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J McLaren

@jmclaren.bsky.social
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Author and dog lover - multitasking...mostly looking for the ball. Merrily building all manner of applications with coding agents, and mostly being very polite to them, in anticipation of the day they takeover ;p

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Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Ukraine announced the first use of their domestically produced Fire Point 7 ballistic missile against the Russians! This is HUGE!
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J McLaren @jmclaren.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Mind-boggling? 🤡🙌
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
'Which taxes do you want to raise instead?' should be the default question to anyone who calls for reductions in immigration.
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J McLaren @jmclaren.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Those quaint foreign chaps could learn a lot from a careful study of our can-do attitude. Woe begotten foreigners, always just standing idly by while chaos ensues. *R4 also displaying why BBC programming has dimmed so sadly 2016-…
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J McLaren @jmclaren.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I don’t blame Truss for this nonsense anymore (I’m lying, clearly), I blame the people who continue to platform her and her rotten ilk knowing it will be unadulterated horseshit, i.e., clickbait…
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J McLaren @jmclaren.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Written by Donald, 5 years old. Impressive.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Rebuilding our relationship with the EU “is the cheapest way to boost the economy, the fastest way to unite Europe in the face of security threats and the best way to get leverage on a global system that no longer has an American anchor.” So obvious it hurts. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
independent.co.uk
Brexit has left Britain ‘impotent – a bobbing cork in the sea,’ says David Miliband
Exclusive: Former foreign secretary adds to mounting pressure for a new UK deal with EU to repair Brexit damage
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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This is how you deal with shysters in the pay of Moscow.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"Don't fight back", says sexual predator
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Phil Jones' body double @philsbodydouble.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Read this. Then read it again. Then think of the response of the government to this all. This Labour is waving the white flag to the racists and thugs, and failing to protect the heroes that are left in this country, hailing their courage and selfishness.
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J McLaren @jmclaren.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Oh just use the fucking power the people have given you Labour and correct some of the big horrors before in despair enough go screw it and give the power to the bad people again. Ffs. And now, the weather.
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J McLaren @jmclaren.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Well when your war entire strategy was a single page pdf emailed from the Kremlin…
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
You'd think the fact that the son of the President of the "party of family values" 2nd marriage is to the daughter of Epstein's banker and it was funded by a Rusisan oligarch involved in the mass kidnap of Ukrainian kids during a KGB agent's illegal war Would be bigger news..
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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
In the movie version of this, after Piddington runs out of food water and money as a result of leaving the UK, the residents apply for asylum and end up housed in a military base, with HILARIOUS consequences. www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Piddington in Oxfordshire votes to leave UK over asylum plans
Piddington residents voted over proposals to house up to 1,256 male asylum seekers nearby
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J McLaren @jmclaren.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I think it would be good to link UK government ministers’ pay packets to how much so many things cost due to their Brexit red lines? The more they cost us, the less ministers get paid, all the way into incurring debts. Too far above the wreckage they float in the palaces and status.
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Great to see how far a 2:1 in Art History and in Geography can get you if you work hard and play by the rules.
Picture of William and Kate accompanying their son on his first day at Eton.
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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Just imagine how much disinformation and micro targeting £72m gets you… Shame on the leaders who did nothing to protect democracy from the assault coming its way …as if we learnt nothing from Brexit.
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 12/09/2026
Because they may be loud, obnoxious, and swamp the media landscape, but, these radicalised morons are not the many. They are the minority
theguardian.com
RNLI reports ‘significant’ donations boost after being targeted by far right over small boats
Charity condemns ‘disgraceful’ intimidation and insists it will continue core purpose of saving lives at sea
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If you feel like donating to the RNLI, here’s a link. I just have. Their minimum donation is £2: I think it might be nice for them to receive a lot of donations this week, even if they’re mostly very modest. Just so they know a lot of people out here appreciate their work. rnli.org/support-us/g...
rnli.org
Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea
Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
So glad the police took my advice 😠
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MadGreek 🧿 @madgreek2024.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The world has gone mad! Folks getting arrested under the UK Terrorism Act for holding a sign that said "I oppose genocide" 🇬🇧 That is fucked up! The majority of those arrested have been pension aged women, often with disabilities. Do these folks look like terrorists? Shame on you England. #Free 🇵🇸
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J McLaren @jmclaren.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Been living through this. Decided actual handwritten notes (for my own purpose) were needed for a job recently. Discovered that forming letters by hand again after so many years of not, was initially a matter of deep concentration.
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J McLaren @jmclaren.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Good thing they weren’t protesting climate change. Prisons are full already.
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Helen #FBPE #NHS #ClimateCrisis 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈💙 @heib20.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Exactly!☹️
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 05/09/2026
I can understand wanting to limit the competition in one's lane.
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J McLaren @jmclaren.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
File under : Will someone do something to rid us of this PE cancer?
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J McLaren @jmclaren.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
File under : FFS
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J McLaren @jmclaren.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I just want everyone to know that if I was PM I would not try and make Brexit work. I would bury it at a crossroads at midnight with a stake in its heart and put a big boulder on top (will make the crossroads less convenient, but a price worth paying).
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J McLaren @jmclaren.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Brexit, sitting quietly in its Brexit cave, relaxed, feet up on a stool made from the femurs of British PM’s who tried to make it work, smiled warmly. Brexit was hungry. Brexit want eat another British PM…yummy. Things so gutless so warm in its Brexit tummy…
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
A brief note for Nadhim Zahawi.
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J McLaren @jmclaren.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Breaking : Nigel Farage resigns…
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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Fragile states in Africa and Middle East hit by more than 40% cut in UK direct aid. The idiocy of this policy is staggering
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Fragile states in Africa and Middle East hit by more than 40% cut in UK direct aid
Campaigners sound alarm over cuts to development spending pushed through to fund defence investment
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Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
A wonderfully appropriate Banksy
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 13/08/2026
Londoners should not be forced to pay the price for Thames Water's failures. They deserve accountability, not higher bills. Unacceptable. www.standard.co.uk/news/environ...
standard.co.uk
Thames Water among suppliers set to be allowed to hike bills to boost spending
Ofwat has provisionally ruled that five of 13 suppliers can increase charges for customers to increase investment by £3.4 billion by 2030.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Andy Burnham brands Thames Water finance boss £1m 'golden hello' signing-on bonus as 'unacceptable'. Please act. Enforce alllaws. Bankrupt TW. Nationalise water companies. Let customers vote on exec pay. Also ban golden hellos everywhere, as in Switzerland.
mirror.co.uk
Andy Burnham brands Thames Water finance boss's signing-on bonus 'unacceptable'
Thames Water has handed its finance boss a £1million signing-on bonus, despite the water industry giant battling to stay afloat
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
UK students to pay up to 7.1% interest on loans. UK student debt £325bn, England £295bn; expected to hit £500bn by 2040s. Who can afford to afford to buy home, start family/business? England must copy Scotland, abolish university tuition fees. Write-off tuition debt.
gov.uk
Student Loans Interest Rates and Repayment Threshold Announcement
The Department for Education today 10 August 2026 confirmed annual updates to interest rates for undergraduate and postgraduate Income Contingent Student Loans, repayment thresholds for Plan 1 Income ...
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J McLaren @jmclaren.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Whenever I see a Potter story I imagine a spin off with Harry, middle aged, working in an auto parts store, having sworn never to use magic again after an accident killed Ron, constantly ribbed by his co-workers asking him to "Magic up a muffler for me will you Harry"..etc
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Assppiicc @assppiicc.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Your goal will be delivered between 3pm and 6pm.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Wow. Just wow.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Russia has attacked the Chornomorets Stadium in Odesa. Several people were injured. What do you say to that, Infantino? Still want to allow russians back?
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J McLaren @jmclaren.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Today. Brixton.
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Beth Cooper 🏏 @bethcooper.fyi · 04/08/2026
I hate this so much. Farage said this would be immigration week, and here are all the headlines talking immigration, and not positively. Could someone in power, for once, just stand up to this shit 🤬
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J McLaren @jmclaren.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
If they want to grow Bluesky faster I humbly suggest pulling in the fash accounts everyone came here to leave behind isn’t the way…getting rid of man in hospital gown day, cartoon porn day, dead pet day and so on…maybe a better way forward. Largely why I don’t use it as much as before. Personally…
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Phil Jones' body double @philsbodydouble.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
The Home Office strikes again. Also, f*** the Home Office.
theguardian.com
EU citizens in UK get letters telling them post-Brexit residency rights were given ‘in error’
After years of building lives in UK, potentially thousands of EU citizens could be told they have no right to remain
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Rick Lehane @ricklehane.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
It's always the people you most expect.
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J McLaren @jmclaren.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
I mean. There were never any signs! All these years!
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Kristaps Andrejsons @theeasternborder.lv · 31/07/2026
2.48 Dark Autumn for Russia 2 theeasternborder.lv/podcast/2-48... Dark Autumn 2: The Ponyatiya-filtered audits of April predictions I made, against ISW delusions as Russia's logistics spine burns, Wildberries collapses, and the cartel state enters terminal failure.
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Diane Messias @comedywriter.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Why he never made it as an interior designer is beyond me.
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J McLaren @jmclaren.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Brexit hungry. Brexit like eat Prime Ministers. “When examined, the floor of the cave which Brexit lived in, was discovered to contain the skulls of no less than six former PMs. Clearly, the latest British PM could be expected to ignore the claw raked skulls and…”
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