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RobertJackson58585858

@RobertJackson58585858@masto.ai

Family History, AncestryDNA, rubbish DIY, rubbish DIY guitars, coffee, leftish politics.😎
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Enjoyed A level maths 50 years ago, still do!

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RobertJackson58585858, to random
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I'll repeat for any who missed this morning ... the term D Day Dodger doesn't mean what you might think it means.

Rishi Sunak is definitely not one fit to be called a D Day Dodger.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-Day_Dodgers

RobertJackson58585858, to random
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Five and a half years ago I posted this on Twitter.

Be under no illusion ... Rishi Sunak slipping out of the D Day memorial early will attract real anger from his own people.

(In my case Corbyn apparatchik Aaron Bastani had taken a pop at the British Legion a day or so before ... our stall was on Pershore High Street only a few yards from the British Legion stall. Just too embarrassing for words.)

RobertJackson58585858, to random
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-Day_Dodgers?s=09

Don't start calling Rishi Sunak a D Day Dodger.

Just don't!

The term refers to the allied soldiers who'd fought their way up through Italy fighting often with reduced resources as preparations were made for the Normandy landings.

Call him what you like but Sunak is no D Day Dodger.

RobertJackson58585858, to random
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I'm of an age to remember Michael Foot as Labour Leader being pilloried mercilessly in the press for what he wore at a November 11th Armistice ceremony at the Cenotaph.

At least he didn't s*d off like Prime Minister Sunak did yesterday.

RobertJackson58585858, to random
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A little tale that the Tory MPs indulging in the "Chicken Run" to stand in what they think should be safe seats ... Somerset Maugham's short story.

Apols for the lousy cropping :((

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Good morning, I had a long, deep sleep which I must’ve really needed. Dreamed I went to the chip shop to get fish and chips for a group of us, but they gave me a very fat live seal to carry home in my arms instead 🤷‍♀️ What’s up with you today?

RobertJackson58585858,
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@purplepadma

Now, after your "Seal instead of a bag of chips" dream, am pondering my "trying to rewire an electric plug" dream that had the bits repeatedly changing so I couldn't do it (screws going from slotted to cross head, two core wire to three, ... & more of the same).

In this vein I sometimes have the "balancing a set of accounts" variation where things get quite (in)tense :(

purplepadma, to random
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I saw a cinnabar moth on our front drive just now 😃

RobertJackson58585858,
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@purplepadma

Let's hope it finds some Ragwort pdq!

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One of the big debates around the forthcoming election is the adoption of tactical voting & its use to 'punish' the Tories.

There's lots of media commentary about this, but as always @sjwrenlewis offers an interesting take on the issue.

In the end he concludes one of the key democratic aspirations of this election must be to deny the Tories the post-election position of remaining the 'official' opposition.... & tactical voting may/can achieve that end!

https://mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2024/06/should-voting-in-this-election-be-about.html

RobertJackson58585858,
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@ChrisMayLA6 @sjwrenlewis

So, if the Tories become 2nd largest party by a whisker over the LDs any One Nation Tory MPs who survive the cataclysm who want to exert influence over events could defect to the LDs.

Am thinking especially if the Tory rump tacks even further rightwards.

RobertJackson58585858, to UKpolitics
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I don't feel inclined to listen to the new leader of a political party that won only two council seats on May 2nd.

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