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Trying to work out if the state of the world or the state of the Welsh rugby depresses me more. Holstein AULS Premier League FPL Champion 2018 Views own, he/him

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The Wales Snr Mens Team stink, the Snr Women's team stink, the Mens U20s stink, and the WRU really think the solution is to cut two Snr Men's pro teams rather than sorting themselves out?

30.08.2025 12:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I don't understand why people can't get that things like an obituary have value because you *did* them.

Feels like we're outsourcing our whole lives at this point, so I guess we can outsource our love too.

Yay.

03.08.2025 13:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I guess all those "Non-Conformists' must just had radical looking hair or something

20.07.2025 17:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Does feel a bit odd that Winnett was cast out of the team & into the dungeon underneath the Arms Park because he lacked solidity under the high ball, but everyone seems perfectly content with Murray at FB who is seemingly allergic to catching the ball under pressure

12.07.2025 16:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Also come on "Henry V", the guy whose signature achievement was "killed lots of French people and then died before finishing the job". That guy?

Not even in the top 5 most impactful English Kings called Henry.

16.06.2025 22:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I've spent 10 minutes staring as this headline trying to fathom a scenario where it's a direct choice between Henry V and "Mr Men"

16.06.2025 22:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Being schmoozed s an unusual feeling as a Millennial. Because our entire political system and most of our practical lives is based on "well you're gonna have to put up with this shit"

07.06.2025 22:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Objectively hilarious that people are very much in favour of other people doing National Service.

03.06.2025 08:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There now follows a short thread of Captain Holt quotes on screenshots of Kratos. Why? Because I wanted to, that's why.

04.01.2025 22:31 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

In a country where more and more children are going hungry, more and more people have to sleep on our streets and you're spending your money on that?

25.05.2025 11:35 πŸ‘ 78 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

Something that the Lucy Connolly case has illustrated - something that is well known to those who work in criminal justice but often overlooked in public debate - is the complexity and nuance in the lives and characters of people appearing before the courts.

A short πŸ§΅πŸ‘‡

20.05.2025 18:26 πŸ‘ 343 πŸ” 114 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 16

Too many people at the top of the BBC think that they should be competing with the private sector not providing an important thing that the market can't. Should focus on providing detailed coverage of 'what's in it?' that someone with the reading age of a seven year old can parse.

19.05.2025 16:42 πŸ‘ 1503 πŸ” 281 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 1

They should invent chess merch that’s good

19.05.2025 20:02 πŸ‘ 194 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 0

I think a lot about canvassing a older woman in 2017 who ranted loudly about immigration and how she'd been Labour and would never vote for us again because of it. We checked our records and so far as we could tell she'd never voted Labour.

Keir's strategy seems entirely based on winning her vote.

15.05.2025 08:15 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The first two points contradict each other, and the last is meaningless. Great.

15.05.2025 06:40 πŸ‘ 437 πŸ” 84 πŸ’¬ 45 πŸ“Œ 6

The "island of strangers" line from Starmer is deeply cynical, placed in a paragraph that allows deniability of the worst characterisations of it, but there if their imaginary Reform-Labour switcher wants to hear it (which they won't, because they're imaginary)

12.05.2025 13:13 πŸ‘ 75 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
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Presuming that there are two kinds of voters, a) those that agree with the below and b) those that don't. Voter B) now won't vote for you and Voter A) still won't vote for because they trust Farage over you to "deal with it".

Congratulations, you've played yourself.

12.05.2025 12:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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It has been 3 years since Royal Assent was given to the repeal of the Vagrancy Act (1824). But people forced to sleep rough still face fines or even prison because parliament has failed to complete repeal. Thank you to Baroness Alicia Kennedy
for raising this vital issue.

06.05.2025 16:11 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

this continues to be the most useful metaphor I’ve seen

05.05.2025 16:29 πŸ‘ 505 πŸ” 146 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Excellent point here about the incompatibility of wanting to, apparently, fundamentally change the UK and also not have any individual policy that could be portrayed as scary or radical

03.05.2025 08:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What is the point of winning elections if you can't then use your power to help starving children because you're too afraid of the next election?

22.04.2025 09:34 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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11.04.2025 08:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Politicians: We should run Government like a business

Business:

11.04.2025 08:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Good night, Bluesky

09.04.2025 18:23 πŸ‘ 4425 πŸ” 541 πŸ’¬ 66 πŸ“Œ 26

The best change they could make is turn it back to the way it was 10 years ago when it was actually useful

24.03.2025 21:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh youre a fan of St Patrick? Name your favourite hagiography

17.03.2025 11:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
17.03.2025 09:59 πŸ‘ 218 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Ideas the left find offensive" is a funny way of saying "Nazi shit"

Every time I pop over to Twitter I get bombarded with Nazi shit.

If there was a part of town where every time I went I got bombarded with Nazi shit, I would stop going. It's the same.

17.03.2025 11:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

One of the slipperiest tricks of modern political "commentary" is that conservative talking points are sprayed across the press on a daily basis but presented as some kind of secret, forbidden lore.

09.03.2025 14:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The decision to be electorally "savvy" and not reverse last years NICs cut is going to become the original sin of this Government.

It's impossible to deliver the improvements promised, stick to same fiscal rules + leave Β£20bn pa on the table.

08.03.2025 12:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0