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@douglass37

Husband, father, and grandfather, walker, bird watcher, music lover, choir member, cello student, retired priest, and lover of the Oxford comma. Currently a beardless chemo survivor. Not here to enter into conversation!

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Michelle Mone is dead lucky to get a new yacht on the NHS. Because most of us can't even get a GP appointment.

20.03.2025 09:54 πŸ‘ 121 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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More taxes? Yes please! Patriotic Millionaires want to do more for the country β€œTax our wealth” – that’s the message from millionaires across the UK whose campaign is hitting the road ahead of the government’s spring statement

β€œTax our wealth” – that’s the message from millionaires across the UK whose campaign is hitting the road ahead of the government’s spring statement...

20.03.2025 09:52 πŸ‘ 1257 πŸ” 436 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 18
Screenshot of polling data from Jan 2025

Screenshot of polling data from Jan 2025

The UK would now want to rejoin the EU by 55% to 33%

Removing those that don’t know - that’s a 62.5% to 37.5% breakdown.

20.03.2025 10:09 πŸ‘ 10982 πŸ” 2742 πŸ’¬ 597 πŸ“Œ 235

Tbh, he looks miserable enough to be a member of the taliban 😠

19.03.2025 20:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The richest 1% of people in the UK are worth Β£2.8 trillion. A Labour government simply cannot allow the disabled to keep holding them back.

18.03.2025 12:28 πŸ‘ 94 πŸ” 39 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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πŸ’™

16.03.2025 17:43 πŸ‘ 643 πŸ” 114 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 6
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15.03.2025 18:38 πŸ‘ 209 πŸ” 90 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 10
Pupils from North Tyneside School sing the Blaydon Races THE RIGHT WAY for Newcastle United
Pupils from North Tyneside School sing the Blaydon Races THE RIGHT WAY for Newcastle United YouTube video by Everything Is Black & White - Newcastle United

youtu.be/SsK4x7Z32vQ?....

THIS is how you sing the Blaydon Races.

#NUFC #HTL

15.03.2025 23:09 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

Haway the lads

16.03.2025 10:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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His track record speaks for itself. While we continue to resist, we should take comfort in that he is deeply incompetent, not very bright & his policies are hurting even his most devoted supporters. Let's not get in the way of his inevitable self-destruction.

15.03.2025 19:41 πŸ‘ 59303 πŸ” 16902 πŸ’¬ 2559 πŸ“Œ 916

I'd rather pay full price at a reputable retailer!

16.03.2025 10:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Downing Street considers U-turn on cuts to benefits for disabled people Controversial plans to cut personal independence payment (Pip) may be shelved after a tense cabinet meeting and backlash from Labour MPs

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Unfortunately, the political damage has been done.

16.03.2025 08:26 πŸ‘ 70 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 1
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Thames Water begs to be spared fines and costs, warning bidders will walk away Exclusive: Managers and lenders racing to find a buyer want regulator to agree to leniency amounting to billions of pounds

Thames Water wants to be spared billions of pounds of costs and fines over the next 5 years.

TW ripped off customers, dumped sewage in rivers, neglected investment, borrowed money to pay dividends.

Laws must apply. No public bailout.

Let it go bankrupt. Nationalise for nominal sum.

16.03.2025 08:00 πŸ‘ 959 πŸ” 394 πŸ’¬ 50 πŸ“Œ 16
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Mark Carney
Prime Minister of Canada

16.03.2025 00:54 πŸ‘ 4674 πŸ” 982 πŸ’¬ 118 πŸ“Œ 36

Time to get back on that cliff and point at some imaginary boats again, you evil b.....

13.03.2025 18:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

At least the cars looked good and didn't catch fire!

13.03.2025 12:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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13.03.2025 01:34 πŸ‘ 591 πŸ” 200 πŸ’¬ 31 πŸ“Œ 9
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β€œInstead of cutting benefits for disabled people, wouldn’t the moral thing to do, the courageous thing to do, be to make a real tough choice and introduce a wealth tax on the very wealthiest people in our society?”
@richardburgon.bsky.social
#PMQs

12.03.2025 12:58 πŸ‘ 1954 πŸ” 488 πŸ’¬ 76 πŸ“Œ 27
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β€œA rerun of Tory austerity by making poor people poorer isn't what Labour should be about. Instead, the government should explore raising extra funds from wealthy corporations and individuals”

12.03.2025 07:02 πŸ‘ 1404 πŸ” 384 πŸ’¬ 61 πŸ“Œ 26

Labour should at least consider fighting poverty instead of fighting the poor

12.03.2025 10:35 πŸ‘ 96 πŸ” 39 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Labour surely understands that cutting benefits for the disabled is economically unnecessary, morally bereft, symbolically disastrous and politically fatal. But it's going to do it anyway.

12.03.2025 12:10 πŸ‘ 88 πŸ” 35 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

What a petulant little man!

12.03.2025 12:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Trump's attacks on the Department of Education should remind us never to elect to high office anyone without a stake in society. We suffered the same in the UK from 2010, when people who used private healthcare and private schools ripped up public services.

12.03.2025 06:59 πŸ‘ 2124 πŸ” 552 πŸ’¬ 34 πŸ“Œ 18

If Labour levied a wealth tax of 2% on multimillionaires earning over Β£10million per annum, this would raise around Β£28billion; enough to transform society; without the need to target the most vulnerable in society. What's there not to like Chancellor?

11.03.2025 16:48 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

β€œYour” not even allowed to do that? Does anyone check the grammar of whoever writes these posts for Trump?

11.03.2025 08:58 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The magnificent Stewart Lee.

07.03.2025 14:19 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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No bone spurs detected.

06.03.2025 21:18 πŸ‘ 53210 πŸ” 8262 πŸ’¬ 856 πŸ“Œ 349

I'm beginning to regret rejoining the Labour Party; and I certainly didn't vote for a rerun of austerity nor sucking up to parasites like this. TAX THE RICH...

07.03.2025 10:19 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0