Alan Alfred

Alan Alfred

@bemusedofbow.bsky.social

After 14 years, elated that the adults are now back in control of the asylum. Used to be a long suffering West Ham fan.

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“Many, many people died of Covid after I left office because while I was in office I let it rage throughout the population with my lies, neglect, and incompetence! Thank you for your attention to this matter.”

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Keir Starmer is up to speed, and then some, on what is happening nationally and internationally. He has a keen intelligence that can assimilate information rapidly and make confident decisions. Burnham struggles with the concept of having an HQ. It doesn’t bode well

It was wonderful to see Michael Gove have his arse handed to him on a plate on HIGNFY. He spent the whole programme with a self deprecating smirk on his face but there was a split second where the mask dropped and his inate ugliness surfaced.

#bbclaurak Watching Nicola Sturgeon and I'm impressed by her honesty. When can we expect Laura Kuennsberg to have an in-depth interview with Nigel Farage about the £5 million gift and the £1 million bribe from Christopher Harborne?

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Laura Kuenssberg wanted to ask questions about me being in the pocket of a billionaire and our candidate being a misogynist. So naturally I sent Robert Jenrick, the man who intervened to save a billionaire pornographer £45m in exchange for a £12,000 donation.

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#InconvenientTruth Starmer would beat every other leadership candidate in Parliament because *he's the best person for the job*. Leadership votes are on the "1st, 2nd, 3rd preference" basis & Starmer would beat both Rayner & Miliband on that. Streeting is nowhere. Burnham is only there as fantasy🙄

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Labour's Anna Turley MP on Farage's £1.4m house purchase: “[He] has repeatedly dodged questions on his multi-million-pound 'gift'. Now we can see why – this totally stinks... "Farage took £5 million from a crypto billionaire, tried to cover it up, & bought an expensive house after taking the money"

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Socialism has produced everything that works in the world. The roads, the water systems, the electrical network, the schools, the universities, most of the houses, the Healthcare that actually works. All Capitalism does is rip people off.

After the #KingsSpeech are there any odds on who'll be the Labour backbencher to invoke Oliver Cromwell's speech to the Rump Parliament? Abbott, Burgon, McDonnell? There's bound to be one.

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PabloReports: Ted Cruz called you a parasite and disparaged your work as a bartender. AOC: I think it’s funny that he’s been taking a government paycheck for 23 years but has the audacity to criticize someone who has come from a family that had to work their way up and earn their place here.

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Not to excuse this, & it’s a while since I presented anything on the BBC, but I do recall noting an almost subconscious desire to disprove bogus allegations of bias by being particularly tough on Labour & Lib Dems (Ed Davey once complained!) This is another victory for right wing media gaslighting.

Alex Andreou@sturdyalex.bsky.social

If you like data, here is something interesting for you: Bridget Phillipson interview on LK: 9m 40" LK number of interruptions/talking over: 31 Richard Tice interview on LK: 8m 23" LK number of interruptions/talking over: 9

#bbclaurak Oh, what joy. GoNads Dorries, limp leaf of lettuce Jeremy Vine and Bluto tribute act James Dimerly all on the same show. I think I'm going to have to change the sheets!

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Nigel Farage asked on BBC news this morning if he'd debate with me. Says he's too busy with the local elections & it will just be a "big row." I've been asking him for months. Someone's running scared? Vote Green.

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This president’s voters chose him to protect and dignify women’s sports They never minded his record of locker room talk Here is how he chooses to congratulate a women’s sports team To be this misogynistic, you really have to try To be this incompetent, you really have to be misogynistic

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What has Starmer done for you? He’s building back our communities, improving the lives of the poorest which improves all our lives, securing our homes & our work, better health care, better pay. Our kids are better educated, fed & nurtured. We’re safer and Europe beckons.

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"The president said his original goal was regime change and helping the protesters and the Iranian people, but now the goal seems to be opening the strait, which is something that was already open when the war started." @timmiller.bsky.social joins Katy Tur Reports on MS NOW.

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His incompetence and yes, unwarranted arrogance on display for the whole world to see. He's his own worst enemy. Diplomacy is dead if you keep posting threats before and during negotiations. And not one of his minion is willing to stop him. 🙄

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I've seen a lot of references online to a "J. Edgar Boozer" and although I'm not saying anyone in particular deserves that appellation, I do think it would be the perfect name for someone serving as head of the Federal Bureau of Intoxication, if there were such a thing, which I'm not saying there is

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🙄🇬🇧🙄🇬🇧🙄🇬🇧🙄🇬🇧🙄 We now have an entire media who would rather see a Farage govt, leading to the demise of the NHS and an alliance with the far right US Christian Nationalist fuckers than support the govt we elected And its drift towards EU alignment Putin must be laughing his head off.

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I can't get out of my mind something a cab driver said to me in Belfast last week: "There's something about America I can't understand. It's a country with so much potential and so many good people in it. How could such a terrible man get elected twice to run it?'

Is there a particular reason why GBNEWS fronts its news broadcasts with effete, flopsy young men, invariably positioned next to ageing old hags who are well past their sell by date?

Yet another day of Robbie Gibb's Groom of the Stool, Chris Mason, trying to undermine Keir Starmer, working overtime to earn his 30 prices of silver. Totally unfit to be the BBC News' Political Editor.

Let me be honest. I'm so fucking sick to death of the likes Chris Mason and Paul Brand, two men who have never had 'a proper job', undermining Sir Keir Starmer, the most principled prime minister since Theresa May, and before her, Gordon Brown. When will this witch hunt stop?

Let me be honest. I'm so fucking sick to death of the likes Chris Mason and Paul Brand, two men who have never had 'a proper job', undermining Sir Keir Starmer, the most principled prime minister since Theresa May, and before her, Gordon Brown. When will this witch hunt stop?

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“If you criticise Palantir’s platform one more time, you are going to lose your job.” Solidarity to all NHS workers opposing this toxic corporation. Shame on those bullying them. But they won’t stop us. We’re going to ditch Palantir. www.ft.com/content/ff70...

ft.comSenior NHS officials warned staff over criticising rollout of Palantir platformEthical objections and uneven adoption have made the tech group’s contract a divisive issue within English health service

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You know what's really embarrassing about this conflict? Iran has a 90 percent literacy rate while 50 per cent of the US reads at the 6th grade level or below. Iran sent Phds to the ceasefire talks. The US sent realtors.

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Thousands of workers are threatening to strike at the Los Angeles World Cup stadium. The SoFi Stadium plans to host two of the three US Men's World Cup matches, but now 2,000 cooks, servers, bartenders and more may strike. Their main issue? ICE being present at the World Cup.

nytimes.comFIFA faces new crisis as SoFi Stadium workers in LA threaten strike actionThe union UNITE HERE Local 11 has made a series of demands to FIFA and voiced major concerns about ICE agents around World Cup venues