Deputy Chief of a construction trade association. #Rotarian #Conservative. I like hiking, running, cycling and a little tai chi. Views my own.
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At the going down the sun and in the morning, We will remember them.
ALT A black and white historical image shows a group of soldiers walking through a battlefield. Overlaid is a large red poppy with the words "LEST WE FORGET" in the center. Below, "REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY 2026" is written. A crest is at the top of the image.
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Patrick Stewart. Turned up so early and so unobtrusively to be a star in the reasonably priced car, we mistook him for a delivery driver and asked him to go round the back. Took his hat off and said, “But I’m the captain of the Enterprise”. Fucking nice guy.
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Mindblowing chart from OBR. In 2029 real household disposable income per person expected to be just 1% higher than in 2019. What an unbelievably awful decade. It used to grow by 2%+ every year, not 1% in 10 years.
Can't argue with Grok – at Burgess Hill, England
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Not all of them have got orchards of them though
Robert Jenrick has said that all political parties have “bad apples”, after an undercover investigation found Reform UK activists using racist and misogynistic language.
It was revealed that Reform councillors had described Asian homeowners as “parasites” and black children as “animals”.
🔗: telegraph.co.uk/politics/202…
Zack Polanski has become a patsy for radical Islamic interests who have taken over the Green Party. He has shown no leadership in challenging it, has been rejected by the voters and should quit and allow someone else to wrestle back the true green agenda from the sectarians. – at Burgess Hill, England
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Jewish people are nine times more likely than Muslims to be victims of hate crime, Home Office data show.
The figures revealed that Jewish people faced hate crimes at a rate of 116.5 offences per 10,000 people last year compared with 13.3 per 10,000 for Muslims🔗
telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10…
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Lubna Speitan, the Green Party activist who co-sponsored the “Zionism is racism” motion and is a close friend of an al-Qaeda terrorist, called for synagogues to be “surrounded.”
That followed her demand that Zionists (Jews) be “hunted” worldwide.
This is incitement. Arrest her.
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Green Party member behind Zionism motion named as "close friend" of jailed al-Qaeda supporter in court bbc.in/4y9hGwf
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Reeves beats Kwarteng to ‘worst chancellor’ in new ranking bit.ly/4AWISkw
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She is the exact reason Zionism exists.
That the Green Party as a movement supports this is a chilling reminder of how easily humanity can descend into darkness.
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Three years ago on October 7, the world changed for Jews across the world when we saw a massacre in Israel carried out by terrorists. On October 8, the world changed for me. Just a day after those horrific attacks we saw just how many people still hold abhorrent views and turn a blind eye to Islamist extremism.
Three years on, the Conservative Party must be clear: We stand with British Jews. We will confront antisemitism and we have the moral clarity to know who our allies are - and Israel is one of them.
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🚨 NEW: The Green Party member who proposed the "Zionism is racism" motion is a close friend of an al-Qaeda terrorist who plotted to bomb passengers arriving at Heathrow from Israel
The Green Party has been captured by Islamists bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckm2… – at City of London, London
Preach! – at Burgess Hill, England
Not serious people – at Burgess Hill, England
Green Party members have been told to replace terms such as “mothers and fathers” with gender-neutral terminology under new guidance on inclusive language ⤵️
telegraph.co.uk/politics/202…
At last
Met hands Grenfell fire investigation file to CPS bbc.in/3TuQgmi
I respect a Prime Minister who is willing to reduce one benefit to fund another, rather than taxing working people even more.
BREAKING:
Andy Burnham has pledged to scrap the triple lock on state pension rises after the next election to help fund social care
He says that 'someone has to go through the pain barrier and rip the plaster off'
He said that from 2030 it will rise in line every year in line with prices or 2.5 per cent
It ends the current practise of rising it in line with wages but there is some kind of new earnings link, so it will be topped up in some years.
He said that the change would generate “significant savings” while ensuring that the state pension holds its value relative to earnings.