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Tim Bardell

@bardellowski.bsky.social
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Beer lover, marathon runner, ageing rude-boy, raving lefty, anti-racist, cricket fan and unstoppable optimist. Proud LGBT+ ally. He/ him

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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Morning
Viz Comic cartoon: Wacky Racists, featuring David Irving and his dog Mosley, Hitler in his Meinkampfervan, Eugene Terre Blanche in the Afrikaner Chug-a-Bug, Unity Mitford in her BLACKSHIRT PUSSYCAT, with BERNARD MANNING'S FATCUNTMOBILE bringing up the rear. Irving is scuppered by his own robot goose which he expects to goose step over his opponents’ vehicles, but which instead stamps all over his
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Revolving doors and political auctions. Labour peer and former Labour deputy leader Tom Watson joins Palantir. Palantir is trying to save its £330m NHS contract, wants more public contracts. Nick Clegg, Rishi Sunak, George Osborne and others have taken similar jobs.
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Former Labour deputy leader Tom Watson joins Palantir
Peer takes full-time position at the controversial company as it fends off pressure from both Andy Burnham’s government and Sadiq Khan
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Tim Bardell @bardellowski.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
With ever more depressing headlines about how the far right are sowing division I'm attending the @theactionnetwork.bsky.social online briefing: the changing face of the British far right. RSVP here if you are interested: actionnetwork.org/events/onlin...
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Online briefing: the changing face of the British far right
Restore, Reform & the street movement: the changing face of the British far right // Online briefing with Richard Donnelly, senior researcher for Stand Up to Racism Tues 29 Sept 6.30pm / registe...
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Tim Bardell @bardellowski.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Wearing my Talking Heads t-shirt for 6 Music T-Shirt Day 2026. Lovely birthday present from Sarah and Mic 🎸 #6music #tshirtday
The author wearing a Talking Heads t-shirt and looking rather pleased with himself. Against a backdrop including a “Hold on to Hope” poster from HOPE not hate
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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 15/08/2026
We are writing to the Prime Minister, and the Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy, calling for an immediate public inquiry into the British press, following the tragic death of Jason Arday. Sign here 👇
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Jason Arday Letter | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
A texas oil giant is preparing a ship for an illegal incursion into Greenland waters. The ship is out of Quebec City and is flying the Canadian flag. Call Desgagné Transport and let them know that Canadian companies must respect the sovereignty of allied nations. (418) 692-1000
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Mark Wallace @wallaceme.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Something to ponder this week.
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Tim Bardell @bardellowski.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I must have been living under a rock for the last few years. Overmono are blummin’ awesome and this is the first time I’ve heard them! 🤩 🎧 🎵 🙌 on.soundcloud.com/ydMQJkBC4LmA...
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Overmono
Listen to Overmono | SoundCloud is an audio platform that lets you listen to what you love and share the sounds you create.
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Alexis Conran @alexisconran.com · 09/08/2026
It’s the question I get asked the most. The answer is troubling.
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Is your mobile phone listening in on you?
The scary thing is ... it doesn't have to.
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Tim Bardell @bardellowski.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Please make time to take part in this. And encourage others to do the same, especially if they have different views to you! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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How divided is the UK really? Here’s a way to find out | Brendan Cox
Social media-fuelled riots and a fractured political system make us feel more divided than ever, but is that so? Our study hopes to reveal what bring us together – and pushes us apart, says Brendan Co...
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Searchlight magazine @searchlightmag.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
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Tim Bardell @bardellowski.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Oh, put your back into it Geoffrey! #TOTP
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Disciples @disciples.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Thirteen gems from the Disciples catalogue available for a super low price for 24 hours only, full rundown in thread disciples.bandcamp.com/music
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Nettlecake @nettlecake.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 01/08/2026
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK was roundly beaten in the Greater Manchester Mayoral election. In fact, the party was humiliated.
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AntiPastor🇺🇦AtheisticalMinista🇵🇸AnticlericalAntifa @jonstackpool.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
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Roger ZenAF 🖕🐸🖕 @rogerzenaf.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Someone needs to lock Matt Damon in his fucking house. You know how much money we've spent bringing his ass back home???
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Tim Bardell @bardellowski.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
A long run, gardening, a walk to the pub with my youngest and now having a barbecue cooked for me while I sup champagne 🍾 I lost my old man ten years ago, I hope that I made him feel even a fraction as blessed as I do. Happy Father’s Day ❤️
A glass of champagne in the foreground with a sunny, green garden scene in the background
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Tim Bardell @bardellowski.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Up on the #Ridgeway ancient trail for my #solstice run this morning. While a run all the way to the Avebury stone circle would have been lovely, it would probably have been a bit excessive at 3x my planned distance (and the same back again!) 😆
The author’s shadow on the Ridgeway trail just east of the Uffington White Horse, about 15 minutes before the 2026 summer solstice A view from the Ridgeway towards Wantage and Abingdon. The picture is mainly a blue sky with a very light haze. There are two copse of trees on the skyline in the lower left of the picture which are known locally as the eyebrows
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Street Art Utopia @streetartutopia.com · 12/06/2026
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Reform warmly welcome Ant Middleton's endorsement in Makerfield. Yet Middleton is an overt racist who has told the Home Secretary her ethnicity + faith should see her banned from public office - wanting new rules to ban Kemi Badenoch, Sadiq Khan and Zia Yusuf He was condoing violence this week.
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Kate Bevan @katebevan.com · 12/06/2026
One way scammers get these details is if you reply to one of those "we tried to deliver your parcel, now you have to pay £1 to have it redirected" texts - those are less frequent now as people are more aware of them, but I nearly fell for one of those a while back. Realised before I sent the details
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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Almost 200yrs ago, the French novelist Honoré de Balzac wrote these words: ""Le secret des grandes fortunes sans cause apparente est un crime oubli parce qu’il a été proprement fait.” "The secret behind great fortunes without an apparent cause is a crime, forgotten because it was well-executed."
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Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
50 years ago today, Enoch Powell was predicting racial violence with guns and bombs, and claiming that parts of Britain were so dangerous that people wouldn't go out in daylight. We stood up to the far-right lies and scaremongering then. As we see the same today, we must do the same.
RACIAL violence in Britain involv-ing guns and bombs was predicted by Enoch Powell last night.
The MP suggested to a shocked House of Com-mons that it could be worse in some areas than the violence in Belfast.In some places assaults on the police were daily happen-ings, he said, and even in day-light, some people were un-willing and afraid to go out.
Mr. Powell went on: "These areas are being transformed beyond all recognition.
"If that picture is dark and darkening. there is one factor which has not yet been injected.
"I don't know whether it will be tomorrow, next year, or in five years, but it will come and that factor is the firearm and explosive."
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Stu @stusteel80.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Ok now for something more wholesome. Some of you will know that our son is non-verbal and autistic. We've never been able to get him using PECS at home, but school have had a lot of success with it so they sent his book home for half term. He's just asked for cereal and a hug with it and I may cry.
A page from a PECS book. Cereal, blueberries, grapes, crackers.A page from a PECS book. I want, Help, garden, play, walk, hug.
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Tim Bardell @bardellowski.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
According to #Parkrun I *exactly* matched my PB this morning. According my watch, that was my fastest 5k ever*. I’m on a mission for a sub 20:00 Parkrun now 🏃‍♂️ 🌳 *since I got an Apple Watch in about 2010
A screenshot showing shields for three personal bests. 5k: 20 minutes, 4 seconds. 1 mile: 6 minutes, 19 seconds. 1,500 meters: 5 minutes, 53 seconds
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Tim Bardell @bardellowski.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Great thread. This is the sort of detailed debate that we need but the coverage gravitates towards obnoxious man trying to shout down a politician in a petrol station
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Further to the quoted... This is becoming a sort of national psychosis. I mean, look at defence. 😂
Forty-one per cent name immigration as an important issue for Britain, up nine points since last month’s fall to return to its position earlier in the year
Economy is in second place as economic optimism recovers slightly from last month’s record low, but pessimism remains historically high with 73% expecting the economy to get worse
Concern about defence and foreign affairs has fallen by ten points
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Let those among us who have not accidentally followed a fascist leader on Facebook in full on fascist gear... who's like the most obvious fascist... doing really fascist stuff... cast the first stone. #Reform
Reform UK have defended their candidate in
the Makerfield by-election for being 'friends
with a neo-fascist leader
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Tim Bardell @bardellowski.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
I’ve signed a letter calling for Andy Burnham to clarify his views on control or ownership of public services. Can you sign and share it as well? weownit.org.uk/act-now/sign...
weownit.org.uk
Add your name to our open letter to Andy Burnham
Public control is not public ownership. Andy Burnham must clarify that he backs public ownership of life's essentials.
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 16/05/2026
“Tommy Robinson’s” supporters are marching through London. But this is not just happening on the streets. It is happening on livestreams, YouTube channels, search results, social feeds and the online spaces where the far right try to control the story.
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Mr Roger Quimbly @rogerquimbly.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Live feed from the Unite the Kingdom march
Several members of the Gumby clan.
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Tim Bardell @bardellowski.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Nice to see something that is technical, informative and beautiful. Also a bit scary!
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Mr Roger Quimbly @rogerquimbly.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Strange how all of these Reform characters keep turning out to be racists. Of course, it’s too early to say if there’s a pattern developing. Just bad luck I suppose.
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Tim Bardell @bardellowski.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
In Bruges for the 🏃‍♂️ EnergyVision Dwars door Brugge 15k. Thoroughly enjoyable race with spectacular scenery
The author at the start line of the raceThe race course overlaid onto a picture of a Bruges canal viewed from the bridge at twilight. The authors race statistics are included: distance 15.38km, pace 4:17/km, time 1:06:03
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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Morning! Let’s all do our best today not to vote for racists.
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badly drawn boo! 🎃👻🧛🏼‍♀️ @soapachu.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
I'm hiding this under a pic of Frank because obvs word count issues. Here's how to complain to the Electoral Commission about Reform's 'vote for us or you get concentration camps' bullshit. Details in the pic.
Cut and paste the below and send to the Electoral Commission addresses at the end:

"Formal Complaint: Undue Influence and Coercive Campaigning by Reform UK

Dear Electoral Commission Regulatory Team,

I am writing to formally lodge a complaint regarding the campaign tactics recently announced by Reform UK on May 4, 2026.  

The party's home affairs spokesperson has publicly committed to a policy of "prioritising" the placement of migrant detention centres—with a proposed capacity of 24,000 individuals—specifically in constituencies and council areas that vote for the Green Party. Conversely, the party has "guaranteed" that areas electing Reform UK representatives will be exempt from these facilities.  

I believe this constitutes "Undue Influence" under the Representation of the People Act, as it uses the threat of infrastructure placement to pressure citizens into voting a certain way or to penalise them for their existing political affiliations. This tactic appears designed to:  

•⁠  ⁠Intimidate voters by threatening negative local consequences for their democratic choices.  

•⁠  ⁠Incentivise votes through the promise of specific geographic exemptions that are not based on administrative or logistical necessity, but purely on partisan alignment.  

Threatening to punish specific geographical areas based on their voting record is a violation of the principle that elections should be free from coercion. I urge the Commission to investigate whether this policy breaches the Electoral Code of Conduct or the legal prohibitions against intimidatory behavior in campaigning.  

I look forward to your response regarding the steps being taken to ensure the integrity of the 2026 local and further national elections."

send emails to press@electoralcommission.org.uk and complaints@electoralcommission.org.uk
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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
A poll finds that more British Muslims view Jews favourably than unfavourably and the greatest share see no difference form anyone else. Most are concerned about Islamist extremism too. But what does our media select from it? It’s almost as if they don’t want to ease community tensions.
Times headline: Muslim voters rank Gaza over the economy in local election poll.
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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Years from now, one of my as yet unborn grandchildren will say “Mummy, why does Grandpa just sit there staring?” “He saw the war on subtext, darling. He saw it all.“
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 04/05/2026
This should be illegal. 60% of Wes Streeting's donations come from people and companies linked to private healthcare, according to @goodlawproject.org research. Our NHS should be protected from these private interests - not left defenceless against them. End privatisation in our NHS.
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Tim Bardell @bardellowski.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Absolutely genius!
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Tim Bardell @bardellowski.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
An utterly terrifying insight into the neuroscience implications of AI on the developing brain #NeuroLeadershipInstitute
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Alan Rusbridger @arusbridger.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
The mob reaction in Epsom to something that - it turned out - never happened is a depressing tale of populism and misinformation, often by people who should know better. That’s the pattern. app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/73184/...
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The mob reaction in Epsom paints a dark picture of chaos and populism
The protests and violence that followed an alleged rape that never happened were the result of far-right agitators galvanising fear on our streets
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Tim Bardell @bardellowski.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Fabulous turnout for #Knowsley #Parkrun number 400 this morning. Great atmosphere and really welcoming as always. Plus a record turnout!
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Tim Bardell @bardellowski.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Under two hours! Twice!!! 🏃‍♂️ #LondonMarathon
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Tim Bardell @bardellowski.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Great piece by @owenjones.bsky.social on the need for the progressive left to mobilise and cooperate internationally www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The international right has CPAC. Has the left finally found its answer? | Owen Jones
Spain’s PM, Pedro Sánchez, hosted the inaugural meeting of the Global Progressive Mobilisation. Keir Starmer and other social democrats were notable by their absence, says Guardian columnist Owen Jone...
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Tim Bardell @bardellowski.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
For decades now, decisions about your water system have been made in the interest of faraway shareholders. Now’s it time for you to have a say petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
petition.parliament.uk
Petition: Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership
Hold a binding national referendum on whether the water industry should be returned to public ownership. Water is a basic human necessity; we believe our privatised system has failed, so the public sh...
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Tim Bardell @bardellowski.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Thames Water wants to set its own rules 💧💩 💦 The Board of Ofwat is split over whether to let them. Tip the scales in favour of people and planet: email the Board now, and urge them to reject Thames Water's creditors @weownit.org.uk tinyurl.com/85m396az&nbs...
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Mr Roger Quimbly @rogerquimbly.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
A papal representative on his way to meet the US president
The Bishop
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Tim Bardell @bardellowski.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
The government promised to bring our railway into public ownership. Their Railways Bill leaves huge parts of our railway in the hands of private profiteers. Ask your MP to make sure it delivers for passengers, not profit. weownit.org.uk/rail-tug-of-...
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TUG OF WAR: Ask your MP to make sure the Railways Bill delivers for passengers, not profit
We are organising a tug of war on Parliament Square next Wednesday 15th April and we’d love your MP to be there.
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