Grumpy old man (since a teenager). Green. Raging against the dying of the light. Buyer, and occasional reader, of books. Coffee, beer, wine - not necessarily in that order.
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choose not to. This I struggle with. The only solution I have found is to correlate 'love' with 'wanting the best for': I want the best for Farage et al, which means desiring for them a heart full of love, kindness, friendliness and forgiveness for everyone. Here's hoping.
Love for everyone, like one's self, one's neighbours AND asylum seekers. As important, but infinitely harder, love for those who need it most: the Farages and Tices of this world, those who discriminate on basis of colour, gender, race or beliefs, and those who are able to offer assistance but...
No donations should be accepted from lobbyists, without them declaring who they're lobbying on behalf of. No company which employ lobbyists should receive a government contract. Nah, scrap that. No money should be accepted by MPs over and above their salaries. Problem solved.
"No, we can't guarantee the safety of those who are too ill or too weak. Since October 7th we've shown every day that we have no regard whether we harm innocent civilians" There, I corrected it for you. No need to thank me.
Greta Thunberg is saying the truth we all know "Why are our government failing to step up and uphold international law?" "We are attempting to sail again with desperately needed humanitarian aid, But we are also delivering a message of hope and solidarity" Watch ๐
... or a litter, maybe? Suitably named for the utter trash that he is.
Speak often to people of other generations. Listen intently and learn something new from them with each interaction.
You won't see this on the news. In fact, you may not see this anywhere. Residents of Washington D.C. march up 14th Street on Saturday August 30, 2025 chanting "Troops Go Home".
Amazing video, Donald Trump genuinely cannot understand why parents want their dead children brought back to the USA so they can bury them. He's a 100% psychopath.
Dear America. It's the guns. Love, Everyone else. Credit: Philip Labes www.instagram.com/philiplabes?... www.tiktok.com/@philiplabes...
Why doesn't a left-leading newspaper run a weekly round-up of the utter twaddle published by the right-wing media, together with a brief explanation as to what the lie is, what the truth is, and what the agenda is, for each of the false articles published. I'm sure it'd be popular. I'd buy it!
Fathers For Injustice. A new low.
Trumps estimated taxpayer golf tab comes in at a whopping $78.4M To put that in perspective, Trump has already surpassed the midway point for his golf costs of $151.5 million during his first term. #DonaldTrump
This breaks my heart. I'm convinced there are far fewer people in the UK who think and act like this, than there are people who are kind, considerate, polite, welcoming and generous. Don't believe Farage, the BBC and the far right media. ๐
"Ah, bollocks! Trump is still alive." There, I corrected it for you, New York Post. No need to thank me.
โ ๏ธReminder: Telegraph is owned by a tax avoiding billionaire who doesnโt live in the UK, and employs Dubai based hypocrites who attack the UK from there. #ukpolitics
So kind of Cait Mercer to freely give English Heritage their next advertising campaign: "Everyone who's kind and inclusive: pop along to your local EH site today, where you're guaranteed not to bump into despicable racist scum like Mr & Mrs Mercer!"
There are people who are still trying to convince you that these are patriots, not racist pricks. Yeah, right!
Oh, I'd have put Katie Hopkins back and washed my hands.
Wonderful news, worthy of sharing (especially on this oh-he's-not-dead-then-day of mourning):
Keeping my fingers crossed for you and Zack.
Fuck Jim Davidson and his racist 'humour'. I'm disappointed to be reminded of him.
We had Margaret Thatcher, so be careful: it doesn't always work out well!
Watch. A perfect example of Trump/Vance/Miller's priorities: let the country burn, we want another scalp to report. WTF America? You realise the world is seeing this and we want absolutely nothing to do with you whilst these fuckwits are in power?
Things Iโm thinking while working in a peat fen, a wetland where peat has formed over millennia #wetlands #peat #fen ๐ฟ๐ฐ
Ha ha! Gavin Newsom is "too male and took white", as opposed to too "rape"y and too orange! And a "2028 run against the president"? WTF, Trump CANNOT run in 2028 (unless his dictatorial plans come to fruition and he refuses to leave office (when there'll be no '28 election))!
It's the fact that he even tries to deny these accusations that I find despicable. As if the world hasn't seen what the Israeli government and IDF have been doing, despite their attempts to mask their actions by banning foreign journalists from Gaza. We know. You're murderers. We'll never forget!
Source: www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6s5V2c3/
I guess the US military has the same clause as the rest of us in their contract of employment: "... and any other duties as directed from time to time by the management..."
The Rev took attendanceโฆ
I'm only a parish councillor, trying to make a difference at a local level, but have voted for you to make a HUGE difference at a national level. GOOD LUCK!
Went to an Afghan pop up restaurant last night- the food was all cooked by Afghan refugees who had settled in my town Amazing food, lovely people, a great night. Thank you Oh, and fuck you Fartage
Try fresh ginger. Horse sellers of old stuck it up the horse's backside to make them friskier. Go on, White House intern guys, try a really long knobbly bit.
Ballot closes at MIDDAY TODAY! Make sure you vote here: ballot.greenparty.org.uk Thank you so much for all the support during this long campaign! Results 11am Tuesday. #Rach4Deputy #RankRachel1st
There's still time for Marley's ghost to visit him... here's hoping.
A cavalcade that size just to transport one arsehole (a giant, self-important, odious arsehole, granted)?
President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa of Portugal, says that President Donald Trump is a Russian asset
It's shameful that anyone so ignorant of the facts (or gullible to Reform's outrageous lies, slurs and purposeful misinformation) is permitted to voice their ill-informed opinion live on TV. That he was allowed to make one false claim after another without the feed being cut is the producer's shame
No you are letting the far Right run the story. Be better.
For those who are still wondering. Is he or is he not... #FuckTACO
I have a new favorite song that sums up are politicians
I gave up the will to live trying to read this.
Father-in-law of British terror chief working on Palestine Action case is patron of UK Lawyers for Israel Independent journalist Craig Murray recently revealed that Jonathan Hall's father-in-law is Lord Dyson, a patron of UK Lawyers for Israel www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
Fossil fuel company funded Richard Tice says non-fossil fuels are bad for industry. Maybe for his paymasters' industry! Green energy is GREAT for the rest of us.
It's time EVERY MP published their diaries so their constituents & general public can see what they've done on our behalf, detailing who they've met, for how long and a summary of the meeting. Donations can only be seen as BRIBES, they're buying political influence. Disgraceful.
I stand up for nature. I am a Conservator of the Ashdown Forest, and co-founder of Friends of the River Medway. With our vision of Wealden as a place where people and nature thrive together, we are investing in nature restoration at council. #Rach4Deputy #RankRachel1st
There's JD pretending he has a heart! Like his ethics, principles, common sense, honour, honesty and integrity, it left him ages ago.
I like those people too...
In another instalment of: โDidnโt Age Wellโ This video was deleted from Twitter. So you know what to do. ๐
Free-Speech Champions and Cancel-Culture Scourge latest: "The Reform UK leader of Nottinghamshire, Mick Barton has banned the Nottingham Post and Nottinghamshire Live, from speaking to him or any of his councillors 'with immediate effect'." ~AA www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Just in case you needed yet ANOTHER reason not to be drinking cola, etc: www.linkedin.com/posts/manelg...
I can't believe this STILL needs pointing out to people.
A must watch. Such skill and beauty. Enjoy!
Do Jews in France behave like this? If so isn't it less antisemitism and more like just desserts?
Reform's nationwide TV coverage, and their constant misdirection and misinformation. "Don't look at our billionaire funders getting rich off the deprivation of the working classes, look at those 'others' in a small boat!" The BBC is Reform's advertising agency. They're not worthy of your loyalty.
There's simply no point in watching BBC political news coverage, as one can get the same biased opinions from Daily Mail, Express, Telegraph, et al. Switch off. I've not had a TV licence for more than 12 years and don't miss the BBC whatsoever. Defund them. Your licence fee pays for...
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The threat originates with Farage. He has spent his entire political career sowing division, trying to indoctrinate an us versus them attitude, all the while accepting funding from oligarchs and billionaires looking to profit from such division. He's an odious, pathetic glutton.
Nope. It's poisoning the minds of those who think they're hard done by, the gullible, simpletons, and those who refuse to get their news from balanced sources. Promoted by those who'll benefit from the removal of workers' rights.
Showing the world that these vomit-inducing sycophants are a national embarrassment, fawning over a president whose ego is so fragile he demands undeserved adulation... bootlickers going the extra mile: arselickers.
A decent human being doesn't think it's legitimate to send women and children back to the Taliban. Farage does. That tells you all you need to know about him and Reform... I can't begin to imagine where they'll end their cruelty.
Oh man! I had the rhythm going in my head and was just waiting for "if you want to be the best, if you want to beat the rest, dedication's what you need: RECORD BREAKERS!".
๐ This September, people across the world are taking to the streets to #DrawTheLine. For life. For people. For the planet. To demand real and urgent action from world leaders. ๐ฃ Bring the community energy voice to this global week of action and organise your own event! โก๏ธ drawtheline.world
77.3m US voters should hang their heads in shame. They won't though. They're too ignorant to see that the Orange Felon is looking after #1 and doesn't care one iota about their impending hardships.
Do you think she hears herself or she just reading a script and itโs business as usual?
Let it go. If you're a good person in your heart, words and actions, that's enough of a victory to celebrate in this day and age. Others seem to see that in you, that's why you're so popular. Be as kind to yourself as you would be to others. Judge yourself only against who you were yesterday.
Not a scintilla of humanity in any of them... there's simply no room for it, what with their entire beings being filled with bile, hatred, racism, greed and duplicity. They're an unwelcome stain on UK politics.
Yet another sign of their inhumanity. Awaiting the accusations of antisemitism towards anyone who criticises their despicable, murderous, barbarous acts. The lowest of the low.
Plague crosses are BACK! Thanks for letting us know which houses to avoid ๐๐๐ผ
Oh wow! There are some illiterate "Christian" preachers in the USA! I can only imagine God with his head in his hands wondering why on earth he gave mankind free will, when Trump and this imbecile are the consequence.
As a European, I can confirm that we don't call you that. We call you a joke or a clown (when in polite society). At all other times we call you an absolute fucking nightmare, a paedophile, a liar, cheat, fascist, simpleton, fraudster, glutton, or simply a cock-womble. Read the room and fuck off.
Kamala Harris nailed it. We warned everyone the stakes were too high to hand the guy built for Project 2025 another shot โ but noooo. Ever have one of those mornings you just want to throw the window open and yell, FUCK YOU ALL? Yeah, that.
President Trump, "There are a lot of people who could be mentioned in the Epstein files that don't deserve to be.. It's a Democrat hoax"
Ghislaine Maxwell targeted 17-year-old Virginia Giuffre at Mar-a-Lago, where she worked, and trafficked her to Jeffrey Epstein. Virginia once said, โI would like to see Ghislaine stay in jail forever.โ She died by suicide on April 25, 2025. Sheโs no longer here to speak her truthโso we will. ๐๏ธ
No surprise that it was Wes Streeting. A truly unlikable little shit. No company/individual who makes a donation to an MP/political party should be awarded a government contract (or honour). If a Co. is worthy of an award, it should be based on merit, not the size of their BRIBE!
That's beautiful. Such talent.
Well, one person gets it! Elegantly and succinctly said. "They hate Western society", the usual retort to anyone who doesn't appreciate being bullied and brow-beaten by the US.
This is wonderful! Well played, that man! Shameful that the far-right fascists, thugs and the intellectually-short-changed have usurped the national flag, taking it as their rallying totem, thus making the rest of us ashamed to see it.
Did he have the neighbour's food stamps too?
For all women and girls out there. Don't fall for fraudulent frog fuck face Farage's new spin, so called protecting women & children. Fuck this charlatan, I hope he falls down a hole never to appear again, that goes for his rapist friends too.
This should provoke PANIC amongst Starmer's goons
An example of humanity and reasonableness. And another of selfish, ignorant, spitefulness. Don't be like the woman in pink. It's easy: don't listen to Farage, watch GB News or read the Daily Mail.
A Green Party by-election victory shows what's possible with progressive alliances Labour threw everything - including Rachel Reeves - at a recent by-election, yet the Green Party smashed them www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
"Zohran is bigger than Zohran, he's about the interest of people over the elite...over the interest of lobbies... he is a crack in the matrix." Anees to me on 'We're Not Kidding,' on the power of the Zohran Mamdani candidacy for mayor of NYC. Full show: zeteo.com/p/i-dont-giv...
It'd be funny if it weren't so terribly, terribly sad.
Daily Mail/Express/BBC/GB News etc report disinformation. I know people who switch off at the mention of politics, who NEVER read beyond the inflammatory headlines. Some people seriously don't know, yet believe the lies because it's all they see and they aren't asked to think for themselves. Sad.
spread truth to those who've been easily fooled, so that they can recognise the lies they're hearing from Farage et al, as the misdirection they really are, and appreciate Farage has done NOTHING for them, ever. He, and his ilk, are the ENEMY WITHIN. Keep believing. โค๏ธ
destruction of the environment, millionaires' tax avoidance leading to cuts to services for the less fortunate, etc etc. The mindless and gullible lap it up because those calling it out as bullsh*t can't get heard. The good in society, of which there's a majority, need to continue to speak up and
I'm not so sure it is. I think the stranglehold the right-wing has over the media, be it newspapers or the BBC, is dictating what stories we're fed, simply to distract us from the real issues and questioning their paymasters' activities: billionaires' increasing money grab, fossil fuel companies'...
Texas State Rep. Collier says she's forced by police to abruptly hang up a press call: "I have to leave. They said it's a felony for me to do this. Apparently I can't be on the floor or in the bathroom."
It's so great to see people stand up against the orange felon, and his attempts to ruin the USA for personal gain. Good luck to you all, from across the Pond.
Is any sort of training undertaken before becoming a US policeman? We see too many examples of atrocious behaviour by serving officers. All three in this clip need to be dismissed. All others need de-escalation training, at the very least.
Who is Peter Thiel? Watch this and get to know one of the most dangerous humans on the planet ๐๐๐๐๐
In another instalment of: โDidnโt Age Wellโ Not only did he stop. Heโs on his knees in front of the con man
... and Putin's dictatorial playbook (well, the pop-up picture book version, probably).
Good job the US economy is in such a joyous state of near perfection that officials can waste time on such an endeavour. I mean, it's not like they could spend their time more usefully to find and release the Epstein files (we won't forget, or forgive!)?
Jonathan Gullis is no more than a used dog poo bag. He's full of shit, unpleasant to be around and totally forgotten about when out of sight.