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Dan Ahern

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Mongrel Brit, look outwards and smile πŸ”Ά πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί Increasingly angry at the media campaign against biodiversity Ecologist and book lover parlo un po' di italiano ma non bene

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05.03.2026 16:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A tanker has been attacked, and appears to be sinking, inside the Khor al-Zubair zone off the coast of Kuwait πŸ‡°πŸ‡Ό

This is a key tanker loitering area for vessels taking Kuwaiti and Iraqi crude.

05.03.2026 06:59 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
🚨PARLIAMENT TO DEBATE A PETITION FOR BY-ELECTIONS TO BE TRIGGERED AUTOMATICALLY WHEN MP’S DEFECT
🚨PARLIAMENT TO DEBATE A PETITION FOR BY-ELECTIONS TO BE TRIGGERED AUTOMATICALLY WHEN MP’S DEFECT YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic

🚨VERY IMPORTANT!

ON 16 MARCH PARLIAMENT WILL DEBATE A PETITION FOR BY-ELECTIONS TO BE TRIGGERED AUTOMATICALLY WHEN MP’S DEFECT

Make sure your MP attends!
youtu.be/LPO_ZWlyb7Q?...

28.02.2026 11:17 πŸ‘ 815 πŸ” 242 πŸ’¬ 34 πŸ“Œ 20

And shockingly biased journalism

28.02.2026 13:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The real threat to democracy doesn't come from 'family voting'. It comes from the losing side refusing go accept they've lost

28.02.2026 11:03 πŸ‘ 3297 πŸ” 828 πŸ’¬ 283 πŸ“Œ 128
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Lynx could return to Scotland – but can rewilders win over wary Highlanders? With most Scots supportive of reintroducing the wild cat, charities are focusing on those whose jobs could be affected

61% of Scots favour reintroducing lynx, a figure that's constantly growing, and is roughly the same in rural and urban communities.

Now the challenge is to build acceptance among those opposed, like farmers, gamekeepers, and deer stalkers.

Ireland next!!
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

27.02.2026 23:08 πŸ‘ 171 πŸ” 30 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
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Saturday’s @theguardian.com front page: Green delight sparks nightmare for Labour www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

27.02.2026 23:56 πŸ‘ 108 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 2
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The Guardian view on Gorton and Denton: a warning shot across Labour’s bows | Editorial Editorial: Hannah Spencer’s win was more than protest. It signalled that Labour’s moral language and coalition are up for grabs in its safest terrain

β€œBeyond the Green surge lies something larger: the steady fracturing of Britain into a 5 party system. The 2 big parties are now squeezed from many directions. Under FPTP that means lower winning thresholds, tactical voting and a more unstable electoral landscape”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

28.02.2026 06:02 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
https://www.clactonandfrintongazette.co.uk/news/25879821.nigel-farage-defends-schedule-missing-meetings/

Nigel Farage has missed every meeting about regenerating Clacton.

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25.02.2026 15:32 πŸ‘ 827 πŸ” 396 πŸ’¬ 80 πŸ“Œ 35
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β€œOn visit to Brussels Peter Kyle says public no longer nostalgic for Brexit” - More than that Peter, most now think it was a terrible mistake!

26.02.2026 06:57 πŸ‘ 38 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Possibly he should stop stirring the pot saying divisive rubbish like that

24.02.2026 14:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œI heard the officer say β€˜that ain’t shit’.”

NASHVILLE β€” ICE shatter a car window in front of a newborn, refuse to look at man’s license & work visa… drag him out of his car, hit him, mock him for being Guatemalan (he’s from Mexico), laugh when he begs to say goodbye.

24.02.2026 04:25 πŸ‘ 11840 πŸ” 6427 πŸ’¬ 589 πŸ“Œ 513
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Peter Mandelson arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office
Video footage shows former peer being driven away shortly after he was escorted from his London home by officers. He was later released

UK news Peter Mandelson arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office Video footage shows former peer being driven away shortly after he was escorted from his London home by officers. He was later released

This says it all about the Labour Party in 2026.

- Sleaze,
- Corruption,
- Ignoring pedophilia,
- Doing business with some of the worst people on the planet,
- Copying Reform’s fascist policies…

A party completely with no moral compass and devoid of principles or purpose.

24.02.2026 05:30 πŸ‘ 116 πŸ” 32 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 0

And Labour are surprised their youth vote is under pressure

24.02.2026 14:49 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Woman Nobody Asks About Is the Person Connecting Every Thread of the Epstein Network by Kait Justice

Lynn Forester de Rothschild

2013 - Deutsche Bank appointed Lynn Forester de Rothschild to an advisory board. Peter Mandelson was appointed at the same time.

24.02.2026 05:11 πŸ‘ 3038 πŸ” 1664 πŸ’¬ 107 πŸ“Œ 131

Likely THE most vital thing to grasp right now is that planet Earth has habitable environmental parameters for one sole reason: self-regulation by its natural ecosystems.

Annihilating them at a frenetic rate will destroy their capacity to continue doing so. The inevitable result should be obvious.

24.02.2026 08:08 πŸ‘ 142 πŸ” 61 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 3

Reform’s aspiration to pseudo Christianity is an ocean away from the Christian teachings of the modern church.

24.02.2026 14:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

BREAKING: Richard Tice is to announce Reform UK's plans to introduce a "Great Repeal Bill" that will scrap Labour's Employment Rights' Act and rent reforms

JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM

24.02.2026 07:16 πŸ‘ 1863 πŸ” 821 πŸ’¬ 103 πŸ“Œ 55
Photo of Yusuf at a lectern saying β€œshadow Home Secretary” (Wot?)

Reform's plan for a 'British ICE' combines cruelty with stupidity

Photo of Yusuf at a lectern saying β€œshadow Home Secretary” (Wot?) Reform's plan for a 'British ICE' combines cruelty with stupidity

Project forward to 2036 under a majority Reform government and the picture darkens further. Britain would be smaller, older and whiter; more isolated from Europe; paradoxically, more vulnerable to foreign interterence and less able to fund its own defence.
The welfare state would shrink to a skeleton. Charity would fill the gaps.
Flags would proliferate; rights would not. The police and courts would be politicised. The BBC could disappear.
The NHS would survive only as a minimal safety net. Protections against discrimination would erode - you might indeed be sacked for being disabled.
Migrants and even their British-born children could find their rights curtailed unless they were deemed to
"contribute" sufficiently. Meanwhile, the wealthiest would enjoy a generous, low-tax regime.

Project forward to 2036 under a majority Reform government and the picture darkens further. Britain would be smaller, older and whiter; more isolated from Europe; paradoxically, more vulnerable to foreign interterence and less able to fund its own defence. The welfare state would shrink to a skeleton. Charity would fill the gaps. Flags would proliferate; rights would not. The police and courts would be politicised. The BBC could disappear. The NHS would survive only as a minimal safety net. Protections against discrimination would erode - you might indeed be sacked for being disabled. Migrants and even their British-born children could find their rights curtailed unless they were deemed to "contribute" sufficiently. Meanwhile, the wealthiest would enjoy a generous, low-tax regime.

β€œRarely has a British political party unveiled a programme that combines cruelty with impracticality on such an extravagant scale.”

Chilling on Reform’s increasingly confident fascism. High on viciousness and greed. Very low on wisdom. A ruinous combination.
www.independent.co.uk/voices/zia-y...

24.02.2026 07:44 πŸ‘ 1989 πŸ” 894 πŸ’¬ 137 πŸ“Œ 50
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Reform UK’s ICE-style deportation plan condemned as β€˜sadistic’ Zia Yusuf sets out proposals and calls migration an β€˜invasion’, as rights groups decry β€˜grotesque’ measures

⚠️ Natasha Tsangarides, an associate director at Freedom from Torture, said:

β€œYusuf’s speech was a grotesque display of ethnonationalist, authoritarian cruelty. His divisive and dangerous proposals threaten to divide families and wreak terror and chaos in our communities.”

24.02.2026 11:30 πŸ‘ 246 πŸ” 100 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 5

Same for the uplands of the UK, historically overgrazed and denuded of biodiversity. Scotland now control deer populations to allow the Caledonian forests to regenerate

24.02.2026 14:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Reform would create ICE-style agency and end leave to remain, Zia Yusuf to say Nigel Farage’s party plans to deport up to 288,000 people a year on five flights a day and expand stop and search

Yusuf: β€œWe will secure our borders, leave the ECHR, and deport those here illegally. My message to the British people is simple: I will secure our borders and make you feel safe.”

There is nothing safe about these vicious inadequates turning racism into policy.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

23.02.2026 07:20 πŸ‘ 1377 πŸ” 454 πŸ’¬ 179 πŸ“Œ 47
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● Typical cost of a Business Class flight to Maldives is Β£3,100 - Β£3,200+ return

● 2 of those minimum so Β£6,400+

● Accommodation minimum of Β£250-Β£350 per night. Farage demands finer things in life though so can exceed Β£1,000

● Gross household average salary Gorton & Denton Β£653 per week

23.02.2026 08:59 πŸ‘ 1167 πŸ” 514 πŸ’¬ 110 πŸ“Œ 20
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An important reminder

21.02.2026 14:08 πŸ‘ 2679 πŸ” 976 πŸ’¬ 75 πŸ“Œ 30
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β€˜Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, β€˜If it can happen to me, i...

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

21.02.2026 13:17 πŸ‘ 2289 πŸ” 947 πŸ’¬ 129 πŸ“Œ 118

For all my country's manifold problems, I am very grateful to live in a place where even the very rich and powerful are not beyond the long arm of the law.

Not even the late Queen's favourite son.

Look on and weep America.

19.02.2026 18:02 πŸ‘ 1104 πŸ” 168 πŸ’¬ 70 πŸ“Œ 4
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Salmon farm antibiotics found in native species An antibiotic used by the Tasmanian salmon farming industry is detected in native species more than 10km away from the closest fish operation using it.

Ex-TV newsreader says "nothing to see hear folks." What are her science qualifications? She "backs the industry." What about the other fisheries? Governed by idiots. #politas

19.02.2026 07:55 πŸ‘ 611 πŸ” 253 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 14
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If Gordon Brown really played a role in securing justice against Andrew, he really will go down as the best PM we had in the last few decades.

His post PM reputation rescued akin to Jimmy Carter's

19.02.2026 15:22 πŸ‘ 1293 πŸ” 346 πŸ’¬ 86 πŸ“Œ 25
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She never lived to see this moment, but it’s worth remembering that none of this would have happened without Virginia Giuffre.

She had the courage to speak out against power and privilege when it was just her word against Andrew’s.

Thanks to her, justice & accountability may finally have its day.

19.02.2026 10:59 πŸ‘ 22979 πŸ” 5479 πŸ’¬ 409 πŸ“Œ 224
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UK government finances better than expected in January The government took in more from tax receipts than expected, official data suggests.

UK government finances better than expected in January

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

20.02.2026 07:53 πŸ‘ 141 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 3