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Elsewhereman @elsewhereman.bsky.social · 5h

Macron should send in the CRS to deal with them.

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Elsewhereman @elsewhereman.bsky.social · 5h

Film4 has shown 'A Christmas Carol' with George C Scott twice this week.

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Elsewhereman @elsewhereman.bsky.social · 8h

There was the case of Joseph Samuel in Australia, who survived three hangings: 'the governor and the crowd agreed that it was a sign from God that Joseph Samuel had not committed any crime deserving of execution.' See also John 'Babbacombe' Lee. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_...

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Joseph Samuel - Wikipedia

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Elsewhereman @elsewhereman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The Post Office and Royal Mail are separate entities. And the Post Office has not been privatised - it's a state-owned private company. The PO doesn't deliver the letters and parcels, just accepts them on behalf of RM, as well as (in some places) other companies like Evri.

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Elsewhereman @elsewhereman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

That's not how you spell Britannia ...

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Elsewhereman @elsewhereman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

In one of his novels, he actually used my real name for one of his villains.

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Elsewhereman @elsewhereman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Never had a brass farthing on mine, some of which were bought in 1956!

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Elsewhereman @elsewhereman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

But not only British colonialism. There is a solid block of former French - and Italian - colonies in Africa, where LGBT+ people are persecuted. www.humandignitytrust.org/lgbt-the-law...

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Map of Jurisdictions that Criminalise LGBT People | Human Dignity Trust

LGBT people are criminalised in 66 jurisdictions worldwide. Find out where with our map.

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Elsewhereman @elsewhereman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

And that, Kemi, is why you won't be seeing me back in the fold any time soon.

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Elsewhereman @elsewhereman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"You like to be in bed with a terrier against your leg by 10pm" has to be some sort of sexy slang.

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Elsewhereman @elsewhereman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Never done my DNA and can only get the paternal family tree back to about 1810 - all Anglo-Scots border surnames, probably sheep-stealing Reivers. Probably Norse too. All a bit fluid there. Probably some Welsh, definitely Cumbrian and Somerset on the maternal side, back into the 18th century.

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Elsewhereman @elsewhereman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The inquest into his death heard that he'd been diagnosed with heart disease aged about nine and was excused taking part in sport at school. So perhaps not entirely unexpected. The cinema, later renamed the Scala, is now the Oldfield Park branch of the Co-op.

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Elsewhereman @elsewhereman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I've had a look at the Bath Chronicle for that week. No cinema listings ...

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Elsewhereman @elsewhereman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I found it hard to understand why the bus I needed to get to one of its suburbs didn't leave from the almost empty and under-used bus station but from across the road outside. It was also pissing down with rain, which didn't improve my mood!

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Elsewhereman @elsewhereman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Like 'the pound in your pocket' it was a cliche even at the time (I was born in 1955) and I and some of my friends used to do Harold Wilson impressions featuring both phrases, especially when sucking on liquorice pipes (which were very much a thing then). Now, where did I put my Gannex mac?

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Elsewhereman @elsewhereman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It was coined by The Comic Strip writers Peter Richardson and Pete Richens for 'Five Go Mad in Dorset', which was aired on the opening night of Channel 4 in 1982. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Go...

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Five Go Mad in Dorset - Wikipedia

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Elsewhereman @elsewhereman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Not 'busy', but it definitely has moustaches - Robert Coote's is quite pronounced, David Niven's less so! And the Royal Bathers' Club in 'Blimp' is surely there to emphasise consistency, even in time of war - be it the Boer War or the Second World War.

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Elsewhereman @elsewhereman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

According to his LinkedIn profile, Mr McKelvey - ex-Met Police - appeared on the Farage Show (then hosted by Martin Daubney) on GB News last year. Still, I'm sure it's just coincidence his firm has the contract, eh?

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Elsewhereman @elsewhereman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The Anker ergonomic mouse is the best IMHO. Vertical rather than horizontal, five buttons. I used to get wrist pain with horizontal ones - ergonomic or not. www.anker.com/products/a75...

anker.com

Anker 2.4G Wireless Vertical Ergonomic Optical Mouse

Scientific ergonomic design encourages healthy neutral "handshake" wrist and arm positions for smoother movement and less overall strain. 800 / 1200 / 1600

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Elsewhereman @elsewhereman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

And just a stone's throw from the nearest Subway!

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Elsewhereman @elsewhereman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Try the bottom end of Southgate St Bath. Maccy D's on one side, Smashburger and Gregg's directly opposite.

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Elsewhereman @elsewhereman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

As for his war record, he was expelled from Sandhurst, joined the Lancers and then the RFC, where he injured himself stunting a plane while trying to impress his mother. Never rose above lieutenant, invalided out with only the usual 'Pip, Squeak and Wilfred' campaign medals. War hero my arse!

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Elsewhereman @elsewhereman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

BUF members - including Mosley - were not generally imprisoned until after regulation 18B (1A) of the Defence of the Realm Act was brought into operation in May 1940. Mosley was detained on May 23rd, more than eight months into the war.

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Elsewhereman @elsewhereman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I would imagine his argument would be based on his Catholicism, given that the Catholic Emancipation Act was only passed in 1829, followed by the gradual emancipation of Jews over the next decades up to 1890.

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Elsewhereman @elsewhereman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

In her case, surely AI stands for Absolute Idiot?

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Elsewhereman @elsewhereman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I would, Mike, but my MP is Dan Norris ... suspended by Labour for 17 months and counting and not allowed within the Palace of Westminster ...

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Elsewhereman @elsewhereman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Cricket, football and motor racing too. Former president of Notts CCC, honorary member of the British Racing Drivers' Club ...

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Elsewhereman @elsewhereman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It's my 71st birthday on Sunday, so those are my people - and me. Over the years I've identified with the experiences of almost all of them at various points in their lives and mine. The good and the bad of three score years and ten.

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Elsewhereman @elsewhereman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It was an ingredient in a lot of patent medicines.

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Elsewhereman @elsewhereman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I think quite a few of Betfred's shops were opened in the wake of the previous Labour government's reforms to business rates in 2008, which meant landlords were now liable for rates on vacant premises. So they got cheap rents on them ...

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Elsewhereman @elsewhereman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

2/2 Theo is assessed as not dangerous and so allowed to continue his life as before. The fifth column stuff really started after Italy entered the war - large numbers of Italians, lots of whom had been here decades, were interned without trial, but many were released well before 1943.

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Elsewhereman @elsewhereman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This is a slight misrepresentation. 18B authorised the detention of UK citizens and was implemented after Dunkirk. 'Enemy aliens' had already been assessed and - if deemed necessary - mostly been interned by then. As seen in 'The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp', when Candy somes to Theo's aid. 1/2

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Elsewhereman @elsewhereman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Well, I guess you could put the tollgate back on the bridge. But there would have to be free passage to the Albert, which would need to be an exclave!

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Elsewhereman @elsewhereman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

As a former Totnes resident, I'd like to see it. But surely much of Bridgetown would be a bit more Brexity? Banjo-playing cat notwithstanding.

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Elsewhereman @elsewhereman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Welcome to CUBA - Counties that Used to Be Avon.

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Elsewhereman @elsewhereman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I'm 71 and have a small pension from a previous employer - about £200 pcm - and a slightly enhanced New State Pension, having paid GNICs in the 1970s, so all that any increase in the State Pension does is increase the amount HMRC takes off me from my employer pension. Not exactly a win, is it?

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Elsewhereman @elsewhereman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Won't stop them burning an effigy of the Pope in Lewes on November 5th, though, will it?

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Elsewhereman @elsewhereman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

To be fair they've now changed it.

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Elsewhereman @elsewhereman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Ah, the joys of Windows Update! A tip: the big updates (and September 2026 is bigly BIG!) always come on the second Tuesday of the month, at 6pm UK time. Do a manual check just after that and leave it to do its thing, if necessary leaving it on overnight.

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Elsewhereman @elsewhereman.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

After the annual EU flags at the Proms rage, Halloween rage, poppy rage and 'you can't say Merry Christmas any more' rage all incoming ...

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Elsewhereman @elsewhereman.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

At least it's legible. My LG taunts me with small grey boxes with white text - bty the time I get close enough to read the messages they disappear!

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Elsewhereman @elsewhereman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Heh. Chris Woakes making a very similar point on Sky commentary!

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Elsewhereman @elsewhereman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Edgbaston needs the bar takings from the Hollies Stand. Pretty sure it won't go to a fourth day though.

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