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Brit, Londoner, former New Yorker in Astoria. City Boy, "Woke" Liberal & D&D DM. Also loves Fin Tech, CRPGSs, Sci Fi, 40K, Man Utd & her. Very bad at Golf. Married to Thorrun.

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She literally said it. Its in Hansard.

11.03.2026 10:44 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Tell me you can't deal with the Shaheed drone threat and that your military has paid no attention to the lessons of Ukraine ... without saying it.

11.03.2026 09:35 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This is real life.

10.03.2026 23:52 πŸ‘ 6629 πŸ” 1802 πŸ’¬ 322 πŸ“Œ 98

We are not joining the EU.

Ever.

Also, when does that IMF 18 month countdown end?

10.03.2026 13:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Enjoy. I was just at Regency La Toc.

10.03.2026 08:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Axel Springer agrees to buy Telegraph Media Group in Β£575m deal Last year the Daily Mail and General Trust proposed to buy the company in a Β£500m takeover.

A German pro-EU liberal media group has just bought the Telegraph, the core of 'intelligent' Eurosceptic thought in the UK.

If you wanted to engineer a return of the UK to the EU, pushing the pro-EU argument to Tory voters is part of that.

They are so obvious.

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

06.03.2026 13:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Suddenly, its turns out that it is not smart to arrogantly shit on an ally that has learned how to down 200 Shaheds every single night and then wipe out and oil refinery or a military airfield with a handful of cheap drones.

05.03.2026 09:41 πŸ‘ 2631 πŸ” 588 πŸ’¬ 64 πŸ“Œ 33

But then, that wouldn't explain your constant demands we open our borders ... to Continentals would it. You seem to think you should have special privileges here. Quite why is beyond me.

05.03.2026 09:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Labour deserves electoral oblivion over implementing a policy of strong border controls.

We had 2.5m people move here in a short period. Its right that low skilled immigration is cut in favour of those who will make a contribution.

But why do you care? I thought Europe didn't want to come here.

05.03.2026 09:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Incredibly telling Kemi Badenoch interview on Today:
- can’t say what she’d actually want UK forces to do
- no idea what objective her proposed military action is to achieve
- hides from reality that single biggest constraint on British military = her govt’s defence cuts

05.03.2026 08:53 πŸ‘ 563 πŸ” 198 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 12

It’s looking increasingly likely that Kristi Noem and Lewandowski funneled almost 200 million in government money to a company that is run by her friend and that nobody can give an address for.

Oh, and it was 8 days old when it was awarded the contract.

04.03.2026 19:03 πŸ‘ 23840 πŸ” 9405 πŸ’¬ 1245 πŸ“Œ 613

If I check, would i find any condemnation of the attacks by the Iranian regime in Jan/Feb that killed 30,000 Iranians? What do we think, did the Trot say anything?

03.03.2026 18:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

2.6 million people moved to the UK from the EU between 2000 and 2020.

Totally unsustainable. And now, applications for UK citizenship amongst EU nationals on settled status have never been higher. 60,000 annually. Its insane

40% on Settled Status intend to claim UK citizenship.

03.03.2026 18:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Honestly the collective national level of disdain for Brits living in Dubai on all my social media platforms today really is bringing the UK together as one in a way that's hard to achieve in the modern era.

02.03.2026 11:08 πŸ‘ 4603 πŸ” 759 πŸ’¬ 89 πŸ“Œ 54

The most famous phrase I have learned since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine is James Mattis' "The enemy gets a vote".

03.03.2026 18:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A headline from GB News stating: Motorists switch to using public transport to avoid paying Β£5 daily congestion charge

A headline from GB News stating: Motorists switch to using public transport to avoid paying Β£5 daily congestion charge

In shock news, motorists have switched to public transport to avoid paying the Oxford Congestion Charge.
A spokesperson* said: "This is exactly what was meant to happen, and it did."

03.03.2026 12:51 πŸ‘ 1061 πŸ” 253 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 54

Yes it was part of Vote Leave's save our curry house campaign chaired by Priti Patel. They claimed Freedom of Movement was racist & asked why somebody from Slovakia should have more of a right to the UK than someone from the Commonwealth.

I actually completely agree TBH.

But Farage is a racist.

03.03.2026 18:35 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

USAF must be running out. That's concerning. Where has it all gone?

03.03.2026 18:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

She really should travel to a safe country and apply from outside the UK though ...

03.03.2026 18:22 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The fact that Isabel Oakeshott, economic migrant to the UAE may just turn into a refugee fleeing to the UK from a war zone will cause a level of schadenfreude in me that may just make me topple right over.

03.03.2026 12:47 πŸ‘ 1922 πŸ” 390 πŸ’¬ 118 πŸ“Œ 21
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Reeves's Spring Statement was empty, dull - and an utter triumph It was an absolute snooze-fest. More of this please

Finally, the thing we were promised in 2024: boring stable government

inews.co.uk/opinion/reev...

03.03.2026 15:10 πŸ‘ 590 πŸ” 88 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 5

A reminder: Vance et al have spent a year telling the UK and Europe that it doesn't need us nor care what we think. Now, with a hot war of choice backed by 27% of Americans, they're desperate to not be seen out on their own with the Israelis.

Starmer should just keep quiet, let them stew.

03.03.2026 18:21 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

No political risk for Keir Starmer in being attacked by Donald Trump for refusing to budge on UK assistance and participation in an illegal, ill-thought out war of choice. Trump position is weak.

Also worth pointing out to EU ultras: UK is, as we've telling you weirdos, neither the US' nor yours.

03.03.2026 18:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Important to remember that the people most enthusiastic about bombing Iran are almost always the people most hateful towards refugees.

03.03.2026 16:41 πŸ‘ 2550 πŸ” 462 πŸ’¬ 91 πŸ“Œ 16

Stop deluding yourself the UK isn't the best performing G7 economy in Europe. Because it objectively is. Sure, we can bring down some trade barriers where it makes sense, such as with an SPS or a deal on Energy markets. Thats fine. But we will never join. Because you cant win on FoM.

28.02.2026 10:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0

Hannah Spencer walking into Westminster, sucking her teeth, tutting, and muttering "tell you what, you've had some cowboys in here."

27.02.2026 06:22 πŸ‘ 2737 πŸ” 706 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 24

You claimed the UK had shrunk. Untrue. You ignore the untold billions in structural funds Poland received, which we paid for. And we don't have the highest trade barriers. We have the TCA. Happy to add addendums within our red lines.

28.02.2026 10:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

So. He's started a war with the aim of regime change.

Mr No More Wars.

And Congressial approval?

28.02.2026 09:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The UK outrgrew Germany, France and Italy last year and is the second largest economy in Europe. Facts not fictions.

28.02.2026 09:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Gorton and Denton by-election: The silent majority isn't silent, and it isn't Reform Hannah Spencer’s historic Green victory shows voters are rejecting division and embracing progressive politics

The β€œsilent majority” has now been tested more than once. And when it is summoned to the ballot box, it turns out the majority isn’t silent. And it isn’t Reform.

@theleaduk.bsky.social

open.substack.com/pub/theleadu...

27.02.2026 09:39 πŸ‘ 299 πŸ” 85 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 3