Lloyd D
@lloyd-d.bsky.social
Refugee from Space Karen’s cesspit. A polymath of the lowest order, hate injustice, underdog supporter…most of the time. Sussex coastal dweller. #FBPE
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I love him I must marry him.
April 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I love him I must marry him.
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I want politics to be about a better everyday life.
Here's what that can look like:
Here's what that can look like:
April 24, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I want politics to be about a better everyday life.
Here's what that can look like:
Here's what that can look like:
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Oh, it was *Zelensky* that started the war? Like when a bully claims their victim started the fight because their face hurt his fist?
April 15, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Oh, it was *Zelensky* that started the war? Like when a bully claims their victim started the fight because their face hurt his fist?
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“No one, apparently, is willing to prevent a single man from destroying the world economy, wrecking financial markets, forcing this country and other countries into recession – if that’s what he feels like doing when he gets up tomorrow morning.”
Anne Applebaum
Anne Applebaum
April 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
“No one, apparently, is willing to prevent a single man from destroying the world economy, wrecking financial markets, forcing this country and other countries into recession – if that’s what he feels like doing when he gets up tomorrow morning.”
Anne Applebaum
Anne Applebaum
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Don’t overthink this.
He’s asking for bribes.
He’s asking for bribes.
April 10, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Don’t overthink this.
He’s asking for bribes.
He’s asking for bribes.
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Part 2 of Thatcherism is out now. @dorianlynskey.bsky.social and @iandunt.bsky.social pick the story up with Thatcher in full autocrat mode. Where did Thatcher succeed and fail in fundamentally changing Britain? How did she sow the seeds of Brexit?
Listen➡️https://linktr.ee/originstorypodcast
Listen➡️https://linktr.ee/originstorypodcast
April 9, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Part 2 of Thatcherism is out now. @dorianlynskey.bsky.social and @iandunt.bsky.social pick the story up with Thatcher in full autocrat mode. Where did Thatcher succeed and fail in fundamentally changing Britain? How did she sow the seeds of Brexit?
Listen➡️https://linktr.ee/originstorypodcast
Listen➡️https://linktr.ee/originstorypodcast
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I’ve reported on homelessness for years and met many, many people who have found themselves in awful situations
Every single one of them had more decency and integrity than this privileged plutocrat
Every single one of them had more decency and integrity than this privileged plutocrat
December 11, 2024 at 8:29 AM
I’ve reported on homelessness for years and met many, many people who have found themselves in awful situations
Every single one of them had more decency and integrity than this privileged plutocrat
Every single one of them had more decency and integrity than this privileged plutocrat
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We only went & met this formidable agent of news…
He got the proper Trawl treatment
We asked him questions about impartiality, clashes with Rees-Mogg & getting on it with Maitlis and Sopel 🍸
Full episode of The Trawl meets @lewisgoodall.com live on Patreon now
Link below :)
He got the proper Trawl treatment
We asked him questions about impartiality, clashes with Rees-Mogg & getting on it with Maitlis and Sopel 🍸
Full episode of The Trawl meets @lewisgoodall.com live on Patreon now
Link below :)
December 9, 2024 at 9:50 AM
We only went & met this formidable agent of news…
He got the proper Trawl treatment
We asked him questions about impartiality, clashes with Rees-Mogg & getting on it with Maitlis and Sopel 🍸
Full episode of The Trawl meets @lewisgoodall.com live on Patreon now
Link below :)
He got the proper Trawl treatment
We asked him questions about impartiality, clashes with Rees-Mogg & getting on it with Maitlis and Sopel 🍸
Full episode of The Trawl meets @lewisgoodall.com live on Patreon now
Link below :)
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Proud of what we have built with the Bylines Network in a few short years…
…a complete answer to the billionaire buyout & destruction of local media — our own network of citizen journalism that lets the residents of communities write the news.
Follow all in our starter pack —> go.bsky.app/RWVEKv
…a complete answer to the billionaire buyout & destruction of local media — our own network of citizen journalism that lets the residents of communities write the news.
Follow all in our starter pack —> go.bsky.app/RWVEKv
December 8, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Proud of what we have built with the Bylines Network in a few short years…
…a complete answer to the billionaire buyout & destruction of local media — our own network of citizen journalism that lets the residents of communities write the news.
Follow all in our starter pack —> go.bsky.app/RWVEKv
…a complete answer to the billionaire buyout & destruction of local media — our own network of citizen journalism that lets the residents of communities write the news.
Follow all in our starter pack —> go.bsky.app/RWVEKv
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Oops ...
💥 UK tap water is at risk because water companies soon won't have any chemicals to clean it with.
💥 That's because rules brought in by Brexiters mean we can only use such chemicals if they've been tested in the UK.
💥 But unlike in the EU, we don't have any certified labs able to test them!
💥 UK tap water is at risk because water companies soon won't have any chemicals to clean it with.
💥 That's because rules brought in by Brexiters mean we can only use such chemicals if they've been tested in the UK.
💥 But unlike in the EU, we don't have any certified labs able to test them!
‘Brexit problem’: UK tap water safety at risk after testing labs shut down
Exclusive: EU countries will share laboratory capacity but UK rules mean products cannot be tested abroad
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2024 at 12:38 AM
Oops ...
💥 UK tap water is at risk because water companies soon won't have any chemicals to clean it with.
💥 That's because rules brought in by Brexiters mean we can only use such chemicals if they've been tested in the UK.
💥 But unlike in the EU, we don't have any certified labs able to test them!
💥 UK tap water is at risk because water companies soon won't have any chemicals to clean it with.
💥 That's because rules brought in by Brexiters mean we can only use such chemicals if they've been tested in the UK.
💥 But unlike in the EU, we don't have any certified labs able to test them!
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Coffee and this months @bylinetimes.bsky.social bliss 👌
December 6, 2024 at 6:02 PM
Coffee and this months @bylinetimes.bsky.social bliss 👌
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I’d close it sharpish if I were you. You could drive a starship through that.
Keir Starmer is considering closing a loophole that would allow Elon Musk to bankroll Nigel Farage and Reform, one of his ministers has signalled.
Under the proposal, donors would no longer be able to funnel donations to British political parties via UK companies
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/06/k...
Under the proposal, donors would no longer be able to funnel donations to British political parties via UK companies
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/06/k...
Keir Starmer Considers Closing Elon Musk Donations Loophole to Stop 'Foreign Interference' in UK Elections
A rumoured $100 million donation from Musk to Nigel Farage's Reform would be banned under the proposal
bylinetimes.com
December 6, 2024 at 3:50 PM
I’d close it sharpish if I were you. You could drive a starship through that.
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This is a great move towards repairing policing.
* Neighbourhoods to get a named officer
* Local people & businesses given a voice in setting local priorities
* More police on streets
* Dedicated antisocial behaviour leads
* Crack down on shop theft
* 13,000 more officers & PCSOs
* £100m funding
* Neighbourhoods to get a named officer
* Local people & businesses given a voice in setting local priorities
* More police on streets
* Dedicated antisocial behaviour leads
* Crack down on shop theft
* 13,000 more officers & PCSOs
* £100m funding
More bobbies on the beat as PM puts people's priorities first
Every neighbourhood will have a named, contactable police officer in their community, dealing with local issues, as PM puts more police on the street at the heart of his mission to tackle crime.
www.gov.uk
December 5, 2024 at 7:00 AM
This is a great move towards repairing policing.
* Neighbourhoods to get a named officer
* Local people & businesses given a voice in setting local priorities
* More police on streets
* Dedicated antisocial behaviour leads
* Crack down on shop theft
* 13,000 more officers & PCSOs
* £100m funding
* Neighbourhoods to get a named officer
* Local people & businesses given a voice in setting local priorities
* More police on streets
* Dedicated antisocial behaviour leads
* Crack down on shop theft
* 13,000 more officers & PCSOs
* £100m funding
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Sky News: 'Mind-boggling' Brexit rules hit British food exports by £3bn a year
news.sky.com/story/mind-b...
news.sky.com/story/mind-b...
'Mind-boggling' Brexit rules hit British food exports by £3bn a year
British food sales to the EU have fallen by more than 16% on average across the three years since Brexit, a new report found, with businesses blaming new border checks.
news.sky.com
December 4, 2024 at 8:08 AM
Sky News: 'Mind-boggling' Brexit rules hit British food exports by £3bn a year
news.sky.com/story/mind-b...
news.sky.com/story/mind-b...
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"The country needs conviction politicians, not politicians with convictions," says Kemi Badenoch, who has previously admitted to hacking and vandalising a Labour MP's website, which was an offence carrying a sentence of up to five years in prison #pmqs
December 4, 2024 at 12:11 PM
"The country needs conviction politicians, not politicians with convictions," says Kemi Badenoch, who has previously admitted to hacking and vandalising a Labour MP's website, which was an offence carrying a sentence of up to five years in prison #pmqs
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How do I find all my old Twitter followers & people I followed? Seems to be a bit of a slog building my presence here. Not complaining, I'd just love to know if everyone's moved here? I followed some really nice folks on 🐦 - gradually reconnecting...!
December 2, 2024 at 7:52 PM
How do I find all my old Twitter followers & people I followed? Seems to be a bit of a slog building my presence here. Not complaining, I'd just love to know if everyone's moved here? I followed some really nice folks on 🐦 - gradually reconnecting...!
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Dear all,
Another blast from my past! Delighted to see @cactuswoman.bsky.social is now on here.
Another great follow, though as her tag implies, if you are a rabid Tory, you may find her responses a little "spiky"!
A lovely soul to boot...
You know what to do please peeps
Another blast from my past! Delighted to see @cactuswoman.bsky.social is now on here.
Another great follow, though as her tag implies, if you are a rabid Tory, you may find her responses a little "spiky"!
A lovely soul to boot...
You know what to do please peeps
December 4, 2024 at 10:31 AM
Dear all,
Another blast from my past! Delighted to see @cactuswoman.bsky.social is now on here.
Another great follow, though as her tag implies, if you are a rabid Tory, you may find her responses a little "spiky"!
A lovely soul to boot...
You know what to do please peeps
Another blast from my past! Delighted to see @cactuswoman.bsky.social is now on here.
Another great follow, though as her tag implies, if you are a rabid Tory, you may find her responses a little "spiky"!
A lovely soul to boot...
You know what to do please peeps
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I now watch US politics as if I'm peering into a completely different moral universe. Constantly surprised by what matters and what doesn't. Sexual assault, racism, idiocy and corruption all OK. Drinking on the job apparently isn't.
Breaking from @nbcnews.com: Pete Hegseth's drinking worried colleagues at Fox News, according to 10 current and former Fox employees. Two said that on more than a dozen occasions they smelled alcohol on him before he went on air. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
Pete Hegseth's drinking worried colleagues at Fox News, sources tell NBC News
Ten current and former Fox employees say Trump’s pick for defense secretary drank in ways that concerned his co-workers. A Trump transition team spokesperson called the claims "completely unfounded an...
www.nbcnews.com
December 4, 2024 at 6:45 AM
I now watch US politics as if I'm peering into a completely different moral universe. Constantly surprised by what matters and what doesn't. Sexual assault, racism, idiocy and corruption all OK. Drinking on the job apparently isn't.
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As a Consultant Clinical Psychologist who works with many people on benefits nationally, let me truth-check #Dispatches:
- Benefits are grossly inadequate
- The system is dehumanising
- Invisible disabilities are as valid as visible ones.
Stop the cruelty. Uplift #benefits.
- Benefits are grossly inadequate
- The system is dehumanising
- Invisible disabilities are as valid as visible ones.
Stop the cruelty. Uplift #benefits.
December 2, 2024 at 7:27 PM
As a Consultant Clinical Psychologist who works with many people on benefits nationally, let me truth-check #Dispatches:
- Benefits are grossly inadequate
- The system is dehumanising
- Invisible disabilities are as valid as visible ones.
Stop the cruelty. Uplift #benefits.
- Benefits are grossly inadequate
- The system is dehumanising
- Invisible disabilities are as valid as visible ones.
Stop the cruelty. Uplift #benefits.
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"We cannot continue to participate in the social network feed of a man who proclaims the death of the media and therefore of journalists... X is a platform that no longer serves the public interest at all, but the special ideological and financial interests of its owner and his political allies"
European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X
The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
December 3, 2024 at 6:22 AM
"We cannot continue to participate in the social network feed of a man who proclaims the death of the media and therefore of journalists... X is a platform that no longer serves the public interest at all, but the special ideological and financial interests of its owner and his political allies"
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"There's been a massive transfer of wealth from the working class, and the middle class to the top 1%" -
@curtisdaly.bsky.social talks about corporate greed
@curtisdaly.bsky.social talks about corporate greed
December 2, 2024 at 12:49 PM
"There's been a massive transfer of wealth from the working class, and the middle class to the top 1%" -
@curtisdaly.bsky.social talks about corporate greed
@curtisdaly.bsky.social talks about corporate greed
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Head of the DOD is managing 3 Million plus people
The piece has tons of devastating details about Hegseth's many, many disqualifying personal traits, but we shouldn't overlook the parts about how he has repeatedly mismanaged every single organization he's led and been driven out of job after job for utter incompetence.
Yikes. A racist, drunken, sexual predator. "A different former employee described Hegseth being at a bar in the early-morning hours of May 29, 2015, while on an official tour through Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, drunkenly chanting “Kill All Muslims! Kill All Muslims!” www.newyorker.com/news/news-de...
December 2, 2024 at 7:43 PM
Head of the DOD is managing 3 Million plus people
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"Caps on political donations are being considered by ministers as part of sweeping reforms to the UK electoral system."
Well, hurry up!
Well, hurry up!
Government may cap UK political donations to limit foreign influence
Proposal comes after billionaire Elon Musk reportedly said he would donate £79m to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2024 at 7:29 PM
"Caps on political donations are being considered by ministers as part of sweeping reforms to the UK electoral system."
Well, hurry up!
Well, hurry up!
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Long overdue
Government may cap political donations to limit foreign influence
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Government may cap UK political donations to limit foreign influence
Proposal comes after billionaire Elon Musk reportedly said he would donate £79m to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2024 at 8:48 PM
Long overdue