Interior & Architectural Photographer, Blogger, formerly an Interior designer

London SE19
Joined July 2010
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This guy utterly dismantles the populist politics of Reform and Restore in 90 seconds. Itโ€™s actually quite beautiful. Take decades of deep-rooted problems in Britain and convince people that a relatively tiny proportion of the population is responsible for all of them. Housing, the NHS, crime. Blame illegal migrants for everything. Suddenly, you donโ€™t need credible solutions to the housing crisis, NHS waiting lists or crime. You just need increasingly extreme policies on immigration. And by the time people realise you never had meaningful answers to the vast majority of Britainโ€™s problems, youโ€™re already in power, handing out tax cuts to your donors.
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James Balston ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง retweeted
RETWEET if you stand with President Zelensky against Donald Trump!
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James Balston ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง retweeted
The media are desperate to pretend that Farage isnโ€™t the establishment, so iโ€™ve written an article explaining why he is. Can we get it shared 1000 times?? Thanks ๐Ÿ™
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James Balston ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง retweeted
Reform UK council chief threatens to report generous cafรฉ owner who fed kids for free to police. The cafรฉ owner served up free meals to hungry children after food vouchers were removed by Reform UK Council leaving the kids starving. mirror.co.uk/news/politics/rโ€ฆ
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To open Refugee Week 2026, weโ€™re inviting our whole Hastings & St Leonards community to come together on Hastings beach. Take your place in a human patchwork quilt stretching from the RNLI to The Dove Cafรฉ. Wear orange. Stand together. In solidarity with refugees. 6pm, 13 June.
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James Balston ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง retweeted
Iโ€™ve been thinking a lot about the extraordinary outbursts of the President of the United States against female journalists... well, actually against journalists in general and journalism.ย But it feels like he saves his most childlike behavior and irrational language for female reporters, calling them all kinds of names that kids in kindergarten are given times out for. Itโ€™s stunning to me to witness such behavior from any leader, any CEO, any person of influence or importance. Iโ€™ve never witnessed someone like this raging, this weekend with @meetthepress host @kwelkernbc, just last week in the Oval Office with @cnnโ€™s @kaitlancollins, calling women stupid or piggy, telling them to โ€œsmileโ€, calling them darling, demeaning their credibility. Every good man should denounce this behavior. Every person should be able to stand up for their colleagues and say โ€œNo more.โ€ Imagine this man screaming like this at your daughter, your wife, your sister, your mother... would you stand for it? No, you wouldnโ€™t! And neither should any of us. Itโ€™s unacceptable and undignified. Period. End of story.
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Totally this๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡every word. "A manufactured mood" is what the media has created.
The media has convinced you that Keir Starmer is the worst Prime Minister in history. They're lying to you.
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James Balston ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง retweeted
Labour have halved the asylum backlog, yet the media never mention it. Why is that?
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Banksy is right
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James Balston ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง retweeted
I know there is a lot of news around but can someone at the Beeb explain to me how a man they keep telling us might be the next PM getting an undisclosed donation of FIVE MILLION POUNDS from a Thai based crypto dealer (with a BS explanation about it being for lifelong security) is not even a news story when the man he wants to replace led the news for days over some glasses and Arsenal tickets?
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Follow the link to help save Denby. Needs government support now or we will lose this historic brand. denbypottery.com/
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Including Russia, right? RIGHT?
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The U.S. Senate must be clear: no war with Iran.
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๐ŸšจBREAKING: The "Board of Peace" launches its first war....
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