@brettuu.bsky.social
Retired, Lapsed Chartered Engineer
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Woke
Atheist
The following will result in an instant block :
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Resorting to insult instead of reasoned, logical, fact based debate
Any posting on my account of Japanese style cartoons.
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Simon Opher, who gained Stroud in 2024, joins Tony Vaughan as a class of 2024 MP making the case for workable approaches to deliver control and compassion; sceptical of language and ethos + whether government reforms will work
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We should stop the boats because it's dangerous, and we should stop the scapegoating of immigrants because it's wrong and cruel.
Controlled migration is good for the country, helps build our economy and diversity strengthens our communities. (1/6) 🧵
Controlled migration is good for the country, helps build our economy and diversity strengthens our communities. (1/6) 🧵
November 17, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Simon Opher, who gained Stroud in 2024, joins Tony Vaughan as a class of 2024 MP making the case for workable approaches to deliver control and compassion; sceptical of language and ethos + whether government reforms will work
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... and offers the private sector opportunities for profit, money that could be better used by the public sector.
November 17, 2025 at 1:20 PM
... and offers the private sector opportunities for profit, money that could be better used by the public sector.
Perhaps I am offering advice after the event, but regarding the image of Farage, next time you are looking for an image it might be worth checking out Wikimedia Commons.
November 17, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Perhaps I am offering advice after the event, but regarding the image of Farage, next time you are looking for an image it might be worth checking out Wikimedia Commons.
"unhappy"?
They should be in full-blown, very vocal, open revolt.
They should be in full-blown, very vocal, open revolt.
November 17, 2025 at 10:09 AM
"unhappy"?
They should be in full-blown, very vocal, open revolt.
They should be in full-blown, very vocal, open revolt.
Clearly, TR has just latched onto the phrase and does not understand what the Overton Window is.
Even if the views which he espouses were implemented, the OW would continue to exist. It might be very narrow and way over on the far right, but the very nature of it means it cannot be "obliterated".
Even if the views which he espouses were implemented, the OW would continue to exist. It might be very narrow and way over on the far right, but the very nature of it means it cannot be "obliterated".
November 16, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Clearly, TR has just latched onto the phrase and does not understand what the Overton Window is.
Even if the views which he espouses were implemented, the OW would continue to exist. It might be very narrow and way over on the far right, but the very nature of it means it cannot be "obliterated".
Even if the views which he espouses were implemented, the OW would continue to exist. It might be very narrow and way over on the far right, but the very nature of it means it cannot be "obliterated".
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And it is illegal to hang flags on lampposts in the UK without permission from the local highway authority or council. Doing so is a breach of the Highways Act 1980.
November 12, 2025 at 3:25 PM
And it is illegal to hang flags on lampposts in the UK without permission from the local highway authority or council. Doing so is a breach of the Highways Act 1980.
"... fewer words ..."
It is not difficult. If you can count them it is "fewer".
Even Merriam Webster (not my first reference point on how to use English) shows how easy it is to get it right.
www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/fewe...
It is not difficult. If you can count them it is "fewer".
Even Merriam Webster (not my first reference point on how to use English) shows how easy it is to get it right.
www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/fewe...
'Fewer' and 'Less'
We all want fewer problems and less trouble with 'fewer' and 'less'
www.merriam-webster.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
"... fewer words ..."
It is not difficult. If you can count them it is "fewer".
Even Merriam Webster (not my first reference point on how to use English) shows how easy it is to get it right.
www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/fewe...
It is not difficult. If you can count them it is "fewer".
Even Merriam Webster (not my first reference point on how to use English) shows how easy it is to get it right.
www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/fewe...
Also seems to have links with and a past record of employment by The Jewish Chronicle and the campaign that rescued it from financial collapse.
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Robbie Gibb must step down
His silence only deepens the crisis over the BBC’s lack of impartiality
medium.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Also seems to have links with and a past record of employment by The Jewish Chronicle and the campaign that rescued it from financial collapse.
medium.com/@evansd66/ro...
medium.com/@evansd66/ro...
"leader of the free world" :-D
That epithet has to be earned not claimed.
IMHO The evidence of Trump's performance to date makes that possibility infinitesimally small.
That epithet has to be earned not claimed.
IMHO The evidence of Trump's performance to date makes that possibility infinitesimally small.
November 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
"leader of the free world" :-D
That epithet has to be earned not claimed.
IMHO The evidence of Trump's performance to date makes that possibility infinitesimally small.
That epithet has to be earned not claimed.
IMHO The evidence of Trump's performance to date makes that possibility infinitesimally small.
Yet utter silence on the acts of piracy carried out in international waters by Israel against the international aid flotillas.
November 12, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Yet utter silence on the acts of piracy carried out in international waters by Israel against the international aid flotillas.
Your opinion, based upon history and so irrefutable of course, but is there anything in their current policies and objectives that makes consideration of wearing a white poppy questionable?
November 9, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Your opinion, based upon history and so irrefutable of course, but is there anything in their current policies and objectives that makes consideration of wearing a white poppy questionable?