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Chris Assynt

@chrisalassynt.bsky.social
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#FBPE, #FBNHS Scottish Borders. Former educationalist and wanderer of the hills and mountains. No DMs

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Reece Dinsdale @reecedinsdale.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
I like this site enormously… it’s my only port of call now. 👍 I am, however, still searching for its centre. Whilst all the lists are useful… I still don’t quite know where to go to get to the heart of it all, the place where you don’t miss a thing. Summat’s a tiny bit missing. Don’t know what. 🤷‍♂️
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Without trade unions we wouldn’t have • a minimum wage • maternity & paternity rights • pension provision • holiday & sickness entitlements victories which have benefited every single person in this country Join a union👇 www.tuc.org.uk/joinunion youtu.be/jg0D2yNiqHM?...
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Let’s make Jacob’s day and join a union today
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
MPs second jobs are institutionalised bribery. They should be banned. Prime duty of MPs is to serve the people, not corporations or their bank accounts. Preventing MPs from selling their souls to the highest bidder is a necessary step in democratising parliament leftfootforward.org/2025/01/mps-...
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MPs second jobs are institutionalised bribery. They should be banned.
'Preventing MPs from selling their souls to the highest bidder is a necessary step in democratising parliament.'
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
🚨🚨 "The damning statistics that reveal the true cost of Brexit, five years on". Great report by Kate Devlin & Alicja Hagopian (@the-independent.com) on the far-reaching negative implications of #brexit for UK economy. 🧵 www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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The damning statistics that reveal the true cost of Brexit, five years on
As January marks five years on from Britain leaving the EU, Alicja Hagopian and Kate Devlin explore its impact
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Absolutely this from Ed Davey 👏
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Anyone in the Media going to ask Nigel Farage about this? No, thought not.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
The fact that it wasn’t will forever be America’s shame.
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Estel Cooper @estel62.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
I need say no more...
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Carol Vorderman @carolvorders.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
TEESWORKS scandal continues (Teesside Freeport) Where is Labour on this? Promoting more Freeports and SEZs when none of them have proved in the slightest bit beneficial to anyone but investors Tell me otherwise if you know any genuinely “good” stories which aren’t number juggling
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Turns out you can be the richest man in the world *and* so cravenly hungry for adulation that, when all else fails, you’ll beg for it from the very worst of your fellow humans. Musk’s interest in the U.K. is directly proportionate to the volume of our far right Twitter. The ultimate simp symbiosis.
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RICHARD FORD @richardfordshow.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
An almost daily reminder for as long as it takes… 🇪🇺
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
As we inch closer to 2025, a good time to remind ourselves (and everyone else) of the importance & benefits of membership of the ECHR youtu.be/iSTN-h8NoyY?...
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Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says public want to leave the ECHR - let’s put the record straight
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Patrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼‍♂️😉 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
👇🏼When you do a post on X to to incite racial hatred & tension Only to find the attacker supports the German Far Right AFD Party.. not Islam That just Was Not what Farage planned.. I mean so called #FarageRiots where such a huge success with a post here & an interview there❗️ 🤷🏼‍♂️
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Kemi Badenoch boasts about handing a lifetime peerage to the "brave" journalist Toby Young, who was previously - Sacked for sexist and homophobic comments - Condemned by the press regulator for spreading "significantly misleading" information about Covid www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/kemi-baden...
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Kemi Badenoch Boasts About Handing Peerage to ‘Radical’ Covid Sceptic With a History of Sexism and Homophobia
The Conservative leader praised Toby Young as 'brave', 'smart' and a 'true radical'
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Kentish Fran #FBPE @kentishfran.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
It looks as if we are finally going to find out why Charlotte's Owen and Ross Kempsell were given peerages. rosenbaum.org.uk/foi-tribunal...
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FOI Tribunal orders release of Owen and Kempsell peerage citations – Martin Rosenbaum
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
RP if you agree with this. ❤️🇳🇴
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Andrew Tate and his brother have had £2.8m of unpaid tax confiscated by the UK Government. Lets laugh at him 🤣 And soon Romania will jail him for 20 years 🤣🤣🤣
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Gregg Wallace is going to be raging at being replaced by a Middle Class woman of a certain age. It's rare to say it, but good choice BBC. Now fire Laura Kuenssberg.
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𝑀𝒶𝓎𝓇𝒶°❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:・🫧 @lepapillonblue.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
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Dr. Chris @drchrisythomas.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
#Brexit Lord Frost negotiated a joke deal and is now complaining about Labour getting closer to the EU - after what Frost did he should just keep quiet - his deal has more holes than a sieve and has given us bureaucracy/red tape by the bucket load - #Brexit needs dumping and fast!
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
“wealthy billionaires and corporations… hoard land as an asset, Britain now having among the highest concentrations of land ownership in the world. Half of England is owned by less than 1% of its population.”
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Land barons reap the rewards of new agrarian populism
Farmers' protests at the budget's IHT proposals raise many questions
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 08/12/2024
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 10/10/2024
Here' an idea ... 👇👇👇 The EU and UK are set to review the Brexit deal in 2026. So why not hold a new Brexit referendum before that, in 2025? That way, the government can find out exactly what the public's position is after 10 years of Brexit. #RejoinRef 🇬🇧🇪🇺
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Aaron Black @aaronblack.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
🚨 Breaking: Assad’s government has fallen, and he has fled Damascus. Sending thoughts and prayers to Tulsi Gabbard in this difficult time for her.
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Chris @oakymoron.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
The new Les Patterson minus wit, charisma and personality
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
If you are anti-Brexit and pro EU and want to find some extra followers. RT and reply to this post and add each other. No fun speaking to yourself.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Euronews cover Romania cancelling it's election results after declassified documents show Russian interference In the UK, May, Johnson, Truss and Sunak all ignored Russian interference in Brexit because they all exploited Brexit to become Prime Minister - shameful self interest, disgraceful
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Simon Gosden @simongosden.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Farage taken apart….
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Keir Starmer is considering closing a loophole that would allow Elon Musk to bankroll Nigel Farage and Reform, one of his ministers has signalled. Under the proposal, donors would no longer be able to funnel donations to British political parties via UK companies bylinetimes.com/2024/12/06/k...
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Keir Starmer Considers Closing Elon Musk Donations Loophole to Stop 'Foreign Interference' in UK Elections
A rumoured $100 million donation from Musk to Nigel Farage's Reform would be banned under the proposal
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RICHARD FORD @richardfordshow.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
HuffPost UK: Alastair Campbell Skewers Nigel Farage For 'Never Taking Responsibility' For True Brexit Impact www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/bbc-qu...
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Alastair Campbell Skewers Nigel Farage For 'Never Taking Responsibility' For True Brexit Impact
"You're somebody who will exploit any problem going for your own political ends," the former No.10 spin doctor said.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Man in red shreds Nigel Farage Farage has a meltdown #BBCQT
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
“Some 56% of farmland bought in 2023 was sold to landowners who were not working farmers. The revenue per acre is too low to warrant the purchase, unless you are extremely wealthy and are avoiding inheritance tax”
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Whose land? Tax avoidance and the broken economics of British farming
Noise in the billionaire press about inheritance tax changes hides a basic fact: the non-farming rich own too much land
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Chris Assynt @chrisalassynt.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
A most interesting #bbcqt. Reasoned arguments from Jackie Smith and Alastair Campbell; utter dismay and lack of responsibility from the incoherent Kevin Hollinrake and total playground politics from Farage, who the audience seemed to turn against with his sloganising and name calling.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Where's our Referendum?
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Rachel Reeves, "Today I have appointed Tom Hayhoe as our new Covid Counter Fraud Commissioner" "As Chair of an NHS trust during the pandemic, he saw the urgency of getting PPE to NHS staff when they needed it" "He will investigate the billions lost to fraud and underperforming contracts"
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Chris Assynt @chrisalassynt.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
So Lisa Nandy has met with BBC regarding ongoing issues brought to a head by the Gregg Wallace news. Perhaps she should be calling for board resignations as this is a further issue of inappropriate behaviour following on from the Huw Edwards situation. The clown's appointments need review.
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Christopher T. Perkins @christperkins.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Be kind.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Sir Richard Moore, head of MI6: "In 37 years in the intelligence profession, I've never seen the world in a more dangerous state." "We have recently uncovered a staggeringly reckless campaign of Russian sabotage in Europe." news.sky.com/story/flatpl...
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Head of MI6 says 'I've never seen the world in a more dangerous state' as he warns Russia would not stop if it wins in Ukraine
Sir Richard Moore, the head of MI6, said that if Russia wins in Ukraine, China would "weigh the implications, North Korea would be emboldened, and Iran would become still more dangerous".
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Mick Lynch "Nigel Farage is a racist." RT if Mick is right.
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Dragonrider "Is he dead yet?" 🐠🐟 Try/Me 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @topsyscatmum.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Today I was attacked by a group of immigrants, who drugged me and gave me a new hip! Grateful doesn't begin to cover it. #NHS
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Alex Gallagher @alexgallagher.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
David Mitchell is usually funny, but this is angry and thought provoking, and correct. The attacks on the Labour Gov go beyond anything previously considered normal, and the outcome is an unhealthy and anti-democratic polarisation.... The Observer. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Another election? Mr Caine is taking the Michael | David Mitchell
Yes Labour have been taxier and spendier than their manifesto implied, but actors signing an Elon Musk-supported petition is a sinister step
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
“Obviously there will be no return to freedom of movement, the customs union or the single market” says Prime Minister Keir Starmer at #PMQs In other news the OBR report the Gov’t keeps quoting from says Brexit is on course to cut UK trade by a staggering 15%. Hiding from it won’t make it go away
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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 27/11/2024
“It is beyond surreal that someone writes in a national newspaper that Liz Truss was a genius and Keir Starmer should walk the plank.” @mrjamesob.bsky.social believes that Brexiteers are ‘still not ready to admit their mistake’ and so their response is to ‘overthrow the Government'.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
The liars, of course, have all moved on to new cons & deceptions. The fishing industry can't. A vaguely honest media would be holding Farage & the rest to account for this instead of promoting a meaningless petition... www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymout...
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Fishermen left feeling 'betrayed' by Brexit
'Brexit was sold to our fishermen as a golden opportunity, yet the truth is that many fishermen have experienced the complete opposite'
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Billionaires making $1,000,000 a minute have convinced idiots making $20 an hour, that immigrants making $7 an hour are the reason their wages are so low. But if you're not an idiot you know its the billionaires blatant robbery that keeps your wages so low.
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Tracy Rowe @tracyroweresists.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
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