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Lorna Curry

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Wine bar revolutionary. Comment on law (finance, energy, legal ops/tech), politics (enthusiastic amateur), pugs (willing servant to Shirlie, Pickle & Pepsi) and Crystal Palace (cradle fan).

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My post had nothing to do with immigration policy and everything to do with defence spending.

07.03.2026 10:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

H/t @gerryduggan.bsky.social

07.03.2026 09:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Much better πŸ‘‡πŸΌ I'd also like to nominate "SPECS OFFENDERS". Thank you, I yield my time.

07.03.2026 09:02 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I'd also like to nominate "SPECS OFFENDERS". Thank you, I yield my time.

07.03.2026 00:37 πŸ‘ 962 πŸ” 213 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 4

All that waste. And yet there are people on here criticising a government in power for under 2 years because they can’t fix 14 years of chronic underfunding of public services and the armed forces.

07.03.2026 08:53 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Iran Crisis: They Wanted Sovereignty. Just Not Like This If anyone has ruined the special relationship, it's not Starmer- it's Trump

No legal basis. No clear objective. No exit. And much of Britain’s political class spent the week calling Starmer a coward for noticing.

Latest substack from me.

open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...

06.03.2026 18:52 πŸ‘ 803 πŸ” 233 πŸ’¬ 44 πŸ“Œ 26

See Tunbridge Wells where the grammar schools used to make a fairly good attempt at social mobility up to the 80s but after that are just a convenient alternative to the private schools the Surrey professional classes pay for.

06.03.2026 17:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

She can’t help herself. And <I mean> they have @alcarns.bsky.social covering defence in Healey’s team. I am sure he runs a great breakfast club but may be a tad more useful in a war situation ?

06.03.2026 17:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Government 'didn't do enough' to plan for Iran crisis, ex-diplomat Ameer Kotecha says Sky's security and defence editor Deborah Haynes speaks to former British diplomat Ameer Kotecha after he quit the Foreign Office.

I am far from convinced that Kotetcha is politically neutral. Seems like a young man in a hurry to build a political and/or commentator career

news.sky.com/video/share-...

06.03.2026 17:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The neutralism is strong...

06.03.2026 16:03 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Keir Starmer the most supported

06.03.2026 16:02 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2
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Again, Farage, Badenoch and their fellow travellers on X are wildly out of touch with the public on Iran.

Even the majority of Reform supporters oppose their position.

05.03.2026 13:47 πŸ‘ 1114 πŸ” 402 πŸ’¬ 41 πŸ“Œ 39

Your regular reminder that the UK is in fact a high trust society and anyone who implies it isn’t is either selling you a pup or has bought one.

05.03.2026 16:24 πŸ‘ 1153 πŸ” 337 πŸ’¬ 42 πŸ“Œ 20

And who is controlling the enriched uranium stocks.

04.03.2026 07:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

As we used to say in Zimbabwe. β€œRob Mugabe before he robs you”.

03.03.2026 19:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Wouldn’t be the first time a cosy LibDem becomes a raging RW nutter. #Lettuce

01.03.2026 13:12 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I am cautious about anyone feted by the media. I remember a short step from β€œoh Jeremy Corbin” at Glasto to the 2019 election when the enthusiasm didn’t translate to votes and scared the core centrist electorate so much that it swept in Johnson and a disastrous Brexit.

01.03.2026 13:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Weird that Reform is OK with Irish citizens voting but not commonwealth ones. Wonder what the difference could be?

01.03.2026 10:27 πŸ‘ 919 πŸ” 148 πŸ’¬ 53 πŸ“Œ 13

Expect they won’t object to my 4 Zimbabwean born sisters too (big mistake as they are fully paid up Home Counties revolutionaries).

01.03.2026 10:32 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is spot-on

01.03.2026 07:17 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Meanwhile I am lighting a candle for our goddaughter’s husband on duty with the RAF tonight in Cyprus.

28.02.2026 19:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A woman on Threads is arguing that we should not send jets up to defend Cyprus or other ME bases because we shouldn’t have any bases outside UK. Jeez.

28.02.2026 19:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

OK, not sure who needs to hear this, but you don't actually destroy uranium by dropping bombs on it. You might scatter it around, or plug up the tunnel entrance to get to it, but you don't destroy it with conventional weapons

28.02.2026 18:37 πŸ‘ 150 πŸ” 30 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to

28.02.2026 16:09 πŸ‘ 13125 πŸ” 5314 πŸ’¬ 89 πŸ“Œ 183

He is terrific. I always stay tuned if he appears on the news.

19.02.2026 13:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Apart from prejudice to ongoing criminal case the ISC may well have a right to call for these under parliamentary privilege already?

19.02.2026 13:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I mean what the actual fuck are you up to in USA. You need to give your heads a collective wobble. Of course you don’t disfigure a pet just because it ruins your draperies.

17.02.2026 13:02 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah. No.

16.02.2026 17:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Wales might want to have a word too. I mean Welsh guards and coal mining. It’s a match made in heaven.

15.02.2026 21:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Scots Irish is their new obsession. Jeremy Carl was on about β€œScotch-Irish military culture” in the Senate hearing last week. #hillbillies

15.02.2026 18:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0