Moo Cow

I’m in the phone booth it’s the one across the hall. Like to think I’m on the side of the good people, always. She/her/Mackem ⚽️

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My comfort song (and the fact it features my youngest spawn is irrelevant 🤣)

https://t.co/TKG4UGVayu

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@Swain__Connor @snationed Very true. Lolly’s rendition of “O come all ye faithful” is unsurpassed.

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@snationed @Swain__Connor Oooh touchy subject then. Shame - that hymn always caused excitement amongst our junior class in 1980.

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@snationed I always say you can tell a lot about people by how they treat shop/waiting staff. And most of the time it’s pretty shite!

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[Just me - Thomas @TomSoede]

This morning I asked myself, not for the first time, who is Nigel and I made some notes.

And it does add up.

Here is a man who sells himself as the ordinary bloke with a pint, the man of the people, the great outsider standing up against the establishment.

And yet somehow this ordinary bloke always seems to arrive with a camera crew, a donor network, a friendly broadcaster, and now a parliamentary investigation into a £5 million gift from a crypto billionaire.

Very normal.

Very grassroots.

Very “just one of the lads”.

The peoples revolt, apparently, now comes with lighting, branding, fundraising dinners, professional outrage, and a small question about whether millions should have been declared properly.

Everything is a betrayal when Labour does it.

Everything is “nothing to see here” when Nigel does it.

Housing? Blame Labour.
The NHS? Blame Labour.
The economy? Blame Labour.
Boats? Blame Labour.
A £5 million gift? Suddenly everybody must calm down and respect the process.

And then came Tuesday.

A young man died. A family was grieving. A country was trying to understand something horrific.

And Farage stepped forward.

Not with calm.
Not with care.
Not with responsibilty.

But with his announcement of “pure cold rage”.

That phrase matters.

Because anger is human.
Anger can be moral.
Anger can demand answers, justice, accountability and truth.

I understand anger.
A lot of people are angry.
They have every right to ask serious questions.

But rage is different.

Rage does not ask careful questions.
Rage does not wait for investigations.
Rage does not protect grieving families from becoming political props.

Rage looks for a target.

And that is where Farage always seems most comfertable.

Not solving the pain.
Not calming the country.
Not asking how institutions failed and how they can be fixed.

But standing beside the pain with a microphone, turning the temprature up, and calling it leadership.

Warm enough to repost.
Warm enough to donate.
Warm enough to vote.
But never calm enough to ask:

“Hang on, who benefits from keeping us this angry?”

That is the trick.

He does not need Britain to feel hopeful.
He does not even need Britain to feel informed.

He needs Britain permanently one headline away from rage.

Because rage is usefull.

It fills rallies.
It drives clicks.
It turns grief into theatre.
It makes slogans feel like solutions.

And while everyone is shouting, nobody asks the boring questions.

Where is the plan?
Where is the funding?
Where are the costings?
Where is the responsibilty?

Maybe that is who Nigel Farage is.

Not the man of the people.

But the man who knows exactly how to turn peoples pain into his own political stage.

The Reform & Tory Sitcom continues.

Same chaos. Different rosette.

Anger can demand answers.
Rage just sells tickets.

If this speaks to you, please add your comments, repost it, and maybe follow me — not for me, but because politics needs fewer slogans and more people asking proper questions.

#Farage #ReformUK

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@eternitydropped You’re very welcome ! ✨

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@TVMusings26 Probably just trying to be “edgy” like that idiot Hatie Kopkins

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@TVMusings26 And btw how can anyone be vile about VM ?!

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@TVMusings26 She sounds like a honey.

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@TVMusings26 Wow - how to undo decades of progress when it comes to misogyny/awareness.

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@TVMusings26 ❤️ xx

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@snationed

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Aw thank you but I’m incredibly dull so I’m not so sure about making SM a better place 🤣

I used to swear by muting but it doesn’t seem to work anymore as I see posts then go to mute them and find out I already did!

And block has always been a bit shite since they changed it.

I honestly try to skip over things that aren’t for me and leave them to it but just lately it feels like alot of conversations are just going round in circles. Maybe it’s the lack of Swarla screen time (which I have no issue with, of course Id prefer them onscreen but actors need time off and other cast members need their time).

But there still seems to be this persistent thread of those wanting Swarla to be like a couple out of the L word (never gonna happen) and those constantly going over the Becky storyline still.

Maybe my bar is set lower than most or again because I’m older so have watched soaps for 40 years but sometimes you just gotta accept a SL didn’t work for you (and in some cases didn’t work for most people) and forget it and move on. Honestly Swarla are such a healthy couple compared to pretty much every other pairing across all the soaps!! My OG ship was Den & Angie from EE 🤣🤣

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Oh dear me! I must admit I interact very rarely on this platform these days, mainly because the mute option no longer seems to work so all I see at first glance is drama and rehashing the Becky storyline over and over.

Now fair enough I realise if everyone was like me on social media it would be pretty dull (lurk and rarely post) but it’s just exhausting sometimes. And for some it seems like they get very little enjoyment out of Swarla and are always looking for something to complain about, and a lot of it seems ridiculously exaggerated.

But maybe it’s just me, I’m too old and tired for all this ! But I love Swarla and still enjoy some of the posts and Vicky as always is her usual sarcastic (when it’s needed) ray of sunshine amongst all of the chaos !

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@TVMusings26 Truthfully it looks stunning ! Enjoy ☀️🥂 x