Bruce Annett

Bruce Annett

@bruce22.bsky.social

Scots pensioner watching Democracy dying in the USA and the UK. Would like to make a difference before it's too late.

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South American elections are always about who is the least corrupt candidate, and how many of the population actually believe the promises made by the "politicians" involved. Never ends well for the voters. Sounds familiar?

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All these so-called “independent” Republicans will go right back to voting for Johnson as speaker, confirm every Trump nominee, vote with Trump on everything, and continue doing zero oversight on his corrupt regime. A vote for any one of them is a vote to continue all of that.

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Allowing this dead-company-walking to be bailed out again, instead of taking it into Special Administration and then permanent public ownership, would be a disgrace and a betrayal by the Andy Burnham government Enough is enough.

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So you can buy Mein Kampf in UK but not Sally Rooney? What a bunch of complete arseholes in Gov in UK.

Defend Our Juries@defendourjuries.bsky.social

Sally Rooney’s stand on Palestine is brave and humane, writes Zoe Williams The Normal People author’s determination to support Palestine Action, even if it means that her books are withdrawn from sale in the UK, makes a mockery of Britain’s terrorism laws. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/o...

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So the president claims not to know who did something that should only be doable, if at all, with the president’s knowledge, if not by the president himself.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Q: If it wasn't you, then who gave the order for Starlink to go down in Ukraine? TRUMP: I don't know

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Re the Sally Rooney news, I was looking up data on arrests under terrorism legislation the other day, and hadn't quite realised how utterly bonkers the effect of the Palestine Action prohibition had been. That big purple spike is basically all PA-related arrests.

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You have to appreciate the fact that these idiots always make these comments and never realize the context and facts.

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🚨 WOW: WSJ reports Ken Paxton partied in a luxury Dubai high-rise with 2 FUGITIVES, Anosh Ahmed and Sameer Suhail, facing fed charges over an alleged $15 MILLION hospital embezzlement scheme — alongside his gf (not his wife). Ahmed donated $190K to Paxton, including $25K AFTER his indictment.

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Michael Gove splits with his 26 yr younger partner, just as the news of her charges for possessing indecent images of children become public, and most of the British media remain quiet 🤔 www.aol.com/articles/oxf...

aol.comOxford University lecturer charged with possessing indecent images of children - AOLA University of Oxford lecturer is to be tried on charges of possessing indecent images of children.

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imagine if Joe Biden ...

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

Trump just fell for a FAKE Denzel Washington endorsement, sharing a fabricated quote claiming the Oscar-winning actor called him the smartest and bravest person he’d ever met. Even more embarrassing? The exact same fake endorsement has been attributed to Matthew McConaughey and Mick Jagger.

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POLITICAL RETRIBUTION Federal agents raided Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s DC home this morning. A sitting member of Congress who has repeatedly been targeted by Trump, now facing a federal investigation over immigration paperwork her father completed when she was a child. A CHILD.

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"The contrast between the utterly sycophantic coverage of Badenoch ... and the utterly dismissive coverage of Polanski, who has significantly improved his party’s standing over the past year, tells you everything you need to know about media bias in the UK" www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/why-the-ho...

adambienkov.co.ukWhy the Holborn and St Pancras By-Election Was a Good Result for the Green PartyThe dismissive coverage of Zack Polanski’s party obscures a far bigger truth about the rise of the left in British politics

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“Zelenskyy could’ve stopped this war many times, and he chose not to … he better damn well stop” — Trump is no longer trying to conceal that he’s fully on Putin’s side

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this is my first exposure to new White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia and let's just say she certainly didn't get the job because of her eloquence 😬

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Still a scam. #WeveGotYourBackZack

The Scales ⚖️@shakethescales.bsky.social

Interesting: the Board of Deputies of British Jews has suspended 36 members, essentially accusing them of antisemitism for signing a letter condemning genocide. #ItWasAScam is folding in & consuming itself... To be clear, opposing genocide isn't antisemitic; it's human. bod.org.uk/bod-news/sta...

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The contrast between the utterly sycophantic coverage this week of Kemi Badenoch, whose party has a truly atrocious electoral record under her leadership, and the utterly dismissive coverage of the Greens, tells you everything you need to know about media bias in the UK

adambienkov.co.ukWhy the Holborn and St Pancras By-Election Was a Good Result for the Green PartyThe dismissive coverage of Zack Polanski’s party obscures a far bigger truth about the rise of the left in British politics

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Trump: "It's interesting -- China makes the windmills, but try finding a wind farm in China. There is no such." (China has the largest wind power capacity in the world!)

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He thinks icebergs and glaciers are the same thing, right?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "It was global warming. And that didn't work because the planet started cooling. The icebergs are bigger than ever."

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FUCK RUMP

Seth Abramson@sethabramson.bsky.social

(🚨) MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: Trump Unilaterally Ends American Sanctions on Russian Energy Products and Announces That America Will Now Help Finance the Genocide Against Europeans in Ukraine; Russia and America Now Co-Rogue States, with America Funding Two Genocides and Russia One

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🇬🇧 The bbc british State Broadcaster Headlining News about 45 Police Scotland Officers being currently suspended for alleged crimes against women What the bbc don’t state is that there are currently 923 officers in England & Cymru who are similarly suspended 🇬🇧 Propaganda by Omission 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺😎

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Isn’t it strange how, when you start being paid by private companies instead of elected by the public, the people become the “mob”? Palantir’s record deserves scrutiny – from politicians and the public. https://bit.ly/47avtHW

theguardian.comPalantir’s Tom Watson says ‘mob rule’ must not dictate awarding of government contractsFormer Labour deputy leader says tech firm would work with a Reform UK government on immigration crackdowns

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A senior US Embassy official in occupied al-Quds suppressed and altered reports on Israeli settlements, settler violence, and Palestinian American killings to favor Netanyahu’s government, according to an NYT investigation. David Milstein, a top aide to Ambassador Mike Huckabee, reportedly ...

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No outraged speech from Reform UK 'I'm not racist' Farage, no social media disgust from Restore Britain Lowe, no marches by Patriot Platform ... maybe, just maybe, because none of them are black or brown! meme via We Demand UK

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Dear tv and radio producers. Thankyou for the invitation. But, no, I do not want to appear on your show to defend the idea that I am English, after 50 years of living and working here, because the increasingly feral right want to turn this into a "debate" and you cannot see how you're being played

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Mick Lynch "Zack Polanski isn't inciting hatred for Jews he believes he is an agent of peace and that Israel is carrying out Mass Murder in Gaza and the West Bank, and I believe that too." When Mick Lynch speaks sense, he speaks sense.

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🔴NEW: Ben Delo has given Reform £44MILLION Delo’s money comes from his now-closed crypto exchange BitMEX In 2019, a BitMEX investor asked about the status of his investment Delo responded by sending this meme, according to court documents. There’s more, a lot more (new investigation🧵)

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this is honestly one of the worst and most irresponsible things he has ever posted, and that's really saying something

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump tries to start a race war: "The once Great State of Minnesota is being taken over by Somali Immigrants ... The Somalians should not be allowed to get away with what they are doing. They view you as weak and stupid people. Fight back Minnesota, fight back!"

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troy jackson came to play, huh you love to see it

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Troy Jackson: "The gentleman's name was Johan Sebastian Guerrero. He had a 3 year old daughter. The only mistake he made that morning was going to work. Because Sen. Collins is not willing to stand up to Donald Trump, he was murdered in the streets of Biddeford for doing nothing wrong."

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Former Labour Deputy Leader Lord Thomas Watson, now Senior VP at Palantir UK, wrote to me defending their public contracts. Instead of trading letters, I’ve challenged him to an open, public debate. He can defend Palantir’s ethos; I’ll argue for public accountability. Will you accept, Tom?

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NEW: As Colorado’s Tina Peters reportedly meets with President Trump to discuss an election “plan,” her attorney says the plan involves seizing ballots nationwide and discusses strategy for a potential civil war