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@pauloli
Music, art, books, poetry & daft humour. Passionate about saving the planet & a fair world for all. Obsessive dislike of the far right. Married & probably happier about it than my wife. Living near Romsey, UK, Dorset born & dragged up. Determined survivor.
The Pentagon authorizes military judges for immigration cases, the National Guard occupies DC, and Federal forces prepare to deploy to Chicago.
Theyβre attacking democracy, terrorizing Black & Brown communities, and quelling dissent.
We need to be preparedβlearn how here: bit.ly/resistancetoolkit.
Exactly what I'm talking about. Starmer should be hanging Farage out to dry, telling him the delays and checks are down to his Brexit.
Go after Farage. Let him defend Britons being exposed to EES and Etias.
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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 weaker
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
More Brexit benefit...Oh wait!
I was aware of the folly of Brexit before Cameron announced the referendum.
Even a moderate socialist government would know we need to; rejoin the EU, bring in a fairer tax system, revise council tax, increase windfall taxes, tax gross profits before βmanagement chargesβ in order to stop the offshoring of profits. Revise tax residency & domicile rules.
Β£460 Million per WEEK - that's what we could raise with a 2% tax on any wealth above Β£10 million.
Imagine the huge difference that could make to our communities and public services.
Today I joined PatMillsUK bus touring the country to make the case for a Wealth Tax, not cuts.
US Embassy, London.
I do call out men on these things & cannot understand why other men do not. Are they just indifferent to the problems women face, ignorant of them or just plain misogynistic? Why deny half of humanity the right to be treated equally, unless of course you want to control & abuse women yourself.
I donβt care if itβs a bit #DEI to say this, but Happy #InternationalWomensDay2025
1 in 4 women abused
1 in 5 sexually assaulted
2 murdered every week
1 in 20 abused as children
97% sexually harassed
Allyship is a verb, not a noun
Guys, you donβt have to do everything, just do something
#IWD2025
Zelensky is a hero by any sensible measure. A leader inspiring his nation in the midst of an invasion by a powerful, repressive dictatorship. The fact that any American can think of him as the bad guy just demonstrates the triumph of tribalism over principle.
To all those who use the word woke as a weapon or insult, please read the dictionary definition of the word & tell me why you would not want to be woke. Part of being woke is to be informed, so please at least find out what the word means.
Exactly this ππ
Although I agree, Statmer was at least obliged to try, although I doubt that he had any confidence in Trump making a reasonable response.
Europe MUST come together in foreign, trade and security policy. Starmer ought to seize the chance, and abandon Labourβs pathetic fears of Brexiters.
UNITY IS STRENGTH. TO HELL WITH TRUMPβS AMERICA!
Our βspecial relationshipβ is with EUROPE!
REJOIN NOW!
rejoincampaign.uk
Boycotts are taking hold. Protests are on the rise. Federal courts are hitting back. The Trump-Musk-Vance regime's popularity is plunging and DOGE is losing credibility. In these dark times, it's important to recognize that people are fighting back. Join them.
Byline Times is facing major DDOS (malicious traffic-flooding) issues on our site apparently after this article went live...
bylinetimes.com/2025/02/21/d...
βA desire to force U.S. military leaders to be obedient to him and not the Constitution is one of the constant themes of Trumpβs military-related discourse.β
This is how you do it. Other news agencies like Axios and CBS, stop rolling over! Grow a spine, stand up straight and fight!
Iβve been saying for almost a decade now that trump was recruited when he went to Moscow in 1987.
He was $10 billion in debt at the time. An easy target.
Over the next few years, his debts magically disappeared. Not coincidence. It was a plan. The plan has now come to fruition.
Know the enemy.
Before the Prime Minister heads to Washington he must wake up to the fact that the UK's real allies may now lie elsewhere, argues UK diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall
Donald Trump says Canada has no right to exist.
I take the threat seriously. With our sovereignty on the table I support a national discussion on next steps.
But CBC thinks it would be fun to have an American DJ co-host whether we should exist as a nation.
Fuck that @ianhanomansing.bsky.social
As a French person, I can say we have a⦠tradition when it comes to kings.
βEvery record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered... Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.β
β George Orwell, 1984
God, I love @privateeyenews.bsky.social
UK, Europe (esp Denmark!), Canada, Mexico etc need to #UniteAgainstTheUnitedStates
There is no other way.
Grovelling and begging (theyβll call it negotiatingπ) on behalf of only the UK means the country will be wholly dependent upon #Shitler and his volatile mood swings b/w idiocy+imbecilityπ±
The thing is that many of us knew that would be the case prior to the Brexit vote. Itβs why we called out Brexiters as sufferers of English exceptionalism & entitlement.