ThisLad ThatLad
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ThisLad ThatLad
@thisladthatlad.bsky.social
- UK and international politics watcher
- Software Engineer and Solutions Architecture
- Wannabe DJ/Producer (jungle, breakbeat hardcore, UKG)
- Daddy to the cutest little bean imaginable.
Reform: They’re throwing their passports over the side of the boat before they get here so we don’t know where they’re from

Also Reform: we will send them back to the country they come from
September 7, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The Daily Mail has nicked somebody else’s reporting:

youtu.be/0NHv6owsCvw?...
Why do UK supermarkets have clock towers?
YouTube video by Chris Spargo
youtu.be
May 31, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Couldn’t agree less.

“What cards does he have?” should be reworded “what does he have to lose?”.

The Trump regime have strongly indicated they’ll appease Putin, so VZ will lose territory now, precious minerals, and his whole country come the next invasion - why would he accept Trump’s mafia offer?
March 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
And does anybody think every one of
Those 2m Palestinians will just take this lying down.. what happens when they refuse, does Trump send his military in?
February 5, 2025 at 1:16 AM
may be terrorists within the 2million”.

That’s convenient,just send them to Jordan and Egypt then who
I’m sure won’t mind the same terrorists in their country.

Will Trump’s new Dubai-on-Med resort be a target for investment if it’s a target for attack, (which it will be from day 1 as stolen land)?
February 5, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Nail on the head.

I think this mindset explains everything from anti-woke movements to Brexit and Trump.
February 1, 2025 at 8:02 PM
don’t like (aggression, bullying, thin-skin) more than somebody with traits I do like (politeness, calmness, fairness) due to one being “posh and privileged”and the other being “working class”, well that would be the definition of snobbery
January 27, 2025 at 11:07 AM
On the contrary, I respected Alexander much more than Leanne based on what I saw of their respective behaviour and interactions with others, regardless of their backgrounds (of which I have no clue nor interest as a factor), or how I might perceive their class.
If I respected somebody with traits I
January 27, 2025 at 11:07 AM
I disagree that being nice &well-mannered deserves less respect than being “tough&no-nonsense”. Leanne spent most of the series talking nonsense IMO and seemingly unable to control her emotions; Alex was always calm and considered. That deserves much more respect from me, regardless of class label
January 27, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Colombia exports gas, oil, coal, coffee, bananas and more to the US. How will US citizens react to a 25% price increase in the prices of those products?

Many are consumer products but many others act as the lubricants of the US economy so tariffs will affect both countries negatively.
January 26, 2025 at 7:45 PM
And… if the effect is highly negative on Colombia, it will simply
mean more poverty in that country which already struggles with a huge wealth gap, and in turn create even more northward migration
January 26, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Colombia exports gas, oil, coal, coffee, bananas and more to the US. How will US citizens react to a 25% price increase in the prices of those products?

Many are consumer products but many others act as the lubricants of the US economy so tariffs will affect both countries negatively.
January 26, 2025 at 7:23 PM