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Tom O'Connell

@tomthegrinch.bsky.social
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Left wing values, not ideology. Never agreeing with anyone on everything keeps me sane. Nice country, shame about some of the people. No DMs please.

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Tom O'Connell @tomthegrinch.bsky.social · 11h
This RAF Fairford thing is political hokey cokey, isn't it. 🎵You put your Iran in, your Iran out, in, out, in out, shake it all about🎵 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
UK believes Iran involved in RAF Fairford incident, Burnham says
The prime minister's comments come days after the suspects were released on the 'strictest possible bail conditions'.
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Tom O'Connell @tomthegrinch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Surely the triple lock in the long term will be essential for the generations that will likely only have the State Pension to live on?
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Tom O'Connell @tomthegrinch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is why Reform and Restore are nazis.
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Tom O'Connell @tomthegrinch.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Did that judge really think allowing the Orange Order to march through a Catholic nationalist area wouldn't be a problem? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Drumcree: Orange Order parade dispute continues as main players hold talks
A controversial march was due to take place on Sunday morning but was blocked by protesters on the mainly-nationalist Garvaghy Road.
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Tom O'Connell @tomthegrinch.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Suck-up Relationship. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6... Defence Secretary Wes Streeting addressing Labour conference - watch live - BBC News
bbc.co.uk
Defence Secretary Wes Streeting addressing Labour conference - watch live
Chancellor John Healey is due to speak later, a month before his first Budget. He's expected to promise the crowd in Liverpool "a new age of industrialisation" for the UK.
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Tom O'Connell @tomthegrinch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Know what's even worse than religion and nationalism? Religious nationalism.
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Tom O'Connell @tomthegrinch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Rich people tend to like right wing governments. Really rich people tend to like fascist governments. Really REALLY rich people tend to really like nazi governments.
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Tom O'Connell @tomthegrinch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Americans finding out their constitution isn't worth the paper it's written on.
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Tom O'Connell @tomthegrinch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Menai Bridge, Anglesey. #VisitBritain
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Tom O'Connell @tomthegrinch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
They know they can do this shit with impunity now.
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Tom O'Connell @tomthegrinch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
All these ex Soviet states going all far right.... It's almost as if the USSR wasn't really a Communist state at all, just a common or garden totalitarian one after all. And they miss it.
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Tom O'Connell @tomthegrinch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Americans finding out their constitution isn't worth the paper it's written on.
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Tom O'Connell @tomthegrinch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Shamed, or forced into it in my opinion. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Police arrest far-right activist Daniel Thomas after dinghy slashed in Channel
Thirty-seven-year-old in custody suspected of committing crimes including ‘criminal damage to endanger life’
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Tom O'Connell @tomthegrinch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The difference is that in the 1970s government and media didn't tolerate the far right. Now they're appeasing its violence as "legitimate concerns".
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Tom O'Connell @tomthegrinch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Are we sure "activists" and "police" aren't the same people?
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Tom O'Connell @tomthegrinch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Americans have a far right government. The UK has a centre left government that's terrified of the far right.
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Tom O'Connell @tomthegrinch.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Has the government said it's listening over Danny Tommo slashing an RNLI boat yet?
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Tom O'Connell @tomthegrinch.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I know Sheeran fucked up, but it's all getting a bit Jason Arday to me.
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Tom O'Connell @tomthegrinch.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It's bad enough that fascists, nazis and racists feel able to spouting their shite. It's fucking disgusting that so-called centre-left wing politicians and the mainstream media are legitimatising their fascism, nazism and racism.
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Tom O'Connell @tomthegrinch.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
They all do. That's the problem. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Andy Burnham expects to find 'common ground' with Trump in first meeting
In New York, the prime minister will also deliver a speech to the UN General Assembly expected to be focused on AI.
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Tom O'Connell @tomthegrinch.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Watching the last episode of Ken Burns' The Civil War. This series is so fucking good.
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Tom O'Connell @tomthegrinch.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This is highly unusual for current US (and UK) media.
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Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
So true.
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Tom O'Connell @tomthegrinch.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Watching Sting talking about the industrial decline in the North East in the 80s. Reminds me that the decline in the UK was unavoidable and from the 60s. And that Thatcher accelerated it and made it worse, mainly out of spite. #bbclaurak
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Tom O'Connell @tomthegrinch.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The top 10% pay 60% of income tax. What % of their wealth is that, compared to the 90%. Or the bottom 50%? #bbclaurak
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Tom O'Connell @tomthegrinch.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Brandreth is just full of shit, isn't he. As usual. #bbclaurak
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Tom O'Connell @tomthegrinch.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
If there's anything worse than an economist, it's the Economist. #bbclaurak
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Tom O'Connell @tomthegrinch.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Kuennesberg is supposed to be a journalist. This interview with Phillipson is a fucking disgrace. #bbclaurak
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Tom O'Connell @tomthegrinch.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"Police clash with..." Not "Police stand back..." news.sky.com/story/police...
news.sky.com
Police clash with hundreds of far-right protesters in The Hague
The protesters chanted antisemitic slogans, attacked police, and threw fireworks at riot officers, according to a Dutch minister.
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Tom O'Connell @tomthegrinch.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
From an ex-PM who appointed ministers pushing exactly that attitude.
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Tom O'Connell @tomthegrinch.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I didn't mind Michael Caine fucking off to the US to avoid 95% tax rates. I do mind him moving back, and saying the UK is better as "a poor master than a rich servant" over Brexit. How easy it is for the wealthy to pontificate on poverty, eh.
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Tom O'Connell @tomthegrinch.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Tbh, the only person I'd think has lost the plot would be Andy Burnham if he did have one.
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Tom O'Connell @tomthegrinch.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Why the fuck is Denmark negotiating at all? Fuck the US. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
US and Denmark reach deal over Greenland's security after Trump threats
Trump says the agreement will give the US "permanent control over security, and all other needs, in Greenland", though specifics have not been confirmed by Danish officials.
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Tom O'Connell @tomthegrinch.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Fuck "Billionaire Manchester United owner". Twat. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Billionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UK
Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.
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Tom O'Connell @tomthegrinch.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
What fucking idiots thought, "I know, let's appoint Supreme Court judges for life."? Oh, I know, the fucking "Founding Fathers".
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The Mummy: Annoyed Man Reacts to 'Americans'
ALT: The Mummy: Annoyed Man Reacts to 'Americans'
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Tom O'Connell @tomthegrinch.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
OK, hear me out. A Lord of the Rings remake, but with these two taking the One Ring to Mordor.
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Tom O'Connell @tomthegrinch.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
They also conveniently date the war from June 1941.
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Will Smith's Sarcastic 'Hmmmm'
ALT: Will Smith's Sarcastic 'Hmmmm'
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The Giant Aquatic Centipede @deaddropholiday.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Fenella Fielding. The woman who first linked the words "impressionable" and "teenager". I cannot tell you ... 😍😅 #carryonscreaming #fenellafielding
Image of Fenella Fielding from Carry on Screaming
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Tom O'Connell @tomthegrinch.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Foreigners and non residents not being able to donate to UK political parties, and capping donations at some fixed level are no-brainers, surely? @andyburnham.bsky.social
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Tom O'Connell @tomthegrinch.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Austin Powers' Iconic 'Yeah, Baby!' Moment
ALT: Austin Powers' Iconic 'Yeah, Baby!' Moment
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Tom O'Connell @tomthegrinch.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Some fucking racist villagers declare "independence". Media descend. Some fascist twats close an RNLI station. Media....meh.
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Tom O'Connell @tomthegrinch.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is why conflating Jews with Israel is bollocks.
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Vincent Zimmerman @zimmermanv66.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Tom O'Connell @tomthegrinch.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The banning fishing is a joke. The being able to ban stuff isn't.
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Tom O'Connell @tomthegrinch.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
What scene makes you emotional no matter how many times you see it?
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Tom O'Connell @tomthegrinch.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A remake if The Eagle Has Landed, where black British soldiers are billeted in an English village, and find it's almost full of racist inhabitants.
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Tom O'Connell @tomthegrinch.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The reason for having the ECHR is being clearly demonstrated in the US. A national government is deciding who are and who aren't US citizens based on perceived political and racial characteristics. It is interning and deporting those determined to be "other". It is also criminalising any dissent.
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Tom O'Connell @tomthegrinch.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Piddington prepares to establish its borders....
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Tom O'Connell @tomthegrinch.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Let's be clear. Ed Sheeran made a choice. No force was exerted on him. Except by himself.
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Tom O'Connell @tomthegrinch.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Racist Nimbyism. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Piddington in Oxfordshire votes to leave UK over asylum plans
Piddington residents vote over proposals to house up to 1,256 male asylum seekers nearby.
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