RT @levvity
The funniest thing about all this, is the idea that, at the top of our sinister international Jewish conspiracy, the shadowy leader all along has been... Grant Shapps. https://twitter.com/joelrosen_/status/1582849100042887168
RT @MarinaPurkiss
While parliament has been sitting…
Boris Johnson has been in the US giving speeches at £150k a pop
And he missed yesterday’s vote because he’s on holiday in the Caribbean
In fact, he’s not turned up to vote since July despite claiming his £84k salary.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/boris-johnson-misses-vote-liz-28282072.amp
RT @Jackiew80333500
my horrible Labour Council https://twitter.com/paulapeters2/status/1582959992763650054
RT @getprdone
“When a regime has been in power too long “
👉🏽 The #FPTP voting system makes it difficult to remove them from power.
#GetPRDone
#MakeDemocracyWork #PR
#ProportionalRepresentation
“My visceral objection is to unaccountable power.”
Says man whose party only got 42% of the vote and forced the festival of lack of accountability on us all.
Not even a tiny bit of regret.
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RT @docrussjackson
"God is a libertarian as well as an absolute monarchist".
"We’re not supposed to be living under a democratic system, we’re supposed to be living a free life".
- "Christian Libertarian" Steve Baker, who is against dem…
https://twitter.com/docrussjackson/status/1577231544892395520
RT @Lesism
Any lingering flicker of doubt that the #BritishEmpire is well and truly gone must surely have come, this month, in the shadow of even darker times to come, when the people of the #UnitedKingdom cried out for a hero, and Tory consensus replied 'How about Grant Shapps?'
RT @Gohahwei1
In Quebec (Canada), 11 deputies refused to take the oath to Charles III https://twitter.com/Info53917080/status/1582989508814852096
RT @Cmacf76
We’ll be joining our friends @ScottishTrans @LGBTIScotland @LGBTYS @LGBTHealthy outside Parliament for a rally of support on the day of the Stage One vote of the GRA reform Bill. Come and join us. Details below. 👇🏻👇🏻
#comeoutfortransequality https://twitter.com/scottishtrans/status/1582738872127336449
Looks like the pound will recover against the dollar, then. Same hedge fine rhymes with bankers.
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RT @davetroy
2/the US debt ceiling, early next year. Republicans are threatening not to raise it; causing the US to default on its debt, which will have catastrophic effects on the dollar and make it more expensive for the US to borrow. They threatened this... https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/18/gop-debt-ceiling-plan-financi…
https://twitter.com/davetroy/status/1582821076425269249
The article is more coherent than the click bait title, but doesn’t offer anything other than stating the bleeding obvious. What to do, then? No idea.
Well, sweetheart, it didn’t fucking help, either.
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RT @TheAtlantic
“To believe that the country’s problems can be explained by a single act of stupidity, rather than by structural issues much harder to rectify,” writes @TomMcTague, “is, after all, comforting”: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2022/10/liz-truss-uk-britain-economy-brexit/671778/?taid=63502a4b0c97a30001e0b383&utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_content=true…
https://twitter.com/TheAtlantic/status/1582944737287458816
Francis. Old guy in the corner. Socialist, maybe even a (shock) Marxist. Can't stop writing. Musician. Coder for over 30 years.