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Brummie pedigree 150 years, Blues since 1900. Survivor / Substack DaveAColey. NHS Acute Director Rtd| UoB MBA Alumni European Movement-Rejoin. Excuse typos, epiretinal membranes make my world more wonky than it actually is.

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There's a certain type of voter who think everything he does and says is brilliant.

It's worrying that it might be enough to form a Govt

10.03.2026 19:27 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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10.03.2026 18:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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BYLINES NETWORK, MAKING SENSE OF OUR TIMES

POWER, PEOPLE & DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA

Mike Galsworthy, in conversation with:
Alexandra Hall Hall, Former UK diplomat, Washington DC
Anouska de Georgiou, Epstein survivor
Ben Meiselas, Meidas Touch Network

LIVESTREAM WEBINAR
Sign up here bit.ly/bookBN

10.03.2026 18:39 πŸ‘ 49 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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a young man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a crowd of people applauding . ALT: a young man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a crowd of people applauding .
10.03.2026 13:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Great work Kit, its a pity the old school MSM mob dont take their job as seriously as you.

10.03.2026 13:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

But Zelensky didn't wear a suit.

10.03.2026 13:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You in another decade

Mykonos 1981, plastered with Colin Healey.

10.03.2026 13:16 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

@mrjamesob.bsky.social

10.03.2026 11:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Tice hasn't told Jenrick his gulf property portfolio is going down the pan yet.

10.03.2026 10:59 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Another data point on why Polanski's message resonates with so many.

10.03.2026 10:53 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Totally out of character.

10.03.2026 10:45 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

##abolishthemonarchy

10.03.2026 08:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Wish he could be excluded from the UK

10.03.2026 08:12 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Nothing saya shared values like covering for a pedophile.

10.03.2026 06:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

UK enters the room.......
My fellow brumies often say 'pacific' instead of 'specific', and the charming area of Lower Gornal has the closest dialect to Anglo Saxon in existence.

10.03.2026 06:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Bet they believe Sadam really had wmds still

10.03.2026 06:08 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen giving a big speech now at an annual conference of all the EU's ambassadors

Expect fireworks - in the past VDL has used this as a platform to signal shifts in direction...

Will this be von der Leyen's Carney moment?

09.03.2026 09:13 πŸ‘ 44 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 8

The ingenuity of the Ukrainian people is truly amazing.

09.03.2026 17:05 πŸ‘ 43 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Not even 52/48.

09.03.2026 17:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Its almost like the GOP makes everything up on the hoof.

09.03.2026 16:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The regime that doesn't care when it kills US citizens isn't going to give a shit about Muslim school girls in Iran.

09.03.2026 16:41 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You can pay us back from your tariff nest egg ......oh πŸ˜‚

09.03.2026 12:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The only good thing about the ascendancy of the right is it exposes us all to how woeful they are as leaders.

I'm expecting a left bounce in every ( fair and open) election this year.

09.03.2026 11:03 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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67% of Britons describe themselves as anti-Trump, with Reform UK voters the only group more likely to be pro-Trump than anti

By 2024 vote
Lib Dem: 89% anti-Trump / 2% pro-Trump
Labour: 85% / 3%
Green: 82% / 4%
Conservative: 61% / 19%
Reform UK: 24% / 46%

yougov.com/en-gb/articl...

09.03.2026 10:11 πŸ‘ 141 πŸ” 57 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 26

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β€˜The cover-up is brazen’: one journalist’s tenacious, traumatic fight to expose Ghislaine Maxwell Lucia Osborne-Crowley has endured threats and sexual harassment to report on Jeffrey Epstein’s chief enabler. Maxwell’s conviction was only the start of the quest for justice, she says

β€˜The cover-up is brazen’: one journalist’s tenacious, traumatic fight to expose Ghislaine Maxwell

09.03.2026 05:43 πŸ‘ 981 πŸ” 486 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 27

An incredible woman.

Thank god for people like this.

09.03.2026 06:52 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Charge them top dollar

08.03.2026 15:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Zelensky will put the boot in big time now.
Revenge is a dish best served cold πŸ˜‰

08.03.2026 14:53 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0