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Tony Blighe

@TBlighe

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Retired from running computer and software businesses. Loves engineering. Keen to see fossil fuels replaced by something more sensible.

Wiltshire, United Kingdom
Joined May 2016
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Clint Eastwood talking about Dirty Harry (1971). "maybe there was so much accent put on the rights of the accused that they weren't taking care of the rights of the victim." 54 years later we're still having the same debate.
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2 months
Five minutes of very high quality information on the UK digital ID plan.
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2 months
“It's a programme that needs to be decided at the ballot box, not in the company boardroom.” The government’s digital ID programme lacks a "clear public mandate" and Palantir “will not be participating,” says the company's UK head @LouisMosley.
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I always get excited when something changes my mind. This happened to me in Spain last year and it's to do with how a lot of the vegetables we buy in the UK are produced. https://t.co/KWtsCTb3OZ
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While on a road trip around Spain in October 2024 we came across something extraordinary, a huge area, around 330 square kilometres (127…
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Tony Blighe
1 year
This helpful site shows how MSM take Trump out of context to mislead their audience. https://t.co/xZtnG9wIF1
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americandebunk.com
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Tony Blighe
1 year
BBC presenter on their flagship @BBCr4today news programme labelling RFK jr a "vaccine denier". How can they get away with this nonsense? I will complain but I'm not holding my breath.
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Tony Blighe
1 year
Just got an email from Bath and West Showground. My reply: "OK, drag queens. What on Earth gives you the idea that I, or any of your other email recipients, want to see drag queens?" OK, it may be funny for a bloke to dress up as a parody of a woman in a Pythonesque way or for
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Tony Blighe
1 year
I just contacted my MP Andrew Murrison regarding replacing Lords in the second chamber with regular citizens. I want you to do the same, click here to take @action and create lasting change.
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Tony Blighe
1 year
Grok fun mode is definitely grounded in human reality. I asked it "Create an amusing cartoon image of cavemen and cavewomen playing a game of squash against a wall."
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Tony Blighe
1 year
I was surprised to see this at the NEC, Birmingham. @UNICEF_uk still think it's a good idea to pump kids full of dodgy COVID vaccines?
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Tony Blighe
1 year
I've just made a donation to @SortitionNow to support their #858Project to replace the House of Lords with a #HouseOfCitizens. Support the campaign today! https://t.co/YfAdyUAGWf Sortition's aim is to get a more representative second house in the UK, which I reckon is a pretty
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Change Politics: Upgrade Democracy Now!
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1 year
That long screenshot came out fuzzy. This should be more readable.
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Tony Blighe
1 year
Surprise surprise! Andrew Parker's page on Mandy dot com has been taken down. Here is a long screenshot for anyone that wants to pass it on. Andrew Parker is an actor who played the part of a campaigner for the UK Reform Party while Channel Four did an "undercover exposé" of
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1 year
I agree with @Nigel_Farage on many issues, but not on solar and wind. The fact they are intermittent is not a problem. Here's why: The vast majority of the cost of electricity from a gas fired power station is the cost of the gas, which is why the cost of our electricity went
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2 years
Gattaca 1997. Tempting? Would you?
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr
2 years
The Bobby Kennedy video Meta doesn’t want you to see, narrated by Woody Harrelson.
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2 years
Speaking to a highly intelligent and well informed friend recently, I was reminded that hardly anyone knows that the UK had a carefully crafted Pandemic Plan, updated in 2011, and that in April 2020 Boris Johnson ripped up the plan and did the exact opposite. There is a link to
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Tony Blighe
2 years
@YouTube BTW you can be anywhere in the world. Just post your entry to Taunton, England.
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Tony Blighe
2 years
Fieldhouse Challenge number 11 £1000 in prizes. These engineering competitions are super fun ! Needs to arrive by the 5th July 2024 to stand a chance of winning. More info: https://t.co/rjW97S9S4L https://t.co/9tZGhhqMtz via @YouTube
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Tony Blighe
2 years
I just supported this case! Vaccines have been of huge benefit to mankind, but the mRNA COVID vaccines appear to do more harm than good for people not at high risk from COVID. The products were rushed and not properly tested for safety and efficacy but sadly the UK government is
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