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Claire

@clrthrn.bsky.social
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🇬🇧in 🇳🇱 Tea, music, Dutch stuff, UK/EU politics, crochet, and parenting. Currently battling a cheese addiction.

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Ed Miles @brisgasdoc.themiles.es · 01/10/2026
“I have told everyone I am a traitor by mistake!” #traitors #traitorsuk #celebritytraitors
Richard E Grant and Paul McGann soaking wet in the rain during a scene from Withnail & I. The quote is, “We have gone on holiday by mistake!”
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Claire @clrthrn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Call me "Ross Kemp" levels of paranoid if you like but if I was Putin, trying to destabilise Europe, this is exactly what I would get my buddy Trump and my pals in AfD to do.
lbc.co.uk
Britain in talks over releasing emergency diesel stockpiles | LBC
Cabinet members spoke to ministers in Germany, France, Italy and Ireland to discuss the possibility of utilising diesel stockpiles on Thursday
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Claire @clrthrn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Lads, can you please get on with this before I have to pay to renew my residency cards? And before I go through the drama of inburgering? It will save me about €7k if you can. Thanks!
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Claire @clrthrn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
As an LUFC fan, I feel like I need to put an arm around the shoulders of Man City fans right now. We've been there lads, it's not your fault but you'll be the ones that suffer for it. And like with Leeds, the people who did it will get away with it, still have all their money and lovely lives.
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Claire @clrthrn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Understandable since my partner and I left the UK in 2014, Greggs has been unable to maintain the same level of sales.
theguardian.com
Greggs announces plans to shut four UK factories that could cost 740 jobs
Bakery chain, whose sales are up 7.7%, says move is necessary to provide growth in ‘most cost-efficient manner’
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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 29/09/2026
SNAP POLL / By 48% to 28%, Britons support Andy Burnham's proposal to change the triple lock in order to help fund part of a national care service yougov.com/en-gb/daily-... yougov.com/en-gb/daily-... yougov.com/en-gb/daily-...
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Claire @clrthrn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Nick Ferrari on LBC just held an hour phone in that was complementary for Andy Burnham. Is the world changing at last?
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Claire @clrthrn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I am a bit of a twee gamer it seems :D
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Claire @clrthrn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I feel like councils need to set standards for some of these shops. If you are a business with a ton of lithium batteries on site, whether a vape shop, a phone shop or a bike shop, you need to have fire protection from tip to tail. Like not allowed to open until the fire brigade have approved it
theguardian.com
Fire fears as vape shop prepares to open next to Glasgow’s Mackintosh Tearooms
Residents say shop threatens Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s last surviving tearoom months after vape shop blaze nearby
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Claire @clrthrn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I feel like a lot of western countries would be a lot more secure if security services employed all dog owners and farmers. All crimes solved by accident involve one of these two groups.
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It's Pipes, Mum! Pipes is here! @scriblit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
*blackadder theme* His head is bigger than a fence He breathes, and everything gets warmer His urge to trample represents A nation's nuclear war trauma Godzilla! Godzilla! The scourge of beast and man! Godzilla! Godzilla! He's flattening Japan!
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Adrian de la Touche @anoraky.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
90 years ago today the people of Leeds drove the fascists out of our city. It’s more important now than ever that we keep it that way.
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Claire @clrthrn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Lmao, what does Cinderella mean in Dutch if they changed her name to this instead?!
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"The one thing your viewers can know for sure is that we believe in controlling spending and reducing taxes, not increasing taxes," says Conservative Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp, whose own government raised taxes to their highest level in more than 70 years, just two years ago.
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Claire @clrthrn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I have learned two things from this thread.....1. Danny Tommo is fucked. Wonderful news. 2. If you plan to commit crimes, do them on land not water. Many more laws covering water crimes AND they've been tested over hundreds of years via navy and merchant navy.
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Claire @clrthrn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I used to look at JRM and think the "more in common" thing was absolute shit. But here, at last, is our common ground.
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Claire @clrthrn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The sooner Zuck bankrupts Meta, the better.
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LadyFluffyOrca 🫍📎 🇬🇧🇵🇸🇺🇦 @ladyfluffyorca.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Oh dear how careless, to lose one councillor etc. etc. 😹
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Claire @clrthrn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I know it's silly but Andy Burnham having a Dutch wife makes me trust him a bit more. Every time I see Frankie I think "he's going to be alright" :D
theguardian.com
Andy Burnham fails to rule out Brexit reversal being in next Labour manifesto
PM skirts question and says his focus is on rebuilding bridges before first meeting with Ursula von der Leyen
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John Lister - johnlisterwriting.com @johnlister.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The tuition fees are £9,000 a year but you get a free 2:1.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Claire @clrthrn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
We should televise the Royal Family and be done with it. It's just a massive posh boy East Enders. Ad revenue can fund the civil list.
theguardian.com
Earl Spencer says media treatment of Harry and Meghan ‘echoes’ Diana’s experience
Comments come after he accused King Charles of gaslighting him in response to claims made in new memoir
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nullifie @nullifie.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A photo of Donald Trump inspecting the scale model of the Trump arch with drones, snipers, and golden statues was unavailable due to reporters being banned from the briefing. So, here is Hitler and other top Nazis inspecting a scale model of a planned Triumphal Arch in Berlin, circa 1939.
A photo of Donald Trump inspecting the scale model of the Trump arch with drones, snipers, and golden statues was unavailable due to reporters being banned from the briefing. So, here is Hitler and other top Nazis inspecting a scale model of a planned Triumphal Arch in Berlin, circa 1939.
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Claire @clrthrn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
So now all the streamers have adverts....it's just telly. We are going back around to the start of the loop..
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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
NASA picture of the day today is a real 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿beauty! This is a composite image of the ~5000yo Callanish Stones on the Isle of Lewis. The amazing Giuseppe Petricca has only gone and photographed the Sun at noon there, every few days, for a whole year. #Dedication 🔭🧪👌 ℹ️: science.nasa.gov/image-articl...
The imposing Callanish Stones stand talk with their shadows spanning out across the glass.  It's a super clear sky, but looks cold. Above the central stone is a strange figure-of-8 shape of dots.  This is the location of the Sun, at noon, on various different days across the year.
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
my brilliant colleague @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the threat from Elon Musk’s X platform www.ft.com/content/f270...
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Claire @clrthrn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This is absolutely class. She took Trump down :D
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Unethical 1970’s psychiatrist: I have created evil Netflix: hey this sounds pretty fun
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Claire @clrthrn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Agreed. Let them leave. Rest of UK now knows how Europe felt after the Brexit vote, a mood summed up as the Alan Partridge shrugging gif.
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Claire @clrthrn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
One of the lads at my kid's school got to be a mascot for Ajax last night and he is the absolute king of the playground this morning. 50 ft tall. Massive crowd around him and, brilliantly, all the kids are genuinely pleased for him. A lovely start to the day
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Claire @clrthrn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I will be surprised if a hot war with Russia has not broken out by next year. Putin is spoiling for a rumble
theguardian.com
Russian warship fires flares at Danish helicopter as Nato jets shoot down drone over Lithuania
Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen condemns ‘reckless action from Russia towards Denmark’s military’
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Riddle me this. If somebody donates £36 million to a political party and £5 million to its leader, how is the £5 million not political? Asking for a parliamentary standards commissioner.
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Claire @clrthrn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
But I am sure that whatever Hunter Biden is doing, it is apparently much much worse than being a paid for Russian asset.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Think Reform fucked it with their donations. They're so outrageous, so obviously obscene, that they've managed to accidentally create a consensus for tougher action on political funding.
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Claire @clrthrn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This kid will never need this education, will never have to get a job and yet the value/impact to the county of the optics of sending him to a state school would be worth 1m times the Eton fees.
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Claire @clrthrn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I didn’t think anything could disengage me from UK politics but I reckon I’m done if this shit stands. Before I hear “but Labour and unions” union donations are on behalf of thousands of members paying subs, not one bloke’s whims. Enjoy your fascists Britain.
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Claire @clrthrn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
It’s important to have goals and stay true to yourself
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Claire @clrthrn.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
In a world of scummy Trumps, Musks, Harbournes, Delos and her ex Bezos, be MacKenzie Scott. A woman who knows how to billionaire like an absolute champ.
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Claire @clrthrn.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
So on 9/11, I distinctly remember driving around Heathrow Perimeter Road and seeing tanks. But when I ask Google, it says there were none. Have I Mandela Effected this or does anyone else remember seeing them? So I can stop telling an incorrect story after 25 years.
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Claire @clrthrn.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Studio Drift are incredible. Anything they do will be spectacular.
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Claire @clrthrn.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
And here is a very good counter offer to Trump's paltry five grand.
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Claire @clrthrn.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Lock him up.
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LRB Bookshop @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk · 09/09/2026
was standing behind charlie while he served a customer and he turned down a proffered £20 note because the king was winking on it. we looked it up afterwards and it turns out this was a big mistake
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Claire @clrthrn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Obviously there is a way to go yet but Burnham and his crew seem to be making the right moves in the right places. Makes me think the things he isn't moving as fast on are more complicated than he/we thought. But he's trying and achieving so far. I remain a bit skeptical but optimistic.
theguardian.com
UK accuses Israeli ‘terrorists’ of ethnic cleansing in West Bank with government backing
Ed Miliband announces sanctions on trade with settlers as PM says in the Guardian it is time to act
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Claire @clrthrn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Just cycled for 10 mins in a downpour so heavy my rain jacket leaked. #dutchproblems
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Claire @clrthrn.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
As if those Dover balaclava twats couldn't get any worse, they are trying to dox RNLI volunteers and calling them traitors. Go give the RNLI a few quid and show there are more of us than the dickheads. rnli.org/support-us/g...
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Claire @clrthrn.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Well it's one way to keep the unemployed busy but it's not great optics for the UK. No one with a job, a hobby or a family who really loves them is dressed in black and standing in Dover.
theguardian.com
Ministers condemn ‘thuggish’ far-right activists after Portsmouth unrest
Hundreds of men, some wearing balaclavas, attempted to prevent asylum seekers being transported for processing
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Patrick Reid @oldmandoc.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Credit to @theguardian.com as well on putting this shot out there. Literally looks like a scene from a league of gentleman special
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Claire @clrthrn.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Always the ones you most expect.
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Claire @clrthrn.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
lmao, the party of free speech, eh? I worry that this joke party gets taken too seriously, like happened in the US with Trump.
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