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Reg @reggiehere.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12h

Just found out that a tube of Polos costs a pound, and I'm pretty sure I remember them being just 4p.

PIcture of a tube of Rowntree's (now Nestle) Polo Mints.

Reg @reggiehere.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

Just to confuse things even more, the insipid bags of piss that pass for journalists at The Sun, have a different take, albeit while not contradicting Burnham's original claim that the Russians had interfered...so which is it??? […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Quote from Rupert Murdoch's propaganda magazine: "RUSSIA didn’t interfere with the Brexit vote despite contrary claims by Andy Burnham, a Foreign Office Minister says.
Stephen Doughty intervened in the row after the Prime Minister claimed he got a “clear answer” from officials on meddling in the 2016 referendum." https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/40653536/russia-andy-burnham-moscow-brexit-vote/

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Reg @reggiehere.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

Maybe British and Irish students ought to be following the lead of students in France..... www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/8/ho…

Chart showing education spending in European countries (%GDP) from https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/8/how-much-does-france-spend-on-education-compared-with-the-rest-of-europe?

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Reg @reggiehere.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

@georgemonbiot.bsky.social I'm sure there are active focus groups advising on the adoption of a more telegenic and charismatic Trump-bot 2.0.

Photograph of the actor Mark Wing-Davey playing the character Zaphod Beeblebrox from the BBC's television adaptation of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy book series by Douglas Adams.

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Reg @reggiehere.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026

As the centrists at the Guardian wring their hands and pour out their panic at the rise of the far right, it's worth remembering where they stood when the the far-right's traditional left-wing opposition came to power in the Labour Party […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Screen grab from https://novaramedia.com/2017/01/08/how-the-guardian-changed-tack-on-corbyn-despite-its-readers/ showing the text:
"The newspaper’s interest picked up after revelations in mid-July that Corbyn was ahead in private polling. And then, when the YouGov poll landed, the coverage exploded – helped by an accelerant in the form of Tony Blair’s first clumsy intervention into the contest. A selection of the headlines from the Guardian website’s front page on 22 and 23 July gives a sense of the almost hysterical tone that took hold: “Blair urges Labour not to wrap itself in a Jeremy Corbyn comfort blanket”; “Think before you vote for Jeremy Corbyn”; “Labour can come back from the brink, but it seems to lack the will to do so”; “Blair: I wouldn’t want to win on an old fashioned leftist platform.” On these two panic-stricken days alone, the Guardian website carried opinion pieces hostile to Corbyn from Anne Perkins, Suzanne Moore, Polly Toynbee, Tim Bale, Martin Kettle, Michael White, Anne Perkins (again), and Anne Perkins (yet again). There was not a single pro-Corbyn column.

In one of her three efforts, Anne Perkins dispensed with subtlety and simply pleaded:

Please, new associate members who will shape the party for the next five years, maybe forever: do a little research. Think what kind of country you want for you and your children and, even more importantly, think how you might get there. Now think, is Jeremy Corbyn in the middle of that picture? I don’t think so."

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Reg @reggiehere.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026

@Robotistry @futurebird Had to see what an 'upside down crumpled paper cup' looked like.....

Photograph of the CSAIL building at MIT from https://www.design-sessions.com/mit-csail/

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Reg @reggiehere.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/08/2026

Neoliberalism has already reintroduced 19th century levels of poverty and income inequality. I wonder what might be next? www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y0lyd…

Picture of the 19th century Edinburgh grave robbers Burke and Hare

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Reg @reggiehere.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/08/2026

"This website and our 492 partners may store and access personal data such as cookies, device identifiers or other similar technologies on your device and process such data to personalise content and ads, provide social media features and analyse our traffic […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Clip of cookie banner from the online newspaper The Independent

Clip of cookie banner from the online newspaper The Guardian

Clip of cookie banner from the online newspaper The Times

Clip of cookie banner from the online newspaper The Financial Times

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Reg @reggiehere.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/07/2026

"According to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), this restricted access zone, which Israel calls the “Yellow Line“, expanded to cover 64.9 percent of the Gaza Strip by June 2026, up from 53 percent earlier in the year." […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Map from https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/22/creeping-death-israel-weaponises-yellow-line-to-annex-gaza? showing the Israeli military's yellow line and military bases inside Gaza.

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Reg @reggiehere.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/07/2026

@amalia22 It would be far easier to simply ban US social media platforms that are deemed addictive or abusive, but I suspect that the UK's 'special relationship' with the US is now dependent on UK citizens being exposed to US-owned surveillance and […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Quote from George Orwell's novel '1984', clipped from an article at https://bookanalysis.com/1984/telescreen/:
"The telescreen received and transmitted simultaneously. Any sound that Winston made, above the level of a very low whisper, would be picked up by it, moreover, so long as he remained within the field of vision which the metal plaque commanded, he could be seen as well as heard. There was of course no way of knowing whether you were being watched at any given moment. "

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Reg @reggiehere.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/06/2026

Is the inclusion of Google on the BBC sign-in screen a new thing? I can't remember seeing this until recently and it's not needed.

Image showing a sign-in screen from the BBC, including a sign-in-with-Google option.

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Reg @reggiehere.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/06/2026

This is interesting. The machinations of greed and self-interest employed by California's billionaires threatened by a 5% wealth tax. sfstandard.com/2026/06/13/billionai…

Photograph from https://sfstandard.com/2026/06/13/billionaire-tax-fight-sergey-brin-chris-larsen-mike-moritz-ron-conway/ showing supporters campaigning to implement a 5% tax on billionaires in California.

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Reg @reggiehere.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/05/2026

Well worth looking at the details of the election below before forming any firm ideas about today's elections. A Green win, but the combined vote of the other two further-left parties also beat Labour....

Screengrab of election results from Tyseley and Hay Mills ward in Birmingham, showing aa massively split vote:

🟢 Grn: 20.5% (+13.9) 563
🟠 Lib: 17.3% (+7.0) 463
🔴 Lab: 17.3% (-57.2) 463
➡️ Ref: 16.1% (+16.1) 432
⚙️ WPB: 14.3% (+14.3) 383
🔵 Con: 11.3% (+2.6) 303
🟥 Your: 3.4% (+3.4) 90

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Reg @reggiehere.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/04/2026

This looks like the EU is finally offering an alternative suite of office tools to replace corporate Google and Microsoft offerings form the US. office.eu

Screengrab from http://office.eu with the following text explaining how users of Microsoft Office or Google Docs can migrate:

Step 1
Connect

Link your Microsoft or Google account.
Step 2
Import

Bring over email, calendars, and files in a few clicks.
Step 3
Keep Working

Run Office EU alongside your current setup until you are ready to fully switch.

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Reg @reggiehere.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/03/2026

What Americans think of the war in Iran. tl;dr: 1. Most American oppose the war 2. Tories are bastards theconversation.com/what-americans-…

Chart from a YouGov/Economist poll at https://theconversation.com/what-americans-think-of-the-war-in-iran-277627 showing support or opposition to the US/Israeli war on Iran by sex, ethnic group and qualification level

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Reg @reggiehere.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/01/2026

@Lazarou Reminds me of the "Sub-Supersonic Invisible and Noiseless Defensive Second-Strike Offensive Attack Bomber, code-named Shhhhh!" in the novel Closing Time 😏

The cover of the novel 'Closing Time' by Joseph Heller.

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Reg @reggiehere.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/01/2026

The UK Govt (apparently redacted) "Global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security: A national security assessment" reaches some terrifying conclusions, while the mainstream news headlines favour geopolitics over environmental catastrophe. […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Key judgements Analytical Confidence
1. Global ecosystem degradation and collapse threaten UK national security and prosperity. The world is already experiencing
impacts including crop failures, intensified natural disasters and infectious disease outbreaks. Threats will increase with degradation
and intensify with collapse. Without major intervention to reverse the current trend, this is highly likely to continue to High
2050 and beyond.
2. Cascading risks of ecosystem degradation are likely to include geopolitical instability, economic insecurity, conflict, migration
and increased inter-state competition for resources. Moderate
3. Critical ecosystems that support major global food production areas and impact global climate, water and weather cycles are
the most important for UK national security. Severe degradation or collapse of these would highly likely result in water insecurity,
severely reduced crop yields, a global reduction in arable land, fisheries collapse, changes to global weather patterns, release of High
trapped carbon exacerbating climate change, novel zoonotic diseases and loss of pharmaceutical resources. The Amazon rainforest,
Congo rainforest, boreal forests, the Himalayas and South East Asia's coral reefs and mangroves are particularly significant for the UK.

<clipped> https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/696e0eae719d837d69afc7de/National_security_assessment_-_global_biodiversity_loss__ecosystem_collapse_and_national_security.pdf

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Reg @reggiehere.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/01/2026

@quixoticgeek The digital ID proposed by the UK govt was exactly the same, built by oracle and the app only available on newer iPhones and Google Android. Thankfully those plans have now been dropped. www.mitid.dk/en-gb/help/help-univer…

Download screen for Denmark's MitID showing Google and Apple options.

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Reg @reggiehere.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/01/2026

In spite of overwhelming support for the renationalisation of private water companies, the UK Govt insists on following their failed Thatcherite model and throwing regulation on the bonfire to attract foreign investment. Unlike Venezuela, the US has no need […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

The proposed overhaul of the UK water sector, notably the potential scrapping of Ofwat, carries significant implications for the economy and investors alike. This initiative reflects a broader recognition that the current regulatory framework may be hindering the necessary investment to rejuvenate a critical infrastructure sector that has long been under scrutiny for its inefficiencies and environmental impact.

At its core, the review aims to attract investment by reshaping the regulatory landscape. By potentially abolishing or reforming Ofwat, the government is signaling a willingness to explore more flexible regulatory models that could better incentivize private investment. This is particularly crucial as the UK grapples with aging water infrastructure that urgently requires modernization. Investors often seek environments where the rules are clear and conducive to returns. A streamlined regulatory framework could enhance the attractiveness of the water sector, drawing in both domestic and foreign capital. https://thefinancialanalyst.net/2024/10/22/uk-water-sector-overhaul-a-game-changer-for-investors-and-economy/

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Reg @reggiehere.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/12/2025

@ErikUden Twitch and Youtube you say? Quite a coincidence that the US has blocked EU visas over Europe's 'coercion' of US social media platforms..... www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp39kng…

Text: The US State Department said it would deny visas to five people, including a former EU commissioner, for seeking to "coerce" American social media platforms into suppressing viewpoints they oppose.

"These radical activists and weaponized NGOs have advanced censorship crackdowns by foreign states - in each case targeting American speakers and American companies," Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement.

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Reg @reggiehere.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/12/2025

New UK Civica Monitor report: 🔴 Record sentences for climate activists, raids on journalists under Terrorism Act 🔴 Government proscribes non-violent direct action group Palestine Action as “terrorist” 🔴 Increasing restrictions on civic freedoms: excessive […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

1930s flag of the British Union of Facsists

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Reg @reggiehere.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/12/2025

Remember when right-wingers kept comparing State finances to a household budget? Well, the latest Tory Fuhrer goes one further by comparing the Prime Minister to a CEO. If the PM was a CEO she'd be deporting unproductive citizens, outsourcing the country's […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

UK Tory leader Badenoch quote: "“If she was a CEO, she would have been fired, and she might even have been prosecuted for market abuse. That’s why we’ve written to the Financial Conduct Authority. So will the Prime Minister ensure the Chancellor fully co-operates with any investigation?”

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Reg @reggiehere.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/11/2025

@georgemonbiot.bsky.social ....or for accidentally sending briefing notes to a Tory before an interview?

Jeremy Corbyn on the BBC with a Kremlin backdrop.

Laura Kuenssberg Boris Johnson interview BBC

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Reg @reggiehere.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/11/2025

Makes you wonder whether centrist Labour Prime Ministers are competing in a race to be tried at the Hague..... consortiumnews.com/2025/10/29/patri…

Starmer is named. In Gaza Genocide: A Collective Crime, a report issued by the U.N. on Oct. 20 and signed by Francesca Albanese, the British prime minister is specifically cited for his complicity in Israel’s terror campaign against the Palestinians of Gaza. “On 9 October 2023, immediately after Israel announced a tightened siege on Gaza,” the report reads, “key Western leaders expressed support for the ‘self-defence’ of Israel … British opposition leader Keir Starmer defended Israel’s right to cut off water and power to civilians.”

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Reg @reggiehere.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/10/2025

Everyone stop what you're doing and fix exploitative capitalism and runaway wealth inequality with your "economic liberty". ....why has no one ever thought of this before?? 😬

Post text: "What you'd *really* need to do is educate the masses and mobilize them behind an agenda of attacking the rich *through* economic liberty, but for reasons we can only speculate on (heh) magazines like Reason dare not even dip their toes into these waters..."

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