Two pints Tony
@ajbalk.bsky.social
Lawyer. Centre left. Dual citizen. Get Brexit undone. Sick of trash talk. Truth seeker. Bit of a prefectionist. Sporting powerhouse. Be kind. Most importantly love. I’ll leave it there.
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If this person sat next to you on a bus or train and started ranting about Bruce Springsteen in this way, you would get up and move to a different seat.
In the United States, we have him the nuclear codes.
In the United States, we have him the nuclear codes.
May 16, 2025 at 2:47 PM
If this person sat next to you on a bus or train and started ranting about Bruce Springsteen in this way, you would get up and move to a different seat.
In the United States, we have him the nuclear codes.
In the United States, we have him the nuclear codes.
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Where's the evidence that mental health is being "overdiagnosed"?
March 17, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Where's the evidence that mental health is being "overdiagnosed"?
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Of course the UK could always rejoin the Single Market, which 87% of voters and 62% of people WHO VOTED FOR BREXIT want.
And it wouldn't need any spending cuts and the economy would boom.
And it wouldn't need any spending cuts and the economy would boom.
March 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Of course the UK could always rejoin the Single Market, which 87% of voters and 62% of people WHO VOTED FOR BREXIT want.
And it wouldn't need any spending cuts and the economy would boom.
And it wouldn't need any spending cuts and the economy would boom.
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Fascinating.
Last month I did a little experiment.
I wanted to see how the exact same post would perform on both X (Twitter) and Bluesky.
The results were...interesting...
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I wanted to see how the exact same post would perform on both X (Twitter) and Bluesky.
The results were...interesting...
[Thread]
March 17, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Fascinating.
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Given all public funds wasted on crony contracts and the growing inequality and oligarchy on display, why Labour decide to simultaneously defang the anti-monopoly regulatory and go after disability benefits, baffles and disturbs me
March 17, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Given all public funds wasted on crony contracts and the growing inequality and oligarchy on display, why Labour decide to simultaneously defang the anti-monopoly regulatory and go after disability benefits, baffles and disturbs me
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The successes just keep coming
March 14, 2025 at 7:48 AM
The successes just keep coming
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The USA is now very close, if it is not already there, to a constitutional crisis of when court orders are freely ignored without any sanction.
The full picture is not yet clear, but it seems the federal government is now freely ignoring court orders - and facing no consequences.
The full picture is not yet clear, but it seems the federal government is now freely ignoring court orders - and facing no consequences.
When asked if the Administration will comply with court orders on fired federal workers, WH Press Secretary Leavitt says the orders are unconstitutional: You cannot have a low level district court judge filing an injunction to usurp the executive authority of the President…
March 14, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The USA is now very close, if it is not already there, to a constitutional crisis of when court orders are freely ignored without any sanction.
The full picture is not yet clear, but it seems the federal government is now freely ignoring court orders - and facing no consequences.
The full picture is not yet clear, but it seems the federal government is now freely ignoring court orders - and facing no consequences.
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I bought a Tesla because it was fast like a rocket ship. But now every time I drive it, I feel like a rolling billboard for a man dismantling our government and hurting people. So Tesla, you’re fired!
New ride coming soon.
New ride coming soon.
March 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I bought a Tesla because it was fast like a rocket ship. But now every time I drive it, I feel like a rolling billboard for a man dismantling our government and hurting people. So Tesla, you’re fired!
New ride coming soon.
New ride coming soon.
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March 11, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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As Honest Bob Jenrick tours the country repeating far-right conspiracy talking points about “two-tier sentencing”, here is the letter his own government sent to the Sentencing Council last year approving the very Guidelines he now claims are evidence of “two-tier Keir”.
The man is a fraud.
The man is a fraud.
March 9, 2025 at 7:30 AM
As Honest Bob Jenrick tours the country repeating far-right conspiracy talking points about “two-tier sentencing”, here is the letter his own government sent to the Sentencing Council last year approving the very Guidelines he now claims are evidence of “two-tier Keir”.
The man is a fraud.
The man is a fraud.
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Edgars Rinkēvics President of the Republic of Latvia 👏
February 28, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Edgars Rinkēvics President of the Republic of Latvia 👏
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I can't stand bullies. President Zelensky is now trying to stand up against two of them. We should have his back. #SlavaUkraïni
February 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I can't stand bullies. President Zelensky is now trying to stand up against two of them. We should have his back. #SlavaUkraïni
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Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people.
Be strong, be brave, be fearless.
You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.
We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
Be strong, be brave, be fearless.
You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.
We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
February 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people.
Be strong, be brave, be fearless.
You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.
We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
Be strong, be brave, be fearless.
You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.
We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
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Donald Trump has betrayed America.
If you couldn’t see it before, you just saw it today.
If you couldn’t see it before, you just saw it today.
February 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Donald Trump has betrayed America.
If you couldn’t see it before, you just saw it today.
If you couldn’t see it before, you just saw it today.
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It’s a coup. It’s a strategic alliance with Putin. It’s the end of the post-war international order. It’s the triumph of lies over truth and in Putin’s case, evil over good. We are through the looking glass & we all now have to decide who we are & what we stand for
February 19, 2025 at 6:05 PM
It’s a coup. It’s a strategic alliance with Putin. It’s the end of the post-war international order. It’s the triumph of lies over truth and in Putin’s case, evil over good. We are through the looking glass & we all now have to decide who we are & what we stand for
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I would like to see a few British broadcasters read out every word of Trump’s latest ‘statement’ live on air & then remind us of their often lavish statements of support for him & then share some of their supportive words for Ukraine.
And then we can all watch their brains explode…
And then we can all watch their brains explode…
February 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I would like to see a few British broadcasters read out every word of Trump’s latest ‘statement’ live on air & then remind us of their often lavish statements of support for him & then share some of their supportive words for Ukraine.
And then we can all watch their brains explode…
And then we can all watch their brains explode…
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"Cost of Brexit on UK’s tourism industry revealed
– with the worst yet to come"
– with the worst yet to come"
February 18, 2025 at 6:22 PM
"Cost of Brexit on UK’s tourism industry revealed
– with the worst yet to come"
– with the worst yet to come"
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A Telegraph journalist does not accept that judges make decisions according to the law, rather than the imbecilic whims of uninformed newspaper proprietors.
February 13, 2025 at 6:25 PM
A Telegraph journalist does not accept that judges make decisions according to the law, rather than the imbecilic whims of uninformed newspaper proprietors.
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The most frustrating thing about continuing failure to skewer Farage is that his grasp of detail is non-existent. It’s why he gets petulant when exposed to even mildly decent questions. Interviewers just need to zone in on one element of the bullshit & interrogate it until his ignorance is exposed.
Farage on #r4today decrying the increase in costs & red tape since Brexit & calling for Brexit to be “done properly”.
No longer part of the customs union/single market -both of which simplified bureacracy- the costs & red tape on trade have ofc ballooned.
Why was this not put to him directly?
No longer part of the customs union/single market -both of which simplified bureacracy- the costs & red tape on trade have ofc ballooned.
Why was this not put to him directly?
February 4, 2025 at 9:50 AM
The most frustrating thing about continuing failure to skewer Farage is that his grasp of detail is non-existent. It’s why he gets petulant when exposed to even mildly decent questions. Interviewers just need to zone in on one element of the bullshit & interrogate it until his ignorance is exposed.
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A fascinating piece by @BBCCountryfile, really bringing home the absurdity of post-Brexit red tape.
The truth is that Brexit bureaucracy is suffocating the aspirations of our entrepreneurs; from our SMEs to our farmers.
A thread 🧵👇
The truth is that Brexit bureaucracy is suffocating the aspirations of our entrepreneurs; from our SMEs to our farmers.
A thread 🧵👇
February 3, 2025 at 12:28 PM
A fascinating piece by @BBCCountryfile, really bringing home the absurdity of post-Brexit red tape.
The truth is that Brexit bureaucracy is suffocating the aspirations of our entrepreneurs; from our SMEs to our farmers.
A thread 🧵👇
The truth is that Brexit bureaucracy is suffocating the aspirations of our entrepreneurs; from our SMEs to our farmers.
A thread 🧵👇
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“Brexit continues to haunt us. It’s posing real economic problems. The govt doesn’t like the equilibrium we’ve reached but is unwilling to do much about it…the EU feels little pressure to change the status quo”
What a tedious, costly, bandwidth-consuming mess.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What a tedious, costly, bandwidth-consuming mess.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
UK haunted by Johnson’s ‘botched Brexit deal’ and Labour’s plans don’t go far enough | Anand Menon and Joël Reland
Five years on, it’s unclear how a proposed UK-EU relationship reset would repair damage to the economy
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2025 at 9:04 AM
“Brexit continues to haunt us. It’s posing real economic problems. The govt doesn’t like the equilibrium we’ve reached but is unwilling to do much about it…the EU feels little pressure to change the status quo”
What a tedious, costly, bandwidth-consuming mess.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What a tedious, costly, bandwidth-consuming mess.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I was prepared for the Conservatives to trash our economy and cultural ties with the EU
I wasn't prepared for the disgusting gaslighting from Labour repeatedly saying their priority is to grow the economy,and then do everything except the biggest thing that will grow the economy
I wasn't prepared for the disgusting gaslighting from Labour repeatedly saying their priority is to grow the economy,and then do everything except the biggest thing that will grow the economy
January 23, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I was prepared for the Conservatives to trash our economy and cultural ties with the EU
I wasn't prepared for the disgusting gaslighting from Labour repeatedly saying their priority is to grow the economy,and then do everything except the biggest thing that will grow the economy
I wasn't prepared for the disgusting gaslighting from Labour repeatedly saying their priority is to grow the economy,and then do everything except the biggest thing that will grow the economy