Pauline Cowper
@117-sunbury.bsky.social
Retired. Merton Labour councillor to 2022. Love most sports especially Rugby and Cricket both mens and womens. Appreciate satire and irony in politics and comedy. No DMs please. AFC Wimbledon supporter.
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Labour’s Stella Creasy pointed out that the Tories and Farage bottled it and didn’t even turn up to debate Erasmus - the same bottom-feeders who wrecked young people’s futures. Cowards. #ukpolitics
December 20, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Labour’s Stella Creasy pointed out that the Tories and Farage bottled it and didn’t even turn up to debate Erasmus - the same bottom-feeders who wrecked young people’s futures. Cowards. #ukpolitics
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I'm locked into a protracted standoff about Santa being unable to bring an elf on the shelf. My claim that they've all died hasn't been believed.
November 28, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I'm locked into a protracted standoff about Santa being unable to bring an elf on the shelf. My claim that they've all died hasn't been believed.
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Dorothy Moore
1928 - 2025
Thank you for taking me out of foster care, adopting me, and surrounding me with love and understanding.
Rest in peace mum; you were so loved.
1928 - 2025
Thank you for taking me out of foster care, adopting me, and surrounding me with love and understanding.
Rest in peace mum; you were so loved.
January 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Dorothy Moore
1928 - 2025
Thank you for taking me out of foster care, adopting me, and surrounding me with love and understanding.
Rest in peace mum; you were so loved.
1928 - 2025
Thank you for taking me out of foster care, adopting me, and surrounding me with love and understanding.
Rest in peace mum; you were so loved.
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Yesterday, I asked Americans to tell me what a DOUBLING of health care premiums would mean for their families.
Here are just a few of their responses:
Here are just a few of their responses:
Bernie Reads Your Health Care Stories | Sen. Bernie Sanders
YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders
youtu.be
October 4, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Yesterday, I asked Americans to tell me what a DOUBLING of health care premiums would mean for their families.
Here are just a few of their responses:
Here are just a few of their responses:
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Federal agents are overtly abusing their power to try to intimidate advocates and elected officials. We need ICE out of Illinois immediately and justice for people like Ald. Jessie Fuentes who are defending their communities.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/03/f...
blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/03/f...
Federal Agents Handcuff Chicago Alderperson At Hospital ER
In another incident caught on video Friday, federal agents inside a car randomly threw tear gas into a Logan Square street while people — including a 2-year-old — were outside nearby.
blockclubchicago.org
October 3, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Federal agents are overtly abusing their power to try to intimidate advocates and elected officials. We need ICE out of Illinois immediately and justice for people like Ald. Jessie Fuentes who are defending their communities.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/03/f...
blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/03/f...
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"There was a boy who had been robbed of so many muscles that he could not sit up. Every day, his mother and our teacher hooked him into a sling and fastened him to his desk." Want that again?
Shelley Fraser Mickle on the miracle of the polio vaccine:
Shelley Fraser Mickle on the miracle of the polio vaccine:
The Polio Vaccine Was a Miracle—and We Must Not Forget It
As a polio survivor, I am a dinosaur today. My great hope is that our country’s living memory of the disease ends with my generation.
www.thebulwark.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"There was a boy who had been robbed of so many muscles that he could not sit up. Every day, his mother and our teacher hooked him into a sling and fastened him to his desk." Want that again?
Shelley Fraser Mickle on the miracle of the polio vaccine:
Shelley Fraser Mickle on the miracle of the polio vaccine:
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If the government can kill human rights protections for refugees and foreigners, then be sure one day the government can and will kill your own human rights protections. Nobody is free unless everyone is free
October 1, 2025 at 12:08 PM
If the government can kill human rights protections for refugees and foreigners, then be sure one day the government can and will kill your own human rights protections. Nobody is free unless everyone is free
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Maybe the anti-ULEZ idiots will shut it now
I remember being told that it would take 193 years to reach legal limits for nitrogen dioxide.
I decided this was unacceptable.
Thanks to the bold policies we put in place, we've managed to do it in nine years - 184 years earlier than expected.
I decided this was unacceptable.
Thanks to the bold policies we put in place, we've managed to do it in nine years - 184 years earlier than expected.
October 1, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Maybe the anti-ULEZ idiots will shut it now
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The number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills.
Norway - 0
UK - 0
France - 0
Spain - 0
Portugal - 0
Denmark - 0
Australia - 0
Iceland - 0
Italy - 0
Finland - 0
Ireland - 0
Germany - 0
Netherlands - 0
Sweden - 0
Japan - 0
Canada - 0
United States - 643k
Norway - 0
UK - 0
France - 0
Spain - 0
Portugal - 0
Denmark - 0
Australia - 0
Iceland - 0
Italy - 0
Finland - 0
Ireland - 0
Germany - 0
Netherlands - 0
Sweden - 0
Japan - 0
Canada - 0
United States - 643k
September 30, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills.
Norway - 0
UK - 0
France - 0
Spain - 0
Portugal - 0
Denmark - 0
Australia - 0
Iceland - 0
Italy - 0
Finland - 0
Ireland - 0
Germany - 0
Netherlands - 0
Sweden - 0
Japan - 0
Canada - 0
United States - 643k
Norway - 0
UK - 0
France - 0
Spain - 0
Portugal - 0
Denmark - 0
Australia - 0
Iceland - 0
Italy - 0
Finland - 0
Ireland - 0
Germany - 0
Netherlands - 0
Sweden - 0
Japan - 0
Canada - 0
United States - 643k
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JD Vance: "Initially, they said that they wanted to shut down the government because Donald Trump was a dictator. That's absurd."
October 1, 2025 at 12:25 PM
JD Vance: "Initially, they said that they wanted to shut down the government because Donald Trump was a dictator. That's absurd."
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No. Shocked I tell you!
🔴Tommy Robinson’s Unite the Kingdom Rally Was Sponsored by a Convicted Fraudster Allegedly Behind Cryptocurrency ‘Rug Pulls’
The far-right rally was bankrolled by convicted fraudster alleged to be behind two cryptocurrency scams, Byline Times can reveal
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/01/t...
The far-right rally was bankrolled by convicted fraudster alleged to be behind two cryptocurrency scams, Byline Times can reveal
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/01/t...
Tommy Robinson's 'Unite the Kingdom' Rally Was Sponsored by a Convicted Fraudster Allegedly Behind Cryptocurrency ‘Rug Pulls’
The far-right rally was bankrolled by a convicted fraudster alleged to be behind two cryptocurrency scams, Byline Times can reveal
bylinetimes.com
October 1, 2025 at 11:34 AM
No. Shocked I tell you!
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“Remind you of anyone? “One of many things Wilhelm was convinced he was brilliant at was “personal diplomacy.” In fact his meetings rarely went well. The Kaiser was a compulsive liar, and seemed to have a limited understanding of cause and effect.” #Trump www.newyorker.com/culture/cult...
What Happens When a Bad-Tempered, Distractible Doofus Runs an Empire?
Donald Trump is reminiscent of Kaiser Wilhelm II, during whose reign the upper echelons of the German government began to unravel into a free-for-all.
www.newyorker.com
September 28, 2025 at 3:44 AM
“Remind you of anyone? “One of many things Wilhelm was convinced he was brilliant at was “personal diplomacy.” In fact his meetings rarely went well. The Kaiser was a compulsive liar, and seemed to have a limited understanding of cause and effect.” #Trump www.newyorker.com/culture/cult...
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My favourite cricketing memories involve Dickie at the helm, usually with Richie commentating and with Shep occasionally on one leg for the Nelson.
September 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
My favourite cricketing memories involve Dickie at the helm, usually with Richie commentating and with Shep occasionally on one leg for the Nelson.
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‘Pssstt, you ain’t seen me, right’
September 20, 2025 at 10:25 AM
‘Pssstt, you ain’t seen me, right’
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A different look at the Women's Rugby World Cup with me and Jim Carter.
Please consider reposting.
youtu.be/64TWnAHSXOU?...
Please consider reposting.
youtu.be/64TWnAHSXOU?...
Off Script and Onside with Jim Carter and Brian Moore | Episode 2 featuring Tonia Antoniazzi MP
YouTube video by Women in Sport
youtu.be
September 15, 2025 at 11:23 AM
A different look at the Women's Rugby World Cup with me and Jim Carter.
Please consider reposting.
youtu.be/64TWnAHSXOU?...
Please consider reposting.
youtu.be/64TWnAHSXOU?...
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RIP, Robert Redford.
September 16, 2025 at 12:20 PM
RIP, Robert Redford.
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Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt openly promoted white supremacism in a public speech missouriindependent.com/2025/09/15/m...
Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt openly promoted white supremacism in a public speech • Missouri Independent
Missouri Senator Eric Schmitt suggested true Americans are “the sons and daughters of the Christian pilgrims that poured out from Europe’s shores.”
missouriindependent.com
September 16, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt openly promoted white supremacism in a public speech missouriindependent.com/2025/09/15/m...
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The new ICE song by Jesse Welles nails it.
ICE isn’t recruiting heroes, it’s recruiting the bitter, the rejected, the ones desperate for a badge to cover their failures.
Losers with power become the most dangerous kind.
(c/o Caroline Codsi)
ICE isn’t recruiting heroes, it’s recruiting the bitter, the rejected, the ones desperate for a badge to cover their failures.
Losers with power become the most dangerous kind.
(c/o Caroline Codsi)
August 29, 2025 at 12:18 AM
The new ICE song by Jesse Welles nails it.
ICE isn’t recruiting heroes, it’s recruiting the bitter, the rejected, the ones desperate for a badge to cover their failures.
Losers with power become the most dangerous kind.
(c/o Caroline Codsi)
ICE isn’t recruiting heroes, it’s recruiting the bitter, the rejected, the ones desperate for a badge to cover their failures.
Losers with power become the most dangerous kind.
(c/o Caroline Codsi)
How ironic
that Zionists who say
anyone who is against
genocide of Palestinians
is antisemitic
are those same Zionists
who teach Israeli children in schools
that Palestinians
who are by definition semitic
are vermin
that Zionists who say
anyone who is against
genocide of Palestinians
is antisemitic
are those same Zionists
who teach Israeli children in schools
that Palestinians
who are by definition semitic
are vermin
August 4, 2025 at 10:38 AM
How ironic
that Zionists who say
anyone who is against
genocide of Palestinians
is antisemitic
are those same Zionists
who teach Israeli children in schools
that Palestinians
who are by definition semitic
are vermin
that Zionists who say
anyone who is against
genocide of Palestinians
is antisemitic
are those same Zionists
who teach Israeli children in schools
that Palestinians
who are by definition semitic
are vermin
August 4, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Tom Lehrer
UK Guardian obit
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
NY Times
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/a...
BBC Desert Island Discs
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Copenhagen concert
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHPm...
+'Alma' love it (no video?!)
tomlehrersongs.com/alma
UK Guardian obit
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
NY Times
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/a...
BBC Desert Island Discs
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Copenhagen concert
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHPm...
+'Alma' love it (no video?!)
tomlehrersongs.com/alma
Tom Lehrer, acclaimed musical satirist of cold war era, dies aged 97
A child prodigy in mathematics who graduated Harvard at just 19, his darkly prophetic and cynical show tunes won him a cult following in the 50s and 60s
www.theguardian.com
July 29, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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Tom ended up being a friend of our family and we once received a Christmas card from him. On the front was a nativity scene with Joseph and Mary and the baby Jesus. On the back was a note from Tom saying "Of course we were kind of hoping for a girl". Funny man.
July 28, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Tom ended up being a friend of our family and we once received a Christmas card from him. On the front was a nativity scene with Joseph and Mary and the baby Jesus. On the back was a note from Tom saying "Of course we were kind of hoping for a girl". Funny man.