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Elio España

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Elio España @elioespana.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
So many tumbling, difficult thoughts. 1. I never expected anyone to be able to make JRM to seem like a world-historical statesman 2. I thought that TC was just a right-wing blowhard, I had no idea that he is so galatically, prodigiously thick. 3. He’s being spoken of as a presidential candidate. 🤯
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“Prepare for War” - Tucker Confronts Britain’s Most Pro-War Advocate
YouTube video by Tucker Carlson
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Elio España @elioespana.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I see that it’s now being reported that this exactly their “irrefutable evidence” - the owner and head of state is not the same as the state, the head of state is not the same as the owner. What an absolute shower. These people are completely shameless.
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Elio España @elioespana.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I’d previously felt unemotionally curious about the City cheating stuff. But since the full details have emerged I find myself getting more and more enraged. Football became unbalanced once the Premier League was founded, but this is so egregious, so undermining of the whole premise of the sport
City’s net spend on transfers was almost £400m more than Man Utd in second place and five times as much as Liverpool and Arsenal.
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Elio España @elioespana.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Been waiting to see what Man City’s confidence that they will eventually win is premised on….wow. Their whole scheme not only seems transparently dishonest, but also inept - e.g inventing sponsorship on the fly to plug a sudden shortfall. It’s all bluster - they are completely bang to rights.
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Elio España @elioespana.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Just discovered that Martin Wheeler, aka Vector Lovers, has died. Incredibly sad and a huge loss to British music. For anyone who hasn’t heard his wonderful, moving electronica: go and find it.
vectorlovers.bandcamp.com
Night Train Memories (2012), by Vector Lovers
track by Vector Lovers
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Elio España @elioespana.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Six-year-old son: bro, that cream is mouldy Me: it’s fine Son: How do you know, homie? Me: this ends here.
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Elio España @elioespana.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Agree with all of this from Clive Lewis. And so horribly disappointed by Tom Watson. Although there were early signs - he spent a few years post-parliament advising the gambling industry.
theguardian.com
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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Elio España @elioespana.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Brighton are a much better side than I thought they were. We need to match their work rate, although I hope they’ll tire and drop off after an hour or so.
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Elio España @elioespana.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Where Sir Jim does make a valid point is that we’ve failed to deal with the “immigration & benefits” problem. Jim received the benefit of a free university education at taxpayers’ expense (which my generation did not). INEOS has received £101.3m in direct taxpayer grants & subsidies - “benefits”
bbc.co.uk
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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Elio España @elioespana.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Excellent article - particularly the questions posed at the end. Also the important point that the media *never* contextualises Mike Huckabee, who is not a normal diplomat, but a religious zealot with a crazed, millenarian agenda.
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Elio España @elioespana.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Ukraine, Europe, international law & the UN Charter has laid out its line of what it wants to achieve. If Russia, you know, wanted to stop invading another country and withdrew to its own borders then, obviously, the war would end. Russia right now does not want to do that.
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Elio España @elioespana.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Watching 9/11 - an absolutely execrable film about the event. Got me thinking about 9/11 films: Greengrass’s United 93, Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11, and 11′09″01 September 11 are the best. In hindsight, World Trade Center was an early indication that Oliver Stone was losing his mind.
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Elio España @elioespana.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Why does anyone think this isn’t naturally going to go the way of the US, as night follows day? We will end up with a conspiracy-drenched, violent, highly radical section of our population permanently camped on the extreme right. Meeting the headwinds of this with “legitimate concerns” isn’t it.
theguardian.com
Police used batons and pepper spray on far-right protesters in Portsmouth unrest
Minister condemns groups behind Hampshire disorder and says officers were injured as they repelled ‘aggression’
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Elio España @elioespana.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Watch this clip while focusing on the Russians - they are all struggling not to piss themselves laughing.
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Elio España @elioespana.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The big issue Badenoch has is that her clipped style of telling-off and supercilious self-regard is the kind of character type that pisses *everyone* off beyond fury when they encounter it in their personal lives. You stop listening because you just want to shout “Stop! Fuck off, I’ll do it later!”
bbc.co.uk
Andy Burnham about to face Kemi Badenoch at first PMQs
It comes as the cost of borrowing money for the UK hit a new 18-year high on Wednesday, after rising sharply in recent days and weeks.
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Elio España @elioespana.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I don’t believe a word of this, no-one is this thick. It’s just the latest play in the dismal game of attention-seeking, self-justification and monetised vapid chatter that characterises the populist politics scene.
theguardian.com
Deported Milo Yiannopoulos says he is ‘ashamed’ of support for Trump
British far-right pundit breaks silence on ICE arrest and deportation and says he was ‘really, really terrified’
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Elio España @elioespana.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
These are the big ideas, guys. This is a party with momentum, tearing into the fourth industrial age with answers. Reminds me of the UKIP manifesto after the 08 crash, in which they pledged that in a UKIP Britain taxi drivers would wear a collar and cuffs.
Twat Jenrick pledges 30 quid discount if you’re kept on hold
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Elio España @elioespana.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
“Motorbikes are faster than humans shock”
theguardian.com
Chinese robot runs 100m sprint quicker than Usain Bolt’s world record
Chinese ⁠smartphone maker Honor’s self-developed humanoid ⁠robot Lightning ⁠ran ​the 100m in 9.32 seconds, ⁠beating the human world ⁠record of 9.58sec
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Elio España @elioespana.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Since the early 2000s Russia has: exported organised crime to the UK, exploited London in order to launder money, assassinated British citizens within the UK, distributed radioactive material and chemical agents around British streets, which led to the deaths of British citizens…
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Elio España @elioespana.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I was worried about this outcome. The whole thing struck me as incredibly sad, and the pile-on totally excessive.
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Elio España @elioespana.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Watching the new 4K restoration of Night of the Juggler, which I’ve never previously watched. This film has some of the best chase sequences I think I’ve ever seen.
Night of the Juggler poster
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Elio España @elioespana.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Great being back at Emirates yesterday, seeing the PL trophy up on the ring, the Bruno G walkout, our people, the sun shining. Perfect.
Emirates Stadium
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Elio España @elioespana.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Annual check-in with one of the best films ever made.
Still from Heat
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Elio España @elioespana.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
This is encouraging. Their emerging policy bank is so unserious that it shouldn’t survive contact with a general election campaign.
theguardian.com
Reform will jail directors of companies employing illegal workers for up to five years, says Yusuf – UK politics live
Party says employers would be held responsible even if they were unaware of the worker’s immigration status
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Elio España @elioespana.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Diane Abbott is a moron. I’ve had the misfortune to cross paths with her a couple of times over the years: she is also a self-serving, hypocritical moron.
huffingtonpost.co.uk
Diane Abbott Under Fire For Describing Ukraine War As A 'Nato Campaign Against Russia'
The remarks resurfaced after the left-wing MP got the Labour whip back on Friday.
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Elio España @elioespana.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
This is an interesting article about the Jason Arday case which hints at the core issue without quite getting there. The problem here, common to most culture war battles, is that both the prosecution & the defence are right, at least in part. An untenable fact in a culture war.
open.substack.com
Surely Liberals Can Agree That Plagiarism Is Bad
Institutions need to uphold standards. No exceptions.
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Elio España @elioespana.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
I never felt that Last Action Hero was *that* bad. McTiernan had a horrific period in the late ‘90s with this flop & 13th Warrior being pulled by the studio, but 13th Warrior wasn’t awful & Thomas Crown Affair was good - it’s a run I think was unfairly maligned. The remake of Rollerball however….
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Elio España @elioespana.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Currently reading, with a foreword by @johnnymains.co.uk Extraordinary prose - a wonderful discovery.
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Elio España @elioespana.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Excellent news. Finally. This is necessary but I don’t think sufficient - following the Blatter era with Infantino has shown that FIFA is beyond redemption. It needs to be replaced.
bbc.co.uk
Fifa World Cup: Uefa to boycott tournament if Gianni Infantino's investment plans go through
Uefa's 55 member associations vote to boycott the World Cup if Fifa proceeds with its plan to sell stakes in its competitions.
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Elio España @elioespana.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
He uses this phrase “develop the game”. What does this mean? What *can* this mean? The game has been fine for a century, it doesn’t require “developing” through the dubious sale of “commercial rights” claimed by a single business. Don’t need “development”, thanks; fuck off.
theguardian.com
Uefa calls emergency meeting as opposition to Fifa plan hardens
Uefa’s 55 members will meet on Thursday afternoon to discuss a coordinated response to Gianni Infantino’s plan to sell off a stake in the World Cup
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Elio España @elioespana.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Polanski’s social media behaviour can be unserious. But I’m finding the wailing and police reports from the party of “ThEy ArE JaiLInG PPL foR TwEeTz!!!” almost as enraging as the failure of the beeb and others to repeatedly press that point.
theguardian.com
Zack Polanski will not say sorry to Farage for sharing guillotine image
Green party leader says post was ‘inadvertent mistake’ after Reform UK accuses him of ‘inciting murder’
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Elio España @elioespana.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
FIFA has been irredeemably corrupt for decades, this is just the latest stanza in a long text. I have never understood why the European democracies don’t just pull out on principle - No Europe, no FIFA.
theguardian.com
Fifa accused of ‘selling the soul of football’ over $20bn World Cup commercial rights sale plan
Fifa has announced plans to sell a share of its commercial operations to private investors, a deal that would include the media and sponsorship rights of the World Cup
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Elio España @elioespana.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
This is an important intervention on Loomer’s Damascene Ukraine conversion. Agree with every word. Total hygiene is required in relation to the far-right, no matter if they happen to say something you agree with. Always remember that they are selling a package - you can’t select parts of it.
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Elio España @elioespana.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Kids have been hassling for a games console. Said “ok. But we’re starting with The Secret of Monkey Island, Speedball 2, Turrican & will be working our way via Mario Kart, Streets of Rage & Goldeneye”. We begin. (My original, authentic Amiga remains in the personal museum, haram for the 6 yr old)
Amiga 500 mini
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Elio España @elioespana.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Ugh. This is so disappointing.
Refugee-baiting sadist and Xenophobe Shabana Mahmood to continue running interference for the extreme right.
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Elio España @elioespana.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Excellent from Andy Burnham from a communications P.O.V. Night & Day from Starmer. - Short and to the point - Clear diagnosis of the main issue (I happen to agree with him - the ‘80s) - A few, clear policy positions - Promise for a 10 vision of where he is going, the destination. I’m hopeful
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Elio España @elioespana.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Viva Espana!
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Elio España @elioespana.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Lionel Messi is the greatest player in the history of the game, it is a profound tragedy that the team he plays for is so utterly contemptible.
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Elio España @elioespana.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Time for John Terry to run on in full Spain kit and hoist a Falklands flag in the centre circle.
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Elio España @elioespana.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Spain now have the integrity of football in their hands. If Argentina manage to foul, spoil and chisel their way to penalties from here, and mange to win, they will become the least deserving victors in the history of the tournament.
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Elio España @elioespana.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
No foul, nothing wrong with it, perfectly good goal.
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Elio España @elioespana.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
It’s profanity so immaculate that language is incapable of describing it. I may not last the night.
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Elio España @elioespana.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Ronaldo stripped of remaining dignity
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Elio España @elioespana.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
My 9 year old walked in and said “this is top of the pops, not the football!” Amen
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Elio España @elioespana.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I just don’t want this stupid shit during the footie
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Elio España @elioespana.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Interesting that Marco Rubio publishes an op-ed about how vital it is for the ICC to be dismantled “brick by brick”, and a few days later the US starts bombing water storage facilities in Iran, cutting off the civilian water supply to several villages.
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Elio España @elioespana.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
One of Andy Burnham’s first acts on Monday morning should be to announce a £24m grant to the ACLU and the SPLC to fund any legal challenges to the actions of the Trump administration
theguardian.com
Trump administration to grant $12m to groups founded by UK conservatives Jacob Rees-Mogg and Toby Young
Exclusive: Controversial grants are part of package criticised as misuse of public money to influence European politics
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Elio España @elioespana.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
This account of Miller & Rubio’s conference yesterday is chilling. Miller confirms what we have always known - that he is an ideological Fascist in the tradition of the Falange. But it’s the level of projection and hypocrisy that is really astonishing.
open.substack.com
An Enemy of Civilisation Writes
At a State Department ministerial, the Trump administration began erasing the line between left-wing belief and terrorism.
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Elio España @elioespana.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Going all-in on defending a fragile 1-0 lead was idiotic. Want to see a demolition by Spain on Sunday. Spain should go on and win the World Cup now.
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Elio España @elioespana.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
One of the greatest creative achievements during my childhood: the Ariston adverts. They began with this oddball surrealism…. youtu.be/KmCF4vbqy4U
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Ariston advert 1987
YouTube video by Throwbacktvads
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