Jonathan Ledger
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Jonathan Ledger
@ledge61.bsky.social
Former trade union official and probation officer. Labour party member and season ticket holder at Tottenham Hotspur.
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Calvin Bailey MBE MP: "I won’t stay silent when people like me are told we don’t belong.

This Remembrance Sunday, we remember all who fought for our freedoms, of every background and faith.

Modern British society is not diminished by diversity - it is defined by it."
November 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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A reminder that the UK’s ban on LGBT people serving in the armed forces was only lifted after a judgment from the European Court of Human Rights.

🔗 www.bbc.com/news/article... via www.bbcnews.com

#ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms #Article8 #PrivateLife #MeddlingForeignCourt #CreditWhereItsDue
King unveils new memorial to LGBT veterans after gay ban campaign
A memorial is unveiled dedicated to gay military personnel and to those who served during the armed forces gay ban.
www.bbc.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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Thugs.
Houston, Texas ICE GOONS hospitalized a 16-year-old U.S. citizen on his way to school. The teen, a star football and soccer player, was violently detained alongside his father. Despite his cries for help, “I’m underage!” the agents tackled him, resulting in severe neck and back injuries.
October 28, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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Sleepy Joe never provided for his son the way Donald Trump has smh
NEW: Don Trump Jr.--after helping pick top Pentagon officials to join his dad's administration--has now become an investor and advisor to Pentagon drone builders. This as President Trump orders Pentagon to buy more drones. A NYT investigation of this latest conflict.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...
Trump’s Son Is Poised to Profit From Pentagon Drone Proposal
www.nytimes.com
October 26, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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BREAKING: This is in Trump's back yard. Washington DC No Kings Day Protest. This is just the start of the day.

It is absolutely unbelievable how many people are turning out for this. I love how everyone is staying peaceful. It's exactly what Trump doesn't want.
October 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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October 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Some conservatives are saying that Kilmeade’s “Just kill them” comment is less horrifying when you see it in context.

So here’s a longer clip, where you hear almost 4 minutes of Fox couch banter before he says it.

And, uh, it’s not much better. At all.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSPa...
Kilmeade talking about Decarlos Brown
YouTube video by Chuck Ross
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September 14, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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On the day @thenewworldmag.bsky.social has been banned from his conference this weekend ….
Democrat @raskin.house.gov excoriates Nigel Farage for banning journalists from Reform UK events:

"I'm asking you a direct question. Why do you ban journalists who oppose your views from coming to your events? Why did you tell local government not to do interviews with your local newspaper?"
September 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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YES! Thank you...

Say it again, and again, and again. They are not "illegal immigrants".

- seeking asylum is legal and has been since 1951.
Silencing the drumbeat again: seeking asylum is legal
Hundreds protested in Ashington against so-called "illegal immigrants" - though seeking asylum has been legal since 1951
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August 31, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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BREAKING: Gaza's Health Ministry says that five Palestinians, including two children, have died due to malnutrition in the past 24 hours.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/wwmxfl
August 18, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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The Mirror's Kevin Maguire argues the only way for Britain to return to its former prosperity is with a plan to return to the EU after Brexit proved to be a giant con that only leaves us poorer and weaker

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'Brexit was a giant con by plastic patriots – we need a plan to get back in EU'
The Mirror's Kevin Maguire argues the only way for Britain to return to its former prosperity is with a plan to return to the EU after Brexit proved to be a giant con that only leaves us poorer and we...
www.mirror.co.uk
August 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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A helpful reminder from YouGov that Twitter is not the real world
August 8, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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“This is Brexit Britain. We voted to take back control of our borders,” says Nigel Farage

Imagine his shock when he finds out Brexit is a primary factor in the sky rocketing number of small boat crossings

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Imagine the shock when he finds out Brexit is a primary factor in sky rocketing small boat crossings
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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August 4, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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BBC News, "The BBC World Service has compiled material on over 160 cases where children have been shot in Gaza and found that in 95 cases the child was shot in the head or the chest"

"In most these cases, the victim was under 12 years old"
August 2, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Was a privilege to be in probably Son's final Spurs press conference and ask him about his decision to leave the club. Here's every word the Tottenham legend said on that decision, how his team-mates reacted, what comes next, looking sad, Yang and more. www.football.london/tottenham-ho...
Every word Son said on why he decided to leave Spurs and telling his team-mates
Here's every single word the Tottenham Hotspur captain said about his decision to leave the north London club this summer
www.football.london
August 2, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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Starmer is thinking what we are thinking and what most of the world is thinking.
July 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Cabinet ministers and a third of MPs call on Keir Starmer to recognise state of Palestine.

Rayner and Cooper understood to back action as 221 MPs sign letter calling for UK recognition of statehood

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Cabinet ministers and third of MPs call on Starmer to recognise state of Palestine
Exclusive: Rayner and Cooper understood to back action as 221 MPs sign letter calling for UK recognition of statehood
www.theguardian.com
July 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Government revives New Labour's biggest success story

Parents will get help to give their children the best start in life with £400 million of extra funding for early years and reception classes

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The Government is about to revive one of New Labour's biggest success stories
The cash boost for early years support comes as ministers prepare to bring back a revamped version of Sure Start - the family hubs introduced under Tony Blair's Labour government
www.mirror.co.uk
July 6, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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Three High Court judges have dismissed a legal challenge over the government's policy of adding VAT to private school fees.

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Private schools lose High Court challenge over VAT changes
Three high court judges have rejected a judicial review into the government's VAT policy on school fees.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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It will probably come as no surprise to anyone to discover Reform UK doesn’t know how government spending works

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Exposed: Reform UK doesn’t know how government spending works
Reform UK just confused a procurement framework with a spending scandal – and revealed they don’t understand government
eastangliabylines.co.uk
June 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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June 8, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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To be clear, this is what an insurrection looks like:
June 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM