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Benn is not a numpty and I am sad he has gone

I have the same problem so I am irritated by systems that don't use a 24-hour clock (bec of the US, I assume). Read once that to avoid this problem military action is never scheduled for 12 o'clock but always 11.59 or 23.59. Can we pls persuade US to use 24-hour clock & stop calling it military time

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HumeFan @aselectfew.bsky.social · 15h

Thank you but I was studying International Relations at the time. I did have one lecturer who was anti very much along the lines of Tom Nairn's "The Left Against Europe"

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HumeFan @aselectfew.bsky.social · 18h

Unfortunately, I don't remember that aspect. What I do remember mostly is the point that we were already being affected by EEC policies but had no place at the table. An argument that was sadly lacking in 2016. But my memory is not what it was

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HumeFan @aselectfew.bsky.social · 18h

Better the wols and hedgepigs than Reform and Restore

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HumeFan @aselectfew.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Thankfully we can't bring back Tyburn because they built Marble Arch on it

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HumeFan @aselectfew.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I was unfortunate enough to be working in an organisation that had SkyNews on constantly on a large screen when they executed Saddam Hussein and whatever you might think of him I was horrified not to be able to get away from it. Anyone who attends voluntarily should be investigated

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HumeFan @aselectfew.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Shame it is too late for me to ask for Xmas

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HumeFan @aselectfew.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I worked with someone who apologised to her PC every time it bleeped at her. Sorry is the default English word. But I know what you mean and have often had to tell people that was what I was brought up to do and not to do so makes me feel very uncomfortable.

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HumeFan @aselectfew.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I am long-standing remainer 75-2016 and in theory would love for us to be back but do worry that we rejoin just as the European turn to the right solidifies which would just be typical of us and unfortunately appease Farage

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HumeFan @aselectfew.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Yep -- I was late coming to it for some reason but have really enjoyed it -- now with the added take on NI reaction to immigration

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HumeFan @aselectfew.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

That comment is why I asked the question

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HumeFan @aselectfew.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

If that is what you like. I don't find it easier to discover what I want - just a way to find rubbish I don't want to watch

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HumeFan @aselectfew.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I spend all my time in places turning off recommendations. What I want from a streaming service is a comprehensive A-Z list of what is on offer. Most don't do this because it tends to show up how small the offering actually is rather than the same items coming up time and again in different lists

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HumeFan @aselectfew.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Yeah but back then they were trying to ignore the High Court judges and MPs so they missed a lot else

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HumeFan @aselectfew.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I had already been granted a refund by ebay as it is they who arrange InPost so I wasn't concerned but the tone of the email from InPost did make me laugh as they had already failed to deliver it three times

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HumeFan @aselectfew.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Along with D Butler, he was commentator on swings on BBC elect coverage in past decades. It makes laugh watching as main presenter always seem to resent contributions & find boring - which they were unlike John Curtice and Luke Tryl. R McKenzie different matter - always fun

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HumeFan @aselectfew.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Similar article by Jonathan Freedland recently also worth reading

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HumeFan @aselectfew.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

That's how my post delivery arrive since days of having same postman now long gone. Current deliverers seem dylexic with numbers. However a recent InPost from ebay delivered to a locker instead of shop asked for and I had no way of picking up from. Sent me a very disgruntled email abt my failure

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HumeFan @aselectfew.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

My brother in NZ ordered a B pressie for me from that South American river so he got the notifications not me and apparently the photo showed a picture of my feet. For once it was actually handed to me rather than the courier just saying it was

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HumeFan @aselectfew.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Thank you for listening so I don't have to. Sorry, whoever he is interviewing I really can't listen to Nick Ferrari

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HumeFan @aselectfew.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

News from the country facing cultural extinction

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HumeFan @aselectfew.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

However, JRM failed to mention that for Britain WW2 was a war of national survival. Listened to a John Pilger interview years ago on the subject

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HumeFan @aselectfew.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Lessons learned - never get into bed with the Tories, they always screw you

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HumeFan @aselectfew.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Not sure I ever did but there were times when they were better with politicians with some semblance of decency, efficiency, competence and just plain commonsense

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HumeFan @aselectfew.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

She absolutely is not. There are "old school conservatives" I can still manage to listen to (sadly no longer in parliament). I can't listen to Kemi. I thought the past was a foreign country and we didn't like them any more

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HumeFan @aselectfew.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I used to go to Luton regularly but never saw the problem. The first and only times I saw the EDL was in Bradford and was horrified

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HumeFan @aselectfew.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Thanks I came up with that snippet of info having had to write 5k words on the subject of the plague in England in the 16th and 17th century leading me into further research on the subject

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HumeFan @aselectfew.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I might be wrong but I thought that plague is a bacterial infection and can be treated with anti-biotics

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HumeFan @aselectfew.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I am tempted to say "good riddance" particularly if the US is now of a mind not to uphold Article 5 of the NATO Treaty

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HumeFan @aselectfew.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Norman J Smith - "Sea of Lost Opportunity"

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HumeFan @aselectfew.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

My sister lived in a flat in the South of France with the same one switch to rule them all. It was intensely frustrating cos it meant I had to get out of bed to switch off after I had finished reading. One of the reasons I now use an ereader with a backlight

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HumeFan @aselectfew.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Whatever I think about British/European football - I find all talk about American football (ie no soccer) extremely tedious.

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HumeFan @aselectfew.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I did say that was b4 I was politically aware but I subsequently studied the 1920s and 30s in depth here, in Europe and US so you could say I am now aware and able to see the comparison today. Post-1945 hindsight allows greater understanding and myth-making obviously

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HumeFan @aselectfew.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It does seem to be part of our national mythology but I do remember my dad telling me (b4 I was politically aware) about the battle of cable street

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HumeFan @aselectfew.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I've had to block one account in response to the reply. Don't want to hear that sort of language - my choice

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HumeFan @aselectfew.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Tories (Boris) very largely got rid of any MPs who had any understanding of competence but also what being a centre-right party and Kemi seems set to keep those with similar views out

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HumeFan @aselectfew.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Thankfully I won't be watching as I can't stand either of them. I will wait until 10 for one of those BBC escapees on LBC. I do miss Andrew Marr on Sunday mornings. Sophy Rayworth did a good job standing in whilst the Beeb pretended to be making up its mind as to his replacement

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HumeFan @aselectfew.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Who is Mike Graham? For me his obscurity appears to be warranted.

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HumeFan @aselectfew.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

TFL beautifully unclear what diversions of the bus routes will be. It seems from TFL info that the 73 will continue to run along Oxford Street but I expect to be proved wrong. I wish someone would give TFL lessons in communication skills. I am not averse to the change but want proper info.

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HumeFan @aselectfew.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

What else can I say but "oh, good"?

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HumeFan @aselectfew.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

We are definitely not a race

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HumeFan @aselectfew.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

HIGNFY with Richard Ayoade very funny last night but I really wish Graham went back to panel less related to the big US names and more the irreverent humour of his earlier years

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HumeFan @aselectfew.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I have hopes for the mid-terms but expect to be disappointed. I have heard US polling is not particulary good but mostly I have no faith in the US electorate

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HumeFan @aselectfew.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I look forward to the post-Trump PhD dissertations but I will have to wait a few years

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HumeFan @aselectfew.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It's all down to the sourdough. If the US improved its food standards maybe it could escape this. Or maybe it's the seed oils' fault

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HumeFan @aselectfew.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I just checked bec I thought he was HS during the General Strike which was why the dockers hated him but no he wasn't - my memory of facts I knew when I was doing O'levels is not what it was

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HumeFan @aselectfew.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Some competition for my time tonight -- Celeb Traitors (I don't do the non-celeb), HIGNFY back and Graham, of course. I will try and fit it in around Matt Frei's Saturday prog

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