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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Well well well.... And lowest number of migrants since 2021 Where's the Labour comms team?

Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

I think I might suggest that the title of Ultimate Sporting Challenge goes to the Tour de France. 21 days (not 5), constant gruelling cycling (not spending half your time in the pavilion drinking tea) and proper injuries and even, occasionally and sadly, death.

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

What about nurses? Care workers? Public transport workers. Much of our public sector were putting themselves in danger during Covid. Hey - even us pensioners are paid a much lower pension than many other countries. We demand fair pensions!

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

But the mandate for strikes doesn't make sense: Entitled to vote: 53,766. Yes votes: 26,766 49.8% yes vote. www.bma.org.uk/our-campaign... Weird coincidence that entitled to vote and yes votes both end in "766". What are the chances? (1 in 1000)

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Dr. Robert Laurenson was the man who sent the WhatsApp: www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/health/junio...

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Via MIkey Smith at the Mirror x.com/mikeysmith/s...

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Average wage / house price ratio is double (or more) from when I (boomer) took a first step on the property ladder. I remember being offered a 100% mortgage on a 3.5 times multiplier in the mid-70s. Now: you need a mortgage 9.7 times average salary.

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Straight after his "major announcement" the other day, the saviour of the working people is on his grift again, this time to the BitCoin conference in Las Vages. b.tc/conference/2...

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Simon Jenkins - always right on everything

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Do you ever check facts before you report them?

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

It wasn't a by election loss to Reform.They lost seats to Lib Dem & Green. AND they're in government, so always take a drubbing in locals. It's the Tories who are in disarray.

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Let's not be distracted: Tories have lost roughly twice as many council seats as they've won. Labour roughly equal. And government parties always do worse in local elections. Let's not jump to ludicrous conclusions.

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Stoopid badge isn't even on straight

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Can we ask Trump for our money back? $680bn in US government debt we're holding.

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

And, of course, Trump Media: $43.04 on 13th Jan. $18.41 today. A drop of 57% in a few months.

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

And the price of Tesla has plummeted from $424 to $282 - an over 33% drop. 😜

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Latest £ - $ price: $1.32 The value of the GBP against the USD has risen by over 7% since Trump took office. That'll offset some of the tariffs.

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Also: inflation beginning to surge

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Mmm, Tesco Finest Salted Caramel and Chocolate... hot cross buns.

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

How's the attempts to get money back from PPE / Covid fraud?

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Musk running discounts on Twitter business. Oh dear.

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Oh dear. Musk defaming Starmer and Jess Phillips is "free speech", according to Farage. "It should be robust, and it could well offend." He needs to tell the snowflakes in the (far) right-wing media and Tory party

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

For all the Tories getting on their high horse about enquiries and Oldham... uk.news.yahoo.com/tories-embar...

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

In fact, REFUSED to do, and made an identical statement to Jess Phillips uk.news.yahoo.com/tories-embar...

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Apparently, they refused a call in 2022. inews.co.uk/opinion/the-...

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

I always loved quoting this at lockdown-skeptics:

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

You occasionally see some good stuff from 'That Other Place'.

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

After a few good months, it's been quiet here...

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Wasn't he supposed to be boycotting the BBC after Newsnight caused the frog-faced snowflake "offence"?

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Oh, and this is him getting into his chauffeur-driven car. A BMW. Parked in a blue badge bay. What an odious little twerp.

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Excellent post here from Ian Hislop in Private Eye.

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Good to see "Farmer Farage" supporting his fellow tillers of the soil yesterday, driven there by chauffeur and surrounded by bodyguards. He's always shown support for smaller farmers... Ooops.

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

If people in the other place are crowing about lack of growth, look at the GDP per capita figures (which factor in size of the population) which shows it's between 0.3% and 0.5% up on this time last year.

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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 20/10/2023

I follow a fairly precise method of planning my novels. It is made easier by the fact that Save The Cat fits perfectly within a cozy mystery story. Hello Plottr my old friend... #amplanning #amplotting #NaNoWriMo

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