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Gerald Hornsby

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🇬🇧Writer of crime novels, dark short fiction, and writing-related non-fiction gerald-hornsby.com Substack: geraldswriting.substack.com Ex Chair of www.swanwickwritersschool.org.uk Ex host of www.literaryroadhouse.com

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John Martin🇪🇺🔶 #FBPPR 👩‍❤️‍👨+👫🐶 Rtd🚒 #GetPRDone @itsjohnmartin.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I’m surprised Kemi Badenoch is so opposed to the early prisoner release scheme. It’s an excellent source of Tory candidates.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 25/06/2026
As we have experienced this week, extreme temperatures are no longer a future threat. They are a present danger. Today, I’m launching London’s first ever heat plan: a city-wide plan to adapt our capital, protect communities, and build a climate-resilient city.
Silhouette of Big Ben and surrounding London skyline at sunset, with a bright sun glowing behind the clock tower and casting a warm orange glow across the sky. Below, on an orange background, bold black text reads: “Get heat-ready, London.” Smaller text reads: “Heat Ready London will protect Londoners from hotter temperatures and help us build a more resilient city.” The Mayor of London logo appears in the bottom right corner.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 25/06/2026
It sets out actions to make our city more resilient, including: 🔴 Retrofitting homes at the highest risk of overheating 🔴 More tree cover and green spaces 🔴 More safe access to blue spaces such as swimming 🔴 Support for our health system 🔴 Strengthening critical infrastructure
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Diamond Ashiagbor @diamondashiagbor.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Buckle up for another epic thread from the ever-insightful Emma Monk, debunking yet another fact-free right-wing story! This time, about climate crisis. This thread is also a great lesson in how to do science communication to reach us non scientists
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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
@mrjamesob.bsky.social In amongst the Brexit nonsense, there are issues. We cannot "decide" to rejoin the EU. It is not our choice to make. a) We need to get agreement from ALL 27 member countries. Unanimous agreement. Not everyone in the EU is our friend, despite Starmer's attempts. 1/2
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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Post-truth nonsense from Kemi Badenoch at PMQs. Some facts: - employment is up over 800k since the election - employment rate is near the highest on record (look at this chart) - inactivity rates are lower than all but one year under the Tories
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Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 14/04/2026
1/8 Yesterday I was asked a question live on @lbc.co.uk by @mrjamesob.bsky.social : What happens if the United States intercepts a Chinese cargo vessel in the Strait of Hormuz? At the time, I said I didn’t want to think about it. Since then, I have. #Hormuz #MaritimeSecurity
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Pope Leo is a man of conviction. Donald Trump is a man with many convictions.
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Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 13/04/2026
I would like to thank @mrjamesob.bsky.social and @lbc.co.uk for fitting me in again. I apologise for the rather bleak analysis... but it is just honestly where I think we are. The escalation from "Area Denial" to "Access Denial" is a big shift in where the world economic security will sit.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Impressive so far. A refusal to be bullied into an illegal war by a mad US President should unite the nation. But Brexit Britain is, of course, not a normal nation.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 01/04/2026
🚨BREAKING🚨 Starmer: "We're taking back control of our energy security by investing in clean British energy, because that is the only way we get your bills off the roller coaster that is controlled by Putin and the Iranian regime."
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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
The statement, @mrjamesob.bsky.social shows that Trump is only interested in business opportunities for him, his family, and his friends. Gaza is a real estate opportunity. Russia has promised a joint business scheme if they get the "peace deal" they approve of. He has no friends. No history.
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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
I wonder, @mrjamesob.bsky.social why the British Board of Deputies x.com/BoardofDeput... have said nothing about this?
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Bab @bab102.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
One message from Covid, @mrjamesob.bsky.social was that "Boris nearly died" from Covid. No. Nor was he "put on a ventilator." Because you need to be sedated to do that, and he wasn't. He did have oxygen "as a precaution", but he was in and out of hospital within a week. So, not "struck low by Covid"
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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Dear @mrjamesob.bsky.social is the Richard Tice who said that we knew lockdowns were awful the same Richard Tice whose income from his city centre commercial property portfolio was decimated during a lockdown.
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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
I remember the Channel 4 film, @mrjamesob.bsky.social inside a northern Italian hospital.and the awful dystopian images of sedated patients connected up to beating machines, and the morgue being overflowing.
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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Storm "Claudia" was named by the Spanish meteorological service, @mrjamesob.bsky.social Ergo: Clowdia.
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Matthew Fraser @matthewfraser.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
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X Is Down: Thousands of Users Report Outages, Error Messages
X, the social media network controlled by Elon Musk, suffered a severe outage Tuesday.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC. This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting. iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
A magnificent piece of work. Comprehesive, revelatory & shocking. Journalism this good is always rare & precious but never moreso than at times like this. Latter day Lord Haw Haws being plumped, preened & delivered to your doorstep in plain sight by a Nazi-saluting goon news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
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Ben Fenton @benfenton.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
As anti-Labour media will always put words in her mouth, why not beat them to it: "Yes it's true, Daily Mail readers, we are coming for you and your money because a) everyone else had to pay under the Tories b) Brexit screwed the poor c) you voted for both. Cheers, Rachel."
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Reform UK have performed so many u-turns on policy, here’s there new logo.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
The UAE where hugging in public can get you arrested, where human rights barely exist, where foreign workers are routinely abused, where critics of the regime routinely disappear, where an Indian nanny was shot by firing squad in March & where marital rape is not a criminal offence but being gay is.
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LaindonFeminist @viviane49.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
These are #LabourAchievements and they are #FixingBritain. Private School VAT has delivered more than expected and billions extra delivered by HMRC collecting on underpaid tax by the wealthy. This is why the media hate Labour. Don’t be fooled.
Wealth taxes
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
It is way past time for the UK government & the BBC to get off X & for Musk to be treated as a threat to national security. The world's richest man is using his site to promote civil war, ethnic violence & the overthrow of an elected government. You won't win him over with another conference on AI
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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
A full and honest diagnosis of Trump's psychological behaviour and decline: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mzz_... It explains pretty much everything.
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Trump's Cognitive Collapse is Clear: Psychologist | The Daily Beast Podcast
YouTube video by The Daily Beast
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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Disgusting behaviour by fringe political nutters who should know better.
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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Please, @mrjamesob.bsky.social - don't do this nonsense "let's go to a random person on the scene who might have seen or heard something and has talked to people who also might have heard and seen something..." Let the authorities deal with it, and wait for the official statements.
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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
I don't want him to tell me about his restructuring of the NHS. Just do it. @mrjamesob.bsky.social I want him to give me inspiration. I don't want him to criticise Farage or Reform. He's already done that. I want him to tell us his dreams, HIS inspiration, I want him to be a standard-bearer.
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LaindonFeminist @viviane49.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Some serious work going on over on Twitter. Dodgy Nige is still in hiding. But more being uncovered daily 👏👏👏
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Michael 🌱 Ⓥ @changedgear.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
I've no idea who that could've been...
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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Who’s going to be the first to blame Starmer for England being slow, ponderous and, frankly, boring? #ENGAND
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 06/09/2025
The Weekend Wire can now be found on our new Substack: The Best for Britain Wire. This week, Parliament has returned - but the biggest story of the week has undoubtedly been Rayner’s resignation. Subscribe for free to get it every Saturday! bestforbritain.substack.com/p/when-…
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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
@mrjamesob.bsky.social From HMRC website: www.gov.uk/guidance/sta...
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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
@mrjamesob.bsky.social Quick point: Angela Rayner isn't a trustee, but the HMRC website says this doesn't matter because the trust benefits your child. www.gov.uk/guidance/sta...
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Higher rates of Stamp Duty Land Tax
Check if you have to pay the higher rates of Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) when you buy a residential property in England or Northern Ireland.
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LaindonFeminist @viviane49.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Busy, positive start for the Gov. big announcements from Home Office, Foreign Office and a mega shipbuilding deal. Extra childcare hours come in and lowest August small boat crossings for 4 years. Keep up the good work!
1. Towns and rural areas across the country will benefit from an additional £104 million to improve local transport
2. Investing £12.6m to boost UK agri-tech, building on clever innovations to cut costs, drive growth,
3. Strengthening border security and reforms to the asylum system
- [ ]  a 28% increase in returns of failed asylum seekers and a 14% increase in removals of foreign criminals. 
- [ ] Increased raids & arrests on illegal working by 50%, & cut the annual hotel bill by almost £1bn
4. August 2025 - lowest August Channel Crossings since  2021
5. Over half a million children to benefit from funded childcare from 1/9/25
6. New measures to tackle Corporate fraud come into effect 1/9/25
7. £10bn boost for Scottish shipbuilding as Norway selects UK warships. Biggest UK shipbuilding deal in history
8. Plans to build 14,000 prison places nationwide, work has begun in Devon 
9. Treasury sold £5bn of 3yr gilts in an auction, more  x3 oversubscribed.
10. £ has strengthened against other major currencies.
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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Well well well.... And lowest number of migrants since 2021 Where's the Labour comms team?
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crompy62.bsky.social @crompy62.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Beautifully put by Steve Robb. Thanks for sharing this @simongosden.bsky.social
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Kirk Rafferty ✨is editing✨ 📖 @kirkrafferty.com · 29/08/2025
I did a google search last night on "mine hole" because I was sleepy and couldn't remember the word for "mine." Let me say that again. I googled "mine hole" because I forgot the word for "mine." Hi. My name is Kirk. I am a writer. #WritingCommunity
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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
For those enjoying Gavin Newsom's fight back against Trump and his childish antics, you'll enjoy this... www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvva...
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Gavin Newsom - DARK WOKE The Music Video
YouTube video by scaredketchup
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 27/08/2025
Climate change drives food prices up for consumers. 📈 Protecting the climate is good for your wallet. We need to act now. www.bsc.es/news/bsc-news/countries-…
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Countries across the world see food price shocks from climate extremes, research involving BSC shows
"Until we get to net-zero emissions, extreme weather will only get worse, and it's already damaging crops and pushing up the price of food all over the world,” said Maximilian K...
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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Lol
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
South Park melts ICE 🤣🤣🤣
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
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Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
I love these debunking threads, @mrjamesob.bsky.social x.com/MonkEmma/sta...
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Emma 💛💙🇩🇰🇬🇧🇪🇺 on X: "Oh my word…. The click bait merchants at the Telegraph are having an absolute field day right now! 🙄 Shall we take a look at the *reality* behind this sensationalist article? Go on, you know you want to! 😜 🧵 1/25 https://t.co/5oSxqXr1kB" / X
Oh my word…. The click bait merchants at the Telegraph are having an absolute field day right now! 🙄 Shall we take a look at the *reality* behind this sensationalist article? Go on, you know you want to! 😜 🧵 1/25 https://t.co/5oSxqXr1kB
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Gary Gilligan @garygilligan.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
newsthump.com/2025/08/01/s...
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Scientists reclassify the shortest measurable unit of time as that which occurs between Tommy Robinson incident and the launch of his fundraising page
The world of physics is in shock after scientists announced the reclassification of the shortest measurable unit of time after Tommy Robinson was involved in a violent incident at London’s St…
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Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · 04/08/2025
There are a lot of idiots enraged by this misleading Times headline. The article itself - yes, the exact same one - points out that: A) In any typical year, about 50 independent schools close B) More independent schools opened than shut, so the overall number went up. But that's far too nuanced.
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