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2024-08-07 13:04:16

Shamima Begum loses citizenship removal appeal bid
When will #tate have his UK citizenship removed?
He has had a far more mailgn influence than Begum.... and he is a Yank really
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2n8xv61x3o

2024-08-06 09:53:44

#Belfast: Man in his 50s in hospital with police treating injuries as racially-motivated hate crime
Someone repeatedly stamped on his head
That is attempted murder I think - as well as a hate crime
The maximum serntence is life imprisonment
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw5yyynpwnzt

2024-07-30 23:35:03

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2024-07-06 12:14:22

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@npub14ka…um78
What happens in the mad USA is their business
But "the west" includes all of Europe and we are not like that
Maybe confine your attacks to yanks?

2024-07-05 10:33:50

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@npub1437…ranm
True - there are now 6 Independent MPs in the Commons
I understand Corbyn is a dutiful constituency MP - I hope the rest are - otherewaise they are rather pointless

2024-07-04 23:39:03

#islingtonNorth "too close to call"
Is this the end of #corbyn?

2024-05-31 17:15:01

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@npub1g0t…tvm4
I agree - it should have been cleared up much sooner - and I am not confident that the delay was not intended to tip Ms Abbott into retirement..... if it was, they mistook their target

2024-05-31 16:51:03

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@npub1g0t…tvm4
if it was a U turn - there is no evidence Starmer asked for #Abbott to be blocked - I suspect the guilt lies elsewhere for the botched attempt

2024-05-24 10:30:56

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@npub1g0t…tvm4
Its gone, mate - those who run #Rwanda play people like the Tories for the mugs they are - and have done several times before with others. A nice earner

2024-05-12 17:34:20

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@npub1wpj…7m4z
This is not just to be laid at the door of Netanyahu - there is something unhealthy about the entire state

2024-05-12 13:02:09

New Labour MP Natalie Elphicke accused of lobbying over husband's sexual assault case
The most blatent bit of BBC pro-Tory headline writing I have seen.....
Elphicke was a TORY when she did all this stuff - what are you BBC - The broadcast version of the Express?
Labour can be criticised for accepting here - but have no connection with her selection as a candidate, election or past behaviour
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68997960

2024-03-28 19:53:14

New post-#Brexit tariff to apply to UK cars going to Canada
Yaay! Another Brexit benefit....
#toriesOut
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68688486

2024-03-05 09:17:17

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@npub1hvk…9qam @npub1uwh…hhnc
Its not odd if most of those raped were killed immediately before or after the rape
You are bought into the #hamas cult and unable to think critically for yourself
If dozens of UK policemen can cooperate to cover up for years their failure to prevent the deaths of 97 people in Hillsborough, then a military body involved in a violent war based on mutual hatred cooked over decades can cover up the worst of their actions......
Some people still trust the police.....

2024-03-05 08:50:08

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@npub1hvk…9qam @npub1uwh…hhnc
I am not - the fact you cannot airbrush away remains Hamas performed widespread murder on 7th Oct, and if you think several hundred men of violence on the rampage do NOT rape women (regardless of the cause those men of violence serve or what nation they come from) then you're naive or brainwashed or both - it happens every single time civilians are slaughtered at close quarters
UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict isd not so stupid
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68474899

2024-03-04 17:34:31

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@npub1hvk…9qam @npub1uwh…hhnc
You condone the mass rape & slaughter of civilians as "having international law on their side"
You're nuts.....! Hamas are a death cult

2024-03-02 10:18:16

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@npub1hvk…9qam @npub1uwh…hhnc
Well actually I read that as a list of demands, not a set of preconditions. I think you have to be reading from a particularly hostile perspective to imagine that
"...this House believes that an Israeli ground offensive in Rafah risks catastrophic humanitarian consequences and therefore must not take place..." only applies if the demands on Hamas to stop fighting & return the hostages are met
But you are free to interpret as you choose....

2024-03-01 16:38:02

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@npub1hvk…9qam
Except it is not true that #labour refuse to call for a ceasefire - is it?
here is the full text of the Labour amendment that was passed with Labour votes after the SNP thru their toys out the pram, which includes the call for a "immediate humanitarian ceasefire"
https://twitter.com/hzeffman/status/1759921548960444583

2024-02-16 10:13:32

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@npub1g0t…tvm4
If the FT would think in terms just of NEW houses - ignoring all the transfers of ownership in the existing stock, as we do for cars & computers, they would be reporting fairly on the house buildings industry
But what the media does is basically report the health of estate agency, a business that depends on fees from transfers - which has no relationship to the health of UK housing
Rather like reporting on football by focussing on the income of football agents..

2024-01-12 12:32:44

#PostOffice lied and threatened #BBC over #Horizon whistleblower
Well that settles it - there MUST be criminal prosecutions and confiscation of bonuses arising from this scandal - perhaps those bonuses could go into the pot to recompense the Horizon victims?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67884743

2023-12-08 19:48:09

#UN vote on an immediate #ceasefire
in #Gaza is imminent
The UK will abstain and the #US will veto
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-67653615

2023-11-20 22:45:16

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@npub1g0t…tvm4
Dont watch it then.... it only encourages them

2023-11-03 09:49:44

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@npub1cfp…94fe
The billionaire class regard the other 99.99999999% of humanity as an unfortunate necessity to ease their existence, but would rather rely on #AI & remove that dependency...
No technology thru history has ever fulfilled the expectations of contemporary tech bros without also unexpected malign impacts
Just in terms of the impact on crime & detection & prevention, technology has always aided the thief more than the forces of justice. I see no reason why AI would be different

2023-11-01 13:24:05

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@npub14ka…um78 @npub18t7…8ymj
We had a hopeful sign in Europe when #poland chose #Tusk to lead their govt
Largely because the young organised to massively boost turnout & defeat the populist Right
It is cynicism and pessimism that will cause us to lose our democratic freedoms if we are not very careful ......
Never ever accept any statement like "they're all the same"

2023-11-01 12:53:16

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@npub14ka…um78 @npub18t7…8ymj
#stalin & his legacy point to the dangers - long after his era closes - of a state having an evil leader....
I fear if the US elects #trump again we will see the legacy from his 1st presidency reinforced - to our collective disadvantage globally
In #europe there are multiple bad populist leaders subborning their state's democracy...
We are living in dark times.....

2023-10-31 23:27:25

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@npub1cfp…94fe
I'd have thought a public explanation that included confirmation that he, McDonald, did not deny the right for Israelis who do not steal Palestinian land to a peaceful existence - and a condemnation of the Hamas slaughter on 7th Oct would have been sufficient....

2023-10-18 09:01:08

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@npub1cfp…94fe @npub1pu6…u9fd @npub1z7t…7qn6
You are wasting your time, hesgen - Anthony KNOWS all the secret plans that will be sprung - "ta-ra!" as soon as #labour have won the election.....
Meanwhile, in the real world.....

2023-10-17 16:50:57

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@npub1pu6…u9fd @npub1z7t…7qn6
At least I'm aware of difference between Billions and Millions - a factor of 1000x
The Thames Super-sewer - privately funded - is costing a total of £4.3 Billion
Or in millions £4,300m
or £4,300,000,000
..& you think the entire privately owned UK infrastructure can be nationalised for £160 Million?
£190 BN looks like an underestimate to me
Incidentally this started as a perfectly polite exchange of views - track back & look!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thames_Tideway_Tunnel

2023-10-17 15:31:38

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@npub1pu6…u9fd @npub1z7t…7qn6
I think you must mean BILLIONS not MILLIONS
Give the fuss made about the £27 BILLION pa green investment plan - can you not see that casually dropping an additional £190 BILLION over & above that without so much as a mention in the manifesto might cause a problem?
And just because you imagine something totally undocument IS happening, does not mean it is!
Cheerio friend - got some work to do now.....

2023-10-17 15:03:37

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@npub1pu6…u9fd @npub1z7t…7qn6
£90m - £150m would not even buy you the Thames super-sewer ..... you are way out!

2023-10-17 14:56:41

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@npub1pu6…u9fd @npub1z7t…7qn6
This is not true - there is no such plan - you are looking at statements and misinterpreting the Rorschach test into something other than an incoherent blot

2023-10-17 14:53:47

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@npub1pu6…u9fd @npub1z7t…7qn6
The capital value of all these businesses runs into many billions - this is not Venzuela, they cannot simply be commandeered - the entire UK economy is crucially dependent on us bveing seen as a reliable partner
Look at what impact the Truss budget had at the time - you cannot play these games, and Rachel Reeves - an economist formerly at the Bank of England - knows this full well

2023-10-17 14:51:10

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@npub1pu6…u9fd @npub1z7t…7qn6
You cannot introduce a massive change in policy costing billions after election without it being in the manifesto without a damned good reason
Nor can such a "secret" be kept so - the truth is there is no such secret
So you "revealing" it here is meaningless

2023-10-17 13:26:56

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@npub1pu6…u9fd @npub1z7t…7qn6
It's not - but never mind - hypotheticals for some later parliament I am not bothered about one way or another
A winning, practical agenda for the immediate future that addresses need & inequality is what I care about....forward to #2024GE !!
#labour #toriesOut

2023-10-17 12:51:42

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@npub1pu6…u9fd @npub1z7t…7qn6
We disagree - is all. There is no evidence either way. I happen to think large-scale renationalisation will prove impractical & a waste of resources - you think it will happen at some unspecified point in the future - beyond the next parliamnet. It matters not
What does matter - now - is that utilities are effectively regulated & their managers not subject to perverse incentives to underinvest. That is on the agenda & I hope will feature in the manifesto

2023-10-17 11:13:57

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@npub1pu6…u9fd @npub1z7t…7qn6
That is not how investment works - the ownership changes over time as assets & shares change hands. Punishing the current owners because past govts allowed the ownsers predecessors get away with murder will noit be viewed as the act of a reliable partner.
EDF remins largely owned by the French govt - they can do what they like with it because they have control...

2023-10-17 10:54:51

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@npub1pu6…u9fd @npub1z7t…7qn6
I still believe the current #labour intention is to strengthen regulation & oversight... we are seeking massive new investment INTO UK infrastructure - to both disappoint global capital by "making toxic" past investments worth billions AND seeking more funding into green investments in the UK along with a major state investment - in a period when UK state is short of cash - does not add up
We will see....
#labour

2023-10-16 21:43:56

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@npub1pu6…u9fd
I realise I am labouring the point - but if it is not in the manifesto and it would cost billions it will not happen at all in the next parliament. Then we will have a new manifesto for the next parliament, and that will supercede all current policy.
Whether you want to term it politically savvy or not there is no commitment at all on renationalising utilities.

2023-10-16 21:31:34

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@npub1pu6…u9fd
So - you are agreeing it is not happening then - there will be no large renationalisations
Long term objectives are not commitments - merely wishes
I'm sure the #toriesOut have those (eg that mythical US trade deal....)

2023-10-16 21:14:45

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@npub1pu6…u9fd
...National Grid alone is capitalised at £36 billion - where is the money to buy that coming from? No chance!

2023-10-16 21:04:39

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@npub1pu6…u9fd
1 Its not "official" just because it's passed at Conference - you know that as well as I..
2 "Labour... will make Britain a clean energy superpower. We will make energy cheap and secure ... British public never again face spiralling bills; boost jobs & investment...With shovels in the ground and cranes in the sky ..Britain [will] lead the world in cheaper, cleaner power and industry..."
Not a word about nationalisation!
https://labour.org.uk/missions/clean-energy/

2023-10-16 17:54:21

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@npub1pu6…u9fd
I'll believe that when I see it.... even in words in a manifesto that allows victory. Extremely unlikely to be in a position to buy back these assets anytime in the next several decades in my view

2023-10-16 15:01:25

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@npub1pu6…u9fd
We'll see...... GBE at present is not going to take over the National Grid, the distribution network, the power stations that exist already - it is only intended as a supplement to the existing energy assets in private hands not a replacement or nationlisation.
You can whistle for your idea that it will cause "competitors [to] happily sell the privatised monopolies" - that is really not what it is about!

2023-10-16 14:05:36

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@npub1pu6…u9fd
Well I think you underestimate the change - GBE is not intended to nationalise existing privately owned energy assets, but to create new state-funded ones
And Water is now to be regulated more tightly, not taken back into public ownership
And reversing many other undesirable legacies - like the 2 child benefit cap - are subject to Treasury rules on affordability and not commitments
So I understand why the left are upset - but I think they are mostly fantasists

2023-10-16 13:51:04

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@npub1pu6…u9fd
Well actually there arte quite a few differences
Not actually being that concerned to gain a majority or look like he made any attempt to balance the books, the former leader had nationalisaiton of the entire energy and water industries in his manifesto - but not much on housing
I hate to think what #labour would have looked like had he been leader when Hamas started slaughtering young people at a desert rave and on the Kibbutzes.....

2023-10-16 13:19:12

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@npub1pu6…u9fd
I had friends who left #labour when Blair was in charge because he was too "right-wing"
So what? That drop of membership represents those unable to accept that Labour is a broad left party - with emphasis on broad - that only attains power in periods when it is led toward the centre ground
There never was a majority for socialism, and it looks increasingly quaint to parrot all the Bennite maxims these days

2023-10-16 10:42:52

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@npub1pu6…u9fd
I doubt many left in protest at the Tory press being hostile.... that goes with the territory & there is nothing new - compared to how they treated Kinnock back in the day the last leader got it mild - the papers could see he was hopeless all on his own
But most on the Labour left have not left - they've just accepted (for now) for #labour to win requires leadership from the Centre-left. The entryists have largely departed - but they were never Labour in the first place...

2023-10-16 09:22:10

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@npub1pu6…u9fd
The vast majority have not been "cut loose" - they either left of their own volition or accepted that the political logic is - at least currently - against an explicitly socialist party gaining power in the UK
That "at least currently" is my interpretation of their thinking, not mine - socialism - in the sense promoted by the past leader - is permanently dead raight across the globe - it's time has past - obsolete just as is the divine right of Kings or European colonialism

2023-10-16 08:53:30

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@npub1pu6…u9fd
Well I think it is a bit different - Militant was a long-lasting problem that #Kinnock spent years neutralising - in the process he became too associated with that fight to win an election (I think he was LOTO 9 years!)
#Momentum was not as deeply rooted in the party - many were entryists (both far left & Tory right) under the foolish Milliband scheme to encourage mass voting on Labour leadership - Starmer once leader has spent little time removing them from influence

2023-10-15 22:12:07

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@npub1pu6…u9fd
Not sure it is quite that simple - the Foot/Benn/Corbyn wing of #labour is as much part of the party as the Wilson/Kinnock/Smith part - or even (despite what the left claim) the Blair/Brown/Starmer part
The problem is when they want to run the party..... letting the Tories run riot by being unable to win any elections however crap the Tories are...
I very much doubt #labour will ever again allow entryists (whether Tory, Anarchist or SWP) determine the leadership ever again

2023-10-15 21:20:51

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@npub1pu6…u9fd
I thiink it highly unlikely #corbyn will put himself forward - he would embarrass himself
He may even fail to get re-elected in Islington North .... assuming he stands there

2023-10-15 18:56:05

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@npub1pu6…u9fd
Well my suspicion is that were #Corbyn to stand for #londonMayor he would get a pretty derisory number of votes - so he won't do it
I really do not get why the left cling to this old man as some form of totem - he has never done anything notable in his entire undistinguished career except destroy any chance of #labour forming a govt for several years whilst the #toriesOut torched our society - it is past time he retired

2023-10-12 10:13:45

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@npub1cfp…94fe
I rathere think this is an incident north of the border - not an English problem

2023-10-10 09:14:14

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@npub1cfp…94fe
Quite so.... and your point is?

2023-10-10 09:06:16

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@npub1cfp…94fe
Your vote, your choice....

2023-10-10 09:02:07

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@npub1cfp…94fe
I think I've had enough of "inspiring"leaders - thru history they have proved unreliable
#trump inspires many - so do other #rightPopulist leaders closer to home, in an unpleasant echo of the 30s
I'd settle for boring competence with an absence of pork-barrelling - or the nearest we can get to it

2023-10-10 08:29:17

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@npub1cfp…94fe
I stand corrected. So the #green party is even more decent than I though, since those at a conference do not accurately reflect the members in any case
And I accept it is a properly constituted political party - my point remains that free of the need to consider practicality of implementation, there's little penalty in accurately reflecting the views of their members. In #labour case that's not so - history shows activist members push policy commitments that lose elections

2023-10-10 08:05:09

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@npub1cfp…94fe
No party with a view to becoming the govt likw #labour will allow their activists to bind their hands. In this case, a commitment to nationalise energy would be unrealistic & lose votes - there is not the money to do it even were they elected with that mandate
I understand the #Green party does have such an approach to activist involvement - but then they can afford it, being more a pressure group than a political party seeking a direct role in government

2023-10-04 13:35:04

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@npub1pu6…u9fd
You mean with #labour well ahead in the polls?
I am not sure what you think we can do about it? I have no plan to get involved in the #toriesOut party ......and the blight on electoral propects for #labour that was the previous hopeless leader & policy agenda has been lifted.....

2023-10-04 13:24:16

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@npub1pu6…u9fd
It won't work - there never were enough votes on the hard right to elect a #kipper govt

2023-09-26 19:46:42

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@npub1pu6…u9fd @npub1437…ranm @npub1aex…th8e @npub14z3…892z
It is a form of grieving - I suggest you are more understanding.....

2023-09-26 19:39:03

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@npub1pu6…u9fd @npub1437…ranm @npub1aex…th8e @npub14z3…892z
Sad really - their hero will almost certainly lose his seat at #2024GE - then what will they do?
In my youth hero of the left was Tony Benn, mostly harmless but kept safely away from any prospect of leadership since it was recognised the UK will never vote for #labour led from the far Left
Ed Milliband foolishly changed rules to allow entryists to select the hopeless perpetual back-bencher to lead #Labour. An error not to be repeated

2023-09-26 19:22:28

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@npub1pu6…u9fd @npub1437…ranm @npub14z3…892z @npub1aex…th8e
no - merely replaced their hopelessly inadequate hero after he resigned following two defeats.....

2023-09-24 17:44:44

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@npub1pu6…u9fd
I suspect #labour will not risk going into #2024GE with this as an option - they will rule it out. But I suspect the plan is not for this election, but the one after - by which time it MIGHT be something that labour could go for.
The EU will not risk allowing the UK go weaving in & out of even an outer ring - so the Tories must be on board as well - unlikely ATM

2023-09-21 08:03:19

Among the measures announced by #Sunak :
Scrapping the requirement on landlords to ensure all rental properties had a Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) of grade C or higher, from 2025
So a boon to the #rackrent class at the expense of lower income families - but not a well targetted wedge measure, given few of them could ever be expected to vote #labour
There is absolutely no justification for this move with any ethical merit
#toriesOut
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-66871457

2023-09-20 17:54:04

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@npub1ezx…74mr @npub1pu6…u9fd
I am definitely sympathetic to scots wanting free of english domination - the Union no longer serves a purpose & if I were a Scot I would be #SNP - however..... reality is the cause of independence is on hold for the duration, and #labour will take a number of seats from them - possibly as many as 10
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_next_United_Kingdom_general_election#Scotland

2023-08-24 10:32:31

From #Labour, #Starmer was given tickets to a #Coldplay concert in Manchester worth £698 by a concert promoter
Of course it would be Coldplay for Starmer - the most dull rock band on the planet with a carefully curated "progressive" image
I'd respect him more if it had been Alice Cooper or Mötley Crüe
Even Gordon Brown managed to reference the Arctic Monkeys...
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/aug/23/more-than-100-mps-received-freebies-worth-180000-this-summer

2023-08-23 13:56:19

India makes history as Chandrayaan-3 lands near Moon's south pole
Well done #India!
Meanwhile, the rot in #Russia prevent them from undertaking a similar mission successfully - despite their pioneering role in #space - Sergei #Korolev will be weeping in his grave at what has happened to his country
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-asia-india-66576580

2023-06-28 15:56:07

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@npub14vg…asrr
Its a "culture war" nonsense from the far right - the best thing to do is ignore it - which 167 #labour & 313 #toriesOut MPs did
Sensible lot!