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Sakti :v6:<p>Londoners! We've got a double-header of anti-fascist actions today!</p><p>FIRST: 11am <a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/TeslaTakedown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TeslaTakedown</span></a> protest at the <a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a> pop-up store, 95 Oxford Street, W1D 2DA!</p><p>SECOND: 3pm <a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff</span></a> protest at Trafalgar Square!</p><p>I'll be there, and I hope you will be too! ✊ </p><p><a href="https://www.democratsabroad.org/hands_off_trafalgar_square" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democratsabroad.org/hands_off_</span><span class="invisible">trafalgar_square</span></a></p><p><a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/Protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protest</span></a> <a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/UKpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKpol</span></a> <a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/FuckFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FuckFascism</span></a> <a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/FuckElon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FuckElon</span></a> <a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/FuckTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FuckTrump</span></a> <a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/London" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>London</span></a> <a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>Fascism fucks you up, look at this guy.....</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2xey4m2ygo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/cm2xey4m</span><span class="invisible">2ygo</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ReformUK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReformUK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JimmySavile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JimmySavile</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StephenHartley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StephenHartley</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPOL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKpolitics</span></a></p>
DrALJONES<p>People ask, "What can be done?"</p><p>Become aware &amp; act:</p><p>The Palestinians are indigenous to Palestine.</p><p>The British empire gave most of Palestine to Zionists from Europe to colonise. Out of racism, the British didn't consult the Palestinians.</p><p>Now that the US is greenlighting the final ethnic cleansing of Gaza &amp; the West Bank, &amp; Europe is helping, the only thing that can save the Palestinians is mass protests &amp; strikes across the world.</p><p>And <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BDS</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/palestinehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>palestinehistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ukpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/zionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zionism</span></a> .</p>
Keira (She/Her)<p>Do not do what you are told.</p><p>If you are a public servant of any kind (including police and military) your moral obligation is to NOT follow an order which is illegal, wrong, or hateful.</p><p>In a lot of cases this isn't just a moral obligation, but a *legal one too. </p><p>ICE officers black bagging people are choosing to do it. </p><p>Police, the world over, injuring protestors and killing black people have chosen to do so. </p><p>Prison officers beating people, refusing them good etc, are choosing to do that. </p><p>And database administrators deleting information are choosing to do so. </p><p>None are forced. Don't let them off the hook. Don't let yourself off the hook. </p><p>Be brave. Be decent. Be responsible for your own actions. In short, be a grown up. </p><p>DO NOT DO what you are told.</p><p>*Laws are local, but there's a principal underpinning a lot of western public service laws that comes from the Nuremberg trials which found following orders is no defence for crimes against humanity. It's in the public service training in Australia that orders don't protect you from accountability for any crime, for definite.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ukpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukpol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/DoNotObey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DoNotObey</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>"Damning report by public accounts committee finds some of Tory government’s initiatives have worsened the crisis"</p><p> As if the Tories could even care too...</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/apr/04/plan-increase-access-nhs-dentists-england-complete-failure-" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/society/2025/a</span><span class="invisible">pr/04/plan-increase-access-nhs-dentists-england-complete-failure-</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NHSDentistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NHSDentistry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NHS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPOL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKpolitics</span></a></p>
NerdNextDoor :Blobhaj:<p>I suddenly want to be in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EuropeanUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanUnion</span></a> again, I hate <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Brexit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brexit</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Europa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europa</span></a></p>
Sakti :v6:<p>Last minute change of venue for.the <a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/London" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>London</span></a> <a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/TeslaTakedown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TeslaTakedown</span></a> protest tomorrow! ⚠️ </p><p>WHEN: April 5th, 11am</p><p>WHERE: Tesla pop-up store, 95 Oxford Street, W1D 2AD</p><p><a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/Protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protest</span></a> <a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/UKPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPOL</span></a> <a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/USPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPOL</span></a> <a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/FuckElon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FuckElon</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@popcornreel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>popcornreel</span></a></span> Imagine being in No 10, reading that Editorial as Very Serious People do, and then thinking "ah, but OUR trade deal will avoid all that" </p><p>Every sucker Trump ripped off thought they were the one exception. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Starmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starmer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FinancialTimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FinancialTimes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPOL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukpolitics</span></a></p>
A.Stringer<p>"Planning permission for the mine was quashed in the high court last year which meant the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government had to reassess the planning application. However, the company has now written to the government withdrawing its planning application."</p><p>Mining firm withdraws plan for UK’s first deep <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/coalmine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coalmine</span></a> in 30 years | <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Greenpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greenpolitics</span></a> | The Guardian</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Fossilfuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fossilfuels</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/positivenews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>positivenews</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatechange</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Cumbriancoalmine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cumbriancoalmine</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/climatecrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatecrisis</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UKpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKpol</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/04/mining-firm-withdraws-plan-for-uks-first-deep-coalmine-in-30-years" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">25/apr/04/mining-firm-withdraws-plan-for-uks-first-deep-coalmine-in-30-years</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>Rachel Reeves and Labour negotiating the Nation away with a man who posts in ALL CAPS all the fucking time. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKUSTradeDeal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKUSTradeDeal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RachelReeves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RachelReeves</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPOL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOLITICS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPOLITICS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tariffs</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>British Foreign Policy is a disgraced Prince writing birthday letters to a foreign tyrant.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/apr/04/alleged-chinese-spy-helped-draft-letters-from-prince-andrew-to-xi-jinping-witness-says" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/a</span><span class="invisible">pr/04/alleged-chinese-spy-helped-draft-letters-from-prince-andrew-to-xi-jinping-witness-says</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PrinceAndrew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrinceAndrew</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/XIJinping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XIJinping</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPOL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CCP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CCP</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>When 'Mr Atlantic', David Lammy, is telling you that Trump is bad and we need to rethink our nation's strategy, perhaps No 10 should listen?<br>Right now, they are not. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DavidLammy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DavidLammy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Starmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starmer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPOL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>Starmer and Lammy split?</p><p>Lammy is the more agile thinker, so....</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DavidLammy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DavidLammy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Starmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starmer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPOL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
Democracy Club<p>🗳️ 1,749 English council seats are up for election on the first of May: 1,656 scheduled elections and 92 by-elections.</p><p>🧮 8,619 candidates are fighting for them.</p><p>Candidates per party:</p><p>Reform UK - 1,705<br>Conservative - 1,687<br>Labour - 1,633<br>Lib Dem - 1,474<br>Green - 1,259<br>Other parties - 354<br>Independents - 507</p><p>📊 Get the data: <a href="https://democracyclub.org.uk/blog/2025/04/04/2025-local-election-candidate-data-summary/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">democracyclub.org.uk/blog/2025</span><span class="invisible">/04/04/2025-local-election-candidate-data-summary/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/UKpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/england" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>england</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/ukpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>"Actually, Up is Down, Right is Left and we can have our cake and eat it, we can have it all, we have all the cards, we have a united strategy..."</p><p>Sound familiar?<br>Just Brexit all over again. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LiamByrne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LiamByrne</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPOL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Brexit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brexit</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>"By destroying our country like Trump is destroying his, we can get a good deal" said the naïve Quisling </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Austerity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Austerity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Starmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starmer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKUSTradeDeal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKUSTradeDeal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPOL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKpolitics</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>A 'New era' that you weren't prepared for and for which you have no plan other than 'keep our heads down and hope the Mad King isn't mean to us"</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/04/downing-street-trump-tariffs-new-era-in-global-economics" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a</span><span class="invisible">pr/04/downing-street-trump-tariffs-new-era-in-global-economics</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Starmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starmer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPOL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TradeWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TradeWar</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>Oh yeah, they're really going to fuck this up, aren't they?~<br>Don't listen to children, don't listen to parents, just ban something and bend to Big Money, just as always. <br>No wonder the Youth is nihilistic.....</p><p><a href="https://news.sky.com/story/will-the-pm-side-with-parents-or-tech-bros-labour-peer-demands-action-on-childrens-smartphone-safety-13341354" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.sky.com/story/will-the-pm</span><span class="invisible">-side-with-parents-or-tech-bros-labour-peer-demands-action-on-childrens-smartphone-safety-13341354</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AdolescenceNetflix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdolescenceNetflix</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechBros</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPOL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SmartphoneBan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmartphoneBan</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>Watching this government deal with crisis like Trump is like watching the then Tory government deal with COVID19.</p><p>Remember how we were screaming at them to do SOMETHING but they just dithered and withered, and then lied and grifted....</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPOL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/COVID19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COVID19</span></a></p>
Tony Meredith<p>Decisions, decisions. Certainly more decisions to come on UK and European defence. <br>Landmines are a starter issue. Defensive-only and cheap to build, but so nasty that most decent countries officially banned anti-personnel mines. <br>Thinking now about the young people who'll either volunteer or be conscripted to serve as our deterrent/defence, and the embarrassing gap while the US withdraws, I'd like them to have enough tools for the job.<br>1/2<br><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/landmines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landmines</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/UKpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://news.sky.com/story/growing-calls-for-uk-to-withdraw-from-treaty-banning-landmines-13341742" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.sky.com/story/growing-cal</span><span class="invisible">ls-for-uk-to-withdraw-from-treaty-banning-landmines-13341742</span></a></p>