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What an absolute shambles. Leaving an 18 year-old newly elected councillor in charge of a large council like Warwickshire is a prime example of why 'Reform' are not fit to run anything.

submitted 17 hours ago • 1 comment

@rshereme.bsky.social For those who believe russia’s vast size is somehow natural — just look at this map. It screams continual colonization and the destruction of entire ethnic groups. 1/n

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I am shocked and deeply saddened at the terrible plane crash in Ahmedabad, which had taken off to fly to Gatwick. I know it will be especially distressing for our local Indian community here in Crawley, the majority of whom have their origins in Gujarat. Our hearts go out to them all at this time.

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

I remember him well, refereeing many top matches and dealing with bust-ups where players lost their cool. He was a notable first, like when Viv Anderson became the first black player for England in 1978. Too young, Uriah Rennie was only 65. Rest in peace. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

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(🧵) THREAD: I am shocked at how many people here think Trump has the upper hand in his feud with Musk—and I am convinced that it is the urgency of the media narrative in this direction that has made so many take this counterfactual position. As a biographer of both men, I’ll outline the situation.

submitted 18 days ago • 93 comments

This is sad news. For many people, especially of my generation, Morten Harket will be immortalised in the Take on Me video from forty years ago in 1985. Sadly, time catches up with us all one way or another. Wishing him well in this chapter of his life. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

One has to agree with The Boss. www.telegraph.co.uk/music/concer...

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

He's right. Farage runs his party as a dictatorship, so it's very obvious how he would run the country.

submitted 42 days ago • 0 comments

What a scumbag.

submitted 54 days ago • 1 comment

Why do Crawley's Labour Councillors want to expose Crawley to Surrey's debt mountain by moving Crawley into Surrey? Council finances are already difficult, but exposing ourselves to Surrey's billions of debt can only mean savage cuts to OUR local services! www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-...

submitted 56 days ago • 2 comments

Surely a wind-up?

submitted 57 days ago • 0 comments

I have written for Sussex World about how I will vote at the Full Council meeting on 7th May, against the ridiculous proposal from the Labour leadership of Crawley Borough Council, to bounce Crawley into Surrey. www.yourworld.net/sussex/west-...

submitted 59 days ago • 0 comments

Let Crawley Decide Its Future in West Sussex - Sign the Petition! chng.it/RGp7VQJSHG

submitted 61 days ago • 0 comments

This really was a crass thing for Crawley's Labour run Council to do. Apparently it will be replaced with a 'modern mural'. I dread to think what that may mean... www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2046...

submitted 61 days ago • 0 comments

Your daily reminder that Donald Trump is a compulsive liar.

submitted 61 days ago • 0 comments

Your daily reminder that Donald Trump is a Russian asset, as well as an idiot and a douchebag.

submitted 62 days ago • 0 comments

Of course, it's never Trump's fault... Dow Jones down 2.5% today. almost 1000 points. Bodes badly for when the FTSE opens up on Tuesday after the Easter break. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 65 days ago • 0 comments

Obvious Russia won't adhere to their own fake 30 hour 'ceasefire' but why do I suspect that Trump will use this to somehow say Russia had good faith and then go on to blame Ukraine for not wanting peace? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 67 days ago • 0 comments

Insider trading? MTG bought thousands of dollars in stock just before Trump’s tariff pause sent markets soaring. According to a disclosure released Monday, Marjorie Taylor Greene invested between $21,000 and $315,000 on April 8 and 9, buying stock in 17 companies, including Apple, Tesla, and NVIDIA

submitted 72 days ago • 46 comments

A deeply upsetting and shocking incident that happened near Crawley Leisure Park. My thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their family at this time. Thank you to the emergency services who attended and who will have done everything they could at the scene. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Of note is that over the last four weeks, is that Labour have lost all five by-elections where they were defending the seat and they didn't gain any of the other nine seats up for election. Conservative 4/14, LibDem 4/14, SNP 3/14, Independent 2/14, Reform 1/14, Labour 0/14 #LabourLosingStreak

submitted 83 days ago • 1 comment

Some grim numbers from the US stock markets today. Dow Jones down almost 4%, S&P 500 down nearly 5%, and the Nasdaq down almost 6%. Americans typically hold more of their wealth in shares, so this will hurt.

submitted 83 days ago • 0 comments

Don’t forget the Trump cheerleaders when the Trump Tariffs kick in.

submitted 84 days ago • 7 comments

But we were told 24 hours, one phone call...

submitted 85 days ago • 0 comments

My weekly column for the Crawley Observer is about opposing Crawley Labour's plan to move Crawley into Surrey, and asks if ultimately they want to make Crawley part of a new London borough that would place (the soon to expand) London Gatwick Airport in London. duncancrow.blogspot.com/2025/03/craw...

submitted 86 days ago • 0 comments

Calling Reform cheerleaders aka political pygmies to start sharing another opinion poll. Oh wait...

submitted 86 days ago • 0 comments

My column for this week's Crawley Observer. Tilgate and Furnace Green Councillor Duncan Crow: The 2020s - This is Britain's Lost Decade duncancrow.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-...

submitted 89 days ago • 0 comments

The eyeliner-wearing US Vice President James Vance, continues to demonstrate that he is comparable to something disgusting that I have to wipe off my shoe, if I have the misfortune to tread in it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 89 days ago • 0 comments

Pete Hegseth must resign or be fired immediately.

submitted 92 days ago • 5443 comments

I've written for my weekly column in the Crawley Observer about what a recent vote in parliament could actually mean for our pubs. I take the view that our pubs have suffered enough and making customers having to worry about what they say is a step to far. duncancrow.blogspot.com/2025/03/stop...

submitted 93 days ago • 0 comments

My motion at last month's Full Council Meeting at Crawley Borough Council, seeking to ask the Labour Government to stop their National Insurance rise on local authorities and charities, was lost due to every Labour Councillor voting against it. duncancrow.blogspot.com/2025/03/coun...

submitted 96 days ago • 0 comments

Quite alarming but very telling stats. You can see that disinformation is rampant in the US and who falls for it. But for educated women, the country would be totally gone.

submitted 98 days ago • 0 comments

There was a time when something like this may have shocked me. Now it feels like no surprise at all. In the same way everyone knew that Putin wanted Trump to win in the USA, who do you think Putin wants to do well in the UK? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 101 days ago • 0 comments

Of course Trump appeases Putin. It's because he aspires to be Putin. news.sky.com/story/donald...

submitted 104 days ago • 27 comments

And there is no doubt that Putin is a partner. #TrumpIsARussianAsset

submitted 108 days ago • 0 comments

I'm pleased that the BBC have reported this very positive news story for our @westsussexfire.bsky.social. This decision we took really is helping the service to do more prevention work and help keep safe our more vulnerable members of the community. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 108 days ago • 0 comments

But Russia wants peace, Trump said so.... It's that Ukrainian aggression again, having the audacity to try and shoot down missiles bombing their civilians.

submitted 111 days ago • 0 comments

Indeed. Who would want to drive around in a vehicle that is increasingly viewed as a badge for a fascist? #DontBuyATesla

submitted 112 days ago • 0 comments

Trump’s first days in office have been an absolute train wreck. If this continues then by the end of this decade the USA will be diminished, politically, militarily and economically. Full article is highly recommended: t.co/NdiyrfnsOc

submitted 112 days ago • 67 comments

My weekly column for this week's Crawley Observer is on Crawley Borough Council's budget for 2025/26, and the drastic budget cuts that the Labour Government's National Insurance rise has caused. duncancrow.blogspot.com/2025/03/nati...

submitted 113 days ago • 0 comments

No other way to say this really - Vance is an utter toerag.

submitted 114 days ago • 0 comments

A real risk that much of the world will disengage from the US and buy many less goods and services from them. The idiot Trump has overplayed his hand.

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