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Rick1955

@rick1955.bsky.social
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Brummie, retired to Bournemouth, UK & Coimbra, Portugal. Worked in Telecoms & IT in Spain, Netherlands & UK. Play piano & classical/theatre organ for fun. Don't comment often but when I do, I usually mean it.

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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Reform UK already have a comprehensive plan for social care: me and my rich mates will be just fine thanks and the rest of you can go fuck yourselves.
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Rick1955 @rick1955.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Interesting final paragraph in this piece from the Guardian this morning..
theguardian.com
Ann Widdecombe, former Tory minister and Reform UK member, dies aged 78
Prominent Eurosceptic and social conservative described as ‘force of nature’ by Farage and ‘formidable’ by Badenoch
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
The worst possible way to honour the memory of Henry Nowak, victim of a horrible murder and a grave misjudgement by the police, is to do what Nigel Farage appears to want: turn it into an excuse for racial conflict.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
McGovern: How the hell is this America first? You guys broke your top campaign promise. Good luck with that. I hope the defense contractor money was worth it. Shame on you all. The mask is off. You're all just a bunch of pathetic Neocon Warmongers.
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Jon Burke🌍 @jonburkeuk.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
‘Keep bombing people until they stop talking about the Epstein Files’ is the main plank of U.S Foreign Policy in 2026.
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Adil Ray @adilray.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Lucy White, campaigning for Restore Britain, says no right wing party should appoint Muslims and foreigners. Every single day something like this seems to come out. Do we do anything about it?
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Same, Lady Gaga. Same.
Lady Gaga praying for the end of pedophilia in America
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
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Rick1955 @rick1955.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
This piece should be used for the Sermon at Christmas Eve church services thought the land. Very well written, @rachelmillward.bsky.social Thank you.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Why are Labours attacks misfiring? Because Labour support genocide. Labour protect the power & wealth of the super rich. And all they do is attack the Green Party. Help us take the actual fight to Reform: join.greenparty.org.uk
Labours green attacks are misfiring.

Keir Starmers dismissal of the insurgent party as nuts won't work.
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 23/11/2025
The new evidence is grim: Brexit has made Britain is smaller, poorer and less productive. No wonder Reeves found a black hole in the budget. It’s been carved out by a decade of lost growth of 6-8% - a hit of £180-£240bn - that’s far worse than was predicted.
eastangliabylines.co.uk
New: Boris Johnson’s ‘Brexit Titanic success’ was half right
Nearly ten years on, the first full assessment of Brexit confirms what millions warned: Britain made itself poorer
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Let's make hope normal again. Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Left: Kemi Badenoch says the anti genocide marches in London are "protests which are in fact carnivals of hatred directed at the Jewish homeland" Right: A British Jewish protestor on one of these 'carnivals of hatred' marches in London, to end the genocide imposed by Israel on Gaza
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Trumpton @trumpton.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Keir Starmer has said he will look at how international law is being interpreted by British courts in an effort to tackle small boats, which he labelled “Farage boats” because of their increase in number since Brexit.
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 05/09/2025
Led By Donkeys have got Fartrage's number.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
“To turn a whole movement into a terrorist organisation is quite another matter” Labour's Baroness Chakrabarti spoke after 532 people were arrested at a protest in support of banned group Palestine Action
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Rick1955 @rick1955.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
London yesterday. What are us Brits becoming?
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London March: Police Target Elderly Woman
YouTube video by PalPulse
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
If there's one thing you watch today, make it this Bob Geldof criticises Israel for what they're doing in Gaza Then criticises Trevor Philips for making excuses for what Israel is doing in Gaza Part 1/3
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 22/06/2025
AOC: “It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.”
The President's disastrous decision to bomb Iran without authorization is a grave violation of the Constitution and Congressional War Powers.
He has impulsively risked launching a war that may ensnare us for generations.
It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
I think it's clear.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Lady with turquoise necklace, "Why are you still friends with Israel and an apartheid state?" Heidi Alexander, "I find it as sickening and as harrowing as every single person in this audience" Lady with turquoise necklace, "Then do something" #BBCQT
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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Do not stop speaking up for Palestine 🇵🇸
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デイヴ @deivudesu.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/05/2025
Don't worry Israel, you may have finished second, but in our hearts, you are the undisputed number 1 in genocide and indiscriminate killing of children. #eurovision #israel #gaza
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
What I don’t quite understand is why Israel’s supporters think that manipulating the vote in Eurovision would make them look good.
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Syd Barhey Esq. FCA. #FBPE @barheys.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
I’ve always loved Eurovision but I be damned if I am supporting an event that platforms genocidal maniacs on a killing spree There’s a particular kind of hypocrisy in the notion of a county projecting an image of happiness & normality whilst they crush the very existence of millions Shame … shame
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Man in black top tears into Reform and calls out Brexit for the disaster that it is #BBCQT
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Gary Lineker, "What's going on there (Gaza), the mass murder of thousands of children is something we should have an opinion on" Amol Rajan, "The BBC needs to be impartial about it" Gary Linekar, "Why? It needs to be factual"
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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 04/12/2024
"And once you come to this conclusion you cannot remain silent." Location: Parliament Square, London (sound on) youtu.be/WMwqhdVV5as
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Yes, it's a genocide
YouTube video by Led By Donkeys
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
An international arrest warrant has been issued for Netanyahu. If you want him arrested, Like. If it needs to be right now, RT.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
You have to admire Nigel Farage - who else would have the nerve to pretend to be the defender of farmers, after selling their whole industry down the river with his Brexit shitshow.
Nigel farage in barbour jacket at farmers protest
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Rick1955 @rick1955.bsky.social · 05/11/2024
Chilling..
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"Bohemian Trumpsody" - Marsh Family adaptation of "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen about Donald J. Trump
YouTube video by Marsh Family
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 26/09/2024
💥Wow💥 The Davis Downside Dossier passes the milestone of 2,000 downsides of Brexit recorded in the press. See the full database here. 👇
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
The Davis Downside Dossier
David Davis famously said there would be no downsides to Brexit only considerable upsides - so we started recording them.
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Rick1955 @rick1955.bsky.social · 17/09/2024
Maybe just me but, along with his counterparts on other mainstream channels, I find this guy stale and switch-off when I see them on TV. Is it time we got some new blood into the frontline of political reporting to reflect the serious challenges or our new Govt. & Country are currently facing?
theguardian.com
'It’s an astonishingly fragile time’: Robert Peston on inequality, identity politics and how to heal Britain
ITV’s political editor has helped explain our national crises, from the 2008 financial crash onwards. Could he also help solve them?
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Rick1955 @rick1955.bsky.social · 05/09/2024
phew, just discovered @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social & @number10cat.bsky.social here on BlueSky... I'll never need to open X/Twitter again. Already feeling cleaner...
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Rick1955 @rick1955.bsky.social · 02/09/2024
I got a new mobi for my birthday and didn't bother to transfer the X (Twitter) App. Quite content with Bluesky as my new current events & cat pictures place of interest.
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Rick1955 @rick1955.bsky.social · 15/08/2024
A daft article, running my business I got more work done in the office whilst staff took their summer/xmas holidays and took my time away when they'd all returned..
theguardian.com
In cancelling his family summer holiday, Keir Starmer has made his first serious mistake | Martin Kettle
The days when Harold Macmillan could disappear to the grouse moors for the summer are gone – but even prime ministers need a break, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle
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Rick1955 @rick1955.bsky.social · 15/08/2024
After only a few hours enjoying Bluesky. Will be deleting X/Twitter account shortly
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