lroding
lroding.bsky.social
lroding
@lroding.bsky.social
Male, Happily married
Secularist, Socialist
Pro Europe,
Proportional Representation, Human & Other Species Rights,
(I'm Guardian of two, lovely canine companions)
I always followback like minded people.
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Reminder: we don't need Ghislaine Maxwell to get to the truth.

It's sitting in files inside the DOJ that they could release TODAY.

She is a liar, a child rapist, and a sex trafficker.

Blanche is meeting with her to buy her silence, nothing more.
July 25, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Turns out the best way to make a deal to get out of your child sex trafficking conviction is to have one of your clients get elected president.
July 26, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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Scottish Labour MSPs heap pressure on Starmer to recognise Palestinian state

21 Scottish Labour MSPs, including deputy leader Jackie Baillie, have signed a statement urging the prime minister to recognise Palestine

news.sky.com/story/scotti...
Scottish Labour MSPs heap pressure on Starmer to recognise Palestinian state
Some 21 Scottish Labour MSPs, including deputy leader Jackie Baillie, have signed a statement urging the prime minister to recognise Palestine.
news.sky.com
July 26, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Private companies are polluting our rivers, hiking up bills, and failing to deliver. 82% of us want public ownership – let’s make it happen!
Sign the open letter now & demand action! 👉
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pu...
Put Public Ownership of Water Back on the Table
Privatisation of water isn’t failing - it is the failure. The Government is mid-way through a major review of the water sector. But so far, it has refused to consider a potential solution that’s backe...
you.38degrees.org.uk
April 1, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Privatised water has failed. Just look at your water bills or the sewage pouring into our rivers. Steve Reed - include public ownership as an option in your independent commission on the water sector. Sign the petition

weownit.org.uk/act-now/stev...
Steve Reed: include public ownership as an option in your independent commission on the water sector. | We Own It
Steve Reed must put public ownership back on the table.
weownit.org.uk
February 28, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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EVERY. WORD. OF. THIS.
November 27, 2024 at 7:42 PM
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As I have somehow surpassed 7k followers on here I thought it might be nice to do a giveaway: All 7 of my books to one lovely winner. Just share and like to be in with a chance! 😁📚
November 28, 2024 at 11:10 AM
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November 27, 2024 at 11:08 PM
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Interesting take on Jack Smith dropping the Trump prosecutions (swearing alert); Smith has effectively placed the case in stasis so it can be resurrected in the future: open.substack.com/pub/thefucki...
No, Jack Smith Didn’t Kill the Trump Case (He Saved It)
The prosecution of Donald Trump couldn't be resurrected unless it died first
open.substack.com
November 28, 2024 at 8:09 AM
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Melanie Phillips:

"The UN is in bed with Hamas"

Why are the BBC platforming this fool, allowing these insaine conspiracys a voice is just validating those who believe them

#PoliticsLive
November 28, 2024 at 9:33 AM
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Like many other parts of the world, the UK is in the firm grip of an epidemic of disinformation and misinformation. An important read

northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...
How the UK became a nation of misinformation and disinformation
Like many other parts of the world, the UK is in the firm grip of an epidemic of disinformation and misinformation
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 28, 2024 at 11:24 AM
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It will probably come as no surprise to anyone to hear that Elon Musk has now admitted that X (formerly Twitter) is throttling link-based posts, essentially stifling news articles on the social media platform. Thankfully we now have @bsky.app

newrepublic.com/post/188794/...
Elon Musk Admits X Is Making It Harder for People to Read News
The world’s richest man has finally admitted he’s essentially censoring news articles on X.
newrepublic.com
November 28, 2024 at 9:14 AM
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Just a reminder of the dishonesty and hypocrisy of the #Tory liars. In this case, Iain Duncan Smith, now Sir IDS, so lacking in genuine academic qualifications that he made them up. And then became leader of the Party.

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November 24, 2024 at 3:02 PM
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“I think the [winter fuel payment] means testing was too tight..to set it at pensioners who have annual income of less than £11,400 is too tight”

Martin Lewis says the winter fuel payment should have been extended to those pensioners with around “£20,000-25,000” annual income
November 23, 2024 at 11:00 AM