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Dean Lipscombe @lean-dipstick.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Labour Friends of Israel seems to continue to thrive though? Just saying

Dean Lipscombe @lean-dipstick.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Can’t believe they’ve done this, not just the timing but at all. What were they thinking? They’ve had plenty of time to pull this since the scandal broke and replace it with something else. Inexcusable

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Anonymous Tory MP in 2018: "If we try to cancel Brexit, we destroy ourselves. If we go ahead with it, we destroy the country." They did both. And now the culprits are running from the wreckage.

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Dean Lipscombe @lean-dipstick.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

As a Kent CC taxpayer my expectations of cost savings leading to better services and lower taxes were set. I’m sure most of Kent would welcome this. However, we’ve obviously been betrayed and badly let down by false promises, haven’t we?

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Dean Lipscombe @lean-dipstick.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

As a resident of Kent I feel badly let down. Didn’t vote Reform but was naturally interested to see what promised cost-cutting and subsequent savings would materialise. Have they done anything good, anywhere?

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Dean Lipscombe @lean-dipstick.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Everyone knows that once the hostages are released, Israel will simply blast and bulldoze the rest while the world watches on

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Dean Lipscombe @lean-dipstick.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Is it a political party or company though and do same rules apply?

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Dean Lipscombe @lean-dipstick.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

I heard the pilot for ‘Ticewatch’ is almost ready

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Dean Lipscombe @lean-dipstick.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Seems to be a certain amount of coercion and threat regarding output at BBC these days. It’s as though another state is dictating what we’re allowed to watch

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Right. If you want to know what's really going on, we're going to have stop falling for the spin & asking better questions. What on earth was Palantir's top UK dude doing anywhere near this? And why has neither govt revealed the sweetheart tech deal? broligarchy.substack.com/p/a-secret-u...

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A secret US-UK sweetheart tech deal?

What's really going on? And what's *Palantir* got to do with it??

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Dean Lipscombe @lean-dipstick.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

I believe it’s known as Heads of Terms - an initial agreement setting out the scope, i.e. the commodities or services to be traded (or not). The detail should come later.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Daily reminder that the whole of Gaza is being starved to death and every Western nation is allowing it to happen. (📸 NBC News, see ALT text for more details)

A photo of 6-year-old Osama Al-Raqab, a child in Gaza. He has sunken cheeks, stick-thin arms and ribs jutting out of his chest.

His aunt, Nour Sameer Al-Raqab, is seen holding a phone in the photo with an image of a healthy-looking Osama from a few months before the war began. He now looks like a skeleton.

The photo was taken on April 13, 2025 and published in a story by NBC News. The full story is available at this link: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/children-gaza-hunger-aid-blockade-israel-rcna201085

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Dean Lipscombe @lean-dipstick.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

In Kent, 59% voted leave and 41% remain so there’s still a lot of people in Kent with common sense. We’re not all self-harming twats although sadly at that point in time we were outnumbered

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

🔥 This is important. Really important. And none of the mainstream media are reporting it. So please read and share — because we are the news community for ourselves and the “mainstream” media are utterly hopeless for meaningful news.

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On Her 7th Birthday, We Know Who Killed Hind Rajab. And We’re Taking Them to Court

Brussels, 3 May 2025 — Today, little Hind Rajab should have been blowing out candles on her 7th birthday . On this day of remembrance and heartbreak, the Hind Rajab Foundation has...

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Dean Lipscombe @lean-dipstick.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Meanwhile Sky News is trailing a White House presser at 1:30 FS. It follows their obsession with reporting what Trump has said or done *every single day* since inauguration in Jan

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Dean Lipscombe @lean-dipstick.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

It did in the 70s when we joined the EEC, there’s was a general feeling of unity and neighbourliness across UK. We felt that we’d joined something big and exciting and were now on a level pitch with the other countries. If we rejoined now, widespread relief would likely prevail over pro-Europeanism

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Dean Lipscombe @lean-dipstick.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

None of those terms were in *general* use prior to the vote in June 2016. It was simply Leave or Remain (unless there’s evidence to the contrary of course)

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Dean Lipscombe @lean-dipstick.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Jet lag’s a bummer sometimes, oh well. Live by the sword…

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Dean Lipscombe @lean-dipstick.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Yeah, it’s ’KING’ Charles to you mate and I also wonder if he knows

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Dean Lipscombe @lean-dipstick.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

The insight I gained working in NHS helped me form my opinion that NHS should manage social care alongside acute, community and MH. LA budget apportionment wouldn’t be an issue and it might improve hospital discharge times.

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Dean Lipscombe @lean-dipstick.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

I think Starmer is trying hard to be friends with everybody (except Putin). It’s a risky strategy that could make him (us, UK) look weak if it backfires.

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

The Brits are savage 🔥

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Dean Lipscombe @lean-dipstick.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Dull, overcast day, wearing sunglasses. 70s rockstar?

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Dean Lipscombe @lean-dipstick.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

What does NHS England actually do? (Asking for a friend)

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Dean Lipscombe @lean-dipstick.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

I’m sensing there could be a demand for a certain iconic poster when the state visit happens.

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Dean Lipscombe @lean-dipstick.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Does the US still need all those military bases across Europe and Turkey etc? (Asking for a friend) #trump #tarriffs #defence #specialrelationship #ukraine #zelenskyy

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Dean Lipscombe @lean-dipstick.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Jeez, he does prattle on though, even the audience sounds half asleep

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Dean Lipscombe @lean-dipstick.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

I have a suspicion it’ll be an ambush. The Russians will announce concessions that US delegates will have allegedly made where they haven’t and in doing so will put US on back foot, Naivety in full view of the world.

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Dean Lipscombe @lean-dipstick.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Usually wears those godawful yellow trousers when he does that cosplay

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 02/02/2025

RONALD REAGAN (1988): We should be aware of the demagogues who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends, weakening our economy, our national security, and the entire free world—all while cynically waving the American flag.

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Dean Lipscombe @lean-dipstick.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Watched #TrevorPhillips on #SkyNews and I’m wondering why politicians like Steve Baker are so obsessed with growth. Beyond EU it’s worth looking at Japan’s growth record and they seem to do OK

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Dean Lipscombe @lean-dipstick.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Fully agree, good series worth a watch and certainly an eye opener. Why no enquiry?

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Dean Lipscombe @lean-dipstick.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

I used to think Gareth Thomas as Blake was quite cool back then. That was until I visited the Dirty Duck in Stratford upon Avon. I saw his photo on their wall in amongst numerous other stars….smoking a pipe. Completely ruined the image

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Dean Lipscombe @lean-dipstick.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

The sea off Dover was very calm this afternoon and visibility good.

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Dean Lipscombe @lean-dipstick.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

According to the satsuma, America “won two world wars”. Well I never knew that

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Dean Lipscombe @lean-dipstick.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

And I’d argue that voting for Corbyn’s Labour was a protest vote in each GE. The party didn’t give the impression they wanted to be in power back then.

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Dean Lipscombe @lean-dipstick.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Correct in theory. Unfortunately I think the LibDems tend to be victims of their own neutrality. Fewer strong policies that capture public mood and fear of ‘wasted vote’. Coalition was damaging etc. However they did grow, hugely.

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Dean Lipscombe @lean-dipstick.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Surely history has taught us that the political party holding the centre ground is the one that gets to govern? Blair shifted Labour to the centre in the 90s just as Starmer has done now. Post Cameron, the Conservatives (obvs) shifted right. Liberal Democrats need to capitalise and grow further.

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Dean Lipscombe @lean-dipstick.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Right now, does the UK really need this disruption and uncertainty? Have we not had enough chaos this past decade? Wouldn’t it be nice to return to stability and normality where everyone understands what’s going on?

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