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You get fuck all for electing that moron.
December 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
You get fuck all for electing that moron.
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Well today is probably the last day I can promote this before the views drops off like a stone...
The YouTube algorithm is a fickle beast but it did somehow help my silly John Lewis/Blobby video reach 26k views. Even though it is old news now, I'd still appreciate a watch/like/comment to help massage the algorithm once again!
John Lewis Christmas Advert 2025 featuring Mr Blobby
YouTube video by Bagpuss
www.youtube.com
December 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Well today is probably the last day I can promote this before the views drops off like a stone...
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Two great details from Betty Mackereth's obituary in the Telegraph.
![Larkin soon came to regard Betty Mackereth as "my mainstay", as he wrote in a letter to his mother, Eva. "[She has] boundless energy, [is] always cheerful and tolerant, and if she doesn't do half my work she sort of chews it up to make it easier for me to swallow. I'd be lost without her."
Having settled in Hull principally to keep his distance from the metropolitan literary world, as his poetic reputation grew he came to rely on Betty as the gatekeeper who would see off journalists and other potential drains on his time. For the rest of her life she kept the toy alligator he gave her in tribute to her ferocity.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4ojxodba6hnw2evjzeqsfebn/bafkreifhrqebpqre4vmb7xcuip45uercxpuu25gtmtxor6n6yjsnkwwmti@jpeg)
December 10, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Two great details from Betty Mackereth's obituary in the Telegraph.
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a billionaire who sees undermining political sovereignty as an alternative to paying a relatively minor fine is a problem that will have to be dealt with eventually
Elon Musk is against the European Union being the European Union —he posted this after X (fka Twitter) was fined for violations of the EU’s Digital Services Act.
December 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
a billionaire who sees undermining political sovereignty as an alternative to paying a relatively minor fine is a problem that will have to be dealt with eventually
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Since privatisation England's water companies paid £88.4bn in dividends.
90% of water companies owned by foreign investors/govts.
90% of dividend not recirculated in the UK economy. No UK tax paid on dividends.
Public ownership would make a difference.
90% of water companies owned by foreign investors/govts.
90% of dividend not recirculated in the UK economy. No UK tax paid on dividends.
Public ownership would make a difference.
If the government wants economic growth it must bring essential industries into public ownership
Successive governments clobber households and small businesses by hiking interest rates to manage inflation, but don’t inconvenience corporations.
leftfootforward.org
September 30, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Since privatisation England's water companies paid £88.4bn in dividends.
90% of water companies owned by foreign investors/govts.
90% of dividend not recirculated in the UK economy. No UK tax paid on dividends.
Public ownership would make a difference.
90% of water companies owned by foreign investors/govts.
90% of dividend not recirculated in the UK economy. No UK tax paid on dividends.
Public ownership would make a difference.