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Pete 🇬🇺

@banhampete.bsky.social
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Brexit hating, retired (yes, a boomer!) non-politically affiliated vegetarian and exiled STFC fan living in Norfolk. My allotment plot acts as a refuge from the turmoil. Neither left nor right have all the answers despite an arrogant belief that they do.

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Pete 🇬🇺 @banhampete.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
October 5th and the tomatoes keep coming. #allotments
A fine selection of home grown tomatoes on a garden table
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Pete 🇬🇺 @banhampete.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
More Reform UK grubbyness Norfolk council leader dined at CEO's hotel before £215k hiring - BBC News share.google/waRiHfq3JYQX...
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Norfolk council leader dined at CEO's hotel before £215k hiring
Reform UK's David Bick says he cannot recall meeting Dennis Bacon at the luxury venue.
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Pete 🇬🇺 @banhampete.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I've just signed "IKEA, stop advertising on Rupert Murdoch's Talk Radio" - Will you support the campaign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/ik... @StopFundingHate
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Philip Lymbery @philip-ciwf.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
It’s #FarmAnimalsAwarenessWeek ‘In a world where you can be anything, be kind’ Farm animals deserve a life worth living not the cruel, caging and confinement of #FactoryFarming It’s the biggest abuse of animals on our planet and shames us all #BeKindToAllKinds #EndTheCageAge @ciwf.org.uk
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Pete 🇬🇺 @banhampete.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
It's a bloody sickness Restore Britain members turn on Kent councillor after visit to Gravesend Gurdwara share.google/JiPdSydcTViP...
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‘No place in party’: Restore Britain members turn on Kent councillor after visit to Gurdwara
A Kent county councillor is facing a fierce backlash from fellow Restore Britain members after visiting a gurdwara and praising the Sikh community.
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Pete 🇬🇺 @banhampete.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Another glass ceiling taken out.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12/09/2026
Crowds took to the streets of Dublin to protest Trump’s visit to Ireland, with demonstrators invoking Trump’s ties to Epstein and his alliance with Netanyahu.
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Philip Lymbery @philip-ciwf.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"I think sometimes we need to take a step back and just remember we have no greater right to be here than any other animal." Sir David Attenborough #EndFactoryFarming @ciwf.org.uk
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Pete 🇬🇺 @banhampete.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Meanwhile another elected representative has better things to do than his actual £75,000 per year job. More grifting gits taking the piss. Reform UK's Norfolk police boss criticised for 127-date theatre tour - BBC News share.google/0WZ2SMTxeIn7...
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Reform UK's Norfolk police boss criticised for 127-date theatre tour
Colin Sutton's office says it will take place in his own time and will not affect his work.
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Pete 🇬🇺 @banhampete.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
They're not the only ones. Farage's family want him to 'pack it in and walk away' - BBC News share.google/V9h4sp6GMTDO...
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Farage's family want him to 'pack it in and walk away'
Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, says that for the first time in his career his family he doesn't have his family's support,
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Pete 🇬🇺 @banhampete.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
They are not protesters FFS This is fascism tooth and claw. Wake up people Black-clad protesters in balaclavas block road at port of Dover in Kent www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Black-clad protesters in balaclavas block road at port of Dover in Kent
Port authorities say access roads ‘free flowing’ again after large group forces road closures in both directions
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Pete 🇬🇺 @banhampete.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
So should I take the 3/1 being offered by Corals on him being the first main party leader to lose his job? He's toast if he loses the BE isn't he? Ed Davey and Farage are currently favourites at 2/1 each.
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Pete 🇬🇺 @banhampete.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Richard Tice should butt out and do one, says none aligned Norfolk resident. Couples with children should be married, Reform deputy leader Richard Tice says | The Independent share.google/zUyKCH1PfP95...
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Couples with children should be married, Reform UK’s deputy leader says
Richard Tice also said ‘British-born children’ are a ‘good thing’ and should be encouraged
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Pete 🇬🇺 @banhampete.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
You don't come across these very often, especially on a rainy Friday evening in Norwich.
A pantomime elephant in a tent.
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Pete 🇬🇺 @banhampete.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
FYI, GB News tosspots. Rewilded land remains green amid drought-stricken English countryside, images show | Rewilding | The Guardian share.google/sx1WQM11vG6g...
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Rewilded land remains green amid drought-stricken English countryside, images show
National Trust’s Holnicote estate says restored wetlands and rivers offer proof of resilience to drought, wildfires and flooding
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Pete 🇬🇺 @banhampete.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Great article. In no way distracted by the recent nonsensical pronouncements from his reform colleagues who on a daily basis are trying to steer our focus away from the ongoing corruption.
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Pete 🇬🇺 @banhampete.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Done
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Pete 🇬🇺 @banhampete.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
USA When are you going to lock this idiot up. Strait of Hormuz shipping slows as U.S.-Iran ceasefire nears end share.google/8LiJmXGBCsLx...
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Trump threatens to 'bomb' Oman if it 'gets in the way' as U.S.-Iran ceasefire expires
Shipping traffic in the Strait of Hormuz sank to a new low as a ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran is set to expire on Monday with no deal in sight.
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Pete 🇬🇺 @banhampete.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Found myself watching BBC Four's ultimate cover versions and ended up wondering if Stock, Aitken and Waterman should not be charged with some kind of offence against musical integrity.
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Pete 🇬🇺 @banhampete.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I've signed the petition calling on the Government to make wildfire prevention and climate resilience a national priority. Join me and help protect the places we love. campaigns.nationaltrust.org.uk/page/196457/...
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I've signed. Will you? Add your name to help make wildfire prevention and climate resilience a national priority, and stand with the communities affected by wildfires.
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Pete 🇬🇺 @banhampete.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Ready to go tomorrow
Cardboard box eclipse viewer
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Pete 🇬🇺 @banhampete.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Another reason to get rid of Infantino. US President Donald Trump issues backing for under-pressure Fifa chief Gianni Infantino - BBC Sport share.google/T9uGonEgrjXQ...
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US President Donald Trump issues backing for under-pressure Fifa chief Gianni Infantino
US President Donald Trump says it would be a "terrible mistake" if under-pressure Fifa president Gianni Infantino was ousted.
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Pete 🇬🇺 @banhampete.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
While most plants on the allotments are hating the drought, the tomatoes are loving it. #allotments
Some healthy looking tomatoes in a wicker trugg
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Pete 🇬🇺 @banhampete.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
What type of mad world is it that finds me responding 'go Iran go'. It should never be like this. Iran plots to deal Trump a blow in midterms by keeping him entangled in war | Iran | The Guardian share.google/CUyPMffQykqF...
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Iran plots to deal Trump a blow in midterms by keeping him entangled in war
By dragging out talks, Tehran aims to damage the US president politically – but some fear a bruised and weakened Trump could lash back
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Pete 🇬🇺 @banhampete.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
More political capital wasted Kemi Ex neo-Nazi activist withdraws as Tory election candidate - BBC News share.google/OamPg935t6BD...
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Ex neo-Nazi activist withdraws as Tory election candidate
It follows a backlash against the party's decision to pick Joshua Bonehill-Paine as a council candidate in Somerset.
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Pete 🇬🇺 @banhampete.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
From FB
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Pete 🇬🇺 @banhampete.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social Useless, surely we can wait 5 minutes for the weather. What has the bbc ever done for me? Pissed me off that's what!
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Simple.
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Pete 🇬🇺 @banhampete.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Hissy fit alert Vive La France US walks out of UN Security Council meeting during France's remarks - BBC News share.google/GUo62yd4GKpK...
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US walks out of UN Security Council meeting during France's remarks
The row sparked after the US joined North Korea and Russia in voting against extending the term of the UN high commissioner for human rights.
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Pete 🇬🇺 @banhampete.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Well done Taunton Taunton anti-immigration protesters outnumbered by counter-demo - BBC News share.google/jgQOEKhp0I7F...
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Taunton anti-immigration protesters outnumbered by counter-demo
Around 150 protesters against illegal UK immigration marched through Taunton on Saturday.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 23/07/2026
BREAKING: Canine delivers strongest bipartisan statement of the year.
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Pete 🇬🇺 @banhampete.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
To be fair he was completely useless last time he was allowed anywhere near Westminster. Grant Shapps blocked from standing again for the Conservatives - BBC News share.google/8seNuPiBkHkW...
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Grant Shapps blocked from standing again for the Conservatives
Kemi Badenoch tells the BBC she leads a "new party full of new people" as ex-MP is rejected as a candidate.
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Pete 🇬🇺 @banhampete.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
We need to rewild 30% of the planet to restore nature & protect our wildlife, but Britain is falling behind. So I've signed this new petition calling on one of our biggest landowners - the Church of England - to rewild its land. Join me? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/he...
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Help save nature by rewilding the Church’s massive landholdings!
We need to rewild 30% of the planet to restore nature & protect our wildlife, but Britain is falling behind. So I've signed this new petition calling on one of our biggest landowners - the Church ...
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Pete 🇬🇺 @banhampete.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Shouting at parents with pushchairs/prams crossing the road while staring at their phones.
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Pete 🇬🇺 @banhampete.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Rooooooneeeeey
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Pete 🇬🇺 @banhampete.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Come on Trumpy give those Spanish the trophy, the world is watching. #worldcup #trump
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Pete 🇬🇺 @banhampete.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
This is shit.
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Pete 🇬🇺 @banhampete.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Star strangled banner? #Jenniferhudson
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Pete 🇬🇺 @banhampete.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
For the world cup final today everybody across the world should have their windows thrown open. And every time the idiot Trump appears on screen they should shout wanker at the top of their voices. #worldcup .
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Pete 🇬🇺 @banhampete.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Planting out leek plants in scorched Norfolk. Tools required. Sledgehammer, lump hammer and and old piece of curtain rail. Insane #allotments
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Pete 🇬🇺 @banhampete.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
This deserves a wider audience #petedoherty youtu.be/YjVbEOasOfM?...
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The Pete Doherty Show, Coming soon!
YouTube video by The Pete Doherty Show
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Pete 🇬🇺 @banhampete.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Lily stargazer loving the heatwave. #Lillies
Picture of a pot full of lillies
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Pete 🇬🇺 @banhampete.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Respect to football commentators. While watching Belgium visit Spain I found myself commenting on some minor nonsensical comment being made by Steve Wilson. He spends 90+ minutes trying to avoid talking nonsense. I struggle for 90+ seconds and fail miserably. Respect!
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Pete 🇬🇺 @banhampete.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Do punkhawallahs still exist? Are there any in Norfolk? Asking for a friend.
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Pete 🇬🇺 @banhampete.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Football eh, bloody hell
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Pete 🇬🇺 @banhampete.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Argentina are a one trick pony. Get past Mexico, nothing to fear. Unless Capo Verde are waiting 😃
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Pete 🇬🇺 @banhampete.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
And make him pay it in person to her. Live on TV E Jean Carroll asks judge to order Trump to pay $5m after Supreme Court denies appeal - BBC News share.google/WYC4Jrhe2fJM...
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E Jean Carroll asks judge to order Trump to pay $5m after Supreme Court denies appeal
The writer's lawyers say Trump wants to delay paying the damages awarded by a jury that found the president liable for sexually abusing and defaming her.
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Pete 🇬🇺 @banhampete.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Happy to share.
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Pete 🇬🇺 @banhampete.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Trump accused of being a lying fantasist shock. Italy's Meloni says Trump 'made up' story that she 'begged' him for photo at G7 - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Italy's Meloni says Trump 'made up' story that she 'begged' him for photo at G7
The highly public exchange is an indication that their earlier close ties have frayed since Trump's decision to go to war with Iran.
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Pete 🇬🇺 @banhampete.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Just for interest on a sunny friday. Which cabinet minister resigns first today? Or will there be none? I will go for Yvette Cooper. We shall see.
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