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Most of them will last about 5 minutes.
Evertonian, on the left proud NEU member. I love reading and am a fan of Rugby league. Springsteen fanatic of course. 🇪🇺🌹
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Most of them will last about 5 minutes.
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
It couldn't get any worse.
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
Bastards
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
They are insane. If the UK was north Korea the 'newspaper' wouldn't have this on the front page I feel.
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
Typical of the misinformation about the government but their poor communication doesn't help their cause.
Saul Staniforth (@saulstaniforth.bsky.social) reposted
Kevin Maguire: "If you're put up in a hotel & you get meals you get £10/wk.. all these terrible myths.. free iPads.. myths & lies have gone mainstream & we've got to challenge them.. we've gone back to the worst aspects of the 1970s where racism is becoming mainstream" Well said
Drew (@drewdavies68.bsky.social) reposted
This is a must watch! Manchester Mill journalist Jack Walton explains his investigation on a ‘raise the flag’ activist with a prior conviction for illegally smuggling migrants. youtu.be/nvpgUrHLQkk?...
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
Mates?
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
?
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social)
The stupidity of these people beggars belief. Unfortunately I fear we are going that way in the UK. youtu.be/ZEgd_hueejY?...
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
But without proportional representation that's impossible?
Mike Gow 高英智 (@mikeygow.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
I can see myself voting Green if Labour don’t sort their shit out. But I’ll make that decision in consideration with a strong eye on keeping Reform out over anything else.
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
That's perhaps the problem.
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm keeping the faith. I wish they would come out and talk up Europe and criticise Farage.
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
Unfortunately Corbyn carried out a similar purge. I'm in the centre of both extremes myself. Id prefer Burnham myself.
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
The party isn't just the front bench.
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
As ever the left is too introspective and prefers attacking each other rather than accepting a broad church and uniting.
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
I can imagine a scenario. A coalition/PR system. Who would he rather work with?
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
Koln were crap though?
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
Had a copy in the house for years. As true now as it was when published.
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
Money laundering
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
A big mistake in my view.
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
Hopefully he'll remain there. Might struggle to 'farm' though.
Byline Times (@bylinetimes.bsky.social) reposted
Sacked, Expelled, or in the Dock: All the Reform UK Councillors Nigel Farage Has Lost in Just Four Months Party faces questions over candidate screening after string of resignations, expulsions and criminal investigations
BladeoftheSun (@bladeofthes.bsky.social) reposted
No talk about the fact that immigration is a tiny issue that actually Asylum Seekers make up less than 0.1% of the population and the GDP. And that by going on endlessly about a tiny, tiny issue we are instead missing all the large ones. And this works great for Nigel Farage.
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
The grand old lady.
Farrukh (@implausibleblog.bsky.social) reposted
Krishnan Guru-Murthy, "Peak rail fares have now been scrapped across Scotland's rail network" "it is to encourage people to switch from cars to trains" Why isn't this happening across England and Wales too?
Josiah Mortimer (@josiah.writes.news) reposted
Reform have arguably had more coverage for a content-free press conference than the Govt has for a major policy development affecting millions of parents
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
Bamford?
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
No bins or lights then.
Jim Keoghan (@jimkeoghan.bsky.social) reposted
Coming soon to a cinema near you… We’re Back - the rags to riches story of Liverpool FC It’s the story of how a scrappy underdog went from 6th in the League to 1st, armed with little more than a can do attitude and £1bn transfer kitty
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
Looks like he needs to eat a few rolls. Get him on the Guinness.
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
A public service. 👍
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
Scabs
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
😄😄😄😄😄😄
Peter Stefanovic (@peterstefanovic.bsky.social) reposted
Angela Rayner is a "great British success story" and it is a "mistake" for people to be briefing against her, Keir Starmer has said news.sky.com/story/angela...
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
Decent back up
Otto English (@ottoenglish.bsky.social) reposted
Where has this ludicrous ECHR "debate" even come from. I've never once met an ordinary member of the public who's said to me, "Do you know what? We REALLY need to leave the ECHR." It's just a new right wing talking point because every other shit idea they've foisted on us has run out of steam.
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
No surprise there. He's vile.
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
🙄
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
Racism pure and simple.
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
My grandad was there. He said he'd never seen players warm up before a match before that game.
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
I think they played Bromley on that tour as well?
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
Generally people who never use public transport in the first place.
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
Absolutely appalling. An embarrassment. I hope they catch them and throw the book at them.
Social Security Works (@socialsecurityworks.org) reposted
Life is better in a union. Unions helped build our Social Security system. Strong unions make a strong Social Security system.
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
He should have gone abroad. Test himself properly.
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
Much more even than most of the other leading European leagues.
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
Dangerous misinformation.
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
No demand for them. He's just currying favour in the US. Bastard.
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
Why?
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
Great article. I'm enjoying your content.
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
What does the colour of the police officer matter? Is one of many many things wrong with this.
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
Good lads
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
That's what happens when people on TV are put in charge rather than qualified individuals.
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
Lineker was taken off air.
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
Would he come to us? I'm not sure.
Farrukh (@implausibleblog.bsky.social) reposted
Labour's Nick Thomas-Symonds criticised Reform UK policy for making the UK £9 billion poorer Labour's Nick Thomas-Symonds silent on Labour's make Brexit work policy which makes the UK £140 billion poorer Make of that what you will 🤷♂️
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
French and German leagues merging? Then Dutch and Belgian the same perhaps. Portugal and Spain? Italy I'm not sure on?
Farrukh (@implausibleblog.bsky.social) reposted
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, "It's not just that President Trump is corrupt" "It's that everyone who is participating in this is corrupt" "Elon is corrupt" "Jeff Bezos is corrupt" "Mark Zuckerberg is corrupt" "In participating in this scheme that we all know"
BedlingtonJamie (@bedlingtonjamie.bsky.social) reposted
After the last 40 years of issues affecting the North East, how the fuck have so many, been so easily swayed by yet another Public School Boy, Ex Banker and Ex-Tory who wouldn’t piss on them if they were on fire? It’s twats like Farage that are responsible for your life being worse not immigrants
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
Race relations acts 1965/68/76. Equality act 2010 etc, etc etc. labour.org.uk/about-us/lab...
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
It's a lie. They have never valued free speech. They want autocracy and fascism. So dangerous and as in Nazi Germany led by the ambitious, selfish and stupid.
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
Ludicrous that anyone wouldn't. It's child abuse.
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
You'd have to be dead to want to live in Croydon.
Paul Bassett Davies (@thewritertype.bsky.social) reposted
Voting for Nigel Farage would be like asking the captain of the Titanic to reverse back over the iceberg because it hasn’t done quite enough damage yet.
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
No council rubbish collection? That's insane.
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
That Jensen is crap but it did seem very harsh.
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
They have no idea what it is, other than it's Europe, so must be bad.
Marina Purkiss (@marina-purkiss.bsky.social) reposted
It bothers me that today I had to point out… To former Tory MP @PhilipDaviesUK That the Hillsborough families invoked the ECHR in their fight for justice Because he, like so many, either doesn’t know …or is being disingenuous about the vital protections the ECHR affords us.
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
Cheating and bullying? Can't see the relevance?
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
I can't prove it but I'd just spent the previous couple of minutes muttering FFS shoot under my breath.
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
Guns.
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
If he and Beto' can get 10 league goals each the rest will score as well.
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
I could have guessed he was a reform bloke from his look. They all appear as if they could easily slip into black or brown uniforms.
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
Please can sensible republicans replace this lunatic and his unhinged government for the sake of the rest of the world.
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
Never trust anyone who says they are not political but still offers opinions on political matters. Always right wing.
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
Best ignored, they thrive on publicity and a sense of grievance.
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
Unless we are getting someone else in?
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
He'd get goals for them.
George Monbiot (@georgemonbiot.bsky.social) reposted
Why, you might ask, do the BBC and Sky News, casting their editorial guidelines to the wind, keep giving massive airtime to the far right, while shutting out leftwing voices? Don't their bosses understand the likely consequences? Only one explanation now remains. They do. And it is what they want.
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
She has become irrelevant.
Kaisarion Kaiser (@kaisarionkaiser.bsky.social) reposted
#HeatherHoney apple.news/AFAbTq2C1QLW...
Adam Schwarz (@adamjschwarz.bsky.social) reposted
"Lucy Connolly is no martyr or free speech warrior. She’s not a victim or a political prisoner. She’s a convicted hate monger... Her words were part of the kindling that set fire to this country". Essential piece for understanding the absurd lionising of Connolly. Well worth reading in full.
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
So senseless and the worst kind of cutting off your nose to spite your face. Does the US need nurses?
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes he was 10x better. He's on a different wavelength to the rest of them.
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
He's bottom half standard. And if he was to continue starting that's where we would end up.
Chaminda Jayanetti (@cjayanetti.bsky.social) reposted
Red carpet coverage for Farage's big immigration announcement, rather less coverage (e.g. nothing on the BBC homepage) for the farcical U-turns a whole day later www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
No much luck there.
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social)
Come on Everton wake up second half.
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social)
I'm absolutely blown away by BMD. Once the surrounding area is done up and retains the iconic features it's going to be one of the best stadium locations in Europe.
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
He's the type you can fully imagine in jackboots and black uniform.
mimij9.bsky.social (@mimij9.bsky.social) reposted
A lot of the rights contained in the European Convention come from British common law. The right to a fair trial. Freedom from torture Freedom from religion. Nigel Farage wants to destroy what makes us British. He is a liar and an extremist who hates Britain.
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
Hats off to the mirror for this and other recent front pages.
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
Murdoch has normalised this since the 1970s.
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social)
First visit to BMD today. Had to endure 4 hours on the world's warmest trains so let's hope we put in a performance! 🥵
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
Agreed , tedious and superficial rubbish.
ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social (@ghostoftomjoad78.bsky.social) reply parent
I used to think the Sun was worse but my ex in laws bought the mail. I used to sit there laughing at it. They voted Brexit of course but "aren't political".