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Ultán of Ulcer @mulvennyprospectus.bsky.social · 1h

Niche joke that I've made eslewhere, but Ultima Fool. Anyway, the Easter Island rising clearly took place in the pacific.

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Nick Craw🇪🇺🇨🇦🇬🇱🇹🇭 @nickcraw.bsky.social · 3h

The one thing history isnt is "set in stone". As to 1970s - whose history? The % of GDP that was wages was higher in the 70s than the next decades - in other words much of population did quite OK in the 70s compared to say shareholders. Helps explain why my dad could buy a house on a single wage.

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Janey Llou (Jane to my friends) @janeyllou.bsky.social · 2h

The rule of law

A mounted police officer beating the shit out of someone at The Battle of Orgreave

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Dougie Taylor @dubhglas4.bsky.social · 2h

Maybe it was an earlier incarnation of Clarke that remembers. As he was just a bairn in his current incarnation in the 80's I will put him right. Thatcher was a disaster. Many are still suffering today as a result of her actions. Hopefully the Tories will remain in political obscurity.

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sea-goat.bsky.social @sea-goat.bsky.social · 2h

& Falklands war was either the biggest failure of MI6 or a deliberate 'let it happen, it will win votes... '

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Markeye @markeye.bsky.social · 2h

Quite. I remember things very differently - because I was working through the 70s, so I was actually there, living through it. And you’re absolutely right. Thatcher was the architect of much that we’re still trying to put right today.

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philip-goddard.bsky.social @philip-goddard.bsky.social · 2h

Born 1966 - Thatcher killed hope and took away opportunities - she was a handbag of hate and tarnished the Tories with exactly what they are showing themselves to be - Toxic. They care for no-one but themselves/friends/the rich - never voted for them, never will - they are the suited worst of us.

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Dr Adrian McMenamin @adrianmcmenamin.bsky.social · 3h

Annoys me greatly that the truth - Thatcher (with Howe) was a failed economic experimenter with a crackpot theory that sent interest rates into the stratosphere - never gets an airing!

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Stevewjj @stevewjj.bsky.social · 3h

I was born in 1968. I remember Thatcher selling off everything in sight, wasting north sea oil revenue, selling council houses without replacements, decimating industries without replacement jobs sowing the seeds for Cameron/Osborne for Brexit/austerity....

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John Martin🇪🇺🔶 #FBPPR 👩‍❤️‍👨+👫🐶 Rtd🚒 #GetPRDone @itsjohnmartin.bsky.social · 3h

The music was great. The fashion was nuts. Thatcher made greed and not caring about others socially acceptable. She is the root of so many of our problems today.

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Nick Craw🇪🇺🇨🇦🇬🇱🇹🇭 @nickcraw.bsky.social · 4h

Its unlikely Simon Clarke has bad memories of the 1970s as he was born in 1984. This helps to explain why he forgets a recession made worse by Thatcher driving interest rates up with her uneccessary monetarist policy. The only thing that saved the tories was the Falklands war & North Sea oil.

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Tom Hickmore @tomhickmore.bsky.social · 19h

It isn’t. But taxing the rich is not the answer. Treating government like a household that is funded by taxation is the problem. Government creates fresh money every time it spends. This has a knock on logic. MMT

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Duncan Poundcake @duncanpoundcake.bsky.social · 3h

It's a false premises wrapped in the weasel words of: "Tough Choices". Both are affordable.

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Marwood @andmarwood.bsky.social · 5h

No. A sleight of hand built on the lie that 'there is no money' and designed to prevent the very richest from being properly taxed. See above.

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Jon @jon-snowboarder.bsky.social · 3h

Starmers first act of note in government was to kick the pensioners. I mean, who looked at that and thought ‘that went well, let's have a bit of that’?

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Marwood @andmarwood.bsky.social · 5h

The idea that the public has to sacrifice one good thing for another is total 🐂💩 - and yet so many 'centrists' spout it.

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Marwood @andmarwood.bsky.social · 6h

The only act of note that Burnham has taken so far, and it's one that worsens the lot of the poorest pensioners.

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 2h

Bad news, everyone - Brexit has apparently caused the entire United Kingdom to detach from Europe and drift several thousand miles west. We are now slowly approaching Newfoundland. Can someone please let Eurostar now there might be some issues.

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Duncan Poundcake @duncanpoundcake.bsky.social · 3h

#Iran I've been watching this lads videos for a while and incredibly, I have concluded what the media tells us of Iran, may not be the truth... youtube.com/shorts/x35vf...

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Tehran's metro during rush hour!!

YouTube video by Mohsen Johari

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 3h

I feel like The Mayor of Bayswater and I are having two different conversations. On the plus side, there is a council somewhere that’s going to get a very confusing request for information about the acceptable levels of domination from the local oaks.

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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 21h

Pathetic…..

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 17h

🚨 We’re calling on Ofcom to open a formal investigation into Nigel Farage presenting GB News shows and whether his programme on 15 September 2026 was within the rules on impartiality ⚠️ Broadcasters are required to present news in an impartial manner, without political bias.

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Farage on GB News: Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action - Best for Britain

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Ben Ralph @raggyralph.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Centres where when you retire you go along and you're signed up for everything you're entitled to and all other help is explained. Following on from pension reform there needs to be action on closing tax loopholes and offshoring wealth. I'm certainly no economic expert but Burnham doesn't want to

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Ben Ralph @raggyralph.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It was a truly great speech but let's see if Labour deliver. Pension reform has been needed for a long time but there also needs to be official measures put in place to assist the poorer pensioners and make sure they claim everything they're entitled to. There should be local drop in (pop in?) 🧵

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Duncan Poundcake @duncanpoundcake.bsky.social · 20h

#Muslims Fucking Iranians coming over 'ere, on their paddling pools, noncing our kids... Oh...

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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 23h

Tory chair Kevin Hollinrake lying in response to Andy Burnham's proposed commission on electoral reform... "The public had a referendum on proportional representation back in 2011. It rejected it." As he well knows, the 2011 vote was on AV which can be less proportional than FPTP. #politicslive

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 30/09/2026

My favourite quote from this piece is from a complainant who said the trees were “just so domineering." Gotta love a domineering fir.

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 30/09/2026

The pension triple lock is out, and a National Social Care service is planned. What I once thought was a do-not-touch subject was manhandled by Andy Burnham - but will the risk pay off? After a very optimistic, being honest, brilliantly delivered speech, is there a bit of room for hope again?

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Trading the Triple Lock for a National Care Service

A bold, brave and deeply unpopular choice, and why someone who spent years stuck on discharge calls is cautiously on board.

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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Nigel Farage has deleted this post But not before it's been shared widely showing him to be either a serial liar or delusional and either way, unfit for public office

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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Force more pensioners into poverty to fund care, that more pensioners will need because they are in poverty. "Fiscal rules" logic strikes again.

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Cat Hobbs @cathobbs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Honestly I am gutted Burnham STILL hasn't brought Thames Water into special administration Why not? It went bust 2+ years ago Shareholders have walked away US hedge fund creditors want to pollute illegally then sell it 16 million so-called "customers" need you to TAKE IT BACK

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Duncan Poundcake @duncanpoundcake.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#Reeves #Healey Making you poorer, sucking the life out of the economy and employment, then punishing you should you dare to claim welfare. This is what ALWAYS happens when Govts try to run a 'balanced budget' and a 'surplus'. #Labour are wedded to the failed economics of Neo-Liberalism...

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A. Cosmographer @acosmographer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Pairs well with this one m.youtube.com/watch?v=pZwv...

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Tea and Consent

YouTube video by Thames Valley Police

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jackheathwriter 📚 @jackheathwriter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

And this one, from 1975:

The Rape of Mr. Smith
In the following situation, a holdup victim is asked questions by a lawyer.
“Mr. Smith, you were held up at gunpoint on the corner of First and Main?”
“Yes”
“Did you struggle with the robber?”
“No.”
“Why not?”
“He was armed.”
“Then you made a conscious decision to comply with his demands rather than resist?”
“Yes.”
“Did you scream? Cry out?”
“No, I was afraid.”
“I see. Have you ever been held up before?”
“No.”
“Have you ever GIVEN money away?”
“Yes, of course.”
“And you did so willingly?”
“What are you getting at?”
“Well, let’s put it like this, Mr. Smith. You’ve given money away in the past. In fact, you have quite a reputation for
philanthropy. How can we be sure that you weren’t CONTRIVING to have your money taken from you by force?”
“Listen, if I wanted –“
“Never mind. What time did this holdup take place, Mr. Smith?”
“About 11:00 P.M..”
“You were out on the street at 11:00 P.M.? Doing what?”
“Just walking.”
“Just walking? You know that it’s dangerous being out on the street that late at night. Weren’t you aware that
you could have been held up?”
“I hadn’t thought about it.”
“What were you wearing at the time, Mr. Smith?”
“Let’s see … a suit. Yes, a suit.”
“An EXPENSIVE suit?”
“Well – yes. I’m a successful lawyer, you know.”
“In other words, Mr. Smith, you were walking around the streets late at night in a suit that practically advertised
the fact that you might be good target for some easy money, isn’t that so? I mean, if we didn’t know better, Mr.
Smith, we might even think that you were ASKING for this to happen, mightn’t we?”

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Time for this classic again.

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Mourning NAVALNY😢 @jan-readsalot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I can’t wait for this day.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It's inconceivable to me how someone who lost in a free & fair election can incite an angry mob to attack his own government, (the very definition of treason) & be allowed to run for any office ever again.

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 29/09/2026

fractured right-wing can only be a good thing for the country. Yes, that might be idealistic, and no, I don’t expect everyone to sit around singing kumbaya - but positive and collaborative relationships from the centre to the left of politics is what we will have to do in the next few years.

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 29/09/2026

As a side note to this: The best thing that Andy Burnham’s Labour Party can do right now is reach out to both Ed Davey and Zack Polanski. Whether he needs them for a coalition after the next GE or not, now is the time to get both the Lib Dems and Greens on board - especially around care.

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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Somers Town evening team to get @zackpolanski.bsky.social into Parliament!

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 29/09/2026

Isab El-Oakeshott seems to have decided that digging is the correct way to go about it.

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