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Ben Hurley @bhur.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Nice that @therestpolitics.bsky.social plugged #ParkRun but they missed the significance of @pauls-h.bsky.social deciding to create something free & not for profit, run locally by volunteers. That's the magic sauce. Entrepreneurs can be socially-driven. Should have him on Leading

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Ben Hurley @bhur.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Heard on radio this morn - lovely story starring lovely people. They became best friends – then discovered they were brother and sister - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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They became best friends – then discovered they were brother and sister

Andrea Urmston knew she had a brother who had been adopted by another family, only to discover he was already her closest friend.

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Ben Hurley @bhur.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

open.spotify.com/track/5uRIDv... Muse could've won us Eurovision with this

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Be With You

Muse · The Wow! Signal · Song · 2026

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Ben Hurley @bhur.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Shit, bones full of autism

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Ben Hurley @bhur.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Wonder why many are uncomfortable with the current crop of BBC political correspondents 🤔? BBC News - Pugnacious, charismatic and she always answered the question - Chris Mason on Ann Widdecombe www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Chris Mason on Widdecombe: Pugnacious, charismatic and she always answered the question

Plenty in Westminster who knew her, whether they agreed with her or not, found her immensely likeable.

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Ben Hurley @bhur.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Easy without AI - you're a creepy pervert twat

Meta ad showing a model wearing Meta pervert glasses with text saying 'hey Meta, translate this'

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Ben Hurley @bhur.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

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Ben Hurley @bhur.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

This is renewal offer on same car after no claims (with 20+ years of no claims) , so reduced risk. Nationalise car insurance✊

Showing car insurance renewal offer of £985 and last year's premium of £593

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Ben Hurley @bhur.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Brits that don't eat 5 a day get more flavanols that those that do, because of tea. Reckon I'm hitting the desired daily flavanol intake through tea alone theconversation.com/not-all-frui...

Table showing flavanol amounts of food. Available through link in post

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Ben Hurley @bhur.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Was doing a bit of work research yesterday and David Milliband is all over the Labour-leaning think-tank scene. Just saying...

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Ben Hurley @bhur.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

I was pretty hopeful that the incoming 2024 Government might actually read this and follow some of the actions, finally acknowledging the power of the services sector. Instead the latest genius idea is nationalising steel. Embarrassing and disappointing economy2030.resolutionfoundation.org

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The Economy 2030 Inquiry | Shaping a decade of change

The Economy 2030 Inquiry is a three-year project to explore the nature of economic change that the UK is living through, and start a national conversation about what this means for people, places and ...

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Ben Hurley @bhur.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Doesn't look like enforcement, ticketing or removal of illegal and dangerous parking in Richmond Park this afternoon. Needs a proper, safe solution (although people not jumping in cars the minute the sun comes out would help)

Line of cars parked illegally on grass verge by roadside in Richmond Park, London and a line of cars on the road

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Ben Hurley @bhur.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Ain't no voter like a tactical London voter

Screen shot of BBC local election results showing Richmond council being retained by Liberal Democrats winning all 54 seat

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Ben Hurley @bhur.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

They should be made to stand on the streets of 'broken Richmond' and shout this shite out loud. Wouldn't last 5 minutes

A Reform UK leaflet saying Richmond is broken

Picture of a pink sunset over Richmond riverside

A Reform UK leaflet for Richmond Borough with 5 pledges

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Ben Hurley @bhur.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Sawe is an incredible athlete but as a running nerd, I'd like to see some reporting of his performances before he broke through age 26. Only explanation I've seen of this relatively late emergence was changing to a more high profile training group. Early 20s partying phase?

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Ben Hurley @bhur.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Is the local tide turning against reform? (Headline you won't read anywhere)

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Ben Hurley @bhur.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

A Labour leader in opposition would be shredded by media for behaving the way Badenoch, Farage & Polanski have on Iran and got no credit from anyone for standing with Government of the day on issues of national security and defence.

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Ben Hurley @bhur.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Another dystopian Sunday in the London hellscape. Volunteered at junior Parkrun and athletics club, muddy 10km along the river path. Caught Wayne McGregor exhibition on dance & tech at Somerset House, and bumped into fans star-spotting BAFTA red carpet, then watched the show at home.

Thom Yorke on screen in Lotus Flowers video

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Ben Hurley @bhur.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Today would be a good day to look out for bad news being buried

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Ben Hurley @bhur.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

The RSA ran a competition that led to the invention of a chimney sweeping tool in 1805, the sweepers guild and industry fought it and it took 70 years until sending children up chimneys was properly banned and enforced. Change can be bloody slow

Page of an article on the subject in the RSA journal

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Ben Hurley @bhur.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

First sunny day in 3 weeks so cycled for a proper look around the V&A in the 'unsafe' hellhole of London, after a chatty Parkrun with local running club friends. Busy & buzzing with a whiff of Spring. Only unsafe thing - cars and their drivers.

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Ben Hurley @bhur.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

I was able to explain to my 11 year old in 30 seconds why the Ukrainian athlete can't slide with a helmet with a political statement on it. It's pretty straightforward, a child can understand it, but I haven't heard the very simple reason explained in any media (or social media)

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Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Just going to leave this here

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Ben Hurley @bhur.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Good new training resource from @libdems.org.uk for all the Comms people -pre-announcing a 'MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT' at a specific time & place, that you then don't make

Post from Lib Dems saying Major Announcement with picture and name of Daisy Cooper Feb 11 9AM

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Ben Hurley @bhur.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Injured so can't run - next best thing marshalling the Surrey League final. Bloody love cross country

A very muddy path with a flag marking the course

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Ben Hurley @bhur.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Starmer plan. Be angry. Turn it to action: sack anyone who advised his appointment; Police investigate any UK citizen in the files and take swift action on crimes; mandate no public contracts with companies or individuals names in files; commit to cleaning up power; protect women and girls today

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Ben Hurley @bhur.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Wonderful book about the wonder of our wonderful London

Cover of the novel, 'The Great When' by Alan Moore, featuring an illustration of London Bridge

Quote from The Great When - 'some stories..are bigger, richer and more staggering..perhaps the tallest tale of all is that of London'

Quote from The Great When 'The London built of memory and misconception, voice and vision, that endures despite the concrete world's vissitudes. That London is long.

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Leo Prints @leoprints.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Belfast city Hospital Tower block is celebrating 40 years of being a weird brutalist erratic on the Belfast skyline and I was commissioned to make some art for the exhibition in the hospital. The exhibition is called 40 never looked so good and runs until April. @belfasttrust.bsky.social

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Ben Hurley @bhur.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

I like Hoka but FFS - note to brand marketers don't jump into an issue like mental health unless you're prepared to do the work

Picture of a runner with clear blue sky above and the words 'Hoka Beat Blue Monday. Refresh Your Run'

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Ben Hurley @bhur.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Listening made a Monday Am commute feel like an A24 film intro open.spotify.com/track/3m0yAe...

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Summer 2 - 2012

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Ben Hurley @bhur.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Amazing 'Mile in my shoes' installation at the Choose Love Christmas store, I wore Yazan's shoes while listening to his story about being a refugee from the Syrian war.

Sign for A Mile in My Shoes campaign linking to the Empathy Museum

Shoe box and me wearing the shoes from inside, and my orange socks

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Ben Hurley @bhur.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Why is that violent middle-age white men get the benefit of 'two-sides' when nobody else does

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Leo Prints @leoprints.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

When we founded @vaultartiststudios.bsky.social in the deep past of 2017 we did so with the idea that art could improve things, that art could build and enrich communities and make radical creative change to our home city of Belfast. #belfast #aislop #antiai

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Ben Hurley @bhur.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Watching another speeder fly down a narrow street of family houses and wondering why there isn't a conversation about using drone, CCTV, phone and car tech to completely eradicate car (driver) crime, deaths and injuries?

media.tenor.com

a group of south park characters standing in front of a sign that says " south park "

Alt: a group of south park residents with the central figures saying 'we need to be brave enough to ask questions '

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Ben Hurley @bhur.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

London buzzing today. Streets, bars, shops & restaurants packed. Soho full of London locals and tourists spending £. Latin DJ and dancing on South Bank. And we have a new fish & chip shop made of felt. Massive chasm between narrative about UK life and reality

Soho square with mock Tudor cottage surrounded by people sitting in park

Busy indoors food hall, people eating and drinking

People dancing in front of a stage on London's South Bank

An art installation of a fish and chips shopade of felt. View of table with two plates of food and pictures in background, all made of felt

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Ben Hurley @bhur.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Biggest 1 day athletics event in the world, a packed park and a new East Bank of culture. London is so over

The London Olympic Stadium during the London Athletics Meeting. View of whole track and full crowd

The outside of the London Olympic Stadium looking to the Aquatics Centre, Sadlers Wells, V&A and BBC 'East Bank' of modern buildings

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