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Donal Barrett

@donalthedub.bsky.social
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Dubliner 38 years in West Sussex, Love Aston Villa, UCD AFC, Athletic Club, Hurling, Kilkee/Loop Head, NHS. Loathe Tories. Gloomy optimist!

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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 10h
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MC Squared @mcsquared.bsky.social · 11h
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Digital Jim🇨🇦 @canadajim.bsky.social · 13h
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Johnny 🫧 Cowlick @jefferycowlick.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This is why the GOP wants to convince you that 'SOCIALISM' is a bad word.
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Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 20h
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
As well as a Britannia Magic Dome, Tories will build a Halo Array, a Stargate, a Dark Tower, and a Death Star - named respectively Spirit of the Blitz, Maggie's Opening, Boris-Dûr, and Churchill's Clacker - funded by sales of a new wellness smoothie made with carrot, ginger, and poor people's tears.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
That's how it's done 👇
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ResJudicata22 @resjudicata22.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Cartoonist: Steve Jones
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
bless him
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
That would be much more useful than learning how to do-si-do.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Trump Has Failed,Bigly.......
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LAFAYETTE @lastudiolafayette.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
You can see the genocide from space. Yet still it is widely denied.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Avg GDP growth 1945-79: 2.8% Since then: 1.6% And this apparently "broken, economically stagnant" basket case kept its AAA status right through the Winter of Discontent We lost it under Cameron, and it fell again under May, then Johnson, and then Truss: i.e. the whole time Clarke was in govt
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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Farage says Brexit was a disaster because of Boris Johnson’s deal? Please MEDIA point out that at the time Farage supported his Brexit deal.
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Grumpy-ish Brian🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🇮🇪 @brian770.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I don’t even need to ask.😆
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LordSteveyPofStoke @lordsteveyp.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

OSWALD MOSELY  NIGEL FARAGE
THE SAME STORY, SEPARATED BY 80 YEARS... WEALTHY FAMILY, PUBLIC SCHOOL
EX-TORY, PART OF THE ESTABLISHMENT
POPS UP DURING A RECESSION CAUSED BY BANKERS 
FORMS NATIONALIST AUTHORITARIAN POLITICAL PARTY 
CLAIMS TO SPEAK FOR THE MAN IN THE STREET
BLAMES MINORITIES AT THE BOTTOM FOR THE PROBLEMS CAUSED BY PEOPLE AT THE TOP
Anti-
REFORM
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🔥 This video is approaching 1 million views collectively across social media. Pretty please use this tool to write to your MP - whoever they are - it all counts. And then share this link everywhere to family, friends, groups —> www.europeanmovement.co.uk/contact-mp-a...
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Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
On the BBC News Katya Adler has just described Germany, where the far right AFD keep winning elections, as entering 'uncharted political territory'. Hmmm. Where Germany is concerned I think that territory is pretty well charted.
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KimBo @zapperfan7.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
tonymurray1964 You see, Richard, your problem is that Reform is, basically, a bunch of horrible bastards doing horrible bastard things in a conspicuously horrible bastard way. In general, people don't like horrible bastards. I hope that's cleared things up for you Richard, you horrible bastard.
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MinimumWageMan @minimumwageman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I can not argue with this.
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Muppet GIF of the Day @gifs-of-puppets.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Today's #TheMuppetShow GIF of the Day is...
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Pierre Polyester @canadian-critic.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 14/09/2026
Excellent letter in The Times. "Greater hate hath no person than to accuse those who put their lives on the line for others of being traitors."
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Joe Roberts 🔥💙🔥🐸 @robbyjoe.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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LifuX @lifux.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
POV: Curiosity killed the cat’s dignity. #LifuX #Cat #Cats #Catsofbluesky #Caturday
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Why anyone gives two shits what she thinks is beyond me. I will note that JD is the perfect reflection of his completely imperfect mother.
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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Just not caring.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Charles Fourier @charlesfourier.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Bill Bryson’s words seem appropriate to post right now
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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 09/09/2026
You know who actually did show up at Ground Zero? Canadian emergency rescue crews.
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The definition of irony….. #BookSky
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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Oh My God Shut The Fuck Up About"Antisemitism" “Antisemitism” watchdog groups are flipping the fuck out about hip hop artist Macklemore saying “Free Palestine” while opening for Ed Sheeran. www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/oh-my-god-...
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Oh My God Shut The Fuck Up About "Antisemitism"
Video reading by Tim Foley:
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
People assume introverts are shy, or lack confidence. Nope. We just find company exhausting, and solitude energising. With extroverts it's the other way around, because extroverts are morons who need a good kick up the pants.
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Sir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
‘You, Boy! Get me a walking stick. I’m off to hit loads of women on the head who disagree with me!’
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
COULD SOMEONE EXPLAIN WHICH CRIMES GET YOU DEPORTED AND WHICH ONES GET YOU ELECTED PRESIDENT?
IT'S So
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Neil Drysdale @neildrysdale.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Chris Mason still wants to focus on Farage’s speech rather than the corruption allegations against his party. He really is a c….courtier rather than a proper journalist. But what else do you expect from the BBC these days?! #ReformisCorrupt
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Tristan Bouchard @tristanbouchard.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
A Bach prelude for your morning ☀️ The way this flows and maintains its rhythmic structure almost feels like a meditation. Be well my friends 🎹 Prelude in C, BWV 846 - J.S. Bach
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 03/09/2026
There's a lot here to be sickened by, but for some reason the "do you understand what's happening?" really got me. What's happening, Zia? Explain it to us. Use your words. Say it out loud. No no, not "wink wink, nudge nudge, you know..." Why is it a problem she's nominated? Say it, coward.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
In case this is helpful to the Metropolitan Police, all those exposed in tonight's @channel4news.bsky.social expose, including Nigel Farage, will all be either on or near Stage A of the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, tomorrow at 4pm. You're welcome.
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 04/09/2026
So, if I understand Nigel Farage's argument correctly it is: "Everyone I trusted and elevated into a position of responsibility is constantly doing crimes that benefit me but of which I somehow have no knowledge. I am a man with the character, judgement, and intelligence to run the country." Ok.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I think the Telegraph misspelled “the highly respected leader of Camden Council” in the headline.
Somali refugee tipped to face Polanski in Starmer by-election
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Free Speech latest...
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Donal Barrett @donalthedub.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Well said.
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dindin6.bsky.social @dindin6.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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My child will not eat fish, what can I replace it with?

A: A cat. Cats love fish.
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Arbaz Kakkar5 @arbazkakkar5.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Stephen Miller doesn’t post late at night because he can’t type when he’s in his bat form.
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Donal Barrett @donalthedub.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
substack.com/@glassempire...
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W. A. Lawrence (@glassempires)
#BirdsOfAFeather
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Thank you.
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Garvan Walshe @garvanwalshe.org · 25/08/2026
There’s something Italy is in that has given the country a lot of money, and access to a market of 450 million people. I really can’t think what it is. No, it’s not NATO, or the OECD, or the council of Europe. I’m stumped. Please help.
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