Ned the head.
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Ned the head.
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Happy curmudgeon.
Views not my own. They are a synthesis of everything I’ve seen/read/heard over the past half century or more . Well , what did you expect ?
@patrickfreyne.bsky.social
Breaking:
A scoop for you.

Buckingham Palace has just announced that Prince Andrew’s sweat glands have started working again.
October 20, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Huge shoutout for the British library. They have just reissued Oscar Wilde’s readers ticket after it was confiscated 130 years ago.
Such moral dynamism leaves one breathless.
October 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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From the UK with love.
September 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Cadet Bone Spurs reporting for duty
September 30, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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We have lost a National Treasure.
October 3, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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August 2, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Best Joke of the Day:

Netanyahu nominates Trump for the Nobel Prize. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

How’s about that !
July 9, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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Guess who’s in Las Vegas today for a Bitcoin Conference?

Yep, Nigel Farage.

Fresh from France, he’s hopped the pond:

www.nasdaq.com/articles/nig...

#AnywhereButClacton
May 29, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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"The level of human suffering in Gaza is intolerable", the UK tells the UN.

As the British embassy in Israel hosts the UK trade envoy to Israel to promote trade.
May 29, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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For the record, the UK's Labour government is still refusing to impose an arms embargo on Israel as it blockades Gaza of food and medicine.

#DCUKparliament
May 29, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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A heartfelt thank you to our Vice President @profaliceroberts.bsky.social for the lovely shout-out in @bigissue.com – it means a lot! ❤️

Here's the link to the full interview with Alice ⬇️ www.bigissue.com/culture/alic...
May 20, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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The dismal course of the conflict, dragging on from one decade to the next and from one deadlock to the next, seems to me an object lesson on the dangers and disasters which can arise when men of narrow hearts and little minds are in high places.

Cicely Wedgwood on the 30 Yrs War
May 20, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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Yesterday the UK called on Israel to stop military operations in Gaza.

At the same time, a UK surveillance plane was in the air, spying for Israeli intelligence.
May 20, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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He had a choice? This is where the church is pro-choice?
April 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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April 26, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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“Even if our reporting changes nothing, when it's over politicians should not be able to say that they didn't know - they knew because we told them.”
Our very own #c4news @lindseyhilsum.bsky.social on #DesertIslandDiscs. Fab music & fascinating stories, worth a listen:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Desert Island Discs - Lindsey Hilsum, journalist - BBC Sounds
Lindsey Hilsum, journalist, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 30, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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German MPs approved a €1 trillion debt-and-spending on Tuesday, to boost infrastructure and defence spending — breaking with decades of strict borrowing rules.
Merz claims victory as German MPs approve trillion euro spending bill
German MPs approved a €1 trillion debt-and-spending on Tuesday, to boost infrastructure and defence spending — breaking with decades of strict borrowing rules.
euobserver.com
March 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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As Unearthed has found, nuclear-powered icebreakers play a critical role in delivering liquefied natural gas cargoes from the Russian Arctic to Shell& other European companies.The icebreakers are operated by the Russian company Atomflot,which has been sanctioned by the UK&EU
February 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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According to an investigation by the environmental organization Greenpeace, Russia is using its fleet of nuclear-powered icebreakers and the reluctance of some of Ukraine's allies to comply with sanctions imposed on it to sell millions of tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to EU ports
February 18, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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February 15, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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👉NEW -- Gama Aviation: The company that helped Britain spy for Israel

by Phil Miller

Royal Air Force surveillance flights over Gaza have relied on technical support from Gama, Declassified has found.
www.declassifieduk.org/gama-aviatio...
Gama Aviation: The company that helped Britain spy for Israel
Royal Air Force surveillance flights over Gaza have relied on technical support from Gama, Declassified has found.
www.declassifieduk.org
January 16, 2025 at 9:11 AM