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"How many generations must pass before one can claim to be English? Five? Six? It is a question without an easy answer." - Suella Braverman age 44⅘ Yes it is. Zero. If you are born in England, you are English. There is no other sane answer. bsky.app/profile/iand...

submitted 11 days ago • 12 comments

“RUSSIA CAN STOP THE WAR ANYTIME BY LEAVING UKRAINIAN LAND.”

submitted 12 days ago • 154 comments

There's a rumour that Nigel Farage is keeping his head down because he's off to a Trump cheerleading conference over the weekend. I’m afraid I’m being proved right- Farage is far more interested in Trump's success than British security. He is a bootlicker and a plastic patriot.

submitted 18 days ago • 271 comments

A lovely, if wet and windy dog walk this morning at Melbury plantation in Devon. Sorry, can't show you pictures as BlueSky closes everytime I try to post a photo. Re-installing the app hasn't changed it. Any ideas anyone?

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

THIS IS A DICTATOR

submitted 17 days ago • 36 comments

Slava Ukraini. ✊🇺🇦

submitted 17 days ago • 14 comments

I’m George Takei and I approve of this message.

submitted 19 days ago • 2373 comments

President Zelenskyy has been one of the greatest leaders of our time, guiding Ukraine through the darkest period of its recent history, rising up to Russia’s unwarranted aggression, being an inspiration to the Ukrainian people and ensuring that Ukraine’s voice is heard on the world stage.

submitted 19 days ago • 2875 comments

submitted 18 days ago • 3 comments

This really is a refighting of the civil war, isn't it?

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

Rachel Reeves protecting the bankers Supreme Court protecting consumers I'm glad we have an independent judiciary in the UK I'm disappointed in Reeves. So disappointed. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

submitted 21 days ago • 7 comments

Corporations want control over your digital books, ending the concept of ownership www.theverge.com/news/612898/...

submitted 23 days ago • 314 comments

A lovely dog walk this morning in a beautiful Devon woodland. Can't show you the picture as #bluesky shuts down everytime I try to post a photo! What's going on?

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

The irony of the richest man in the world almost single-handedly destroying an agency designed to help the world’s poor, so that the U.S. federal budget has more room for another giant tax cut for the richest man in the world and his pals, should not be lost on anyone. [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]

submitted 23 days ago • 942 comments

Yes, yes we should. Everyone should know what they really stand for.

submitted 26 days ago • 5 comments

submitted 26 days ago • 190 comments

Anyone know why #Bluesky is shutting down every time I try to post a picture? This has been happening for month now even after I re-downloaded the app?

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

If you support Ukraine then check this YouTube channel out!! It’s bad ass n laid back!! Slava 🇺🇦 Ukraini!! #nafo #ukraine #fella

submitted 29 days ago • 1 comment

At East Anglia Bylines, we have decided to re-name the sea around us. 😆 😉 Sorry @kentandsurreybylines.co.uk

submitted 27 days ago • 54 comments

Canada just signed a trade deal with Ecuador so the orange juice options will increase now that Florida Oranges aren't being bought. Oasis is a Canadian brand. Minute Maid is bottled here using Brazilian oranges. I guess Florida can sell elsewhere? If anyone will buy it at this point…

submitted 26 days ago • 797 comments

A win for decency "Tucker’s plight was taken up by her local MP, the Liberal Democrat 🔶 leader, Ed Davey, who raised it at prime minister’s questions last Wednesday. The prime minister, Keir Starmer, promised to look into the case" www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

Council tax is outdated, unfair, and regressive – it's time to replace it with an income-based system that ensures fairness for all | John Hall @yorkshirebylines.co.uk

submitted 26 days ago • 27 comments

Mindset reset: Right now, brave Ukrainians are defending their land & loved ones, at the cost of their sanity, limbs & lives. It’s an existential fight for their democracy & way of life. If the Russians lose, they go home. If the Ukrainians lose, they will be overrun & destroyed. #SlavaUkraini 🇺🇦

submitted 30 days ago • 514 comments

BlueSky still not working for me. Shuts down everytime I try to attach a picture. Re-uploaded the app, no change. Has anyone got any suggestions? #bluesky

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

Medics remove tumour using keyhole surgery through eye socket in UK first

submitted 50 days ago • 7 comments

Sounds like a plan

submitted 50 days ago • 683 comments

Oligarchy (noun): A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.

submitted 50 days ago • 867 comments

💥 It passes!! 💥 The Youth Mobility (EU Countries) Bill has just passed its first reading. No opposition voiced by the govt. your thousands of emails stopped them shutting it down. Well done @jamesmaccleary.bsky.social on a superb speech. 👏👏👏

submitted 54 days ago • 128 comments

Charles Person, who was the youngest of the Freedom Riders in 1961, has passed away at age 82. With his passing, Hank Thomas is the last remaining of the original Freedom Riders. www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...

submitted 58 days ago • 328 comments

Don't be frightened of Putin. UK+Germany has bigger population than Russia (149m vs 144m). And our people are younger, better educated, fitter and have better technology. Get things in perspective. Russia cannot bully Europe if we are united.

submitted 58 days ago • 4 comments

Wishing everyone a happy and creative 2025! (still not able to send pics on #Bluesky, don't know why).

submitted 67 days ago • 0 comments

Still not able to post pictures on Bluesky. Wishing everyone a Happy 2025!

submitted 69 days ago • 0 comments

"Thompson’s death was not considered sufficiently important by his colleagues to merit the cancellation of the meeting he had been due to attend in the Manhattan Hilton. Just 48 hours later, his job was relisted."

submitted 69 days ago • 49 comments

Modern tyranny is terror management. When the terrorist attack comes, remember that authoritarians exploit such events in order to consolidate power. The sudden disaster that requires the end of checks and balances, the dissolution of opposition parties, the suspension of freedom #ShieldOfResistance

submitted 69 days ago • 69 comments

Still can't post pictures after 5 days of trying.... Have even re-installed the app.What's going on @bsky.app ?

submitted 73 days ago • 0 comments

❗️Enterprises that produce 🇷🇺Oreshnik missiles use 🇩🇪German and 🇯🇵Japanese machines — FT

submitted 73 days ago • 7 comments

❗️🇺🇦Ukrainian military found a note from a fallen 🇰🇵North Korean soldier in the Kursk region: "Death is not the end, but the beginning of Eternal Glory! Remember, soldier, remember: your real fear is not death, but shame before your country.

submitted 73 days ago • 10 comments

Merry Christmas and a happy Hannukah everyone! I've been struggling to share pics on Bluesky for several days now (the app just closes), so here is just a text message, see how that goes...

submitted 74 days ago • 0 comments

Calls for electoral reform grow louder as MPs back proportional representation, reflecting rising public distrust in first past the post | Philip Cole

submitted 74 days ago • 18 comments

If only all newspapers were presented like this!

submitted 74 days ago • 100 comments

Yay! Will Santa bring us our 10 thousandth follower?? 🙏

submitted 76 days ago • 1 comment

Labour's quest to deliver the highest growth in the G7 seems to be lost in quicksand. If only they could see the giant neon signs flashing "Brexit? Just say no!" all around them.

submitted 76 days ago • 12 comments

✍ Youth services: prioritised in Europe, neglected in the UK Poland invests in young people; the UK neglects them. A stark contrast in funding shows how opportunity and hope are shaped by priorities.

submitted 76 days ago • 27 comments

💥🚢🌊An explosion sank the Russian ship "Ursa Major" in the Mediterranean Sea near Spain & Algeria. ⚓️❌ Part of the "Syrian Express"—Russia’s military supply route—now lies underwater📦 Failure to retreat successfully 🫠 #Syria #Russia #RussiaIsCollapsing #MakeRussiaSmallAgain

submitted 76 days ago • 12 comments

The far-right is rising across Europe, but we're seeing early tentative signs that they can be frozen out of power. What's required is an absolute refusal from decent people on the centre-right to work with them inews.co.uk/opinion/nige...

submitted 77 days ago • 214 comments

Good, let's see what Labour MPs are made of ... www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

submitted 77 days ago • 0 comments

The number of killed and injured North Korean soldiers fighting alongside Russian forces in Russia's Kursk Oblast has surpassed 3,000, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a statement shared on Telegram on Dec. 23.

submitted 77 days ago • 16 comments