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Aldous Gray

@1015saturdaynight.bsky.social
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Getting on a bit, worked in Social Housing. Prefer things that work over ideals that stay purely as ideals Politics, this..... bsky.app/profile/larryandpaul.bsky.…

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Paul Evans @pauledevans.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Now’s a good a time as any to deep dive on what is Zionism, rather assume you understand it. There’s going to be a butt-tonne of pontificating about it in the next few days, much of it it from people who are either bias, or ignorent. Let’s try not to be either…
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Zionism Part 1
Podcast Episode · Origin Story · 10 July 2023 · 54min
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A cynical person might ask, of course, why are "young men of fighting age" wearing hijabs? 🧐
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"As one of Kemi's top female frontbenchers calls them 'instruments of suppression...
UK HANDS OUT 1,000 HIJABS TO CHANNEL MIGRANTS"
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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Unless you're a massive far right racist, most sensible people would agree that Burnham is the UK's last chance, whether you vote Tory, Labour, Green, whoever. If he fails, the fascist cunts are in.
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Will Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
EXCLUSIVE Reform MP Sarah Pochin asked a question about the impact second homes have on rural areas, just 48 hours before buying a £800k second home in Wales… willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/reform-mp-...
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Reform UK MP buys £800k Welsh second home just days after questioning their impact
Is this a case of politicians saying ‘do as I say, not as I do’?
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Dunning-Kruger Industries @bbroke7.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Great job everybody! The outlook is peachy.
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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Manchester City cheated Premier League rules, the Commission found. Did it also cheat HMRC? We've examined the decision and leaked Mancini documents. We think City likely failed to pay £12m in tax. There should be a criminal investigation. Thread:
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History Rage Podcast @historyrage.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🚨 BONUS EPISODE🚨 ⚔️ Forget the one-dimensional labels. @tracyborman.bsky.social explores the ambition, faith, diplomacy and influence behind Henry VIII’s queens—and why they shouldn’t simply be cast as rivals. Proudly partnered with @hrp-palaces.bsky.social Six Queens campaign 🎧: pod.fo/e/6715cc
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Season ten man. SEASON TEN. Apparently we've done something like 120 episodes and nearly every one of them nearly killed me.
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Kate Lister @k8lister.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Today on #BetwixtTheSheets, I am talking to the Tudor-tastic legend Kate Williams about the “9 day queen,” Lady Jane Grey. Listen wherever you get your podcasts and you can now watch us over on YT!
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Dawn Butler MP @dawnbutlerbrent.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Last day of conference. No time to waste in getting Sagal elected. Please join my campaign day with @gmb.org.uk and @labourunionsuk.bsky.social We are all in this together!
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Aldous Gray @1015saturdaynight.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is an incredibly sad story www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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‘Goodison Gazza’ Billy Kenny: ‘The only time I’ve had peace was when I was locked up’
Everton’s great lost talent of the 90s tells Donald McRae about the drinking culture that enveloped him as a teenager, his time in jail, struggles with depression and how he got clean
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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Luxury retailers want taxpayers to fund a 20% tax break for foreign tourists. They paid consultancy Cebr to claim this will raise £2.6bn for the UK. That convinced Sadiq Khan and Kemi Badenoch. But it's false: a free lunch. Four basic errors mask a £600m loss. Thread:
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Jack London @jacklondonbluesky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Fools! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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More than 50 Palestine Action support rally protesters arrested
More than 250 protesters sat outside Labour's party conference in Liverpool to support the banned group.
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Yes, it's that time again when the Fascism scene returns to London and this year black is very much in vogue. From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
As the Tories tie Reform in the polls, the high profile online influencer Raheem Kassam (a longterm associate of the leader) is persistently promoting a xenophobic racialised focus on Bsdenoch's heritage: a "Nigerian scammer" & encouraging the use of 'Olukemi Olufunto Adegoke “Kemi” Badenoch'
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Political Cartoon Gallery @politicalcartoon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Ben Jennings @BJennings90 on smart glasses and AI hacks @Guardian – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A 42 yesr old has got a prison sentence after a guilty plea for throwing a bottle at the police in Portsmouth while with the "patriot patrol" group. He faces a trial for assault of the police, having pled not guilty. Four other men chatged. www.itv.com/news/meridia...
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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Slide away….Reform falling into third on growing number of polls
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Bridget Phillipson MP @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Reform UK in Sunderland have pulled support for Show Racism the Red Card, calling them ‘a politically-charged organisation with an agenda’. That agenda is driving racism out of football. Sunderland stands against racism, even if our Reform council doesn't. www.sunderlandecho.com/news/people/...
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Charity hits out at Reform decision to withdraw support for Show Racism the Red Card
Charity and city MPs call on Reform led Sunderland City Council to reverse decision
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Sharon O'Dea @sharonodea.com · 22/09/2026
A landlord making £100,000 a month says young people have “no excuse to be poor”. Excellent. I love financial advice. Gather round, children, let's examine how he himself stopped being poor. metro.co.uk/2026/09/20/i...
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I’m a landlord making £100,000 a month — young people have no excuse to be poor
Samuel bought his first home aged 17 with a 100% mortgage.
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Kate Lister @k8lister.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Today on #BetwixtTheSheets, I am talking to the utterly spectacular Casta Hex about the fashion and makeup of #MarieAntoinette Listen wherever you get your podcasts and we’re now available on YouTube as well! X
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Michael Rosen @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
On our YouTube Channel, we've got 11 videos labelled 'Poetry Workshops' where I introduce a poem and give suggestions to children on how to write a poem too. www.youtube.com/c/MichaelRos...
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Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
Official Michael Rosen Channel Every video and playlist here is approved by Michael himself. If it’s on this channel, it’s the real deal and safe for children. You may see “YTP” or “poop” remixes on...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Right-wing press and ideologues will have you believe that the UK is the most heavily taxed place. They promise the impossible, European/Scandinavian levels of social security with American levels of taxation. This graph puts things in perspective.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Mr Daniel Thomas has "instructed a specialist defamation solicitor" - using the funds of Paw Patrol - to look into whether he can sue the Home Secretary for calling him "far right and outright racist, walking into town, hijacking an issue + then using it to divide our communities"
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Kate Lister @k8lister.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Today on #BetwixtTheSheets, I am talking to the awesomely awesome Ashley Douglas about her groundbreaking research into the life of Marie Maitland, Scotland’s sixteenth-century Sappho Listen wherever you get your podcasts! (And don’t forget we’re now on YouTube too!)
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Aldous Gray @1015saturdaynight.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Another interesting video from @barryseconomics.bsky.social on why we seem so accepting of BS when it is delivered in a posh voice www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uwf...
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The Psychology Of Slow Horses: Why It Actually Works
YouTube video by Barry's Economics
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Humanist Society Scotland @humanistsociety.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"It's all happening in England, isn't it, that stuff?" Nope, we had a summer scarred by race riots in major Scottish cities. While Scotland is widely celebrated as a welcoming, multicultural nation tit is far from being immune to the divisive rhetoric taking hold across parts of the UK.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"I would suggest you read my book", my response to Tim Stanley on the Moral Maze on BBC Radio 4 last night when he suggested that I was only interested in who was funding Reform - Reform didn't exist when I started doing this work! C 10 mins in here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Moral Maze - 16/09/2026 - BBC Sounds
Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. #moralmaze
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Kings Heath United Against Racism @khuar.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Seen in Barnt Green today
Sticker with England flag & picture of Ryan Bridge with a bloody nose. Words say FUCK RYAN.
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Very nice to hear a sane voice from Piddington. Serious respect to this woman, who is apparently already being othered by more bigoted villagers.
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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The hospitality industry are back lobbying for a VAT cut They don't mention the cost: £12bn They don't mention who gets the £: ❌ The smallest most vulnerable businesses? Get nothing ❌ Consumers? Prices won't fall ✅ McDonald's gets £400m. Big chains are big winners 🧵:
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Kate Lister @k8lister.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Today on #BetwixtTheSheets, I am talking to the classically fantastic emmasouthon about the popular idea that Ancient Rome was just wall to wall orgies. Listen wherever you get your podcasts - AND you can now also watch and subscribe on YouTube. youtube.com/@betwixtthes...
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Whilst Numbty Trumpy claims London ”wants to go Sharia” & ReFuk voters believe c 50% of Londoners are Muslim. It’s about 15%. (General public believes it’s about 35%). The gap between belief and fact continues to widen apple.news/AzonNMha7RiK...
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Opinion - Why millions of Brits are dead wrong about what’s really happening on London’s streets — The Standard
People are way too negative about the realities of London, says KCL professor Bobby Duffy, who has just published a landmark report on misperceptions of life in the capital
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History Rage Podcast @historyrage.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🚨 FESTIVAL EPISODE🚨 🪖 The Home Guard weren’t Britain’s doddery old dads waiting for tea. They were volunteers preparing for invasion. Sinclair McKay tears apart the myth at Gloucester History Festival, 12–20 Sept. 🎟️ www.gloucesterhistoryfestival.co.uk 🎧 pod.fo/e/5f2c3b #HistoryRage #WW2 #HomeGuard
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History Rage Podcast @historyrage.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🚨 FESTIVAL EPISODE🚨 The Home Guard wasn’t playing soldiers. ⚔️ They were preparing to fight in their own streets, with bayonets, grenades, anti-tank tactics and hand-to-hand combat. Sinclair McKay reveals just how lethal this force was expected to be. 🪖💥 🎧 LISTEN: pod.fo/e/5f2c3b #WW2
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Kate Lister @k8lister.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
In case you missed it, Betwixt the Sheets is now available for your viewing pleasure on YouTube. Please subscribe so I can have more subscribers than Dan. youtube.com/@betwixtthes...
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History Rage Podcast @historyrage.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🚨 FESTIVAL EPISODE🚨 🧙‍♂️ Merlin wasn’t always the familiar Arthurian wizard. Amy Jeffs explores his earlier incarnation as a wild man and prophet in Welsh tradition. 🌲📜 🎧 pod.fo/e/5be9d7 🎟️ Gloucester History Festival, 12–20 Sept #Merlin #HistoryRage
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Statement from Progressive Judaism leaders - Rabbi Josh Levy and Rabbi Charley Baginsky “Holding an Israeli government accountable for its actions does not cause antisemitism. Antisemites cause antisemitism. progressivejudaism.org.uk/rabbi-charle...
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Rabbi Charley Baginsky and Rabbi Josh Levy: No single response can speak for British Jews - The Movement for Progressive Judaism
As we approach the High Holy Days, we enter a season of teshuvah, of looking honestly at ourselves, taking responsibility and asking what must change. Yet there is a temptation, on days like these, to...
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Kate Lister @k8lister.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Today on #BetwixtTheSheets, I am talking about the disastrous love life of Mary Queen of Scots with the one and only Estelle Paranque Now available on our brand new YouTube channel! youtube.com/@betwixtthes...
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Aldous Gray @1015saturdaynight.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
@casmudde.bsky.social makes a very serious point about the advance of the far right, it's danger to democracy and the need for non far-right parties to cooperate to avoid the destruction of government as we know it www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The AfD’s win in Germany is a dark day for Europe. Time is running out to stop the far right | Cas Mudde
This party is among the most extreme in Europe. To protect our democracies, liberal parties must urgently change their tactics, says Cas Mudde, author of The Far Right Today
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Aldous Gray @1015saturdaynight.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
If things weren't rather frightening at the moment this would be amusing www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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Camden Green councillor says he will fight Polanski to run in Starmer’s seat – UK politics live
Hamza Chowdhury says he has received nominations from six of the other nine Green councillors for the local authority
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Dr. Sandra Duffy Golden @sandraduffy.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I don't know if it's just that this UK government missed the context of growing up in Ireland in the 90s, but they should probably be aware that gangs of lads in balaclavas don't have the best intentions for the public.
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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Been a bit quiet... but coming soon from Tax Policy Associates: • How tax reform could drive growth • Land tax reform that works - in practice and politically • A major tax scandal affecting thousands of people Get every report free by email: buff.ly/MH82ImN
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History Rage Podcast @historyrage.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
🚨 THIS WEEK🚨 Behind every Cold War bunker plan were real people prepared to help others survive ☢️🚨 @nrh1992.bsky.social explains why civil defence volunteers deserve far more credit. Listen now: pod.fo/e/5a3275 #ColdWar #CivilDefence #History
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History Rage Podcast @historyrage.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
🚨 FESTIVAL EPISODE🚨 🇬🇧❌ Arthur wasn’t originally the ultimate English king. Amy Jeffs digs into an Arthur whose enemies were the Saxons — the future English. Suddenly Camelot looks rather different… 👀⚔️ 🎧 pod.fo/e/5be9d7 🎟️ 12–20 Sept Gloucester History Festival #KingArthur #HistoryRage
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Adil Ray @adilray.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Many will look at Zia Yusuf as doing the racists work for them and clearly racist. For many of us this will show how entrenched racism has become. Yusuf probably thinks his racism will reward him. He understands more than most, the political currency it provides. Racism is no longer on the fringe.
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Conor @ernekid.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This is some absolute nonsense impacting one of my favourite sandwich places in Belfast
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LSE British Politics and Policy @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Why do elites pretend to be common people? By @samfriedman.bsky.social and @aaronreeves.bsky.social of @lsesociology.bsky.social. blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
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Why do elites pretend to be common people? | LSE British Politics
Presenting themselves as common people has become a bit of trend among UK elites and politicians. This strategy is surprisingly effective, but with limits.
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Aldous Gray @1015saturdaynight.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
To celebrate today www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs06...
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Earth, Wind & Fire - September (Official HD Video)
YouTube video by EarthWindandFireVEVO
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Barry's Economics @barryseconomics.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
What happens when the very things you're told will help you get ahead can actually work against you? In this second part of the meritocracy series, I look at the "hustle penalty" and the hidden costs of how you present yourself when you're trying to move up. #meritocracy youtu.be/O0HG7EimeAY
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The Dark Side of Meritocracy: Why 'Hustling' is a Trap
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