Iraq?

[We see a close up of a young white male, tanned, white teeth, coiffed hair clearly an influencer on social media. It is an image such as you see when social media posts are shown on the news. In the corner of the screen is named a location: DUBAI. He is staring slightly off-camera for several silent panels of the comic strip. His eyes move slightly. He is having a thought.] From off-screen a newsreader’s commentary comes: NEWSREADER: Extraordinary images here of an expat in Dubai [The influencer’s eybrows raise slightly] …Having their first ever geopolitical thought. [CUT TO a BBC news scene. The BBC newsreader CLIVE MYRIE is talking to an interviewee next to the screen showing the social media influencer’s face. The interviewee’s name is David Jones]. CLIVE MYRIE: To explain the significance of this moment we’re joined by David Jones, our Expat Thoughts correspondent DAVID JONES: Clive, this is momentous It was caught on film at the end of an Instagram post titled: ‘Dubai Is Brilliant’. [Pointing at the screen, the influencer’s expression still the same] You can clearly see in the eyebrows here, the dawning realisation that there *might* be something in the world beyond his dickhead self. It marks a *huge* departure from all the Dubai Expat’s previous thoughts. CLIVE MYRIE: Which are…? DAVID JONES: You've Got To Get Yourself Out Here Mate, Everything Is So Clean, I Don't Have To Pay Taxes, I Am Incurious As To Why I Do Not Have To Pay Taxes, and Spa. CLIVE MYRIE: And might we see an expansion of these new Thoughts in coming days? DAVID JONES: I think we can expect to see: “I Deserve To Be Airlifted By A Country I Pay No Tax To” CLIVE MYRIE: Mmm. [Ends]

How Allister Heath became the ultimate tool for the Left to destroy our liberties.

Yes, really. If you gave the tiniest little shit about 'dark recesses' you'd be all over Trump's corruption, which runs into billions of dollars, but you dont.

I didn't say you were, it's just a pathetic response from you - your shtick is bot-like.

Bot response

Binance helped Trump crypto company make billions before president pardoned its boss Now that President Donald Trump has pardoned Chanpeng Zhao, the world’s largest trading crypto platform is likely to make a comeback in the U.S. following the 2023 ban

Is that right?

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Tweet that reads Leo Xander @STALLEON Stop taking social media so serious. Nothing here is real. Look at this chicken V - it is bigger than the car

I think about this tweet every time I feel something online start to curl its annoying little grip into my head

Need bassist and drummer to form conservative Rage Against The Machine (NC)

Shilling In The Name Of...

The High Court’s judgment in the Palestine Action case The High Court has ruled that the government’s decision to proscribe Palestine Action under the Terrorism Act 2000 was unlawful, holding that the decision contravenes the government’s own policy on…

Except that the appeal has every chance of succeeding.

I'm not taking sides, but I've read the judgement and, well, this puts it better than I could...

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Tibetan Terrier.

Ah, he's claiming he's not just an economic migrant any more - I mean, he's lived in Spain for three years.

Can you really flee to a place you already live from a place you don't?

It's already up he immediately linked it in his follow up tweet.

How free is it Jay?
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Sichuan Chilli Crisp

This one's my current fave, has a bit of a savoury thing going on, beautiful!

we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

Never ceases to amaze me how all the pundits who pushed and pushed for VAR cos they 'just want some consistency' also 'just want some common sense'. Silly sods.

Since #bbclaurak is trending, let’s remind ourselves that ONE MONTH ago, the BBC invited Mandelson on for a soft-ball interview on her show. While HIS CLIENT , Palantir’s Louis Moseley appeared as a pundit

Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’
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AI, look at her hand; Trump's jacket sleeve. I'm not defending those creeps, but ffs, this one is easy to spot.

Umm, no.

Gina Martin - Wikipedia

It wasn't prohibited back then in the UK - it is now, but only after tireless campaigning, most notably by Gina Martin...
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Much more of this and I can't see Mandelson getting another top job from Labour this side of Easter.

How did that go? Not exactly known for their tolerance the Banshees crowd!

And I'm even ok with 'am' typo in this context.

Hey, I don't even have pirates for am excuse!

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Short answer, scent.

It was a bloody stupid thing to say though. Sod Reform and sod the Tories, and, ok, the threat to sue is ridiculous, but if I was head of an organistion that came out with a statement like that, I'd have apologised immediately and very loudly.

In short, I hope they all lose.

I don't know how they sleep at night!

We don't have our own production. D'you think the UK people own the gas extractors?

It gets sold on the wholesale market. It makes no difference to the price we pay.

Yes, It’s Fascism Until recently, I thought it a term best avoided. But now, the resemblances are too many and too strong to deny.

Time is time.

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