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Defiance is a four letter word spelt with a finger. The/Meep

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@jpkesseler
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3 years
At some point over the last *redacted* years, I managed, somehow, to find myself with the most wonderful circle of friends. The kindest, sweetest dickhead from Peterhead . "oh no" The bear from Yellowstone. The man who knows every Hazel Dean song.
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@jpkesseler
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3 years
God fucking damn. I am so angry right now. Just outside of the gay scene, our supposed safe space, these cretins feel emboldened enough to do this.
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3 years
I'll do my best to respond to everyone in person later, but just to say I'm home now and okay, and thank you to everyone who has sent some love. It was needed and appreciated.
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@jpkesseler
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2 years
Tom Daley uses his platform to better the lives of fellow LGBTQ people the world over. Dan Wootton uses fellow LGBTQ people, including forcibly outing, to better his own life. No wonder Wootton's aimed his bile at Daley, the jealousy and bitterness must choke him.
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@jpkesseler
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3 years
@Matt95997324 I know Matt, I was the lad who sat with you while we waited for the ambulance and then traveled in the police car with you to City Hospital when it was taking too long. What a couple of weeks. Hope you're on the mend.
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@jpkesseler
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@AndrewSmith_AU @joel_archie @piersmorgan @sterling7 His body, his message, his family. Literally nothing to do with anybody else. Not only that, but if somebody still has an issue with it, after Sterling has explained the context and that it's unfinished, then they need to ask themselves what exactly it is that's winding them up.
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@RussellHayward He has lived his best life and I am here for it.
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@jpkesseler
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3 years
The worst thing about what happened tonight wasn't, weirdly enough, the bottle round the head, it was the people who saw it happen they try to justify it with, and I am quoting: "Yeah, but we don't agree with that LGBTQ stuff".
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@jpkesseler
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4 years
@GaryLineker It is ridiculous how under appreciated he has been throughout his career.
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@jpkesseler
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5 years
@foundry_man49 @ddFrancis88 You just described most mid 20 year olds I know. No taxation without representation. Either 16 and 17 year olds get exempt from Income Tax, or they get the damn vote.
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5 years
@Jack3verill @CiaransTweets @iamthearmandi @JonnyGabriel Now I'm falling asleep And developed a cough
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4 years
@Erwin_vd_V @RexChapman Have you ever cares for a loved one with dementia? For me, these moments, when the worry and fear and befuddlement and pain would fade away, where something clicked and remained, they were moments that reminded me they were still there. They were still the same person.
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@SilverGhost0375 @ValoisDuBins @KierHardlie @MSymchuk @ostrasyn Looking through your profile you seem to be obsessed with gay things, so I think you're more than equipped to answer that one yourself.
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@SilverGhost0375 @ValoisDuBins @KierHardlie @MSymchuk @ostrasyn Nah, falsehoods and idiocy absolutely deserve to be ignored.
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@jpkesseler
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@owenjonesjourno Nothing has pinged my desire to grab the tin foil as much as this has in a long time.
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@jpkesseler
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3 months
Get. Kane. Off. For. The. Love. Of. God.
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@jpkesseler
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4 years
@missrukiibaby @DVATW @MarcusRashford Jesus thinks you're a Tuesday.
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@jpkesseler
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5 years
@sharrond62 @KarlBristow @OwenJones84 Miss Represent is my drag name.
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@Channel4News "I don't need to understand." And there we have it.
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@jpkesseler
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3 years
@CalumMcSwiggan Yes, to a degree I am. It's possible to simultaneously adore Rashford for being a wonderful footballer and (way more importantly) a leader in society of which we've missed for decades, while also acknowledging that penalty was God awful. He wasn't even looking at the ball ffs.
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@jpkesseler
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2 years
Sam Smith is loud, proud, unafraid to display their queerness. In other words, their awesome. The homophobic backlash against a pop video, which has nothing in it more explicit than lots of heteronormative videos, is telling. We're here, we're Queer, get used to it.
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@jpkesseler
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7 years
@Orwell_Fan @sdmporter @hannxe @EarlofWickham @itvnews And this week's winner of Accidental Partridge goes to...
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@jpkesseler
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4 years
@Stoney_Ground @StourbridgeFC @chewie76 Get a grip. Yours, a blue nose.
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@jpkesseler
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3 years
This is the hospital I almost died in. This is the hospital I have to come to every six months for a billion blood test to make sure I'm not dying. Like, I'm glad I'm here than anywhere else, but lord, please let me be able to go home soon.
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2 years
@Heresy_Corner They all seem to think the Queen was sitting in on cabinet meetings with the final say. Combine a lack of basic understanding of the role of modern monarchy, with american sized portions of CONFIDENCE and CERTAINTY, and man alive, my head is hurting.
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@jaylanic @AcrossDaKeeper @Natpirks Terrified of rainbows, I bloody love it.
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@jpkesseler
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6 years
@JenLRossman @AndreaMann Maybe not a Werewolf, but how about a Swearwolf?
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4 years
@BlaineMorgan10 @Breaking911 Declares love for a regime diametrically opposed to the ideals which America was founded on while having the flag in his title. That's some cognitive dissonance.
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@jpkesseler
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3 years
Very grateful for all the hard work the police have put in, which has resulted in this today.
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#ARREST | We’ve arrested a man over a homophobic hate crime in which a man was attacked with a bottle in Birmingham’s Gay Village. The suspect, 29, surrendered to us today and was arrested on suspicion of wounding with intent to cause GBH. More 👇
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@Rule5racing @ViratsMSDBhakti @clarey_11 @benstokes38 Totally comparable. Practically the same thing. Great shout. Gin, please. Now.
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@markthekom @Georgeg22_ @btsportwwe @DMcIntyreWWE @WWEUK Until he loses, then he's back to being Scottish. It's called the Andy Murray rule.
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3 years
The reaction to the attack while it was a local story was, by a huge margin, one of concern and support. A snippet of the interview gets shared by the national arm of BBC and the comments turn into a sewer of racism, homophobia and hate. Something is broken.
@BBCNews
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'Birmingham feels less safe for gay people now' A man hit with a bottle during a homophobic attack says the atmosphere in his city has changed
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@AchtungZBoom @ConcernedThan @Axe_Grrl @RexChapman Have a day off, mate. She got the point, but she also has a sense of humour. Also, you don't fuck with Glinda.
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3 years
I can't thank everybody who turned up to protest enough. It was a show of solidarity, defiance and strength. I hadn't planned on speaking, but I felt I had to. There's no way to fight this but as one. To repeat my final words from tonight: There is no LGB without the T.
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2 years
@BernieTranders "I remember when these people would have defended me!" Almost like something about you has changed, Graham.
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@jpkesseler
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3 years
Quick update. @brumpolice have been proactive in dealing with this. There are obviously issues regarding the rise in homophobic attacks in and around the gay scene, with a change and/or increase in preventative measures needed, but their reaction to this has left me heartened.
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6 years
@afneil Unless you're referring to another time, Owen used the word 'defended' and not 'backed' last night, no?
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5 years
@IndiaWilloughby @GMB @piersmorgan @london_aquarium @susannareid100 @CharlotteHawkns If your acceptance is based on throwing other LGBT people under the bus, it's only a matter of time before their venom is turned on you.
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3 years
Thankful for all the hard work that's been put in to get to this stage.
@BrumPolice
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#CHARGED | We’ve charged a man over a homophobic attack in #Birmingham ’s Gay Village in which a man was hit over the head with a bottle. Usman Murtza from #Tipton is accused of assaulting John-Paul Kesseler and another man on 10 October. More 🔽
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@allan_cheapshot Not sure there's ever been a luckier bump.
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@kriissaa_krae @slimedogmillion @GarbageApe Because the family looks happy you assume they're democrats. Okay.
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@Aden_Harris_ @harvey_21_x Even if that was accurate, after what your Health Secretary just did how can you be surprised? More importantly, how can you be upset?
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@Gavoconnor @LowTaxChloe Now that was funny.
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3 years
@MickYeomans @BBCNews After reading your response I'd like to say; fuck the fucking fuck fuck off. In a more polite way; mate, there isn't a defence to violence from mean words. Also, if you're angry and just respond, one level. If you're looking for something and respond with weapons, another.
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4 years
@yeppbiz @piersmorgan If there's a virus that makes you chat bollocks on twitter, sit down mate, we need to tell you something...
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Last night and tonight, a visible police presence in Hurst St, also including a tent for people to report previous instances of hate crime they hadn't done so before. Good to see the good words of the past few weeks being backed up by action.
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@jpkesseler
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5 years
@piersmorgan Have you made it your life's work to turn that cartoon into reality? *somebody is mean about my mate Donald* TO THE TRUMPMOBILE!
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@IANdrewDiceClay @NotBatmanKeaton I didn't know it was possible to somehow make it even worse, but here we are.
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@jpkesseler
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5 years
@spectator Being a white cishet male is fine. Being Toby Young however, sheesh.
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4 years
@ObjectUK This is one of the lowest things I've had the misfortune of seeing in a long time. When the realisation and shame hit you, however long that takes, I hope it leads you down a better path.
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@jpkesseler
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As for me, I'm alright. Sore head and arm, but nothing bad, and a cool new scar once it heals. I got very lucky. Once again, beyond thankful for all the supportive messages, it means a hell of a lot. There is far more goodness in this world than bad.
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7 years
@Anthony24367 @DexertoJosh @MissEllieMae @GaryLineker And his point is that if you're going to use that mode of transport you shouldn't attack those offering it.
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@Jonnyishh That's legitimately a punch in the gut.
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@jpkesseler
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@cigarboyrick82 @jessphillips He's been a flaming arsehole so far, but that's not a crime. If he breaks the injunction though, oh my days, lock that door, throw away that key, fill the cell with rainbows and play Kylie at him until an inevitable change of heart, But can't just arrest him for arseholery.
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@jpkesseler
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3 years
All of this week I've been supported by friends who have carried me for years now. Tonight was no different. Shit happens. The people you love make it so much easier to deal with.
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6 years
@YoungLabourUK I'd have a reconsider over who's allowed to tweet from the account.
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5 years
@k1482 @coenpad @jo_publik @PaulBrandITV @brookebay21 @KateOsamor No it's not, it's a bloody awful idea. It means MPs would spend their time plying to their local party members rather than acting in the entire constituency's best interest.
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5 years
@PaulBrandITV This is less "gets heckled by the public" and more "gets shouted at by racist fuckknuckle."
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3 years
@OwenJones84 I can understand why someone might be upset about what they see as dishonesty in the leadership campaign, but saying he's positioning himself far to the right of Biden seems a touch OTT, no?
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@jpkesseler
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3 years
@bowgroup @B_HQ @Daily_Express Working class LGBTQ person tweeting from the bar of a working man's club. Pretty sure I exist, pretty sure those issues are massively important to me.
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@jpkesseler
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2 years
Homophobic hate crimes rose by 41% last year, transphobic hate crimes by 56%. Coming out is one of the most stressful thing I have ever done. That fear of understanding you never know how somebody will react. Iker Casillas and Carlos Puyol can go fuck themselves
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I've seen people mentioned that Terfs and GC have a women purity test, but I'm not quite sure that's accurate enough. They have a white women purity test.
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3 years
God. Fucking. Damn. It.
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4 years
@TinySonix @jeffg1994 @SavinTheBees Oh God, this. All of this. Never ending this.
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7 years
@Marnie1971 @My2Two2Cents @jaketapper For all the abuse on twitter, I see this kind of thing just as much, and the kind politeness of it all makes me happy.
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@jpkesseler
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This is 40. If I live to be 100, I doubt I will ever have a better day. Every aspect of who I am, what I love, why I'm here, all together as one. There are too many people to thank, so please just know, I thank you all. Woke up with the bestest boy. Life ain't so bad.
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@rivier @ItsMatt_Again Says the person pretending not to have heard of Girls Aloud.
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@the_sensefield @HITCSevens The disparity between how this has gone and how it's gone in your head is quite something.
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@jonlis1 Far from a deterrent, this would seem to disincentivise the peaceful part of the protest. If you're going to get years in prison for causing a traffic jam, what's the point in stopping there?
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5 years
@benjaminbutter Never has a ratio been more deserved.
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@Erwin_vd_V @RexChapman Sorry mate, that's a really difficult thing to go through. Think about how much comfort you gave to them. How much you made something incomprehensibly painful less so. Those flashes of the real them, they weren't replays of the past, they were how you made them feel.
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@SilverGhost0375 @ValoisDuBins @KierHardlie @MSymchuk @ostrasyn Course babes. While you frantically try to Mike Judge your way out of this, I'm just gonna mute you. Peace.
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@KeithOlbermann More often than not I'll see the BBC News Channel report things after everyone else because of vetting. To run this, wow.
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3 years
@Eli_Edwards @wank_666 We all live different lives, but I'm a little stumped how somebody could think "Wahay!" is a middle class thing.
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4 years
@subsuume That is some epic level privilege you've got.
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3 years
@Paper_street @tomhfh His advocacy for trans rights is long standing, why would he delete this?
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Lisa Nandy is very quickly becoming the useful patsy sent out to say something they know is stupid because they're a team player. Not sure becoming the James Cleverly of this Government is something to aspire to, but whatever.
@SkyNews
Sky News
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"It was a very uncomfortable watch" Sky's @RobHarris spoke to culture secretary @lisanandy MP about the contentious Olympic boxing match between Imane Khelif and Angela Carini. Read more: 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
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@mikeyl @Happygbeanz2 @tranceketeer @dinarickman If this is satire, it's brilliant. Please be satire.
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@GMB We all make mistakes, but in the future maybe don't have straight people producing LGBTQ focused segments.
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2 years
Not sure if the use of nonsensical GC phrases or claiming 16-18 year olds shouldn't have bodily autonomy have upset me more. This, less than 3 months after giving a speech at the @PinkNews awards where he pledged his full support for LGBTQ rights. This is red line territory.
@LBC
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'I'm worried about the impact on equality laws.' Sir Keir Starmer defends his view that 16 is too young to change legal gender. @NickFerrariLBC | @Keir_Starmer
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3 years
Well that's every social's new photo sorted.
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6 years
@Sm1ffy83 Taking recreational drugs isn’t mutually exclusive to reading or being altruistic, bab.
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@mattkoonmusic Has a man's reputation ever been so comprehensively demolished as Dunn's, in such a short time?
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@NoKevski @lfcryxn @MerseyPolice Alright Corleone, calm your tits.
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3 years
Me an hour ago: Wohoo! Night out, now cruising, happy days, I've pulled, back to his, yay! Him 10 minutes ago: " Yeah, it's all gone too far now. What the fuck is non-binary anyway?" Me now: My sex life would so much simpler if I didn't have a no dickhead rule.
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@KWilliamsAuthor @TinySonix @jeffg1994 @SavinTheBees Fine, I'll do it myself! Heal! *half a second later* "Thora!" SON OF A...
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@WastingSanity @Richhhhhhsays @DinomiteTwins @12am Yeah fella, you don't believe things without proof. You aren't going to fall for obvious scams. You is smart. 😂
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But they aren't comin for your kids.
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@StopThisMadne18 @GaryLineker If only there was a video or something.
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@DJSarahJane @gmpolice I'd suggest that responsibility mainly falls on the father.
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2 years
1988 - Section 28 2023 - Section 35 Some days just leave you feeling utterly hopeless.
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@Phillip_D_Jones Shame you don't hate anti-semitism as much as you love democracy.
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@archie555 @BBCBreaking This isn't a trial, nobody's sending him to prison. People can make their own judgement on his character based on the evidence put before us.
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