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Views are mine. Reposts don’t imply agreement. I believe democracy’s broken. ByLine Times supporter. Open Water Swimmer.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 8h
The utter shamelessness of Kemi Badenoch boasting at Conservative party conference about 'defending press freedom' and berating Reform for banning critical journalists from their conference, just days after banning Byline Times journalists from her own
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Brian Coventry 🏊‍♂️ @briancoventry.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Winning !!
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Andy Burnham, "We could stay as we are.. We could look at what George Osborne has said about a Customs Union.. We can look at what the Liberal Democrats have said about the Single Market" "Or we could go all the way" #RejoinEU
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Brian Coventry 🏊‍♂️ @briancoventry.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The printed copies have arrived. Finally got it out of my head and bound properly. #Accountancy #PracticeManagement.
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Brian Coventry 🏊‍♂️ @briancoventry.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Classic case of engaging the mouth way before the brain. Question is would this persons brain been of any help. Reform, where politicians go to rot.
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Brian Coventry 🏊‍♂️ @briancoventry.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Mid Atlantic country. What will they drum up next as either an excuse or distraction.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I must say I’m very disappointed in the police over their dealing with the RAF Fairford incident. By announcing that the suspects are British nationals, they have completely undermined the stream of made up bollocks from myself and every other right wing gobshite on Twitter.
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Still holds up today #MontyPython1975 IG: @thecinevoidclub www.instagram.com/thecinevoidc...
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Mike D London @mikedlondon.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Farage being deliberately misleading by pretending the Govt have only announced that the donations cap will be retrospective as a response to Refuk's recent £76m. In reality, Govt made clear in March that the cap would apply from then. Perhaps if Farage sat in the House more he would have known...
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Keir Starmer wasted two years trying to make Brexit work. If @andyburnham doesn't ditch Labour's red lines, he'll go the same way as Starmer. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Brian Coventry 🏊‍♂️ @briancoventry.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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The Guardian view on EU-Canada relations: strategic ambition with lessons for Britain | Editorial
Editorial: Mark Carney’s response to the challenges posed by an unreliable US president contains a clarity of vision that is lacking in post-Brexit Britain
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
In May of 1940 there was a mass panic in Britain - stirred up by the tabloid press - about 'fighting aged men' who had come to Britain as 'refugees' posing a threat to the women and children of this country - and essentially forming a 'fifth column' that could, at any moment rise up against everyone
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WW2 Soldiers in Croatia: Ivan Janjic Storefront
ALT: WW2 Soldiers in Croatia: Ivan Janjic Storefront
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 15/09/2026
Australia and Canada are leading the way - they are choosing closer ties with the EU. The EU is our closest partner. The UK government should put EU membership on the table. It's really a no-brainer.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 13/09/2026
🚨 Neil Kinnock endorses Best for Britain's latest research, which found that an EU membership manifesto pledge is vital for Labour's chances at the next election. "Lord Kinnock has urged Andy Burnham to put the case for Britain rejoining the European Union in Labour’s next election manifesto."
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The Rest Is Politics @therestpolitics.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
And they used to call the Conservatives the "nasty party"...
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Heavy rain over Uluru (Ayer's Rock), the sacred sandstone monolith of the Australian desert
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BluesMusic @bluesmusic.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Happy Birthday🎂 Mark Knopfler🎸🎶 #Blues #bluesmusic
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
25 years ago, on a clear September morning, an otherwise ordinary day became one of history’s darkest. Through the darkness, we also saw the best of humanity.
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JM =^D @jm539581.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
In response, this AFL goal umpire puts his arms in the air after the first goal of Fremantle-Geelong playoff game
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Having written about Al Capone and the Krays in my last book, here are three takeaways for wannabe grifters and hoodlums. A: Never make yourself a celebrity and do not live life large in the public eye B: Never taunt the authorities B: if you do either they WILL come for you HARD in the end.
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Brian Coventry 🏊‍♂️ @briancoventry.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Thames
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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I am bloody proud to be an #RNLI supporter and member! These brilliant men and women have quite enough to cope with without being harassed by the scum of the earth. Their only concern is to help people in danger at sea - not check passports first! Which is how it should be. Please RT if you agree🙏
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I know I shared it before… but it’s worth repeating!
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Grumpy-ish Brian🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🇮🇪 @brian770.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Disgusting!
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Ian Johnson @mrianjohnson.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Happy birthday Freddie Mercury. He would have turned 80 today.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
📌 ICYMI: The Peter Thiel Backed Race Science Network There is a connection between the two Cambridge Professors. Orr was part of the ‘race realist’ group which targeted Arday as a ‘DEI hire’ Support our investigations
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The Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason Arday
The media's coverage of the academic's life was fuelled by the campaign of an established far-right network
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Brian Coventry 🏊‍♂️ @briancoventry.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Swim London 6th Sept. #Thames please support and sign. lnkd.in/p/e2HCeG9S
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On Sunday 6 September, I get to be part of the founding generation of Swim London, marking the return of organised open-water swimming to London’s tidal Thames. Looking forward to the opportunity… |...
On Sunday 6 September, I get to be part of the founding generation of Swim London, marking the return of organised open-water swimming to London’s tidal Thames. Looking forward to the opportunity to...
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Brian Coventry 🏊‍♂️ @briancoventry.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Think he got the sand bit wrong. Bloody big rocks spring to mind
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CNN @cnn.com · 03/09/2026
Hunters wiped out thylacines, commonly known as Tasmanian tigers, in Australia nearly a century ago. But a myth about these shy, semi-nocturnal predators may have been behind the species’ extinction. cnn.it/3VaEMof
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The London Economic @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Farage has forged a political career out of complaining
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Andy Burnham's first speech, "From the 1980s this country took a series of wrong turns" "Political power was centralised" "Economic power, privatised" "The country, deindustrialised" "Austerity followed" "And then Brexit compounded the damage" "Change begins with honesty"
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 01/09/2026
Water companies are polluting our land and getting away with it. This is deliberate, and it is criminal.
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Gabriella Quevedo turns 'Another Brick in the Wall' into an emotional and refined fingerstyle guitar masterpiece. Original post
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Brian Coventry 🏊‍♂️ @briancoventry.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Open honest not stacking up at the BBC
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
England's water companies have nearly 1,200 criminal convictions. Fines announced, quietly deferred/waived. No exec prosecuted. Regulator can ban exec bonuses. Companies reclassify exec bonuses as “retention payments” and “signing-on fees”. No action taken No end to abuses. Nationalise water.
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The case for nationalisation of water companies
England’s privatised water companies are leaders of predatory practices. In 1989, the industry was privatised for £7.6bn and had no debts. It joined Chile and a few US states&...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 30/08/2026
‘Tiny bit of rain and the sewage comes’: Brighton swimmers vent fury at sea pollution
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‘Tiny bit of rain and the sewage comes’: Brighton swimmers vent fury at sea pollution
Checking for sewage spills has become as normal as checking the weather forecast, say swimmers on East Sussex beaches
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Brian Coventry 🏊‍♂️ @briancoventry.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Ensure new sewage treatment infrastructure meets higher standards like the EU The government must review regulations for new sewage treatment and introduce new legislation; to safeguard health, better protect all water bodies petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76... #thameswater #openwaterswimming
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Petition: Ensure new sewage treatment infrastructure meets higher standards as in the EU
We urge the government to review the regulations for new sewage treatment infrastructure and introduce new legislation to ensure high international standards are met; to safeguard people’s health, bet...
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Brian Coventry 🏊‍♂️ @briancoventry.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
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Dolly Parton - Stairway to Heaven Live
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Brian Coventry 🏊‍♂️ @briancoventry.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Winning
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Brian Coventry 🏊‍♂️ @briancoventry.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Lying through his back teeth Gove
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Australia says data centres need to bring their own green energy - why isn't the UK insisting on the same? Have a listen to South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas, "As data centres come on line and bring their own demand for energy, they bring their own supply of power"
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Heroic.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 25/08/2026
Happy Independence Day Ukraine! Suck it Russia
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The 70s Guy @stevenw888.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
24 August 1975 - Queen started recording #BohemianRhapsody at Rockfield studios in Monmouth, Wales. Freddie Mercury directed the band throughout the sessions. May, Mercury, and Taylor sang their vocal parts continually for 10 to 12 hours a day, resulting in 180 separate overdubs. #Queen
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Brian Coventry 🏊‍♂️ @briancoventry.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
One of the best episodes recorded by @therestpolitics.bsky.social Fills you with hope as well as admiration for Maoz & Aziz.
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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The fresh new anti-establishment faces of Reform UK... 🤔 Ex-Tory Home Secretary Ex-Tory Shadow Minister Ex-Tory Chairman and MP Millionaire rarely seen in Parliament Millionaire rarely seen in Britain Ex-Tory Councillor Ex-Tory Shadow Minister Ex-Tory Minister Vote Reform. Get failed Tories!
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Grumpy-ish Brian🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🇮🇪 @brian770.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
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Brian Coventry 🏊‍♂️ @briancoventry.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
@outdoorswimmer.com Does any one know if the blue green algae warning applies to the stretch (1km ) of water above Teddington Lock.
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