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Speshul Kay

@speshulkay.bsky.social
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Happily retired. Life spent between Edinburgh, York and Cyprus. Detest all the hate speak and terrified of the rise of fascism. I have precious grandchildren and always conscious of the need to protect the world I'm leaving them.

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Speshul Kay @speshulkay.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
It's known as Lake Ontario across the entire world you utterly spineless sycophants! On to Waze I go.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Lets send Boris Johnson's sons and daughters, Rishi Sunak's sons and daughters, Andy Burnham's sons and daughters, and all the Right Wing Media scums sons and daughters. See how up for a war they are then.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
'Farage in 2016: “The worst case scenario, economically, is better than where we are today.” 10 years after 'today'' "98.2% of UK businesses want to rejoin the EU single market" meme via Mina Rodgers
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Speshul Kay @speshulkay.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I don't actually know the answer.... are student loans not government backed?
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 31/08/2026
It's time to finally hold social media companies accountable for the damage they cause. www.theguardian.com/technology/2026…
theguardian.com
What could Meta’s US settlement mean around the world – and what now for other claims against firm?
Other governments could seek similar concessions, while separate legal action is pending in places ranging from Kenya to
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iansayer @iansayer.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Bloody Trump. He needs to be gone.
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🦋FightForDemocracy!🦋 @budahsbaker.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Post by: Gregg Rogell Comment by me: Perfecto! Post: To all the cattle ranchers worried about going bankrupt: that sick feeling in your stomach and that shortness of breath—that’s called Trump Derangement Syndrome.
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Speshul Kay @speshulkay.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Only if it's paid back. The inference (if it was true) is that they will take the money and the education and run.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Foreign students don’t get UK student loans. Stupidest party in the world with the most gullible followers.
Times Higher Education • @timeshighered
X.com
Reform UK has promised to ban "foreign students" from accessing student loans and said it will end public subsidies for "woke nonsense" degrees
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 23/08/2026
"Make America Healthy Again" has never sounded so hollow. Hostility to vaccines from MAGA has already increased cases of measles. Trump's empty advice that children should receive separate jabs against measles, mumps & rubella will lead to less take-up - and more catastrophic outcomes for children.
theguardian.com
The Guardian view on Trump’s MMR executive order: endangering the children he claims to care about | Editorial
Editorial: The president’s empty advice that children should receive separate jabs against measles, mumps and rubella wi
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AgentJoeMcJoe 🇺🇸 @joemcjoe11.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
The 100% vile president doesn't care about these soldiers who died so trumpy can hide from the Epstein files. We care. We must care.
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Speshul Kay @speshulkay.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Yes they are!
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Speshul Kay @speshulkay.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Ah, so good to have you back. I'll be popping back for a regular dose!
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Speshul Kay @speshulkay.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
We won't. Not in their interests. It should be taught in every school and university though!
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Speshul Kay @speshulkay.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Oleaginousness? Wow!
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Speshul Kay @speshulkay.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
At £5m for five years I anticipate a repayment to Harborne of £2.5m 🤔.
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Speshul Kay @speshulkay.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Really?
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Speshul Kay @speshulkay.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
How would you like to join the fight? I'd vote for you.... if I lived in Clacton!
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Speshul Kay @speshulkay.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
That's my point. There will barely be a person with a smart phone who can't be traced by facial recognition already. If they have Facebook, Insta, profile pics on Watsapp, etc etc.
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Speshul Kay @speshulkay.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
I'm not sure that argument holds water. If bad actors get in they will do what they want regardless if the facility is already there or not.
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Speshul Kay @speshulkay.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
That's not what I said. Read it again.
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Speshul Kay @speshulkay.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
How many don't get to buy them because they don't have ID? Reminder, people doing that are breaking the law.
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Speshul Kay @speshulkay.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Do you use facial recognition on your phone? If you have a passport, driving licence etc I hate to break it to you but the government already have you on file :).
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Speshul Kay @speshulkay.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
You don't need to put any personal details in, no name, no credit card, nada. All you need is a scan of your face to show that you are over 16 or whatever. Nothing to link your face to your name. Of course if you've already done facial recognition on your phone you've already granted permission.....
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Speshul Kay @speshulkay.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Ah, I've heard this before. We are getting in to tin foil hat territory if we go down this road. You don't need identity verification at all, you will simply need a face scan to determine that you are over 16 or18 depending on the site.
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Speshul Kay @speshulkay.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
At the moment being the operative words.
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Speshul Kay @speshulkay.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Totally disagree. A ban gives parents teeth that's why 90% of parents are supporting it. They are now in position to counter the argument that 'everyone is on it'.
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Speshul Kay @speshulkay.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
The ban is being done in tandem with the crackdown on the tech bros Starmer talked about last week. We have to start somewhere, I believe this is only the start. Parents are now talking about going back to bricks rather than smart phones. Remember the backlash against seatbelts and smoking bans?
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Speshul Kay @speshulkay.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Not a chance. Their share of the (very low turnout) vote was only 25%. A lot of people use protest votes or vote on local issues in local elections. Reform are hated by over 70% of the population and there will be wall to wall tactical voting at a GE. Why do you think Kemi is offering a pact?
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Speshul Kay @speshulkay.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Pretty well.
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Speshul Kay @speshulkay.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
So 40% don't. That's 40% more than previously.
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Speshul Kay @speshulkay.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Reform will never get in. Quite apart from anything else Farage wouldn't be willing to put the graft in being PM demands.
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Speshul Kay @speshulkay.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Absolutely. It may not be perfect but it is a start. It can be improved upon as time goes on. Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
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Speshul Kay @speshulkay.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Well that's a positive for me. If Jenrick and Farage are against it I'm in all our support of it.
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Speshul Kay @speshulkay.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
The difference is it is now backed by 90% of parents who have a much greater understanding of the harms social media can do.
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Speshul Kay @speshulkay.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Bring on Leveson 2. It's needed now more than ever.
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Ian @ianpadg.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Hitler and Lord Haw Haw had medium wave, around 3KHz and the Daily Mail. Putin and Farage have X,RT and GB News, amplified via the BBC. Reform are destabilising the country.
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Rick @calder12.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
It speaks volumes about our politicians that not only have they not banned Twitter, the vast majority still post there, and many (looking at you @mark-carney.bsky.social ) actually post more there than they do here.
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Speshul Kay @speshulkay.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
That would create "FREE SPEECH" outrage.
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Simon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Staggering. Yet another stunner in a day that still hasn’t ended.
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Speshul Kay @speshulkay.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Your friends have been paying too much attention to Elon Musk and not enough attention to the truth.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
No, there weren’t ‘over two million’ people at last weekend’s Unite the Kingdom march. Police estimates put the figure for last weekend’s march at “around 60,000” people. fullfact.org/politics/uni...
fullfact.org
No, there weren’t ‘over two million’ people at last weekend’s Unite the Kingdom march – Full Fact
We’ve seen several social media posts quoting this figure, but both the police and an independent expert have said it’s much too high.
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Le Pen and Farage are old friends. They were both MEPs together. They took money from the EU, but did no work for it in return. Le Pen has since been convicted for embezzlement. It's time Farage's finances were put under the microscope too. #FarageOut
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Speshul Kay @speshulkay.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Do you have an example of where that has happened?
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
The ECHR has protected British people from abuses of power by its own government. Nigel Farage wants us to leave it. Please think about that youtu.be/Fhrb5Z7ScME?...
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THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTS US ALL - WE MUST DEFEND IT!
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19/05/2026
"Trump either underestimated how powerful the weapon of Hormuz is, or didn’t believe Iran would use it. And now that Iran has successfully created a global energy crisis that’s rapidly turning into an economic one, he still wants someone else to solve the problem. Yet he keeps getting turned down."
publicnotice.co
No one is coming to bail Trump out of his disastrous war
He's the only one who can end this.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
So according to today’s RAJAR figures, that’s the most listened to speech programme in the history of UK commercial radio that you’ll be tuning in to on LBC at 10am. (Thank you, btw. Thank you so much.)
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Speshul Kay @speshulkay.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
The lead up to the kings speech executed with the usual aplomb of @mrjamesob.bsky.social. How often have we heard the words Higgledy-piggledy uttered by any of the Dimblebys?
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
🔴 Nigel Farage is facing questions about why he did not declare his use of a donor’s helicopter to travel around Britain for multiple Reform UK rallies over the past year. New on Democracy for Sale and @theguardian.com democracyforsale.substack.com/p/farage-fac...
democracyforsale.substack.com
Farage faces questions over flights in Reform donor's helicopter
Exclusive: Reform leader under pressure to "show the receipts" after our investigation finds undeclared election campaign flights on helicopter owned by party donor.
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jahodges69.bsky.social @jahodges69.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
I'm struck by the fact that 27% with a 7% lead for Reform midterm was a massive victory and ringing endorsement but 34% with a 7% lead in the election for Labour was a loveless landslide.
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