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[Deirdre @gerbilgranny]

@joncoopertweets @doctor_oxford A few good men.

[Larry the Cat @Number10cat]

Does anyone know if @AndyBurnhamGM likes cats?

[Socialist Opera Singer @OperaSocialist]

Ten years ago today Farage unveiled his racist "Breaking Point" poster.

Within hours a far-right sympathiser murdered the MP Jo Cox.

Instead of apologising, Farage went on to verbally attack her husband.

Farage has always been scum.

Never Vote Reform.

[Sama Hoole @SamaHoole]

Nelson does not know that the big black animal he shares a field with once carried a rider down the Mall through a wall of sound and never flinched.

Nelson does not know about the state funeral, the slow march, the drums, a nation watching through its tears.

Nelson knows that the big one is warm to stand beside on a cold morning, that he does not hog the good grass, and that he goes oddly soft when a particular man appears at the gate.

Nelson has assessed Hector thoroughly, the way a donkey assesses everything, and filed him under: fine. Large, but fine.

It is the highest honour Hector has ever been paid, and the only one that asked nothing of him in return.

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

So the ballroom is a fiasco, the reflecting pool is a fiasco, the Iran war is a fiasco—the Trump administration is a fiasco.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

[Covie @covie_93]

BREAKING: United States becomes the first country in history to pay $300 billion to a country they defeated 50 times in one war.

[Polly Clark @MsPollyClark]

The entire world needs to read this obituary. It would immediately be a better place.

[Deirdre @gerbilgranny]

@Mick_Finnegan The happiest time of my life was getting to see the world anew, alongside my two small children. Ducks in ponds, crunchy autumn leaves. Story books (like those by Shirley Hughes), blowing bubbles, hugs. It was like I was born again.

[Deirdre @gerbilgranny]

@irgarner I’ve been robbed and murdered so often in London that it’s caused me to….keep going back. Thank God for London, and all the great decent people in the U.K.

[InfoGram @_InfoGram_]

🇺🇸 Pete Hegseth in Normandy:

"Today, dangerous ideologies storm other European beaches."

"Boats and men keep landing in Spain, Italy, Greece, Bulgaria."

"When will Europe’s capitals stop this invasion? Too late already?"

No class. Disgraceful. Worst D-Day speech an American has ever given.

This man is pure clown.

[Deirdre @gerbilgranny]

@philipnolan1 I think it will be fine. (I mean, our current Pope looks hail and hearty, so continental Europe should pose no threat to you 🤫). Something lovely to look forward to (never end a sentence with a preposition ☺️).

[ALASTAIR CAMPBELL @campbellclaret]

The real two-tier scandal in the UK is the relentless double standard approach of a media which lets one party leader get away with financial dodgery that would drive them into a frenzy if it involved someone their billionaire owners didn’t want in power because they believed in things like fairness and equality

[ALASTAIR CAMPBELL @campbellclaret]

Any chance you lot could one day be on the side of decent British people against far right Americans who have nothing better to do than spread hate and division around the world? Or is this what Rupert wants?

[Gandalv @Microinteracti1]

This may well be the last time Europe extends an invitation to clowns to mark D-Day. Not a single person in the Trump administration comes close to having the character those landings demanded. The Americans who stormed those beaches on June 6, 1944 were fighting against exactly the kind of people Hegseth represents

[TheFrenchie @ML3democrats]

Remember when they said Zelensky desecrated the sanctity of the White House by not wearing a suit

[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

This is so insanely corrupt, I can’t even believe it.

More than half the donors to Trump’s $400 million White House ballroom just won over $50 billion in new federal contracts in six months.

And here’s the part that should make your blood boil.

Sixteen of these 27 donors were facing federal enforcement actions, antitrust reviews, labor cases, securities charges. Many of those cases have been quietly dropped or scaled back since Trump took office. You write a check, your legal problems disappear. That’s not a coincidence.

The White House won’t even release the full donor list. They’re hiding it on purpose, because daylight is the one thing pay-to-play can’t survive. A federal judge already ruled ballroom construction has to stop until Congress authorizes it.

Government is supposed to serve the people, not auction itself off to the highest bidder. When access goes to whoever pays the most, working families always end up paying the price.

We either end the corruption, or the corruption will end us.

https://t.co/4MGFzSseFl

[Deirdre @gerbilgranny]

@KirstieMAllsopp @HearwaEnglaland Whenever I see a Kirstie Allsopp post, I’m reminded that, despite she & I being very different, I’m very grateful that she is such a good sort. She’s wise and kind, and has educated and entertained me for decades. And her ‘craft stuff’ during lockdown was a great blessing!

[Prof Colin Talbot @colinrtalbot]

Angela Rayner - £40k underpaid stamp duty - repaid. Lost jobs in Cabinet and Dep. PM.

Peter Murrell - £400k theft from SNP - going to prison

Huge coverage of both

Nigel Farage - £5m undeclared bung (possibly more) - goes to ground for a month.

Media coverage? You judge.

[Deirdre @gerbilgranny]

@Mick_Finnegan She’s so beautiful and it’s clear she’s your daughter! Congratulations and best wishes to you and your partner. You will be a wonderful Dad.

[MP Arizona☀️🏳️‍🌈💙🌵🐕🐕‍🦺🫂💦🏜🐟🌴🎙🌎🌻♍️🌊 @AzPetrich]

When people say "I'd do anything for my child," everyone praises them, but when a parent risks crossing a border to save their child from war, poverty, or danger, suddenly they're treated like criminals.