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@mickrab.bsky.social
Europhile boomer who appreciates how lucky I am. London accent with Yorkshire twinges, but heart in Galway. Savage cynic, a bit sweary, no prisoners. Tax is the price you pay for a civilised society.
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What is the BBC's justification for maintaining this level of coverage of Reform now it has slipped into third place?
BBC News just interrupted its coverage to go, live, to Nigel Farage - a man with no contitutional standing in our setup - responding to the budget - a document which nobody has seen yet. WHY
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Water companies want to push up bills even further. AND Thames Water wants an excruciatingly expensive £2.4 billion bailout. No more water company failures at our expense. Let them go bust! 1/2
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Israel’s chief Rabbi’s statement below Are we allowed to call this racist? Will be arrested if we do? “Israel’s Chief Rabbi says Palestinians are not a people and have no rights“ www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfe...
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Absolutely useless but fascinating fact of the type I love.
Renoir painted nudes, Monet didn’t. His wife Alice said she’d kick him out if he brought models home. So instead, he painted his stepdaughters—especially Suzanne, who posed for Woman with a Parasol. Sometimes family drama shapes art history.
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Check your pulse and blood pressure!
Donald Trump just said something I said. Data centres should be responsible for their own power - they should not be allowed to just connect to the grid we have. It makes perfect sense, these mega projects in all senses and their design and build should include their own power needs - and water.
Fucking serves the 'ordinary buyers' right. Brains of a rocking horse!
Trump reported $635 million in income from $TRUMP coin sales. Reuters found over $700M in investor losses by June; the coin is down 97%, turning $1,000 bought at the peak into about $25. Funny how “America First” works: Trump rakes in cash, ordinary buyers eat the losses. finbold.com/official-tru...
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Replying to @andybrown1951.bsky.social
The UK's idea of defence is swaggering around the world like Billy big bollocks, pretending it's still a world power. The UK has 145 bases out-with it's borders, China has one. We don't need more military spending, we need a restructuring that prioritises actual defence, not these colonial fantasies
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Tell Andy Burnham to block the Thames Water bailout before Thursday 29th October. Remove the licence, TAKE IT BACK Andy Burnham. Sign the petition: vist.ly/5p396
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Not the sharpest tool in the box.
Left: Conservative Helen Whately criticised Labour for 174,000 young people unemployed under Labour, suggesting they have the policies to fix it Right: But under the Conservatives, there were 872,000 young people unemployed, because of, wait for it, Conservative policy
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OFCOM is fucking useless. Who knew?
A government spokesperson told Byline Times that ministers were now "exploring what action to take" against MPs like Nigel Farage double-jobbing as presenters on GB News, as Ofcom's former standards chief tells us the watchdog has taken a "two tier" approach to the channel
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They're At It Again. Slandering Sally Rooney and the people of Ireland. She should sue him to oblivion.
Adam Boulton: "she, in common with a lot of people in Ireland is taking a very strong pro Palestine & I have to say anti Israel & anti Jewish stance" Adam, can you provide evidence that Sally Rooney is taking an anti Jewish stance? Or are you, in fact, lying to smear critics of Israel?
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Jenrick went on to say that Harold Shipman did more for the positive image of GPs than anyone ever. And that Fred West was a bloody good builder.
Would Jenrick like to show his working? https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/oct/16/jenrick-farage-reform-done-more-stand-against-racism-than-almost-anybody
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@chrisbjohns.bsky.social @jimpowerecon1962.bsky.social Your latest podcast has achieved something in me I never thought possible: 110% agreement with Jim against CJ. The security of home ownership is buried deep in the Irish psyche. We even gave the world the word "boycott" on the back of it.
The defence rests. bsky.app/profile/gran...
This is advertised in the Liberties for €700 per person per month. Something major needs to happen about landlords.
@chrisbjohns.bsky.social @jimpowerecon1962.bsky.social Your latest podcast has achieved something in me I never thought possible: 110% agreement with Jim against CJ. The security of home ownership is buried deep in the Irish psyche. We even gave the world the word "boycott" on the back of it.
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A strong argument for citizens’ assemblies discussing our future EU relationship… In Ireland, assemblies: “helped inform public debate before the referendums, so the country talked to itself before it voted, and the result is remembered for its maturity rather than its bitterness.”
Burnham has opened the door on Europe – now let the public in A citizens-led national conversation could help Britain decide what it wants from its future relationship with Europe By Dr Mike Galsworthy yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/bur...
AFT! <About Fucking Time >
Ministers order statutory probe into Tees Valley The government has ordered a statutory inquiry into Mayor, Lord Ben Houchen’s Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA). The move reflects concern in Whitehall about governance and value for money northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...
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