Pat
@farrpatricia.bsky.social
English living in Scotland. Labour/SNP supporter, hate Brexit. Hoping the experience will be more civil here than at the other place. #FBPE #REJOIN
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The Mail.
Seriously.
We are living in truly historic times.
Seriously.
We are living in truly historic times.
March 1, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The Mail.
Seriously.
We are living in truly historic times.
Seriously.
We are living in truly historic times.
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It’s insane to think that the Trump administration was more welcoming this week to the Tate brothers than to the President of Ukraine.
March 1, 2025 at 10:08 AM
It’s insane to think that the Trump administration was more welcoming this week to the Tate brothers than to the President of Ukraine.
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Former Conservative MP and British Attorney General Dominic Grieve:
March 1, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Former Conservative MP and British Attorney General Dominic Grieve:
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Governor Walz has it right. I miss hearing his plain, common sense talk.
March 1, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Governor Walz has it right. I miss hearing his plain, common sense talk.
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FACTS AND TRUTH MATTER NOW MORE THAN EVER
March 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
FACTS AND TRUTH MATTER NOW MORE THAN EVER
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By almost every economic & financial measure Brexit has been disastrous for the UK - the Office for Budget Responsibility says it will reduce the UK’s potential GDP by 4% in the long run by lowering the trade intensity of the economy & its latest report lays bare its catastrophic impact on trade
February 13, 2025 at 10:51 PM
By almost every economic & financial measure Brexit has been disastrous for the UK - the Office for Budget Responsibility says it will reduce the UK’s potential GDP by 4% in the long run by lowering the trade intensity of the economy & its latest report lays bare its catastrophic impact on trade
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If Ukraine is forced to give up its sovereign territory, it will be the greatest betrayal in European history since Poland in 1945.
February 14, 2025 at 12:18 AM
If Ukraine is forced to give up its sovereign territory, it will be the greatest betrayal in European history since Poland in 1945.
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This is what should be on every front page right now. What's happening in the US right now is an illegal power grab by a private citizen. IT'S A COUP.
It's a digital coup. It's Musk who's leading it. The consequences are terrifying. And it's coming for us next.
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It's a digital coup. It's Musk who's leading it. The consequences are terrifying. And it's coming for us next.
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IT IS A COUP
This is what should be on every front page in 150 point banner headlines. All I have is this Substack but I lay it beneath your feet and pray to a higher power that I'm wrong.
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February 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
This is what should be on every front page right now. What's happening in the US right now is an illegal power grab by a private citizen. IT'S A COUP.
It's a digital coup. It's Musk who's leading it. The consequences are terrifying. And it's coming for us next.
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open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It's a digital coup. It's Musk who's leading it. The consequences are terrifying. And it's coming for us next.
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Monbiot nails it: "this is direct appeasement ... these people who go on and on about sovereignty, say they are the defenders of sovereignty, when it actually comes to the crunch they will sell anyone down the river."
“there are Neville Chamberlain’s in every generation”
George Monbiot’s takedown of Matt Goodwin and the Reform party is a thing of beauty 👏 #bbcqt
George Monbiot’s takedown of Matt Goodwin and the Reform party is a thing of beauty 👏 #bbcqt
February 13, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Monbiot nails it: "this is direct appeasement ... these people who go on and on about sovereignty, say they are the defenders of sovereignty, when it actually comes to the crunch they will sell anyone down the river."
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Man with curly hair, "Donald Trump has shown in the last two weeks that he's got no regard for the Palestinian people"
"So how do we know he will have any regard for the Ukrainian people?"
"What's the difference?" #BBCQT
"So how do we know he will have any regard for the Ukrainian people?"
"What's the difference?" #BBCQT
February 13, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Man with curly hair, "Donald Trump has shown in the last two weeks that he's got no regard for the Palestinian people"
"So how do we know he will have any regard for the Ukrainian people?"
"What's the difference?" #BBCQT
"So how do we know he will have any regard for the Ukrainian people?"
"What's the difference?" #BBCQT
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Just let this sink in
In 2016 Vote Leave marginally won
The UK gov knew of Russian interference to deliver Brexit
And despite that, May, Johnson, Truss, Sunak, and now Starmer have chosen to do what Putin wants- weaken Europe- instead of protect our democracy from Putin
Shameful
In 2016 Vote Leave marginally won
The UK gov knew of Russian interference to deliver Brexit
And despite that, May, Johnson, Truss, Sunak, and now Starmer have chosen to do what Putin wants- weaken Europe- instead of protect our democracy from Putin
Shameful
February 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Just let this sink in
In 2016 Vote Leave marginally won
The UK gov knew of Russian interference to deliver Brexit
And despite that, May, Johnson, Truss, Sunak, and now Starmer have chosen to do what Putin wants- weaken Europe- instead of protect our democracy from Putin
Shameful
In 2016 Vote Leave marginally won
The UK gov knew of Russian interference to deliver Brexit
And despite that, May, Johnson, Truss, Sunak, and now Starmer have chosen to do what Putin wants- weaken Europe- instead of protect our democracy from Putin
Shameful
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That’s some quietly powerful sermon.
Wow. Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde fearlessly calls out Trump and Vance to their faces. This is heroic.
(posting in 3 parts due to Bluesky's 1 minute limit)
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January 21, 2025 at 7:36 PM
That’s some quietly powerful sermon.
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Trump just withdrew the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement.
The US now joins Iran, Libya, and Yemen as the only countries in the world not in the agreement.
The US now joins Iran, Libya, and Yemen as the only countries in the world not in the agreement.
January 21, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Trump just withdrew the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement.
The US now joins Iran, Libya, and Yemen as the only countries in the world not in the agreement.
The US now joins Iran, Libya, and Yemen as the only countries in the world not in the agreement.
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Per @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social:
President Trump has rescinded former President Biden’s Executive Order that created a task force to reunite families deliberately separated at the border by Trump.
As many as 1,000 families remain separated because of that policy.
President Trump has rescinded former President Biden’s Executive Order that created a task force to reunite families deliberately separated at the border by Trump.
As many as 1,000 families remain separated because of that policy.
January 21, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Per @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social:
President Trump has rescinded former President Biden’s Executive Order that created a task force to reunite families deliberately separated at the border by Trump.
As many as 1,000 families remain separated because of that policy.
President Trump has rescinded former President Biden’s Executive Order that created a task force to reunite families deliberately separated at the border by Trump.
As many as 1,000 families remain separated because of that policy.
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This guy just got a full and unconditional pardon from Donald Trump.
January 21, 2025 at 1:31 AM
This guy just got a full and unconditional pardon from Donald Trump.
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To clarify this, Trump commuted the sentences of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers convicted in seditious conspiracy cases. He has pardoned everyone else who was convicted, including those who assaulted the police. And he has ordered DOJ to drop any pending cases.
January 21, 2025 at 12:57 AM
To clarify this, Trump commuted the sentences of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers convicted in seditious conspiracy cases. He has pardoned everyone else who was convicted, including those who assaulted the police. And he has ordered DOJ to drop any pending cases.
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Trump's flurry of destructive actions in his first few hours in power just made regaining our EU membership much MUCH more pressing.
When someone is actively tearing down the myriad rules-based systems that glue the modern world together, we need to be closely partnered with their defender.
When someone is actively tearing down the myriad rules-based systems that glue the modern world together, we need to be closely partnered with their defender.
January 21, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Trump's flurry of destructive actions in his first few hours in power just made regaining our EU membership much MUCH more pressing.
When someone is actively tearing down the myriad rules-based systems that glue the modern world together, we need to be closely partnered with their defender.
When someone is actively tearing down the myriad rules-based systems that glue the modern world together, we need to be closely partnered with their defender.
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Welcome to the plutokleptokakistocracy! Where the ultra wealthy steal from you and run the country in the most insanely inept way imaginable.
January 21, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Welcome to the plutokleptokakistocracy! Where the ultra wealthy steal from you and run the country in the most insanely inept way imaginable.
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It's not just undocumented immigrants. The Trump birthright citizenship EO says that every child born to a parent here on any non-immigrant visa (including student visas and other visas which allow people to live in the US for years) is not a US citizen. Unconstitutional in the extreme.
The scope of the birthright citizenship executive order is broader than some rumors had it. The denial of birthright citizenship would apply not just to U.S. born children of *undocumented immigrants* but to anyone who did not have a parent who was at least a permanent resident.
January 21, 2025 at 2:15 AM
It's not just undocumented immigrants. The Trump birthright citizenship EO says that every child born to a parent here on any non-immigrant visa (including student visas and other visas which allow people to live in the US for years) is not a US citizen. Unconstitutional in the extreme.
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BREAKING: Here is the anti-trans sex/gender executive order. It's extensive, it's bad, and it's often lawless. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
And, do not miss in "d" and "e" below, it even tries to put in the beginnings of a personhood argument, for some reason.
And, do not miss in "d" and "e" below, it even tries to put in the beginnings of a personhood argument, for some reason.
January 21, 2025 at 2:06 AM
BREAKING: Here is the anti-trans sex/gender executive order. It's extensive, it's bad, and it's often lawless. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
And, do not miss in "d" and "e" below, it even tries to put in the beginnings of a personhood argument, for some reason.
And, do not miss in "d" and "e" below, it even tries to put in the beginnings of a personhood argument, for some reason.
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I didn’t think it was possible, but this week has been a new low for the Tories
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I didn’t think it was possible, but this week has been a new low for the Tories | Polly Toynbee
The language and style of British Conservatism is now taken directly from the fact-free world of online conspiracy, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
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January 9, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I didn’t think it was possible, but this week has been a new low for the Tories
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‘Stop saying I crashed the economy,’ says Liz Truss. Is it possible to gaslight an entire country?
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'Stop saying I crashed the economy,' says Liz Truss. Is it possible to gaslight an entire country? | Hugh Muir
The former PM has sent a cease and desist letter to the current one. Will everyone who thinks she was useless get one next, asks Guardian writer Hugh Muir
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January 9, 2025 at 9:47 PM
‘Stop saying I crashed the economy,’ says Liz Truss. Is it possible to gaslight an entire country?
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