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Lynsey Watts
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Loves cats, cake and tea
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The black hole in Durham County Council’s budget has grown by £11.1mn in the past two months under the control of Reform UK.

Its cabinet has been forced to approve a £10mn list of cuts.
Reform cabinet backs £10mn cuts to start filling Durham’s growing black hole
Reform is now learning that running a big council is not as easy as it probably thought
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Lovely weekend in London. Tom McRae at Shepherd’s Bush Empire, Banksy Exhibition and the absolutely brilliant Fast Show at the Palladium. Oh and cracking crumble at the Between Two Bridges.
November 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I may have listened to this several times today.
The BBC Scotland commentary for Kenny McLean’s halfway line goal is glorious. Stuff of dreams. 🔥

Congratulations #Scotland, see you at the World Cup.
November 19, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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The Kramatorsk Diaries part 35
#Ukraine #Kramatorsk #Putin
@noosphereapp

paulconroy.substack.com/p/the-kramat...
The Kramatorsk Diaries part 35
Boiling Frogs...
paulconroy.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
October 31, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Since my decision to stop posting to X/Twitter, and restarting here, the project has lost 2k+ followers.

It’s disheartening, but the project is 10yrs old this year, and I hope it’ll be around for 10 more.

To those who have stuck with us, and to those new to the project, thank you.

We can rebuild.
March 10, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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He's a journalist like I'm a part-time lettuce farmer from Utrecht called Volslagen Onzin
September 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Appalled to see this image of Donald Trump and the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein projected onto Windsor Castle.

Please... for the love of all that is good, do not share it on all your social media channels... because it simply wouldn't be done to remind the world of the association
September 17, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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Given the context and the crowd, despite Musk’s weasel words, this was a call for violence against the British state, from a foreign national who controls a major propaganda engine, and has engineered it to monetise hate
September 13, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Foreign billionaires don’t get to incite violence against Britain.

We cannot stay silent. 1/5

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Elon Musk calls for change of UK government at Tommy Robinson rally
Elon Musk spoke with Tommy Robinson via a video link to the thousands of people at Saturday’s ‘unite the kingdom’ rally
www.independent.co.uk
September 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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The Brits are experts in satire! A van is currently following JD Vance during his English vacations. So is JD now sure that there is no free speech in the UK?
August 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Breaking: GB News reveals presenters for flagship cookery programme :
July 15, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Just been to see The Human League at Llangollen and they were amazing. Not a great photo but I loved them.
July 5, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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subscriptions >>> shop.viz.co.uk/viz346bs
July 2, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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In the coming weeks a bill will go through Parliament where MPs will vote on proposed cuts to disabled people’s social security

An analysis by @trusselluk.bsky.social shows if it passes 440,000 disabled people & their families will be forced into severe hardship

Ask your MP to vote against it
I’m joining @trusselluk.bsky.social in calling on the government to rethink its cruel, shameful & completely irresponsible plan to cut benefits which will plunge 250,000 people, including 50,000 children into poverty - on its own impact analysis

This is how you can help

youtu.be/XrX4dF3wqt0?...
I’m joining Trussell in calling on the Gov’t to rethink its cruel & shameful plan to cut benefits
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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June 22, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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Following a rich white man to war because you didn’t like the sound of a black woman laughing will go down in American history as one of the stupidest things ever.
June 22, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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Reform is a Limited Company

Farage owns 53%

It was formed in 2019 to push for a “no-deal Brexit”

It wants to reintroduce the Liz Truss budget

It wants to privatise the NHS

& invest in fossil fuels

Close the BBC

& break International law

It’s a scam

Please retweet widely
May 16, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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Britain, a trading nation, now has a vital choice to make about its priority trading partners:

- the EU, where agreements are made, kept, reciprocal, based on international norms, & enforced by a court

- the USA, where agreements are made, broken, changed & broken again at a whim, with no recourse
April 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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🌍 "Labour’s ‘red lines’ on its relationship reset with the European Union, including no return to the Single Market or the EU Customs Union, must now be revisited and revised.”
Chancellor must ‘supercharge EU reset’ to escape economic black holes
"Getting the UK back in the Single Market and the Customs Union is a prerequisite for creating sustained growth that can improve opportunities for British people across the board"
northeastbylines.co.uk
March 28, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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White House says no one will be fired over the Signal scandal because no one involved was trying to cure cancer.
March 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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I agree there was a bit of fawning, but to me Starmer also looked like a paramedic trying to gently handle a mad methed up man toddler running amok in a shopping centre. “Come on mate, just put your trousers on and you can come have tea with the King, look, he invited you!”
February 27, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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February 23, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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🔴‘I Asked Nigel Farage’s Supporters What They Really Want and the Answers Were Alarming’

My time spent mingling with Reform supporters online revealed a lot about where the UK could be heading next, argues David Goff

bylinetimes.com/2025/02/20/r...
'I Asked Nigel Farage’s Supporters What They Really Want and the Answers Were Alarming'
My time spent mingling with Reform supporters online revealed a lot about where the UK could be heading next, argues David Goff
bylinetimes.com
February 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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To the right-wing pundits crowing over Vance's speech: if you are really "less worried" about a dictator-state that's invaded its neighbour, killed tens of thousands of people, reduced cities to rubble & engaged in mass rape and child abduction, than you are about "wokery", then you are truly lost.
February 14, 2025 at 11:12 PM