Richard Hooton

Richard Hooton

@rootntootn.bsky.social

Cornish EHO (1975 Tottenham cohort). Socialist & believe in a fairer, more equal society (ISTJ). Keen birder

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Andy Burnham on BBC QT is head & shoulders above the rest of the panel. Whilst some might term him a career politician, he is competent, meaning they have knowledge, they are experienced and are qualified. It sounds appealing to take a tradesperson off the street but to be a MP is totally naive.

Yet, there will be many so called England fans, draped in the flag, who are racist to the core. They vote for Farage, hate the establishment & want a white Great Britain. They are as thick as shit & will probably get pissed & denigrate our great country. Thankfully they will be in the minority. 2

Just watching Panorama on family budgeting. I feel for people but have we lost something? Kids b/day parties at local hall & play trad games. Days out - park, cycle trip, do your own treasure trail. Presents - make your own. My wife still cherishes a jar of notes from the kids - why I love my Mum!

Energy Security March to date: I have produced 134kW from my 4kW array =c.6kW per day. We’ve topped up our battery overnight at cheap rates to cover our usage. Imagine if we did this for everybody in fuel poverty. Capital outlay is c.£15k. People need help to access the new Warm Homes plan.

On meeting a powerful person--Hitler, Stalin, Gates--ask them 5 questions: “What power have you got? Where did you get it from? In whose interests do you exercise it? To whom are you accountable? And how can we get rid of you?” Tony Benn

Frank, whoever you are, on LBC at 23:20hrs tonight - not only are you a complete idiot but your views & opinions express what is wrong with a minority of society in the UK. You repeat myth & misinformation without having taken the trouble yourself to check out its accuracy.

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Macquarie, the same company which owned Thames Water and left it with debts in the billions

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"From 2002, NCP was subsequently owned by private equity companies Cinven and 3i, and then by an infrastructure fund run by the Australian bank Macquarie, which loaded it with debt. In 2011, under Macquarie’s ownership, NCP had debts of £450m." Another grim win for offshore asset strippers.

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I want decent public services I want the cost of living to be tackled I want our NHS to be publicly and decently funded Nigel Farage and Reform offer none of these things What do they offer? Erm, flags and something about banknotes, as well of course, hatred and division

When Richard Nice & Isabell Neccessary-on-a-bicycle return to the UK, along with 100’s of other tax dodgers, I trust the HMRC is ready to get any tax owed off them. They are too bloody quick to get it off me, so fairs fair.

Doom Bar (beer) hasn’t been Cornish for years, so Molson Corrs can xxxx right off with their branding, marketing & false products. Here in Cornwall we pride ourselves on producing great quality food & drink that tastes good. We have no time for big business who are only interested in big bucks.

I’m sure there are lots of lovely USA citizens who agree with me, Trump & his administration are absolute shits. To vote with Russia, Iran, N Korea & Belarus is beyond belief.

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President Trump, "People are saying we're winning too much we can't take it any longer" "And I say, you're going to win more" - This is the actual President of the United States 👀

If you can please further encourage the Reform contingent up in Gorton & Denton to use a pen when voting, not a pencil. They have already raised this & it needs promoting. Pens are not recommended as the ink can smudge on folding the paper resulting in a spoilt ballot paper they don’t need to know!

The Chagos Islands are halfway around the world, almost 6000m from UK. Previously ‘owned’ by France, & then us, with enslaved communities For Reform or any other to claim that they care about the populus or have any interest in the islands is complete poppycock We ceased to be an Empire long ago

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I thought Reform were all about saving money? These elections will cost £60 million plus. Think of the swastikas you could buy with that, Nigel.

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Manchester Mill find the small group of Reform activists includes several with v overt prejudices. They fairly note that Goodwin can't be expected to vet them all in advance. To date, the site report he is not willing to criticise ant of it once revealed either manchestermill.co.uk/goodwins-gan...

manchestermill.co.uk'I wouldn't touch a Jewish woman': Meet the Reform team in Gorton and DentonMembers of Reform's campaign team shared racist content online and aligned themselves with far-right groups

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When we refer to the Liberal Democrats, we generally shorten it to “LibDems”. So why don’t we do likewise with ReformUK and refer to them as REFUK? It would have the added benefit of succinctly conveying what they stands for! .

Tell me Fiona Bruce, why do you dislike the Greens so? As a chair, it is your job to facilitate not take sides. Appalling the management at the BBC can’t see this. It’s staring everybody else in the eyes.

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🍰 Happy birthday to David Skinner who turns 94 years young today. 🗺️ "I've got a United Nations heart bypass to prove it. And it was done by a Syrian cardiologist, a Malaysian surgeon, a Dutch doctor, a Nigerian registrar" "And these two people here, talk about sending them back."

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BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors

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A lot of racists in UK media & politics are currently limbering up to hold Donald Trump to an infinitely lower moral standard than they did Gary Lineker. Starting with Farage, inevitably…

Are you listening to the IOC message Vance - peace, integrity, values, equality, children’s rights? I expect this is a foreign language to you though. No wonder they booed you.