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Retired politically left-of-centre pro-European but non-party and independent-minded. Other interests include chess, sport, travel, beer.
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Every single one of these cowardly law firms is enabling the growth of fascist authoritarianism. Every. Single. One. They are accomplices of fascism.

submitted 24 days ago • 14 comments

The US spends almost twice as much per capita on health care as any other nation. Yet 85 million Americans are uninsured or under-insured and 68,000 die each year because they can’t afford a doctor. Health care must be a human right, not a privilege. We need Medicare for All.

submitted 42 days ago • 195 comments

You automatically knew the Pentagon and US intelligence was going to be fucked up when a drunken Fox host rapist was chosen by a deranged felon to replace a supremely qualified highly decorated 4-star General and now our national security is in the toilet.

submitted 41 days ago • 222 comments

Pete Hegseth: “Nobody texted war plans.”

submitted 42 days ago • 1345 comments

Word at the Pentagon is that if you need something from Pete Hegseth it’s best to catch him before lunch 👊🔥🇺🇸

submitted 42 days ago • 61 comments

NEW! Sworn declarations filed last night confirm the Trump admin sent INNOCENT people to rot in prison El Salvador, including a professional soccer player jailed and tortured by the Maduro regime, who entered this country LEGALLY to seek asylum, and who has NO CRIMINAL RECORD in either country.

submitted 48 days ago • 429 comments

Huge protests are now taking place in Istanbul and across Turkey after Erdogan had his main political rival arrested earlier. Looks like Turkey is going to face the same public uprising against autocracy that we’ve seen recently in Hungary, Serbia and Georgia.

submitted 48 days ago • 28 comments

This is spectacular news.

submitted 48 days ago • 263 comments

The collapse of America as a trusted ally in just six weeks is quite the story. 70% of Brits see France as an ally but fewer than half see the US that way, and this is in a country that had a so-called special relationship. In Germany only 23% see the US as an ally, 24% in France.

submitted 58 days ago • 67 comments

Greetings all. I’m in Ukraine, on my way to Kyiv. 🇺🇦🙌

submitted 58 days ago • 110 comments

Reform voted against the Employment Rights Bill

submitted 61 days ago • 8 comments

submitted 61 days ago • 446 comments

Give you one guess

submitted 62 days ago • 284 comments

This would be the same Robert Jenrick that said during the Tory leadership campaign: "If I was an American citizen I would be voting for Donald Trump".

submitted 68 days ago • 46 comments

MAGA are mad at Zelenskyy for not wearing a suit for an official White House meeting. Meanwhile:

submitted 67 days ago • 562 comments

While I was sleeping, Trump picked far right MAGA conspiracy theorist and podcaster Dan Bongino to serve as Deputy Director of the FBI. Bongino was one of the main people who spread the lie that the 2020 election was stolen. Trump - destroying the Republic by degrees.

submitted 72 days ago • 26 comments

submitted 72 days ago • 1 comment

Welcome to the RFK Jr Era of Public Health.

submitted 72 days ago • 1301 comments

submitted 73 days ago • 429 comments

A pair of complete nutjobs are running the FBI, and not a single one of us is safer because of it. I feel awful for the agents who risk their lives for us—they don’t deserve this madness, and neither do we.

submitted 72 days ago • 52 comments

submitted 72 days ago • 248 comments

I present to you the next deputy director of the FBI!

submitted 72 days ago • 1022 comments

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submitted 72 days ago • 630 comments

Today marks a grim milestone. For three years, Russia has brutally attacked Ukraine, trying to steal land that isn’t theirs. Right now, more than ever, we have to support Ukraine. Extract from my doorstep ahead of today’s Foreign Affairs Council ↓

submitted 72 days ago • 22 comments

Melting glaciers cause almost 2cm of sea level rise this century, study reveals

submitted 77 days ago • 8 comments

Sign this open letter to kemi Badenoch inviting her to discuss further her new policy of how first past the post voting should be replaced by proportional representation: actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-t...

submitted 77 days ago • 0 comments