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06.03.2026 22:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My Uncle Billy knew Jim Platt.

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The Iran War ends when Trump gets bored

06.03.2026 21:04 πŸ‘ 887 πŸ” 123 πŸ’¬ 68 πŸ“Œ 4
Dear Shabana,
I notice today that you referred to me in your speech on immigration at the IPPR think tank.
You said: β€œA party leader should not be on the beaches of France encouraging people to
make a perilous crossing on small boats.”
I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised especially after the hateful Labour campaign in Gorton
and Denton, but this is just the latest in a string of lies peddled by a discredited Government
who intentionally fan the flames of racism and division.
When I went to Calais, I was not there to encourage people to travel to the UK. I was there
to see at first hand the suffering your Government and successive Governments have done
in demonising migrants in a pathetic bid to pander to the base instincts of Reform and the
flawed strategy of Morgan McSweeney.
As you will know, if you even bothered to research my visit instead of taking Reform talking
points, I was there to witness the brutality of families living in tents in freezing temperatures. I
filled water tanks and picked up litter.
What that visit did do is confirm my belief that if we are to smash the boat gangs and stop
the boats, we need to offer safer and managed routes for migrants to come to this country.
Showing compassion as a politician is not a crime. In fact, we need to see much more of it.
It reminded me of a young MP who in October 2015 spent three days in Lesbos helping
migrants fleeing war-torn Syria. She posted videos on X, talked about handing out water and
croissants to refugees and food parcels.
When she returned to the UK, she wrote a very moving piece in the New Statesman. She
said β€œwe have to work with our European partners and create new, safe, and legal routes for
refugees to get to Europe. We cannot abandon them to their fate, left as prey for smugglers
whilst risking death on the seas.”
She said β€œmaybe we can make ourselves feel better by saying no-one is making them get on
the boats. And again, the Home Secretary is not entirely wrong when …

Dear Shabana, I notice today that you referred to me in your speech on immigration at the IPPR think tank. You said: β€œA party leader should not be on the beaches of France encouraging people to make a perilous crossing on small boats.” I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised especially after the hateful Labour campaign in Gorton and Denton, but this is just the latest in a string of lies peddled by a discredited Government who intentionally fan the flames of racism and division. When I went to Calais, I was not there to encourage people to travel to the UK. I was there to see at first hand the suffering your Government and successive Governments have done in demonising migrants in a pathetic bid to pander to the base instincts of Reform and the flawed strategy of Morgan McSweeney. As you will know, if you even bothered to research my visit instead of taking Reform talking points, I was there to witness the brutality of families living in tents in freezing temperatures. I filled water tanks and picked up litter. What that visit did do is confirm my belief that if we are to smash the boat gangs and stop the boats, we need to offer safer and managed routes for migrants to come to this country. Showing compassion as a politician is not a crime. In fact, we need to see much more of it. It reminded me of a young MP who in October 2015 spent three days in Lesbos helping migrants fleeing war-torn Syria. She posted videos on X, talked about handing out water and croissants to refugees and food parcels. When she returned to the UK, she wrote a very moving piece in the New Statesman. She said β€œwe have to work with our European partners and create new, safe, and legal routes for refugees to get to Europe. We cannot abandon them to their fate, left as prey for smugglers whilst risking death on the seas.” She said β€œmaybe we can make ourselves feel better by saying no-one is making them get on the boats. And again, the Home Secretary is not entirely wrong when …

Dear Shabana,

Let's clear some things up around migration and remember we're talking about people's lives.

05.03.2026 16:59 πŸ‘ 4797 πŸ” 1748 πŸ’¬ 250 πŸ“Œ 336
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Cruelty to immigrants is not what my party stands for. It’s time for True Labour, not Blue Labour | Stella Creasy We must get back to the party’s roots before it is too late. That means embracing difference, rejecting division – and fighting for opportunities for all, says MP for Walthamstow, Stella Creasy

Cruelty to immigrants is not what my party stands for. It’s time for True Labour, not Blue Labour. @stellacreasy.bsky.social speaking for I think a majority of Labour members against the "performative cruelty" of the Home Secretary www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

05.03.2026 17:03 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1

I couldn't quote you no Dickens, Shelley or Keats
'Cause it's all been said before

06.03.2026 11:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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This video is a great one to watch.

Former intelligence member explains the Iranian/Epstein war. Daily.

#SheShed

06.03.2026 08:51 πŸ‘ 1174 πŸ” 778 πŸ’¬ 42 πŸ“Œ 89
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Jacobs: The Trump administration doesn’t give a shit about the Iranian people… They are literally deporting people back to Iran who fled the brutal Iranian regime.

He doesn’t care about human rights anywhere β€” not here in the United States, not in Iran, not anywhere else.

06.03.2026 04:06 πŸ‘ 4082 πŸ” 1285 πŸ’¬ 78 πŸ“Œ 39
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To avoid attacks on people like me, we will adopt the policies of the people who attack people like me.

#WATO

05.03.2026 13:02 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The lack of self awareness here is off the scale.

06.03.2026 06:37 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I hate it when Donald Trump is trending and it's not because ...

05.03.2026 18:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve spent years, decades, obsessing over the Bush Administration’s Iraq WMD lies, writing about them, debunking them.

I can think of no lie about Iraq WMDs told by Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld et al that comes even close to the enormity and absurdity of this lie from Donald Trump.

05.03.2026 13:07 πŸ‘ 9296 πŸ” 2660 πŸ’¬ 464 πŸ“Œ 110

She's deranged.

05.03.2026 09:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

WTF?

05.03.2026 09:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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"It is fraud" -- Neguse nails Kristi Noem for lying during her testimony yesterday when she told the Senate that DHS's $220m ad campaign starring her "went out to a competitive bid" (it did not), and tells her "I think there's gonna be accountability" (1/2)

04.03.2026 18:03 πŸ‘ 13161 πŸ” 3933 πŸ’¬ 407 πŸ“Œ 260
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Neguse demolishes Noem (2/2)

04.03.2026 18:05 πŸ‘ 6055 πŸ” 1713 πŸ’¬ 308 πŸ“Œ 262

This how it's done. Breathtakingly good ...

04.03.2026 20:04 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Bravo

04.03.2026 11:39 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

On issue after issue, we see that Labour voters share most values with Green and Lib Dem voters and almost none with Reform voters. And yet Labour's strategy does not reflect that. The dissonance drives me mad on a daily basis. How many times can one underline the obvious?

04.03.2026 11:03 πŸ‘ 233 πŸ” 43 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 2

Spanish PM Pedro SΓ‘nchez on Iran: β€œSpain is against this disaster. Because we understand that governments are here to improve people's lives, to provide solutions to problems, not to make people's lives worse.

1/2

04.03.2026 08:21 πŸ‘ 6295 πŸ” 1907 πŸ’¬ 124 πŸ“Œ 242

So, in launching a huge bombing campaign on Iran they apparently didn't plan for:

- Who takes over;
- Interceptor shortages from sustained drone retaliation;
- How to defend US bases in the region;
- Threats to ships in the Strait of Hormuz; and
- How to evacuate Americans with airspace closed.

03.03.2026 21:13 πŸ‘ 11179 πŸ” 3480 πŸ’¬ 616 πŸ“Œ 358

Blithering idiot bullshitting ...

04.03.2026 10:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told lawmakers she had no knowledge of the crimes committed by Jeffrey Epstein or his longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell as she sat for a deposition last Th... TikTok video by C-SPAN

Well, you can see why the GOP was afraid to depose Hillary Clinton in public www.tiktok.com/t/ZTh7rGJFa/

03.03.2026 05:16 πŸ‘ 359 πŸ” 79 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 12

This is the energy I was looking for in this hearing. This might be the greatest clip of a Senate hearing in history. bsky.app/profile/acyn...

03.03.2026 18:01 πŸ‘ 2054 πŸ” 505 πŸ’¬ 107 πŸ“Œ 24
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Ossoff: "The president owes Americans a real explanation. 2am posts on Truth Social just aren't good enough when you're sending Americans into combat. He was dancing at his beach club the same night he ordered air crews to launch into combat & hours before our service members endured missile salvos"

03.03.2026 03:16 πŸ‘ 22069 πŸ” 7200 πŸ’¬ 612 πŸ“Œ 273

It's like a Monty Python sketch. Attack before they even think of attacking you.

03.03.2026 18:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œFor all we know, we could be in the middle of Keir Starmer’s finest hour”.

Starmer’s critics say he is imperiling the UK’s special relationship with the US...

But is it Donald Trump who's doing the damage?

03.03.2026 16:37 πŸ‘ 661 πŸ” 177 πŸ’¬ 59 πŸ“Œ 44

This incoherent, incompetent imbecile is literally sending people to their deaths.

03.03.2026 16:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Am I getting this right? This is a ceremony for the families who lost loved ones and he's doing his standard stand-up comedy routine?

03.03.2026 15:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Is he pissed?

03.03.2026 15:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0