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History nerd; cricket tragi; opera; films; linguistics.

Northumberland.
Joined March 2017
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A Lammy classic.
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Sadly yes
has the UK ever even had a sexy politician
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黒澤明の『乱』も、同時代の日本人の多くが「みんな絶賛しているから、何も言わないでおこう」と思った作品カテゴリ。「日本の美」「独特の世界観」は見事に表現できている。一部だけ切り抜くと神の作品だが、全編見通すと「何だろう、このAIとも違う、ズレた雰囲気は」という気分になるかも。
when a director enters “God Mode” and reminds everyone what cinema is capable of
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Esta es la mejor película de Street Fighter y no creo que nunca puedan superarla. Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie llegó en 1994, casi al mismo tiempo que el live-action con Van Damme. Y para los que piensan que, de un videojuego así, no se puede hacer una adaptación seria, oscura y respetuosa... De verdad, echad un ojo. Recuerdo siendo un crío que, tras la decepción con el live-action, encontré este VHS en una tienda y, sin saber nada, la compré. Se convirtió en uno de mis VHS más rebobinados.
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The timeless conundrum. Not really, it'll always be Dizzy
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🚨 LABOUR BACKS PLANS TO FORCE EVERY HOUSEHOLD TO PAY THE BBC EVEN WITHOUT A TV! Look at the desperate extortion scheme being cooked up in Westminster to rescue a dying state broadcaster. A parliamentary committee has officially recommended replacing the 180 pound television licence with a compulsory household levy added directly onto your council tax or broadband bill. Under this plan, you will be legally forced to fund the BBC even if you do not own a television set and never watch a single second of their programming. Over half a million households cancelled their licences last year because the British public is sick to death of subsidising state propaganda and biased reporting. In a free market, a failing media company goes bankrupt when customers walk away. Under Andy Burnham and Lisa Nandy, the state simply forces you to pay for it under threat of criminal penalty. Now connect the dots to their wider censorship agenda. Labour is banning young people from social media, setting up a state information defence centre, and forcing internet providers to promote the very broadcaster you are being forced to fund. The BBC has abandoned competing for audiences and has become a mandatory state church funded by an unavoidable poll tax. Retweet this immediately to reject this broadband tax grab and demand the complete defunding of the BBC. 🇬🇧🔥
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Labour plan for old people: 1. Pay them less 2. Euthanise them when they get sick 3. Take their money through death duties 4. Seize their house while it’s in probate
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Seizing private homes because they've been empty for just six months is straight up communism or put another way - theft.
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I've never seen an apology for this
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Dr Zhivago has always been one of my favourite films. But I never imagined it would become so chillingly relatable in Britain.
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This is shocking. Labour appear to be suspending property rights here. Do you own an asset? Did you pay for something with your money? Well the State could seize it. This is big government.
It’s not a silver bullet but bringing more empty homes back into use can help solve the housing crisis. Today, we’re announcing strengthened powers for councils to take control of long-term empty homes and use them to house families in need.
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You mean you’re going to steal people’s homes. Thieves.
Labour won’t sit back and allow empty dwellings to be left to rot. Today, we’re strengthening powers for local leaders to take over empty and derelict homes and put them back into use.
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This Labour Government wants to seize YOUR property, if they don't approve of how you're using it. They're making the housing crisis worse and using it as an excuse to attack property rights. The truth is, Labour don't think that anything you own really belongs to you.
I said it in 2020 and I’ll say it again. If you leave a home empty long-term in the middle of a housing crisis, it should be seized. Today’s announcement is great news.
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Seizing private homes ✅ Policing speech ✅ Classroom indoctrination ✅ Record tax burdens ✅  Tried to force digital ID ✅ Energy mandates ✅ Freezing bank accounts ✅ Debanking ✅ We are sleepwalking straight into full state control, and half the country is busy applauding it. The government is not your friend 🥀
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Labour have been in power for 2 years, 2 months and 24 days. Since then they’ve attempted to stop local elections, scrap jury trials, change algorithms to favour “approved” news, and now take people's property against their will. If someone listed those events without context, my mind would go straight to the Soviet Union of the 1930s. This should not be Britain in 2026.
I went looking for historical precedent for governments taking people’s homes and property against their will. Joseph Stalin. Soviet Union. 1929. Under Stalin’s forced collectivisation, privately held farms and property were confiscated and families were driven from their land. I’m not saying Labour’s plan goes anywhere near as far as Stalin’s collectivisation. It clearly doesn’t. But the fact we’re even moving further in the direction of the state taking control of privately owned homes should concern every single one of us.
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What next, stealing from our long-term idle ISAs and savings accounts to give cash straight to immigrant families in need? Or perhaps rifling through our wardrobes for any coats we haven’t worn for 6 months?
It’s not a silver bullet but bringing more empty homes back into use can help solve the housing crisis. Today, we’re announcing strengthened powers for councils to take control of long-term empty homes and use them to house families in need.
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