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If you want to know if you are on the right side of history, ask yourself these questions: *am I inspired by kindness to the persecuted? *do I base my views on provable factual evidence? *do I change my mind when I learn new facts that disprove old ones? Yes to all = 👍

@francescoS117 @weisselbergers Homer may very well not have been real, not as one man anyway. He is not mentioned as a human being by history. Homer may just be a name for many bards evolving epic poetry.

@weisselbergers Homer was real, what is disputed is his “authorship” over the Odyssey. He didn’t create the story of Odysseus, he just compiled centuries of oral tradition.

Wait till he finds out Homer is fictional too.

@SusieBBPDM @Heccles94 Times have changed. England is no longer a religious country and the symbols of Christianity have been weaponised by haters who have no Christian beliefs. That’s the problem.

@Heccles94 I don't understand? Are you opposed to religion? I'm 62 - certainly in my youth we were very much a religious country. Shops weren't allowed to open on Sunday. We weren't even allowed out to play. Too many religions - we can't just ban them all.

Petrifying displays of white supremacy. Since when did the UK get infected with christo-fascism? This isn’t the USA…

@RestoreNationGB @Heccles94 That would be fine if English ppl - which is what you mean by “British” - observed western civilisation and Christianity. But they don’t. Those who join these marches substitute hatred of others for that.

😂 ‘Petrifying white supremacy’? It’s trees and a flag in Britain, you clown. The UK didn’t ‘get infected’ with Christo-fascism. We built Western civilisation on Christianity for 1,400 years - cathedrals, common law, the language you’re crying in. Native Brits are sick of elites calling our own heritage ‘supremacy’. Britain belongs to the British. Full stop.

@garyduckworth11 @Heccles94 England is very effectively isolating itself right now, from the other UK countries, from Europe, from everyone except MAGAS. Not a good place to be.

@Heccles94 Funded by Israel, driven by Farage and executed by Tommy Robinson. An exercise in brainwashing, manipulation, and hate. Its an awful time to be English

@bmj_latest Despite this being a ‘British’ organisation, Scots should be aware this doesn’t apply to them as the SNP/ScotGov took steps to ensure Palantir has no access to our data. If Sarwar was FM, of course, it would be a different matter.

It will be hilarious if the voters of Manchester refuse to obey and elect someone who isn’t Andy Burnham. Things have changed since July 2024 and the risk must be very great.

@RobSchneider Good good, you won’t be missed.

I am canceling my plans to visit the United Kingdom. The despicable treatment of their own citizens in favor of invaders by their Government is truly disgusting.

@Thelma_DWalker @raphaeldogg Ah, but you see those other parties haven’t read the script, have they? Tch Tch. How dare they contest it.

So let me get this straight: Labour hold the seat in Makerfield but they have called a by-election, due to their MP standing down. There is now a real risk Reform win the seat, but if the Greens stand a strong candidate and campaign to win, it’s the Green’s fault if Labour lose.

@FlashHarry_69 @LizWebsterSBF @grok Why don’t you Google it? It’s not difficult.

@LizWebsterSBF @grok can you confirm if these are genuine reform policies or are they being false information and misrepresentations?

👀 WATCH Reform voters waking up to Reform policies, brilliant 🤩 video “Privatising the NHS… Oh Jesus no.” “Support zero hour contracts… I don’t want that.” “Reducing minimum wage… It’s already not worth working as it is.” My favourite at end: “They’re trying to reform like a Dickensian authority where we are living in smog and no one has any rights unless you’re rich or white.”

@LizWebsterSBF @BlomFeetjie Well yes, but we can’t very well organise an individual vox pop for every single Reform voter, can we? And given that they’re too stupid and hate-filled to find out for themselves….

@GaelicFuturist He reads out what he’s told to read out, that’s his literal job. He doesn’t rule, he reigns, which is not the same thing. come on, we all know this, don’t we?

4 centuries of loyalty ending with a whimper.

@Mersecrofter @FortressLugh If we want Gaelic speakers, we teach children Gaelic. That’s how the Welsh and Irish did it, it’s never going to be instant.

@FortressLugh Gaelic is a dying language and has no place past historical interest in modern Scotland. It's not going to come back unless you import tens of thousands of Gaelic speaking immigrants into the country... and they don't exist.

It was only in the later 15th century that Scots started to refer to the English speaking Scots, and Gaelic was labeled Erse. Before that, English speaking Scots were called, and called themselves, Inglis, while Gaels were called Scots. It is true that every language in Scotland is an import, even the Celtic language, and the Bell Beakers language before it. Such is the case almost everywhere. However, Gaelic has a far longer presence in Scotland than English, and it was the language of the people who founded the state, and the identity called Scots. The English in the southeast of Scotland also extinguished the native Brythonic language there which preceded it. Migration from Northern England into Scottish burghs when the Gaels lost political power through comprador figures shifted the language far more than simply the influence from early English populations in the southeast. The language shift from Gaelic to English was the result of a loss of political power and an elite that favoured English and facilitated English immigration.

@douglasbulloch @JamesCleverly @jfoster2019 And since you claim to be a writer, a little tip. The contraction for “you are” is you’re, not your. HTH.

@flcro @JamesCleverly @jfoster2019 Your right. Scots are ashamed of their country these days.

One of the first decisions made by Essex Reform was to remove the Ukrainian flag from County Council HQ. Let that sink in. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

@douglasbulloch @JamesCleverly @jfoster2019 I assume you aren’t a Scot, or you would know tht is b*llocks. Don’t believe what the self-loathing media says - Scots have learned to ignore them all. Every single day I give thanks that I live in Scotland. So do millions of others.

@Jane4UsGirls @ReallyAmerican1 @RAMediaNetwork The President is supposed to be a statesman with some dignity associated with the office, not a mobster trading insult for invisible insult. He represents you on the world stage. Do you feel represented by a foulmouthed gangster?

@ReallyAmerican1 @RAMediaNetwork These same people have been calling Trump horrible names and treating him like shit, since 2015. They deserve every ounce of disrespect he dishes out. He should do it more.

Steve Harness: “When is a reporter gonna snap back and say don’t you fucking talk to me that way? I’m a goddamned adult. I’m here working. You work for us, asshole. Go fuck yourself. Somebody, for the love of God, I will buy the Pulitzer for you if you will just tell this man how fucking dare you, do not talk to me that way”

@implausibleblog @FionaJLincs He and his mates had 14 bloody years. Does he really think he can now lecture us?

Left: Michael Gove, "Britain is governable. It's just been badly governed" Right: Michael Gove so utterly sozzled in parliament he can't even stand

@englishhobbitt @JamesCleverly You call yourself ENGLISH hobbit, but slide automatically to “Britain”. Nationalism lesson 1 - get the country right. In your case, England.

@JamesCleverly Good, we're Britain, not Ukraine. What happened to all the kids of Ukraine James, go on tell us. It's all part of the Epstein ring.

@douglasbulloch @JamesCleverly @jfoster2019 English, not British. Speak for your own country, not for the other three.

@JamesCleverly @jfoster2019 I think most British people just want an end to the pointless grandstanding. It’s Essex County Council. What earthly point is made by them flying the Ukraine flag?

@SharkeyAli94062 @JamesCleverly English council. Try that in Scotland, I dare you. England is not the UK and the UK is not England.

@JamesCleverly I support Ukraine in its war against Russia's fascist dictator. But the only flag that any UK council should raise is the Union Flag.

@Roni56248402 @BlokeOnWheels The odd thing is that so many DM readers are old. And old people tend to acquire disabilities as they age. But of course THEIR disabilities don’t show moral degeneracy, do they, and they DESERVE benefits and consideration.🤮🤮🤮🤮

@BlokeOnWheels Probably a Daily Fail reader fed on lies, Joe. Ignore her and keep doing what you’re doing! Slàinte! 🍻

This one goes out to the ridiculous woman. I saw a screenshot of earlier today who reckons that people on benefits shouldn't be allowed to go to pubs and other recreational places (I wish I had taken a screenshot myself now. A few years ago, she also thought that disabled people could just "start a business from Home" as if it's as simple as clicking your fingers together (which ironically enough I can't do)