Reposted by @davidordave.bsky.socialAlan Beattie @alanbeattie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Apparently Manchester City have cheated by buying trophies in a slightly different way to the way other clubs buy trophies in a league awash in cash from dodgy sources and this is bad. I mean I guess so, whatever. Good result for the Seals on Saturday, 4-1 at home to Worksop. 5344
Reposted by @davidordave.bsky.socialNick Macpherson @nickmacpherson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The Treasury will be well pleased with the commitment to abolish the triple lock, restore a health and care levy and to begin a serious debate on our relations with the EU. It will be nervous about social care - it always is - but will recognise that something has to give. #soundmoney #freetrade 3266
Reposted by @davidordave.bsky.socialPhillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Russia has one enormous strategic advantage of which it is taking advantage. It can daily attack civilian targets--hospitals, universities, markets--knowing that while Ukraine can do the same, the Ukrainians are too humane to do so. 24496199
Reposted by @davidordave.bsky.socialMarie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 28/09/2026who do I petition to get someone to launch a Tate Morden, to confuse the tourists 3546936
Reposted by @davidordave.bsky.socialSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 20/09/2026There are subjects on which Mr Ratcliffe has some knowledge or expertise. Immigration in society is clearly not such a topic: the BBC had to clarify that his comments 6 months ago were based on a massive mistake + misunderstanding of his key claim. His new comments were entirely contentless. 49438
davidordave.bsky.social @davidordave.bsky.social · 13/09/2026´guff’ is word that deserves to be back in common useage. Particularly used in the way you have. And it doesn’t feel like a word that influencers will hijack & misuse. So maybe you’re on to something. (I also agree with your argument.) 010
Reposted by @davidordave.bsky.socialHenry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 13/09/2026referees should not be rewarding the team whose player committs the foul, then kicks the other player on the ground, and then pretends he's been shot after light contact 3555
Reposted by @davidordave.bsky.socialGlennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Please don’t call it man flu. Its correct name is manchester flunited. 323740
Reposted by @davidordave.bsky.socialJohn Denham @jydenham.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I do find odd that we all apparently enjoy the right to enter a hotel uninvited, go to the guest floors, knock on the doors of complete strangers on the grounds that they are not white - and yet not commit any offence.bbc.co.ukGroup entered hotel of Pakistan cricketers mistaken for migrantsProtesters congregated at a Portsmouth hotel after false rumours that a coach of migrants had arrived. 27532155
Reposted by @davidordave.bsky.socialnonrenormalizable.bsky.social @nonrenormalizable.bsky.social · 05/09/2026An irregular adjective: - They are immigrants, simultaneously living off the state, and taking jobs away from locals - You are a hard-working expat, keeping your nose clean - I am an émigré, currently on my third drink at this cocktail party where I bemoan my old homeland and its people 0244
Reposted by @davidordave.bsky.socialJohn Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 05/09/2026Reform, the party of the worst bloke you know: 49815
Reposted by @davidordave.bsky.socialStuart Hoddinott @stuarthoddinott.bsky.social · 25/08/2026This is the crucial paragraph imv It was *how* coalition implemented austerity that was so damaging i.e. cutting upstream, preventative services that would deal with demand earlier and more cheaply Now we have a fire-fighting state, forced to spend more to deal with very acute demand 2349
Reposted by @davidordave.bsky.socialMꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 25/08/2026One group of people who suffered during the pandemic who you don’t really hear about are people with infectious laughs. 7937
Reposted by @davidordave.bsky.socialThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 23/08/2026If you want a boring sense of entitlement to always being in the top six then support a ”top six” club. If you want the sheer sense of terror of realising that any fleeting success will be likely matched by relegation, then other teams like Aston Villa are available. 391825
Reposted by @davidordave.bsky.socialJas Easterly @jaseasterly.bsky.social · 10/08/2026"The result of these encounters has been a deep, and quite likely irreversible, erosion of trust." Irreversible―not hyperbole―erosion of trust was reasonably foreseeable from a man who is constitutionally unable to be honest with himself or others. ht @kschake.bsky.social 033
Reposted by @davidordave.bsky.socialIryna Voichuk @irynavoichuk.bsky.social · 06/08/2026The russian “human safari” has now reached Sumy. Just think about it: a man is running through his hometown, fleeing from a russian FPV drone that wants to kill him simply because the people operating it have the power to do so. #Ukraine #Ukrainianview 98756
Reposted by @davidordave.bsky.socialHenry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 04/08/202610/10, no notes 829796
davidordave.bsky.social @davidordave.bsky.social · 26/07/2026I now expect to see cars driving backwards in Exeter next time I visit 030
davidordave.bsky.social @davidordave.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Just remember to turn the alert sound down when you return to the U.K.! 000
davidordave.bsky.social @davidordave.bsky.social · 25/07/2026I’m thinking this must be due out in paperback soon? I’m afraid I’ve been waiting for that version! 100
davidordave.bsky.social @davidordave.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Momentarily I thought they’d started tariffing Gary Barlow….. 000
Reposted by @davidordave.bsky.socialHenry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 16/07/2026Future historians will struggle to explain how the 2026 World Cup final featured two Spurs defenders 1319714
Reposted by @davidordave.bsky.socialJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Wow. The Department for Education has just published new projections which estimate that the number of pupils in state-funded schools in England will plummet by more than 9% by 2031 amid falling birth rates And yet this issue receives probably 1,000th of the coverage the immigration debate receives 38751332
Reposted by @davidordave.bsky.socialRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Every time I turn on the News, someone is discussing who *might* be Chancellor and what that *might* mean. These are good and important questions, but they are not "News". We need to find a way to shift the dial back to reporting on what *has* happened, rather than speculating on what *might*. 32636118
davidordave.bsky.social @davidordave.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Why I don’t watch! I enjoyed last night’s game. Can’t watch ours 000
Reposted by @davidordave.bsky.socialTim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 10/07/2026As the Smiths didn’t quite say: 🎵Ban the vox pop, Ban the vox pop, Ban the vox pop, Ban the vox pop🎵 1323557
Reposted by @davidordave.bsky.socialBen Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Again, I beg MPs and the government to actually look at the policy they may or may not be implementing and think through both the human consequences and their willingness to have 1/6 of all care staff be deported. 6629260
Reposted by @davidordave.bsky.socialPhilip Stephens @philipstephens.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Precisely.....the Count is promising to consign Farage's political future to, well, the dustbin. 183
Reposted by @davidordave.bsky.socialCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 07/07/2026On my way, Clacton. 579152753460
Reposted by @davidordave.bsky.socialJana Zikmundova @jzk55.bsky.social · 07/07/2026#OTD #RedDevils #Belgium🇧🇪 01567439
Reposted by @davidordave.bsky.socialKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 06/07/2026right, it's moules frites for dinner, lads. go Belgium. 610510
davidordave.bsky.social @davidordave.bsky.social · 24/06/2026If you’ve off street parking EVs should be a no brainer. Cost pennies to charge overnight. And existing motorway chargers are fast enough if going any distance. Stop overthinking it 😉 I’ve read your books. When u write the history of electrification you’ll see u missed out! 170
Reposted by @davidordave.bsky.socialKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 24/06/2026I don't have anything profound to say about the 10-year anniversary of the Brexit vote. Brexit was always going to be shit, was shit, and now continues to be shit. Thank you for your attention to this matter. 2150572
Reposted by @davidordave.bsky.socialPhilip Stephens @philipstephens.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Standing back from today's tumult, my reflections on a decade of Brexit as published in the NYT www.nytimes.com/2026/06/22/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Ten Years After Brexit, the Dismal Verdict Is In 096
Reposted by @davidordave.bsky.socialRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Nigel Farage is running the bizarre line again on Today that he "wasn't in politics" when he stuffed £5 million down his trousers from a crypto-billionaire. He literally owned a political party. 36896271
Reposted by @davidordave.bsky.socialJohn Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 21/06/2026What *is* the point of public funding if it's not to subsidise things we need but commercial broadcasters won't do? 12656169
Reposted by @davidordave.bsky.socialDuncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 21/06/2026I’ve been looking forward to this for ages. @roberthutton.co.uk on Holmes doesn’t disappoint. www.ft.com/content/004c... Sherlock Holmes and the mystery of his endless afterlifeft.comSherlock Holmes and the mystery of his endless afterlifeWhat is it about the great British detective that fascinates his devotees so? 1286
Reposted by @davidordave.bsky.socialRoland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Let's play 'Hunt the Edinburgh attack story in the Telegraph'... 27481133
Reposted by @davidordave.bsky.socialTwlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 21/06/2026My against the grain of Bluesky opinion is that we should be campaigning for the - say - Belfast knife attack to have the same amount of coverage as the Edinburgh knife attacks, and not vice versa. 1854471
Reposted by @davidordave.bsky.socialRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 21/06/2026For Fathers' Day, Keir Starmer posts a photo of his own father, who died in 2018, and a non-political message. The replies are a torrent of vitriol & cruelty, all with hundreds of Likes. We complain a lot about the quality of leadership, but there's a huge problem with the way we treat politicians 1682620477
Reposted by @davidordave.bsky.socialAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 15/06/2026'We are clamping down on the harm caused by social media. 'Read all about it on the Nazi pogrom deepfake abuse website' 16259781860
Reposted by @davidordave.bsky.socialMꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 15/06/2026I’m sixty three today. Amazing to think it’s a year since my sixty second birthday (the one that lasted a minute). 904297
Reposted by @davidordave.bsky.socialColm Murphy @colmpm.bsky.social · 14/06/2026I hope Hull History Centre won't mind me sharing this lovely letter from Roy Hattersley's papers, on the sad news of his passing aged 93. RIP. 7381103
Reposted by @davidordave.bsky.socialRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Exactly right. What makes it worse is that Hunt was blowing up the public finances to set a political trap for the Opposition. We can criticise Labour for walking into that trap, rather than having the courage to call it out, but it was a shameful way for a Chancellor to act & has done lasting harm 20498158
Reposted by @davidordave.bsky.socialRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 04/06/2026This is something the Victorians understood: that democracy is dangerously vulnerable to plutocracy, and that it needs to build defences against that. Our defences are in tatters. Rebuilding them is one of the most urgent tasks facing our politics. 10611245
Reposted by @davidordave.bsky.socialPeter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Keir Starmer's response to Nigel Farage at PMQs just now was probably the most powerful and eloquent I have seen him in the Commons. The full answer is worth reading. 501903607
Reposted by @davidordave.bsky.socialTim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Never thought of it that way but @sjwrenlewis.bsky.social has "For the broadcast media that likes to think of itself as impartial, this disconnect between [migration] reality and what voters perceive, for an issue which is politically crucial, should be keeping those who work in it awake at night."mainlymacro.blogspot.comImmigration numbers and the mediaAccording to YouGov , ‘Immigration and Asylum’ was the second most important issue facing the country in May, just behind the economy. Acc... 17437
Reposted by @davidordave.bsky.socialThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 03/06/2026This, on the death of Henry Nowak, is an outstanding piece of journalism by @stephenkb.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/aa94...ft.comWhat Henry Nowak’s murder does — and does not — tell us about policingKemi Badenoch says his killing needs to be seen as a ‘Stephen Lawrence moment’ but the failures in both cases differ 12482220