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Dan Furmage

@danfurmage.bsky.social
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Drinker of vast quantities of tea, quasi musician, gamer, lover of history, politics, geek and Tottenham Hotspur enthusiast (on hiatus for the moment) Now viewing the blue sky..All views expressed are my own.

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A satellite image of southern Gaza shows an apocalyptic scene—not a single building appears to be left standing.
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I still find it hard to process that Andy Burnham is our PM. He sort of just appeared and walked into 10 Downing St. But that conference speech was outstanding. Authentic, principled, focused, passionate and deeply moving. These are the qualities required to fight Farage's populist insurgency.
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Dan Furmage @danfurmage.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Thinking back to the interview with @mrjamesob.bsky.social on 9/11 with the journalist who was at the Orange Order march through Catholic communities on that day. Why would they after 30 years and so much progress, do this again all these years later?
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Scott Innes @flyinginside.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
‘For me, Clive, he simply has to buy a pint from there. If anything, he’s flushed it too well.’
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Dan Furmage @danfurmage.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
www.reddit.com/r/AbsoluteUn... - speaker at the UN coming for @mrjamesob.bsky.social's crown here
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 25/09/2026
This is incredibly alarming. We cannot go on like this. We need more advocacy for climate action, not just from the environmental movement, but from the political centre.
Screenshot of a Guardian article titled “Huge El Niño projected to cause more than 450,000 deaths by February.” The article, by environment editor Damian Carrington and dated 23 September 2026, says climate scientists estimate that additional heat from a projected strong El Niño could cause more than 450,000 deaths by February, on top of existing climate-crisis-related deaths. It mentions impacts across Indonesia, India, Nigeria and the US, as well as additional deaths from droughts, wildfires and flooding.
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ET Heisenberg @utdheisenberg.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
IT’S FINALLY OFFICIAL. Manchester City: the medals belong in the bin. #115 #Cheats
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Robin Wilde @robinwilde.me · 25/09/2026
Going to Labour conference? See if you can get a full house in Labour Conference Bingo!
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Dan Furmage @danfurmage.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Well surely that's that now?.. I'm sure the right wing press will keep trying to find a way to manifest their wish though.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Thank God Reform is standing up for masked, knife-wielding, ex-cons. Society's most marginalised group.
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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The new MRP poll out today shows Progressives who vote tactically to stop Nigel Farage’s Reform UK could push his party into FOURTH place. The poll also shows Burnham’s Labour is winning back left-leaning voters by two to one. WE are the silent majority.
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
There are so many crimes in this thread you have to wonder what the police and Home Secretary think they are doing at this point.
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Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
On the BBC News Katya Adler has just described Germany, where the far right AFD keep winning elections, as entering 'uncharted political territory'. Hmmm. Where Germany is concerned I think that territory is pretty well charted.
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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Bridget Phillipson on the BBC about Jim Ratcliffe's latest complaints about the UK: "You'll forgive me if I do take with a pinch of salt what someone who is a tax tax exile has to say about our country."
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Martin Greenaway @mgreenaw.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I feel like this season's conscious detachment from giving a shit about Spurs because of #NoToDeZerbi is probably a good thing given the state of *waves hand* fucking everything else. If I were still deeply invested in the men's team doing well on top, it would probably have pushed me over the edge.
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Mike Towers @britpolitics.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I love @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social but even more so than when she hits back at the likes of tax avoiding subsidy junkies such as Jim Ratcliffe. #BBCLauraK
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Natasha Devon @natashadevon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The same people who said ‘all lives matter’ in response to BLM are now arguing that refugees should be left to drown in the Channel.
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Jim Burke @barcajim3.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Remind me again of how these legitimate concerns manifest themselves
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
If you think closing an RNLI station is done by people with "legitimate concerns" you really need to give your head a wobble. It's an unforgivable act of thuggery.
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Shana @shanamd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I am SORRY for sharing something that was posted on the other place, but this is too good.
The future pope at a party with a caption “they don’t know I’m the future pope”
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The fascists have been successful in getting Portsmouth lifeboat station closed down because they hate brown people being saved from dying.
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RNLI closes Portsmouth lifeboat station after huge anti-migrant protests
RNLI volunteers were branded ‘traitors’ after bringing migrants ashore
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
If that were my village I’d die of embarrassment
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Fergus McKee @fergusmckee.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Little known fact, Poch would welcome the opportunity to manage Spurs again. Let's hope his role as the mole doesn't scupper his chances.
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Fergus McKee @fergusmckee.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Why is it only racists have cash to throw around like this?
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aidThompsin (live, fridays @ 19:30) @aidthompsin.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Sighing at Labour delaying their North Sea oil shit until after Holborn by-election. Just rule it out. Shut it down. You were elected on a Green Revolution agenda. Act like it. This is transparent, obvious, irresponsible politicking at a time we need urgent climate action.
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Stella Creasy MP @stellacreasy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
It’s not too late to stop this madness - the government has said the uk mega donors are a problem. The lords can bring in a cap on UK donors to stop any attempt to buy the next election. Share this and ask your MP to join us protecting British democracy.
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Jenny O @msyellowhat.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Party of the everyday people is it? Or just owned by the elites? How stupid do you have to be to vote for them
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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Weak. He knows he is making the wrong decision for the country and the planet, but still wants to go down that route for whatever vested interests control him. So he delays the 'unpopular' decision until after an event so it will cause him less damage. Just do the right think in the first place!
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This story is a perfect example of how broken reporting of the mobs roaming Britain's streets now is - and the political response. What would have been the appropriate response if this hadn't been a sports team? Trash the hotel? Force them out into the street? What about other people staying there?
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Group entered hotel of Pakistan cricketers mistaken for migrants
Protesters congregated at a Portsmouth hotel after false rumours that a coach of migrants had arrived.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Yet again, it’s the satirists I feel sorriest for…
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Dan Furmage @danfurmage.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This is deeply alarming - just like the climate emergency, how long until it's too late?
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 08/09/2026
Sir Edward Leigh MP: “What is happening in the West Bank... is ethnic cleansing... I am proud to say, as the longest-serving member of the Conservative Friends of Israel, that I absolutely and fully support what [Ed Miliband] is doing today, because it’s about standing up for freedom and justice"
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Palestinian children watch The Lion King in Gaza. Photo: Omar Ashtawy
Children watch the movie on a screen outside. In the background the ruins of Gaza
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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Last time the far-right won an election in Germany: 5 March 1933. Nazi Party: 44% Tonight:
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Gregor Poynton @gregorpoynton.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Families should not have to choose between lower energy bills and a cleaner energy supply ⚡️🌱 That’s why the UK Labour Government has now legalised plug-in solar panels, a welcome step forward in helping to drive down bills and transition to green energy.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 04/09/2026
Smoke Alarm Sick Of Being Yelled At For Doing Its Job theonion.com/smoke-alarm-sick-of-be…
Smoke Alarm Sick Of Being Yelled At For Doing Its Job
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This speed reading method triples your pace, from 300 words per minute to 900, by cutting subvocalization and reading in word groups instead of one at a time.
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MickeyGif 🌍 @mickeygif.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Women assaulted whilst Farage smirks. British radicalisation in full view.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
'Bring back premature death, lung damage in children and more hospital admissions' is quite the bold campaign slogan.
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Richard Corbett CBE @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
They told us Brexit would save lots of money (that would all go to the NHS). In fact it’s costing us a fortune (and constraining our ability to fund everything).
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Perfect comment.
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Anthony ♾️🌏💡❤️🏳️‍🌈 @anthonymagee.com · 27/08/2026
The devastating floods remind us that before anything we must support eachother and respect the planet. My heart goes out to those in Nepal. Like many I feel helpless but giving to @careintuk.bsky.social is a solid way of showing tangible support. donate.careinternational.org.uk/page/nepal-f...
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Nepal Flash Floods Appeal
Devastating floods have hit Nepal and Tibet, leaving families in urgent need of help. Hundreds have been killed, hundreds more are missing, and over 10,000 families have been left without somewhere sa...
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
UK Conservative Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Helen Whately tells Talk TV she wants mental health claimants to do community service for benefits payments.
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Natasha Devon @natashadevon.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Great piece www.lbc.co.uk/article/midd...
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Who gets to be a victim? The tragedy in Middlesbrough exposes the politics of selective outrage | LBC
It’s been three days since seven people died in a horrific car crash in Middlesbrough - two of them serving police officers.
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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton and Patti LaBelle playing their acrylics. Two icons.
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Jenny O @msyellowhat.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
A beautiful woman with a beautiful voice and a beautiful soul. One of the absolute best to ever do it. RIP Dolly ❤️
Black and white photo of a young Dolly Parton
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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Sometimes, when someone dies, what helps me is thinking about how wonderful it is that they were even alive in the first place. Dolly was the closest you could get to an American saint. We all loved her.
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Dan Furmage @danfurmage.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
So enormously sad about Dolly Parton. Seemed like such a genuinely beautiful soul.
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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The amount of money and effort the USA will go to rather than, like, introduce *one* thing that means you can’t walk into a supermarket and buy a rifle is staggering.
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