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Laurie Merrifield

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Laurie Merrifield @laurieboy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Putin’s sabre rattling betrays his fear of becoming irrelevant as Russia fails to make headway. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Putin warns West that Russia is ready to use every weapon to protect Kaliningrad
Vladimir Putin insists Moscow is "not threatening anyone" and merely responding to statements by Western leaders.
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Laurie Merrifield @laurieboy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
He really is loopy. bsky.app/profile/chad...
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Laurie Merrifield @laurieboy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If Analysis shows costs of daily essentials soaring thanks in part to climate shocks, wars and geopolitical tensions, while wealthy corporations grow richer, there is no incentive for the fat cats to help solve those problems. bsky.app/profile/prem...
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Laurie Merrifield @laurieboy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Always nice to get an International War Criminal’s approval. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw...
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Israel-Dubai flight: Netanyahu says pilot arrested after stabbing another pilot
The Israeli PM commends the "heroes" who helped "stabilise the aircraft" as passengers describe intervening to stop the violent cockpit attack.
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Laurie Merrifield @laurieboy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is developing into a charade. The local people know they‘re living alongside an Airbase run by morons who want to sound as if everything is under control. In reality nothing anyone has said makes sense except for the Farmer who first raised the alarm. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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RAF Fairford: 'Quantity of petrol' but no explosives found in three vehicles
Police say the decision to release five men on bail is one "grounded in experience and strategy".
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👣Coco👣 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @nortygirl.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
All under control.....
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Shaun Of The Dead Ride: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost & Swan
ALT: Shaun Of The Dead Ride: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost & Swan
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Laurie Merrifield @laurieboy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
BBC in-depth? Isn’t this about as shallow a piece as you can find during a year of drought? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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How long can Labour's feel-good factor last?
The party’s spirits have been transformed since Burnham became PM, but what's coming down the tracks, asks Laura Kuenssberg.
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Laurie Merrifield @laurieboy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Dean Craddock @dean5150.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Ladies and gentlemen! The president of the United States. Donald Slump.
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Laurie Merrifield @laurieboy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
What?!
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Laurie Merrifield @laurieboy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It‘a time to clean the House. Our Political Class had their heads turned by wealthy corporations. Our political model serves a billionaire class. Our Politicians should be representing us, the electorate, but many have failed us. It is time for a thoroughly good clean out. bsky.app/profile/suew...
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Laurie Merrifield @laurieboy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Has Trump briefed Putin on who to hit first? Just a few little alliance shaping tactics?
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Laurie Merrifield @laurieboy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
What a sad result of a privileged education. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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‘Go back home’: Farage schoolmate accounts bring total alleging racist behaviour to 34
Exclusive: Dulwich college contemporaries say Reform leader often used antisemitic language and racial epithets
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Tom Watson’s move to Palantir is the latest sign of how far the rot has spread in UK politics. Like Blair, Cameron, Clegg, Mandelson, hired to open govt networks to companies and corporate capture of the state. They sell political capital built with public money. What do we get in return?
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Tom Watson’s move to Palantir is the latest sign of how far the rot has spread in UK politics | Clive Lewis
When a former Labour deputy leader joins a firm built on surveillance and military targeting, it deepens public cynicism – and democracy depends on trust, says Labour MP Clive Lewis
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Laurie Merrifield @laurieboy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
If Kuennesberg were an Artist, Historian, or Musician she would understand that there are those that exercise political conscience on subjects that affect everyone, but that also requires an intellect.
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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
PM Carney: "We do not seek power to dominate others. On the contrary, we are pursuing resilience so no one, no one can control our open markets, impair our sovereignty, threaten our territorial integrity, or undermine our freedoms, our democracies, our rule of law." 🎥 Credit: CPAC Live / YouTube
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Laurie Merrifield @laurieboy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I cannot think of a greater waster. There is no greater waster of resources to help, feed and rescue others. Think what good you could do for your country and its citizens with this huge sum? Instead, this waster quaffs oysters, champagne, and complains about our country and it’s good people.
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Laurie Merrifield @laurieboy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This man has no imagination, no humanity, no empathy, no friendships, no warmth, and no love. This man is not fit for leadership, and in fact shouldn’t be left unsupervised.
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Laurie Merrifield @laurieboy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
And another one bites the dust… bsky.app/profile/prem...
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Laurie Merrifield @laurieboy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
If AI falling into wrong hands is an “existential threat”, what if a country falls into the wrong hands? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Laurie Merrifield @laurieboy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympi... Yep! This should provide a ‘Gladiators’ dimension to the spectacle and boost audience numbers.
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River that is home to 500 crocodiles chosen to host 2032 Olympic rowing and canoe events
A river that is home to about 500 saltwater crocodiles is given the OK to host Olympic and Paralympic rowing and canoeing events at the 2032 Brisbane Games.
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Laurie Merrifield @laurieboy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
C’mon UK Government! Wake up and get on the bus!
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Laurie Merrifield @laurieboy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Trump is putting Americans in debt to fund Israel’s genocide, terrorism and fascism.
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Laurie Merrifield @laurieboy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Nice little network you’ve got there Donny. Shame if something bad were to happen to it?
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Laurie Merrifield @laurieboy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
How can a fact that is self evident be a ‘Hoax’? Except of course in Trump’s cesspool of a brain.
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Laurie Merrifield @laurieboy.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This idiot criticises the normal democratic process by which Laws are formed to protect our country and it‘s citizens from external corruption: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cr...
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Tice says government trying to 'retrospectively change rules' as Reform receives £72m in donations
Reform UK announced two £36m donations this weekend, as a bill that could change the rules passes through Parliament. It's being debated again in the Lords later.
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Laurie Merrifield @laurieboy.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It’s incredible this apology for an American President requested Zelensky stop hitting Russian Oil refinery targets, and orders bombing of Iranian Oil targets, so openly supports Putin’s genocide of Ukraine and Russia’s military threats to Europe. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Russia hits Ukrainian train shortly after Boris Johnson and top European officials leave station
The former UK PM said: "I don't know what warped logic drove Putin to blow up a stationary Ukrainian locomotive on the Polish border this morning".
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Matthias Eberl @eberlmat.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"Dad?" "Yes, son." "Do you think things would be different now if we hadn't allowed democracy to be sold out to a few billionaires?"
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Laurie Merrifield @laurieboy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Farage has promised Crypto billionaires that if elected, Reform will slash 50% off Tax on Crypto transactions, which will result in an avalanche of money laundering here in the UK, and globally. If Farage is elected the UK as we know it is sunk. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Revealed: a crypto billionaire’s political base hosting ‘anti-woke’ and rightwing activists in Westminster
Pardoned by Trump after violating US banking law, Ben Delo provides funding, networking, and podcasting space for a range of groups, including those with hardline views on migration and abortion
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Laurie Merrifield @laurieboy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Even I understand this!
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Laurie Merrifield @laurieboy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Trump is a parasite feeding off the host. America knows this parasite is harmful but has given the parasite immunity to degrade the host’s health. The host isn’t motivated enough to remove it. The outcome isn’t good. bsky.app/profile/asho...
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Laurie Merrifield @laurieboy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Trump was there! Donny was at The Twin Towers. He was at the Pentagon too. And on Flight 93. (He never did like the Washington DC Capitol Building)
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Laurie Merrifield @laurieboy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This is ridiculous.
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Laurie Merrifield @laurieboy.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Why do the BBC promote Farage? Who is directing the BBC to spin Farage’s funding scams?
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Mark Hebden @unionlib.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Nigel Farage saying he's done nothing wrong is like Fred West wondering why the police are digging up his garden
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Laurie Merrifield @laurieboy.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Jukes and Orr were told to step down and take the blame. How is Chris Mason going to spin Farage’s innocence? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Two Reform officials step down after undercover report on party donations
Reform says Dan Jukes and James Orr have left their roles as it launches an investigation into the report.
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Laurie Merrifield @laurieboy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I love the smell of Karma in the morning.
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Laurie Merrifield @laurieboy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Hey, why don’t we wait until the planet is overheating from our fossil fuel addiction, then start a needless war in the Arabian Gulf, and just to mess up some more, build needless AI industries with Data Centres to consume vast energy reserves? How smart are we. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Faisal Islam: Why bond market wildfire is keeping world leaders up at night
Huge AI spending plans and the ongoing war in Iran are driving up borrowing costs around the world.
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Laurie Merrifield @laurieboy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
So no need to change a thing, we can sign off more Gas and Oil drilling, accept those Corp donations and enjoy better times ahead? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Burnham drops support for political funding cap aimed at curbing mega-donors
PM said he would set bar at £500k, but trade unions say funding reforms could undermine their ability to donate to Labour
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Laurie Merrifield @laurieboy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Is this what Andy Burnham is sanctioning… bsky.app/profile/prem...
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Laurie Merrifield @laurieboy.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
When legislation fails, should our schools debate the subject, with the proposed motion: If sea levels rise will our shit return? www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Dry weather sewage discharges soar as water companies face scrutiny
Exclusive: 7,280 suspected illegal spills in rivers and sea recorded in first five months of 2026
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Laurie Merrifield @laurieboy.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
And this is why Russia must be stopped. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Russian strikes destroy 12 million books in Ukraine ahead of new school year
Ukraine says Russia is deliberately attacking its culture, after strikes on publishers and churches.
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Memento Mori @mementomori4950.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
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WELCOME TO -LAKE AMERICA

Canadian Geese are now called Donald Ducks!
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Laurie Merrifield @laurieboy.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
A factual perspective illustrating a horrendous portrait of privatised moral bankruptcy
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Laurie Merrifield @laurieboy.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Future moving towards us fast…
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Laurie Merrifield @laurieboy.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Brilliant 🤩
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Laurie Merrifield @laurieboy.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
And how would the United States give serious consideration to anything under Trump?
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Hannu @hannuniemi.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Canada invests in clean energy, the US invests in dirty wars.
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Laurie Merrifield @laurieboy.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The rest of the World is giving serious consideration to changing the name of America, to American’t.
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Laurie Merrifield @laurieboy.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Trump and his billionaires have an extortion Agenda: Run up US debt, run down the US economy, buy US assets cheap, and hold Americans to ransom. Blame Canada.
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