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Melanie de Smith

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Exactly. Blindly hooting for the Buffoon-in-Chief as he unlawfully orders airstrikes without a coherent plan isn't a foreign policy, and isn't patriotic; it's just stupid, and dangerous.

02.03.2026 01:55 πŸ‘ 11839 πŸ” 3065 πŸ’¬ 355 πŸ“Œ 106
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28.02.2026 21:49 πŸ‘ 592 πŸ” 228 πŸ’¬ 35 πŸ“Œ 11
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Did a dog write this?

22.02.2026 22:33 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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They say "hang it in the Louvre". So we did #princeandrew

22.02.2026 16:25 πŸ‘ 1161 πŸ” 388 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 33

Medicare for All would save $450B a year.

Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.

Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.

It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.

It’s about priorities.

14.02.2026 21:00 πŸ‘ 17520 πŸ” 6076 πŸ’¬ 472 πŸ“Œ 206
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#Epstein

#EpsteinFiles

13.02.2026 19:04 πŸ‘ 4453 πŸ” 1668 πŸ’¬ 376 πŸ“Œ 108
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Michael Foran: Human Rights, Gender Recognition and Single-Sex Spaces InΒ For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers, the Supreme Court held that references to β€˜sex’ in the Equality Act 2010 pertained to biological sex. In doing so, it affirmed the default common law…

UK Constitutional Law Association. Michael Foran: Human Rights, Gender Recognition and Single-Sex Spaces.
ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/02/11/m...

11.02.2026 12:42 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
IDF Accepts Gaza Health Ministry Death Toll of Over 71,000 Palestinians Killed During the War Although many international experts have accepted the Health Ministry's data as reliable, and even conservative relative to the true death toll, Israel had refused to accept the Health Ministry's count until now

IDF Accepts Gaza Health Ministry Death Toll of Over 71,000 Palestinians Killed During the War Although many international experts have accepted the Health Ministry's data as reliable, and even conservative relative to the true death toll, Israel had refused to accept the Health Ministry's count until now

I’m on air 6-9pm again tonight so if you were one of the people who text in to LBC to say I was being β€˜antisemitic’ or β€˜pro-H*mas’ when I read out the Palestinian health ministry’s estimates of the numbers killed by the IDF, I will accept your texted apologies during those times.

31.01.2026 12:17 πŸ‘ 69 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
REFORM COLLAPSE! - Faltering Farage Has WORST WEEK In Years
REFORM COLLAPSE! - Faltering Farage Has WORST WEEK In Years YouTube video by Aid Thompsin

Nigel's TERRIBLE week...

youtu.be/_mDM10J6iKg

23.01.2026 14:03 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
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Saturnine

RIP Jonathan Powell - a great pianist, highly original composer and Russian music specialist. What a tragic loss. We came up together, and both from the West Midlands. I have a fond memory of a Black Country real ale pub crawl with him in c.1997.

Here’s his β€˜Saturnine’ for ensemble:

07.01.2026 11:17 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Unless musk fiddles the voting terminals

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John Simpson: 'I've never seen a year as worrying as 2025' 2025 has been a year of multiple major conflicts and it is becoming clear that one of them has geopolitical implications of unparalleled importance.

Incisive and depressing from @johnsimpsonnews.bsky.social

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

29.12.2025 06:36 πŸ‘ 89 πŸ” 30 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 5
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New research reveals the best attack lines to use against Reform How to stop Farage...

Chatted to my great uncle yesterday – a northern, working-class guy, not that political. I told him my job involved exposing Farage.

His first question was: β€œwho funds him?”

Investigations into Farage’s donors can have a major impact on Reform’s support – as this research has already shown πŸ‘‡

28.12.2025 13:02 πŸ‘ 2169 πŸ” 827 πŸ’¬ 75 πŸ“Œ 41
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28.12.2025 10:37 πŸ‘ 4413 πŸ” 2074 πŸ’¬ 182 πŸ“Œ 146

Half your age, not double! I think this rule is created to stop abuses of power.

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What’s your max?

27.12.2025 22:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thinking of you Trish

27.12.2025 21:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Twice the age or beyond suggests massive insecurity +/or mental health problems on both sides.

27.12.2025 21:31 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I was wondering if I was being prudish.

27.12.2025 21:20 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
More than 50 years ago... Olga Korbut amazed the world with some absolutely mind blowing moves 🀩
More than 50 years ago... Olga Korbut amazed the world with some absolutely mind blowing moves 🀩 YouTube video by Olympics

youtube.com/shorts/QZ7t1...

Just watched this video of Olga Korbut over in the other place, and people are asking Grok if it’s AI. I’m so glad I was around to witness this in real time, and to have lived in the pre-fake age.

27.12.2025 13:13 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Half your age + 7 is still
the maximum acceptable age gap. Anything else is parent issues/money led/mental health led. Prove me wrong.

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The war zone in Portland is out of control.

18.10.2025 01:09 πŸ‘ 42264 πŸ” 11512 πŸ’¬ 1722 πŸ“Œ 893
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Thanks for the pic, @dailycaller.bsky.social !

Be sure to tag me and @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social with your best, most fun #NoKings content!

18.10.2025 15:41 πŸ‘ 19248 πŸ” 3383 πŸ’¬ 466 πŸ“Œ 77

A man called Otto was the film

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#BookSky

19.07.2025 08:15 πŸ‘ 39121 πŸ” 7767 πŸ’¬ 539 πŸ“Œ 526

@mrjamesob.bsky.social The problem with hospital league tables is that it creates a self-fulfilling prophecy… those at the bottom of the table will struggle to recruit high quality clinicians and managers (without a huge cash incentive), so will only result in driving standards down further.

04.07.2025 09:43 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes. Shed a few tears.

12.07.2025 23:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I need to catch up with you! Will whatsapp.

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