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Dave Lowe

@davelowe194.bsky.social
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Prone to bouts of shitness and stupidity but otherwise nondescript. Son, husband, father, ex-RN communicator. 'BZ' = 'well done'.

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Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It's that time of year again when we need to remind National Trust members that Restore Trust is a dark-money funded right-wing astroturfing entryist outfit. Please vote, and vote for literally anyone else.
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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 02/10/2026
Hey, Suella, leave them kids alone. A school's job is educate children, not force them into religious worship. Keep Christian Nationalism OUT of assemblies, classrooms, and the curriculum. Agree? Sign our petition today 👇 humanists.uk/action/keep-...
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Keep Christian Nationalism out of our schools
Reform UK wants to force every school to sing Christian hymns – and says there will be ‘consequences’ for schools that refuse. Add your name and help us defend inclusive education. Reform UK has unvei...
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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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Dave Lowe @davelowe194.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Big news from Labour Conference: the PM has announced the government's plan to scrap first past the post. Seats that match votes would change British politics for good, but only if it happens. I've added my name. Join me? action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/201578/...
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The PM used his big speech to promise to fix Westminster's broken voting system.
We've heard promises before. I've signed to make sure this one is kept. It takes 30 seconds
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Dave Lowe @davelowe194.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Kinell.
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Ed Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Happy Stanislav Petrov Day He passed in 2017. As Encyclopedia Britannica puts it, “He is survived by his two children, two grandchildren, and the entire human race.” If you don't know his story, please take 3 minutes now to learn it. @gchalliance.bsky.social @docsforclimate.bsky.social
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Happy Stanislav Petrov Day
Take five minutes to not destroy civilization
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Come on down to the Council House for International Day of Birmingham, see the Re-Union Jack ♥️ #OneBrum Goldship have repurposed dozens of dirty & torn polyester flags removed from Birmingham's lamp posts to create a huge Union Jack, adorned with the names of people who have called Birmingham home
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GOLDSHIP Re-Union Jack 2026

Repurposed polyester flags/Mixed media.

Re-Union Jack is an ongoing community art project conceived by GoldShip, the creative duo of textile sculptor Clare Elisabeth and event producer Sam Shipman.

Repurposing dozens of dirty and torn polyester flags removed from Birmingham's lamp posts, Clare and Sam, alongside countless contributors from the wider community, pieced them together to create a huge Union Jack.

The flag was then transformed over several months by countless more contributors into a visual celebration of the people and stories that have helped shape the West Midlands. Across its surface are the names of influential Midlanders, spanning from the Anglo-Saxon Beorma, after whom Birmingham takes its name, through to the present day. Each has a connection to migration, immigration or the positive influence of people who have made the West Midlands their home.

Together, these names reflect the region's extraordinary history as a vibrant melting pot of cultures, ideas, talent and communities - and the positive contribution that migration has made to its identity.

The flag has since been signed in black by many of the people whose names feature upon it as a collective endorsement of its message of unity, inclusion and community.Photo of huge Union (Jack) Flag on lighting truss in the hall of the Council House. 
It's glorious and bears many names upon it of the people of Birmingham 
Each has a connection to migration, immigration or the positive influence of people who have made the West Midlands their home.
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SlenderSherbet @slendersherbet.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"I don't fucking think so"
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Dave Lowe @davelowe194.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
V definitely worth a read. substack.com/@warehamphot...
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Ian Clark (@warehamphotographer)
A comment from a former RNLI lifeboat volunteer: “It's somewhere in the twenty-tens, before the country lost its mind. I'm floating under Brighton Pier on my back, holding — incredibly gently — onto ...
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Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · 23/09/2026
4 years ago today: Kwasi Kwarteng unveils the “mini-budget” The market meltdown that followed sent Liz Truss' government into a tailspin and ultimately precipitated its collapse after just 49 days Explore the @politics.co.uk History Hub: www.politics.co.uk/history/
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Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 22/09/2026
1/23 Sorry, this will be long... There is a lot of shouting about what happened in the Channel yesterday. So I want to go back to basic law. Not immigration policies or political rhetoric. At sea, the starting point is simple: Preservation of life comes first under all maritime conventions.
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Dave Lowe @davelowe194.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Always enjoy these. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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The great iced coffee debate: is it wrong to take a beverage into a job interview?
It might seem a perfectly natural thing to do. But, on TikTok, a recruiter has expressed her dismay at gen Zs showing up with a takeout drink – and it’s caused a ruckus
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Dave Lowe @davelowe194.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I'm sorry. It was a moment of madness.
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Dave Lowe @davelowe194.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Legend. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-...
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Red Roses head coach John Mitchell becomes UK citizen
Red Roses head coach John Mitchell has officially become a UK citizen, something he says he should have done "20 years earlier".
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Dave Lowe @davelowe194.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
substack.com/@harryeccles...
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Harry Eccles (@harryeccles94)
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Zoe Thorne @zoethorne.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
So Reform have launched an app that tracks small boats arriving in the UK in real time, and already their supporters are complaining that it's boring because there are hardly any boats. They are SO close to getting it.
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NCSC UK @ncsc.gov.uk · 16/09/2026
A new advisory exposes Iranian state cyber attackers using malware dubbed CHOSEN BRICK. Our Director of Operations Paul Chichester says individuals at risk should follow advice in our new advisory ⬇️ www.ncsc.gov.uk/news/iranian-cyber-…
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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
In the movie version of this, after Piddington runs out of food water and money as a result of leaving the UK, the residents apply for asylum and end up housed in a military base, with HILARIOUS consequences. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Piddington in Oxfordshire votes to leave UK over asylum plans
Piddington residents voted over proposals to house up to 1,256 male asylum seekers nearby
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Daniel C. Blight @danielcblight.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
***URGENT PLEASE SHARE*** University of Brighton management have announced today that they ‘give notice of termination of all collective agreements’. This is a fundamental erasure of workers' rights. Management have announced the termination of all contractual documents, which includes:
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Hassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes
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Dave Lowe @davelowe194.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
For years, Stephen Lennon has asked supporters to trust him and fund him. A Channel 4 Dispatches investigation, made with HOPE not hate, has raised serious questions about his finances. I’ve added my name calling for a full investigation. Will you? secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/199860/...
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CALL FOR AN HMRC INVESTIGATION INTO STEPHEN LENNON
A year-long Channel 4 Dispatches investigation has raised serious questions about Stephen Lennon’s finances. Add your name and call on the Government to refer them to HMRC for investigation.
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Berin Szóka @berinszoka.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Photo of the decade: AfD leader Alice Weidel
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Dave Lowe @davelowe194.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Prescient.
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
90 years ago, Parliament responded to the rise of Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts by passing the Public Order Act, which banned political uniforms, private militias and the threat of force for political objects. The debates make very resonant reading today. Here's the Liberal Robert Bernays. (Short 🧵)
You cannot conduct a fair match when one side is playing with a ball and the other with bombs and, if democracy is to survive, it must be conducted according to definite and recognised rule. One of them is that no political party should resort to any weapon other than reason and argument. The introduction of private armies, as I see it, strikes at the root of democracy. I know it is contended that the Blackshirts are not armed and, therefore, are not an army, but I do not think that argument can be upheld. … Uniformed men in military formation suggest, and are meant to suggest, the idea of force. It is no argument to reply that at this or that demonstration no force is intended. It is an inescapable fact that a uniform in politics symbolises force, to be used either now or in the future.
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Dave Lowe @davelowe194.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Good.
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 08/09/2026
Make a donation to the RNLI: rnli.org/support-us/g...
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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Another compilation video from yesterday's fascist paramilitary 'storm' action in #Dover town and at the Port of Dover. #FarRight Some national security-related observations below.
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Dave Lowe @davelowe194.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Food for thought.
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Dave Lowe @davelowe194.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
A well considered pov.
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::: Dan ::: @aughtomat.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Just in case you were unaware en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationa...
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National Fisheries Development Board building - Wikipedia
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Dave Lowe @davelowe194.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Good.
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Dan Grey @dangrey.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I don't understand why people don't repost more often. If you find something interesting, share it!
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 20/08/2026
I wrote something of an angry meditation on Woke 1.0, HR training, and how I think we've all been tricked into yelling at the wrong people for it. dmitryopines.substack.com/p/woke-10-an...
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Woke 1.0 and Human Resources
We’re yelling at the wrong people, people!
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Dave Lowe @davelowe194.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Love this.
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Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 19/08/2026
1/15 The holding pattern in #TheHormuzCrisis seems to be breaking. To understand why, we need to look beyond the diplomatic statements and examine the commercial behaviour. Ships, insurers and charterers are now telling us what they believe is actually happening in practice in the Strait.
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Neil Miles @neilsmiles.com · 17/08/2026
29th August 1985 - An excited Michael Fish gets to deploy the rarely seen red number as the temperature gets up to an incredible 26 degrees in London!
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
A brief note for Nadhim Zahawi.
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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 14/08/2026
#Clacton
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Dave Lowe @davelowe194.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Yep. BZ @countbinface.bsky.social
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Thomas I-G @thomasig.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Coincidentally, both at some point have shouted "up the 'ra!"
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Kevin Schofield @kevinschofied.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Sky News legend Jon Craig points out that Nigel Farage is the first by-election winner not to turn up for the count since IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands in 1981. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/nigel-...
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Nigel Farage Easily Wins Clacton By-Election – But Dodges Result Declaration
The Reform UK leader said police had told him “there is an organised campaign to disrupt” the announcement.
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 12/08/2026
NEW💥: Farage has repeatedly raised concerns about the safety of politicians. He’s right to. No elected official should face threats or violence. So why is Reform silent about one of its own councillors calling for the Speaker of the House of Commons to be hanged? hopenothate.org.uk/2026/08/12/r...
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Reform councillor called for Commons Speaker to be hanged – HOPE not hate
In recent weeks Nigel Farage has been raising concerns about his own safety and the safety of elected officials. In the wake of the horrifying...
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Martin Nutbeem @martinnutbeem.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Pro eclipse tip: If you've been unable to get some eclipse glasses you can use a brick to shield your eyes instead. Simply duck tape it over your eyes.
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Gerry @atw1062.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
I just signed "Demand Nigel Farage come clean about his £5 million gift" on Reform Watch. Add your name too. www.reformwatch.org/petitions?id...
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Demand Nigel Farage come clean about his £5 million gift
Nigel Farage has given conflicting explanations for a £5 million personal gift. Sign the petition demanding a full account of what the money was really for.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 09/08/2026
Pilot pulls off Count Binface stunt for Clacton byelection
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Pilot pulls off Count Binface stunt for Clacton byelection
Plane spends 30 minutes off the Essex coast marking out shape of a bin in apparent tribute to Nigel Farage’s rival A pilot has traced the shape of a bin with their flight path near Clacton before Count Binface challenges Nigel Farage in a byelection on Thursday. The light aircraft spent around half an hour between 2,100ft and 4,150ft above the sea near the Essex coastal town zigzagging to mark out the shape of a bin, according to data from Flightradar24. Continue reading...
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Vincent Zimmerman @zimmermanv66.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
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Museum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Tweet from dustin Couch (@Dustinkcouch):

doctor: i'm afraid i have some bad news

me: better than having fox news ;)

doctor: hahahaha :)

me: i'll be here all week haha :)

doctor: haha give or take
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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Leaders of flag-raising group Raise the Colours Oxfordshire placed trackers on highway workers’ cars to find out their home addresses, the High Court has heard. RTC then attempted to intimidate the highway staff into no longer removing flags by repeating their addresses to them.
Flags on the Abingdon Road
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Hugh Brechin @hughrbrechin.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I *really* hope you mean CCHQ
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