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  Not loyalists, but religious bigots with bowlers and brollies. PS: I thought political uniforms were banned. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/sep/27/tense-standoff-loyalist-march-portadown-protesters-block-route

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  Outrage as East German town bans Holocaust ‘stumbling blocks’ . #CDU #AfD #Stolpersteine #Heidenau https://edition.cnn.com/2026/09/26/europe/german-town-holocaust-stolpersteine-backlash-intl

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  Why is this man not being charged with endangering life at sea? #Racism #Fascism https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/22/far-right-activist-daniel-thomas-slashes-dinghy-with-blade-while-rescue-worker-onboard

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  #R4today had yet another rich man, 'Sir' Jim Ratcliffe, advocating making poor people poorer. The BBC really needs to stop giving these monsters a platform just because they have money.

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  "According to the official plans, the bridge from Torre Faro to Villa San Giovanni in Calabria would be the world’s longest suspension bridge, with a central span – the distance between the two main supporting towers – of 3.3km. Its deck would carry six traffic lanes, two service lanes and two railway tracks. No suspension bridge with a comparable span exists. (The closest is Japan’s Minami Bisan-Seto Bridge, opened in 1988, with a main span of 1.1km.)" https://www.theguardian.com/wor...

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  Burnham to give councils more powers to block vape and betting shops. He's shutting the door on an empty stable. The horse vanished ages ago. On my local 'high street', it's not vape and betting shops that predominate, but hot food takeaways. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/aug/10/burnham-to-give-councils-more-powers-to-block-vape-and-betting-shops

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  @alexadeswift@lgbtqia.space A friend of mine usehttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/bristol-car-crash-attempted-murder-b3029989.htmld to teach the online journalism module for UWE's media studies degree course. He used to despair at the low standard of English his students exhibited.

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  'Police say they will "not tolerate criminality, disorder or hate of any kind".' So why are you letting the #fascists and #racists assemble in the first place, Mr Plod? #Bristol https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/police-issue-stern-warning-ahead-11097207

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  Bullshit klaxon. "A police force using live facial recognition near a young people’s festival insists the controversial technology is “not mass surveillance or mass data capture”, but is being used to keep people safe." #surveillance https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/boardmasters-festival-facial-recognition-newquary-devon-b3027787.html

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  Dodgy Don allegedly drops economic harm claim against BBC. He's obviously got something to hide... #MakeAmericaGrateAgain https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trump-emergency-motion-bbc-lawsuit-financial-records-1812863

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  14 peaceful protesters arrested at Palestine Action demonstration outside #Bristol Prison. https://www.bristol247.com/news-and-features/news/14-peaceful-protesters-arrested-at-palestine-action-demonstration-outside-bristol-prison/

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  People of Britain, you *will* work until you drop dead! https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/aug/07/english-primary-schools-to-be-told-to-identify-children-at-risk-of-future-unemployment

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  Auntie has found the most sensitive part of the Mango Mussolini's anatomy... "Donald Trump’s legal team is making an 11th-hour attempt to block a court order that would grant the BBC access to the president’s financial records, as part of his multibillion-dollar lawsuit against the British broadcaster." #MakeAmericaGrateAgain #tRump https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/05/trump-bbc-lawsuit-financial-records

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  There's nothing 'essential' [sic] about a disposable barbecue, you muppets! #BadJournalism https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/disposable-bbq-tesco-asda-ban-b3027116.html

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  Price of olive oil expected to rise again as European crops feel the heat. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/04/price-olive-oil-expected-rise-again-european-crops-heat-drought-wildfires

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  "In the annual guga hunt, up to 2,000 gannet chicks are killed over a 10-day period on the uninhabited Hebridean island of Sula Sgeir, 40 miles north of Lewis and Harris. NatureScot, which is responsible for licensing, refused to allow this year’s hunt to go ahead, citing a potential “adverse impact” on gannet populations according to new modelling." https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/03/scottish-seabird-hunt-cancelled-for-first-time-in-400-years

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  Von der Leyen: brown people go home! #Ceuta https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/03/stronger-eu-borders-physical-barriers-ceuta-von-der-leyen

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  #ReformUK = cruelty personfied. "A café owner who served up free meals to hungry children after food vouchers were removed has been told he will be reported to police by a Reform council leader. Barry Ashley, who runs the Grumpy Cook in Hastings, stepped up after East Sussex County Council decided not to issue school holiday meal vouchers to struggling families over the summer. He has criticised the move, which he branded “shameless”, accusing the council of turning its back of children i...

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  "Continuously wooded since at least 1600, Oaken Wood is a plantation on ancient woodland site (paws), which means it is the site of an ancient forest that has been replanted. For centuries it has been worked as a sweet chestnut coppice, with whole sections felled in rotation, allowing the stumps to regrow." #Kent #ReformUK https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/30/oaken-wood-ancient-woodland-kent-quarry-expansion-reform-council

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  "NHS England has admitted that a data protection document inaccurately stated who could access patient information, failing to disclose that Palantir staff could view identifiable data held within part of its Federated Data Platform." #NHS #Palantir https://www.theregister.com/public-sector/2026/07/29/nhs-england-rapped-over-inaccurate-palantir-patient-data-disclosure/5280233

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  Data centres should be sent to the back of the queue. People need electricity first. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jul/29/datacentre-projects-fees-grid-access-connection-queue-ofgem

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  First Jodrell Bank, now particle physics. I know the country needs more sparks and brickies, but cutting funding to high-end science is ill-advised, myopic and will ultimately backfire.

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  "Matthew Torbitt, a prominent political commentator who once described himself as “Britain’s favourite lefty”, pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud by false representation at a hearing at Thames magistrates court on Monday." Never even heard of him... #GBeebies #fraud https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jul/27/gb-news-pundit-matthew-torbitt-admits-committing-while-labour-aide

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  RE: https://mas.to/@therightarticle/116988188759385055 US forces are like vampires. Once invited in, they never want to leave and will abuse one's hospitality. Oversexed, overpaid and over here in the UK since 1942.

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  "Construction work has begun on a railway track running between Bristol and Portishead, which will allow passenger trains to run on the line for the first time in 60 years. The £196m project will create two new stations, at Pill and Portishead, connecting them with Parson Street, Bedminster and Bristol Temple Meads in a 25-minute, hourly service." #Bristol https://www.bristol247.com/news-and-features/news/work-begins-on-train-track-between-portishead-and-bristol/

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  A Tony Blair tribute act. Burnham = #tRrump's poodle where use of US bases in UK for attacks on #Iran is concerned. Some people never learn.

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  @alexadeswift@lgbtqia.space @christineburns@mastodon.green @ChrisMayLA6@mastodon.me.uk @artnacrea@mastodon.ie @elCelio@mastodon.uno And getting darker by the day.

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  @alexadeswift@lgbtqia.space @christineburns@mastodon.green @ChrisMayLA6@mastodon.me.uk @artnacrea@mastodon.ie @elCelio@mastodon.uno Great word; accurate too. :)

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  I bet Burnham's never heard of the heptarchy. #devolution

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  RE: https://mastodon.scot/@LaChasseuse/116958043551926886 English colonialism is alive and well.