Helen G
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Helen G
@flippineck.bsky.social
UK Lefty, MCFC fan, from up North.
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London continues to lead. Last week we were ⤵️

Recognised as one of the greenest global cities with spectacular green spaces and cleaner air.

Named the ‘new Hollywood’ - attracting record investment.

Ignore the haters: London is the greatest city.
February 2, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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Richard Littlejohn wrote about fly-tipping in yesterday’s Mail, today Boris Johnson turns his attention to a bus driver sacked for beating up a thief. Anything, literally *anything*, to avoid addressing the now utterly undeniable shame & humiliation of their pathetic cheerleading for Donald Trump…
January 31, 2026 at 1:52 PM
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I may be a naive little baby but I don't think sinister racist YouTubers should be on Question Time at all. Booking Nick Griffin was massively controversial in 2009 but I can only imagine that the bookers don't care anymore, which seems bad
Konstantin Kisin claims that these exchanges are "not a debate about whether Rishi Sunak is English or British"

Nelson: "Rishi Sunak is English?"
Kisin: "He’s a brown Hindu, how can he be English?”

Alexander: You said “he’s a brown Hindu, how is he english?
Kisin: That's not what I said."
January 31, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Last wek: Fiona Bruce interrupts Bonnie Greer, downplaying her point by saying, "Maybe half of you are applauding"

This week: Fiona Bruce interrupts Billy Bragg, downplaying his point by saying, "I must point out there are plenty of Reform supporters in the audience as well"
September 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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If you think the Trump Regime aren't absolutely terrified of Kilmar Abrego Garcia coming home and talking, take a moment and let soak in they just tried to conflate him with a MURDER he has absolutely nothing to do with.
I’m sorry she lost her daughter—but Kilmar Garcia had nothing to do with it.

She’s twisting two different stories. Mad her tax dollars sent Sen Van Hollen to El Salvador—but not mad they’re funding Kilmar’s indefinite imprisonment w/out due process?

One more time: easier to be angry than informed.
April 17, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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@mrjamesob.bsky.social i am so grateful to you and the team at @lbc.co.uk for talking to me yesterday. I'm astounding at the reaction the video has received. It's quite overwhelming. ❤️
youtu.be/thwpvsnzTj8?...
LBC caller impresses James O'Brien with her take on the state of the West
YouTube video by LBC
youtu.be
April 18, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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King agrees to host Trump visit

The new Private Eye is out now
March 5, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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Absolutely spot on from Rory Stewart
February 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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The fact that all the streaming services rejected the latest series of Wolf Hall is a worrying sign of the whole ‘dumbing down’ of it all.
January 26, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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⚠️ BREAKING: What Is Causing Extreme Weather?

👇🏻 Please watch this latest #BrokenNews report, then share.

youtu.be/_X2p9dMsNFY?...
What Is Causing Extreme Weather? - #BrokenNews
YouTube video by Larry & Paul
youtu.be
January 24, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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She knew this would happen. That's what courage looks like. By contrast, look at the people in this shot. (With the possible exception of Vance's wife.)
January 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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It's been a terrible week. A terrible, terrible week. The worst people on earth are full of energy and vigour, the best are defined by anxiety and self-doubt. Here are three simple rules to surviving the next four years, because by God we'll need them iandunt.substack.com/p/a-little-b...
A little bit of hope after a terrible week
A survival guide to the next four years.
iandunt.substack.com
January 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Great letter in today's Guardian. What sort of free speech is prevented by factchecking, Zuck?
January 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Literally crying hearing how French women applaud Gisele Pelicot every day as she walks out of court. #r4today

Everywhere around the world women watch & applaud her bravery too. She stood up for all of us.

Because the shame has to switch sides.
December 19, 2024 at 8:18 AM
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Ha ha ha superb
Massive away win for the little fella.
December 2, 2024 at 2:25 PM
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🔴The Sheer Scale of the Conservative Local Government Auditing Scandal Is Only Now Becoming Clear

Billions of pounds in spending remains unaccounted for, with the National Audit Office unable to sign off the nation’s accounts

bylinetimes.com/2024/11/27/t...
The Sheer Scale of the Conservative Local Government Auditing Scandal Is Only Now Becoming Clear
Billions of pounds in spending remains unaccounted for, with the National Audit Office unable to sign off the nation's accounts
bylinetimes.com
November 28, 2024 at 10:36 AM
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Death of Star vs Birth of Cell
November 28, 2024 at 1:24 AM
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The liars, of course, have all moved on to new cons & deceptions. The fishing industry can't. A vaguely honest media would be holding Farage & the rest to account for this instead of promoting a meaningless petition...
www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymout...
Fishermen left feeling 'betrayed' by Brexit
'Brexit was sold to our fishermen as a golden opportunity, yet the truth is that many fishermen have experienced the complete opposite'
www.plymouthherald.co.uk
November 27, 2024 at 9:07 AM
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Kemi Badenoch at #PMQs: "We had a budget in March this year and tractors were not blockading the streets of Whitehall afterwards."

Here are the tractors blockading the streets of Whitehall in March this year. They were protesting - you really couldn't make this up - Badenoch's trade policies. 😂
November 27, 2024 at 12:42 PM
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Here’s a short story about who wins and loses from the status quo of our inheritance tax rules - and about, what you might politely call ‘sub-optimal’ journalism🧵
November 25, 2024 at 5:00 PM
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November 24, 2024 at 8:59 PM
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RIP John Prescott.
November 21, 2024 at 10:56 AM
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You can literally see the German number plates.

Because Einstein here has used a photo of a GERMAN protest in 2023.

838 people have shared it.
November 19, 2024 at 11:56 AM
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If you bring central London to a halt in order to campaign against catastrophic climate change then you're a "barmy" eco "fanatic" who deserves to be locked up.

If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds
November 19, 2024 at 10:22 AM