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Retired - lots of volunteering, so plenty of time to tweet/retweet and update my FB status with (mostly) provocative comments. Humanist. Increasingly shouty. Also on X
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#r4today

My vote for tweet of the day.

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With one day to go until Dan Hannan's Brexit Day celebrations, let's remember what he promised us life in the UK and Europe would be like almost a decade after the country voted to Leave the EU. #BrexitReality #r4today #PoliticsLive

Nine years ago the godfather of Brexit, Lord Daniel Hannan, predicted life in Brexit Britain in June 2025. Roll the tape… (VO by @gavinesler.bsky.social. Part 2 below👇)

Carney’s statement is a carbon copy of Starmer’s yet many are interpreting them completely differently? Just confirms this is about hating Starmer whatever he does?

A man who bows to 2 war criminals wants the Nobel Peace Prize.

Somewhat strange to hear @bbcnickrobinson haranguing an NHS Consultant for being on “over £100,000” and claiming to channel the feelings of ordinary people. His salary in 2024 was between £345,000 - £349,000. For presenting radio programs. Which never saved anyone’s life?

Such an important point. ED What happened to the bakeries that were baking bread for these war victims?

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Having this minute just arrived back in the UK with Keir Starmer from the G7 summit, here’s my read on his careful and at times skilled diplomatic efforts - however limited the results. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

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I know you can’t stand either one of these clowns, but please sit back and enjoy Tucker Carlson steamroll Ted Cruz over his Iran ignorance. It’s like watching two snakes fight and still rooting for the venom. Clearly, Tuckums planned this, and Cancun Cruz walked right into his trap.

🕝 #HouseOfLords from 2.30pm includes: 🟥 learning disabilities nursing 🟥 e-scooters and e-bikes 🟥 cladding in high-rise buildings 🟥 international vaccine programmes 🟥 #ChildrensBill ➡️ See full schedule and watch online www.parliament.uk/business/new...

A little light reading, if you want to put the pr in context.

Nine years ago today, Jo Cox was murdered while doing her job. Tragically, the hate and division in our society have only deepened since that dark day. Jo's death was a profound blow to our democracy.

Loch Lomond Flamingo Land tycoon backed Reform UK and donated £162,500 to the Tories www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politic...

Today marks nine years since Jo Cox was assassinated by a far-right extremist, a terrible loss to those who knew and loved her and to politics. Zero lessons were learned though and the far-right continues to be pandered to. With more political assassinations in the US it all feels too familiar.

Chillingly close to the truth.

Curious use of 'vision' here. Delusion would be preferable.

Kinda wild that we all get to pay taxes to fund a civil war against us

I love seeing the massive #NoKings turnouts in major cities, but what I love even more are the hundreds and hundreds of small, rural towns that had relatively bigger turnouts compared to their populations 💙🙏

Whoa! Hats off to ABC News reporter Matt Gutman for keeping his cool yesterday. This LAPD officer needs to be relieved of duty if he can’t handle an alleged “touch” without snapping.

Brill

Best image of the day:

www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

❗ 1 in 6 people referred to food banks in our community are carers. When you're looking after a loved one, you should NEVER have to worry about whether you can afford food and essentials. Our social security system should be there to provide support to carers. 💚 #CarersWeek

Just on Times Radio talking about the Green Party wealth tax proposal. The usual populist stuff about magically raising lots of money from Other People. But in reality the Green Party manifesto raised marginal income tax rate to *72%* for a graduate with three kids earning £60k.

Many may have forgotten this - but let's help people remember the Tory election-betting scandal. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

The joke of the weekend is going to be a man who was so scared that he had his daddy keep him from having to fight in a war...and is now having a military parade to try and convince people that he is brave. #BoneSpurs