Reposted by Old_Man_LeicaSaddletramp🇪🇺 @saddletramp.bsky.social · 14/11/2025Like the vast majority in the UK, I am proud of our NHS. It’s not perfect and never will be and it needs reform but it’s better than the insurance based system that Farage is touting. I would happily pay a little more tax to help fund it but it needs to be spent on effectiveness and efficiency. 2506
Reposted by Old_Man_LeicaKevin Maguire @kevmag.bsky.social · 12/11/2025They hypocrisy of many of the BBC’s political and newspaper accusers 36921
Old_Man_Leica @old-man-leica.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Remind me. I forget how many PM’s the Tories had before “Soggy Suited” Rishi finally called an election in 2024? I doubt that even “Starmer’s Allies” would speak to the Daily Heil. 131
Reposted by Old_Man_LeicaBremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 01/11/2025Read this carefully 🤣🤣 thanks @suewilson91.bsky.social for sharing ot 17529
Old_Man_Leica @old-man-leica.bsky.social · 27/10/2025Wasn’t that down to the then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Migration and Citizenship of the United Kingdom? Over to you Mr Jenrick. You negotiated the contracts. 010
Old_Man_Leica @old-man-leica.bsky.social · 23/10/2025Mr Farage, please explain the impact of Brexit on the Dublin Agreement? Thank you. 1165
Reposted by Old_Man_LeicaStay European #RejoinEU 🇪🇺 #FBPE @stayeuropean.bsky.social · 15/10/2025The best way to defeat Reform is for millions of people to hear a version of this message: "Farage's Brexit made you poorer. Don't let him do it again" 17638262
Old_Man_Leica @old-man-leica.bsky.social · 09/10/2025And beside fuelling house price inflation and taking homes out of the reach of all but the wealthiest, how’s that going to help? 240
Old_Man_Leica @old-man-leica.bsky.social · 22/09/2025Beautiful light this afternoon while the “shabby” boat owner has a break and the swans float by (up the flooded street) 030
Old_Man_Leica @old-man-leica.bsky.social · 15/09/2025Well past time! South African/US billionaires have no place in UK politics and neither has ‘X’. 041
Reposted by Old_Man_LeicaEast Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 10/09/2025Across our region local groups and MPs are campaigning for better water quality in our rivers so they are safe to be enjoyed. Success is possible.. as Paris shows us 👇 05230
Old_Man_Leica @old-man-leica.bsky.social · 07/09/2025University of York gearing up for the new semester beginning 15th September 120
Old_Man_Leica @old-man-leica.bsky.social · 07/09/2025The Dynamic Duo? The Dream Team? The C&A of UK politics? Go Nads, go…. 🤪 000
Old_Man_Leica @old-man-leica.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Reflections of Armenia in the lake, University of York, UK. 010
Reposted by Old_Man_LeicaByline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 04/09/2025INTRODUCING: A series of evenings of challenging discussion to help us understand the unprecedented times we are living in. Kicking off on 8 September with 'The Lure of Strongmen' explores why authoritarian figures continue to inspire such fierce loyalty. www.thecockpit.org.uk/BylineTimes 23117
Reposted by Old_Man_LeicaProfessor Katharine Adeney @katadeney.bsky.social · 02/09/2025It's time. After decades as a Labour voter and supporter I've taken the plunge into Green waters. 915720
Old_Man_Leica @old-man-leica.bsky.social · 02/09/2025The definition of complacency. They all went away and let Reform and the media rule the airways from June ‘til September. Shame on their Comms. 000
Reposted by Old_Man_LeicaGary R Simonds @garys79.bsky.social · 02/09/2025How hard is this to get?? Education is the key to democracy and stability #nokings #nopedophiles #nonzis #nobillionaires #defenddemocracy 312437
Reposted by Old_Man_LeicaJeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 21/07/2025Water privatisation has been a complete & utter failure. It is absurd that the government's report into the water industry didn't even consider public ownership. That's not a report. That's a political broadcast for the private sector. Put water back into public hands, now. 17562161493
Old_Man_Leica @old-man-leica.bsky.social · 19/07/2025About bloody time. What’s keeping you. All the Thatcher founded regulators do not have the consumers’ interests at heart. 010
Old_Man_Leica @old-man-leica.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Remind me, Kemi. Who was in power for 14+ years and did almost nothing? 010
Old_Man_Leica @old-man-leica.bsky.social · 08/06/2025The BBC is capable of producing a fair analysis of a complex and horrifying situation. Ignoring the “rules of war” and the Geneva Convention by either side, is never a justified strategy 030
Old_Man_Leica @old-man-leica.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Has Götterdämmerung begun but in a godless way? 000
Old_Man_Leica @old-man-leica.bsky.social · 01/06/2025Nigel Farage says abortion laws are “utterly ludicrous.” MPs are watching. We have days to show them: the public backs abortion rights. Join me and sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...you.38degrees.org.ukDecriminalise abortion and make it a protected human right.Women’s rights are under threat from the far right. Nigel Farage just called our current abortion provisions “utterly ludicrous” – and others in power are paying attention. A vote in Parliament could ... 000
Old_Man_Leica @old-man-leica.bsky.social · 24/05/2025If you do little else on a wet bank holiday weekend, read this letter. It is both literate and accurate. 000
Reposted by Old_Man_LeicaFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Former M&S Chairman Lord Rose, "Here we are, 10 years on now from Brexit" "The issues of immigration are caused by Brexit" "The issues of our poor economic performance ate down to Brexit" 1224164954
Old_Man_Leica @old-man-leica.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Quite so! Too many PPE cons, utility execs and grifters roaming free… 000
Reposted by Old_Man_LeicaAlastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 11/05/2025Got round to reading Farage two page “manifesto” in yesterday’s Mail. Populist slogans/unfunded promises strung together in a piece designed to portray 🇬🇧 as third world. But how about this for nerve from Mr Brexit? “The casual lies and careless attitudes of our political class have let people down”. 1512043504
Old_Man_Leica @old-man-leica.bsky.social · 09/05/2025My failed admiration for him may be growing back … but early days yet! 020
Reposted by Old_Man_LeicaPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Hugely misleading headline in the Daily Mail. This only applies to Indian workers who are seconded to the UK from a company based in India on a short term basis. India nationals applying for jobs based in the UK will not benefit from this convention and it does not disadvantage UK workers 102845343
Old_Man_Leica @old-man-leica.bsky.social · 03/05/2025Labour needs to get its finger out and start doing two things better. (1) Getting the message across of what it IS already achieving and (2) pushing a truly caring, progressive agenda. No “Red Lines”, no unnecessarily “fiscal rules”. Change is what we voted for. 000
Old_Man_Leica @old-man-leica.bsky.social · 25/04/2025So the Post Office does not own the “code”, it just purchased a service based on flawed code? Why is there not a massive lawsuit underway against the supplier of faulty goods? 010
Old_Man_Leica @old-man-leica.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Is the booking line open for Mar e Gaza yet? 000