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Neal Champion

@champ.org.uk
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Motorcyclist and ex-racer, left-leaning, Europhile, musician

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 18h
It’s a mark of the corruption of our whole way of thinking about the world that trying to meet a planetary emergency is routinely described as “ideological”, while continuing to accelerate it is presented as “pragmatic” and “economic”.
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Ruth Watson @ruthwatson.eurosky.social · 4h
A genuine humanitarian. All those children. All those young refugees. Separated from their parents because the Daily Mail, politicians, and others in 1930s UK, refused refuge to their parents, thousands of whom died in the Holocaust.
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Neal Champion @champ.org.uk · 29/09/2026
You do know that the biggest part of the welfare bill is the state pension, don't you?
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Burnham speech: An astonishing moment of radicalism and commitment iandunt.substack.com/p/burnham-sp...
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Burnham speech: An astonishing moment of radicalism and commitment
It’s easy to be cynical, but it would be false. Something extraordinary is happening here.
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Neal Champion @champ.org.uk · 28/09/2026
Just wondered if you might think she has a viable defamation case under UK law?
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Neal Champion @champ.org.uk · 28/09/2026
Would be interested in @davidallengreen.bsky.social 's take on this
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Andreas Racing Official IOM @andreasracingiom.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
🏆 HISTORY MADE AT JURBY! 🏆 Congratulations to Marcus Simpson, the first ever winner of The Reejerey of Jurby! 👏 A new race, a new Manx tradition & the first name in the history books. 🏆 Marcus Simpson, Reejerey of Jurby 2026. 🇮🇲🏆🇮🇲 #ARA #Jurby #Isleofman #CelticMatchRaces #AndreasRacingAssociation
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Andreas Racing Official IOM @andreasracingiom.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
CELTIC MATCH RACES 2027! 📣 Celtic Match Races are heading to Ireland in 2027, with the next battle between the Celtic nations set to take place at Mondello Park! 🏆 After a fantastic weekend here on the Isle of Man, we’ll see you in Ireland next year! ☘️ #ARA #Jurby #Isleofman #CelticMatchRaces
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Neal Champion @champ.org.uk · 27/09/2026
First, please demonstrate where they've been "right, again and again"
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I could quote pretty much this entire article by @mjrobbins.com on the bizarre psychology of the AI apocalypse freaks, but you should just read it instead. Such a relief to see someone express my feelings so eloquently. martinrobbins.substack.com/p/the-ai-apo...
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Andreas Racing Official IOM @andreasracingiom.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
CELTIC MATCH RACES END OF DAY ONE 🏁📣🇮🇲 That’s racing complete for Day One at Jurby! Here’s how the points standings look at the end of the first day, with the Isle of Man leading the way on 250 points. 👀🔥 Everything still to play for tomorrow! 🏆 #ARA #Jurby #Isleofman #iom #CelticMatchRaces
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Neal Champion @champ.org.uk · 26/09/2026
Thanks
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Neal Champion @champ.org.uk · 26/09/2026
I'm toying with buying a stupid big touring bike [1] from a mate, which would be ideal for south of Spain and back [K1600]
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Neal Champion @champ.org.uk · 25/09/2026
Mornington Crescent!
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Neal Champion @champ.org.uk · 25/09/2026
Hmmm Mebbe Jerez then Le Mans...
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Something very strange and disturbing is happening in this country, of which Braverman is just the most pitiful example. iandunt.substack.com/p/the-return...
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The return of race politics
Ethnic minority politicians on the right are engaged in depraved acts of self-hatred, in order to capture a movement which will never accept them
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Neal Champion @champ.org.uk · 25/09/2026
Want some good news? Schools in England (if not the UK as a whole) are doing very well substack.com/@samf/note/c...
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Sam Freedman (@samf)
New post out: England's schools are now the second highest performing in the world outside the far east, according to the OECD's PISA study. Is this because of policy? Attitude to technology? Cultur...
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Neal Champion @champ.org.uk · 24/09/2026
"Deliciously British Flavours"? WTF? Is ethno-nationalism infecting everything now?
Photo of a box of Thorntons chocolates, with the text Deliciously British Flavours
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Neal Champion @champ.org.uk · 24/09/2026
Think I'd rather be King of Codpieces
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Andreas Racing Official IOM @andreasracingiom.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Are you ready! 🇮🇲 #ara #jurby #CelticMatchRaces #iom #Isleofman
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Neal Champion @champ.org.uk · 24/09/2026
Want a peek behind the curtain of this distressing (to me) poll headline? Then read this excellent thread...
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Yes, there are technical, formal legal reasons why terrorism law is applied to protesters carrying placards, but not to political activists slashing boats. But stepping back, there is something wrong with a legal regime which criminalises one more than the other. A triumph of form over function.
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Neal Champion @champ.org.uk · 23/09/2026
Today's job: scouring the internet for people claiming that today marks the end of summer/start of autumn, and putting them right The meteorological seasons start on 1st March, 1st June, 1st Sep & 1st Dec, these are the only boundaries that make sense, and this is the hill I will die on
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Neal Champion @champ.org.uk · 21/09/2026
I was about to post that I was alive when the Berlin Wall went up, but actually I was a year out
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Over the last few months these guys made me proud to be British: kind, practical, profoundly moral, a testament to this island. Now they're targeted by the very worst of us. I just gave them a bunch of money. You should too. Show those fascist clowns what's what. rnli.org/support-us/g...
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Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea
Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.
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Andreas Racing Official IOM @andreasracingiom.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
2026 Final ARA Championship Standings! 🇮🇲🏆🇮🇲 Congratulations to all our 2026 champions! 🙏🇮🇲🎉🥂🍾 #ARA #Jurby #isleofman #iom
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Paul Bassett Davies @thewritertype.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Keep politics out of music, like in the old days when Tchaikovsky wrote the 1812 Overture about how nice the weather was that year, or Beethoven composed his “Emperor” concerto in honour of his favourite kitten, and Dylan sang A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall, all about the fun of splashing in puddles.
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Neal Champion @champ.org.uk · 20/09/2026
Had to look them up!
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Neal Champion @champ.org.uk · 20/09/2026
For me the most significant thing is that the audience using their phones are essentially missing the gig. Being at a gig is a quintessential example of when you want to "be in the moment"... not filming it for later
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
British journalism and polling are both utterly implicated in the Farage funding scandal iandunt.substack.com/p/british-jo...
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
We shall grant Piddington independence. Then we will colonise it and civilise its inhabitants until they achieve the kind of maturity required to govern themselves inews.co.uk/opinion/pidd...
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Piddington, you're welcome to leave the UK. Don't let the door hit you on the way out
Ian Dunt: The village that ‘roared’ has swallowed the far-right’s lies
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Andreas Racing Official IOM @andreasracingiom.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Entries Close at Midnight on Friday 18th September! ⏰🇮🇲 Entries for the support races are open via the Andreas Racing Website: www.andreasracing.im/members/home #ara #Jurby #CelticMatchRaces #iom #isleofman
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Neal Champion @champ.org.uk · 15/09/2026
AI isn't going to kill us. But saying it will is the latest gambit from companies in the tottering AI bubble www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/20...
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The myth of killer AI is a self-serving attempt at regulatory capture
Skynet is coming soon, and also there's this Nigerian prince with a $20 million fortune who wants to give it to you
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Girl on the Net @girlonthenet.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Hey team, when the AI bubble collapses, what are we going to do with all the empty data centres? I vote we turn at least one of them into a giant soft play.
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Neal Champion @champ.org.uk · 14/09/2026
What a very beautiful piece of writing
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Neal Champion @champ.org.uk · 14/09/2026
Well, I get it But then, I'm 64
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Neal Champion @champ.org.uk · 10/09/2026
Much like putting "just saying" after a statement: "<rude or contentious statement> Just saying" ...means don't criticise my rude/contentious statement
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Neal Champion @champ.org.uk · 09/09/2026
Oh, we certainly do. And I'm doing my bit: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volunta...
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Voluntary Human Extinction Movement - Wikipedia
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David Emmett @motomatters.com · 09/09/2026
These weren't 'protestors' these were racist thugs who saw some brown people going to a hotel. They wouldn't have confused a Norwegian football team for migrants.
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Neal Champion @champ.org.uk · 09/09/2026
That graphic doesn't reflect the change in points available when sprints were introduced, nor the differences in points available due to the increasing number of events in the calendar
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
One of those two looks like an invasion to me.
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David Emmett @motomatters.com · 07/09/2026
This is lovely, and spot on about love, regret, and living your life
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Neal Champion @champ.org.uk · 07/09/2026
I expect @dorianlynskey.bsky.social and @iandunt.bsky.social to be watching Mastermind this evening - specialist subjects include the essays of George Orwell and 2000AD comics in the 80s and 90s
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
We are Christopher Isherwood, watching the roving uniformed thuggish gangs in the Berlin street below from our apartment window above.
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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Me on some new @policyatkings.bsky.social research underlining some of the problems confronting Reform giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Hostility to Reform UK leaves Farage with a dilemma
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Hostility to Reform UK leaves Farage with a dilemma
Toning down its positions in pursuit of wider appeal would risk an exit of supporters on the right
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Neal Champion @champ.org.uk · 06/09/2026
That's verging into a philosophical question!
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Neal Champion @champ.org.uk · 06/09/2026
I'm not sure it works for Bladerunner, for starters...
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Neal Champion @champ.org.uk · 06/09/2026
*All* good drama? C'mon Bluesky, help me list some exceptions!
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
As @sundersays.bsky.social just pointed out, these “costumes” are really uniforms, banned under the Public Order Act 1936
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Neal Champion @champ.org.uk · 06/09/2026
This is the Guardian piece: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Britain’s Yellowstone’: restoration project aims to take the greed out of land acquisition
Investors in Emblehope Moor will get their financial returns – and then it will be given to community or charity owners
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