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@1984colt.bsky.social
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Rider of bikes. Walker of walks. Love: The Fall, Nick Cave, Tom Waits, The Idles, Ska, Northern Soul. The Keep, Under Domo Minor, The Human Stain, Fight Club The Skin I'm In, Prometheus, Fight Club

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Drax’s planned datacentre to burn 4.9m tonnes of wood to produce its electricity, nearly double the CO2 emissions of all flights from London Gatwick airport. Drax, a highly profitable company gets subsidies to burn wood and produce electricity How many lives will it ruin?
theguardian.com
Drax datacentre could create nearly twice the yearly emissions of all Gatwick flights
Exclusive: Campaign group’s analysis of North Yorkshire plans finds datacentre would have to burn 4.9m tonnes of wood a year
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DamonTheDemon @damonthedemon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Few Highlights from 1980s Miners strike Mass unemployment and deindustrialisation 1981 inner city riots HIV Section 28 Poll Tax riots Housing crisis and right to buy Hillsborough Mad Cow disease Decimation of the welfare state NHS outsourcing / chronic underfunding
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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Rich privately educated prick who wasn’t even born until 1984 recasts era of rioting, poverty and mass unemployment as Britain’s golden age. Thatcher was the worst thing that ever happened to Britain
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
UK airlines to be banned from charging parents to sit with children. Some people charged up to £104 extra. Neoliberals routinely moan about regulation but are silent on customer rip-off schemes. If businesses were ethical we wouldn't need regulation.
theguardian.com
UK airlines to be banned from charging parents to sit with children
Planned rule change forms part of Burnham’s bid to crack down on the ‘little charges that add up’
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David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
History is written by the victors. Thatcher broke the power of trade unions by mass unemployment, industrial restructuring, frittered away N Sea Oil, laid the foundations for the current housing crisis, decimated local bus services, hollowed out local government and introduced the poll tax.
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Andy Burnham seems to remember a different 1970s to the rest of us. Britain in 1979 was utterly broken - ravaged by unaccountable trade union power, economically stagnant, the sick man of Europe.
The 1980s saw a remarkable national recovery based on free enterprise, the rule of law and championing Western values. And it is this that our Prime Minister rails against...
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 02/10/2026
Sadiq Khan in The Guardian: "We must be honest about the fact that reversing it is the best chance we have to get Britain back on track." www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2…
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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Sterling hitting a one-month high on upgraded UK growth figures and momentum for a closer European relationship exposes the fundamental flaw of isolationism. Markets instantly reward real prospects of reducing trade barriers. Why delay economic repair any longer? 🤔 #FBPE
currencynews.co.uk
British Pound to Euro Forecast: UK Growth, EU Brexit Reset Hopes Lift GBP | Currency News UK
The Pound to Euro exchange rate (GBP/EUR) climbed to a one-month high around 1.1700 after Sterling received a double boost from stronger UK growth and Prime Minister Andy Burnham's push for a fundamen...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Burnham could change tax relief on pension contributions for his projects. Gross tax relief in 2024-2025 was £83.9bn. 71% went to 7.7m additional & higher rate taxpayers. 29% to 30.4m basic rate taxpayers. Giving relief to all at 20% leaves £14.5bn spare for social care. But equality/equity?
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
So they're now talking about attacking the system of policing and law. Arrest these f*ckers. Stop bowing down to them and dancing around them.
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is what happens when you don’t nip things in the bud. Rampant paramilitarism.
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Kenny Stewart @kennystew.art · 24/09/2026
I know it’s a pretty tired and far from original point by now, but consider this versus someone holding up a Palestine Action sign and muse on which this government considers support for terrorism.
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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
With major research highlighting that reversing Brexit is the only clear path to securing a parliamentary majority and locking out Reform UK, voters are demanding real ambition. Rejoining the EU restores growth and fixes broken trade. How do we demand action? #FBPE
walesonline.co.uk
Andy Burnham has to reverse Brexit to stay in power, report says
Sir Tony Blair says the UK needs to rejoin the EU within 10 years
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Good. Now arrest those who were with him for conspiracy, and then arrest those who tried to set fire to a hotel for arson. And then proscribe the group as a terrorist organisation. Which is what you are if you use violence for political ends. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Police arrest far-right activist Daniel Thomas after dinghy slashed in Channel
Thirty-seven-year-old in custody on suspicion of crimes including criminal damage with intent to endanger life
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 24/09/2026
"Shabana Mahmood is the cabinet minister responsible for the UK’s policing and its national security – as well, of course, as managing the country’s borders…I include this reminder because Mahmood increasingly seems to be operating under the assumption that her job only concerns the latter."
thenewworld.co.uk
If Shabana Mahmood is tough, why is she so slow to crack down on Danny Tommo and the far right?
Weeks of what looks like blatant lawbreaking have finally resulted in an arrest. But the home secretary seems happy to look elsewhere
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 24/09/2026
"The early days of Andy Burnham’s government have made Starmer’s look positively energetic: a PM who usually loves nothing more than being on camera has studiously avoided saying a word as he loses control of law and order in Britain, and his home secretary seems determined to appease the thugs."
thenewworld.co.uk
If Shabana Mahmood is tough, why is she so slow to crack down on Danny Tommo and the far right?
Weeks of what looks like blatant lawbreaking have finally resulted in an arrest. But the home secretary seems happy to look elsewhere
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Dylan Difford @dylandifford.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I mean, at this point, it's fairly unambiguously paramilitarism. You've got a non-state actor using violence to further political objectives. It's flagrantly in breach of democratic principles several times over. Inaction would be the most ultimate failure of a democratic government.
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aidThompsin (live, fridays @ 19:30) @aidthompsin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I wonder what brutal punishment Shabana Mahmoud will dish out? Answers below please.
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aidThompsin (live, fridays @ 19:30) @aidthompsin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Convicted kidnapper with a history of violence and now building a self declared “army” of balaclavans to “take over ports” mess with infrastructure… …will now face charges for marine sabotage that endangered life. What an absolute fucktard.
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timoconnorbl.bsky.social @timoconnorbl.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Arrest. Deny bail as likely to commit further offences. Prosecute.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"Gaza is not only the world's largest graveyard for children. It's also the place with the highest rate of child amputations in the world." "Gaza has become the most inhumane and shameful concentration camp of our time." Why does the world let Israel continue to run this Concentration Camp?
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Charlotte Church sang From the River to the Sea at a fundraising event for Palestinians and now all the usual people are screaming antisemitism and trying to cancel her. RT if you stand with Charlotte Church and Palestine.
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🇨🇵 Clare Price-Jones 🇪🇺 @clucksky.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Bring UK state pensions in line with say France, Germany or Belgium, then by all means remove the triple lock.
theguardian.com
Britain needs cash and everyone knows we should break the pensions triple lock. Where is the courage? | Gaby Hinsliff
The issue cannot be avoided any longer. Andy Burnham and his chancellor must face the fear of a pensioner backlash, and find a fair solution, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Every time I return to Paris, I notice they've done more to reclaim streets from drivers and cars, including removing on-street parking, protecting cyclists from drivers, and prioritizing pedestrians and cyclists in shared spaces. Other cities can learn a lot from Paris.
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Time to arrest this guy and charge him.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Guardian joins the campaign to abolish the state pension triple-lock. Portrays it as a old v young, social security v defence spending issue. Silence on corporate welfare, tax perks of the rich, maldistribution of wealth, low govt spend on state pension, how future retirees will survive.
theguardian.com
Britain needs cash and everyone knows we should break the pensions triple lock. Where is the courage? | Gaby Hinsliff
The issue cannot be avoided any longer. Andy Burnham and his chancellor must face the fear of a pensioner backlash, and find a fair solution, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
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Dawny B @dawnbritten.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Always liked Gary x
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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The complete and total collapse of state function in the face of far right extremists. It is frankly ludicrous that Daniel Thomas continues to be at large given the series of crimes committed which he has literally filmed.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Charlotte Church “While he has made millions and has an enormous platform and could do real good in the world. He chose consumerism and capitalism over doing the right thing. Ed Sheeran, we’re watching you. Free Palestine.”
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Brian M. Wise: Snarkasaurus Rex. Ω, MFers. @brianmwise.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The best kind of masculinity is the kind that doesn't give a fuck if you wear a tutu and have a beard because your daughter wants you to be a fairy princess. Or if your son wants to be on the dance team, not baseball. Men are not defined by what some idiot thinks is masculine.
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Tom Freeman @tomfreeman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I mean, any time now would be good. If it's not too much trouble
Headline: "‘Outright racist’ Daniel Thomas will face full force of law over any crimes, says home secretary"
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
There are so many crimes in this thread you have to wonder what the police and Home Secretary think they are doing at this point.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The French got rid of this in 1793, the Russians in 1917. Why have we still got it in 2026?
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I remember when Far Right thugs tried to burn people alive. Were any of them charged as terrorists? No. But pensioners holding signs against Genocide are. Who can justify that?
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
a powerful case for appointing a secretary of state specialising in media and culture
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
There is no middle ground with the kind of people who attack the RNLI. We don’t need to ‘listen’ to them. We need to tell them where to go.
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Gavin Esler @gavinesler.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Isn’t Sir Jim Ratcliffe an immigrant to Monaco? Happy to be corrected on this of course …. And do British people abroad only consider themselves “expats?” And never “immigrants?”
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
If Jim Ratcliffe wore 10 real £40,000 Rolex's on each arm, and they all got stolen, and he went into London every single day. It would take him 5,000 days, 13.7 years, and 100,000 Rolex's to pay back the £4bn he has dodged in taxes.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Amos Goldberg, Professor of Genocide Studies at The Hebrew University in Jerusalem "Yes, it is genocide. It's so difficult and painful to admit it, but we can no longer avoid this conclusion. Jewish history will henceforth be stained" Is there anyone more qualified and unbiased?
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Billionaire Brexiteeer and Man United owner says he has lost confidence in the UK. Lives in Monaco to avoid UK taxes, owns several luxury properties. Demands state subsidies, including for building a Man U stadium. Why do billionaires resent people getting decent NHS, social care, public services?
bbc.co.uk
Billionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UK
Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Rich assholes like this grind my teeth. Earned his billions off the petrochemical industry Backed Brexit squeezing the UK into a poorer less powerful corner Doesn’t admit that HE is one of the reasons we are in the state we are in Not worth the steam off my coffee www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Billionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UK
Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Because, a judge quashed Ofcom's attempt to regulate this area, deciding that when the symbol on the top of the screen goes from "GB News" to "GBN" - I kid you not - it ceases to be a news channel and becomes a more loosely regulated current affairs channel. 🤡 www.ofcom.org.uk/tv-radio-and...
ofcom.org.uk
Ofcom statement in response to High Court Judgment: GB News v Ofcom
Response to today's High Court Judgement
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Irish radio has removed Ed Sheeran from their playlist. Ed Sheeran has an Irish passport because his Grandfather was Irish. But they don't have to provide him with that either, tick-tock.
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Tim Ellis, TDSB Ward 2 candidate 🍁 @djdynamic.ca · 17/09/2026
Tech innovation in 2006: "we have created a device that can connect you to the world's greatest information sources from anywhere you go" Tech innovation in 2026: "now you have to subscribe to your car"
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Anti-Fascist Translator Monkey @translatormonkey.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
From last year. A good history lesson.
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Lisa Guerrero @lisaguerrero.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Not only did I meet Robert Kraft, I worked for him. His kid Jonathan asked me to “remove the black music” from my gameday playlist in ‘94 & I refused so they fired me. I was the cheerleader director at the time.  I sued them for wrongful termination and won. So yes, I know that motherfucker. 
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Ed Sheeran is now going to have Free Palestine shouted at him wherever he goes for the rest of his life. He wanted to ignore Genocide, now he will never be able to. We call that Karma.
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Ingenious name @ingeniousname.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I’m female. Every cell in my body shows I’m female. The way my body functions shows I’m female. It doesn’t depend on how I do or don’t dress, do my hair, my mannerisms, empathy, or femininity. If I need HRT, it’ll replace hormones naturally occurring because I’m female. I’m not a gender identity.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"This week Nigel Farage was back in the GB News chair for the first time in around six months. The leader of a political party, and a sitting MP, with his own nightly show in prime time." www.facebook.com/permalink.ph... via Reform Are Not Your Friends
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"The same people who were rending their garments when Lord Alli bought a dress for Starmer's wife, screeching 'WHAT INFLUENCE IS HE BUYING?' now look voters in the eyes and insist the crypto bros giving them £72m want nothing in return. By all means, take the donation, but stop taking the piss."
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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Big up Johnny Marr
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