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@john0634

Retired and living in Hampshire. Follows Southampton FC, Hampshire CC. Irish heritage. Long Covid. Simple Minds 1979 to 1984, Factory Records and Postcard Records. The Cure and Post Punk. Politically, the centre left and after a "fairer" society. No DMs

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Also, Johnson pushed this over the line.

07.03.2026 14:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Boris Johnson says Keir Starmer has made us an irrelevance on the world stage...

07.03.2026 12:10 πŸ‘ 818 πŸ” 269 πŸ’¬ 77 πŸ“Œ 21
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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‘ 766 πŸ” 303 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 15

Thats dividends for you. Alternatively, what first attracted investors to privatisation.

06.03.2026 15:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Price of first class stamps to rise to Β£1.80 Royal Mail says the increase reflects the rise in delivery costs, but the move angers consumer groups.

Privatization picking our pockets.

Another Royal Mail price hike: Form 7 April 2026 1st class postage price Β£1.80, 2nd class 91p.

When privatized in 2013 by Tory/LibDem Govt: 1st class 60p; 2nd class 50p.

RM doesn't meet letter delivery targets. Fines passed to customers. Execs get bonuses.

06.03.2026 15:27 πŸ‘ 340 πŸ” 159 πŸ’¬ 34 πŸ“Œ 10

Managed to see him and The Blockheads June 1978 Edinburgh. A great time to be into Music as an 18 year old.

06.03.2026 15:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ian Dury
Sweet Gene Vincent
1977
youtube.com/watch?v=fOHu...

05.03.2026 17:09 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Buzzcocks
Nothing Left
Live 1978
1978
youtube.com/watch?v=Ue45...

05.03.2026 16:17 πŸ‘ 39 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Clash
Career Opportunities
Live Shea Stadium 13/10/82
1977
youtube.com/watch?v=MsE5...

06.03.2026 15:17 πŸ‘ 43 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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US economy unexpectedly sheds 92,000 jobs in February The contraction came as a surprise with payrolls down in nearly every sector.

What you’re not likely to hear from the White House.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

06.03.2026 14:30 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hungary to expel seven Ukrainian bank workers in diplomatic row with Kyiv Hungary says the workers were detained on suspicion of money laundering as a fierce row between the two countries escalates.

β€œHungarian reports described how black-clad officials from Hungary's TEK counter-terrorism centre raided the Ukrainian-registered vehicles on Thursday and then their convoy headed to Budapest.”

www.bbc.com/news/article...

06.03.2026 14:39 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Too kind!!

06.03.2026 15:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s taken he ages - but I’ve produced a Venn diagram showing the overlap of people who think
1. Brexit means Brexit
2. War in Iran is good
3. Jim Carey is a clone

06.03.2026 09:34 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

On the other hand the UK won't be getting a Tory Government for some time, so plenty to celebrate for the rest of us.

06.03.2026 15:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Panic spreads across CCHQ as her minders realise that Kemi has somehow given them the slip, and managed to break into the BBC Breakfast studio

β€œThat’ll cost us another 10 points in the polls” sighs a CCHQ insider

06.03.2026 13:45 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0

Scary!!

06.03.2026 15:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A new nadir for UK politics.

06.03.2026 15:19 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Reform councillor Graham Eardley has been suspended for behaving so aggressively towards a female volunteer that security had to escort him out. That’s at least 63 Reform councillors gone in ten months – nearly one in ten!

05.03.2026 21:59 πŸ‘ 488 πŸ” 206 πŸ’¬ 39 πŸ“Œ 13

Why is no one standing up for the people of Lebanon? Why is Israel allowed to destroy another country? 80,000 displaced because of Netanyahu - a war criminal allowed to live out his evil dreams. The world just lets Israel commmit war crimes. Claims they have a right to defense. This is not defense

05.03.2026 18:52 πŸ‘ 41 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
Billionaire brothers who backed Tories give Reform Β£100k
Oliver Wright

Extracts

Britain's
second-richest family have
begun giving money to Reform UK after years of supporting the Conservatives.
A company linked to the property tycoons David and Simon Reuben donated Β£100,000 to Nigel Farage's party the first time the brothers have given to any party other than the Tories.
Reform has also received Β£3 million from Christopher Harborne, 63, an entrepreneur who now lives in Thai-land, adding to the ty million he gave in August. At the time, that was the biggest single donation to a UK political party by a living donor.
In the last quarter of last year, Reform received more than Β£5.4 million in do-nations, the Conservatives were given Β£2.4 million and Labour received
Β£1.9 million.
The Reuben brothers - David, 87, and Simon, 84, who own property including Millbank Tower and Admiralty Arch in London β€” have donated almost El million to the Conservative Party since 2008. They also supported Boris Johnson after he left No 10, giving him office space worth Β£85,000. Their family wealth was put at Β£26.87 billion in The Sunday Times Rich List last year.
Reform UK has its headquarters in Millbank Tower, but it is not known whether the brothers donation linked to reduced rent payments.

Other Reform donors include David
John Grainger, the co-founder of a biotech firm, and Gary Dutton, a double glazing entrepreneur, who both gave the party Β£250,000.
Reform also received Β£100,000 from Isabel Goldsmith, sister of the former Tory minister Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park. Her father, Sir James Gold-smith, was seen as the godfather of British Euroscepticism.
For the second quarter in a row Lord Bamford, the chairman of JCB, gave Β£200,000 each to the Conservatives and Reform. At the time of his first do-nation, the company said he was "sup-portive of pro-business political parties that create the conditions for these businesses to grow and prosper".

Billionaire brothers who backed Tories give Reform Β£100k Oliver Wright Extracts Britain's second-richest family have begun giving money to Reform UK after years of supporting the Conservatives. A company linked to the property tycoons David and Simon Reuben donated Β£100,000 to Nigel Farage's party the first time the brothers have given to any party other than the Tories. Reform has also received Β£3 million from Christopher Harborne, 63, an entrepreneur who now lives in Thai-land, adding to the ty million he gave in August. At the time, that was the biggest single donation to a UK political party by a living donor. In the last quarter of last year, Reform received more than Β£5.4 million in do-nations, the Conservatives were given Β£2.4 million and Labour received Β£1.9 million. The Reuben brothers - David, 87, and Simon, 84, who own property including Millbank Tower and Admiralty Arch in London β€” have donated almost El million to the Conservative Party since 2008. They also supported Boris Johnson after he left No 10, giving him office space worth Β£85,000. Their family wealth was put at Β£26.87 billion in The Sunday Times Rich List last year. Reform UK has its headquarters in Millbank Tower, but it is not known whether the brothers donation linked to reduced rent payments. Other Reform donors include David John Grainger, the co-founder of a biotech firm, and Gary Dutton, a double glazing entrepreneur, who both gave the party Β£250,000. Reform also received Β£100,000 from Isabel Goldsmith, sister of the former Tory minister Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park. Her father, Sir James Gold-smith, was seen as the godfather of British Euroscepticism. For the second quarter in a row Lord Bamford, the chairman of JCB, gave Β£200,000 each to the Conservatives and Reform. At the time of his first do-nation, the company said he was "sup-portive of pro-business political parties that create the conditions for these businesses to grow and prosper".

More billionaire cash bankrolling Reform.
JCB’s chairman, Bamford, said he was β€œsupportive of pro-business political parties that create conditions for these businesses to grow and prosper."

Reform wants to repeal the Equality Act.
Prosperity for them means loss of rights and pay for us.
(Times)

06.03.2026 07:27 πŸ‘ 351 πŸ” 187 πŸ’¬ 46 πŸ“Œ 12
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06.03.2026 12:08 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Putin or Trump. Who will Infantino award the next FIFA peace prize to.

06.03.2026 14:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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06.03.2026 13:51 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Especially hearing Badenough crowing. A Mark 2 version of Truss, equally deluded, and unwilling to accept the role that the Tories played in the political farce "How not to run a modern country". I'm not saying that Starmer is perfect, but the inherited mess plus world turmoil isn't an easy task.

06.03.2026 14:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They haven't got much left to moan about so they moan about all the consequences of their failed policies from the last decade. Hoping no one will notice it's they that have caused it.

06.03.2026 11:39 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Add to it:

Roads in the uk worse than most in Africa

NHS crumbling

Education on its knees

Infrastructure in desperate need of repair and improvement

Tax the richest the most
Make the uk fair financially

Then fix the problems and
Enrich wildlife and environment

06.03.2026 14:21 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

US officials say Russia is giving Iran intelligence on the locations of their warships and aircraft – including the positions of radar systems.

When Kamala Harris told King Donald the Mad that Putin would β€œeat you for lunch,” she forgot breakfast and dinner

06.03.2026 13:47 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

All the usual suspects are blaming Starmer for taking two weeks to get HMS Dragon to Cyprus.

Hey guys, it's a warship. Not a cruise liner.

The fleet was massively reduced for a decade by the Tories and the remaining cash poured into two massive penis substitutes masquerading as aircraft carriers.

06.03.2026 11:25 πŸ‘ 230 πŸ” 46 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 8
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Trump has seen how ineffective the lCC is nowadays as Putin's War Crimes have gone unpunished. The reaction to Bush and Blair crimes Iraq's gives further credence to the belief that ordinary citizens have no protection against war criminals.

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