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stevenjolly.bsky.social
History teacher now retired . Former lead educator with FWWCBTP . WW1 battlefield tour guide & educator. One time number 3 Saturday afternoon batsman. Cricket , politics, history and living the dream in France all to be enjoyed.
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@news.sky.com @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social world leaders need to their Geography as well as their History . Russia is closer to the USA than some think:

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The Bering Sea may be beautiful buts it’s not big : Russia is closer geographically to the USA than is Western Europe!

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Has Trump succeeded in breaking up the Europe consensus on Ukraine ?

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Have I got this right : President Trump wants the people of Gaza to move out of Gaza and he wants the US to take over Gaza & for it to be redeveloped. By whom ? For whom?

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Own goal ! Tory stupidity falls to an even greater depths with a question on Covid rules! #Partygate

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Starmer 6 Badenoch 0

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Badenoch claims she is speaking on behalf of the country. To do that you have to be informed !

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A brilliant film . If you need cheering up after Trump’s inauguration it reminds you to have hope .

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Well worth seeing just what was needed we shall overcome !

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The social housing stock has been depleted by Right to Buy sales. We’ve not been replacing the homes that we’re selling. Over the same period that we’ve sold 2.2 million homes, we’ve only built 1.3 million new ones to replace them

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Very telling how every former President : Biden , Bush, Clinton & Obama remain seated throughout Trumps Speech.

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Not least, it's only concluded today because of the early plea. It would have been weeks of news without that (and I think today and tomorrow were reading in days anyway)

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5 years on from Brexit, there is still no workable solution to the creative touring crisis facing artists and crew wanting to tour the EU and conversely the UK. We’re seen a 74% reduction in UK artists touring the EU, and with increasing difficulty obtaining US visas, the opportunities for UK

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Donald Tusk is a true friend of Britain. His dream will one day come true.

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Cutting the winter fuel allowance was not in the manifesto neither was rejoining the single market neither. But the manifesto did not stop the former so let it not stop the latter . #RejoinSingleMarket #UKEUFriend

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"The European Union is on our doorstep. We do 40% of our trade with them. That's this opportunity we should be taking. "And that's all the more important when Donald Trump is threatening us from the other side of the Atlantic.
" @calummillerld.bsky.social

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Time to put a halt on Afghanistan international cricket there are bigger issues !

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What sad times we live in . My infant grandson has just experienced a practice lock down drill in school in the event of the unthinkable.

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Where were the Tory calls for a national inquiry into grooming gangs 6 months ago? They had ample opportunity to do this. The words from Badenoch and Philp sound very hollow !

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@bbclaurak.bsky.social has questions to answer !

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Watching Tory Chris Philp on @bbclaurak.bsky.social show this morning is beyond sickening. Shameful politics.

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The damning statistics that reveal the true cost of Brexit, five years on www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

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