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So I’m not moving anywhere tonight.

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Aw look, Amazon has a Scottish Widows cosplay outfit for Halloween. I mean looking at at my pension is fairly scary.

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This is what “sticking to the fiscal rules” does. It’s called austerity and it never went away.

Ben 🏳️‍🌈 @benrattigan.com · 27/09/2026

Governments not allowed to Govern, spend a single penny on national infrastructure or basically do anything other than tinker around the edges all because of misplaced concerns about inflation, financial markets and central banks. Everything must be pushed to breaking point.

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It’ll never happen, like everything the lengthy debates in both houses for weeks and months, committee hearings, further debates, studies, public consultations and white papers. By the time all that is done you’re 5 years into a Parliament so it doesn’t happen. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cj...

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PM Andy Burnham proposes national care service to tackle "threadbare" social care system - watch live

The PM says the proposed care service, which would be "free at the point of use", would be put on the ballot at the next general election.

If a tram can turn an articulated bus can turn I’ve never bought into this excuse they don’t fit on our roads because they’re used across Europe in similar sized towns and cities with the same problem.

I’d go for it, but without the cheese. I do love a sausage.

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Phoo, that’s a lot of chippers.

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Can never understand the use of double deckers buses on a guideway, articulated buses provide more capacity and better accessibility. or just put a tram down. We have a weirdly daft obsession with double decker buses.

I won £15 on premium bonds. 💵😆

Took my 2 year old grandson to Ikea. Exhausting, he trashed the place. 🤣

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It’s your height pet, you’re like a giant compared to me 🤣

Absolutely nailed Nichelle Nichols Uhura in this episode.

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Don’t wear chiffon whilst soldering.

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Me: trying to sleep Fucking crane flies…

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This is also how I like to catch-up on my MFS content.

It’s a scam, where’s Rav and his big truncheon?

D*I*S*C*O #totp I know you’re all singing along.

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Ben 🏳️‍🌈 @benrattigan.com · 23/09/2026

New coffee machine delivered ☕️

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Reminds I need to take mine in for repair, I’m current using £1.50 pair of glasses from Homebargains. 🤣

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Ben 🏳️‍🌈 @benrattigan.com · 23/09/2026

Everything is falling apart and no promises are being delivered but let’s have a 658 agenda of which half is Governance matters. They wonder why people get fucked off that nothing actually gets done.

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Ben 🏳️‍🌈 @benrattigan.com · 23/09/2026

I mean let’s be honest they’ll do neither of these things because that means buying new rolling stock which fundamentally the DfT hate doing.

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Ministry of Local Government - no announcements

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Ministry of Defence - no announcements

If such emergency measures and instructions where issued we’d know about, the PM would have announced them, the opposition parties would be debating them, Government and local authorities would have published them. They haven’t because it’s nonsense.

Hence the reason no one from the UK on here is talking about and it’s not a topic of conversation because literally none of us have been told or issued anything, this is just vague news that’s been misconstrued by social media hype and questionable news outlets.

Yes but those a news articles none of which elude to the UK Government issuing any instructions, no such instructions have been published on UK Government website and no minister has spoke of any, no local authority has issued any. It’s not happening.

Completely underwhelming unless the thing you want is a Rolex, Mulberry handbag or some Cartier jewellery. Barely anything to be found about the actual history of the place or its cultural significance.

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This all looked very nice but it appears to just be a big shopping mall now.

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He should have just said I’ll publish a correction in small text in the back of my next book.

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The musings of some BBC journalist is not a Government announcement, maybe check gov.uk first before posting nonsense.

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The UK Government hasn’t instructed anyone to do anything.

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Ben 🏳️‍🌈 @benrattigan.com · 21/09/2026

Do not buy, mine has been back twice for repair and Philips sent it back to me this time damaged. This time it’s going back for a refund.

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Basic fact checking no longer exists.

Ben 🏳️‍🌈 @benrattigan.com · 20/09/2026

Oh no all ten carriages are going to Sunderland and it’s rammed full.