The Snapdragon
@yddraigsnap.bsky.social
Getting on a bit. Accidentally swapped city working for rural Wales. Miss IKEA though. Of is not a verb. Same school of thought as Kathy Burke when it comes to being woke. Posting anonymously until I retire 😎
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Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Man with stubble, "Small boats arrivals are 37,000. There are over 4 million kids in child poverty. And 4.5 million who can't get a dentist appointment" #BBCQT
"We spend 90% of the media discourse on the 37,000. How much more could we achieve if we put that effort into the 4.5 million?"
"We spend 90% of the media discourse on the 37,000. How much more could we achieve if we put that effort into the 4.5 million?"
October 30, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Man with stubble, "Small boats arrivals are 37,000. There are over 4 million kids in child poverty. And 4.5 million who can't get a dentist appointment" #BBCQT
"We spend 90% of the media discourse on the 37,000. How much more could we achieve if we put that effort into the 4.5 million?"
"We spend 90% of the media discourse on the 37,000. How much more could we achieve if we put that effort into the 4.5 million?"
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Wishing all my friends in the United States a happy National Cat Day. We don't have a National Cat Day in the UK, just a National Cat. Me.
(Pic @pjrfoto.bsky.social)
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October 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Wishing all my friends in the United States a happy National Cat Day. We don't have a National Cat Day in the UK, just a National Cat. Me.
(Pic @pjrfoto.bsky.social)
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Milei looks like all the cast of Are You Being Served in one
October 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Milei looks like all the cast of Are You Being Served in one
Siri, can you give me an example of modern day Britishness...
www.threads.com/@pictures.of...
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SJR (@pictures.of.sue) on Threads
Orange dude: „We are respected by everyone. We are the hottest country in the world.“
UK 🇬🇧: “Heyyyyy Donald Trump (ooh, ahh), I wanna know-oh-oh-oh-oh, why you’re such a c*nt.”
Omg, THIS is the big...
www.threads.com
September 17, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Siri, can you give me an example of modern day Britishness...
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Lib Dem leader Ed Davey: “I've written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage, urging them to join me in condemning Elon Musk's dangerous remarks inciting violence yesterday.
“As leaders, we must stand together and make clear Musk will face serious consequences for these actions.”
“As leaders, we must stand together and make clear Musk will face serious consequences for these actions.”
September 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Lib Dem leader Ed Davey: “I've written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage, urging them to join me in condemning Elon Musk's dangerous remarks inciting violence yesterday.
“As leaders, we must stand together and make clear Musk will face serious consequences for these actions.”
“As leaders, we must stand together and make clear Musk will face serious consequences for these actions.”
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A man at Tommy Robinson’s Unite the Kingdom rally in London threatened Keir Starmer, saying he should be “assassinated.”
HOPE not hate said speeches were “extraordinarily extreme” as violence broke out and police faced projectiles.
#London
HOPE not hate said speeches were “extraordinarily extreme” as violence broke out and police faced projectiles.
#London
September 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
A man at Tommy Robinson’s Unite the Kingdom rally in London threatened Keir Starmer, saying he should be “assassinated.”
HOPE not hate said speeches were “extraordinarily extreme” as violence broke out and police faced projectiles.
#London
HOPE not hate said speeches were “extraordinarily extreme” as violence broke out and police faced projectiles.
#London
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The European Convention on Human Rights should provide that in the UK it should be now known as the Winston Churchill Convention on Human Rights.
August 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The European Convention on Human Rights should provide that in the UK it should be now known as the Winston Churchill Convention on Human Rights.
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A clear proof that immigration salience has little direct connection to overall numbers
Net migration did not fall when salience fell from 56% to 5% from 2016-19
Net migration tripled between 2019-22: salience stayed low
As net migration halved/fell by two-thirds, 2022-25, salience tripled
Net migration did not fall when salience fell from 56% to 5% from 2016-19
Net migration tripled between 2019-22: salience stayed low
As net migration halved/fell by two-thirds, 2022-25, salience tripled
August 23, 2025 at 7:41 AM
A clear proof that immigration salience has little direct connection to overall numbers
Net migration did not fall when salience fell from 56% to 5% from 2016-19
Net migration tripled between 2019-22: salience stayed low
As net migration halved/fell by two-thirds, 2022-25, salience tripled
Net migration did not fall when salience fell from 56% to 5% from 2016-19
Net migration tripled between 2019-22: salience stayed low
As net migration halved/fell by two-thirds, 2022-25, salience tripled
A tangent I know but I keep wondering what Gregg Wallace is doing on Fox News 😁
Velshi: The latest fox poll shows 80% of registered voters have been following the Epstein case. Of the people who've been following the case, only 13% believe the Trump administration has been open and transparent. The Epstein scandal will not be going away anytime soon
July 26, 2025 at 10:17 AM
A tangent I know but I keep wondering what Gregg Wallace is doing on Fox News 😁
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Worth a read.
Teen models, powerful men and private dinners: when Trump hosted Look of the Year
In the early 90s, Donald Trump judged contestants at the world’s biggest modelling competition - since hit by allegations of abuse. This is how the people who were there remember it
www.theguardian.com
July 20, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Worth a read.
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The typical pensioner and typical child’s household income were once very similar, but have diverged.
In cash terms, the equivalised household income gap between pensioners and children has grown from roughly zero in the early 2000s to over £5,000 by 2023-24 and potentially over £7,000 by 2029-30.
In cash terms, the equivalised household income gap between pensioners and children has grown from roughly zero in the early 2000s to over £5,000 by 2023-24 and potentially over £7,000 by 2029-30.
July 10, 2025 at 11:24 AM
The typical pensioner and typical child’s household income were once very similar, but have diverged.
In cash terms, the equivalised household income gap between pensioners and children has grown from roughly zero in the early 2000s to over £5,000 by 2023-24 and potentially over £7,000 by 2029-30.
In cash terms, the equivalised household income gap between pensioners and children has grown from roughly zero in the early 2000s to over £5,000 by 2023-24 and potentially over £7,000 by 2029-30.
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It's not just about the broken trust between writer and reader, or all the time, energy and unfounded faith invested by booksellers, but it's also about the important stories still unheard of those living with illness and homelessness that could have been elevated by the industry instead.
I spent months on this investigation and gathered docs from the UK courts, Land Registry and a French local authority, to show that Raynor and Moth Winn's story is not as they claim. @tortoisemedia.bsky.social @observeruk.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
The real Salt Path: how the couple behind a bestseller le...
Penniless and homeless, the Winns found fame and fortune with the story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. We can reveal it was far from the truth
observer.co.uk
July 6, 2025 at 10:53 AM
It's not just about the broken trust between writer and reader, or all the time, energy and unfounded faith invested by booksellers, but it's also about the important stories still unheard of those living with illness and homelessness that could have been elevated by the industry instead.
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Bob Vylan’s IDF Chant Ignites Uproar, While Actual Atrocities Get a Pass
The PNG Courier's UK correspondent with the latest from Glastonbury
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The PNG Courier's UK correspondent with the latest from Glastonbury
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The PNG Courier's overseas correspondent with the latest from Glastonbury
Bob Vylan’s IDF Chant Ignites Uproar, While Actual Atrocities Get a Pass
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July 2, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Bob Vylan’s IDF Chant Ignites Uproar, While Actual Atrocities Get a Pass
The PNG Courier's UK correspondent with the latest from Glastonbury
mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/the-png-co...
The PNG Courier's UK correspondent with the latest from Glastonbury
mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/the-png-co...
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God: Hi.
Brian Wilson: Finally! And?
God: You'd be a postman.
Brian Wilson: Finally! And?
God: You'd be a postman.
June 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
God: Hi.
Brian Wilson: Finally! And?
God: You'd be a postman.
Brian Wilson: Finally! And?
God: You'd be a postman.
It makes me want to sob when they can't even pronounce British place names properly.
Dan Jones is a lovely presenter generally, but I want to weep every time he mangles a Welsh name. How hard can it be to find a bloody Welsh person and ask them how to pronounce Gwynedd? 🤦♀️
Dan Jones is a lovely presenter generally, but I want to weep every time he mangles a Welsh name. How hard can it be to find a bloody Welsh person and ask them how to pronounce Gwynedd? 🤦♀️
I don’t mind them as long as they get the names right. I had one which was a history of Central Europe where the reader absolutely could not pronounce Slavic names, and paused for a second before each one as if taking a mental run up.
June 7, 2025 at 10:45 PM
It makes me want to sob when they can't even pronounce British place names properly.
Dan Jones is a lovely presenter generally, but I want to weep every time he mangles a Welsh name. How hard can it be to find a bloody Welsh person and ask them how to pronounce Gwynedd? 🤦♀️
Dan Jones is a lovely presenter generally, but I want to weep every time he mangles a Welsh name. How hard can it be to find a bloody Welsh person and ask them how to pronounce Gwynedd? 🤦♀️
Krishnan Guru Murthy to David Mencer on Channel 4 News at the moment...
June 3, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Krishnan Guru Murthy to David Mencer on Channel 4 News at the moment...
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One would have thought Farage would attend the PM's statement to the house on the UK-EU deal, after all the fuss he made yesterday...
"Unconfirmed speculation that Farage is on holiday in France" reported by @politico.com
"Unconfirmed speculation that Farage is on holiday in France" reported by @politico.com
May 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
One would have thought Farage would attend the PM's statement to the house on the UK-EU deal, after all the fuss he made yesterday...
"Unconfirmed speculation that Farage is on holiday in France" reported by @politico.com
"Unconfirmed speculation that Farage is on holiday in France" reported by @politico.com
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@chadbourn.bsky.social
Reform councillors as seen through the eyes and experience of an existing councillor.
S/s 4 is particularly shocking.
Reform councillors as seen through the eyes and experience of an existing councillor.
S/s 4 is particularly shocking.
May 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM
@chadbourn.bsky.social
Reform councillors as seen through the eyes and experience of an existing councillor.
S/s 4 is particularly shocking.
Reform councillors as seen through the eyes and experience of an existing councillor.
S/s 4 is particularly shocking.
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My VE Day was nothing like our image of it today. I hope we can honour what it really meant | Sheila Hancock
My VE Day was nothing like our image of it today. I hope we can honour what it really meant | Sheila Hancock
Our street party tea was a muted celebration, full of uncertainty. Then, as now, we faced a long struggle towards a better world, says actor and writer Sheila Hancock
www.theguardian.com
May 3, 2025 at 8:42 AM
My VE Day was nothing like our image of it today. I hope we can honour what it really meant | Sheila Hancock
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A Russian scientist who opposed Putin’s war, fled Russia and found work at Harvard was detained at Logan Airport returning from a French academic conference and has been sent to an immigration detention center in Louisiana for deportation to Russia.
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В США задержали и отправили в иммиграционный изолятор россиянку, работавшую в Гарвардской медицинской школе – "Можем объяснить"
Россиянку Ксению Петрову, работавшую в Гарвардской медицинской школе, задержали и отправили в иммиграционный изолятор. О ее задержании написала ее подруга и коллега Кора Андерсон, а друзья Ксении запу...
www.currenttime.tv
March 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
A Russian scientist who opposed Putin’s war, fled Russia and found work at Harvard was detained at Logan Airport returning from a French academic conference and has been sent to an immigration detention center in Louisiana for deportation to Russia.
www.currenttime.tv/a/rossiynka-...
www.currenttime.tv/a/rossiynka-...
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🚨NEW: Major development.
German newspaper Der Spiegel has found phone numbers and passwords for Hegseth, Waltz & Gabbard in stolen data freely published on the internet.
‼️It includes details of Signal accounts.
“It is conceivable that foreign agents were privy to the Signal chat group.”
German newspaper Der Spiegel has found phone numbers and passwords for Hegseth, Waltz & Gabbard in stolen data freely published on the internet.
‼️It includes details of Signal accounts.
“It is conceivable that foreign agents were privy to the Signal chat group.”
March 26, 2025 at 9:08 PM
🚨NEW: Major development.
German newspaper Der Spiegel has found phone numbers and passwords for Hegseth, Waltz & Gabbard in stolen data freely published on the internet.
‼️It includes details of Signal accounts.
“It is conceivable that foreign agents were privy to the Signal chat group.”
German newspaper Der Spiegel has found phone numbers and passwords for Hegseth, Waltz & Gabbard in stolen data freely published on the internet.
‼️It includes details of Signal accounts.
“It is conceivable that foreign agents were privy to the Signal chat group.”
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March 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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You cannot make this shit up. Sharing this jaw-dropping story with a gift link -- give it a read.
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
You cannot make this shit up. Sharing this jaw-dropping story with a gift link -- give it a read.
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I tried to have a conversation about the impact of driven grouse shooting with Glenn Massacre (@mrhenrymorris.bsky.social) , but I didn’t get very far . . .
Please sign our petition to ban driven grouse shooting now govpetition.uk/700036
Please sign our petition to ban driven grouse shooting now govpetition.uk/700036
March 20, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I tried to have a conversation about the impact of driven grouse shooting with Glenn Massacre (@mrhenrymorris.bsky.social) , but I didn’t get very far . . .
Please sign our petition to ban driven grouse shooting now govpetition.uk/700036
Please sign our petition to ban driven grouse shooting now govpetition.uk/700036