Rob Shorrock #FPBE
@robshorrock.bsky.social
Labour & Co-op Cllr for Grantham Springfield. Socialist, European, stoic and rationalist. I also like sharks.
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CARTOON OF THE DAY
(From @mluckovichajc)
(From @mluckovichajc)
November 7, 2025 at 2:01 AM
CARTOON OF THE DAY
(From @mluckovichajc)
(From @mluckovichajc)
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To be clear:
LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.
The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.
This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.
LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.
The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.
This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.
Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids
Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.
abcnews.go.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:54 AM
To be clear:
LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.
The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.
This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.
LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.
The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.
This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.
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Now more than ever, I urge Londoners to stand united in our rejection of hatred.
October 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Now more than ever, I urge Londoners to stand united in our rejection of hatred.
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Lords Heseltine & Kinnock seem more alive to these self-evident truths than most members of the Commons. Similarly, I find thinkers with direct lived experience of far right dictatorship, Greeks of a certain age for example, crystal clear about what’s happening now.
“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”
“Because that’s what they are”
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.
#Newsnight
“Because that’s what they are”
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.
#Newsnight
October 8, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Lords Heseltine & Kinnock seem more alive to these self-evident truths than most members of the Commons. Similarly, I find thinkers with direct lived experience of far right dictatorship, Greeks of a certain age for example, crystal clear about what’s happening now.
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This is a lie.
There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.
But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.
There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.
But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.
October 7, 2025 at 8:03 AM
This is a lie.
There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.
But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.
There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.
But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.
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'If you want to live here, you need to be able to speak the language'
People would have signed this off.
Others will have been shown the product.
Further individuals will have put them in the goodie bags.
How on Earth did nobody spot it?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Others will have been shown the product.
Further individuals will have put them in the goodie bags.
How on Earth did nobody spot it?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Tories set a low bar after misspelling Britain on conference chocolate
Misprinted wrappers pulled from Manchester goodie bags after derision on social media
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 6:09 AM
'If you want to live here, you need to be able to speak the language'
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Thousands came together to show the City’s true character: united, diverse, welcoming of refugees, rejecting hate | Ben Dickenson
Newcastle says no – a city united in kindness and against fascism
Thousands came together to show the City’s true character: united, diverse, welcoming of refugees, rejecting hate
northeastbylines.co.uk
October 2, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Thousands came together to show the City’s true character: united, diverse, welcoming of refugees, rejecting hate | Ben Dickenson
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Nearly five years on, PPE Medpro, the company linked to Michelle Mone, will have to pay back £122m for the defective gowns it sold the government.
Now it’s time to go after the ministers who handed out contracts worth billions to their political chums.
https://bit.ly/46RjgY4
Now it’s time to go after the ministers who handed out contracts worth billions to their political chums.
https://bit.ly/46RjgY4
The PPE scandal is far from over | Good Law Project
The Tory VIP lane was a high road to cronyism, says Henry Marsh.
goodlawproject.org
October 1, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Nearly five years on, PPE Medpro, the company linked to Michelle Mone, will have to pay back £122m for the defective gowns it sold the government.
Now it’s time to go after the ministers who handed out contracts worth billions to their political chums.
https://bit.ly/46RjgY4
Now it’s time to go after the ministers who handed out contracts worth billions to their political chums.
https://bit.ly/46RjgY4
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Let's hope the Government now finds the courage to go against the proper VIP Tory Royalty who also made tens of millions at a time of crisis supplying PPE which was not fit for purpose. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
UK government wins £122m pandemic case against Michelle Mone-linked firm over faulty PPE
Trial hears 25m surgical gowns supplied by PPE Medpro to protect NHS staff were unusable and could ‘seriously harm or kill patients’
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Let's hope the Government now finds the courage to go against the proper VIP Tory Royalty who also made tens of millions at a time of crisis supplying PPE which was not fit for purpose. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
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BBC News - Ex-Reform politician admits Russia-linked bribery charges
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reform UK's ex-Wales leader Nathan Gill admits pro-Russia bribery
Nathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament.
www.bbc.com
September 27, 2025 at 12:15 PM
BBC News - Ex-Reform politician admits Russia-linked bribery charges
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Have uncovered incontrovertable proof of immigrants repeatedly eating spit roasted swans:
The offenders are called Edward Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, son of a German immigrant and his Danish wife Alexandra.
More on this breaking news story as I get it
www.royal-menus.com/kings-britai...
The offenders are called Edward Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, son of a German immigrant and his Danish wife Alexandra.
More on this breaking news story as I get it
www.royal-menus.com/kings-britai...
Edward VII
King of Great Britain
www.royal-menus.com
September 25, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Have uncovered incontrovertable proof of immigrants repeatedly eating spit roasted swans:
The offenders are called Edward Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, son of a German immigrant and his Danish wife Alexandra.
More on this breaking news story as I get it
www.royal-menus.com/kings-britai...
The offenders are called Edward Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, son of a German immigrant and his Danish wife Alexandra.
More on this breaking news story as I get it
www.royal-menus.com/kings-britai...
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They want us fighting so we never notice who is stealing from us all. Don’t get lost in the circus.
August 24, 2025 at 10:24 AM
They want us fighting so we never notice who is stealing from us all. Don’t get lost in the circus.
The Sultana Doctrine: recipe for an ultra-left fiasco open.substack.com/pub/htsf/p/t... Sometimes they just can't help themselves.
The Sultana Doctrine: recipe for an ultra-left fiasco
Far left leader can't decide whether Labour or fascism is the biggest enemy
open.substack.com
August 21, 2025 at 8:06 AM
The Sultana Doctrine: recipe for an ultra-left fiasco open.substack.com/pub/htsf/p/t... Sometimes they just can't help themselves.
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That noise you can hear is Labour running to shove cotton wool in its ears.
@labourlewis.bsky.social @sarahhall-labour.bsky.social @stellacreasy.bsky.social @tandhesi.bsky.social
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
@labourlewis.bsky.social @sarahhall-labour.bsky.social @stellacreasy.bsky.social @tandhesi.bsky.social
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
'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 6:56 AM
That noise you can hear is Labour running to shove cotton wool in its ears.
@labourlewis.bsky.social @sarahhall-labour.bsky.social @stellacreasy.bsky.social @tandhesi.bsky.social
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
@labourlewis.bsky.social @sarahhall-labour.bsky.social @stellacreasy.bsky.social @tandhesi.bsky.social
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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That's a lot of solar panels for a Reform activist...
Spotted in Doncaster by a reader:
Spotted in Doncaster by a reader:
July 29, 2025 at 6:12 PM
That's a lot of solar panels for a Reform activist...
Spotted in Doncaster by a reader:
Spotted in Doncaster by a reader:
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Farage should never be interviewed without being forced to answer for failures of Brexit. That the man whose lies fuelled Brexit vote which has cost UK Billions & who said Liz Truss budget was “best Tory budget since 1986” could be trusted on *anything* is mind-boggling #bbclaura
July 20, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Farage should never be interviewed without being forced to answer for failures of Brexit. That the man whose lies fuelled Brexit vote which has cost UK Billions & who said Liz Truss budget was “best Tory budget since 1986” could be trusted on *anything* is mind-boggling #bbclaura
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Well,
I'm with Bruce Springsteen !
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Well,
I'm with Bruce Springsteen !
💠 👊 💠
July 13, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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Well,
I'm with Bruce Springsteen !
💠 👊 💠
Well,
I'm with Bruce Springsteen !
💠 👊 💠
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inventing a robot that suffers from ennui call that a sighborg
July 13, 2025 at 5:19 AM
inventing a robot that suffers from ennui call that a sighborg
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Sharing my favorite hate mail as it comes in:
"When I google you the only thing that comes up is articles you've written attacking Ocean Ramsey."
I've written over 300 popular press articles and hundreds of blog posts. Two of them are about her.
Google harder.
"When I google you the only thing that comes up is articles you've written attacking Ocean Ramsey."
I've written over 300 popular press articles and hundreds of blog posts. Two of them are about her.
Google harder.
Enough of you asked me about this that I wrote some brief thoughts on Ocean Ramsey's particular brand of pseudoscientific nonsense. I believe this addresses almost all of the frequently asked questions I receive, but as always I am happy to answer serious questions asked in good faith.
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What Ocean Ramsey does is not shark science or conservation: some brief thoughts on “the Shark Whisperer” documentary
Netflix has a new (sarcastic air quotes) “documentary” out about Ocean Ramsey, who longtime readers and followers know is a serial wildlife harasser who also coordinates massive online …
www.southernfriedscience.com
July 7, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Sharing my favorite hate mail as it comes in:
"When I google you the only thing that comes up is articles you've written attacking Ocean Ramsey."
I've written over 300 popular press articles and hundreds of blog posts. Two of them are about her.
Google harder.
"When I google you the only thing that comes up is articles you've written attacking Ocean Ramsey."
I've written over 300 popular press articles and hundreds of blog posts. Two of them are about her.
Google harder.
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“Stop defending #Brexit fantasy & start telling the truth…many who led the charge for Brexit have pivoted without pause. Some now appear on GB News decrying the unfairness of being undercut — ignoring their role in creating the very conditions they now condemn.” www.fwi.co.uk/news/opinion...
Opinion: Stop defending Brexit fantasy and start telling the truth - Farmers Weekly
In the years since Brexit, British agriculture has become caught in a peculiar double bind. We’re told to look forward, not back. To embrace change. To
www.fwi.co.uk
June 29, 2025 at 8:23 AM
“Stop defending #Brexit fantasy & start telling the truth…many who led the charge for Brexit have pivoted without pause. Some now appear on GB News decrying the unfairness of being undercut — ignoring their role in creating the very conditions they now condemn.” www.fwi.co.uk/news/opinion...