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Rangers supporter. Woman. Redhead. Train Driver. Vegan. Taphophile. Fully paid up member of tofu eating, Guardian reading wokerati. “The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.” (WBYeats) #pigoneer 🐖
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Censorship of left-of-center free speech/freedom of expression is coming, cloaked as defending *public interest*.
December 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Censorship of left-of-center free speech/freedom of expression is coming, cloaked as defending *public interest*.
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The Tories pulled us out of the Erasmus scheme.
With Labour, the UK is rejoining that scheme. This will mean every young person has the chance to study or train abroad, no matter their background.
With Labour, the UK is rejoining that scheme. This will mean every young person has the chance to study or train abroad, no matter their background.
December 17, 2025 at 1:24 PM
The Tories pulled us out of the Erasmus scheme.
With Labour, the UK is rejoining that scheme. This will mean every young person has the chance to study or train abroad, no matter their background.
With Labour, the UK is rejoining that scheme. This will mean every young person has the chance to study or train abroad, no matter their background.
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Again these people aren't patriots.
They hate our country and are allied to others who hate it too.
Nothing will ever be achieved by seeking to appease them
They hate our country and are allied to others who hate it too.
Nothing will ever be achieved by seeking to appease them
December 16, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Again these people aren't patriots.
They hate our country and are allied to others who hate it too.
Nothing will ever be achieved by seeking to appease them
They hate our country and are allied to others who hate it too.
Nothing will ever be achieved by seeking to appease them
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Rob Reiner (1947–2025)
December 15, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Rob Reiner (1947–2025)
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Barack Obama receiving an ACTUAL peace prize.
The Nobel Peace Prize.
The Nobel Peace Prize.
December 7, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Barack Obama receiving an ACTUAL peace prize.
The Nobel Peace Prize.
The Nobel Peace Prize.
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His name is Rio, finds it hard to understand.
So here's some schoolkids come to lend a helping hand.
So here's some schoolkids come to lend a helping hand.
December 5, 2025 at 6:18 PM
His name is Rio, finds it hard to understand.
So here's some schoolkids come to lend a helping hand.
So here's some schoolkids come to lend a helping hand.
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#Newsnight
And death by a thousand cuts is clearly the plan.
This daily attack on the Labour government is extraordinary.
The OBR is only 15 years old, yet it leaks the budget for the first time during a Labour government.
This is a systematic attack on this government.
And death by a thousand cuts is clearly the plan.
This daily attack on the Labour government is extraordinary.
The OBR is only 15 years old, yet it leaks the budget for the first time during a Labour government.
This is a systematic attack on this government.
December 1, 2025 at 10:37 PM
#Newsnight
And death by a thousand cuts is clearly the plan.
This daily attack on the Labour government is extraordinary.
The OBR is only 15 years old, yet it leaks the budget for the first time during a Labour government.
This is a systematic attack on this government.
And death by a thousand cuts is clearly the plan.
This daily attack on the Labour government is extraordinary.
The OBR is only 15 years old, yet it leaks the budget for the first time during a Labour government.
This is a systematic attack on this government.
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen:
David Bowie
The Beastie Boys
Marilyn Manson
Radiohead
Chas n Dave
David Bowie
The Beastie Boys
Marilyn Manson
Radiohead
Chas n Dave
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
Nirvana
Bowie & NIN
Wu
Sunny Day Real Estate
Kendrick
Nirvana
Bowie & NIN
Wu
Sunny Day Real Estate
Kendrick
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
cast of Glee
The Kingston Trio
Bo Diddley
Ani DiFranco
Simon & Garfunkel
cast of Glee
The Kingston Trio
Bo Diddley
Ani DiFranco
Simon & Garfunkel
November 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen:
David Bowie
The Beastie Boys
Marilyn Manson
Radiohead
Chas n Dave
David Bowie
The Beastie Boys
Marilyn Manson
Radiohead
Chas n Dave
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Around 26,000 of the neediest people in County Durham will have to start paying council tax next year as the county council scraps 100% rebates for people of working age.
About 2,400 others who already pay some council tax will lose part of their rebate.
About 2,400 others who already pay some council tax will lose part of their rebate.
Council tax shock for thousands of Durham’s poorest – thanks to Reform UK
Durham will scrap full council-tax rebates, forcing 26,000 low-income working-age residents to start paying for the first time
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Around 26,000 of the neediest people in County Durham will have to start paying council tax next year as the county council scraps 100% rebates for people of working age.
About 2,400 others who already pay some council tax will lose part of their rebate.
About 2,400 others who already pay some council tax will lose part of their rebate.
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November 21, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 17, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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Good question, why are we paying someone, from the public purse, to shit on us in the USA?
November 16, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Good question, why are we paying someone, from the public purse, to shit on us in the USA?
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🚨Our BBC is under attack 🚨 We can't let those that want to see it torn up & replaced by the likes of GBNews or Fox win. Sign the open letter now to demand the new BBC boss is someone that will protect the BBC, not let its enemies tear it down: act.38degrees.org.uk/act/bbc-dg-o...
Sign the petition: save our BBC: don't let the likes of Trump and his UK cronies meddle with our public broadcaster
🚨Our BBC is under attack 🚨 We can't let those that want to see it torn up & replaced by the likes of GBNews or Fox win. Sign the open letter now to demand the new BBC boss is someone that will protect...
act.38degrees.org.uk
November 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
🚨Our BBC is under attack 🚨 We can't let those that want to see it torn up & replaced by the likes of GBNews or Fox win. Sign the open letter now to demand the new BBC boss is someone that will protect the BBC, not let its enemies tear it down: act.38degrees.org.uk/act/bbc-dg-o...
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This is my latest novel. (It almost killed me.) One person who reposts this extract www.tom-cox.com/granny-kettl... will receive a signed hardback AND one of these fab original linocuts
You might like it if you like:
Folklore
Old buildings
Friendship
Records
The power & magic of landscape
..
You might like it if you like:
Folklore
Old buildings
Friendship
Records
The power & magic of landscape
..
November 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This is my latest novel. (It almost killed me.) One person who reposts this extract www.tom-cox.com/granny-kettl... will receive a signed hardback AND one of these fab original linocuts
You might like it if you like:
Folklore
Old buildings
Friendship
Records
The power & magic of landscape
..
You might like it if you like:
Folklore
Old buildings
Friendship
Records
The power & magic of landscape
..
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If Labour were truly in the pockets of the rich in the manner claimed by some of their left wing opponents then, why have they have been subject to what feels like a media coup since the day that Keir Starmer came PM.
November 8, 2025 at 6:04 PM
If Labour were truly in the pockets of the rich in the manner claimed by some of their left wing opponents then, why have they have been subject to what feels like a media coup since the day that Keir Starmer came PM.
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The wrongful release of prisoners happened 800 times under the Tories.
The media bias and lack of reference to any past is just hideous.
The media bias and lack of reference to any past is just hideous.
November 7, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The wrongful release of prisoners happened 800 times under the Tories.
The media bias and lack of reference to any past is just hideous.
The media bias and lack of reference to any past is just hideous.
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I wear a purple poppy, for all the animals who weren’t given a choice over their involvement or sacrifice.
November 8, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I wear a purple poppy, for all the animals who weren’t given a choice over their involvement or sacrifice.
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Dog whistling to Reform voters not going to win Starmer the next election indeed
October 26, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Dog whistling to Reform voters not going to win Starmer the next election indeed
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Wait until he hears that Reagan didn't trust the Russians.
October 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Wait until he hears that Reagan didn't trust the Russians.
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![1
Nurse:
It’s become a real problem in this area
2
Nurse:
We’ve seen the whole community lost to addiction
3
Show a building sign posted:
Westminster ‘X’ Addiction Clinic
With various Westminster people or looking at their phones outside it
Nurse:
Ministers, Spads, Researchers…
4
Nurse:
Most mornings we’ll get a call about someone acting strangely
[Nurse on phone taking a call]
Ok - we’ll be right over
5
Nurse:
We just have a gentle chat
[Nurses approach a minister –Robert Jenrick? - standing in the Palace of Westminster
Minister:
I understand your concerns…
6
Nurse:
Are you OK love?
Minister:
Yes I’m just hearing legitimate concerns from real voters
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Nurse:
That’s a robot, a Nazi and a poorly-disguised Russian
[Show that the people he is talking to are precisely these characters]
Nurse 2:
Give us your phone, love
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Nurse:
At the clinic we put them in a Grass-Touching Pod, with a real voter to talk to
[We see them back at the clinic, holding the minister's head and pushing him into a glass isolation booth with a grass floor. And it is a baffled looking woman, on a chair, ready to talk to him.]
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Minister:
YOU MUST BE WORRIED ABOUT THE COMING CIVIL WAR
[woman looks baffled]
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woman:
I just want a bus service
Minister:
LOOK AT MY FLAG
[produces a St George's flag]
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