.
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He'd be an ideal Reform MP.
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Jenrick’s conjuring trick
“Just like that!” Robert Jenrick made a big fuss about statues a couple of weeks ago. In a Sunday Telegraph article, he promised to save statues and street names from “town hall m…
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January 15, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Jenrick bigged up the culture wars while planning to help his rich mates line their pockets.
He'd be an ideal Reform MP.
flipchartfairytales.wordpress.com/2021/01/29/j...
He'd be an ideal Reform MP.
flipchartfairytales.wordpress.com/2021/01/29/j...
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Worth noting that one reason why recruitment of FTT immigration judges has been difficult is the risk that Robert Jenrick would read out your name in Parliament and call for you to be sacked when you give a decision he didn’t like.
2. Main purpose of scrapping existing tribunal seems from letter to be to aid recruitment of judges/adjudicators. It is thought there are too few qualified people willing to do job at the moment. So rather than increasing pay or improving conditions, plan is to reduce qualifications needed.
January 15, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Worth noting that one reason why recruitment of FTT immigration judges has been difficult is the risk that Robert Jenrick would read out your name in Parliament and call for you to be sacked when you give a decision he didn’t like.
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It's the same mistake Sunak made over Suella Braverman.
Sometimes, it really isn't better to have someone p---ing inside the tent. It just means everyone else gets covered in urine.
Taking a stand, & setting out some moral lines that cannot be crossed, is one of the responsibilities of leadership.
Sometimes, it really isn't better to have someone p---ing inside the tent. It just means everyone else gets covered in urine.
Taking a stand, & setting out some moral lines that cannot be crossed, is one of the responsibilities of leadership.
January 15, 2026 at 11:46 AM
It's the same mistake Sunak made over Suella Braverman.
Sometimes, it really isn't better to have someone p---ing inside the tent. It just means everyone else gets covered in urine.
Taking a stand, & setting out some moral lines that cannot be crossed, is one of the responsibilities of leadership.
Sometimes, it really isn't better to have someone p---ing inside the tent. It just means everyone else gets covered in urine.
Taking a stand, & setting out some moral lines that cannot be crossed, is one of the responsibilities of leadership.
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Badenoch had multiple opportunities to sack Jenrick on matters of principle.
By ducking that, she let him pull the Tory Party to ever more grotesque positions while building his profile.
And by sacking him now, she gives the impression that the only offence that matters is disloyalty to the party.
By ducking that, she let him pull the Tory Party to ever more grotesque positions while building his profile.
And by sacking him now, she gives the impression that the only offence that matters is disloyalty to the party.
BREAKING Kemi Badenoch has sacked Robert Jenrick from the shadow cabinet, removed the whip and suspended his party membership.
She says she was "presented with clear, irrefutable evidence that he was plotting in secret to defect" to Reform
She says she was "presented with clear, irrefutable evidence that he was plotting in secret to defect" to Reform
January 15, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Badenoch had multiple opportunities to sack Jenrick on matters of principle.
By ducking that, she let him pull the Tory Party to ever more grotesque positions while building his profile.
And by sacking him now, she gives the impression that the only offence that matters is disloyalty to the party.
By ducking that, she let him pull the Tory Party to ever more grotesque positions while building his profile.
And by sacking him now, she gives the impression that the only offence that matters is disloyalty to the party.
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The ideal scenario from here is that Reform now refuse to accept Jenrick as a member, thus killing his career instantly and entirely. It's what he deserves.
It is making Reform, transparently, for fringe shock jockey politicians that simply cannot get the attention they crave in a mainstream Party. I would, though find it very very funny if Farage decided not to complete the high profile press defection at all now to leave Jenrick homeless- I would
January 15, 2026 at 12:19 PM
The ideal scenario from here is that Reform now refuse to accept Jenrick as a member, thus killing his career instantly and entirely. It's what he deserves.
Finally some good news.
Now get rid of the other racists and we might be getting somewhere.
Now get rid of the other racists and we might be getting somewhere.
💥Huge news in Tory/ Reform land
Robert Jenrick has been sacked from shadow cabinet and suspended from Conservative party after Kemi Badenoch said she was presented with “irrefutable evidence” he was planning.
Robert Jenrick has been sacked from shadow cabinet and suspended from Conservative party after Kemi Badenoch said she was presented with “irrefutable evidence” he was planning.
January 15, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Finally some good news.
Now get rid of the other racists and we might be getting somewhere.
Now get rid of the other racists and we might be getting somewhere.
I hope Lib Dems, Labour and Greens have prepared endless ads of these ICE attacks mixed with Badenoch and Farage calling for a British ICE.
BREAKING: A federal officer shot a person in the leg after being attacked with a shovel during a Minneapolis arrest, an AP source says.
Federal officer shoots person in leg after being attacked during Minneapolis arrest, AP source says
A federal officer has shot a person in the leg in Minneapolis after being attacked with a shovel during an arrest Wednesday.
bit.ly
January 15, 2026 at 9:04 AM
I hope Lib Dems, Labour and Greens have prepared endless ads of these ICE attacks mixed with Badenoch and Farage calling for a British ICE.
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Jon Stewart can’t ignore the irony of Trump threatening to bomb Iran for shooting protesters
January 13, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Jon Stewart can’t ignore the irony of Trump threatening to bomb Iran for shooting protesters
Child porn app to stop showing real children in the UK, only fictional child porn allowed.
Musk’s X to block Grok AI tool from creating sexualized images of real people
Musk’s X to block Grok AI tool from creating sexualized images of real people
Amid global backlash, billionaire had only hours earlier said he was not aware of any ‘naked underage images’
Elon Musk’s xAI has announced it will block the ability of its Grok AI tool to alter images of real people to put them in “revealing clothing such as bikinis”, amid a global backlash over the tool being used to generate explicit imagery.
The move came just hours after the billionaire said he was was not aware of any “naked underage images” made by Grok. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Child porn app to stop showing real children in the UK, only fictional child porn allowed.
Democrats should be stating loudly that when law and order is restored ICE will face consequences. They may think they are immune now but it will not last.
Bondi: "What happened in Minnesota -- we had 6 prosecutors who suddenly decided they didn't want to support the men and women in ICE. One of them was busy doing a photo shoot with the New York Times while ICE was out there risking their lives ... breaking news tonight: I fired them all."
January 15, 2026 at 7:57 AM
Democrats should be stating loudly that when law and order is restored ICE will face consequences. They may think they are immune now but it will not last.
No masks, display ID numbers. Every state should have these laws, every state should arrest people in masks with no ID displayed.
Jacob Frey: "We need our officers responding to the basic day to day 911 calls. We don't have the capacity to deal with that and all of this conduct that we are seeing from ICE on a daily basis. Today and yesterday I was out on a couple major commercial corridors in our city. People are scared."
January 15, 2026 at 7:55 AM
No masks, display ID numbers. Every state should have these laws, every state should arrest people in masks with no ID displayed.
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Jacob Frey: "We need our officers responding to the basic day to day 911 calls. We don't have the capacity to deal with that and all of this conduct that we are seeing from ICE on a daily basis. Today and yesterday I was out on a couple major commercial corridors in our city. People are scared."
January 15, 2026 at 4:46 AM
Jacob Frey: "We need our officers responding to the basic day to day 911 calls. We don't have the capacity to deal with that and all of this conduct that we are seeing from ICE on a daily basis. Today and yesterday I was out on a couple major commercial corridors in our city. People are scared."
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My interview in this article is getting the usual types of replies on the other app. It's woke to believe all people are equal regardless of gender now.
January 14, 2026 at 3:18 PM
My interview in this article is getting the usual types of replies on the other app. It's woke to believe all people are equal regardless of gender now.
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Nice one, Wes
Going to get Jordan Peterson to address officials overseeing dietary guidelines next? Have Jeremy Clarkson set the environmental agenda?
Might as well do at this point. They've all sold loads of books too, that's all the qualifications you need, right?
#socialmediaban #badscience
Going to get Jordan Peterson to address officials overseeing dietary guidelines next? Have Jeremy Clarkson set the environmental agenda?
Might as well do at this point. They've all sold loads of books too, that's all the qualifications you need, right?
#socialmediaban #badscience
January 14, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Nice one, Wes
Going to get Jordan Peterson to address officials overseeing dietary guidelines next? Have Jeremy Clarkson set the environmental agenda?
Might as well do at this point. They've all sold loads of books too, that's all the qualifications you need, right?
#socialmediaban #badscience
Going to get Jordan Peterson to address officials overseeing dietary guidelines next? Have Jeremy Clarkson set the environmental agenda?
Might as well do at this point. They've all sold loads of books too, that's all the qualifications you need, right?
#socialmediaban #badscience
The complete failure of state and city officials to do even the bare minimum to protect their citizens is a scandal in itself.
Explain to me like I'm five what the 2nd Amendment is for if not for this. King George III never said anything this obnoxious or deliberately inflammatory.
January 14, 2026 at 11:46 AM
The complete failure of state and city officials to do even the bare minimum to protect their citizens is a scandal in itself.
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Explain to me like I'm five what the 2nd Amendment is for if not for this. King George III never said anything this obnoxious or deliberately inflammatory.
January 14, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Explain to me like I'm five what the 2nd Amendment is for if not for this. King George III never said anything this obnoxious or deliberately inflammatory.
I am trying really hard to avoid the news this year. My rage at those in power around the world is not helping me sleep.
January 14, 2026 at 7:54 AM
I am trying really hard to avoid the news this year. My rage at those in power around the world is not helping me sleep.
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Worth noting that TikTok is absolutely rammed with videos like this. Gen Z being radicalised rapidly.
Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
January 13, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Worth noting that TikTok is absolutely rammed with videos like this. Gen Z being radicalised rapidly.
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I had a great chat with Lena-Zaharah Mohammed about Lyn Jones' misogynistic comment at the weekend. Link below
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Rugby coach Lyn Jones criticised for 'playing like women' comment
Lyn Jones apologises after saying Dragons
www.bbc.co.uk
January 13, 2026 at 6:35 PM
I had a great chat with Lena-Zaharah Mohammed about Lyn Jones' misogynistic comment at the weekend. Link below
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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And a spear too.
Spearhead was a far right paramilitary group led by Colin Jordan in the 1950s and 60s.
At first, I thought this logo was a spoof but apparently it’s for real.
Spearhead was a far right paramilitary group led by Colin Jordan in the 1950s and 60s.
At first, I thought this logo was a spoof but apparently it’s for real.
Ukip have submitted a new logo and slogan to the Electoral Commission, swapping the £ pound sterling symbol for a cross, that looks very much like it is modelled on the Iron Cross used by Prussia & Germany 1871-1918 and Hitler's Nazi regime from 1933-45
January 13, 2026 at 8:47 AM
And a spear too.
Spearhead was a far right paramilitary group led by Colin Jordan in the 1950s and 60s.
At first, I thought this logo was a spoof but apparently it’s for real.
Spearhead was a far right paramilitary group led by Colin Jordan in the 1950s and 60s.
At first, I thought this logo was a spoof but apparently it’s for real.
I’ve never seen Welford Road so empty. The utter stupidity of a 8pm kick off.
January 10, 2026 at 8:12 PM
I’ve never seen Welford Road so empty. The utter stupidity of a 8pm kick off.
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Thousands of Minnesotans gathered last night to honor Renee Nicole Good. We will never accept that a single federal agent can be judge, jury, and executioner in our streets. ICE needs to get out of Minneapolis.
January 8, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Thousands of Minnesotans gathered last night to honor Renee Nicole Good. We will never accept that a single federal agent can be judge, jury, and executioner in our streets. ICE needs to get out of Minneapolis.