Derek Sherratt

@olddek.bsky.social

Old codger seen too much, but nothing as bad as what I'm seeing now. Citizen of the world. Keen on English history fav king Richard 3. Everyone welcome but hypocrites.Positively no DMs.

That Joshua Bonehill-Paine is a suitable Tory candidate but Grant Shapps and Gavin Barwell have been excluded is quite a good indicator of how many seats the Tories will realistically regain at the next election.

A lot of white Americans seem to think that all Muslims are responsible for 9/11, and really, that every non-white group is responsible for anything bad anyone from that group has ever done

Ukrainian long-range drones have struck the 200,000 sqm Wildberries logistics center in Russia's Tula region, burning the facility to the ground. The site was planned for expansion to 300,000 sqm and intended to employ 15,000 people.

Everyone’s expectations got skewed over the past week but Abdul El-Sayed getting $70 million spent against him in a state he lost a primary by like 20 points eight years ago and still winning last night is probably the most impressive electoral accomplishment of the decade.

11:15am yesterday, our village. Are these the first migrants from Ceuta to reach Dorset? A number of young lads in Cub Scout uniforms leapt out of a minibus & invaded Jill’s shop. They had no idea what Apple Cobbler was and taunted Simple Sally with their woggles. Deport. Now.

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Polish fighter jets have intercept Russian reconnaissance aircraft over the Baltic Sea. On August 4th, Polish fighter jets intercepted a Russian reconnaissance aircraft, an Il-20M, over the Baltic Sea, according to Polish Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz.

I'd never noticed the bizarre dichotomy of Reform types being both dewy-eyed for the plucky Blighty they imagine existed and resisted Hitler in the 1940s, and simultaneously admiring of the fascist tropes and tendencies that fueled the rise of National Socialism in 1930s Germany.

The reality is that Pochin and her mates would have welcomed the Nazis if the country had lost the Battle of Britain. She'd have been waiting excitedly in Runcorn with a list of useful names and their addresses.

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