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@derekirvine.bsky.social
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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🎸 wildlife, music, motorcycles and being outdoors. Notoriously grumpy old man. Servant/bed for two Siamese cats.

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 09/10/2026
My suspicion about this live-streamed execution, as someone who has watched a lot of Ukrainian drone footage and strongly suspects that's had an impact on his psyche, is that even MAGA Americans are going to find that they don't enjoy seeing someone killed nearly as much as they think they will.
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
What I love about Western democracy is you can bung a political party £ 36 million earned from criminal activity & most media will continue to point at asylum seekers & migrant care workers with families as the barbarians at the gate we need to defend ourselves from 🙄.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Crypto billionaire. Convicted in the US. Pardoned by Trump. Trashing our democracy by buying Reform. Does anyone think this is to improve our NHS, our schools, our public services…? Of course it fucking isn’t. It’s to make Ben Delo and Farage richer. That’s it. That’s all they care about.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Surely he has to resign again to let the people of Clacton prejudge the resukt of the police investigation? It’s much more serious than the investigation he resigned over last time…
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 26/08/2026
honestly I think literally all gigs should do this, sincerely don't understand what people believe they're achieving by not meaningfully watching a gig and instead filming a video they will obviously never watch again, hateful behaviour, get rid
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
As I board the ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki, I’m reminded yet again of three things about the EU: 1) You don’t sacrifice any of your national identity or culture by being part of the EU. Estonia remains Estonia. Finland remains Finland 2) Schengen is great. 3) Brexit was and is shit.
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derekirvine.bsky.social @derekirvine.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Fascinating documentary, great interview followed by brilliant short set, including two new songs. Fantastic value cinema ticket.
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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
You're not 'capturing a special moment' when you're filming every song at a gig. You're too addicted to your phone to leave it alone for a couple of hours and simply enjoy the experience.
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
It's Clacton by-election day. Or, if you prefer, Farage-Commons-standards-inquiry-reopening-eve.
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Acid Rain @bearysweet.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Echo the Australian magpie annoying a tuxedo cat named Gilbert in Thames, New Zealand. The pair are known to be friends, though the magpie is often described as an annoying sibling that frequently pushes limits. They are part of a group called "Tuxedoes Unite" located in Karangahake, New Zealand.
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Norah 🤗 @thenoraheffect.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Enjoy The Silence- Depeche Mode 🥰
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 28/07/2026
Wildfires are raging across Europe. The climate alarm is blaring. Illustration: Ben Jennings for the Guardian
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derekirvine.bsky.social @derekirvine.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Very sad to hear this.
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
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Miss Vedra @missvedra.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Never trust a man who wants to colonize mars before he volunteers to fix earth.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
So, a joke MP with 5 houses bought for cash, links to criminality and a £5Mill ‘gift’ in his bank… is so enraged at being held to account… that he resigns from the MP role he never did anyway…and demands a “people v the establishment” by-election to vote him back in. What an insufferable wanker.
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James @wearejames.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Interrogation, live in session from the archive has been freshly uploaded to the La Petite Mort playlist on the band's YouTube channel. Watch now: youtu.be/Vcu3-v4T38Y NBL x #James #LaPetiteMort #insession
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
— a once in a lifetime shot.. captured by wildlife photographer Alan McFadyen
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Trump threatens to end US-UK trade deal because UK won't join his illegal Iran war. There is no special relationship. It is subservience to the US. Don't make agreements with Trump. He doesn't honour them. The King's visit should be cancelled. UK must rejoin the EU, build alliances with others.
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Trump warns US-UK trade deal ‘can always be changed’ with relations in ‘sad state’
President says he gave Britain ‘better deal than I had to’ but ally was ‘not there when we needed them’ on Iran
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 13/04/2026
Donald Trump is no leader of the free world. He’s a dangerous and corrupt gangster. The Prime Minister needs to call off the King’s state visit to Washington before it’s too late.
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
National Geographic Award winning photograph of the year. So beautiful. 🐝🐝🐝
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alexjungle.bsky.social @alexjungle.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
A French general just looked at Trump’s plan to build a runway inside Iran to fly out uranium under active bombing. His response: “American officials should stop snorting cocaine between meetings.”
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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Think about this: A retired game show host may end the world as we know it. Only a master satirist could write this scenario, but Mark Twain is dead.
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 30/03/2026
Threatening the drinking water and electricity of 93 million people because the IRGC whose control of Iran you accidentally made unshakeable won't agree to a protection racket deal with your son-in-law.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
It's truly extraordinary, all the column inches and earnest pundit chatter about his strategy and personality, when in fact it's all right there, in broad daylight. He's a baby having a tantrum. It's really no more complicated than that.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 28/02/2026
BREAKING: Adolescent teenage boys have taken over the Pentagon.
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
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derekirvine.bsky.social @derekirvine.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
What the fuck is wrong with those idiots? Another made up talking point
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LaindonFeminist @viviane49.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
We’ve had 3 PMs since Johnson. He has absolutely no relevance to this country. The only time he should be on TV is when he’s arrested for Misconduct in Public Office.
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derekirvine.bsky.social @derekirvine.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Your President is insane. Please remove him. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 20/02/2026
Struck by how supine so much coverage of the Royal Family continues to be, even now. “Business as usual” is the line I keep hearing. No, it really isn’t. And it shouldn’t be.
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LadyFluffyOrca 🫍📎 🇬🇧🇵🇸🇺🇦 @ladyfluffyorca.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Tech Update. Today: How a dishwasher works.
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Paul Singh 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @paulsingh.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Why is Starmer so unpopular bleats the Guardian whilst failing to investigate Farage in any meaningful way.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Ash Sarkar, "Jim Ratcliffe is a stinking hypocrite" "He became a tax resident of Monaco to save £4 billion that could have gone towards British schools, the British NHS, towards British defence, instead he decided he wanted that money for his own pocket"
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 28/01/2026
Swift bricks to be installed in all new buildings in Scotland after Holyrood backs ruling
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Swift bricks to be installed in all new buildings in Scotland after Holyrood backs ruling
Rest of UK has so far resisted calls to make it mandatory for developers to install bricks that provide nesting for swifts and other endangered birds Swift bricks will be installed in all new buildings in Scotland after the Scottish parliament voted in favour of a law to help endangered cavity-nesting birds. The Scottish government and MSPs across the parties backed an amendment by Scottish Green Mark Ruskell to make swift bricks mandatory for all new dwellings “where reasonably practical and appropriate”. Continue reading...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/01/2026
The choice is impeachment and removal or calamity for the United States. I don't see how anybody watching Trump's speech in Davos can draw any other conclusion. He's a senile madman.
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derekirvine.bsky.social @derekirvine.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
USA take note.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Left: Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House, talking about liberty and freedom in the US in the UK parliament Right: ICE agents attacking a dancing fox
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
If Xi Jinping invaded Taiwan right now, and toppled the president there, on what grounds would the United States object? Or have any credibility to say anything?
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Armando Iannucci @aiannucci.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Get ready for Phase Two: a raid on Oslo to seize the Peace Prize.
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derekirvine.bsky.social @derekirvine.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
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Keir Starmer: Stand firm in protecting British food and animal welfare standards in trade deals
I just signed the campaign calling Keir Starmer to stand firm in protecting British food and animal welfare standards in trade deals
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🦋 ᕈᕼi 🦋 @thephi.blue · 23/12/2025
Greenland has announced it will annex the United States, citing humanitarian concerns, chronic leadership instability, and an urgent need to protect valuable land from reckless mismanagement. Officials assured Americans they'll soon enjoy free healthcare, quieter politics, and less gold plating.
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derekirvine.bsky.social @derekirvine.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
More detail on the 'missing' White-tailed Eagle in south Scotland raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/18/m... is very disappointing.
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More detail on the ‘missing’ White-tailed Eagle in south Scotland
Further to the news yesterday (here) that three White-tailed Eagles have ‘disappeared’ in suspicious circumstances, one in England, one in Wales and one in Scotland, Police Scotland has…
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Dave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 10/12/2025
"The big question for Europe is: when are you gonna fight back, guys?" ask former Obama staffers Tommy Vietor and Ben Rhodes. "He doesn't respect you, he's interfering in your political affairs, he's talking shit...at some point stop lathering him with praise" open.spotify.com/episode/6USY...
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 08/12/2025
Donald Trump is a Kremlin stooge who wants to sell out Ukraine and the rest of Europe to Putin. We can't let that happen. Starmer should seize frozen Russian assets in this country - today - and convince Merz and Macron to do the same.
Kremlin says US national security strategy document ‘largely consistent’ with Russia’s vision

Spokesman Peskov says Moscow hopes this could be ‘modest guarantee’ that they’ll be able to continue joint constructive work on finding settlement in Ukraine
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