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Shaun Berger

@cheekyburger.bsky.social
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Rugby. Edinburgh. Financial planning. Politics. Evidence-based everything.

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Shaun Berger @cheekyburger.bsky.social · 15h
In the time it took you to read this headline, the Chinese built 12 airports larger than Heathrow
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Andy Burnham ‘unconvinced’ on Heathrow third runway
The PM has said he is open to the upgrade but feels other regions need the growth
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Chris Bogle @chrisbogle.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
1. The independent Taskforce — commissioned by NHS England, backed by government — concluded ADHD is under-diagnosed, under-recognised and under-treated in the UK. Not over. The press has reported the reverse of the finding www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
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ADHD label ‘risks lifelong harm to children’ as diagnoses surge
Landmark government review warns of a ‘tipping point’ as figures show the proportion of youngsters with an autism diagnosis has risen 40-fold
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Shaun Berger @cheekyburger.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Just watched Gary Stevenson’s documentary on inequality/wealth taxes on CHNL4. Absolute shambles of a doco. Hard to believe he wrote and directed this, as it makes him look pretty stupid.
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Shaun Berger @cheekyburger.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Tim Tams are better than Penguins. Fact.
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Shaun Berger @cheekyburger.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Every time I see a post like this I think “didn’t the Queen die a couple of years ago?”
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Shaun Berger @cheekyburger.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
BOOM!
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is so very funny youtu.be/SHUvSffmLIQ?...
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Most TV is Just This Now
YouTube video by Michael Spicer
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The BBC news summary this morning went seamlessly from "critics warn PM scrapping triple lock would be electoral suicide" to "critics ask if PM has nerve to make tough decisions" and I don't think it's a particularly pro Burnham stance to suggest he might not be the entire problem here.
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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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Shaun Berger @cheekyburger.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
All the outraged defenders of the pensions Triple Lock seem to describe reforming it as a reduction in pensions. Which it is not. Hysterical trade unionist on the Today prog this am describing it as an attack on the poor. What is really an attack on the poor is the merciless burden of paying for it
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Shaun Berger @cheekyburger.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Tremendous thread. Great work Emma
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Shaun Berger @cheekyburger.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Stand by for another lecture from JD Vance about the erosion of free speech in Europe www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Trump says he is banning CNN, Politico and MS NOW from White House
The US president has had a tense and fiery relationship with the US media throughout his political career.
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Shaun Berger @cheekyburger.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Is Ali G the King of Morocco now?
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Shaun Berger @cheekyburger.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Balaclava idiots are targeting RNLI volunteers. Donate to the RNLI in the link below
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Shaun Berger @cheekyburger.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Great questioning by KGM. Car crash performance by Dorris.
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Shaun Berger @cheekyburger.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Media questioning of Farage has been poor imo. Farage says 2 of his boys have been stood down because they were saying “injudicious” things. But he was filmed saying thanks for paying for the polls we commissioned and thanks for illegally funnelling your overseas donation through your son.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Our undercover reporter @scatatkins.bsky.social posed as a far right journalist at the Reform Conference, and got thrown out for asking difficult questions about Farage's corruption scandal.
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Shaun Berger @cheekyburger.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
“Stop the Boats” nutters are so keen to stop the boats they dont want you to get a ferry any more. Thick as mince, the lot of them.
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Shaun Berger @cheekyburger.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Big weekend ahead for these lads 😄
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Shaun Berger @cheekyburger.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
👌
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
can someone rename gas to $2/ gallon
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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
My dad was a public school teacher; and he always said the toughest parts of the job were: 1. Having to pay for your own classroom chalk, and 2. Performing gender-reassignment surgeries during class hours w/out parents finding out.
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Shaun Berger @cheekyburger.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Hats off to the marketing genius at American Golf who came up with this promo. Get in there quick while stocks last!
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Shaun Berger @cheekyburger.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
When making reference to North Sea oil, could everyone please STOP saying “drill baby drill”. FFS
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Shaun Berger @cheekyburger.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Just had an experience with IKEA uk customer services about making changes to an order which is teed up for delivery. Actually, unbelievably helpful! 👏
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Shaun Berger @cheekyburger.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
I don’t know what the answer is, but this has to be the wrong question
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Shaun Berger @cheekyburger.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
I wonder what percentage of the British electorate could name the current Deputy Leader of the Labour Party.
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Shaun Berger @cheekyburger.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Enough! When are we going to do something about the insane numbers of white people in our country? Pure cold rage. Riot now! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Man charged after suspected anti-Muslim attacks in Edinburgh
Two people were injured close to a mosque and a man was later seen battering the door of a pizzeria as members of the public run away.
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Shaun Berger @cheekyburger.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Finance journalists are not finance experts. Never ceases to amaze me how ignorant they can be. Just been listening to one on Times Radio talking on the Sue Garvey/Fi Glover show. Not got a clue what she is talking about. (Money reporter from the Times/Sunday Times of course.)
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Shaun Berger @cheekyburger.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
So after weeks of Trump trying to surrender and Iran not letting him, he is now having to pay them billions of dollars to accept his surrender. Have I got that right?
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Shaun Berger @cheekyburger.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
“Israeli officials are angry with Trump about deal with Iran”. Good. Fuck ‘em.
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 05/06/2026
"The US has nothing to teach the UK on policing. Deaths at the hands of police in the UK are extremely rare. In the US, around one person in 315,000 is shot dead by police each year. In the UK, the comparable figure is one in 25 million."
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Trump's hypocritical attack on the UK shows just how low he will go
The US Department of State has waded into the controversy over the killing of Henry Nowak
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Terrific thread this.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Sneaking a giant screen into the flagshagger march is one of the funniest things @ledbydonkeys.org have ever done. "STAY HYDRATED" 😂🤣😂
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Angus Main @angusmain.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Wes Streeting is already facing growing calls to stand down as PM
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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
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Shaun Berger @cheekyburger.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Excellent explainer here of the booming market for private credit
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Shaun Berger @cheekyburger.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
I don’t understand a single word of this headline…
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Shaun Berger @cheekyburger.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Big school yard bully picks on a little guy. Little guy is nasty & tough. Grabs bully guy by the balls. Gets slapped around but never lets go of big guy’s balls. Big guy soon begs for mercy. Agrees to give little guy his lunch money everyday forever. Goes back to his mates and declares victory.
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Shaun Berger @cheekyburger.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
This guy is such a charlatan
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/04/2026
Trump went from making insane genocidal threats this morning to hyping the “golden age” of Iran hours later, and he received no concessions in between. He’s an absolute basket case who needs to be removed from power before he follows through on one of his mass murder fantasies.
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Shaun Berger @cheekyburger.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
President Trump has SAVED civilisation in Iran from being obliterated! Praise be to Jesus!
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NewsThump @newsthump.com · 07/04/2026
If Trump does "kill an entire civilisation" tonight, it could do real damage to the long-term validity of the FIFA Peace Prize.
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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
It's not just about us. We owe it to the world to hold this administration criminally accountable. Many should spend the rest of their lives in prison. Many others should never be allowed to vote or hold elected or appointed office again.
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Kamala Harris @kamalaharris.com · 07/04/2026
The President of the United States is threatening to commit war crimes and wipe out a "whole civilization" — all because he started a disastrous war of his own making and had no plan and no strategy for how to end it. This is abhorrent, and the American people do not support this.
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Shaun Berger @cheekyburger.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Why does this story start with an emphasis on one of the perp’s favourite hobbies?
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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Makes sense. 😂🤣👇
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Shaun Berger @cheekyburger.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Jesus
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
What are the world’s deadliest animals? Great @ourworldindata.org chart giving a sense of magnitudes of numbers of humans killed by different animals in 2023. Only mosquitoes beat humans in their deadliness! ourworldindata.org/deadliest-an...
What are the world's deadliest animals?

Estimated number of humans killed by animals per year (2023):
Mosquitoes: 760,000
Humans: 600,000
Snakes: 100,000
Dogs: 40,000
Freshwater snails (Schistosomiasis): 14,000
Kissing bugs (Chagas disease): 8,000
Sandflies (Leishmaniasis): 5,000
Roundworms (Ascariasis): 5,000
Scorpions: 3,000
Tapeworms (Cysticercosis): 2,000
Tsetse flies (Trypanosomiasis): 1,500
Elephants: 1,000
Bees, wasps and hornets: 500
Big cats: 300
Crocodiles: more than 150
Jellyfish: 100
Hippopotamuses: more than 50
Spiders: 50
Bears: 20
Sharks: 6
Gray wolves: 5
Source: Our World in Data, drawing on Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, World Health Organization, CrocAttack, IUCN, ISAF, and others. Figures are rounded estimates used for relative magnitude comparisons.
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Shaun Berger @cheekyburger.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Trump: “if Iran doesn’t COMPLETELY agree to my demands before my deadline passes, I will be FORCED to extend the deadline!”. Isn’t this guy supposed to be good at negotiating or something?
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