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Woke British Lefty 🇬🇧 Wife & proud Mum to a teenager I’m ranty, daft & easily distracted😂 LGBTQ+ Ally. Mental health peer support & advocate ; your story isn’t over yet ;

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Ellie chats & rants @loopyleanne.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Farage here is thrilled about it So, naturally I support it 💯 “Every accusation is a confession” applies here I think
Tweet from Nigel Farage

Instead of lowering your energy bills or cutting your taxes, Burnham has announced a National Centre for Information Defence.
This is a Labour Ministry of Truth targeted directly at Reform.
They know they can't win by fair means, so they're trying to destroy us by foul means.
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Ellie chats & rants @loopyleanne.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Breaking news! Burnham likes tea I’m glad our media is focusing on all the important information about our PM. like knowing he has quite a few pairs of glasses, & what brands his suits and t-shirts are 🙄 😝

Politics UK Twitter account

NEW: Andy Burnham has revealed he drinks
12-15 cups of tea everyday
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Ellie chats & rants @loopyleanne.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I have an “Injury” BCG (Tuberculosis) vaccine scar I didn’t die of a nasty lung disease though- so, vaccines for the win! 🏆 Excuse my silliness with the picture. Im just fed up with people’s stupidity & it makes me do silly things 😂
A picture of my pale arm.

I’ve circled my round vaccine scar and written, badly, I got a owie!
But not tuberculosis yay!
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Ellie chats & rants @loopyleanne.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This reminded me of the Allister Heath headline generator stirring-fox-7e1fab.netlify.app Added the word vegetable, it came up with this gem…. 😂
Allister Heath headline generator

Word added- Vegetable

Result:

Britain is being held hostage by a radical vegetable cult
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Ellie chats & rants @loopyleanne.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The first paragraph dramatics is just 👌😂
First paragraph of Guardian article about how getting rid of veg boxes saved the writers mental health, or something

Last week, as summer gave way to pumpkin season, I found myself contemplating the final squash. Like the horror movie trope of the final girl
staggering out of the woods after the massacre, this squash is the sole survivor. All her sister squashes had either been cooked and eaten or left to rot. Now, my killing days were almost over. There would be no sequel.
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Ellie chats & rants @loopyleanne.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I thought AI telling me that Sir Roger Gale MP was born in 1043 was bad enough Tenant being there where he once did, is next level amazing 😂
Google AI summary on Roger gale MP

The oldest MP currently serving in the
UK House of Commons is Conservative Sir Roger Gale, who was born on August 20, 1043 (age 83) and was re-elected at the 2024 general election

• Name: Sir Roger Gale (Conservative)
• Constituency: Herne Bay and Sandwich
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Ellie chats & rants @loopyleanne.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Meh, I gave up Having fun though 😂
Picture of an alert red squirrel

Caption:

I don't have my ducks in a row. I have squirrels and they're at a rave.
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Ellie chats & rants @loopyleanne.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
He’s looking pretty good for a guy born in 1043 though Aren’t AI summaries great 😂
Google AI summery for info on the oldest MP in the UK

The oldest MP currently serving in the
UK House of Commons is
Conservative Sir Roger Gale, who was born on August 20, 1043 (age 83) and was re-elected at the 2024 general election

Oldest Serving MP
• Name: Sir Roger Gale (Conservative)
• Constituency: Herne Bay and Sandwich
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Ellie chats & rants @loopyleanne.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Ffs One step away from “dial this £15 a minute number to save the country and revive a recorded blessing from our dear leader” Televangelist style 🤦‍♀️ Left wing people fly commercial too. Basically the same thing as demons /s
Stupid & crazy rich televangelist guy saying 

We need private jets. Becuase demons fly commercial
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Ellie chats & rants @loopyleanne.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Also a Brit, and I’m pretty close to there! I’m in South East England
Results from an American dialect quiz. Map of the US shows places in reds yellows and blue. Blues are least like how I speak. Red is most like

Lots of reds for me in the north east with Massachusetts being the closest match to me, a Brit.Shows cities that I sound like I’m from and cities that I don’t sound like I’m from

Top 3 similar
Boston, MA
Portland ME
NYC

Top 3 least similar:

Oklahoma City OK
Omaha NE
Minneapolis, MN
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Ellie chats & rants @loopyleanne.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
A lovely friend gifted me a little rose plant and now I’m scared I’m going to kill it! How do I not kill it? What do I do?! I’m hopeless 😩
Lovely little red rose plant that is currently alive but who knows how long for
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Ellie chats & rants @loopyleanne.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I now have the vicar from Princess Bride in my head 😂
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Ellie chats & rants @loopyleanne.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
It’s cool that we can just change names of things now I re-name the Atlantic Ocean to be the European Ocean The wind-farm Trump loves so much, off of his golf course, is henceforth named Nonce view farm & my town is now Creepy Crawley, to officially embrace the nickname! Anyone else want a go?
Trump throwing a toddler strop with a truth social post

The United States is giving serious consideration to changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America in that we don't expect to doing much business with Ontario any longer. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP
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Ellie chats & rants @loopyleanne.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Hand him this I guess he’ll get no more than 5 right…..
Unlabelled map of Europe and a list of 20 countries you need to correctly place
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Ellie chats & rants @loopyleanne.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Someone hand him this….. I’m guessing he’d get no more than 5 correct
Unlabelled map of Europe

20 countries are listed and you need to correctly place where they are
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Ellie chats & rants @loopyleanne.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Goddess of wisdom watching the stupidity of man Man blinded by flag statue, Banksy, central London Blinded by patriotism. A message the world needs to see It’s even more powerful in person
Banksy statue in central London

Man blinded by flag

Statue of Athena goddess of wisdom on a building opposite watches the man about to step off the plinth & fall
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Ellie chats & rants @loopyleanne.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Yep Musk definitely doesn’t have any. He is a lost cause
STORIES OF IMAGINATION TEND TO UPSET THOSE WITHOUT ONE

Quote by TERRY PRATCHETT
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Ellie chats & rants @loopyleanne.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Meh. I don’t think you need to have taken a flight to be a traveller And if you have taken a flight you don’t need to have done many of these either! & Who gets upgraded these days anyway!! (I’m gonna be jealous if you have 😂)
Instagram post

You're not really a traveller until you've ticked off at least 8 of these
How many have you done?

Missed a flight
Slept overnight in an airport
Travelled with only hand luggage
Got upgraded on a flight
Ran through an airport
Taken a red-eye flight
Lost your luggage
Flown solo
Had airport breakfast at 6am
Used a travel pillow
Been on a long-haul flight
Watched the sunrise from the sky
Relaxed in an airport lounge
Got randomly searched at security
Taken 3+ flights in one trip
Fallen asleep mid-flight
Packed at the last minute
Booked a spontaneous trip
Showed up way too early for a flight
Cried on the way back home from a trip
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Ellie chats & rants @loopyleanne.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Seen 16- not too bad!
Instagram post

DID'YOU KNOW ONLY 6% OF PEOPLE IN THE UK HAVE SEEN ALL OF THESE INCREDIBLE PLACES?

HOW MANY HAVE YOU EXPLORED? 22
ICONIC DESTINATIONS ACROSS ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES & NORTHERN IRELAND


Snowdonia National Park
Wales


The Shambles
England (York)


Edinburgh Castle
Scotland


Isle of Skye
Scotland


Stonehenge
England (Wiltshire)


Cardiff Castle
Wales


The Cotswolds
England


The Roman Baths
England (Bath)


Giant's Causeway
Northern Ireland


Pembrokeshire Coast
Wales


Clifton Suspension Bridge
England (Bristol)


Hadrian's Wall
England


Lake District National Park
England


York Minster
England (York)


Windsor Castle
England


Old Trafford Stadium
England (Manchester)

Glenfinnan Viaduct
Scotland

Peak District National Park
England

St Ives Harbour
England (Cornwall)

Caernarfon Castle
Wales


Durdle Door
England (Dorset)


Albert Dock
England (Liverpool)

HOW MANY HAVE YOU SEEN?
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Ellie chats & rants @loopyleanne.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Who was allowed to watch Neighbours AT SCHOOL?? Mum taught me the facts of life before I was reading just seventeen! My posters were from Woollys 🤷‍♀️ But otherwise… yeah 🫣
Instagram post

Signs you're over 45, in the UK

* You watched Neighbours at lunchtime at school And again when you got home

*Beauty routine was clearasil and white musk

* You learned the facts of life from
'Just Seventeen' not your mum

*You got all of your posters from Athena - and definitely had the naked man and baby one

*You had a pen pall in another country 

*Saturday morning was Going Live

*Your biggest challenge was recording your favorite song on the Sunday night chart show without the presenter
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Ellie chats & rants @loopyleanne.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
And one more 😏 You just need to change the name to Alison and add her picture Totally interchangeable 😂
Screenshot of headline generator result

The terrifying rise of Left wing will plunge us into a permanent socialist winter
ALLISTER HEATH
The Telegraph
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Ellie chats & rants @loopyleanne.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
One example

Screenshot of Allister Heath headline generator: 

The Left's contempt for Farage is destroying our freedom
ALLISTER HEATH
The Telegraph
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Ellie chats & rants @loopyleanne.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Embrace the crazy is what I say 😂
There's a fine line between
genius & crazy....
I like to use that line as a jump rope.
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Ellie chats & rants @loopyleanne.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
This is desperate stuff Gives MANY examples of why X is bad Says BlueSky is bad too boasts about the no. of posts on X, but says there are many bots 🤷‍♀️ Complains about ability to block on Bsky but he blocks accounts on X says Bsky is irrelevant after writing a whole article about it
Stephen Pollard
Is there anything more pathetic than a Bluesky user?

The progressive version of Twitter offers a world of vicious, sneering odium that only those who see themselves as kinder humans dish out

Lisa Nandy is quitting X over abuse and misinformation but the main alternative platform is worse

Twitter - formally known as X, since owner Elon Musk changed its name in 2023 - is a cesspit of hate, intolerance and bigotry. Which is one key reason why I am now in my 18th year on the site and cannot imagine leaving.

Unlike, that is, Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy, who announced on X on Thursday: "I've decided to leave this platform and my department will too. A platform originally designed for free speech and expression now favours abuse and misinformation over meaningful debate."

She's certainly right about that. Abuse and misinformation are everywhere on X. Foreign bots run amok; there are entire factories in Russia and elsewhere which exist to drive misinformation and stir up hate on X and other social media.

But that's exactly why I stay. X remains unparalleled as a social media site focused on news, comment and discussion with around 570 million monthly active users. What happens if those of us who aren't driven by hate and who try to use reason rather than gut impulse (or at least like to think we do) leave? The bigots, the bots and the lunatics have the place to themselves.

As a relatively prominent Jew, my daily experience is of unrelenting anti-Semitism and abuse. I've stopped reporting most of it now to X, which does nothing about it; occasionally I report a threat to the police, if there's something that specific, such as a mention of where ! live. I've muted or blocked nearly 4,000 accounts, almost all for anti-SemitismWhich is why I stay. I'm not naive enough to think that I, and the others who take on the lies, can make more than a small difference. But if we don't try, who will? As Kemi Badenoch responded to Nandy: "DCMS is supposed to counter and deal with misinformation, not run away because it's all too much."

Nandy's posts can now be found on Instagram, Facebook and Linkedin. Intriguingly, she hasn't - yet? - joined Bluesky, which was set up as a rival to X in 2024. Bluesky. positions itself as a progressive haven - and if you think X is bad, Bluesky is its own kind of hellish vision of a world in which progressives rule the roost.

It's often described as an echo chamber, but it's worse: anyone who dares to offer a counter view is immediately targeted with the kind of vicious, sneering odium that only those who see themselves as kinder, nicer humans dish out.

The writer Billy Binion posted that "billionaires should exist". He reports that he "logged onto Bluesky to find thousands of people screaming at me, many of whom were telling me to kill myself".

Research last year by Pew found that 69 per cent of news influencers who identified as liberal/Democrat had a Bluesky account, against only 15 per cent
conservative/Republican. Another study of 300 million Bluesky posts showed a "predominantly centre-Left-leaning user base" with political alignment "skewed towards liberal leaning". Bluesky allows users to share
"block lists" to purge Right-leaning accounts from their sight.

But awful as Bluesky is, it's an irrelevance. The number of posters peaked at 1.5 million a day in November 2024 - just after Donald Trump was re-elected. Presumably they were there for a combination of a group hug and a scream. But it's now down to 600,000 a day. It's the same story with daily followers, down from 3.1 million a day in November 2024 to under 400,000 a day now. Bluesky posters are preaching to the converted.

As an individual, Nandy is free to decide what sites she is on. But as Secreta…
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Ellie chats & rants @loopyleanne.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Or……
Allister Heath headline generator screenshot 

Headline: 

If we don't stop the slayer of the south, Britain as we know it is finished
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Ellie chats & rants @loopyleanne.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Slayer of the south? 😂 The Heath headline generator just became even more fun!
Allister Heath headline generator screenshot

Headline:

If the slayer of the south is allowed to triumph, the British dream is officially dead
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Ellie chats & rants @loopyleanne.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
My Cat? Very pleased with herself because she nabbed some cucumber off the side & ate a fair bit of it 🤦‍♀️ She’s a weird one 🤷‍♀️ 😂
An end of a cucumber that has been thoroughly mangled becuase the cat stole it and chomped on it
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Ellie chats & rants @loopyleanne.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Thatcher and the conservatives cheer the one millionth right to buy home purchase in 1986
Daily Mail article from 1986

Maggie gets a special
'thanks' as millionth dream comes true...
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Ellie chats & rants @loopyleanne.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Oh look…… Daily Mail says Right to buy is great when Johnson wanted it 😏 www.dailymail.com/news/article...
Daily Mail article from May 2022

Headline reads: Return of Right To Buy: Boris Johnson hopes Margaret Thatcher's flagship policy that created 2.5m homeowners and was hated by the left will do as much for his political career as it did for hers
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Ellie chats & rants @loopyleanne.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
I know it’s Reddit, but I’ve checked this with a couple of Tesco van drivers now and they say it’s absolutely true It’s horrific. Are there not rules about working conditions & temperatures? Tesco should be taken to court over this. I’m serious. This is a huge risk to health It makes me angry 😡
From Reddit

Drivers have no aircon or heating in their vans as Tesco remove the feature altogether

Last winter it was icy cold out and our delivery driver seemed to be struggling. I asked if he was ok and he said the cold was getting to him. I said hopefully the van will warm him and he said no it doesn't have a heater. I asked if it was broken and he said no, Tesco remove them from the vans to cut costs.
(Edit - a few people have said this isn't true - but one user did clarify that it's more a case of repair requests being ignored as they need vans on the road to meet demand so it's likely either I misunderstood or he mispoke)
Now we're sat in (what is expected to be) the biggest heatwave in UK history and I asked a different delivery driver today if he has an AC/Fan in his van and he laughed and said no. Of course they don't.
These people are expected to work through the absolute worst extremes of our weather and Tesco cannot even provide them with the tools to stay cool or warm during the worst days?
This is vile and the very least they could do considering the record profits they make.
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Ellie chats & rants @loopyleanne.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
So…. Freddie Mercury is trending on Bsky. I was curious, clicked on it, It’s all #Caturday posts. Every one of them!! 😂 😻 At least we know Freddie would of liked that 😃
Two pictures of Freddy mercury with his cats, and the text saying:

Freddie Mercury, the legendary lead singer of Queen, loved his cats so much that he'd call home while on tour just to speak to them. He had his friends hold the phone near them so he could hear them meow.

Which is just awesome 


 Freddie Mercury pictured with one of his many cats
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Ellie chats & rants @loopyleanne.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
The only thing that worries me is this could be wrong
Screenshot of an article in The Express


Donald Trump fans fear he is 'close to death' as worrying video sparks
concern

The US president appeared to struggle with his breathing as he spoke to reporters.
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Ellie chats & rants @loopyleanne.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Who can see these gashes through the algae anyway? And if anyone waded through that algae for an hr or more, to cause that damage, over that length, they’d come out looking like a swampman!! Not exactly inconspicuous 🙄
Green creature covered in green plants, wading out of a swamp
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Ellie chats & rants @loopyleanne.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
For anyone who can’t view the video…. This is next to a kids bedroom too 😱 I hope they can’t sell their home And that they really need to
Picture from rightmove of office space- with Nazi memorabilia on display including weapons & posters  Picture from rightmove of office space with Nazi memorabilia. Including caps, pennant & weapons
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Ellie chats & rants @loopyleanne.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Ok ok it’s a headline generator, but still…. It’s probably not far off the mark! 😂 tinyurl.com/tnw-heath
Allister Heath, Telegraph columnist headline Generator

Added Andy Burnham to it, got the following headline

Why Andy Burnham is the greatest threat to our sovereignty since the War
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Ellie chats & rants @loopyleanne.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
This is never not funny Potential PM at a vote count, sandwiched between two ummm… interesting candidates British politics has its moments 😂
Photo

Andy Burnham at the Makerfield vote count sandwiched between Count Binface, and a fox holding a sign saying “protect British wildlife”
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Ellie chats & rants @loopyleanne.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
THIS is what we’re going with?? Reform only lost because Reform supporters voted Labour This is more ridiculous than the ‘we only lost because our voters stayed at home’ excuse you see at every election! So, well done for being different, I guess…. 😂 😂 😂
Screenshot of BBC Breakfast post

Picture of Tice talking to BBC breakfast.

Text: 'We had Reform voters saying I'm so determined to get Starmer out I'm going to vote Burnham to ensure that result'

Richard Tice, deputy leader of Reform UK, spoke to #BBCBreakfast after the party came second in the Makerfield by-election, losing to Labour's Andy Burnham
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Ellie chats & rants @loopyleanne.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Reform say Burnham MAY of broken lockdown rules in June 2021 GBeebies article goes on to say it’s 2 yrs too late to report such breaches & Burnham has proof from fire service 6 people were in the house on that date, after a house fire, therefore not breaking the rules Embarrassingly Desperate!
GB News headline

Andy Burnham
reported to police over
'breach of rules' on eve of by-election
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Ellie chats & rants @loopyleanne.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
As a person with, to use official terminology “severe and enduring” Mental health challenges, I have an odd sense of humour when it comes to dealing with it Anyway…..today I walked past somone wearing this t-shirt, and I want it! 😂 😂 #MentalHealth
Black T-Shirt with “YOU ARE ABOUT TO EXCEED THE LIMITS OF MY
MEDICATION” On it, written in white
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Ellie chats & rants @loopyleanne.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Anyone else think of this scene in Jurassic park, when tech bros come up with this sort of shit? 😏
Jeff Goldblum in Jurassic park famously saying 

YOU WERE SO PREOCCUPIED WITH WHETHER OR NOT YOU COULD,
YOU DIDN'T STOP TO THINK IF YOU SHOULD
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Ellie chats & rants @loopyleanne.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
This feels relevant 😏
Jeff goldblum in Jurassic Park famously saying:

YOU WERE SO PREOCCUPIED WITH WHETHER OR NOT YOU COULD,

YOU DIDN'T STOP TO THINK IF YOU SHOULD
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Ellie chats & rants @loopyleanne.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
I’m getting really strong 1980’s Fisher-price telephone vibes from the front of this van And I love it! 😂 😂
Old Fisher-Price telephone toy. With blue wheels, wobbly eyes and movable dial
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Ellie chats & rants @loopyleanne.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Ffs BBC 🤦‍♀️ Her name is Harriet Sperling 🙄
Screenshot of BBC News page, referring to Peter Phillips Bride as “NHS nurse” and not her name

Heading: King's nephew Peter Phillips marries NHS nurse

King Charles III and Queen Camilla were greeted by cheers from well-wishers as they arrived at the wedding of the Princess Royal's son
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Ellie chats & rants @loopyleanne.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
There are so many more examples Talking about women being subordinate and using religion and the Bible to say this is how it should be Far right influencers and politicians telling women what we can & can’t do with our bodies And shit like this 👇
Post by idiot Asmingold on X saying:

Men are naturally more attractive than women on average, that's why women need makeup
This isn't me being gay, it's science
Look at a peacock or a cardinal, male vs female, females get mogged
Greek statues dedicated to the peak aesthetic form? Overwhelmingly men

And Idiot Nick Fuentes saying:
I AGREE
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Ellie chats & rants @loopyleanne.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
The BBC feel that the death of Gavin Williamsons pet spider is a matter of national importance Therefore I think we should all get an extra bank holiday for the funeral
Screenshot of BBC account on X.  

It’s telling us about the death of Gavin Williamsons pet tarantula. With a picture of the creepy one

and the spider
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Ellie chats & rants @loopyleanne.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Sounds like it could of been written by my cat tbh 😂 This is her saying “No more screen time for you!” I’m not in charge around here, clearly
Grey & white cat sitting half on my iPad and kindle while gripping them with her paws and giving me a stern look
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Ellie chats & rants @loopyleanne.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
I’ve just had the most incredulous look & “muuuum! seriously??” from my teen for getting confused when she said ‘well it’s a fandom so you’re gonna get ships’ Me: sorry what? a fandom about boats? I can’t be the only one who hasn’t heard that shipping isn’t only a way of transporting goods?? 😂
The description of ships

Not boats. 

Relationships

I’m old

verb
to take an interest in or hope for a romantic relationship between (fictional characters or famous people, whether or not the romance actually exists: I'm shipping for those guys— they would make a great couple!
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Ellie chats & rants @loopyleanne.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Umm, hello? MAGA? This isn’t ‘British patriots’ you grade A cockwombles. It’s a picture from a free "Paz Sin Fronteras" (Peace Without Borders) concert in Havana September 2009 Not London 🤦‍♀️
Screenshot of a Twitter post by idiot MAGA voice account.

An arial shot of a massive crowd, with Text claiming it’s from a far right numpty & gammon fest march recently in London

 MAGA voice says: This photo is PROOF that British Patriots want their country back... Keir Starmer isn't ready for this

Reality is it’s from a concert in Havana in 2009
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Ellie chats & rants @loopyleanne.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
My word, what a crowd 🥴 I shall be avoiding the O2 when this far-right numpty convention is on
Screenshot of the speakers at Liz truss CPAC Great Britain event near the O2 stadium in July

Speakers include Matt Schlapp idiot from the US, truss, Rees-mogg haunted pencil, toby young urgh, Matt Goodwin who doesn’t deserve the title academic, Dan wootton, forgot he existed, Alison Pearson, Alex Phillips, opinionated and usually wrong, harry cole of the S*n, mike graham concrete man, and others
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Ellie chats & rants @loopyleanne.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
This is the result of Reform support Vile racism. Here are examples towards our Mayor She was opening up a huge charity shop that raises money for our local Hospice. That was all she was doing. Check out the responses she has to deal with Disgusting 😔
Crawley observer social media post showing a picture of Crawley Mayor opening a new charity shop in town

And the abuse and racism she received on social media in reply to her opening up the store
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