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David Fryer

@ffreddie23.bsky.social
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I only know what I know and that’s not much, so I’m here to learn and try occasional wit. Software boss and ex-lawyer interested in the world and football, cycling, travel and the odd glass of wine.

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David Fryer @ffreddie23.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I wasn’t sure if they were real until they started moving
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Simon Gosden @simongosden.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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David Fryer @ffreddie23.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
1, 4 and 8 Top Three. All good 👍
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David Fryer @ffreddie23.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Not surprising Ciccone didn’t win after being forced to race on a kid’s bike…
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David Fryer @ffreddie23.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It was a fantastic move by Ciccone at the final corner, deserved the title for that alone..
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David Fryer @ffreddie23.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Gonna be hard watching racing for the next year - “Pog’s being dropped on the climb! Wait, no, that’s not Pog..” All credit to McNulty though, he won the bands fair and square against everyone he was up against
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David Fryer @ffreddie23.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Pierce’s horizons are clouded
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David Fryer @ffreddie23.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The main benefit of charging for the likes of Alpe d’Huez is that it would reduce the number of spectators and allow the cyclists some elbow room. Otherwise roadside viewing should be free.
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David Fryer @ffreddie23.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Much reporting on single issues overlooks the significant “benefit of the doubt” the public will give a leader who convinces them he is passionate & sincerely aiming to do good things for them and the country. It’s clear people are already talking about the triple lock ending in a wider context
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David Fryer @ffreddie23.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Maybe he didn’t even make a mistake, maybe he’s just a bit young to do 280km at world class pace? Riders bodies mature at a different pace
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David Fryer @ffreddie23.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Enoch is about to strangle him
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David Fryer @ffreddie23.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Exactly! What was wrong with “watch LK interview with AB” (except that it wasn’t an interview it was a quest to find a way to trick him into saying something she could seize upon to show her greatness. In vain of course, she’s not actually any good)
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David Fryer @ffreddie23.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
LK as always only seeking headline grabbing gotchas and not actual information and insights
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David Fryer @ffreddie23.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It’s also perfectly possible that other charges will be added later, especially if further enquiry is needed or the charges are more complex. The charges already laid may just the easy ones to get him into the process.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 15/09/2026
Tell me again that climate change is a hoax.
Chart showing global annual temperature abnormalities between 1880 and 2024
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David Fryer @ffreddie23.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Magnificent Landismo Day
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David Fryer @ffreddie23.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Remarkable how religious fundamentalists always crave a lot of death and destruction regardless of which sky-dwelling invisible friend’s voice they hear inside their heads
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David Fryer @ffreddie23.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
What could convicted/pardoned cryptocurrency dealer Ben Delo possibly stand to gain by donating £36m to support Farage’s bid to be prime minister?
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David Fryer @ffreddie23.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Driven insane by the sound of the train…
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David Fryer @ffreddie23.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I’m onna run with maybe “crime prevention”?
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David Fryer @ffreddie23.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Thanks - I’ve sent them £50 and a message to say the vast majority of the population loves them and despises the stupid racist thugs we’ve seen again recently.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 10/09/2026
A dark blizzard of disinformation is warping the public’s perception of our great city. But we know the truth: our homicide rate is lower than every major US city, neighbourhood crimes are down and we’ve been ranked #1 city in the world 11 years in a row. My piece for The Times.
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We must fight back against troll army’s lies about London
There is a dark blizzard of disinformation online, where our capital is described as a lawless dystopia in decline — this couldn’t be further from the truth
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David Fryer @ffreddie23.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
One, literally just one and I couldn’t tell you a single thing about him.
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David Fryer @ffreddie23.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I had this too, logged in to HMRC self assessment - just the balancing payment and no POAs for 2026/27 but then found them as part of the MTD. Seems they have moved ongoing payments after Jan 27 out of Self Assessment and into MTD. You should be able to track it down if you blunder around the site 😬
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David Fryer @ffreddie23.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Safest to make the mansion a bungalow
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David Fryer @ffreddie23.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The statistical evidence that sociopaths and psychopaths are evident in far higher proportions amongst CEOs than the general public is increasingly supported by anecdotal evidence. An absence of empathy amongst billionaires is obvious.
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David Fryer @ffreddie23.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Irregardless 🙄
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David Fryer @ffreddie23.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Moffat
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David Fryer @ffreddie23.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Like never seen before, probably never will again
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David Fryer @ffreddie23.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Same!
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David Fryer @ffreddie23.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
A whole toilet roll!
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David Fryer @ffreddie23.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
I think multiple reasons that amount to self selection. Motivation to go to a foreign country and earn money to save/send home, younger = fewer ties, less fear of adventure/things that could go wrong. Different character traits to the incumbents they land amongst. They tend to be fitter mind/body.
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David Fryer @ffreddie23.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Their way. Dodging foremen, skiving when possible, embarrassing the native piece-workers by great industry, not spending the week’s wages in two nights on beer and fags etc etc
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David Fryer @ffreddie23.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Cambridge would be a stretch - different county! And when migrants from different lands started arriving 🤯
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David Fryer @ffreddie23.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Having spent 18 years in Lincolnshire I’m sure this is correct. Immigrant agricultural manual labour tends to have higher levels of motivation and is met with suspicion and resentment for not doing things the “right” way, especially when they don’t go home out of season.
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David Fryer @ffreddie23.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Is it perhaps the case that Lowe is parochial and partial? Or maybe he doesn’t actually subscribe to what he says he believes and just sees it as a route to power, garnering support from those who do?
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David Fryer @ffreddie23.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Playful genius/hate-filled racist. Poured petrol/spouted vitriol.
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David Fryer @ffreddie23.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Thank heavens for that! (But it could so easily have been)
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David Fryer @ffreddie23.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Seriously, that’s not serious?
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David Fryer @ffreddie23.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I’m pleased you said that, I was starting to think it was a different Rod Liddle that died going by all the nice things being published. He was an unpleasant character, it’s a shame it’s being glossed over.
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David Fryer @ffreddie23.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Thanks to Lorena Wiebes I now know the French for a wasp sting
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Nettlecake @nettlecake.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.
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David Fryer @ffreddie23.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
By a brake lever
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David Fryer @ffreddie23.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
From the comfort of her air conditioned office Kemi Badenoch seeks teachers and builders willing to tear up the commitment to net zero. From the discomfort of boiling classrooms or working outside in the sun, I wonder if teachers and builders might have firmer views on net zero than she realises
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David Fryer @ffreddie23.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
If only they could get to grips with the idea that a World Cup Final is the entertainment
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David Fryer @ffreddie23.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
As per the Super Bowl, it will be on the pitch and half time will be about half an hour. It’s madness.
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Charles Fourier @charlesfourier.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
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David Fryer @ffreddie23.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
That’s why I said properly regulated. In the kind of way Brazil approached it with X, play nicely or get banned.
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David Fryer @ffreddie23.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Would they still want to ban social media if it were properly regulated? Is it the media or the damage that they really want to ban?
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David Fryer @ffreddie23.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Trump the unreliable ally & untrustworthy negotiator prepared to use military & financial power to ignore treaties, contacts & conventions has revealed a significant proportion of US citizens enthusiastic about a “F*ck yeah, USA USA USA” hooligan approach to the rest of the world & the planet itself
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