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The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Disappointing that @zurch.bsky.social can write about US population and immigration history without any reference to the indigenous people. 6 years ago today Trump’s supporters were telling Lakota Sioux Americans in SD to ‘go home’. Thought you were better than this. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Trump's new take on 250 years of American expansionism

The US has grown, both in terms of its land and its people, over the last 250 years. What's next?

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The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

A graphic depiction of another reason Europeans don’t buy American cars. #BuildQuality #BuildItAndTheyWillTut

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The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Always enjoy listening to @thenewsagents.co.uk especially when discussing the misleader of the free world and his #EmperorsNewClothes. Tonight was sublime as they interviewed the emperor’s tailor. Made me consider buying tena for men.

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The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

I’ve just read #WesStreeting‘s resignation letter, and realise what a distinctive choice of words Peter Mandelson has.

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The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

If Wes Streeting does resign tomorrow, who do we think will replace Peter Thiel as head of the NHS?

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The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

The genius* of Donald Trump’s resolution of the Iran War is that it will save millions of dollars at federal, state, and even citizen level. Producing the Stars and Stripes flags is much more expensive than the white flag they can now proudly fly after his capitulation. *delusion Saigon2.0

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The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Acceptable names for storms: - Damocles - Wilhelm - Troy - Gawain - Siobhan - Hammerhead Not acceptable: - Dave - Trish - Petunia - Blowy McBlowface - Daniels

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The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Long shot here regarding the Epstein war in #Iran, but have the Europeans and other non-psychopath nations considered getting a middle-aged Lancastrian grandmother to shout “Will you not!”

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The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Could someone explain* to the Donald that asking NATO to help with his invasion of Iran is like asking your local Fire Department to help you burn down your neighbour’s house. *This would call for the use of a very weighty explaining bat.

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The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Trump is about to find out what happens when the yapping dog catches the motorcycle. Meanwhile, China, assimilating Africa’s untapped resources and the gulf states’ vast reserves, now covered in Trump’s shite, is poised to dominate a post-fossil fuelled planet.

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The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

For the driver cameos at the beginning of each F1 race, they’re obviously coached to do a different dramatic pose: turn to camera, unfold arms, signal “number one” etc. They should be more imaginative: Armpit fart, remove spinach from teeth, bollock scratch, earwax delve. #F1 #ShanghaiGP

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Having a clear out of first lines for poems I shall never write. Please help yourself to any of these.

Index of Discarded First Lines

Also, I am bleeding profusely so please stay for a while……………   8
Carter called again today, enquiring of his ladder …………………. 22
For that was the winter we listened to Enya ……………………….. 31
her eyes were a question mark, her mouth a semi-colon …………… 36
I am a bowl, chipped at the rim …………………………………….. 43
I remembered Newport Pagnell and wept ………………………..       5
I see you forgot the fabric softener again …….…………………… 25
In the vacuum between when and how, I squat ……………………..   3
Me and you in matching tank tops ……………………………….... 39
Oi Oi! …………………………………….………………………... 78
Our love is a broken oatcake ……………………………………….. 61
Please don’t do that, it’s disgusting. ………..……………………… 27
She loved his unfinished similes like ………………………………. 52
That, my dear, is a diphthong ………………………………………. 73
The sky is darkening and yet the dove …………………………….. 11
Today, we shall make strudel ……………………………………….. 4
Whither the hair tongs? I have seen them not ……………………... 19

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The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Oh dear I see BBC online news has dropped another clog: “that 5% increase in levies is paid either by the exporters or their customers in the US.” Exporters? Really? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... “”

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Trump tariffs: The uncertainties facing businesses and consumers after tariff changes

Businesses say questions remain after US President Donald Trump announced he will impose global tariffs of 15%.

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The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

What a well-considered, finely crafted thread!

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The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Bad News / Good News: 😔 Trump will never serve a single day in custody. 😃 The many people desperately trying to keep him from prosecution will soon desperately hope for a cushy job in the kitchens and spend a lot of nervous time in the showers. Karma

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The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

MAGA must be relieved to have rejected monarchy. Imagine the ruling class having control of who can investigate and prosecute the ruling class!

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The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Anybody know when @skynewsrss.bsky.social are publishing the salary details of their presenters for subscribers? #WePayTheirSalaries

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The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Trump is at the point of ordering copies of the US Constitution on softer paper.

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The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Channeling the OIC for the #TrumpParade Khaki-wank: Shouldeeeders.. wait for it… Down! Arms, by the right (or left; whatever) Dangle! By the leeeeeeft (or right)… in your own time… Amble! Anyone remember drill?

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The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Something something Steve Bannon/Piers Gaveston, blah blah blah Elon Musk/Hugh deSpenser, something something Trump/Edward II. Historians care to expand? @davidolusoga.bsky.social

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The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Slight correction if I may: Trump thinks they’re doing this with Ukraine, while Putin is doing this with Europe.

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Neil A Mortimer @neilmortimer.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

To be fair Trish, quite a few Uber drivers are already qualified GPs.

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The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Not sure whether my uppermost sentiment is disappointment or disgust that Elon Musk is still a Fellow of @royalsociety.bsky.social Surely his anti-science rants and support for rapists and tinfoil hatters reflect poorly on such a previously august body?

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The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

While everyone is wobbling on about eggs and left jabs, I’m genuinely moved by the extent of devolution that was championed by Prezza. In my opinion, a genuine legacy of achievement and a real challenge to the privilege of the south east. #RIPJohnPrescott

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Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

(To the tune of Eleanor Rigby) Jeremy Clarkson Seeing his arse as his tax dodge stops being legit Tough fucking shit

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The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Huzzah for our Conservative and Reform politicians standing up for workers and their union, and for protestors’ right to protest (even if it disrupts traffic). What sort of woke libtard would expect owners of a multi million pound business to pay tax at the same rate as the rest of us? Shocking

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Today’s poem is called ‘Please Bear in Mind’.

Please Bear in Mind

that the Department of Visas & Immigration
claims he has ideas above his station,
having arrived into this great nation
without the proper documentation.

But here’s what they fail to understand:
this is not the life he had planned;
he could no longer stay in his homeland;
he’s only looking for a helping hand.

His wellies are red, his duffle coat blue.
He wears a wide-brimmed hat from Darkest Peru.
If you should see him, here’s what to do:
Please look after him. That’s all. Thank you.

Brian Bilston

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

This unspeakable, insufferable cunt. Musk won't ever be able to demonstrate a microgram of the bravery and dignity Zelenskyy has demonstrated.

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The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Dear Laura Have you not suggested Starmer simply implements Boris Johnson’s 2019 “Ready to go”™ plan for Social Care? Seems remiss of you not to mention it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Social care 'impasse' at top of government - so what next, asks Laura Kuenssberg

Multiple sources say the Treasury is deeply nervous about the cost of fixing social care, and that the PM is yet to decide how to proceed.

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The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Will the tangerine comb-over rescue the citizens of Clacton from ‘the Honourable Member for Mar-a-Lago’ by appointing him deputy bleach taster to RFK? A win/win I’d have thought.

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