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George Torrington

@tordino

Lefty, retired computing / maths teacher. Rejoin E.U. Dislike Trump, Johnson. Was tor60dino on twitter

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If only there had been some sort of clue that Trump is a grotesque idiot…

14.03.2026 18:05 πŸ‘ 558 πŸ” 88 πŸ’¬ 34 πŸ“Œ 0
Donald Trump begs other countries including UK to help defend oil tankers in humiliating U-turn
Less than a week ago, the US President declared the war in Iran was "already won" - dismissing reports the UK was preparing the aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales to deploy to the region

Donald Trump begs other countries including UK to help defend oil tankers in humiliating U-turn Less than a week ago, the US President declared the war in Iran was "already won" - dismissing reports the UK was preparing the aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales to deploy to the region

No.

No thank you.

Go away.

Fuck off.

14.03.2026 15:45 πŸ‘ 214 πŸ” 45 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 1
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Here’s part of the video where Bessent was pulled away because he was needed by Trump and returned an hour and a half later visibly shaken. This is where people were possibly wondering if information came in about Bibi or his brother, etc.

14.03.2026 02:32 πŸ‘ 423 πŸ” 163 πŸ’¬ 131 πŸ“Œ 26
US Representative Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) holds as a sign reading "This is not Normal" as US President Donald Trump enters the House chamber. (Photo by Win McNamee / POOL / AFP) (Photo by WIN MCNAMEE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

US Representative Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) holds as a sign reading "This is not Normal" as US President Donald Trump enters the House chamber. (Photo by Win McNamee / POOL / AFP) (Photo by WIN MCNAMEE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Melanie Stansbury: β€œEpstein’s own accountant, Richard Kahn, gave contradictory testimony this week about whether or not an accuser of both Epstein & Trump (Jane Doe 4) received a settlement from the Epstein Estate for abuse β€” He now says he cannot confirm or deny”

14.03.2026 15:59 πŸ‘ 527 πŸ” 178 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 4
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Nigel Farage regrets running 'bankrupt' Worcestershire Council The Reform UK leader says he wishes the party

β€œFarage has said he wishes the party "hadn't bothered" to take minority control of Worcestershire County Council, because of its financial problems”

V much summing up his approach to power.
Grifting and gobshiting - yes please.
Hard work and responsibility - god no.

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

14.03.2026 09:05 πŸ‘ 2223 πŸ” 885 πŸ’¬ 156 πŸ“Œ 46
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That's funny, I could have sworn he said something about not needing Royal Navy vessels because the war was already won.
You broke it Don, you fix it.

14.03.2026 15:42 πŸ‘ 4119 πŸ” 1273 πŸ’¬ 423 πŸ“Œ 143
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Starmer says government will step in if fuel companies rip off customers as trade body U-turns on decision not to meet Reeves – UK politics live The prime minister issues the statement after a fuel trade body earlier withdrew from a meeting with the chancellor today

UK government minister confirmed the prime minister will not follow the US president in temporarily waiving sanctions on Russian oilβ€¦β€œWhat we absolutely can’t have is Putin sitting in the Kremlin seeing this as a chance to invest in the war machine.” πŸ‘πŸ‘
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

13.03.2026 15:59 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Water crisis looms as company warns it can’t meet demand for new homes Councillors say it must serve as a wake-up call on the Labour government's plans to build 1.5m new homes

South East Water says it can't provide water to all new homes

Water companies haven't built new reservoirs for decades, paid dividends, govts did nothing

Govt wants to build new homes but no infrastructure planning. That's what happens when you privatize essentials infrastructure.

13.03.2026 10:21 πŸ‘ 382 πŸ” 203 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 12
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β€˜I can't bear to hear Trump talk about the success of first hour of the Iran war’ | The News Agents Donald Trump claims the US β€˜won’ the Iran War in just one hour of strikes – during which time 165 people were killed at a girls’ school. Will America keep buying his narrative of events?

"We know that within that first hour of war, between 140 and 160 Iranian school girls were killed by an American Tomahawk missile," says Emily Maitlis.

"Now, if that's what Trump thinks of a success, I am speechless, frankly"

www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/i-ca...

13.03.2026 12:35 πŸ‘ 141 πŸ” 50 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 4

After a long day in committee, I’m feeling utterly revived by seeing this great clip of @greenpartyhan.bsky.social making her maiden speech in Parliament.

Her voice is so very, very needed.

πŸ’š πŸ’š πŸ’š πŸ‘Œ

12.03.2026 20:42 πŸ‘ 113 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Every hospital in England has been urged to disobey an NHS directive to use software operated by controversial US analytics software company Palantir
www.bmj.com/content/392/...

12.03.2026 18:16 πŸ‘ 1020 πŸ” 506 πŸ’¬ 40 πŸ“Œ 53
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12.03.2026 16:56 πŸ‘ 233 πŸ” 56 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 4

Β£0 debt
Β£0 dividends
Water companies before privatisation

Β£60 billion debt
Β£85 billion dividends
Water companies after privatisation

The British public has been robbed - and our waters polluted to an extreme - and STILL Labour are refusing to renationalise water, disgraceful

12.03.2026 09:42 πŸ‘ 611 πŸ” 251 πŸ’¬ 36 πŸ“Œ 9

If only Hungary had not positioned itself as an enemy to Ukraine, blocking aide and blocking arms and stealing it’s money.

12.03.2026 10:19 πŸ‘ 63 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0

Bravo πŸ‘

11.03.2026 19:56 πŸ‘ 44 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
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EU and UK demand Israel stop surge in West Bank settler violence Six Palestinians have been killed during attacks by settlers in the West Bank since the start of Israel's war, the UN says.

The European Union and United Kingdom, which have largely done nothing at all to hold Israel to account and swear off ever doing anything to hold Israel to account, demand that Israel stop its land theft in the West Bank, or else the EU and UK will do nothing some more.

11.03.2026 21:16 πŸ‘ 431 πŸ” 131 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 4
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11.03.2026 21:18 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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Reaching net zero by 2050 β€˜cheaper for UK than one fossil fuel crisis’ Climate change committee finds move to renewable energy would also bring health, economic and security benefits

Awks for Tories & Reform who want to keep us hooked on fossil fuels: new @theCCCuk report shows transition to net zero will cost less than a single oil shock - Β£4bn a year - as well as delivering health & security benefits

11.03.2026 15:45 πŸ‘ 408 πŸ” 145 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 4
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It's no longer OK for you to sit in the house of Lords because your dad did.
But if your mate put you there?
That's fine.
Neither of these really feel like democracy to me.

11.03.2026 08:02 πŸ‘ 2427 πŸ” 698 πŸ’¬ 102 πŸ“Œ 39

I know it won't make any difference to his voters, who pay no attention to what's actually going on, and think foresight is for pussies and consequences can be wished away.

But if Farage was PM, we'd now be in a moronic, illegal war he demanded we join 2 days ago, and now thinks is a disaster.

10.03.2026 19:21 πŸ‘ 906 πŸ” 204 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 1

A fuel duty cut of 25p would cost Β£12bn and instantly be lost as Oil Companies and Supermarkets raised their prices

It would mean, even before raising their prices, that the Oil Companies would make twice as much profit as you pay in tax

It's a tax cut for Big Oil

10.03.2026 20:50 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

When a US missile killed 160 children, president shits-a-lot claimed Iran stole the missile and fired at the school. When asked why he was the only one making this claim, he said "because I just don't know enough about it".
Go ahead. See if you can make this make sense.
(Source: RB Hubbell)

10.03.2026 11:01 πŸ‘ 8049 πŸ” 1764 πŸ’¬ 483 πŸ“Œ 94
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"Utterly failed"
@rachelmillward.bsky.social lays out the reality of privatised water - explaining why water must be returned to public hands.

10.03.2026 11:15 πŸ‘ 410 πŸ” 166 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 15
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) stops to talk with reporters in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) stops to talk with reporters in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

Murphy: β€œI think it’s likely the U.S. carried out this attack on this school β€” I think it's unforgivable under any circumstances, but the fact that this was one of our 1st targeting decisions, that this mistake was made on the 1st day of war β€” I think speaks to the incompetence of our leadership”

09.03.2026 20:12 πŸ‘ 5881 πŸ” 1498 πŸ’¬ 234 πŸ“Œ 81
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Are we allowed to get the rest of the Epstein files now?

09.03.2026 14:20 πŸ‘ 15641 πŸ” 3929 πŸ’¬ 534 πŸ“Œ 185

this makes a lot of sense to me

09.03.2026 12:52 πŸ‘ 202 πŸ” 44 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 0

Last year, in a futile attempt to appease the ungrateful orange tyrant, the so called 'special relationship' cost British taxpayers Β£5m.
Charles Windsor and his family, if they genuinely wish to represent the views of British people must tell him to fxxk off.

www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/trum...

09.03.2026 12:07 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage want Britain to blindly follow Trump into this illegal war, even though the President has no plan for what comes next.

There is nothing patriotic about outsourcing Britain’s foreign policy to Donald Trump.

08.03.2026 08:18 πŸ‘ 2272 πŸ” 535 πŸ’¬ 92 πŸ“Œ 22
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) speaks during a press conference. PHOTO: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) speaks during a press conference. PHOTO: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

Ilhan Omar: β€œAs someone who has survived the horrors of war, I know that bombs do not build peace or create stabilityβ€”

Military strikes will not make us safer; they will inflame tensions & push the region further into chaos β€” every time we abandon diplomacy, we choose destruction”

07.03.2026 18:14 πŸ‘ 5141 πŸ” 1199 πŸ’¬ 97 πŸ“Œ 37