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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 8h

"I should just point out that we don't have any Lib Dems on the panel as they only have 71 MPs, but Suella Braverman is here because Reform have 8 MPs"

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Acid Rain @bearysweet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The colder autumn nights in Germany coaxes this magnificent eagle, Oropherion, to spend his nights in his heated indoor winter aviary. This is an African Martial Eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus), the largest eagle species native to Africa. (Cr @birdsofprey_nathalie_denolf) #birds #eagle

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Peter @peterquinn.bsky.social · 13h

This is very good, and sadly very true.

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What good are notebooks? @whatgoodrnotebooks.bsky.social · 18h

No idea how deep this actually goes - how compelling is the EPL's evidence? If City push back too hard might they find themselves facing the Crown on behalf of Companies House instead? I'm pretty sure the UK has laws about shadow bookkeeping at this level of turnover.

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Ben Seager @benseager.co.uk · 30/09/2026

I was a couple of years after you - but I share your pain.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Burnham on Social Care in July: "I ask the media, can we not let the country look at this in a clear-eyed way without all of the overwriting? On this issue, please, can we not have a factual debate? Allow people to weigh up the options and come to a considered view based on the facts?" The media:

The Daily Telegraph: TRIPLE LOCK SCRAPPED BY 2030 (with a monstering photo of Burnham)

Daily Express: IT'S A CRYING SHAME FOR OUR NATION

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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is what consistently leaves this country stuck & broken in the most basic ways

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Mike Reynolds @mikereynolds08.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This may have passed you by, snouts in the trough time perchance? BBC News - Norfolk council leader dined at CEO's hotel before £215k hiring - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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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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Ben Seager @benseager.co.uk · 30/09/2026

“Won’t somebody think of the children” is the rallying cry of those who are taking our liberty.

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 29/09/2026

Man City statement in full:

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Evercade @evercade.co.uk · 29/09/2026

Just over here leveling up ;)

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

My basic take on Andy Burnham's speech: some stuff I agreed with, some stuff I found derisory, good to have a PM speech with an argument in it again. Unclear tho what the path to 'actually making it thru the next three years' is. My longer take in tomorrow's newsletter: www.ft.com/newsletter-s...

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Financial Times

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Ben Seager @benseager.co.uk · 29/09/2026

I get that it’s complicated. But also. The only argument for making a special exemption for pensioners is “more of them vote”

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autumn coded @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Just talk to another human already jesus fucking christ

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Ben Seager @benseager.co.uk · 29/09/2026

Cheers Michael. Rest in peace

A pint of beer on a wooden table in a somber Lion and Castle. Black and white images of Michael Wynn Jones are on the TV screens.

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Old UK Print Ads @oldukprintads.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Sep 1743: Stage-Coach ad from Thomas Holmested, William Woods, Thomas Tayler «YARMOUTH STAGE-COACH, in Three Days,»

A 1743 advertisement for the Yarmouth Stage-Coach line. The Stage-Coach leaves every Tuesday morning at 4 o'clock from The Bear at the Bridge Foot in Yarmouth, bound for the Green Dragon Inn on Bishopsgate Street, London. The return trip leaves the Green Dragon Inn every Wednesday at 6 in the morning. The cost is one pound per passenger, with a 30-pound baggage allowance. Excess baggage is charged at one penny per pound. Passengers may book places at the Three Tuns at Bangay, the Pyr at Harleston, the Scole Inn, and the Greyhound at Buddesdale.

YARMOUTH STAGE-COACH, in Three Days,

Begins OCTOBER the 4th, 1743.
SETS out from the BEAR, at the BRIDGE FOOT
in YARMOUTH, every TUESDAY Morning at Four o'Clock, to
the GREEN DRAGON INN in BISHOPSGATE-STREET,
LONDON ; and returns from the GREEN DRAGON, to the Place afore-
faid, every WEDNESDAY at Six in the Morning, at one Pound per
Paſſenger, and to be allowed Thirty Pounds Weight, and all above to
be paid for at one Penny per Pound.
N. B. Paſſengers may have Places at the THREE TUNs at Bangay,
at the Pyr at Harleston, at SCOLE INN, and at the GREYHOUND at
Buddefdale.
Perform'd, if GOD permit, by THOMAS HOLMESTED,
WILLIAM WOODS,
THOMAS TAYLER.

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Ben Seager @benseager.co.uk · 29/09/2026

If you don’t work out a means of paying then you would have permanently deprived the owner of their property. Which is theft. (NAL, so would be interested to hear the actual, learned, answer)

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Lupus Londonwolf @lupuslondonwolf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I was making potato and leek soup and the recipe asked for five potatoes cubed. Even for potato soup, 125 potatoes seems a little excessive.

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A cash-strapped rural police force struggles to deal with Red Diesel gangs. Until its chief inspector realises can get the Met Police to deal with the problem... ...if he pretends they're Iranian. A new six part comedy starring Toby Jones.

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Dr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026

This is quite cool. My university is the first organisation in the world to force Microsoft to allow us to turn off copilot summaries in Word 365, after a backlash against it from staff (including, very vocally, me). That cannot have been easy for our heroic IT people so hats very much off to them!

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MyFootballWriter - Norwich City @myfootballwriter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A Norwich City great has left us. Not a bigger supporter of our football club has there ever been. TALES FROM THE CITY: The late, great Michael Wynn Jones norwichcity.myfootballwriter.com/2026/09/29/t...

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Ben Seager @benseager.co.uk · 29/09/2026

So let me get this straight. Google has pretty successfully taken almost complete control of the low-end, entry level laptop space with the Chromebook. And now they’re willingly abandoning that in favour of AI slop generators starting at ≈£800. Bizarre.

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Ben Seager @benseager.co.uk · 28/09/2026

It's behind a paywall, so sharing here: #ncfc will have a book of condolence in the Lion and Castle from Midday on Tuesday. From the Evening News:

The book will be available from midday on Tuesday, September 29.

In accordance with the wishes of Wynn Jones' family, the pub will also serve drinks to raise money for St Elizabeth Hospice.

The Lion & Castle will stay open for the rest of the week to allow fans time to pay their respects and write in the book.

The pub's opening hours will be Tuesday (midday-9pm), Wednesday (9am-9pm), Thursday (9am-9pm), and Friday (9am-midday).

On Saturday and Sunday (9am-5pm), the book will be available in the South Stand reception area.

Supporters will not be charged for parking at the stadium.

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The Pink Un @thepinkun.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

🗣️'In an era where clubs can lose themselves in the pursuit of success, Wynn Jones helped ensure Norwich never lost sight of what it was.' A tribute to Michael Wynn Jones. Thank you, Mr Norwich City💛💚 #NCFC www.pinkun.com/sport/norwic...

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Thank you, Michael Wynn Jones. Thank you, Mr Norwich City

Few figures in Norwich City history are bigger than Michael Wynn Jones. Connor Southwell pays tribute to the former joint majority shareholder.

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Ben Seager @benseager.co.uk · 28/09/2026

I only said I done it so they’d take me willy oot the light socket

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What good are notebooks? @whatgoodrnotebooks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

MISTAH HOPPYYYYYYYYYYYY!

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 28/09/2026

Also - they say the moon is made of cheese, but I went to the cheese aisle and they weren't selling any moon. What the hell?

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Ben Seager @benseager.co.uk · 28/09/2026

Just seen the sad news about Michael Wynn Jones. Met him a couple of times, and he was a lovely guy #ncfc

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Ben Seager @benseager.co.uk · 28/09/2026

I see your Mexico City and I raise you Milan 😂

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Ben Seager @benseager.co.uk · 28/09/2026

My better half cycles to work most days. The amount of nonsense she has to put up with genuinely scares me.

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Ben Seager @benseager.co.uk · 28/09/2026

Near where I used to live there was a pedestrian crossing that I would use daily. At every red light a car would run through. Every. Single. Time. And this was a pedestrian crossing, not just a traffic-only junction.

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Ben Seager @benseager.co.uk · 28/09/2026

I said "hadn't helped" not "yeah, that's the entire cause and everything was fine before"

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Ben Seager @benseager.co.uk · 28/09/2026

I *think* iPhones have (or had) a feature where it says on the lock screen "It looks like you're driving" but iirc it was a pita when I was on the train, or a passenger in a car.

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Ben Seager @benseager.co.uk · 28/09/2026

Yeah, I think the deterioration of standards in public life certainly haven't helped.

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Ben Seager @benseager.co.uk · 28/09/2026

Yeah, I’ve never seen these. If they’re a thing - awesome - but they need to be rolled out further

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Ben Seager @benseager.co.uk · 28/09/2026

So just this morning I’ve seen: - someone taking a phone call while driving - someone FaceTiming(!) while driving - Two people driving through red lights at a busy junction. This was in the space of about 10 minutes. Can we have a *actual* war on motorists please. One where they actually lose.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Also under current proposals they won't be allowed to be social care workers after 2028. Ministers still don't seem to understand their own plan.

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The old internet @theoldinternet.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I'll never forget how life-changing CD-ROM was. It felt like the future

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Ben Seager @benseager.co.uk · 27/09/2026

Someone should tell Chas and Dave

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 27/09/2026

I'm not exactly Reacher either, but then I don't let them put my face on posters with the word "Muscular" in size 72 font. This looks like if the Crusades were to liberate an Apple Store Genius Bar.

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