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@cooperdriver

Train Driver, Union Rep and Dad. Cat feeder and railway modeller. Despises Tories whatever their colour.

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[We see a close up of a young white male, tanned, white teeth, coiffed hair clearly an influencer on social media. It is an image such as you see when social media posts are shown on the news. In the corner of the screen is named a location: DUBAI. He is staring slightly off-camera for several silent panels of the comic strip. His eyes move slightly. He is having a thought.]

From off-screen a newsreader’s commentary comes:

NEWSREADER:

Extraordinary images here 

of an expat in Dubai 

[The influencer’s eybrows raise slightly]

…Having their first ever geopolitical thought.

[CUT TO a BBC news scene. The BBC newsreader CLIVE MYRIE is talking to an interviewee next to the screen showing the social media influencer’s face. The interviewee’s name is David Jones]. 

CLIVE MYRIE:

To explain the significance of this moment we’re joined by David Jones, our Expat Thoughts correspondent

DAVID JONES:

Clive, this is momentous

It was caught on film at the end of an Instagram post titled: ‘Dubai Is Brilliant’.

[Pointing at the screen, the influencer’s expression still the same]

You can clearly see in the eyebrows here, the dawning realisation that there *might* be something in the world beyond his dickhead self.

It marks a *huge* departure from all the Dubai Expat’s previous thoughts.

CLIVE MYRIE:

Which are…?

DAVID JONES:

You've Got To Get Yourself Out Here Mate, Everything Is So Clean, I Don't Have To Pay Taxes, 
I Am Incurious As To Why I Do Not Have To Pay Taxes, and Spa.

CLIVE MYRIE:

And might we see an expansion of these new Thoughts in coming days?

DAVID JONES:

I think we can expect to see:

“I Deserve To Be Airlifted By A Country I Pay No Tax To”

CLIVE MYRIE:

Mmm. 

[Ends]

[We see a close up of a young white male, tanned, white teeth, coiffed hair clearly an influencer on social media. It is an image such as you see when social media posts are shown on the news. In the corner of the screen is named a location: DUBAI. He is staring slightly off-camera for several silent panels of the comic strip. His eyes move slightly. He is having a thought.] From off-screen a newsreader’s commentary comes: NEWSREADER: Extraordinary images here of an expat in Dubai [The influencer’s eybrows raise slightly] …Having their first ever geopolitical thought. [CUT TO a BBC news scene. The BBC newsreader CLIVE MYRIE is talking to an interviewee next to the screen showing the social media influencer’s face. The interviewee’s name is David Jones]. CLIVE MYRIE: To explain the significance of this moment we’re joined by David Jones, our Expat Thoughts correspondent DAVID JONES: Clive, this is momentous It was caught on film at the end of an Instagram post titled: ‘Dubai Is Brilliant’. [Pointing at the screen, the influencer’s expression still the same] You can clearly see in the eyebrows here, the dawning realisation that there *might* be something in the world beyond his dickhead self. It marks a *huge* departure from all the Dubai Expat’s previous thoughts. CLIVE MYRIE: Which are…? DAVID JONES: You've Got To Get Yourself Out Here Mate, Everything Is So Clean, I Don't Have To Pay Taxes, I Am Incurious As To Why I Do Not Have To Pay Taxes, and Spa. CLIVE MYRIE: And might we see an expansion of these new Thoughts in coming days? DAVID JONES: I think we can expect to see: “I Deserve To Be Airlifted By A Country I Pay No Tax To” CLIVE MYRIE: Mmm. [Ends]

04.03.2026 11:14 👍 4008 🔁 1264 💬 17 📌 41

Remember, if the Greens win, you'll have to go Vegan by law, Kittens and puppies will be banned. Zack Polanski will be declared the fifth horseman of the apocalypse. Him and his trusty horse Lentil will usher us into a new twisted era of bean casseroles and having to walk to the shops.

26.02.2026 09:40 👍 98 🔁 19 💬 8 📌 2

An absolute disgrace.

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Labour must search its conscience if Reform wins Gorton and Denton, says Green leader Zack Polanski says Labour deliberately splitting left vote as voters head to the polls

It's Reform Vs the Green Party.

Vote for the Green Party.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

26.02.2026 07:35 👍 1605 🔁 445 💬 67 📌 49

Faux outrage
Faux utrage
Faux trage
Faux rage
Fau rage
Fa rage
Farage

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07.02.2026 21:07 👍 5 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 1
Churchwarden linked to
foreign-born billionaire is
behind £200k Reform gift
The man whose firm made the donations will
not discuss where the money came from, nor
his ties to wealthy Farage allies who may not
hold citizenship


Gabriel Pogrund, Whitehall Editor
Saturday January 31 2026, 8.00pm, The Sunday Times


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A churchwarden from Potters Bar who works
for the family of a highly secretive,
Kazakhstan-born billionaire can be revealed as
the man behind £200,000 of donations to
Reform UK.,


John Richard Simpson is a 59-year-old

Churchwarden linked to foreign-born billionaire is behind £200k Reform gift The man whose firm made the donations will not discuss where the money came from, nor his ties to wealthy Farage allies who may not hold citizenship Gabriel Pogrund, Whitehall Editor Saturday January 31 2026, 8.00pm, The Sunday Times Share A churchwarden from Potters Bar who works for the family of a highly secretive, Kazakhstan-born billionaire can be revealed as the man behind £200,000 of donations to Reform UK., John Richard Simpson is a 59-year-old

Why isn't this a major news story?

02.02.2026 07:53 👍 2108 🔁 1102 💬 118 📌 64

What is the sample for this survey?

28.01.2026 22:00 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

What is the charge officer? Eating a Chinese meal, a sweet succulent Chinese meal?

22.01.2026 09:47 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

WaPo
Breaking News

Trump asks for 'immediate negotiations' to acquire Greenland, says he does not intend to use force to gain territory

WSJ
Live Updates
Trump said the U.S. won't use force to take Greenland

NYT
Trump Speech at Davos
President Trump called for immediate talks to acquire Greenland, but said he
"won't use force" to obtain it.
40m ago

WaPo Breaking News Trump asks for 'immediate negotiations' to acquire Greenland, says he does not intend to use force to gain territory WSJ Live Updates Trump said the U.S. won't use force to take Greenland NYT Trump Speech at Davos President Trump called for immediate talks to acquire Greenland, but said he "won't use force" to obtain it. 40m ago

What if the push alerts were “Trump stumbles through major speech, not knowing the diff between Iceland/Greenland; rants about political enemies (both real and imagined); as world watches in horror” instead of this?

21.01.2026 15:11 👍 268 🔁 82 💬 5 📌 4

Things are going exactly as planned sadly.

02.01.2026 14:55 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

If you work and you have a job you are taxed.

If you don't work, if you 'earn' your money by being a landlord or a stock trader, you pay half the tax or less than people who work do.

If you are a CEO, if you own a company, you pay virtually no tax at all.

Tax the rich.

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Post Office had deal with Fujitsu to fix Horizon errors 19 years ago The emergence of a document contradicts claims made by the Post Office over bugs in its IT system during criminal prosecutions.

Post Office had deal with Fujitsu to fix Horizon errors 19 years ago.

They lied to courts, parliamentary committees.

Postmasters knowingly wrongfully prosecuted, Lives destroyed. Compensation being paid from public purse, none by those who profited from the scandal.

No one charged for conspiracy.

23.12.2025 07:44 👍 481 🔁 223 💬 29 📌 21
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21.12.2025 18:41 👍 117 🔁 50 💬 3 📌 1

bsky.app/profile/sirm...

12.12.2025 09:23 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The end of US democracy, as deeply flawed as it is?

05.12.2025 17:48 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Ask your local Reform candidate
did they back Brexit
knowing it would reduce UK GDP by £billions
so increasing
poverty & unemployment ...

"Can't help but feel those responsible for Brexit should not, for example, be riding high in the polls with a new party..."
via @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social

19.11.2025 10:53 👍 52 🔁 28 💬 1 📌 1
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18.11.2025 02:21 👍 8 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0

You mean the Department for Roads doesn't understand Railways? I'm shocked I say, utterly shocked! 😂

19.11.2025 08:41 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Release the #EpsteinFiles

12.11.2025 22:20 👍 45 🔁 17 💬 1 📌 0
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This is not real. Feel better?

06.11.2025 17:29 👍 89 🔁 33 💬 2 📌 0

Funny* isn't that the Media complain about the 15% payrise for Train Drivers over 3 years, or the 22% payrise for Doctors over 3 years.

But they ignore the 76% payrise for CEO's over the last 5 years, or the 38% payrise for Bankers in 1 year.

*Disgusting

02.11.2025 20:16 👍 597 🔁 216 💬 8 📌 2
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🎯

14.10.2025 06:14 👍 117 🔁 46 💬 2 📌 0
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If the government wants economic growth it must bring essential industries into public ownership Successive governments clobber households and small businesses by hiking interest rates to manage inflation, but don’t inconvenience corporations.

England nationalized rail passenger services lease carriages from rolling stock companies (ROSCOs).

87% of rolling stock controlled by 3 Luxembourg companies.

Paid £1.282bn dividends in last 3 yrs. Not taxed in UK.

Privatization has hollowed out the UK - Taxes lost, it is all about exploitation.

03.10.2025 17:27 👍 378 🔁 201 💬 6 📌 5
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03.10.2025 19:23 👍 44 🔁 15 💬 1 📌 1
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So exhausting..

28.09.2025 18:41 👍 9835 🔁 3915 💬 214 📌 414
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29.09.2025 02:03 👍 67 🔁 8 💬 3 📌 0

If you can't get a job, they call you 'a scrounger'. If you get a job and can't make ends meet, they tell you to find a better-paid job. And if you do get a well-paid job, they tell you train drivers earn too much.

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