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Three months in I'm impressed with Octopus Agile (plus the open source home automation software Home Assistant). Last year in September I used £110 of electricity. This year under £65 🥳

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Debenore @debenore.uk · 29/09/2026

Starling murmuration, Snape bridge, Suffolk earlier this evening

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Debenore @debenore.uk · 28/09/2026

#r4today vs. the UK mobile phone network in 2026

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Debenore @debenore.uk · 27/09/2026

Chris Philp suggesting they'll take the civil service staffing levels back to 2016 levels. But the Brexit his party first instigated then implemented directly caused the increase in civil service jobs.

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Debenore @debenore.uk · 27/09/2026

Gloria De Piero comparing now to the 1997-99 period when Labour were gifted an economy in great shape with the tough decisions already taken by Kenneth Clarke 🙄

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Debenore @debenore.uk · 27/09/2026

People who still care what Blair thinks: Emily Maitlis John Sopel <end of list>

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Callum May @callummay.co.uk · 24/09/2026

This picture briefly made me think Kim Jong Un was doing a spot of cricket scoring.

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MrsVB @mrsivb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Helen Whately would be out of her depth in a puddle #R4today

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Janine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com · 23/09/2026

This week's Moral Maze on Radio 4 is about whether Ed Sheeran is obliged to have a public opinion. Far be it from me, but i feel like if you can cover it in an SNL cold open, it's not a maze.

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Debenore @debenore.uk · 23/09/2026

On Ed Sheeran, fundamentally there is a principle here which applies to any viewpoint. A stadium owner discriminated between performers based on the legal expression of their political views. Continuing to perform at those stadiums signals tacit support for that behaviour.

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Debenore @debenore.uk · 23/09/2026

Firefox remains an excellent browser & using Firefox supports diversity of browsers on the internet. Unlike Edge, Brave, Opera, & Vivaldi, which run on Google's Chromium/Blink engine, Firefox runs on its own independent Gecko engine. Safari uses its own WebKit engine, but it is proprietary.

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

RNLI statement on today's Channel incident, which makes no mention of "Tommo" slashing a boat

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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Things that aren't patriotic: - Racism - Moving abroad for tax purposes Things that are patriotic: - A love and sense of duty to your country, including paying taxes that contribute to it

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Debenore @debenore.uk · 21/09/2026

Didn't even know there was a gender stereotype when it came to having a cat. Cat "dad" is a bit <hmm> though - the relationship is very much not parent/child. More like master or mistress (my cat) and servant (me).

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Debenore @debenore.uk · 21/09/2026

More David Gauke please #r4today

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John Hodson @mgcroadster.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The biggest threat to every one of us in this country comes from populist, white male politicians and their greedy, exploitative, £billionaire backers.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

“The trouble with you, Spode, is that just because you have succeeded in inducing a handful of half-wits to disfigure the London scene by going about in black shorts, you think you’re someone. You hear them shouting “Heil, Spode!” and you imagine it is the Voice of the People.” Bertie Wooster

Daniel Thomas and his Black Shorts in London today.

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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Lord give me the arrogance of a tax exile who feels the right to comment on the tax policies and general running of a country who you have deprived of billions by registering yourself in Monaco

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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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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Fixed that story about Sir Jim Ratcliffe on the BBC.

Picture of man smiling with tea-mug. Headline reads: "Non-Billionaire who actually lives in the UK and pays its taxes says he has lost confidence in the super-rich", with sub-header: 'One of Britain's taxpayers says he has lost confidence in billionaires, describing them as "on the take"".

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 19/09/2026

🤔 Nigel Farage leads a political party. He’s a sitting MP. And he now hosts his own weekly primetime show on GB News. 🚨Broadcasters are required to present news in an impartial manner, without political bias. 👇 Add your name to demand that Ofcom takes immediate action.

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Farage on GB News: Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action - Best for Britain

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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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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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Debenore @debenore.uk · 17/09/2026

Funny how people can't wait to stick the boot into the best of us, who give up their free time to save lives at sea. Normalised of course, by man of the people Nigel Farage.

A Facebook post from the account of Nigel Farage, announcing a small boats tracker app, with the first comment suggesting it be linked to RNLI launch data.

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This anger against people ‘born abroad’. When did that start? It never used to be an issue.

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Debenore @debenore.uk · 17/09/2026

It remains a mystery why the UK has done so little to discourage the purchase of huge vehicles. Locally a tattoo artist drives a modified commercial pick up truck on the already car-saturated school run seemingly oblivious to the problems it causes everyone.

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Debenore @debenore.uk · 17/09/2026

But can't we all just be nice to each other? - Ed Sheeran 2026

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Karlin Lillington @klillington.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

"And, if it had to, maybe focus on the gambling bit rather than the woman advertising it. I haven’t definitively run the numbers on this, but instinct tells me that gambling wrecks a lot more lives than Sydney Sweeney." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Are you outraged by Sydney Sweeney – again? More fool you | Marina Hyde

Today it’s a silly sports betting ad, but I can’t see anything she’s done that’s worth this ire. She’s in her 20s: she does dumb things. Enjoy! says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

More on Reform’s new super-donor: Delo agreed to pay a $10mn fine and was sentenced to 30 months’ probation, while the Department of Justice fined the exchange $100mn in January 2025.” www.ft.com/content/410b...

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Debenore @debenore.uk · 15/09/2026

It might help if crypto didn't come over as a cross between a grift and a crime.

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Debenore @debenore.uk · 15/09/2026

Please God shut up about Prince Harry I could not care less #r4today

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Debenore @debenore.uk · 13/09/2026

The idea that Trump has caused a political storm with his comments on Ireland is risible. No-one takes this clown seriously.

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Chris Gough @toulousain.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Roderick Spode's Blackshorts rise again! The flower of English manhood picketing the Daily Mail...

Group of balaclava-clad youths wearing black shorts and trying to look hard...

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Debenore @debenore.uk · 10/09/2026

Badenoch on #r4today - We made people homeless to pay for these Heffalump Traps - But there aren't any Heffalumps - See, it was worth it

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Debenore @debenore.uk · 10/09/2026

Still wrapping my head around the AFD securing 44% of the vote in Saxony

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Debenore @debenore.uk · 10/09/2026

Given Trump is now 'free beer' ing with his $5k promise, perhaps he *doesn't* actually have a workable plan to undermine the mid-terms.

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Debenore @debenore.uk · 08/09/2026

Pretty sure it's not possible for me to care less about Harry #r4today

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Debenore @debenore.uk · 08/09/2026

Risible from Philp this morning on #r4today Not only are there not millions of people angry about small boats, but where was his ire when his party was in govt.? Is he the best the Tories can do?

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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I saw the Odyssey tonight. Rarely have I seen a more boring film. Nolan is a uniquely bad film maker.

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Debenore @debenore.uk · 06/09/2026

True vigilance isn't hyperventilating online or treating every traffic blockade like the collapse of the state; it's demanding that the police and the justice system quietly, efficiently, and unceremoniously enforce the law.

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Debenore @debenore.uk · 06/09/2026

Now I'd be interested to hear a police (and potentially Home Office) statement about why there were arrests in 2021 but not yesterday.

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museumsmith @museumsmith.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

As one who left a Dover school for uni early this century and still with close family in East Kent, surely the main concern rn is that the cowardly out-of-town #TwoBobBlackshirts are kept from harming a single hair on a migrant's head?

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Jan-Werner Mueller @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

An open letter defending Professor Orr's academic freedom to engage in extramural speech on heterodox party financing to be published any minute now.

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Debenore @debenore.uk · 05/09/2026

Jenrick didn't seem to mind that Boris Johnson wasn't born in the UK #r4today

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