Tris Stock 🇵🇸
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We don't now, and never have had a meaningful democracy in the UK. Without democracy, then, whither freedom?
Socialist, procrastinator and (former) spaniel wrangler in Penzance, Cornwall.
User number: 402,198
Socialist, procrastinator and (former) spaniel wrangler in Penzance, Cornwall.
User number: 402,198
John Craven's "and finally..." lives on, as BBC news insists on placing such stories on the front page of their website. Just, without the jaunty 'bit of fun' look.
December 3, 2025 at 10:25 AM
John Craven's "and finally..." lives on, as BBC news insists on placing such stories on the front page of their website. Just, without the jaunty 'bit of fun' look.
I understand why Tehran may be in a water crisis, but Kent? Give me a break.
December 3, 2025 at 10:19 AM
I understand why Tehran may be in a water crisis, but Kent? Give me a break.
I wonder if someone could be considered Ultra-non Orthodox. And, perhaps more importantly, if our bastion of fair and balanced media would write a derisory anti-freedom-of-religion article about it if they were.
December 3, 2025 at 9:52 AM
I wonder if someone could be considered Ultra-non Orthodox. And, perhaps more importantly, if our bastion of fair and balanced media would write a derisory anti-freedom-of-religion article about it if they were.
This, right here, this is what we need to get a handle on.
December 1, 2025 at 6:53 PM
This, right here, this is what we need to get a handle on.
Well, would you? I need to know.
Personally, I think a cottage pie would be inconsiderate, but a shortcrust Cornish pasty would be more modish.
Thank you, BBC News, for raising this gnarly issue.
Personally, I think a cottage pie would be inconsiderate, but a shortcrust Cornish pasty would be more modish.
Thank you, BBC News, for raising this gnarly issue.
December 1, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Well, would you? I need to know.
Personally, I think a cottage pie would be inconsiderate, but a shortcrust Cornish pasty would be more modish.
Thank you, BBC News, for raising this gnarly issue.
Personally, I think a cottage pie would be inconsiderate, but a shortcrust Cornish pasty would be more modish.
Thank you, BBC News, for raising this gnarly issue.
No, it's not.
The political class's encroaching fascism is what is tearing the country apart.
"Othering" is just one of the heinous indicators of fascism, and this govt is tilting windmills into all of them.
If I ran the country, I'd make them all crimes against humanity.
The political class's encroaching fascism is what is tearing the country apart.
"Othering" is just one of the heinous indicators of fascism, and this govt is tilting windmills into all of them.
If I ran the country, I'd make them all crimes against humanity.
November 16, 2025 at 1:57 PM
No, it's not.
The political class's encroaching fascism is what is tearing the country apart.
"Othering" is just one of the heinous indicators of fascism, and this govt is tilting windmills into all of them.
If I ran the country, I'd make them all crimes against humanity.
The political class's encroaching fascism is what is tearing the country apart.
"Othering" is just one of the heinous indicators of fascism, and this govt is tilting windmills into all of them.
If I ran the country, I'd make them all crimes against humanity.
No one is asking how it came to be for sale?
Surely the person who made that decision is the real threat to national security?
Surely the person who made that decision is the real threat to national security?
October 15, 2025 at 8:02 PM
No one is asking how it came to be for sale?
Surely the person who made that decision is the real threat to national security?
Surely the person who made that decision is the real threat to national security?
There is no way back for Labour. It is corrupt to the core.
October 15, 2025 at 2:35 PM
There is no way back for Labour. It is corrupt to the core.
Tom English (that's his real name) works as BBC Scotland's chief sports writer, and doesn't appear to know what the English word 'chronic' means.
Yes, there are more important issues, but don't the BBC have editors any longer?
Yes, there are more important issues, but don't the BBC have editors any longer?
October 10, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Tom English (that's his real name) works as BBC Scotland's chief sports writer, and doesn't appear to know what the English word 'chronic' means.
Yes, there are more important issues, but don't the BBC have editors any longer?
Yes, there are more important issues, but don't the BBC have editors any longer?
Why should they do what Starmer wants?
UK pro-Palestinian protests are directed towards him as much as they are Israel.
His unevidenced claim they have been used to attack British Jews is a disgusting sleight, used as cover for his own depravity.
UK pro-Palestinian protests are directed towards him as much as they are Israel.
His unevidenced claim they have been used to attack British Jews is a disgusting sleight, used as cover for his own depravity.
October 7, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Why should they do what Starmer wants?
UK pro-Palestinian protests are directed towards him as much as they are Israel.
His unevidenced claim they have been used to attack British Jews is a disgusting sleight, used as cover for his own depravity.
UK pro-Palestinian protests are directed towards him as much as they are Israel.
His unevidenced claim they have been used to attack British Jews is a disgusting sleight, used as cover for his own depravity.
What on earth do British Jews have to do with Israel’s continued genocide against Palestinians?
Starmer is the most pronounced antisemite I have ever encountered.
Starmer is the most pronounced antisemite I have ever encountered.
October 4, 2025 at 10:08 AM
What on earth do British Jews have to do with Israel’s continued genocide against Palestinians?
Starmer is the most pronounced antisemite I have ever encountered.
Starmer is the most pronounced antisemite I have ever encountered.
Recognising the plight of a people to protection from violence is un-British now, according to our govt. Then pull the security from synagogues.
It is antisemitic to conflate Jewishness with Israel, as if they were one and the same, so Mahmood's statement means our govt is antisemitic.
It is antisemitic to conflate Jewishness with Israel, as if they were one and the same, so Mahmood's statement means our govt is antisemitic.
October 3, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Recognising the plight of a people to protection from violence is un-British now, according to our govt. Then pull the security from synagogues.
It is antisemitic to conflate Jewishness with Israel, as if they were one and the same, so Mahmood's statement means our govt is antisemitic.
It is antisemitic to conflate Jewishness with Israel, as if they were one and the same, so Mahmood's statement means our govt is antisemitic.
BBC headline story:
October 1, 2025 at 8:37 AM
BBC headline story:
It should go without saying, but this isn't how peace is negotiated.
The genocidal party negotiating a deal with a fascist non-actor, and no input from the occupied people being wiped out, is not a peace deal.
It's another step up in the pace of the fascist genocide.
The genocidal party negotiating a deal with a fascist non-actor, and no input from the occupied people being wiped out, is not a peace deal.
It's another step up in the pace of the fascist genocide.
September 29, 2025 at 9:08 PM
It should go without saying, but this isn't how peace is negotiated.
The genocidal party negotiating a deal with a fascist non-actor, and no input from the occupied people being wiped out, is not a peace deal.
It's another step up in the pace of the fascist genocide.
The genocidal party negotiating a deal with a fascist non-actor, and no input from the occupied people being wiped out, is not a peace deal.
It's another step up in the pace of the fascist genocide.
Driving back from my yard. Had to stop for a moment.
September 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Driving back from my yard. Had to stop for a moment.
Ain’t capitalism grand?
The people have to bail out companies that have failed to sufficiently diversify, in order to prop up an Indian manufacturer that refused to sell anything for a year?
Free market goons are insane.
The people have to bail out companies that have failed to sufficiently diversify, in order to prop up an Indian manufacturer that refused to sell anything for a year?
Free market goons are insane.
September 25, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Ain’t capitalism grand?
The people have to bail out companies that have failed to sufficiently diversify, in order to prop up an Indian manufacturer that refused to sell anything for a year?
Free market goons are insane.
The people have to bail out companies that have failed to sufficiently diversify, in order to prop up an Indian manufacturer that refused to sell anything for a year?
Free market goons are insane.
Meanwhile, not a week later...
September 20, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Meanwhile, not a week later...
No one told me I have to share my new yard with the locals.
September 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
No one told me I have to share my new yard with the locals.
Characteristics of a 'Sick Man'.
Tbf, this characterises nearly all European states.
Tbf, this characterises nearly all European states.
September 19, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Characteristics of a 'Sick Man'.
Tbf, this characterises nearly all European states.
Tbf, this characterises nearly all European states.
No reasonable individual, not least the boss of the BBC, would utter such a one-dimensional and absurd perspective.
September 15, 2025 at 8:21 PM
No reasonable individual, not least the boss of the BBC, would utter such a one-dimensional and absurd perspective.
This is an unadulterated and objective war crime.
Have they worn you down to antipathy yet?
Have they worn you down to antipathy yet?
July 20, 2025 at 2:33 PM
This is an unadulterated and objective war crime.
Have they worn you down to antipathy yet?
Have they worn you down to antipathy yet?
Aw shucks! The Pope is sad.
July 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Aw shucks! The Pope is sad.