gary1609.bsky.social

gary1609.bsky.social

@gary1609.bsky.social

Love physical media,talking politics,music,and film. Big Brother is my favourite TV show,wide musical taste from Bowie,& Lana Del Rey to retro soul from 70s & 80s. Left of centre political leaning,old enough to have been a new romantic in the 80s.

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A reminder, one day ahead of a by-election in which the Greens are favourites to defeat Reform, that the Daily Mail owner's wife recently donated £50,000 to Nigel Farage's party

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Uncharacteristically mild wording from Ian but unerringly accurate as always.

Ian Dunt@iandunt.bsky.social

It is so embarrassing that it has taken nearly a decade for a British minister to say this, a statement of the absolute bloody obvious

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"The Pride of Britain" Fox - Charged under the Sexual Offence act for an upskirt photo on Twitter Hopkins - Detained in South Africa for spreading racial hatred and deported from Australia for breaching Covid Tommy "10 names" Robinson - Serial convict

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A two part tale of abject idiocy that perfectly summarises the disingenuous daily con perpetuated by the right, facilitated by a bought client media that incessantly platforms them.

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A president that suppresses truth by undermining the integrity of journalism or objective reality, is no longer a president but an autocrat. The reality is, a rabid fascist is in control of one of the most powerful countries in the world, that’s not even hyperbole. If anything, an understatement.

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I seem to have upset the Nigel Farage fan club - so let me be clear. This man sows hate, lies and division. He is a grifter and a conman. He does not represent the vast majority of Britons. Repost if you agree P.s. multiculturalism is great.

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Kemi Badenoch: "The Conservatives delivered CPTPP - a trade deal that brings enormous benefits to everyone from British farmers to fintech and small businesses to the largest manufacturers." Actual impact of CPTPP on UK GDP: 0.08% Impact of Brexit on UK GDP: -4%

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I’ve reported on homelessness for years and met many, many people who have found themselves in awful situations Every single one of them had more decency and integrity than this privileged plutocrat

@drrosena.bsky.social Can we have the Lab Govt look into this please,lets get people back to trusting hospitals,not being afraid of them,shouldn't take much to get hospitals into a routine of identifying & isolating those with Covid,making sure Nurses/DRs don't get infected & pass it to patients.

Babs 🩵🐝⌛️🦋🔻@babs05.bsky.social

Happened in my extended family. Go to hospital for routine treatment, catch covid, die couple of days later. #CovidIsNotOver #NHS via @catinthehat.bsky.social on Twitter. x.com/_CatintheHat... Threadreader threadreaderapp.com/thread/18654...

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Progress! Next week: Rachel Reeves meeting with EU group of finance ministers in Brussels. February: European security meeting (first time a British PM has attended since we left the EU). Spring: First UK-EU summit since Brexit. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

thetimes.comStarmer starts his  journey to closer ties with the EUThe prime minister is due to travel to Belgium to discuss European security in the light of Donald Trump’s election

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“Just three companies, News Corp (Murdoch family), Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT, Viscount Rothermere) and Reach plc, control over 80% of daily newspaper circulation… The hyper-rich continue to invest huge sums in acquiring control of media” We need a free press - ie free from the billionaires.

sussexbylines.co.ukWe need a free pressIt’s vital for democracy that we receive verifiable information that is not manipulated or controlled

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Farmer on LBC Labour putting up my private school fees. Labour making my kids pay 1 million inheritance tax. Labour taking my dad’s winter fuel allowance. A man with a 13 million pound farm wants me to keep his dad warm. Greedy bastards are the problem.

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