Ex Forces. RE, LI, & RGJ. JMCS (London Section) , classical music, FOSS and GNU/Linux. Views my own. Welsh by marriage. Find me here: @Gordonbp@fosstodon.org

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Brexit is now a cult. The disciples are oblivious to anything other than the ranting of their various “messiahs”
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It's already forbidden. You have to be 13 to open an account.
Good. Of course kids will find a way around this, and yes its hard to regulate, but being able to say to your 11yo "you're not going on TikTok, it's illegal" makes like easier. No child has the cognitive development to bypass or process harmful content. Tbh many adults don't!
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Suella Braverman, a trained barrister, is peddling a dangerous, deliberate lie to scrap the Equality Act. This Act explicitly bans positive discrimination and quotas, it protects everyone, including white men, from unfair treatment on race or sex grounds. She knows this. She’s weaponising the very real fears and frustrations of uninformed white working class men, pretending to champion them while cynically exploiting them for votes. Disgusting. It is divisive poison from a politician happy to rip the country apart and let bad bosses discriminate freely, all for her own political resurrection. Don’t let this grifter play you for fools. x.com/SkyNews/status/2066081…

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Should Nigel Farage be arrested for willingly and deliberately inciting riots in Southampton? Please RT after voting - thank you.
92% Yes
8% No
2,197 votes • Final results
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So both juries were "predictable" then?
Msnchester Aitport police attackers will not face a retrial. A predictable decision given two previously failed prosecution attempts.
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Err not every jury person has gone to lectures...
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It starts in the lecture halls. May they all soon come to an end, sad to say
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What "stinks"? TWO different juries couldn't reach an agreement?
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The guy who punched the policewoman is behind bars still stinks though
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Err the JURY couldn't agree.
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Question for my Catholic friends. Is it OK for a member of the Church of England (Catholic but reformed) to make their confession in an RC church and receive absolution?
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Met Police revise numbers for London Far Right march from 50,000 to, "Probably around 30 to 35 thousand. Much lower than we had expected considering the extensive advertising and media coverage"
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I am tired of the inchoate yelling at cabinet members by journalists as they arrive at and leave the meeting. @BethRigby is a classic and noisy example. She actually said 'you have to do it, don't you'. Actually Beth, no you don't. You are turning serious things into pantomime.
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Our gracious Lady of Walsingham, pray for the stability of Britain, for the prosperity and reconciliation of its people, and for the wisdom of its leaders. Amen.
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Replying to @jtworr
Rich donors still trying to direct their British politicians 🤔
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With 3 years to go, all these do is give the people who voted for reform Ltd to see what a shitshow they would make of running the country. Don't get me wrong, labour need to change direction to be in with a shout, but reform will never ever be the majority gov
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New detective series, Rector and Rectum. This week the duo investigate the strange case of a former actor and failed politician who disappeared up his own arse.
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On this day in 1980 - Boredom is beginning to set in among the SAS assault teams. To cheer them up the men are ordered to form an orderly queue on the roof of the Iranian Embassy. They then take turns to test the bungee ropes out before returning to watch the snooker on TV.
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And for those unaware, it's worth noting that 76 of them were tabled by Falconer himself.
Baroness Berger @lucianaberger It’s not just a handful of noble lords. It’s been over sixty noble lords, who have tabled amendments.
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The House of Lords did what they’re meant to do. They stopped a bill that would’ve lead to countless needless deaths. If the bill was so insufficient that it needed more amendments than time allowed for, that isn’t their fault. You’re just a demon who wants more dead pensioners.
The conduct of a tiny minority in the House of Lords who have used every tactic imaginable to make sure the Assisted Dying Bill fails has been awful. I have long believed the Lords is simply not fit for purpose as a second chamber. This has cemented my view hard, and I imagine will make others realise just how ludicrous our legislative systems are. Sad day.
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And this is why they will lose if they bring it back again. The zealots are those who sponsored this Bill and they really are incapable of engaging with anyone who has a genuine concern about what they propose. They should be nowhere near drafting a Bill.
The House of Lords has disgraced parliament. Their existence is based on trust, now roundly abused by a small group of unelected zealots. Time for a serious look at who these people are, and how they are allowed to govern us. The X trolls will be jubilant, but we will be back.
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No, a truly good day for a representative democracy which remembers those who have no voice and not only to its privileged agitators.
The conduct of a tiny minority in the House of Lords who have used every tactic imaginable to make sure the Assisted Dying Bill fails has been awful. I have long believed the Lords is simply not fit for purpose as a second chamber. This has cemented my view hard, and I imagine will make others realise just how ludicrous our legislative systems are. Sad day.
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