Paul Brownjohn @Paulos_the_fog@social.cleverlibre.org
Retired software engineer & woodworker.
Anglo-francophone.
Detest tories. Subscribe to green, leftish radical politics but not to any particular political party!.
Love the EU and all it stands for, moreover, I spent the last 10 years of my career working at an EU agency.
Enthusiastic photographer, especially wildlife and most especially butterflies.
Slightly knowledgeable gardener.
Atheist; loathe almost all religions and pity the people deluded enough to follow them. I make exceptions for Buddhism as it isn't really a religion in the strictest sense of the word as it doesn't postulate the existence of any god, and Jainism which is the epitome of peace.
For anyone who is interested, my header photo is of the most stupendous sunset I have ever seen. On the right is the waterfront of Vientiane, the capital of Laos, on the left is Thailand and in the middle, acting as the border between the two countries is the mighty Mekong river.
Joined Nov 2022
Paul Brownjohn
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Is your MP angrier about a Netflix show than people unable to heat their homes and feed their kids? If yes, I think it’s time for a different MP.
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Dominic Raab’s long-awaited bill of rights seems doomed again, @thetimes reports
Sunak is understood to have told the deputy prime minister this week that he has “deprioritised” the long-awaited overhaul of the Human Rights Act
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/dominic-raab-bill-of-rights-halt-uk-third-time-3gxdc8c9g
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7,200,000 (over 1 in 10) people are now on an unnecessary waiting list for #NHS treatment, because #Conservatives are deliberately depriving it of both money and staff.
Their ideological attack on the UK cares not for your loved ones health or welfare, not one jot.
#GeneralElectionNow
#NHSCrisis
#ToryCostOfGreedCrisis
#BrexitHasFailed
Paul Brownjohn
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If you're blaming price increases on the cashier making $20 an hour, instead of a CEO making billions, you're part of the problem
Paul Brownjohn
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If you see this toot (yeah this one right here), can you boost it for me? It will help my new server federate with the wider Mastodon network. 🚀 🙏
Thanks to anyone who can do this. It is really appreciated! This server is small but will be hosting several #peace #SocialJustice and #Humanistic groups, so it is for a good cause.
Love these creatures. They are rare visitors to my garden in late summer. These were taken this year.
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On my trip back to see family in Holland it just struck me (again) how broken Britain is: they talk about ambulance waiting times in minutes, talk about food banks as something unusual, although growing, talk about economic growth as if it is a given, and most of all: they talk about Britain as a nation that has completely lost its way.
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Ain’t that the truth!!
So the proposals of the tory scum place it very clearly at odds with international law and under it's obligations under international treaties.
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RT @johnmcdonnellMP@twitter.com
To put in context multi millionaire Nadhim Zahawi threatening nurses & ambulance paramedics with bringing in soldiers to break their strike, it’s worth remembering his expenses claim which included heating his horses’ stables was more than a nurse on starting pay is asking for.
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/johnmcdonnellMP/status/1599380532407640064
This is not what anyone could describe as light reading
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RT @acgrayling@twitter.com
'No case' -? Tell that to every responsible economist & business-person in the country. 'Better Brexit' - ? Is Starmer hoping to reinvent as a stand-up comedian? What gobsmacking stupidity. https://twitter.com/adambienkov/status/1599681079673167872
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/acgrayling/status/1599716178305331200
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I received my end of year pensioners bonus from the Luxembourg pension provider (only a miserable 200€) but the one I am really, REALLY thrilled about is receiving my pensioners' Christmas bonus from the DWP in the UK; a massive £10.
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RT @terrychristian@twitter.com
Brexiters - without resorting to primary school level insults and non sequiturs. Can any of you help us normal folk out and tell us what the tangible benefits of brexit are 6 years down the line . It's ok to admit you're a bit thick and can't and never could by the way
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/terrychristian/status/1599398455482335232
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RT @vivamjm@twitter.com
Brexiters:
2016 Brexit will make us better off
2017 Brexit could make us better off
2018 Brexit could make us better off in 50 yrs
2019 Nobody said it wld make us better off
2020 We won't starve so we should be grateful
2021 It's Covid's fault
2022 It's Russia's & Remainers fault
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New study: "Between 2018 and 2021, the excess death rate for Republican voters [from #COVID19] was 5.4 percentage points, or 76 percent higher, than that of registered Democrats. The majority of the difference, though, was concentrated after the introduction of COVID-19 #vaccines: after vaccines became available, the death rate gap between #Republicans and #Democrats widened from 1.6 percentage points to 10.4 percentage points."
https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2022/12/02/yale-study-identifies-partisan-disparity-in-excess-covid-19-death-rates/
Retired software engineer & woodworker.
Anglo-francophone.
Detest tories. Subscribe to green, leftish radical politics but not to any particular political party!.
Love the EU and all it stands for, moreover, I spent the last 10 years of my career working at an EU agency.
Enthusiastic photographer, especially wildlife and most especially butterflies.
Slightly knowledgeable gardener.
Atheist; loathe almost all religions and pity the people deluded enough to follow them. I make exceptions for Buddhism as it isn't really a religion in the strictest sense of the word as it doesn't postulate the existence of any god, and Jainism which is the epitome of peace.
For anyone who is interested, my header photo is of the most stupendous sunset I have ever seen. On the right is the waterfront of Vientiane, the capital of Laos, on the left is Thailand and in the middle, acting as the border between the two countries is the mighty Mekong river.
Joined Nov 2022
