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Edmund Patrick

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Did museum/heritage then, other things now. Partner, father, grandfather and citizen of the European Union. He / Him.

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Edmund Patrick @edmundevelyn.bsky.social · 8h
This is a good question
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
“I felt a great disturbance in the internet, as if millions of fascist and racist bots suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.”
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Obi Wan Kenobi Smiles
Alt: Obi Wan Kenobi Smiles
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Archer’s resignation from the London mayoral race after it was revealed he lied in court was the thing that got Paul Foot up from his sickbed and contributing again, having first started chronicling Archer’s lies and misdemeanours in 1969. From the Private Eye archive. Issue 992, December 1999.
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Mainstream @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We’re deeply concerned that Conference has been denied the opportunity to debate public ownership of water. That faction-driven procedure can stifle debate on essential services should concern everyone who wants Labour to be a confident, outward-looking movement.
On the CAC’s Decision to Block our Motion on Water Ownership

We are profoundly concerned that the Conference Arrangements Committee (CAC) has denied the Labour movement gathering in Liverpool the opportunity to debate public ownership of water. It is a policy supported overwhelmingly by the public and globally the norm.

That such an important question about the future of an essential public service can be stifled by faction-driven procedure should concern everyone who wants Labour to be a confident, outward-looking political movement.

Our Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, put it well when Mainstream was launched last year: “We’ve got to get beyond this culture where everything’s a threat. If people are speaking out, it can actually be an opportunity to make changes.”That principle matters. Labour will need bold ideas and serious debate if our government is to deliver the scale of change the country needs. Conference should be a place where our movement can test those ideas, challenge established thinking and develop new answers together - not one where important debates are prevented from taking place.

If Labour is to build the movement and the programme capable of changing the country, the Party must rediscover its confidence in its members: their ideas, their experience, their willingness to challenge orthodoxies and their capacity to think big about what a Labour government can achieve.
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Clive is of course correct, and the key thing here is not that Watson has succumbed to temptation: he was a bullshit artist and a crook ten years ago too. This is just what the system looks like when there is no longer any need to pretend these people work for you, not their future employers.
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Tom Watson’s move to Palantir is the latest sign of how far the rot has spread in UK politics | Clive Lewis
When a former Labour deputy leader joins a firm built on surveillance and military targeting, it deepens public cynicism – and democracy depends on trust, says Labour MP Clive Lewis
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Richard Corbett CBE @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Nonsense! Gas prices have risen across Europe, Africa & the Middle East. It’s not peculiar to Britain. What Monaco-based tax avoider Ratcliffe is trying to do is blackmail the UK govt to bung him some taxpayers’ money by threatening to close some his Hull plants www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Sir Jim Ratcliffe suspends production at key UK plants blaming high gas prices
Ineos said natural gas in the UK is twelve times more expensive than in the US.
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Edmund Patrick @edmundevelyn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
1, thank you for the article 2, every day is a learning day 3, if it wasn't so serious it would be laughable 4 highly recommended read.
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Edmund Patrick @edmundevelyn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
WTF, and I cannot put that any clearer..
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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Hard to shake the impression that the overriding sentiment in Tories and Labour to the Reform donations was envy rather than concern about our democratic system….
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Syd Barhey Esq. FCA. #FBPE @barheys.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Call to action ? Change the bloomin law and make sure no one can buy influence in this way. The Representation of the People Bill is making its way through Parliament right now - amend it and fix this. Thats all the action thats needed. #UKLabour
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 12/09/2026
Labour had the opportunity to act more quickly to tighten funding rules and preserve our democracy, and Andy Burnham must immediately review political funding regulations given this seismic increase of crypto money flowing into our democracy.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Kent police said 'no arrests were made' of the people who blocked a port and roads. There's your two-tier policing, folks www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
bbc.co.uk
Port of Dover delays: Disruption as masked 'stop the boats' protesters block roads
Hundreds of demonstrators, wearing black with their faces covered, caused delays to traffic reaching the port.
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 05/09/2026
The Guardian are now reporting concern that invasive & very predatory Asian hornets could compromise food security...
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Beekeepers warn of Asian hornet threat and call for UK awareness campaign
Experts say invasive species are creating ‘pollinator deserts’ and could have serious impact on food security
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Neither Peter Thiel nor Palantir had donated a penny to the British Museum. So how did he end up with a private viewing of the Bayeux Tapestry?
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Pete Morgan @mobymooby.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Some important info in here about plug-in solar panels:
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Buckingham Palace band playing 9 to 5 for Dolly Parton
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Sandy Martin @sandyofipswich.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
What more does Musk need to say? Does he regret the US’s involvement in defeating Hitler? - because his support for AfD suggests he would have rather seen the 3rd Reich last for 1000 years. He is a danger to the world and X must be totally banned now! - close it down!
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Edmund Patrick @edmundevelyn.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
This is so obvious and so true.
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Edmund Patrick @edmundevelyn.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Always worth a look
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chiller @chiller.eurosky.social · 22/08/2026
This is essential reading. There isn't enough bleach to get the institutions of this country clean.
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Discover Dunwich @discoverdunwich.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The Open Domesday Book, the complete online edition of William the Conqueror's first survey of England from 1086, has an entry for #Dunwich opendomesday.org/place/TM4770...
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Dunwich | Domesday Book
Dunwich in Domesday Book
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Michael Jay McClure @mjmimages.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I need a flock of six dour, Connecticut doyennes of a certain age to be the first ones in the White House after he leaves. They will be our hazmat team, design-wise: pointing toward objects that need to be immediately removed, frowning at the vulgar. This is how we will begin again.
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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 12/08/2026
ANNOUNCEMENT: All our sundials will be out of order this evening between about 6pm and 8pm, we apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. Normal service will resume tomorrow. In unrelated news, enjoy the eclipse later... Photos: Mike Selby, Annapurna Mellor, Chris Davies, John Millar
A wall-mounted sundial inside a walled garden. Text on the sundial reads: "fear god, obey ye king"A traditional sundial on a plinth, formal gardens surround itThe sun beams down on a traditional sundial, with heather visible in the backgroundA shot of a sundial from above. It's mounted on a stone plinth. Text on the side reads "KEW BRIDGE"
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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 12/08/2026
Great idea, let’s go further and have a disposable everything ban - single use stuff is a real problem, wastes resources and causes pollution. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Andy Burnham says disposable BBQ ban under consideration
The PM said the public should not be using single-use grills "at this moment in time" amid wildfire risks.
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Edmund Patrick @edmundevelyn.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Stunning
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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Reform-led Kent County Council's amended its constitution. Every full meeting has to end with the national anthem. Nobody specified how much of it councillors actually had to sing. The Greens noticed. So when the first meeting closed, they sang all 6 verses. While Reform was already packing up. 😂
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Discover Dunwich @discoverdunwich.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Dunwich Museum summer drop-in activities - every Thursday in August 12-4pm. Geology experiments, instrument making and more.
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Edmund Patrick @edmundevelyn.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Politics as art Art as politics Beautiful
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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
1/3 The dangers of the NHS's £330m contract with Palantir are well known. A subscription-based contract that leaves the NHS without meaningful ownership. Lock-in to a single supplier that risks future price gouging. Critical health infrastructure dependent on a shady spy-tech company.
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Discover Dunwich @discoverdunwich.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
There is now a @nationaltrust.org.uk National Trust fundraising page for the restoration of Dunwich Heath , to help the landscape recover and thrive in a changing climate. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/support-us/a...
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Kevin the Librarian 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @the-librarian.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Every privatised water company in the UK.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I've also come round to mandatory voting (it needs a better name btw) in recent years, but I think it would be a mistake to do it without implementing PR first for Westminster. Forcing people to vote under such a warped system feels wrong and at risk of backfiring.
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Sandy Martin @sandyofipswich.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
So it looks from this graph as though ReformUK are losing more than half the by-elections they are defending but picking up from other parties- is that right? Because if it is, it confirms what I suspect, that voters don’t realise what a bunch of shysters they are until they’ve experienced them.
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Catio Miles @catiomiles.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Well, the BBC took time to speak to all those airport bosses, but not once they mentioned the Gibraltar deal where waits are now reduced to ZERO seconds, not once have they said there are ZERO waits from France to Italy, etc and not ONCE they mentioned Brexit. www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
New EU system tripling time to get through border, airport boss says
Ryanair has also warned passengers travelling to Europe this summer to prepare for extended waits.
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Usman-Smith @usmansmith.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
DEATH tapped away at the screen chuckling "Reform seems to be a business of some type that sells hate & gets paid in crypto or Roubles & they are claiming everyone wants them dead!" WAR smiled "Surprised you are doing market research you have a monopoly after all" DEATH sniggered "I expect pleading"
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
He fell asleep in a meeting with Turkish President Erdogan, referred to Iran as the "Islamic Republic of Japan", TikTok as "Tic Tac", President Zelensky as "President Putin" & once again demanded the U.S. be given control of Greenland. He's much less dangerous while sleeping than when he's awake. 💤
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Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 03/07/2026
I'll summarize this: Mamdani asked NYers to keep air conditioning at 78 degrees. A wave criticism hit online. A MSNBC broadcast pointed out the US Department of Energy recommends that 78 degree figure. Immediately after, the US Department of Energy deleted 6,000 web pages related to energy saving.
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Claire S (UK not USA) @csav55.eurosky.social · 02/07/2026
Anyone interested in listening to Morgan McSweeney's views on the early days of the Labour government, nah, me neither.
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 27/06/2026
Imagine supermarket, hospital and station car parks that: ☀️ Keep cars cooler in summer. ☔ Keep people drier in winter. ⚡ Generate renewable electricity. Britain considered making it happen. It quietly decided not to.
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As Britain bakes, ministers quietly park plans for solar carports
Ministers have quietly shelved plans that could have transformed Britain's biggest car parks into shaded power stations
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Edmund Patrick @edmundevelyn.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
It is definitely worth the read
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Whilst the media commemorates 10 years since Brexit, it’s worth recalling that one of the principal causes of Brexit was the abject failure of the media to call out the lies and the liars.
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 20/06/2026
In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life | East Anglia Bylines
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Pecksniff: Burnham as prime minister before September
In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Really not beating those 'gone into hiding' rumours
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Edmund Patrick @edmundevelyn.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Bluesky learning at its best.
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Edmund Patrick @edmundevelyn.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
One for us oldies out there!
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
The Children's Commissioner wants the social media ban extended to 18. Even though people will be able to vote at 16. The Beatles first went to Hamburg when George Harrison was 17. You can also decide to take on £50k of tuition fee debt at 17.
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Martin Lewis @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com · 11/06/2026
Must watch: Martin Lewis lets loose on politicians over 10yrs inaction over scam ads. Courtesy: @thismorningitv.bsky.social youtu.be/PxWA6fzkdj4
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Martin Lewis lets loose on politicians over 10 years inaction over scam ads
YouTube video by Martin Lewis
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