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Gail Munro 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @gailmunro.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Belle deserves a follow solely for "trumpertantrum", but mainly bc her videos are factual, concise, & informative. Here's what the Nobel Peace Prize really is & all the (factual) reasons he does not deserve it in <5 min. Please share! #trumpertantrum #belleoftheranch youtu.be/o-0xL-1obPg?...
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Let's talk about the Peace Prize Trumpertantrum and why he didn't win....
YouTube video by Belle of the Ranch
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The planet isn't "dying" of natural causes. Forests don't just disappear. They are logged. Oceans don't just choke. They are polluted. Rivers don't just dry up. They are diverted. This is not a tragedy. It's ecocide. And ecocide should be a crime. #StopEcocide
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Colleen @wildplumbay.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
@theguardian.com How is a slasher an activist? How is it alleged when he made a video?
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Gail Munro 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @gailmunro.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Bayeaux Tapestry for the Modern Age Fantastic! This is worth the 'scroll'. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
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The trollers v the scrollers: Edith Pritchett’s Bayeux tapestry for the modern age
Didn’t manage to get tickets to the exhibition of the 11th-century artwork at the British Museum in London? Don’t worry, our cartoonist has got you covered, capturing the many battles of our times in ...
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Gail Munro 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @gailmunro.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Just discovered this wonderful lady. Check her out. Hilarious. Fantastic. And WE WISH!! ♀️✌🏼 www.instagram.com/reel/DagWIHK...
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Rachael Kliendienst on Instagram: "Women are now in charge.. #women #matriarch #womenempowerment #foryou #viral @womensagenda @mamamiaaus @ivehaditpodcast @bettemidler @callherdaddy"
192K likes, 5,121 comments - rachbelle77 on July 7, 2026: "Women are now in charge.. #women #matriarch #womenempowerment #foryou #viral @womensagenda @mamamiaaus @ivehaditpodcast @bettemidler @callher...
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Gail Munro 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @gailmunro.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I was curious. Google AI result for 'wildlife in Strait of Hormuz'. 😔
The Strait of Hormuz supports a fragile and unique marine ecosystem adapted to high water temperatures and extreme salinity.

Key Marine Species

Arabian Sea Humpback Whales: A critically endangered, non-migratory population of fewer than 100 individuals that lives year-round in these confined waters. 

Dugongs: The Arabian Gulf hosts the world's second-largest population of dugongs (around 7,000), which rely heavily on local seagrass beds. 

Dolphins: Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins and Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins inhabit the coastal and offshore waters, particularly near the Musandam Peninsula.

Sharks and Rays: Whale sharks migrate seasonally through the strait between May and September, sharing the corridor with threatened rays and reef sharks. 

Sea Turtles: Green turtles and hawksbill turtles use regional offshore islands and beaches for nesting.


Corals and Mangroves: The area contains resilient reef-building corals capable of surviving temperatures up to 36°C, alongside vital mangrove forests that act as nurseries for local fish.
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Always a Difficult Earth Girl🐬🐨🐋🦘🦈 @scuttlebutter1.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
First Dog nailing it as always. "A glacier collapses, a 50m wall of liquefied rocks & ice hurtling down at 170km/h rolling house-sized boulders but this is not the time to talk about climate change ... according to the prime minister ..." It is, 'according to' the rest of us. It's way past time.
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A glacier collapsed in Nepal but this is not the time to talk about climate change | First Dog on the Moon
It’s always thoughts and prayers and please don’t politicise this horrible disaster
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Gail Munro 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @gailmunro.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Outside Midlothian Community Hospital, in the area where Dolly the Sheep was cloned (at The Roslin Institute, Midlothian). The statues are permanent, the flowers & note have been added this week. The note is from a local arts group, thanking Dolly Parton for her support. 🩷
A statue of a sheep (Dolly the sheep, named after Dolly Parton, cloned in this area) with a pink cowboy hat on & a fresh bouquet of flowers.  The note from a local arts group thanks Dolly for her support A statue of a sheep (Dolly the sheep, named after Dolly Parton, cloned in this area) with a pink cowboy hat on & a fresh bouquet of flowers.  The note, from a local arts group, thanks Dolly for her support.
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Gail Munro 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @gailmunro.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Buckingham Palace Guards play '9 to 5' to honour Dolly Parton (26th Aug 2026)
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
People can "just adapt" to a changing climate, a thousand rightwing voices keep telling us. Either they lack imagination or they don't care. Try "adapting" to this. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Nepal flash flood: more than 1,500 missing, mostly tourists, after disaster kills at least 165 at Tibet border
Entire populated areas swept away after glacial collapse causes catastrophic flood in mountainous region popular with trekkers and pilgrims
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 19/08/2026
People who don’t know the difference between ‘entomology’ and ‘etymology’ bug us in ways we cannot put into words.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Why isn’t there a total moratorium on all reporting on Reform until after the multiple investigations into their finances have been completed? Free propaganda for potentially corrupt liars should be banned. It might make them think twice before breaking rules and taking the piss out of all of us.
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Photographer Peter Maier captured this jaw-dropping timelapse of a cloudburst over Lake Millstatt in Carinthia, Austria. Original post
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steve-n.bsky.social @steve-n.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
There are wars in Ukraine, Sudan & Iran/Gaza/ Hormuz Climate change, wildfires in urban areas in UK, USA is doing what USA does in Trump-World & there is a UK government doing actual governing in UK Still, a made up number from Reform, without any foundation or evidence, is “front page” for the BBC
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moyragrant.bsky.social @moyragrant.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
On Monday, Reform will parade their fantasy plan to cut £50 billion in welfare - including stopping PIP benefits for all but the most severely disabled - to distract us from scrutiny of Farage's finances. We should not be distracted. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Reform UK plan would overhaul welfare system with £50bn in savings
The party plans to release a full 50-page plan on Monday outlining their proposed changes were they to come to power.
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Gail Munro 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @gailmunro.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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BBC seeks to subpoena Trump's family members in Panorama lawsuit
The BBC's lawyers argue Trump's family members "have personal knowledge" of his intentions in the speech he gave outside the US Capitol on 6 January 2021.
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Gail Munro 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @gailmunro.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Is European news being reported in the US this summer? Fires in France, Spain, Greece, Germany, Croatia, England & others. Swiss ice melting -> mountains crumbing Record temps across the continent. England's grass is brown, PM described country as "tinderbox". www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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One dead, dozens injured and thousands evacuated in Croatian wildfires – as it happened
Firefighters discover body and say more than 40 people hurt in the Lokva Rogoznica and Omiš areas
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Gail Munro 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @gailmunro.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Fires raging across Europe - news today. Last night on BBC news on TV they showed Swiss mountains crumbling & said ice sheets the equivalent of 600,000 (not a typo) Olympic swimming pools of water melted this year. 🔥 www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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One dead, dozens injured and thousands evacuated in Croatian wildfires – as it happened
Firefighters discover body and say more than 40 people hurt in the Lokva Rogoznica and Omiš areas
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Gail Munro 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @gailmunro.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Nine life lessons from the happiest man in the world: from embracing tiny changes to not overthinking meditation
Stressed out, endlessly scrolling and never satisfied? Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, the Buddhist monk with off-the-charts levels of contentment, may have the answers …
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Gail Munro 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @gailmunro.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
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Let's talk about Canada, Greenland, Puerto Rico, water, and Trump....
YouTube video by Belle of the Ranch
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Gail Munro 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @gailmunro.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Why the obsession with 'perfect' veg anyway?! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Sun-tanned cauliflowers and knobbly spuds - the heatwave veg that's good to eat
British shoppers should expect to see more wonky vegetables due to repeated heatwaves.
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Gail Munro 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @gailmunro.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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US accused of meddling in British politics with $500,000 grant for ‘public education’ courses
Documents published on US embassy’s website prompt claims of attempt to export Maga propaganda to UK
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Gail Munro 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @gailmunro.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Funny how things fit together... 🤔 youtu.be/742CR4J_VFE?...
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Let's talk about Ukraine striking Iran and World War III....
YouTube video by Belle of the Ranch
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Gail Munro 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @gailmunro.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
In all seriousness, let's talk about #tickawareness #lymeawareness & #coinfections more often. If it takes a red meat allergy to take the exploding tick population seriously, at least it's something. We need a(n ecologically sound) way to decimate the tick population. Ticks destroy lives.
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Bill Leibenguth @bill-leibenguth.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Between extreme radiation levels and temperatures, there are no suitable planet within our reach. Better concentrate on what we have.
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Gail Munro 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @gailmunro.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Yesterday, while tidying my tomato jungle in the greenhouse, I found this. Apparently it's a 'megabloom' a tomato flower where multiple flowers grow together. I missed it in full flower but can see 3 tiny tomatoes coming from the one flower. 🍅🌱 #gardening #tomatoes #inthegreenhouse
Strange looking tomato flower that is called a megabloom with multiple flowers in one3 tiny tomatoes forming from a tomato flower 'megabloom'
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Gail Munro 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @gailmunro.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
"Reading is not simply a neutral pathway for receiving information; it is a profound neurological catalyst that fundamentally rewires memory, attention, executive reasoning, and visual perception." #booksky #reading #psycholinguistics neurosciencenews.com/literacy-res...
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Reading Is the Ultimate Cognitive Enhancer - Neuroscience News
A new study reveals how literacy fundamentally rewires the human mind, sharpening memory, focus, and face recognition.
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Gail Munro 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @gailmunro.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Scotland fans hit a World Cup record at 127dB for the national anthem singing Flower of Scotland. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙 youtube.com/shorts/el6f7...
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World cup Scotland in America Fun love peace and pure enjoyment #worldcup #scotland #singing #fyp
YouTube video by MaggiesMagic
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Jason Kirk @jasonkirk.fyi · 14/06/2026
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Scotland leads Group C, which has Brazil in it
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BBC Sport {bot} @bbcsport.xmirror.bot · 14/06/2026
A goal for Scotland. A goal for ALL OF SCOTLAND! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 John McGinn fires his nation ahead against Haiti! #FifaWorldCup
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Football Central @footballcentral247.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
HT #Haiti 0-1 #Scotland | A first half strike from John McGinn gives The Dark Blues a crucial lead going in at the break in Boston #HAISCO #FIFAWorldCup
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SickosFC @sickosfc.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
THE BALLLLL GOES IN FOR JOHN MCGINN SCOTLAND 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 1-0
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Pᴜʀᴇ Dᴇᴀᴅ Gᴀᴍɪɴɢ @puredeadgaming.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Google has changed their logo for tonight's Scotland game 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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PJ @septemberrising.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Glasgow now, there is no place in Scotland for racism or fascism.
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Gail Munro 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @gailmunro.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Going to add my own little garden updates through summer to contribute to the #bloomscrolling 🏵🌸🪻#scottishgardens
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Gail Munro 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @gailmunro.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
"...He shows no compassion for the grieving When they said they didn't want hate spread around. We don't buy your bile and lies And as for lives that you vandalise The more you talk, we realise That J. D. Vance is how civilisation dies." youtu.be/2J95CTmZUUM?...
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"Bile and Lies" - Marsh Family parody of The Eagles "Lyin' Eyes" about JD Vance views on Henry Nowak
YouTube video by Marsh Family
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Gail Munro 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @gailmunro.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
This is just disgusting. Today is about honouring the Allied forces - their sacrifices & their bravery. The message should be how much good we can do when we work together. To bastardise history in this divisive way is beyond disrespectful.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
“The donations underscore how Reform remains extremely.. reliant on a handful of billionaire donors who are helping it significantly outstrip the fundraising efforts of Labour and [Tories]” Farage owes his ‘success’ to his sponsors. Our democracy is being bought. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Reform UK given another £3mn by crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne
Latest data underscores how Farage’s party remains reliant on a handful of rich donors
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Gail Munro 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @gailmunro.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
"Health, education, housing... those are people's rights." Can we all shout this loudly?
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Gail Munro 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @gailmunro.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Meanwhile... "When misogyny-related stories are covered, men’s perspectives and opinions dominate. The research found that 1.5 men are quoted for every one woman in stories about misogyny – a gap that is growing." www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Media coverage of violence against women reaches ‘dismal’ low, report finds
Analysis finds stories citing terms of misogynistic abuse fell to 1.3% of global online news in 2025
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Gail Munro 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @gailmunro.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Horrific story. "...according to their custom, “a man’s word is not broken by a girl.” Her mother and female relatives at home could not join her in saying no." www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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‘My 15-year-old relative was killed for refusing to marry her cousin. My family celebrated by dancing in the street’
Horrified by the recent murder of Kawthar al-Husayjawi, one of her female relatives describes what happened – and her fears for other women and girls forced into early marriage in Iraq
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
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Gail Munro 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @gailmunro.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
This should be adopted everywhere.
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Gail Munro 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @gailmunro.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
In the garden this week 🌞
Flowering red poppiesPink flowersPurple iris flowerPurple and white pansies in bloom
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Gail Munro 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @gailmunro.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Marco Rubio saying- while IN Europe - the Russian war on Ukraine has "gone on longer than the second world war" is unbelievable. I guess someone should have reminded him of some critical dates. (Obviously he's not wrong that the war should end. He could mention that to Russia.)
Screenshot From The Guardian 08.47 BST
Morning opening: This terrible war
Jakub Krupa (small headshot of journalist)
US secretary of state Marco Rubio said that the war in Ukraine “needs to come to an end,” after his conversation with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov.

Responding to the strikes on Kyiv over the weekend and repeated warnings about more attacks planned in the coming days, Rubio said:

“Look, every time you see these big strikes from one side or the other, it’s a reminder of why this is a terrible war that’s now gone on longer than the second world war, and it needs to come to an end.”
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Gail Munro 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @gailmunro.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Follow Stephen Colbert's official YT channel: youtube.com/@colbert?si=...
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Stephen Colbert
The official YouTube channel of Stephen Colbert.
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Gail Munro 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @gailmunro.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
An excellent video to recommend this excellent channel. (For anyone who isn't familiar with the channel, the 'she' she talks about in the video is herself. Enjoy.) youtu.be/YQkM66kpzFg?...
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Let's talk about assuming Trump is right, Germany, Poland, and nurses.....
YouTube video by Belle of the Ranch
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Gail Munro 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @gailmunro.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
This was beautiful. 💙 youtu.be/zG0HFw0edXY?...
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"Jump Up / Hello Goodbye" Paul McCartney, Elvis Costello, Jon Batiste, Louis Cato & Stephen Colbert
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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Dr Eric Farmer @himself132.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
So net migration to the UK has halved, and Britain has regained its position as the fifth largest economy. But as all UK news comes via the filter of the foreign-owned Reform-supporting media, you won't hear much about it. And it doesn't fit Labour's own narrative that Starmer must be replaced.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Net immigration drops to lowest level since 2012. Bad news for Nigel Farage and chums who will soon be in search of another moral panic. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...
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UK net migration drops to 171,000 in 2025, lowest since 2012 excluding pandemic - follow live
The figure, showing the difference between the number of people arriving and those leaving the country, reached a peak of 944,000 in the year to March 2023 - but has been falling since.
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