Steve Mayo 🔶️

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Ommadawn (Part 2)

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In Southwark, diversity is our strength.

We are not an "island of strangers" as Keir Starmer claims, and we will not let Reform divide us.

Southwark Liberal Democrats are proud to have a team from all over the globe who call Southwark their home!

Dear journalists: Shut up about the “special relationship”. There is UK reliance on the US but for the time being there is no special relationship in any meaningful sense and talking as if there still is sounds ridiculous

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Wonderful lyrics and some great guitar playing. Underrated.

Goodbye Caroline

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during the oil/gas crisis caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraime it was striking how some right-wingers tried to gaslight the public into believing the *biggest* problem with their soaring bills (at the time) was green levies rather than the oil/gas price going through the roof

Making it up as they go along Where does the war in Iran go from here?

Latest assessment on US/Israeli attack on Iran. The administration continues to give the impression that it is making it up as it goes along. The choices for the Iranian regime remain dire but it continues to show defiance and cause international economic turmoil. open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/m...?

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Bright Grey

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Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage want Britain to blindly follow Trump into this illegal war, even though the President has no plan for what comes next.

There is nothing patriotic about outsourcing Britain’s foreign policy to Donald Trump.

If it wasn’t clear already, the reaction of the Brexiteer right to Trump‘s war on Iran shows that Brexit for them was not about sovereignty it was about making the UK a vassal state of the US.

Truth social post from Donald Trump: The United Kingdom, our once Great Ally, maybe the Greatest of them all, is finally giving serious thought to sending two aircraft carriers to the Middle East. That’s OK, Prime Minister Starmer, we don’t need them any longer — But we will remember. We don’t need people that join Wars after we’ve already won! President DONALD J. TRUMP

The Prime Minister must stand firm against Trump’s bullying and avoid getting sucked further into this illegal and damaging war.

And Davey.

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One of my most played records.

Regiment

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Never a red. Thanks for ruining an enjoyable game VAR. #WRECHE

Every time I watch Chelsea they have at least 2 players that I have never heard of. Ludicrous club. #WRECHE

Screenshot of a Mirror article with the headline, “Nigel Farage jets off to meet Donald Trump and ‘talk down Britain’ at swanky dinner”.

It’s nice to know where Nigel’s priorities are. 🏝️

‘I’m available for discussion’: Kevin Pietersen puts himself up for England role Kevin Pietersen has said he would ‘absolutely’ consider becoming part of a future England cricket coaching set-up and revealed Rob Key had previously sounded him out a couple of times

"Siri, find the change most likely to make me completely wash my hands of England international cricket"

Vote Farage get Trump…

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Margo's Waltz

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I see Farage is off to Mar-a-Lago to talk down Britain and suck up to Trump.

There's nothing patriotic about cheering on a foreign leader whose illegal war is sending British families’ energy bills through the roof.

New grammar schools set to return if Farage becomes PM The creation of new selective schools was outlawed by New Labour in 1998

Crushingly predictable. Utterly unjustified by decades of research. A shibboleth in place of a policy.

This is essentially the position that Kemi Badenock and Nigel Farage are pushing for, and would enable if every allowed near power.

The Conservative Party and the ReCons are unable to learn from the past, they are utterly unsuited to the future.

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.

Kemi is wrong about everything. Which is almost an achievement in itself | John Crace The Tory leader’s appearance on the Today programme was sheer madness – and comedy gold

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Magnificent.

🗳️The Representation of the People Bill strives to make fundamental changes to the voting system through electoral reform.

The Lib Dems have long called for proportional representation to restore faith in our political system and enhance the integrity of British democracy.

There is no possible defence for deporting children. Labour needs a swift u-turn on this performative cruelty.

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All Possibilities

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Straight Lines

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What they’re basically saying is that Starmer and the UK isn’t allowed to operate an even moderately independent foreign policy outside of the United States. That is both ahistoric, wrong and weird for people who constantly tell us how sovereignty is what matters most.

The insistence on processing Trump's pronouncements as though he's FDR rolled into JFK rolled into Ronald Reagan is just bizarre.