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James Leakyboots Batty

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I run a charity with my wife (One And All Aid), which funds education for Yezidis, following the 2014 genocide. In my spare time I fish and write. Two fishing books have been published, and my new book is a comedy adventure novel, Criminal Bycatch.

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It meets Trump's objectives: to keep himself and his venal comrade Netanyahu out of prison, and to strengthen Putin.

07.03.2026 19:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

.. contraceptive pills show a complex association with cancer risk. They help protect against ovarian & endometrial cancers, reducing the chance of these cancers ..
At the same time, women who use oral contraceptive pills have a higher risk of cervical cancer compared to those who do not.
(WHO)

07.03.2026 18:59 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Often the nostalgia is for a time they don't even remember; a time when bigotry passed for humour & misogyny for manliness. Also when kids died of polio & malnutrition.

07.03.2026 18:52 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Calvin Bailey MP: "As a former Wing Commander, I can tell you, our brave RAF pilots are not just β€œhanging around” when they put their lives at risk to save others. The words you’re looking for Kemi Badenoch are β€˜Thank you’

Serious times require serious politicians and you’ve just failed the test."

07.03.2026 18:38 πŸ‘ 144 πŸ” 73 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 1
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Waiter for the Sun

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07.03.2026 09:23 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Rating Arizona

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07.03.2026 09:20 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Night Nurse

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07.03.2026 09:17 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Mystery Train Driver

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07.03.2026 09:16 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Copper Head Road

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07.03.2026 09:10 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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My Boy Lollipop Man

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07.03.2026 09:08 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Samson & the Traffic Warden

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07.03.2026 09:06 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Any song featuring Captain Sensible

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07.03.2026 09:04 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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One And All Aid

In our charity shop (oneandallaid.org) most books are 50 pence each, three for Β£1. And you get pages with words.

07.03.2026 08:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Wendo Kolosoy singing Marie Louise

Then Nina Simone, Mississippi Goddam

07.03.2026 08:42 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Keep On Running - Spencer Davis Group

Walking to New Orleans - Fats Domino

07.03.2026 08:23 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Petition: Nationalise water companies to make water a non profit publicly owned asset To make water a non profit making national asset that ensures we have a secure water infrastructure that ensures our water security for future generations.

Renationalise the water industry.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...

07.03.2026 08:08 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

Maybe this is to be expected when the regime consists of people who have no skills or expertise beyond the ability to play-act as an expert on the television.

07.03.2026 08:01 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Rumba and soukous from Zaire always gets me moving. Anything by Joseph Kabasele, Franco, Rochereau, Docteur Nico, Kanda Bongo Man.

07.03.2026 07:38 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This world surely is wide enough to hold both thee and me.

Laurence Sterne, Tristram Shandy

07.03.2026 07:33 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This must be the Art of the Deal: say something utterly fatuous, then hope someone is stupid enough to take it seriously.

07.03.2026 07:31 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In business, that's the kind of judgment that leads to multiple bankruptcies.

In geopolitics it leads to massive loss of innocent lives.

06.03.2026 20:19 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Exactly.

06.03.2026 20:14 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ‘

06.03.2026 20:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Pimping gold & talking down the UK & sterling?

06.03.2026 20:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Home Office may forcibly remove child asylum seekers from UK in handcuffs Move is part of scheme to target families for expedited voluntary removals before enforced removal proceedings

This from what claims to be a Labour government.

Vote Labour, get Reform.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

06.03.2026 13:44 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

.. evangelical leaders gathered around Trump .. and prayed .. for the US’s success in the war ..
.. reports that US personnel have allegedly been told .. Trump β€œhas been anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth” (BBC)

Glad I'm an atheist

06.03.2026 12:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This ought to shame Trump into treating Zelensky with decency.

It won't, Trump is incapable of shame.

06.03.2026 10:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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White Van Man in Hammersmith Palais

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06.03.2026 09:42 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Banker Robber

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06.03.2026 09:39 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Any film with Ava Gardener

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06.03.2026 09:37 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0