Notable that the nations with the lower inequality tend to be the most propserous.
Posts by David Blackett
“The game's afoot: follow your spirit, and upon this charge, cry ‘God for Harry, England, and Saint George!’”
Wishing all my followers a very happy St George’s Day x
Jewish MP Gerald Kaufmann in Parliament in 2009.
"My Grandmother was ill in bed when the Nazis came to her town, a German soldier shot her dead."
"My Grandmother did not die to provide cover for Israel to murder Palestinian Grandmothers in Gaza."
An image containing a post from Isabel Oakeshott complaining that the press are reporting on her boyfriend’s tax dodging accompanied by various reports about his tax dodging.
'Richard Tice’s girlfriend is very annoyed that the free press she champions, despite having emigrated to a dictatorship without one, is investigating her boyfriend for stuff she says people who aren’t her boyfriend, like Angela Rayner, should resign over.'
You couldn’t make it up. 🤦🏻♂️
The ‘lady’ doth protest too much methinks
National Geographic Award winning photograph of the year.
So beautiful. 🐝🐝🐝
Thank you to Mike F Shaw.
Electoral fraud? Gerrymandering? Voter intimidation? Postal ballots? How much more transparent does it have to be, for them to see that Reform LTD is literally getting its talking points from the USA.
Gerrymandering isn’t a thing in the UK for crying out loud!
I agree ☝️
Think I need to watch Bridget Jones 😊
He’s drunk the Trumpian Kool Aid. What a sycophant.
As it turns out, the star of Marty Supreme dismissing the arts wasn't the wisest strategy for getting awards in [checks notes] the arts . . .
So, Marty Supreme didn’t win any Oscars despite that smug twat being shown everywhere for months? Excellent.
Where is this article from: The Guardian?
The Farage playbook is so Trumpian. When they win or come a close second (not tonight boyo) it's always 'a political earthquake' and when they lose, it's straight to, 'the game was rigged'.
Pathetic populists.
"There's something a little bit Trumpian about seeking to undermine an election result when you lose" - #SkyNews on Farage's reedy cries of "it's not fairrrr!" after being absolutely thrashed by the #Greens. 💚
Gorton/Denton isn't a leafy suburban winnable or an eco sticker in the window Bristol seat. It's a staunch wc area. I'm solid Labour but I've also long been in favour of a Red/Green coalition of ideas. So get in there the Greens and sod off Farage you poundshop Trump conspiracy whinger.
Donald Trump gets the 'Wicked' treatment as 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' goes live after the president's State of the Union speech.
What about: “nobody knows more about (insert subject) than me”
aged poorly
Hermes CEO Axel Dumas said he had resisted repeated attempts by Jeffrey Epstein to meet with him, describing the financier as a "financial predator" who had targeted him during a corporate battle. "He already had a loathsome reputation."
Thank you Alex Dumas, morality wins. Sometimes.
When is the name of the country being changed to Gilead
Thinking of starting a far right party called Regurge™. I'm anticipating it
will be made up mostly of recycled old Tories, reclaim member & other far right rejects with a focus on the same old regurgitated racist bile.
This piece has been viewed over 14 million times over the last 48 hours. Unbelievable.
I'm so encouraged to see how many people are as disgusted by this as I am.
Sometimes you just need to be reminded that you're not alone.
Keep fighting, good people!
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…and then there is this…
A backgrounder is someone who conducts background checks.