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Retired enjoying his chess and bridge. Good walks, gardens and history. Liberal Democrat - European by heart ❀️#RejoinEU πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊπŸ”Ά #ClimateEmergency #SaveDemocracy

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Bad Bunny… Makes Super Bowl History With Record-Breaking Halftime Viewership of Around 135-141 Million… 🌎πŸ”₯

09.02.2026 10:13 πŸ‘ 4921 πŸ” 1232 πŸ’¬ 237 πŸ“Œ 153
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β€œFreedom is not free. We have to work at it. Nurture it. Protect it. Even sacrifice for it.”

25.01.2026 02:56 πŸ‘ 17808 πŸ” 7088 πŸ’¬ 419 πŸ“Œ 476
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Cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social.

21.01.2026 21:52 πŸ‘ 680 πŸ” 225 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 2
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1/21/2026 - Minneapolis

Federal agents abduct two teenagers (15 & 16) from a doctor's appointment

At one point, it appears an agent tases one of the children

21.01.2026 20:42 πŸ‘ 7288 πŸ” 4904 πŸ’¬ 605 πŸ“Œ 499
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As great powers abandon rules and values for their own interests, middle powers like Canada have a choice: compete with each other for favour or act together with impact.

21.01.2026 20:59 πŸ‘ 5341 πŸ” 1302 πŸ’¬ 263 πŸ“Œ 137
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Trump:

"NATO has treated the United States very badly. We've never asked for anything. We've never got anything."

Tell that to the families of 850 soldiers from 19 non-US NATO countries who died fighting to defend the United States in Afghanistan - the only occasion Article 5 was ever triggered.

21.01.2026 15:10 πŸ‘ 5311 πŸ” 1699 πŸ’¬ 443 πŸ“Œ 145
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Trump just repeated again that China just builds wind turbines but did not use them themselves.

Truth is :they actually do. China has more wind power than any other country.

21.01.2026 14:01 πŸ‘ 2230 πŸ” 839 πŸ’¬ 200 πŸ“Œ 50
Farage says Greenland would
be safer as part of the US
after Starmer says UK 'will
not yield' to tariff threat - UK
politics live


Reform UK leader says Greenland would be
'more secure' if part of the US, after PM says he
will not back down to Trump


Andrew Sparrow
Wed 21 Jan 2026 17.10 GMT

Farage says Greenland would be safer as part of the US after Starmer says UK 'will not yield' to tariff threat - UK politics live Reform UK leader says Greenland would be 'more secure' if part of the US, after PM says he will not back down to Trump Andrew Sparrow Wed 21 Jan 2026 17.10 GMT

Quisling

21.01.2026 17:41 πŸ‘ 1307 πŸ” 344 πŸ’¬ 113 πŸ“Œ 42

🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!

ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.

21.01.2026 22:00 πŸ‘ 27097 πŸ” 16060 πŸ’¬ 1139 πŸ“Œ 1635
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Opinion | Trump’s Attack on Venezuela Is Illegal and Unwise We know that Mr. Trump’s warmongering violates the law.

In Opinion

President Trump β€œis pushing our country toward an international crisis without valid reasons,” the editorial board writes after the U.S. attack on Venezuela was announced on Saturday. β€œIf Mr. Trump wants to argue otherwise, the Constitution spells out what he must do: Go to Congress.”

03.01.2026 14:05 πŸ‘ 1524 πŸ” 509 πŸ’¬ 156 πŸ“Œ 68
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Trump and Venezuela bombing.

Will Starmer be like this guy and sit on the fence?

03.01.2026 10:34 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Whatever you might think of Maduro, the seizure and kidnapping of a head of state takes us to a very dark place. Vast, arbitrary, extra-legal power, which could be exercised almost anywhere, regardless of the character of the target government.

03.01.2026 10:14 πŸ‘ 7380 πŸ” 2335 πŸ’¬ 300 πŸ“Œ 149

Tonight, the President of the United States has launched an unconstitutional war of aggression, dooming another generation to spill their blood for oil, and lay waste to a sovereign nation.

I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.

03.01.2026 07:41 πŸ‘ 35480 πŸ” 9372 πŸ’¬ 780 πŸ“Œ 368
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ECF protests FIDE lifting of sanctions As reported, the FIDE General Assembly has fully restored the rights of all youth players from Russia and Belarus "in line with IOC recommendations". The FIDE Council also voted to finalise protocols ...

en.chessbase.com/post/ecf-pro...

23.12.2025 19:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The Thomas Crown Affair, by  Norman Jewison (1968) - The Chess game
The Thomas Crown Affair, by Norman Jewison (1968) - The Chess game YouTube video by JΓ©rΓ΄me LabbΓ©

@skipbolden.bsky.social Thomas crown affair Chess scene m.youtube.com/watch?v=AEPa...

24.12.2025 04:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This debate now playing out in public among the cabinet – and Starmer being outflanked.

22.12.2025 11:32 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0
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In a lively moment in the Commons, Starmer said: β€œA little festive advice to those in Reform. If mysterious men from the East appear bearing gifts, this time report it to the police.”
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

17.12.2025 23:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Good move Starmer.

18.12.2025 01:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Met Police to drop further investigation into Andrew Windsor

Looks like Met Police rolled out the same police officers who refused and resisted investigating Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak's Downing street parties during covid

13.12.2025 21:27 πŸ‘ 355 πŸ” 105 πŸ’¬ 31 πŸ“Œ 6
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"We believe recent events underscore the urgency of this issue."

28.11.2025 17:17 πŸ‘ 1374 πŸ” 481 πŸ’¬ 46 πŸ“Œ 14
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29.11.2025 08:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The UK should never have left the Single Market or Customs Union, but neither Tories nor Labour fought the case for either out of fear of the right.

Now the right is far right, the country is poorer, and so the people angrier, and the flag-waving Brexit nationalism has spiralled out of control.

22.11.2025 17:51 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

Just listen to Major. Brexit has ruined our economy and ruined the fabric of our society. The racist Farage and Russian money was central to Brexit. For Farage to be in government totally absurd.

19.11.2025 19:22 πŸ‘ 49 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

#RejointheEU - blame #Brexit not immigrants. What destroyed the Dublin agreement? Who conned the country into Brexit? Farage and Johnson, who is keeping us out? UkLabour's red lines.

17.11.2025 15:57 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Here's the latest data on what Brexit has done to the UK economy ...
GDP down 6% – 8%
INVESTMENT down 12% – 18%
PRODUCTIVITY down 3% – 4%

15.11.2025 02:04 πŸ‘ 118 πŸ” 69 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 3
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Farage: epic grifter

27.10.2025 12:45 πŸ‘ 7907 πŸ” 4359 πŸ’¬ 216 πŸ“Œ 444

The Albanian prime minister absolutely bodies UK politics here. Incredible

25.10.2025 18:37 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Naomi Smith, "For the last ten years we've had successive governments tell us what a great thing Brexit is"

"Well our polling shows that nearly 2/3 of people think Brexit has been more of a failure than a success"

20.10.2025 14:55 πŸ‘ 441 πŸ” 145 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 4
FT graph showing massive UK public support for the opinion that it was wrong to vote to leave the EU.

FT graph showing massive UK public support for the opinion that it was wrong to vote to leave the EU.

Ah! Good morning, reality. And welcome. We’ve been expecting you…

20.10.2025 06:43 πŸ‘ 10628 πŸ” 2783 πŸ’¬ 603 πŸ“Œ 264