Paul State
@paulstate654.bsky.social
Happily married, work in IT.
Anti-Brexit, anti-Tories, anti-Trump, anti-Qlon Musk
#FBPE
Anti-Brexit, anti-Tories, anti-Trump, anti-Qlon Musk
#FBPE
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Starmer: this is "incalculable damage"
I've just come from the hospital where my mam is at the moment having had a fall. The staff are Indian, Pakistani, African, Filipino, Irish, Spanish etc. in fact the hospital had an enormous drive to get people from the Philippines to move here to work.
May 12, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Starmer: this is "incalculable damage"
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Those who are uncomfortable with this Labour immigration announcement, but think it's necessary to satisfy Reform voters, this is for you.
You will not satisfy. You will never satisfy.
You will not satisfy. You will never satisfy.
May 12, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Those who are uncomfortable with this Labour immigration announcement, but think it's necessary to satisfy Reform voters, this is for you.
You will not satisfy. You will never satisfy.
You will not satisfy. You will never satisfy.
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Enraging to have grown up around working class black people who came to the UK and broke themselves for it only to be told that their host nation still has “legitimate concerns” about them being there.
May 12, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Enraging to have grown up around working class black people who came to the UK and broke themselves for it only to be told that their host nation still has “legitimate concerns” about them being there.
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Appalling speech by Starmer. Dishonest, inhumane and most of all, cowardly.
Enraging to have grown up around working class black people who came to the UK and broke themselves for it only to be told that their host nation still has “legitimate concerns” about them being there.
May 12, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Appalling speech by Starmer. Dishonest, inhumane and most of all, cowardly.
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Well so much for that “Brexit benefit”.
Really didn’t last long.
Really didn’t last long.
Britain’s tariff burden worse than EU
British products are subject to higher total US import taxes than those from Continent
www.telegraph.co.uk
May 6, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Well so much for that “Brexit benefit”.
Really didn’t last long.
Really didn’t last long.
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Unimpressive that this is based on an overturned judgment - Blue Labour folks becoming Trumpian in their willingness to tell untruths about migration - rozenberg.substack.com/p/who-needs-it
May 3, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Unimpressive that this is based on an overturned judgment - Blue Labour folks becoming Trumpian in their willingness to tell untruths about migration - rozenberg.substack.com/p/who-needs-it
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Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago:
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
New images could change cancer diagnostics, but ICE detained the Harvard scientist who analyzes them
Without scientist Kseniia Petrova’s expertise, no one can fully unlock the data’s potential, putting crucial advancements in early cancer detection at risk.
www.nbcnews.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago:
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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It's interesting that Reform's councillor gains almost exactly equal Tory losses, and LibDem and Green gains almost exactly equal Labour losses.
May 2, 2025 at 5:58 PM
It's interesting that Reform's councillor gains almost exactly equal Tory losses, and LibDem and Green gains almost exactly equal Labour losses.
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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says she will speak to Trump and the National Security team about whether the US can offer political asylum to British citizens fleeing UK free speech laws.
Reality: UK law does not restrict free speech - only incitement to hate, violence and terror.
Reality: UK law does not restrict free speech - only incitement to hate, violence and terror.
April 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says she will speak to Trump and the National Security team about whether the US can offer political asylum to British citizens fleeing UK free speech laws.
Reality: UK law does not restrict free speech - only incitement to hate, violence and terror.
Reality: UK law does not restrict free speech - only incitement to hate, violence and terror.
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In the 1900s about 18% or nearly one in five American children died before their fifth birthday. Mostly from preventable infectious diseases.
Today less than 1% of children die before the age of 5.
If you think more kids dying is a moral good that's on you
Today less than 1% of children die before the age of 5.
If you think more kids dying is a moral good that's on you
April 30, 2025 at 12:56 AM
In the 1900s about 18% or nearly one in five American children died before their fifth birthday. Mostly from preventable infectious diseases.
Today less than 1% of children die before the age of 5.
If you think more kids dying is a moral good that's on you
Today less than 1% of children die before the age of 5.
If you think more kids dying is a moral good that's on you
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April 28, 2025: Migrants are making SOS signs out of their bodies so drones can see them at our country's concentration camps.
April 30, 2025 at 7:08 PM
April 28, 2025: Migrants are making SOS signs out of their bodies so drones can see them at our country's concentration camps.
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Funny how the paperwork only matters when it’s a woman or minority voter.
April 25, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Funny how the paperwork only matters when it’s a woman or minority voter.
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"The government’s planning and infrastructure bill is the worst assault on England’s ecosystems in living memory. It erases decades of environmental protections, including legislation we inherited from the EU, which even the Tories promised to uphold." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Labour’s great nature sellout is the worst attack on England’s ecosystems I’ve seen in my lifetime | George Monbiot
The horrifying planning bill, which rips up environmental protections, was drafted with CEOs in mind. We know because Keir Starmer told us, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
April 25, 2025 at 7:06 AM
"The government’s planning and infrastructure bill is the worst assault on England’s ecosystems in living memory. It erases decades of environmental protections, including legislation we inherited from the EU, which even the Tories promised to uphold." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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These cases will never survive federal courts overseen by federal judges...which means at some point I'm pretty sure they're going to resort to military tribunals or kangaroo courts in soccer stadiums
Bondi declares war on the courts: "What has happened to our judiciary is beyond me ... they are deranged ... we are sending a very strong message today ... we will come after you and we will prosecute you. We will find you."
April 25, 2025 at 6:53 PM
These cases will never survive federal courts overseen by federal judges...which means at some point I'm pretty sure they're going to resort to military tribunals or kangaroo courts in soccer stadiums
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It's not even an exaggeration. The same guidance bans trans women from women's bathrooms and trans men from men's bathrooms. They then said trans women can be banned from men's bathrooms and trans men from women's bathrooms. Trans people literally cannot use any bathroom.
April 25, 2025 at 9:47 PM
It's not even an exaggeration. The same guidance bans trans women from women's bathrooms and trans men from men's bathrooms. They then said trans women can be banned from men's bathrooms and trans men from women's bathrooms. Trans people literally cannot use any bathroom.
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Maybe federal judges will realize it's time to stop dicking around and time to start throwing people in jail themselves.
April 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Maybe federal judges will realize it's time to stop dicking around and time to start throwing people in jail themselves.
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They’re just joking, right? He has no plans to violate the constitution and try and stay in office, right?
Right?
Right?
April 25, 2025 at 3:31 AM
They’re just joking, right? He has no plans to violate the constitution and try and stay in office, right?
Right?
Right?
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THE SOCIAL NETWORK was not harsh enough toward zuck
“‘Mommy, the guy who’s been giving money to our school doesn’t want to give it to us anymore,’” he told her.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
The Zuckerbergs Founded Two Bay Area Schools. Now They’re Closing.
Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, opened the schools to help communities of color. Some families wonder if the shutting of the schools is related to his D.E.I. retrenchment.
www.nytimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 11:41 AM
THE SOCIAL NETWORK was not harsh enough toward zuck
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Once you disregard the legal rights of immigrants, everything is on the table
Today, they are arresting judges
Tomorrow it could be Democratic members of Congress
Today, they are arresting judges
Tomorrow it could be Democratic members of Congress
April 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Once you disregard the legal rights of immigrants, everything is on the table
Today, they are arresting judges
Tomorrow it could be Democratic members of Congress
Today, they are arresting judges
Tomorrow it could be Democratic members of Congress
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"When an authoritarian tells you he’s going to do something, believe him. Each outlandish statement is a trial balloon, one step closer to action. And when people don’t push back...the boundaries...permanently shift."
Vital piece:
Vital piece:
A Ticking Clock on American Freedom
It’s later than you think, but it’s not too late.
www.theatlantic.com
April 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
"When an authoritarian tells you he’s going to do something, believe him. Each outlandish statement is a trial balloon, one step closer to action. And when people don’t push back...the boundaries...permanently shift."
Vital piece:
Vital piece:
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Beyond parody headline in the NYT. Can't decide whether they're deliberately trolling us at this point, or whether they need to fire all their headline writers.
April 22, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Beyond parody headline in the NYT. Can't decide whether they're deliberately trolling us at this point, or whether they need to fire all their headline writers.
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AOC: I saw on Fox, Jeanine Pirro says that they found so many babies and two year olds and four year olds receiving social security. I got a notice for you Jeanine Pirro: those babies receive social security because their parents died. That’s not a waste. That’s humanity. That’s America.
April 16, 2025 at 2:20 AM
AOC: I saw on Fox, Jeanine Pirro says that they found so many babies and two year olds and four year olds receiving social security. I got a notice for you Jeanine Pirro: those babies receive social security because their parents died. That’s not a waste. That’s humanity. That’s America.
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First they came for the innocent man deported to a Salvadoran gulag on an “administrative error” they falsely claim they’re powerless to reverse, flouting court orders even from the Supreme Court — and I spoke out, because I know how the damn poem ends.
April 15, 2025 at 3:50 AM
First they came for the innocent man deported to a Salvadoran gulag on an “administrative error” they falsely claim they’re powerless to reverse, flouting court orders even from the Supreme Court — and I spoke out, because I know how the damn poem ends.
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The US and EU are both closing the loophole that allows substandard goods to be dumped without paying tax - harming consumers and local businesses. Why won't Labour? www.thetimes.com/article/f04d...
Retailers urge action to stop Chinese fast-fashion flooding into UK
The British Retail Consortium says ‘de minimis’ tax rule should be scrapped to bar retailers like Shein and Temu from dumping US stock in Britain
www.thetimes.com
April 15, 2025 at 5:30 AM
The US and EU are both closing the loophole that allows substandard goods to be dumped without paying tax - harming consumers and local businesses. Why won't Labour? www.thetimes.com/article/f04d...