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Watching Question Time (it won't last; I'll get annoyed.) What is about Tories? Why do they have this perpetual fixation with Rwanda? It was a stupid idea. It's still a stupid idea. It cost a fortune & was a total waste of taxpayers' money, but they still bang on about Rwanda.

View from across the pond: Americans seem to view the younger presidents - Kenbedy, Obama (ish) - as the best thing ever. So why do they vote for doddery old gits more often than not? I'm all for honouring the wisdom of age (I'm old), but, seriously, why?

Bot alert: @fredarclawson.bsky.social & @victoriasbui.bsky.social are apparently the same person, despite the name difference.

This should go everywhere- and far beyond “us”, because we understand the horrors of this. Amazingly - many don’t.

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I support the right of Israel to exist in peace; for every Jew to feel safe. But my version of the Holy Bible doesn't say "70 eyes for an eye; 70 teeth for a tooth." I can not ignore the Israeli slaughter of Palestinians & bleating on about what other nasty people do isn't an excuse.

In my opinion the ex prince Andrew is an utter shit. I really don't care that he has lost his unearned home, his unearned honours & his unearned reputation. But before a bunch of US senators haul him in for for further humiliation, how about the USA goes after its own Epstein criminals first?

Dominic Grieve’s superb response to Farage’s ‘let’s leave the ECHR’ stunt in parliament, is spot on.

Dump Trump Barrage against Farage Pen in Le Pen Ban Orban Put the boot into Putin And the rest... #DefendDemocracy #HopeNotHate

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🚨 New evidence suggests Jeffrey Epstein channelled millions of dollars through Russian-linked banks. Byline Times reveals fresh details of the Kremlin-connected tech figures at the heart of his circle. @bylinetimes.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2025/10/20/i...

I know I am being stupid but, whilst I know that Peter Mandelson was sacked, Price Andrew lost his titles & is confined to his royal barracks & Ghislaine Maxwell is in jail, what has happened to Epstein's many American buddies? Are they too difficult to deal with'?

He’s a vile fraud and a fake

So...Israeli soldiers have shot dead a number of Palestinians today & the Israeli government is refusing to open a key crossing to allow in aid to starving people. Some peace deal, President Trump! It still looks like genocide from where I am standing.

So why is the head of FIFA at Trump's Eyptian peace love-in? Genuine question. He is there & has been pictured shaking hands with the Great Orange Bringer of Harmony. Is there a football (US: soccer) match planned as part of the peace deal? Maybe in No Man's Land between trenches.

So, Israel. What DO you call it when one country agrees to a ceasefire / peace plan but then bombs the shit out of the enemy/ defenceless civilians (delete as applicable) for one last time because someone in government hasn't agreed to the positioning of that last full stop on the agreement?

A British academic is doing a daily Trump Tracker of all the moves he and his regime are making as they attempt to take US democracy into autocracy. "This is a free resource, provided and maintained by Professor Christina Pagel in the UK and a few brilliant volunteers."

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

Inspirational, celebratory & inclusive.

This ruling is a joke. PPE Medpro will go bankrupt and the Government won't get a penny. Michelle Mone should have to pay the £122m personally. RT if you want to see her pay it all back.

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Mahmoud Darwish trans. by Mohammed Shaheen

Idiot dog with a sore nose: 4 years on & he still can't: a) recognise a hedgehog & b) avoid it. Sigh!!!

I have zero interest in golf. I haven't watched the Ryder Cup...but I'm glad Europe won, if only because it will have annoyed the Orange MegaArse, who is undoubtedly convinced the USA would & should have won if he had been in charge. All foreign golfers will now be deported by ICE.

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When the US President Donald Trump invents lies without facts or substance, what else can we say? Context: https://loom.ly/xTDPki4 #UNGA80 #DonaldTrump #SadiqKhan

Go @muslimcouncil.bsky.social ! I laughed out loud.

This is amazing.

Disney is actively suppressing free speech. I am actively avoiding Disney & all its products. #BoycottDisney

I see Melon Husk saw fit to interfere in UK politics again today. Having fucked up the US with his support of the Orange MegaArse, he now wants a change of government in the UK. In the interests of free speech continuing to exist within my country, could I point out the UK isn't for sale.

Ukraine answered our call for help after the 9/11 attacks and deployed 5,000 soldiers despite not being in NATO. 18 Ukrainian soldiers perished. Russia paid bounties to the Taliban for every US soldier they killed. Let's not ever mistake who our friends and enemies are.

Big fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite them And little fleas have lesser fleas And so on ad infinitum. And that, folks, sums up Trump & Putin. The big Trump flea should have the upper hand, but...

The ever-eloquent @rafaelbehr.bsky.social pointedly refusing to mince his words on what Farage has done for us. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Israeli missiles have hit a camp for displaced persons. Again. There was a time when I supported Israel & its right to defend itself. But bombing the Middle East at will; stealing Palestinian land in the West Bank; genocide in the Gaza ghetto? Netanyahu & his allies have created a terrorist state.

Just seen a news report: thr First Minister of Scotnd on a boat looking at a wind farm. In a hard hat (why???) & A TIE!!! Can we just ditch this totally nonsensical relic; cravat hangover; utter twatery of a male garment? It's useless, pointless. Don't care if it's de rigeur at Eton. Just bin it.

I Really Like Jodie Foster......

My house is full of not quite ready to eat apples as Dexter really likes apples. And he's a big chap & can get at all the low hanging fruit from my trees. Why do I get the demiveg dog who eats all my fruit & veg? He likes beetroot carrots, cabbage, pumpkins, potatoes, even Swiss chard. All raw!

Not really a song as I can't do tunes (& yes, i know the poetry is a bit dubious too).

100%. This is utterly sickening.

I notice a sudden rash of people following me, people who are following under 200 others & who have 130 ish followers of their own. Minimal personal info supplied & they seem to have very similar stuff on their feed, stuff I would normally be interested in. Question: have Bots had an upgrade?

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Woke up. Turned on the news. It appears that Trump & Netanyahu haven't started WW3 yet. Phew!!! And in Almost Scotland the sun is shining. I could do without the mole hill but my garden is calling. Have a wonderful, peaceful day.

Just finished this by @susiedent.com. Genuinely one of the best crime books I have ever read. If you like words, puzzles & jolly clever literary references (explained - & yes, I did need the assistance) this book is a delight. 📚⚡️💙