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@dickyormicky.bsky.social
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Proud to be gay and Welsh #LGBTQ2S+ #GlutenFree #SlavaUkraini

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David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 17h
Denis Healey on David Owen
Healey kept a shelf of Spitting Image puppets as latex mementoes of his turbulent political life - among them Margaret Thatcher, Michael Foot, Neil Kinnock and David Owen. As he picked up the Owen puppet and squeezed it to make it squeak, I quoted Owen's view that when Healey stood for the Labour leadership in 1980 he “didn't have the guts to take on the left wing of the party”. “That's absolute bollocks," snorted Healey. “David Owen was a very self-centred person. He was good-looking, he was intelligent, he had immense charm and all these presents were given to him by the good fairy and then the bad fairy came along and tapped him on the shoulder and said, '... but you'll be a shit.”
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Adrian @dickyormicky.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I do miss Frost on Sunday when the interview was much more conversational and inquisitive rather than GOTCHA. It’s tedious. #BBCLauraK
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Mark Carney: “I would now like to inform you that the teleprompter has ceased to function. Unlike a certain world leader, I do not view this as a conspiracy.”
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
So those £36million 'donations' to Reform UK were actually speculative investments ... "Analysis seen by The Independent reveals the wealthiest crypto investors would get £100million a year in tax relief from Nigel Farage’s party" trib.al/P2B8D6C
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Adrian @dickyormicky.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Pink Explains Slamming Macklemore’s Pro-Palestine Performances, Acknowledges Heavy Backlash: ‘I’m Standing Up for My Own People, and I Thought I Knew How Lonely That Would Be. It’s Lonelier Than That’
Punk published a statement about why, as a Jewish woman, she knocked Macklemore's 'Free Palestine' performances, and the 'lonely' backlash she's faced.
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Adrian @dickyormicky.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I stand corrected and have now checked what she said. She did however call for support for Palestine in 2023.
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Adrian @dickyormicky.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I see. What has she said?
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Adrian @dickyormicky.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
So you want Pink removed because she called an end to genocide for Gaza’n children??
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 18/09/2026
TAKE ACTION🚨 Add your name to demand that Ofcom takes immediate action. Sign the petition here: bestforbritain.org/petition/farage-…
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Adrian @dickyormicky.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
What is @ofcom.bsky.social doing about this?
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Wow.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Adrian @dickyormicky.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
RIP #BonnieGreer. Her absence from the political arena in recent times was all too noticeable. She brought much-needed wisdom, perspective and common sense to public debate. She’ll be sorely missed.
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jfordemocracy @jfordemocracy.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Judge after judge keep blocking Trump's attempt to limit mail in voting. Despite all the restrictions, the threats and the repressive kitchen sink Trump tries to throw at Americans, do not despair. Power is with the people. Vote!
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 12/09/2026
"Farage is a political cockroach... he has spent a career defying political gravity" Here's a layout of the scandals 👀 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/…
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Monday briefing: ​How much longer can Nigel Farage survive amid ongoing scandals?
In today’s newsletter: ​At Reform’s conference​ the faithful remained defiantly upbeat, even ​through fresh allegations and overnight suspensions,​ with Farage’s grip on the party suddenly looking far...
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne has now matched Ben Delo's record-breaking £36m donation to Reform, months after Nigel Farage's party promised to slash crypto sales taxes in half Reform UK is now a wholly owned subsidiary of the crypto industry www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/reform-uk-...
adambienkov.co.uk
Reform UK Is Now a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Corrupt Crypto Industry
As criminal investigations into Reform’s funding continue, much of the British press continues to give a free pass to Nigel Farage’s shady funders
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Evanitamushroom @evanitamushroom.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I think Starmer introduced a cap on foreign donations in Mar. It didn’t go through then but was made retrospective to the day it was announced to avoid a sudden rush of donations. I thought it also included a ban on cryptocurrency donations. Here’s the link www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Tough new rules to crackdown on foreign money in UK elections
New rules include a cap on donations from those who've lived overseas and tougher checks on company donations.
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Adrian @dickyormicky.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Dirty money
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Adrian @dickyormicky.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Outrageous that anyone can buy a political party in this way. They’re not even residing here and how does anyone know that this crypto money is clean?
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Reform UK's record-breaking donor was accused of running “in effect a money laundering platform”. Prosecutors accused Delo of being the “leader of a criminal enterprise” who knew that his Bitmex platform had become a “magnet for money laundering and criminal activity”.
adambienkov.co.uk
Reform UK Is Now a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Corrupt Crypto Industry
As criminal investigations into Reform’s funding continue, much of the British press continues to give a free pass to Nigel Farage’s shady funders
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
First-rate investigation into the Far Right mouthpiece who calls himself Tommy Robinson and how he managed to capture so many Americans with his made-up stories about Britain - from The Economist’s @georgiabanjo.bsky.social Worth a listen.
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The Weekend Intelligence: Shire folk
Podcast Episode · The Intelligence from The Economist · 12 September · 49min
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
LEFT: Donald Trump today, dozing off as the names of those who died on 9/11 are read. RIGHT: Joe Biden today, paying respects to those lost on 9/11. Who's "sleepy" now, loser?
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Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Nigel Farage: the fall of a mob boss
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Nigel Farage: the fall of a mob boss
Why he’s imploding...
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Adrian @dickyormicky.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
This is a lot of ugly.
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Adrian @dickyormicky.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
@telegraph.co.uk must be running out of ridiculous piece’s by now? It’s more satirical than Private Eye.
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Adrian @dickyormicky.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Sure does 🙏
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Adrian @dickyormicky.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
What a life. Thanks for the kindness Dolly ❤️
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Adrian @dickyormicky.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
🤣🤣🤣
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Adrian @dickyormicky.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
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King Minion Drops the Mic
ALT: King Minion Drops the Mic
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Orbyuk @orbyuk.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Attacks on Fauci by the GOP and RFK Jr is akin the the Catholic Church denial of science and persecution of someone like Galileo who DID know what he was talking about. The USA are doomed with these lunatics in charge
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Don-Key @don-key1959.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
PMQs is barely worth watching, or indeed listening, to these days as there's so much bile and venom spat from, it's fair to say, both sides of the House. Take a look back at when PMQs was most definitely worth tuning in to.. #UKpolitics youtu.be/oRICpv9uUww?...
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William Hague vs John Prescott PMQs - 2006
YouTube video by New Labour
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Adrian @dickyormicky.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Such an impressive man.
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Annaleigh Watts 🇲🇽 @annaleighmaria.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Mamdani is a man of actual principles and dignity. It's incredible to watch from Los Angeles.
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The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 18/07/2026
The convicted criminal who funded Nigel Farage opened an account with an obscure overseas payments company days before it was used to channel an “unexplained” £500,000 donation to Reform UK
thetimes.com
George Cottrell opened account days before mystery Reform donation
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 18/07/2026
Farage has never appeared particularly enthusiastic about the day-to-day responsibilities of being an MP. Since entering Parliament he has maintained no constituency office, recorded one of the Commons' poorest voting records, and has barely mentioned Clacton in the Commons.
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Farage mentioned Clacton twice in a year in the Commons, a world apart from Jeremy Corbyn, who made constituents central to PMQs
For a politician who has built his career claiming to speak for people ignored by the political establishment, it’s a pathetically shoddy record.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
This is embarrassing
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Adrian @dickyormicky.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
When you thought that Tapper couldn’t cowtow any more. Tragic.
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Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · 10/07/2026
Nigel Farage quitting as an MP to avoid scrutiny is a perfect example of the Streisand Effect. With no other candidates except Count Binface, the media have nothing better to do than dig deep into Farage for a whole month. Every upturned stone reveals things wriggling under it.
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Adrian @dickyormicky.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Just donated. Collect that trash from Clacton and take it to the tip!
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Count Binface's Ko-Fi is very active at the moment, loads of people donating, hopefully a good sign for his campaign ko-fi.com/countbinface
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Support Count Binface
Support Count Binface
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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I think the Count Binface vote has a low mean but very high skew. There's a small but not negligible probability that the fight captures the imagination, like the Boaty McBoatface thing, and its virality produces a high vote share, maybe even enough to win. Not very likely but not impossible.
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I watch this every few months as a reminder of what we sounded like before devolving into an idiocracy.
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Stop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Not everyone's a fan... but #StopFundingHate works 👏👏👏 www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/fight-the-...
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Nigel Farage failed to declare staff, security and housing gifted to him by a convicted fraudster and crypto gambler who was charged for his role in a “dark web” money laundering plot www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
thetimes.com
Revealed: Nigel Farage secretly funded by convicted criminal
The Reform UK leader did not declare benefits including staff, security and housing by crypto-gambler George Cottrell, our investigation reveals
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Broc @pobiopolis.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Seven little pots I did, practicing bottles and collaring. Some more successful than others. Also trying out some speckled glazes. Well they're off to the kiln now. Pob lwc little pots. #pottery
Seven small bottles with different combinations of glazing, ready to go in the kiln.
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Broc @pobiopolis.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Two of the little pots turned out adorable, the others were a bit patchy and needed more kiln hugs. More news on Saturday #pottery
2 small pots after glazing. One - top half blue, bottom yellow. The other top half blue, bottom speckled white.
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MrsVB @mrsivb.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Finally they go after this grifting piece of shit.
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Adrian @dickyormicky.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
It’s idiotic to suggest that money shouldn’t be spent on defence. Have you seen the world? How else does the country defend itself?
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Adrian @dickyormicky.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
In a suit. In 30 degree heat.
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