John Robinson

I'm so fed up of being British!

Lunar New Year in Manchester spoilt a little by stupid facsist racist troglodytes. Nobody wants you idiots, go back to your sad pathetic existence!

National disgrace; private landlords rake it in!

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Zack Polanski parties with supporters in London gay bar where he once worked Green Party leader Zack Polanski is trending on X,com after partying in London gay venue Heaven with his supporters.

Green leader Zack Polanski parties with supporters in London gay bar where he once worked https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/01/26/green-leader-zack-polanski-heaven/?utm_content=1769556000&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

Amazon and other US corporations could dodge billions in tax after President Donald Trump's government demanded they be excluded from a new global tax deal.

We need to create an economic system that is stronger than one man. The UN Tax Convention is a crucial part of that fight.🧵

Elon Musk is flexing his political muscle again — and the GOP is responding His recent footprint includes a $10 million investment in the Kentucky Senate race and an all-out influence campaign targeting Senate Republicans.

Elon Musk is using his mega checkbook and mega platform to influence the future of the GOP.

His recent footprint includes a $10 million investment in the Kentucky Senate race and an all-out influence campaign targeting Senate Republicans.

Who is Jimmy Lai? Democracy activist imprisoned by China central to Starmer’s visit Who is Jimmy Lai? Democracy activist imprisoned by China central to Starmer’s visit

Who is Jimmy Lai? Democracy activist imprisoned by China central to Starmer’s visit

Trump would be encouraging Putin to nuke the States?

It tells you everything you need to know that Reform are parachuting in a rent-an-extremist - this isn't about representing the people of Gorton and Denton, it's about using this place as a platform for their careers.

Manchester will show him the door.

Trump continues to rail against Ilhan Omar after Minneapolis town hall attack – live Trump calls Minnesota congresswoman a ‘fraud’ who ‘probably had herself sprayed’; Omar says ‘I don’t let bullies win’ in remarks after town hall attack

Is this the real America? Hatred. Violence...?

To think the majority of Americans voted for this. 😢

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Palantir hired four Ministry of Defence officials last year. Then it won its biggest ever contract with the department

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Centrist ideas no longer wanted in Conservative party, says Kemi Badenoch Party leader tells MPs that one-nation Tories doubting her rightward direction ‘need to get out of the way’ Centrist ideas are no longer wanted in the Conservative party, Kemi Badenoch has said, arguing that one nation-type Tories or others who have qualms about her rightward direction for the party “need to get out of the way”. Making a speech in Westminster intended to set out her vision for her party after a spate of recent defections to Reform UK, the Conservative leader hit out at what she called the “tantrum” of Robert Jenrick and others. Continue reading...

Centrist ideas no longer wanted in Conservative party, says Kemi Badenoch

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Screenshot of an X post with large text at the top: “Keep America divided so they can loot the economy, gut healthcare, and funnel billions into ICE and surveillance contracts for companies like Palantir.” Below is a video thumbnail of a CNN split-screen: a male anchor on the left and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on the right, with a “BREAKING NEWS” banner and a chyron that begins “DHS: MAN FATALLY SHOT ‘VIOLENTLY RESISTED’ ATTEMPTS TO BE DISARMED,” plus location “Austin, TX,” and a red “LIVE” indicator.

AOC lays it out for all to see.

“You can’t have guns” says President who has masked gestapo executing citizens with guns.

You mean Trump brutality... And who voted for him?

This is how the world now sees America. 😦

Revealed: Reform UK Crypto Partner's Ties to Pro-Trump Big Tech and Kemi Badenoch Nigel Farage's cryptocurrency partner is tied to Trump-supporting tech firms and senior Conservative figures, reports Nafeez Ahmed

📌 ICYMI — Revealed: Reform UK Crypto Partner’s Ties to Pro-Trump Big Tech and Kemi Badenoch

Nigel Farage's cryptocurrency partner is tied to Trump-supporting tech firms…

https://bylinetimes.com/2026/01/26/revealed-reform-uk-crypto-partners-ties-to-pro-trump-big-tech-and-kemi-badenoch/

Anybody else thinking that her pout looks more Trumpish? Is she the only person in the world who yearns for comestic surgery to so much worse..? I mean I guess Trump does love himself and she's still with him...

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- rising in the polls
- focused on tackling the cost of living
- and genuinely democratic

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Labour can reverse its decision to block Andy Burnham. Here is why it must | Neal Lawson Good politics is about collaboration and contestation. The NEC’s ruling means the party has turned its back on that, says Neal Lawson, director of campaign organisation Compass

Labour can reverse its decision to block Andy Burnham. Here is why it must | Neal Lawson

Latest polling. Only the greens can stop Reform in Gorton and Denton. Reform +12%, Greens +11%, -20% Labour

Labour have blown it. This is it. Time to take on Reform.

Manchesters first Green MP is coming. Join us to help get them elected on Saturday.

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Labour row erupts after Andy Burnham blocked from byelection race Allies of Greater Manchester mayor say No 10 has ‘chosen factionalism’ as decision leads to a furious backlash

Anybody else worried about Starmer's curtailing of democratic elections in the UK?

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Thanks 🙂; there's no option to renew in the Membership portal and that's what confused me. The portal told me to contact membership to reactivate.

I've taken out new membership using the same details and it seems to have gone through. Had expected it to error, until your suggestion.

Thank you.

@leedscitycouncil.bsky.social why are all your gyms still on festive hours after the New Year? They've been ridiculously busy when open but you've shut them up for most of Christmas and New Year, just when people want to work to shed unhealthy weight gains... 🤯

To add to the madness of it all, the attack on Venezuela is clearly, above all, an oil grab. But we scarcely need oil any more.

Interesting & probably accurate assessment of the Trump-Vance administration mentality.

Let‘s see how smoothly Venezuela transitions into cooperative vassal state. If it turns out to be a disaster for the U.S. maybe that will put a damper on future colonization projects.

I want to rejoin but I've not heard back from your membership team in over six weeks emailing them about reactivating.. 😢

Burnham is Labour’s best hope of keeping Farage out of No10, UK’s top pollster says Burnham is Labour’s best hope of keeping Farage out of No10, UK’s top pollster says

Burnham is Labour’s best hope of keeping Farage out of No10, UK’s top pollster says

Donald Trump is so obviously going to annex Greenland.

And European leaders will respond with unparalleled levels of "monitoring the situation".

By siding yet again with the orange warmonger...