John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
Presumably somebody is paying graphics designers to create this shite. If they're being paid using government funding then that would be a misuse of public money.
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view profile on Bluesky John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
Presumably somebody is paying graphics designers to create this shite. If they're being paid using government funding then that would be a misuse of public money.
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
My money's on him lying.
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
I think the late queen might have done😜
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
Barry McGuire's 'Eve if Destruction' from 1965 might be more appropriate🙁 The Eastern world, it is explodin' Violence flarin', bullets loadin' You're old enough to kill but not for votin' You don't believe in war, but what's that gun you're totin'? And even the Jordan river has bodies floatin'.
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
But hopefully not the chair of Spelling 😜.
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
It's allowed us to charge VAT on private school fees👍🏻
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
As a self-proclaimed connoisseur of tie knots those are shit, loosely tied single Windsor knots. Somebody should teach them how to tie a proper double Windsor.
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
And those little buggers will have probably never met a refugee. How has it come to this?
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
It's not a real option anyway is it George? How could it be implemented, given most media is digital.
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
If we didn't know better you'd suspect that Trumpty Dumpty hasn't fully thought this one through wouldn't you?
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
It's just nice to see someone picking up Nadine Dorris' mantle.
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
The arrogance of these people is off the scale. A politician of very limited intelligence overruling scientists and medical professionals on such a critical protocol is staggering.
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
Or butter? 😋
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
You mean he can read and write? Well, who would have thought it?
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
The guy is so thick that he calls these conditions 'injuries'.
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
I wouldn't have classified Fahrenheit 451 as a pulp novel. It's an excellent piece of literature.
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
I can add you into the group if you like. I seem to have admin rights for some reason 😜
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
So he's walking away? Well that's a shame because he's made such progress towards ending the conflict so far hasn't he? What a gobshite.
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
What he probably said was Badenoch was a prick.
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh, I think she understands perfectly well. She's not stupid - she's just a liar.
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
One of the main arguments trotted out to justify privatisation is that competition drives efficiency - which may be true in some cases (he says, doubtfully!), but there is no competition in monopolies. Look at the shit show (literally) in the UK that is the result of water company privatisation.
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
Just think, if you knew in advance what he was going to do that would have been a great opportunity for making a fortune by selling stock when the price was high and then buying back when it briefly tanked. It's a good job that Trump's inner circle are above reproach. Yes, I'm being sarcastic.
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
He's proved there are no consequences for anything he does. A convicted felon and sexual predator and he still gets to be President!
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
Agreed George. It's not just Mango Mussolini and his cronies that concern me it's the exposure of the disdain that millions of Americans for us in Europe (and Canada/Australia etc.) that is obviously deeply embedded in elements of the US culture and that will remain long after Trump has gone.
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
I wonder how many readers will know what you are referring to! Clever though 😜
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
When will everyone acknowledge that people like Trump and Musk don't give a shit about anyone other than themselves? That's what characterises narcissistic sociopaths.
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh, I think Trump is as dumb as he seems. If there's a plan he hasn't come up with it.
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
Nice post. I just can't get my head around how people still can't understand that tariffs aren't paid by the countries that Trump is targeting but are a US tax paid by the importer. How do they think their version works in practice? The exporter puts an envelope of cash in with the consignment?
BladeoftheSun (@bladeofthes.bsky.social) reposted
Richard Gere helping Asylum Seekers. RT if he is a billion times the man Nigel Farage is.
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
The obvious scenario is that Waltz had Goldberg's contact details on his phone and accidentally selected him when setting up the group. The question then is why did Waltz have Goldberg's contact on his phone? I'm not saying he has definitely been leaking information to the press, but ...
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
"Blessed be the fruit."
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
I don't need to visit the US in its current state. I've seen everything I need to see by watching The Handmaid's Tale.
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
What I find most disturbing about this incident is the fact that the US Border officials were so diligent in enforcing Trump's new directives. They could easily have ignored the comments on his phone. They obviously agree with all of the shit that the Mango Mussolini is introducing. Best stay away.
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
Be careful - if Trumpo sees this he'll want to annex Mauritius and turn it into the next Las Vegas.
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
If that happens I'm going to be in a world of pain. All that dancing will play havoc with my dodgy hip
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
Now he tells us!
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
Groan!
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
You are a better person than me. I'd be very interested in seeing him in prison.
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
Well I suppose they will be easy to identify as they all wear red baseball caps with the caption 'Make America Great Again'.
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
So he's admitting he had a fetish for listening to girls peeing?
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
I'd always thought that it meant being deranged in the same manner as Trump is.
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
Track and Trace - £37bn "spaffed up the wall".
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
She has form for murder-suicide? That must take a bit of doing! Is she descended from Lazarus?
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
Without reading the article I'm assuming this is describing photosynthesis, i.e. plants using light energy to combine water and carbon dioxide to create carbohydrates?
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
There's only one person that Trump likes and that's himself. His extreme narcissism cannot spare any affection for anyone else.
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
Can I just correct your spelling of mediocre? In this context it's actually spelled 'totally incompetent and unqualified'.
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
Borrow and increase tax rates for higher earners to pay for it. Sod the manifesto promises
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
You have to remember who the other candidates were!
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
One that Farage seems unable to say is "Sorry for the economic and cultural disaster that is Brexit. It was all my fault because I am a racist and a liar."
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
He tried to style it out but was really rattled by that defiance wasn't he? What a spineless piece of shit he is.
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
When she talks about fighting for Western values does she mean like Randolph Scott in High Noon?
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm guessing the follow up video, 'The Best of Richard Tice', will be a lot shorter.
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
Well, if that's the position you want to take that's fine😜
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
Would you care to elaborate on that comment, or perhaps just phrase it as a coherent sentence?
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
Have you heard of a guy called JD Vance? 😲
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
They must be expecting a massive influx from the US of Democrats fleeing persecution.
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm sorry but I disagree. She talks utter nonsense all of the time.
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
And when is he going to announce phase 2 of his plan (his bigliest, most beautiful plan) and explain what will happen to the deserted territory? Unless of course he doesn't really have a plan at all and he's just saying whatever shit is washing around in his little brain at the time.
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
The guy is an absolute jolk.
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
So is Tice only going to claim half of his MP's salary?
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
There is no empirical evidence to support this myth. You would have to measure tourist income both with and without the royals and compare the two. I'd happily support a few years' trial without the royals to assess the impact.
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
No they don't.
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
It's the rank hypocrisy that really gets my goat. Parasites.
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social)
Now that the tangerine one has moved his inauguration indoors with a limited audience, will Farage get a seat or will he have to watch it on the telly in a bar somewhere?
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
Now, now. You know it's in a good cause. Someone has to pay for Michelle Mone's yacht.
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
And don't forget to wash the slime off.
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
Well he doesn't know his arse from his elbow so why do you think Six Bob Knob would know how to spell?
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
Or organise a 'prisoner exchange'. One Democrat voter gets to move to the UK for every Reform voter the US takes.
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
Don't they have rather pale complexions for men of Pakistani heritage?
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
I doubt if Jess has the financial resources to take on that mega-rich tosser, even if she wanted to. Unfortunately that kind of wealth means he can more or less do what he wants with impunity.
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
Cathy Newman is one of the few MSM journalists I have any respect for.
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
It's obviously the latter, or by corollary do you think that 88% of white people carry out child sexual abuse?
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
Or maybe they just love polar bears?
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
The ability to read and write should have also been included, but it's too late now.
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
Such a precocious child.
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
Check your spelling - it's narcissistic idiot.
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
What's a fascit?
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
She wouldn't recognise a truth, difficult or otherwise, if it bit her on the arse.
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
But deGaulle is long dead.
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm not a theologian so I am open to being corrected, but I didn't think that any of the major religious texts promoted the practice of paedophile grooming gangs. These crimes have nothing to do with religion.
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
He was probably busy holding constituency surgeries in Clacton.
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
He's talking about people who have more money than they could spend in several lifetimes but are still greedy for more and who are even willing to sacrifice the future of their own children and descendants in the pursuit of that wealth. Musk is just one example, albeit a particularly abhorrent one.
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
Don't let the bastards grind you down - you know how good you really are. Look after yourself.
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
The true spirit of Christmas 😜
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
Or will it be Muskmas?
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
I did have half an hour ago Geoff. Toasted with loads of butter and blackcurrant jam😋
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
Mind you, I saw him playing flute for Jethro Tull in 1974 and he was fantastic.
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
Too late. Have you heard of Boris Johnson? Liz Truss?
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
I hope they only use electric tractors though.
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
Just think how excited Neil Parish must get when he watches the news at the moment.
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
And the one thing he thinks about constantly is himself.
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
Sorry, but I think you haven't read the article properly. This happened in Dubai, not the USA.
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
Is this because they have so many twats working there?
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
I don't think that question she's posing requires a great deal of deductive logic.
Peter Stefanovic (@peterstefanovic.bsky.social) reposted
Sounds like a plan www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/aus...
Peter Stefanovic (@peterstefanovic.bsky.social) reposted
Chancellor plans to end the UK’s “fractious” post-Brexit accord with the EU, a relationship she said had been defined by “division and chaos”, by promising closer ties in the first speech by a UK chancellor to eurozone finance ministers since 2020 www.theguardian.com/business/202...
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
He's not on the autistic spectrum but he's definitely on the twatism spectrum, towards the ultra-violet end.
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
He must have been overwhelmed by the beauty and grandeur of the architecture and decor. Must have felt just like being back home at Mar-A-Lago.
John Graves (@borograves.bsky.social) reply parent
He's married to Cruella FFS! What do you expect?