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I have worked in IT for a long time -since before it was commonly called IT. Very anti Brexit, anti-racist and intolerant of intolerance. Care about the environment for my kids and grandchild. Don’t post often, but read a lot of posts.
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Last night was the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops. I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III. Remind you of anyone?

submitted 3 days ago • 749 comments

Personally, I think it should be front page news for at least a month if a sitting US President is using falsified evidence to try and deny due process to a man who has committed no crime, but that’s just me

submitted 2 days ago • 815 comments

If he has 34 felony convictions then he is definitely a convicted criminal.

submitted 2 days ago • 657 comments

Right Now, most of the American can relate to this message from the 90's.

submitted 3 days ago • 517 comments

Why are we not talking about the most popular party leader? eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/why...

submitted 5 days ago • 4 comments

HOLY SHIT! This might be the coolest thing ever.

submitted 5 days ago • 312 comments

submitted 7 days ago • 623 comments

Swinney is right. When we were in the EU, there were signs all over the place showing how the EU was investing in our towns and regions. Best of all, EU funding was shared out EQUALLY and FAIRLY across all parts of the UK, regardless of which party was in power.

submitted 8 days ago • 9 comments

I’d rather shit in my hands and clap, frankly. It’s not safe for anyone to travel to the US now. Especially not those who criticise the regime. I’ll continue to raise my finger at that fucking fascist from a distance, hope he’s ready to be repeatedly called a cunt when he visits the UK.

submitted 8 days ago • 68 comments

“Starmer must not trade away our food standards as part of tariff negotiations. We are as indignant about American animal welfare as JDVance seems to be about the control of anti-abortion demonstrations outside UK clinics” So many reasons to focus on the EU, not the US. Letter of the week The Week

submitted 8 days ago • 31 comments

2025: Nigel Farage suggests that if it wasn't for him and Richard Tice, Labour would not take steps to renationalise British Steel 2016: That time Nigel Farage told us that the way to save British Steel was to leave the European Union

submitted 8 days ago • 88 comments

One of the most powerful forces in politics is the urge to destroy that from which you are excluded. This is why, in the highly unequal US, support for Trump holds up even as he trashes everything that makes a good society. Equality is key to preventing fascism. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 8 days ago • 63 comments

We don't need any more cuts. A Wealth Tax of just 2% on assets over £10 million would raise £24 BILLION per year. That's what I've been fighting for - and that's the way to pay for the investment our public services so desperately need. www.change.org/p/tax-wealth...

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Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA): "I'm writing to the White House to demand who knew in advance that the President was going to, once again, flip flop on tariffs. And are people cashing in? There is just all too much opportunity for people in the White House and the administration to be insider trading"

submitted 12 days ago • 1896 comments

Spoiler: It is absolutely market manipulation

submitted 13 days ago • 564 comments

Last month, I wrote to the Prime Minister calling for an independent inquiry into the UK’s involvement in Israel’s assault on Gaza. Today, more than 30 MPs have supported that call. This is not going away. We will campaign for as long as it takes to establish the truth.

submitted 13 days ago • 26 comments

Donald Trump is ramping up his trade wars and crashing the global economy. He's not sparing the UK from his new tariffs, so why should we roll out the red carpet for him with a second state visit? Join more than 200,000 of us and add your name to the petition you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

Even when it's just the two of them, in an otherwise empty Oval office, Trump and Musk still aren't the smartest guys in the room.

submitted 19 days ago • 40 comments

@jreinermd.bsky.social

submitted 24 days ago • 207 comments

"Getting the UK back in the Single Market and the Customs Union is a prerequisite for creating sustained growth that can improve opportunities for British people across the board" northeastbylines.co.uk/news/europe-...

submitted 23 days ago • 45 comments

Perfect 🤣🎯

submitted 24 days ago • 412 comments

Brutal and on point take down of the US administration on tonight's The Last Leg on Channel 4...

submitted 24 days ago • 4 comments

“The Bureau employs some 2,000 people in the city of 29,000.” The Red Rural Recession. www.thedailybeast.com/maga-junkie-...

submitted 24 days ago • 5123 comments

Farage wants you to eat chlorinated chicken just so he can keep licking the boots of his idol Donald Trump. It's so pathetic and unpatriotic.

submitted 25 days ago • 52 comments

Selling off reservoirs, failing to invest, polluting our water – these aren't just acts of negligence. They undermine our national water security. In an existential crisis we might call that what it is: sabotage. In a time of national peril, sabotage has another name: treason. #sewagecrisis

submitted 25 days ago • 41 comments

I've launched this petition calling for wealth taxes, not disability support cuts. I'll present this in Parliament ahead of any vote on these cruel cuts - as part of the campaign we need to get as many MPs as possible to vote down these cuts. Sign here👇 www.change.org/p/tax-wealth...

submitted 25 days ago • 12 comments

It was an honour to speak with our Defence Secretary, John Healey MP, after my recent trip to Ukraine. I'm proud of this Government's unwavering support for those suffering from Putin's barbaric invasion.

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

🔥 Patriotic Millionaires UK campaigned last week across the country to advocate for a Wealth Tax, against the backdrop of significant possible welfare cuts in the spring budget.

submitted 32 days ago • 64 comments

This changes nothing. We still don’t like you. #evictelon

submitted 34 days ago • 22 comments

This man was courageous enough to stand up to Trump and Vance. So it's important to post this message and photo to 27 million people. Don't just "like" it -- that only means that YOU'VE seen it. Postb it, blow it up and get it out there! #SlavaUkraini 🇺🇦

submitted 45 days ago • 211 comments

Reform UK’s announcement of 29 new councillors is a smokescreen. Farage wants to distract from two major scandals 1. That hundreds of people have left the party after Rupert Lowe was ousted 2. That a Reform UK candidate who praised Hitler and Assad was put in charge of vetting at the party.

submitted 36 days ago • 1 comment

#FBPE

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

💥 BREAKING: Walt Disney Company shareholders voted today 99-1 percent to reject an anti-LGBTQ+ proposal, requesting that the company sever its relationship with the Human Rights Campaign and HRC's Corporate Equality Index. Disney Board recommended shareholders vote against the proposal.

submitted 33 days ago • 584 comments

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submitted 34 days ago • 63 comments

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submitted 35 days ago • 442 comments

Let asylum seekers work while they await a decision on their case to protect the aid budget, a Lib Dem MP has said Brian Matthew said giving asylum seekers the right to work would reduce the amount spent on hotels, which are currently paid for using foreign aid @matildamartin.bsky.social reports

submitted 48 days ago • 5 comments

1. Today the Tories unveil their new policy: ripping up the commitment to net zero by 2050. Kemi Badenoch, with no evidence, claims "it can’t be achieved without a serious drop in our living standards or by bankrupting us." What the evidence shows is the opposite. We can't prosper without it. 🧵

submitted 35 days ago • 69 comments

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submitted 37 days ago • 536 comments

It’s disgraceful that there’s peers in the Lords, who don’t participate, who got there only because of their substantial party political donations and who do nothing but ride the coat tails of our upper chamber to embellish their reputations. We need a minimum attendance requirement now.

submitted 44 days ago • 4 comments

This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell. This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.

submitted 51 days ago • 2038 comments