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@roberttnewton

Pro EU Pro UK anti-Tory, (current) Worried about Trumpism/Farage /Fascism Retired engineer working in pharma ind Living in North Yorkshire Interests inc: Coastal Skipper Walking 45 m/wk Trying to be the person my dog thinks I am Keeping Merc SL350 running

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Have you ever tried to do land nav with an officer that doesn't understand contour lines πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

They learn quickly 😜

06.03.2026 19:44 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Amoxicillin on X: "BREAKING 🚨 Epstein victim says she has tapes of Donald Trump doing things that will force him to resign from the presidency. https://t.co/UNZNvT9HYC" / X BREAKING 🚨 Epstein victim says she has tapes of Donald Trump doing things that will force him to resign from the presidency. https://t.co/UNZNvT9HYC

x.com/i/status/202...

06.03.2026 17:10 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

HS students in an AP political science class would come to that conclusion but not the Clowns in the WH!

06.03.2026 16:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This has historically proven to be correct.

06.03.2026 16:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

saw some iranian guy say like he’s glad ayatollah is dead but the guys who did it would be fine if we all were dead.
i will say gonna be hard to win them hearts and minds when u nukin the local girls school.

06.03.2026 16:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What is 'Lebensraum' in Hebrew?

06.03.2026 15:47 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Today we launch our plan for Wales, putting behind us the dark days when Nathan Gill, the Leader of Reform in Wales, took bribes to do the bidding of foreigners.
In other news, we have just had another Β£3million donation from a crypto investor who lives in Thailand...

05.03.2026 18:36 πŸ‘ 762 πŸ” 303 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 15

I read this morning that Israel wants to obliterate the Iranian regime so that may never rise again

The level of the bombing of 100 million people will not achieve this

What it will achieve is thousands of new radicalised terrorists hell-bent on the revenge of their dead fathers mothers & brothers

06.03.2026 15:26 πŸ‘ 49 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 2
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β€œSelf-driving taxis safe” says self-writing article.

From the new Private Eye, out now.

06.03.2026 13:01 πŸ‘ 386 πŸ” 98 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 6

If I've got this straight the right are furious that the Government won't go to war and the 'Left' are furious the Government has gone to war and Farage has declined to do a surgery in Clacton in favour of going to America to get Trump to help him undermine the Government.

06.03.2026 13:06 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Peter Mandelson released from bail conditions Officers have decided former minister is not a flight risk, but he remains under investigation

BREAKING: Police have released Peter Mandelson from bail conditions after deciding he wasn’t flight risk.

Met dropped conditions applied after arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office, though he remains under investigation @kiranstacey.bsky.social

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

06.03.2026 13:11 πŸ‘ 53 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 0
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✝️ A Holy War Against Iran? Mehdi on the Republican religious nutjobs pining for Armageddon in the Middle East. Plus: the latest on the Iran school bombing and, for once, a disgraced Republican is shamed into quitting politics.

"The Real Religious Fanatics Behind the Iran War"

They're not in Tehran, they're in Washington DC. I bring receipts in my lede piece for today's First Draft morning newsletter from Zeteo.

Check it out/share/subscribe:

06.03.2026 13:24 πŸ‘ 1297 πŸ” 393 πŸ’¬ 70 πŸ“Œ 21

Between all the β€œcat ladies” and β€œangry Muslims” in Gorton and Denton you have to wonder why Goodwin ever wanted to represent this group of voters?

06.03.2026 13:59 πŸ‘ 65 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 0

Everything about that is fucking gross

06.03.2026 14:09 πŸ‘ 117 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 0
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Reporting on Iran: How to cover total warfare Alan and Lionel explore the challenges of reporting on fast-moving conflicts

Press regulator IPSO to the Daily Telegraph: β€œTell us how you came to publish an apparently fictional story.”
Telegraph; β€œNo, it’s confidential!”
IPSO: β€œOh, ok. Sorry to bother you”.
All in this week’s Media Confidential www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcasts/med...

06.03.2026 14:26 πŸ‘ 71 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1
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Subscribe to Zeteo Zeteo is a new media organization that seeks to answer the questions that really matter, while always striving for the truth. Founded by Mehdi Hasan, Zeteo is a movement for media accountability, unfi...

Want to know how broken our media is? We are in an illegal war, & reporters/anchors are getting on the phone with Trump daily & just…relaying his words to their viewers, like stenographers. No challenging questions or follow-ups, no discomforting of Trump.

Try independent media:
Zeteo.com/subscribe

06.03.2026 14:30 πŸ‘ 853 πŸ” 214 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 9

Wondering when Reform and Conservatives are going to realise that their unconditional backing of Trump is highly unpopular outside of their own bubbles.

06.03.2026 14:42 πŸ‘ 112 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 0
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We're investigating a firm called MP Estate Planning, which sells trusts to save elderly people from the "modern threats" of divorce, bankruptcy, care home fees and inheritance tax.

We believe the trusts don't work.

If you've come across the firm, please get in touch.

06.03.2026 10:41 πŸ‘ 89 πŸ” 40 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1
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The "Gamba de Legn" (Wooden Leg) steam train navigating the narrow streets of Milan, Italy, in 1951.
Photography by Mario de Biasi (Italien, 1923-2013).
#train #tram #transportation #street #oldtimes

06.03.2026 10:47 πŸ‘ 57 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm so lucky!

Images of Agbogbloshie, Africa's largest e-waste dump, located in Ghana πŸ‡¬πŸ‡­

Filmed by Italian Nicola Guaita with Davide Fantuzzi and Progetto Happiness to show how Western countries send their difficult-to-dispose-of waste to developing countries.

Song by Tish Hyman

#lucky #children

06.03.2026 11:26 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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'The BBC has treated Reform like a government-in-waiting, repeatedly platforming the party on clickbait shows like Question Time, but Reform’s toxic brand was roundly rejected in by-election' || @neilmackay.bsky.social

www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

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27.02.2026 16:40 πŸ‘ 34 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
Major breaking:
Tom Barrack, Trump's U.S. ambassador to Turkey, was asked in released e-mails by Jeffrey Epstein to send him photos of "child" to "make him smile".
The entire Trump administration is one big Epstein conspiracy.

Major breaking: Tom Barrack, Trump's U.S. ambassador to Turkey, was asked in released e-mails by Jeffrey Epstein to send him photos of "child" to "make him smile". The entire Trump administration is one big Epstein conspiracy.

When will they stop the Epstein distraction war?

06.03.2026 07:01 πŸ‘ 86 πŸ” 57 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 0

For anyone who would like the clip (including George).

06.03.2026 08:21 πŸ‘ 1343 πŸ” 583 πŸ’¬ 49 πŸ“Œ 55

*Surprised face* that trouble makers keep on getting into trouble

05.03.2026 20:29 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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This is incredible. UK emissions fell 2.4% in 2025 as coal fell to a 400-year low. Incredibly, we used less coal last year than than in 1600, when Queen Elizabeth I was on the throne and Shakespeare was writing Hamlet
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...

05.03.2026 20:33 πŸ‘ 468 πŸ” 149 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 5

All that praying…

Maybe God’s sending them a message

β€œYou’re FIRED”

05.03.2026 20:52 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

@ottoenglish.bsky.social

One for you!

05.03.2026 20:53 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is superb, as ever from @bbcrosatkins.bsky.social who should be in charge of political content in the BBC.

Head and shoulders above all domestic political commentators.

Unemotional fact based unpeeling of bullshit

05.03.2026 20:59 πŸ‘ 295 πŸ” 128 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 4
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So Trump is now taking upon himself, like a king or god, the power of life and death. He personally grants the permission to kill.

05.03.2026 21:34 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 4

I don’t think war, with its somber political or military objectives, is meant to be mixed up with ideas like β€œpunishment.”
It’s not meant to be mixed up with religion, either.

05.03.2026 21:35 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0