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Helmsley Dan

@danfalchikov.bsky.social
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Exiled Scot, now happily ensconced in Yorkshire, but still has grumpy tendencies ingrained from too long in London. Politics, geekery and (not very good) football.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
i have 2.5M followers across all social media. statistically, there's a good chance one of you works at in AI. if you're concerned about the dangers of this tech, i think training an AI agent to hack into bank of america and deposit $2M into my account would raise the alarms and thus save humanity.
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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🥳 "There is one final thing we need to change if our plan for Britain is to succeed – our politics. And so I am announcing a new national commission on electoral reform. I invite all the political parties to be part of its work." — Andy Burnham www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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Burnham says he would put PR in Labour manifesto and scrap triple lock to fund social care – UK politics live
PM, in first speech to party conference as leader, insists his plans are a ‘good deal’ for older people
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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is utterly clueless & why the Lib Dems need a new leader. This is a potentially progressive moment and they should be part of it. Polanski was more positive than Davey, and this reads like chat GPT
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Interest on Reserves: The £100bn UK Bank Subsidy You Fund. Banks making £50bn profits a year receive subsidies, long ended by the EU. UK Treasury will payout over £150bn over a five-year period from 2023 to 2028. No justification for handling billions to banks. End bank subsidies, help people.
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Interest on Reserves: The £100bn UK Bank Subsidy You Fund
The Bank of England has paid commercial banks £100bn in interest on reserves in three years. The EU stopped doing it in 2023 – Dale Vince says Britain must too.
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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It’s time for a zero tolerance crack down on far right thugs. They’re costing the taxpayer, soaking up police resources, intimidating peaceful communities & delaying the measures that are reducing the asylum backlog & its cost. Enough is enough. End the menace. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Far-right activist Daniel Thomas slashes dinghy in Channel with blade while rescue worker onboard
Thomas called followers to protest against arrival of asylum seekers in Gosport, but Border Force instead transported them to Dover
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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
who's up for robbing banks while shouting "stop the boats" so no-one arrests us?
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Six people arrested in Gosport for offences including careless driving and assaulting an emergency worker. "We are also aware of a video circulating online relating to damage being caused to a boat in the English Channel on the afternoon of 22 Sept and we are conducting enquiries into the matter."
"Following news that the vessel would be docking elsewhere in the country, police were met with a group of people who remained in Gosport, some of whom became hostile towards officers.

"As a result, six people were arrested for offences including careless driving, assaulting an emergency worker and aggravated trespass.

"They remain in custody at this time and our enquiries into these incidents continue.

"We are also aware of a video circulating online relating to damage being caused to a boat in the English Channel on the afternoon of 22 September, and we are conducting enquiries into the matter."
https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/26570976.hundreds-turn-face-police-gosport-migrant-boat-fears---live/sport"Following news that the vessel would be docking elsewhere in the country, police were met with a group of people who remained in Gosport, some of whom became hostile towards officers.

"As a result, six people were arrested for offences including careless driving, assaulting an emergency worker and aggravated trespass.

"They remain in custody at this time and our enquiries into these incidents continue.

"We are also aware of a video circulating online relating to damage being caused to a boat in the English Channel on the afternoon of 22 September, and we are conducting enquiries into the matter."
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Peter Black @peterblackwales.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
New blogpost: My view on a bland Lib Dem conference peterblack.blogspot.com/2026/09/my-v...
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My view on a bland Lib Dem conference
It maybe that I have been spoilt by nearly 40 years of attending Liberal and Liberal Democrats conferences.. I was in Llandudno in 1981, wh...
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Hugh Sykes @hughsykes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
#Netanyahu "On the basis of evidence examined by my Office, I have reasonable grounds to believe that Benjamin NETANYAHU, the Prime Minister of Israel, & Yoav GALLANT, the Minister of Defence, bear criminal responsibility for war crimes & crimes against humanity". www.icc-cpi.int/news/stateme...
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Statement of ICC Prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan KC: Applications for arrest warrants in the situation in the State of Palestine
Today I am filing applications for warrants of arrest before Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court in the Situation in the State of Palestine. Image ICC Prosecutor Khan on applicatio...
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
a powerful case for appointing a secretary of state specialising in media and culture
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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
🔥🛢️BREAKING: A large-scale drone attack targeted Moscow and the Moscow region overnight, on the final day of Russia’s parliamentary elections. One of the most notable targets was the Moscow Oil Refinery in Kapotnya, where a major fire is visible this morning.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Swathes of UK economy are owned by foreign investors. No tax is deducted from billions paid to them in dividends. USA, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden have a dividend withholding tax for foreign investors. UK could do the same, generate billions. Why are super-rich privileged?
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Here’s how the chancellor can raise the billions needed to improve the quality of life of millions
Prem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. Mi...
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 20/09/2026
On the ground footage from Moscow after the Ukrainian overnight attack on the Moscow Refinery in Kapotnya. #Russia
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Helmsley Dan @danfalchikov.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Davey is turning the Lib Dems into David Cameron's Tories.
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George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Lib Dem pledge to cut fuel duty by 10p is depressingly bad policy: poorly targeted, expensive (£5bn), and it weakens incentives to switch to EVs and reduce usage.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Mark Carney: “I would now like to inform you that the teleprompter has ceased to function. Unlike a certain world leader, I do not view this as a conspiracy.”
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This is the face of someone who is ruining the UK. It's not the people the papers want you to think His INEOS has received £166.8m+ in UK/Scottish government support, plus a £230m UK Government loan guarantee, and public support of circa £397m and avoided up to £4bn in UK tax by living in Monaco
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Why does the BBC have as one of its lead news stories this morning another Britain-hating interview with Jim 'the UK has been colonised by immigrants' Ratcliffe? What public interest is this serving?
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I think I'm in love with Kevin 😻 #Caturday
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 19/09/2026
I think it should be a source of deep embarrassment – and perhaps even shame – that Rishi Sunak has spoken out on this before Andy Burnham has.
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
BREAKING; The UK has lost confidence in Jim Ratcliffe. Actually, that happened when he scooted off to Monaco to avoid paying tax, tried to force fracking on Britain, and claimed the UK had been ‘colonised by migrants’. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Billionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UK
Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.
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Brynley Heaven @brynleyheaven.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Lib Dem leader hawking new gas field
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Sir Ed Davey says Jackdaw gas field 'makes sense' as decision looms for government
A consultation on the gas field - located 150 miles northeast of Aberdeen - closed last month, with the prime minister set to make a decision.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Operation Vivaldi, a successful counteroffensive by Ukraine's Defense Forces led by the Third Army Corps (commanded by Brigadier General Andrii Biletskyi) in the Lyman area of northern Donetsk region, completely crushed the "northern pincer" of the Russian grouping
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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
How a guilty admission by James O’Brien nails the problem of England’s domination over Scotland, Wales & NIreland The LBC presenter had the courage to admit he knows little about the other home nations and it’s coloured his politics. Therein lies the rot in the union In @heraldscotland.bsky.social
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James O’Brien’s guilty admission nails the problem of English domination in Scotland
The LBC radio presenter says he knew little about the history of the other home nations. This indifference, our Writer at Large says, lies at the…
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Cycling Scotland @cyclingscotland.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
🚲 NEWS: More bikes than cars on Leith Walk in morning rush hour; record cycle counts and record cycling modal share on multiple routes in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Delve into the latest data from Cycling Scotland traffic surveys and cycle counter analysis: buff.ly/IoWdSMB
People smile and chat to one another as they cycle together on a protected cycle lane in Edinburgh.
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Uilliam Mac G ᚒᚔᚂᚂᚔᚐᚋ @uilliammac.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The RNIB felt compelled to point out to the legitimate concerns people that “the 'B' in our name isn't for boats” www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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Blindness charity targeted by anti-migrant protesters after being mistaken for RNLI
One person accused the blind people’s charity of ‘deliberately overfilling our great country with illegals’
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 12/09/2026
This is the most shamefully soft-soaped coverage of these thugs that you could possibly imagine. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Anti-migrant activists like Danny Tommo are changing tactics
Patriot Platform wants to build a group of working-class voters to influence political parties on the right.
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Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Israel supporters are only attacking the UK’s motives, because they can’t dismiss the substance of the UK’s concerns. In fact, as I argue here, UK policy towards Israel has been biassed for years…in favour of Israel. This is a long overdue course correction, and completely justified by the facts.
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Ward Q. Normal (he/him) @wardqnormal.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
A particularly infuriating aspect of this A.I. bullshit is that nobody seems to remember that we all got along just fine without it for centuries. How are we all suddenly incapable of reading and understanding written words? Of creating art? Of telling stories? It’s madness.
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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 03/09/2026
Very much here for any moves to throw off the Norman yoke.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
B&Q and Five Guys among over 650 UK employers that paid staff less than minimum wage. I bet none underpaid their bosses. Puny penalties don't deter. The fine should equal the salary of the entire board, with 50% payable by directors.
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B&Q and Five Guys among over 650 employers found to have short-changed staff
More than 27,000 workers have been reimbursed after investigations found they were owed more than £4million in pay by hundreds of employers
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Mark Thomas @markthomasinfo.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
“As he was sworn in again on Tuesday, Farage told GB News that he planned to spend less time in parliament“ Not a physicist but don’t know if this is actually possible.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Nuclear bomb test veterans were victims of one of ‘greatest scandals in Britain’, ex-defence minister, admits misleading parliament. Culture of lies is institutionalised at the top. Grenfell Post Office Windrush Infected blood Hillsborough Water companies Bank frauds A society in decline.
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Nuclear bomb test veterans were victims of one of ‘greatest scandals in Britain’, says ex-defence minister
Exclusive: Tobias Ellwood says he gave MPs inaccurate information in 2018 provided by his department, the MoD
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Reform UK Conference Ban List Michael Crick Anna Isaac - Guardian Peter Geoghegan - Democracy for Sale Ethan Shone - Open Democracy Isabella Link - Politics UK Ed Campbell - The Nerve Imran Mulla - Middle Eastern Eye Will Hayward - Guardian There’s a reported 50 journalists banned.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Reform UK, which promises to "defend free speech" at all costs, has again banned Byline Times from its conference
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The Earth will cross the 1.5 degrees warming limit that everyone agreed to in the Paris Accord. Thank all those politicians that delayed and weakened the vital climate policies, and still do. It’s not them who’ll pay the price, but you and your children. apnews.com/article/clim...
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Global warming will exceed limit, UN says in a report that maps path to get back below danger zone
In a strategic retreat, the United Nations concedes that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst impacts of global warming.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Can't get a moment's peace on this bloody planet.
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Alex Selby-Boothroyd @alexselbyb.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
This is getting out of hand
Tube map but with America Water instead of Canada Water. Hilariously.
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Leo Murray @crisortunity.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Pleased to see Tories are still incapable of learning the lesson that “ending the war on motorists” is not an election winning stance in London, which has the highest walking & cycling rates, lowest car ownership & best public transport of anywhere in Britain. It’s like they don’t know any of this
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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Food so good you grow an extra finger!
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Right to Roam @righttoroam.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Andy Burnham says he believes in a politics that puts place first. Yet much of the countryside in his own constituency remains out of reach to the people who live there. Join us for the Makerfield Mass Trespass on Sunday 13 September. More details linked bellow 👇 www.eventbrite.com/e/the-makerf...
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Jonathan Calder @lordbonkers.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
These prisoners are victims of the authoritarianism of Tony Blair's Labour.
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Andy Burnham pledge to end indefinite prison terms ‘a step towards healing’
Campaigners welcome plan to bring IPP sentences to a close but say the move is long overdue
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Helmsley Dan @danfalchikov.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
My thought too.
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Brynley Heaven @brynleyheaven.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
This really won't do. The time-honoured art of digging up cricket pitches and the like for a cause is criminal damage or vandalism and certainly not terrorism. The double standards by the state (with US govt pressure) on display here are off the scale
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Seven charged in Trump golf course vandalism face 'terrorism connection' allegation | LBC
The accusations comes after graffiti was sprayed across US President Donald Trump’s Turnberry hotel and golf resort in March last year.
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Brynley Heaven @brynleyheaven.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Lincoln's Bishop Grosseteste Uni taken over lock, stock and barrel by for-profit corporate Global University Systems
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Brian Honan @brianhonan.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Happy Skynet day to all those who celebrate
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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The meaning of the word "terrorism" continues to get more blatantly ridiculous. Terrorist graffiti. Terrorist digging up of turf.
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Seven charged with damaging Trump’s Scottish golf course accused of ‘terrorist connection’
Course at Donald Trump’s Turnberry resort was painted with words ‘Gaza is not 4 sale’ and clubhouse was sprayed with graffiti
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🦌 The Deer Whisperer 🦌 @thedeerwhisperer.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Good night, Bluesky! Niagara Falls lot up in pink in honor of Dolly Parton 📸 Niagara Falls State Park
Niagara falls in pink light
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Daniel Gray @danielgraywriter.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
📗Fanzine: The Story of Football's Alternative Press. 🗓️Published September 10th by @bloomsburysport.bsky.social. ⚽️The poignant, nostalgic and absorbing story of an era that changed going to the match forever. 🛒Pre-order in all the usual places or ask your indie bookshop to stock.
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