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@java-the-hutt.bsky.social
Primary school teacher. Ex-crown green (Rams Head, Disley), now flat/lawn bowls for @rhiwbinabowls.bsky.social. 2026 Captain. 2025 South Glamorgan County Senior Singles runner-up & Bowls Wales national semi-finalist. Size 3.5 Drakes Pride Pro50 💪
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I don’t normally big-up products on here but have been lucky-enough to get one of these recently.
Valves!! It has valves in the pre-amp section. Sound quality is amazing 😊
Christmas is coming and if you’re looking to treat yourself…
www.richersounds.com/taga-harmony...
Valves!! It has valves in the pre-amp section. Sound quality is amazing 😊
Christmas is coming and if you’re looking to treat yourself…
www.richersounds.com/taga-harmony...
TAGA Harmony HTR-1000CD v.3 (Black)
Shop for TAGA Harmony HTR-1000CD v.3 (Black) Mini System with Richer Sounds for expert advice and Lowest Prices Guaranteed.
www.richersounds.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:17 PM
I don’t normally big-up products on here but have been lucky-enough to get one of these recently.
Valves!! It has valves in the pre-amp section. Sound quality is amazing 😊
Christmas is coming and if you’re looking to treat yourself…
www.richersounds.com/taga-harmony...
Valves!! It has valves in the pre-amp section. Sound quality is amazing 😊
Christmas is coming and if you’re looking to treat yourself…
www.richersounds.com/taga-harmony...
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Lying in politics is wrong and should never be rewarded, says newspaper which pays Boris Johnson £1 million a year to be its star columnist
November 29, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Lying in politics is wrong and should never be rewarded, says newspaper which pays Boris Johnson £1 million a year to be its star columnist
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Stephen Miller is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. His great-grandparents inhabited the Pale of Settlement (western Russia where Jews were allowed to live) and escaped Russian pogroms and the Holocaust. All the same racist, xenophobic, ignorant things he is saying were said about his own family.
November 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Stephen Miller is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. His great-grandparents inhabited the Pale of Settlement (western Russia where Jews were allowed to live) and escaped Russian pogroms and the Holocaust. All the same racist, xenophobic, ignorant things he is saying were said about his own family.
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Huge respect to the papers for finding both an 88 year old worried about the tax bill on her 6 bedroom Kensington house and a 20 year old fretting about only being able to save £12k a year tax free.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
November 29, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Huge respect to the papers for finding both an 88 year old worried about the tax bill on her 6 bedroom Kensington house and a 20 year old fretting about only being able to save £12k a year tax free.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
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November 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Populist Right: 'We're not racist, we just want immigrants to integrate & contribute.'
Immigrant gains BA, MA, works for charities, marries a 'Brit', becomes Brexit-supporting, lockdown-sceptic Tory MP, then Deputy Speaker of HoC.
Populist Right: 'People born abroad shouldn't be allowed to do this.'
Immigrant gains BA, MA, works for charities, marries a 'Brit', becomes Brexit-supporting, lockdown-sceptic Tory MP, then Deputy Speaker of HoC.
Populist Right: 'People born abroad shouldn't be allowed to do this.'
November 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Populist Right: 'We're not racist, we just want immigrants to integrate & contribute.'
Immigrant gains BA, MA, works for charities, marries a 'Brit', becomes Brexit-supporting, lockdown-sceptic Tory MP, then Deputy Speaker of HoC.
Populist Right: 'People born abroad shouldn't be allowed to do this.'
Immigrant gains BA, MA, works for charities, marries a 'Brit', becomes Brexit-supporting, lockdown-sceptic Tory MP, then Deputy Speaker of HoC.
Populist Right: 'People born abroad shouldn't be allowed to do this.'
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the last 24 hours on X, summed up:
November 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
the last 24 hours on X, summed up:
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Remember: if a legal opinion is sound then it matters not how “great” or “distinguished“ the lawyer is.
And if it is not sound, it is not saved by the lawyer being “great” or “distinguished“.
And if it is not sound, it is not saved by the lawyer being “great” or “distinguished“.
Apparently, Stephen Miller cosplayed a “many great legal scholars” last night.
November 23, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Remember: if a legal opinion is sound then it matters not how “great” or “distinguished“ the lawyer is.
And if it is not sound, it is not saved by the lawyer being “great” or “distinguished“.
And if it is not sound, it is not saved by the lawyer being “great” or “distinguished“.
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Grand opening, grand closing.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
November 22, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Grand opening, grand closing.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
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Lesson 2 - from the "lost month", as Baroness Hallett so vividly describes it - February 2020:
If you can't be arsed to do your job even as a deadly pandemic grips the world, you certainly don't deserve to be within a thousand miles of Downing Street.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
If you can't be arsed to do your job even as a deadly pandemic grips the world, you certainly don't deserve to be within a thousand miles of Downing Street.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Boris Johnson took four days off as NHS warned Covid could ‘overwhelm’ system
Files show then PM was walking dog, riding motorbike and hosting guests as pandemic planning stalled in ‘lost month’
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Lesson 2 - from the "lost month", as Baroness Hallett so vividly describes it - February 2020:
If you can't be arsed to do your job even as a deadly pandemic grips the world, you certainly don't deserve to be within a thousand miles of Downing Street.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
If you can't be arsed to do your job even as a deadly pandemic grips the world, you certainly don't deserve to be within a thousand miles of Downing Street.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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⬇️ Brexit has cost the country between 6% and 8% of GDP per person over the last decade, a hit of £180 billion ($235 billion) to £240 billion.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-21/brexit-hit-to-uk-economy-double-official-estimate-study-finds
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-21/brexit-hit-to-uk-economy-double-official-estimate-study-finds
Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist.
www.bloomberg.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:50 AM
⬇️ Brexit has cost the country between 6% and 8% of GDP per person over the last decade, a hit of £180 billion ($235 billion) to £240 billion.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-21/brexit-hit-to-uk-economy-double-official-estimate-study-finds
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-21/brexit-hit-to-uk-economy-double-official-estimate-study-finds
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“Did Nathan Gill ever say anything you disagree with in return for his bribes from a Kremlin stooge?”
“Did you, in your roles as his boss, friend, mentor & party leader, ever question his full-throated support for an enemy of the UK and if not, why not?”
You can have those for nothing, lads.
“Did you, in your roles as his boss, friend, mentor & party leader, ever question his full-throated support for an enemy of the UK and if not, why not?”
You can have those for nothing, lads.
November 22, 2025 at 11:23 AM
“Did Nathan Gill ever say anything you disagree with in return for his bribes from a Kremlin stooge?”
“Did you, in your roles as his boss, friend, mentor & party leader, ever question his full-throated support for an enemy of the UK and if not, why not?”
You can have those for nothing, lads.
“Did you, in your roles as his boss, friend, mentor & party leader, ever question his full-throated support for an enemy of the UK and if not, why not?”
You can have those for nothing, lads.
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Boris Johnson is heavily implicated in dealings with Russia's influence over Brexit
Brilliant article here ⬇️
Brilliant article here ⬇️
Temerko, a Soviet-born oligarch and a major Conservative donor, told Belton that he and Johnson spent time… plotting the overthrow May. According to Temerko, Johnson had finally been persuaded to back Brexit in 2016 by a group of “eastern European businessmen”.
bylinetimes.com/2023/01/19/l...
bylinetimes.com/2023/01/19/l...
Landmark Ruling in Strasbourg as MPs Challenge UK Government over Failure to Investigate Russian Interference in Brexit
'Nothing less than the future of democracy is at stake' says Caroline Lucas as a cross-party coalition and The Citizens win an unprecedented hearing over electoral safety and national security
bylinetimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Boris Johnson is heavily implicated in dealings with Russia's influence over Brexit
Brilliant article here ⬇️
Brilliant article here ⬇️
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If I came from a family that has held a seat in House of Lords for 7 generations and used it to protect their vast empire from Tax and Inheritance Tax.
I probably wouldn't be complaining about free bus passes for Senior Citizens.
You'd look ridiculous.
I probably wouldn't be complaining about free bus passes for Senior Citizens.
You'd look ridiculous.
November 14, 2025 at 6:47 PM
If I came from a family that has held a seat in House of Lords for 7 generations and used it to protect their vast empire from Tax and Inheritance Tax.
I probably wouldn't be complaining about free bus passes for Senior Citizens.
You'd look ridiculous.
I probably wouldn't be complaining about free bus passes for Senior Citizens.
You'd look ridiculous.
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Dan Hannan was born in Peru.
November 13, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Dan Hannan was born in Peru.
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It's specifically designed for the Russian market of falling out of high-rise windows.
Looks like Russia’s first homegrown robot had one too many before the big reveal…
Can’t wait to see what Russian AI can do… 😂😂😂
Can’t wait to see what Russian AI can do… 😂😂😂
November 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
It's specifically designed for the Russian market of falling out of high-rise windows.
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Nearly two years ago, I wrote about the extraordinary influence of former Tory spin doctor Sir Robbie Gibb on the BBC. It's still a helpful backgrounder for what's going on now. New readers start here: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
How the government captured the BBC
A right-wing cabal, largely unaccountable, is waging war on the principles that made our public broadcaster great. It must not succeed
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Nearly two years ago, I wrote about the extraordinary influence of former Tory spin doctor Sir Robbie Gibb on the BBC. It's still a helpful backgrounder for what's going on now. New readers start here: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
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If BBC News was a hotbed of left-wing wokery producing *systemically* biased coverage Jeremy Corbyn may well have been elected Prime Minister in 2019.
It’s not. He wasn’t.
And we got Boris Johnson instead.
It’s not. He wasn’t.
And we got Boris Johnson instead.
November 11, 2025 at 7:49 PM
If BBC News was a hotbed of left-wing wokery producing *systemically* biased coverage Jeremy Corbyn may well have been elected Prime Minister in 2019.
It’s not. He wasn’t.
And we got Boris Johnson instead.
It’s not. He wasn’t.
And we got Boris Johnson instead.
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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
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They did this experiment.
The other monkeys beat the greedy monkey up and stole all his stolen bananas.
Another experiment that proved that monkeys are cleverer than people.
The other monkeys beat the greedy monkey up and stole all his stolen bananas.
Another experiment that proved that monkeys are cleverer than people.
November 9, 2025 at 6:04 PM
They did this experiment.
The other monkeys beat the greedy monkey up and stole all his stolen bananas.
Another experiment that proved that monkeys are cleverer than people.
The other monkeys beat the greedy monkey up and stole all his stolen bananas.
Another experiment that proved that monkeys are cleverer than people.
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A national newspaper journalist went on a British TV channel to claim police stats showed asylum-seekers committed 44% of sex crimes in Dorset.
This shocking claim was treated as fact by the channel which promoted the clip on social media where it was amplified by AI.
Except... it's bollocks.
This shocking claim was treated as fact by the channel which promoted the clip on social media where it was amplified by AI.
Except... it's bollocks.
November 8, 2025 at 8:39 AM
A national newspaper journalist went on a British TV channel to claim police stats showed asylum-seekers committed 44% of sex crimes in Dorset.
This shocking claim was treated as fact by the channel which promoted the clip on social media where it was amplified by AI.
Except... it's bollocks.
This shocking claim was treated as fact by the channel which promoted the clip on social media where it was amplified by AI.
Except... it's bollocks.