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MikeD

@Solosphere01

Professional overthinker, semi-pro meme enthusiast, and full-time chaos generator. Probably tweeting what I shouldn’t, but here we are. 🚀😎 #Unfiltered

Katılım Mayıs 2019
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MikeD
MikeD@Solosphere01·
@affleckquine @Martin_Abrams In just the last 10 days (leading up to March 10, 2026), over 32 US military flights took off from Prestwick. Flight tracking data shows many of these "tanker" jets are flying east to refuel bombers and fighters involved in the strikes on Iran.🤪
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Kate 🕊
Kate 🕊@affleckquine·
@Martin_Abrams I think it's important to point out that this isn't a UK or British war, it's England's war.
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Cllr Martin Abrams
Cllr Martin Abrams@Martin_Abrams·
Keir Starmer cannot have it both ways. You can't say no to UK involvement in the war in Iran whilst allowing hundreds of U.S bombing raids to take off from UK military bases. The UK is facilitating the illegal war in Iran which has led to killing of 1,000s of civilians, an energy crisis and has taken us to the brink of a global economic meltdown
Saul Staniforth@SaulStaniforth

"In the past hour we've heard Irans foreign minister has told the UK that providing military bases for the US will be considered participation in aggression" Of course it is. Despite what our govt & complicit media are telling us, we've been dragged into this war.

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MikeD@Solosphere01·
Oh, look another @TheGreenParty MP who doesn't understand the full legal basis of why the UK is allowing the US to use our bases. It’s easy to cry "war crime" when the West responds, but staying silent while a regime illegally mines an international waterway and bombs neutral seafarers is the definition of a one-sided agenda.
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MikeD@Solosphere01·
@grex9101 @BenGrahamUK I use AI a lot to look up the facts as well as other sources. I then write most of it and ask AI to fix it. As I am typing, I am not looking at spelling and punctuation because, god forbid, you spell something wrong.
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Ben Graham
Ben Graham@BenGrahamUK·
NCP has gone into administration. They’ve been running car parks since 1931, and somehow ended up £305m in debt. Surely the maintenance for a car park is simple: ticket machines, barriers, lights, and occasional cleaning. How can a business model literally based on people paying to park go bankrupt?
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MikeD@Solosphere01·
The reason Suez, Panama, and the St. Lawrence Seaway charge those massive fees is that they are man-made. They require constant dredging, locks, pilots, and maintenance. They are essentially "private driveways" owned by a country. If you don't want to pay, you have to drive the long way around Africa or South America
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𝓛𝓸𝓻𝓭 𝓓𝓻𝓮𝔂 👑
𝓛𝓸𝓻𝓭 𝓓𝓻𝓮𝔂 👑@lorddrey·
Iran has kept the Straight of Hormuz toll-free for decades despite being vilified, sanctioned, and Isolated. Egypt charges $300,000 – $700,000+ per transit through the Suez Canal. Ultra-large container ships or tankers can exceed $1 million. Panama charges $150,000 – $450,000 per transit. Large Neopanamax ships cost up to $500,000+ to pass the Panama Canal. Turkey charges fees for the Bosporus Strait. Canada charges fees for the St Lawrence Seaway. The United States charges for the St Lawrence Seaway. But Iran is a bad country.
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MikeD@Solosphere01·
@thelefttake Polanski is a classic political opportunist who will back anything, no matter how radical, just to grab power.
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thelefttake
thelefttake@thelefttake·
If you want to understand why today’s youth support Zack Polanski, look no further than the replies on this post. It’s a sea of illiterate boomers telling the young they’re stupid to demand a different system to the one that has priced them out of home-owning and familyhood.
thelefttake@thelefttake

Zack Polanski is by far the most popular candidate for Prime Minister among Britain's 18-24 year olds. Over 3x more popular than Nigel Farage. 7x more popular than Rupert Lowe.

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MikeD@Solosphere01·
@grex9101 @BenGrahamUK Well AI or not, the fact remains, NCP's secret weapon wasn't the person parking for an hour to go to the dentist, it was the corporate season ticket.
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MikeD@Solosphere01·
Comparing potential reforms to the original Diplock Courts (used during The Troubles in Northern Ireland) is a false equivalence. Those courts were established due to witness intimidation and paramilitary influence. Modern reform proposals are administrative or capability-based, rather than a response to civil unrest or a tool for political suppression.
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Chris Daw KC
Chris Daw KC@crimlawuk·
Will you join me in making this pledge? They cannot scrap juries unless we as a profession are complicit. We have the right to say no. Barristers, solicitors, paralegals and caseworkers up and down the land. Without us they have no Lammy Diplock Courts. Make your voice heard.
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MikeD@Solosphere01·
Talks were indirect, lacked the Supreme Leader's buy-in, and were seen as a stalling tactic. Diplomacy had 10+ years (since 2015) and resulted in a "snapback" of sanctions for non-compliance. The UN Security Council was deadlocked, and Iran was accused of using UN inspectors as leverage. How much time should we give a regime that slaughters 36500+ of it's own in 2 days?
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Peter Stefanovic
Peter Stefanovic@PeterStefanovi2·
“This was a war of choice, there was a peace process under way” Wes Streeting says while he has “no doubt” about the “threat” the Iranian regime posed, the gov’t “evidently” thinks US strikes on Iran are a mistake & peace talks “needed more time” #bbcqt
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MikeD@Solosphere01·
I used to be the first person to complain about the UK welfare bill, but then I actually looked at the data. When you strip away the State Pension which is a contributory system people have paid into their whole lives, the remaining "welfare" spend is surprisingly small. We are talking about a £1.1 trillion total budget. Once you account for pensions, the cost of supporting the unemployed, low-income families, and the disabled is a fraction of that total. We spend more on National Debt Interest (£125bn) than we do on the entire Universal Credit system (£60bn). If you're looking for where the "big money" is going, the welfare safety net isn't the black hole people think it is.
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Matthew Elliott
Matthew Elliott@matthew_elliott·
The Government will collect £331bn in income tax this year, and spend £333bn on welfare. In other words, we now spend more on people not working than we raise from those who do. And the cost? Debt per person has risen from £11.5k in 2000 (inflation adjusted) to over £41k today.
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MikeD@Solosphere01·
@DrMarianaClaire @matthew_elliott When you strip out the State Pension, the rest of the safety net (UC, Child Benefit, Housing) accounts for roughly 13% of total gov spending.
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MikeD@Solosphere01·
Funny how Westminster games are only drivel when the other side does it. Meanwhile, in the real world (aka Fylde), people are actually trying to pay their bills and stop their taxes bailing out Blackpool's debt. Well done for using your platform to discuss absolutely nothing of substance to them! 👏 #Fylde #PMQs
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Andrew Snowden MP 🇬🇧
Andrew Snowden MP 🇬🇧@A_J_Snowden·
What is Starmer scared of? What is he hiding on Mandleson? I’m sick of listening to Starmer’s pre-scripted drivel masquerading as answers at #PMQs We know the answer to the question @KemiBadenoch asked him 6 times, he just doesn’t want to say it. So I called him out for it.
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MikeD@Solosphere01·
@kennardmatt 🤣 If you're worried about "sovereignty" and people being here without a public vote, start with the 41,472 who crossed the Channel last year, not the allies who've been here since 1942.
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Matt Kennard
Matt Kennard@kennardmatt·
We never voted to host 12,000+ US troops in our country They are all under the control of Donald Trump Until they leave, we are not a sovereign country Time to take back control
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MikeD@Solosphere01·
Using a tragic, disputed statistic to justify mob rule is a dangerous path. If we decide that "theft" is "God's work" as long as we don't like the victim, we no longer have a civilization; we have a free-for-all. These "activists" aren't helping the poor, they are putting local food banks at risk of being shut down for handling stolen goods and giving supermarkets a reason to hike prices for everyone else. If you want to help farmers and the poor, you do it through policy and the ballot box, not by traumatizing retail staff and stealing bread.
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Areeq Chowdhury
Areeq Chowdhury@AreeqChowdhury·
Just had someone shout "Vote Reform, f*ck Islam" at me. This is what we're up against in Newham. Choose hope over hate and vote for @TheGreenParty on the 7th of May.
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MikeD@Solosphere01·
@ScotNational Jeremy is that not your own Gaza Tribunal, you can't make this shit up!🤣
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The National@ScotNational·
NEW: The UK must face a full investigation by the International Criminal Court for 'complicity and participation in genocide', a major tribunal has concluded
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MikeD@Solosphere01·
Shocking attack? We already trust judges with 97% of criminal cases in this country. Are the Magistrates' courts "authoritarian" too? The truth is, the legal profession loves the complexity of jury trials, but victims love results. By clearing mid-level cases through judge-led "Swift Courts," we actually protect the jury's role for the most serious crimes. You're defending a bottleneck, not a principle. A breakdown of 80,000 cases: The "At Home" Group: 63,500 people are out on bail. Many are "prolific offenders" who might still be committing crimes while they wait 2–4 years for their day in court. The "In a Cell" Group (16,500): These are the Remand Prisoners, they haven't been convicted of the crime they are charged with yet, but a judge has decided they are too much of a flight risk or danger to be on bail. Lawyers love juries because they can "win" an unwinnable case by charming 12 random people. A judge won't be charmed by a sob story if the CCTV shows the guy doing the crime.
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Peter Stefanovic
Peter Stefanovic@PeterStefanovi2·
The unthinking authoritarianism of Labour’s jury-trial reforms Keir Starmer is spearheading one of the most shocking attacks on civil liberties in modern times. spiked-online.com/2026/03/11/the…
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MikeD@Solosphere01·
You aren't stopping anything. You’re just carrying water for a regime that killed 36,500+ of its own citizens in two days, literally half the Gaza toll in 48 hours. I don’t take moral lectures from people who ignore that kind of slaughter just so they can feel important on a Saturday. Your "protest" is a joke and your high ground is a lie. Should you not be there now with one of your pre-drawn placards?
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Chris Corney
Chris Corney@ChrisCorney1·
We've lost our right to march against unpopular wars the same day we lost our right to trial by jury. The two are linked. British people need to find a bit of courage. Tyranny is coming quickly now.
Pippa Crerar@PippaCrerar

Home Sec Shabana Mahmood has approved request from Met police to ban pro-Palestinian march planned for Sunday “to prevent serious public disorder”. Annual Al Quds Day march in London had drawn criticism over apparent backing for Iranian regime after organisers expressed support for late leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Stationary demo could proceed but likely to be heavily policed.

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MikeD@Solosphere01·
@corbyn_project You should probably understand the legal reality before peddling this nonsense to your followers.
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MikeD@Solosphere01·
@AvidFan4u @ChrisCorney1 Repeating "bootlicker" over and over isn't a strategy, it's a glitch. Let me know if you ever develop an actual point, or if you're just going to keep malfunctioning.
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AddLies@AvidFan4u·
@Solosphere01 @ChrisCorney1 You have no idea what my “strategy” is bootlicker. You’re hallucinating because you’ve licked too many boots.
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