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Helen G

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UK Lefty, MCFC fan, from up North.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Britain's Trump
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
This is good. Another class A24 production, written by David E Kelley with a great performance by Elle Fanning. But the real standout is Michelle Pfeiffer. One scene, camera on her face, no dialogue, and you get a world of backstory in 30 seconds.
Poster for Margo’s Got Money Troubles with Nick Offerman with a bay, Michelle Pfeiffer and Elle Fanning
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🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦 @joycomes.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Tailor Bird sews leaves together with plant fibre to form its nest!
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
The acting director of ICE told Congress, under oath, that local law enforcement in Colorado leaked raid plans, allowing gang members to escape. After 9NEWS questioned ICE's claim and its timeline, ICE deleted the claim from its social media platforms.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 02/02/2026
London continues to lead. Last week we were ⤵️ Recognised as one of the greenest global cities with spectacular green spaces and cleaner air. Named the ‘new Hollywood’ - attracting record investment. Ignore the haters: London is the greatest city.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Richard Littlejohn wrote about fly-tipping in yesterday’s Mail, today Boris Johnson turns his attention to a bus driver sacked for beating up a thief. Anything, literally *anything*, to avoid addressing the now utterly undeniable shame & humiliation of their pathetic cheerleading for Donald Trump…
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
I may be a naive little baby but I don't think sinister racist YouTubers should be on Question Time at all. Booking Nick Griffin was massively controversial in 2009 but I can only imagine that the bookers don't care anymore, which seems bad
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Last wek: Fiona Bruce interrupts Bonnie Greer, downplaying her point by saying, "Maybe half of you are applauding" This week: Fiona Bruce interrupts Billy Bragg, downplaying his point by saying, "I must point out there are plenty of Reform supporters in the audience as well"
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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 17/04/2025
If you think the Trump Regime aren't absolutely terrified of Kilmar Abrego Garcia coming home and talking, take a moment and let soak in they just tried to conflate him with a MURDER he has absolutely nothing to do with.
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Vanessa @vanessa-glasgow.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
@mrjamesob.bsky.social i am so grateful to you and the team at @lbc.co.uk for talking to me yesterday. I'm astounding at the reaction the video has received. It's quite overwhelming. ❤️ youtu.be/thwpvsnzTj8?...
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LBC caller impresses James O'Brien with her take on the state of the West
YouTube video by LBC
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
King agrees to host Trump visit The new Private Eye is out now
A photo of the front cover of issue 1644 of Private Eye magazine with the caption "on shelves now." The headline reads "KING AGREES TO HOST TRUMP VISIT". The cover features a photograph of UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and King Charles III walking together. Speech bubbles add dialogue to the image: Starmer says, "Give him a welcome fit for a President," to which King Charles replies, "OK, I'll shout at him then boot him out."
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Absolutely spot on from Rory Stewart
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Rob Williams @robwilliams71.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
The fact that all the streaming services rejected the latest series of Wolf Hall is a worrying sign of the whole ‘dumbing down’ of it all.
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Larry & Paul @larryandpaul.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
⚠️ BREAKING: What Is Causing Extreme Weather? 👇🏻 Please watch this latest #BrokenNews report, then share. youtu.be/_X2p9dMsNFY?...
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What Is Causing Extreme Weather? - #BrokenNews
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
She knew this would happen. That's what courage looks like. By contrast, look at the people in this shot. (With the possible exception of Vance's wife.)
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
It's been a terrible week. A terrible, terrible week. The worst people on earth are full of energy and vigour, the best are defined by anxiety and self-doubt. Here are three simple rules to surviving the next four years, because by God we'll need them iandunt.substack.com/p/a-little-b...
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A little bit of hope after a terrible week
A survival guide to the next four years.
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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Great letter in today's Guardian. What sort of free speech is prevented by factchecking, Zuck?
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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Literally crying hearing how French women applaud Gisele Pelicot every day as she walks out of court. #r4today Everywhere around the world women watch & applaud her bravery too. She stood up for all of us. Because the shame has to switch sides.
Street art showing Gisele Pelicot looking badass with the phrase written next to her “the shame must switch sides” in French
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Ha ha ha superb
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
🔴The Sheer Scale of the Conservative Local Government Auditing Scandal Is Only Now Becoming Clear Billions of pounds in spending remains unaccounted for, with the National Audit Office unable to sign off the nation’s accounts bylinetimes.com/2024/11/27/t...
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The Sheer Scale of the Conservative Local Government Auditing Scandal Is Only Now Becoming Clear
Billions of pounds in spending remains unaccounted for, with the National Audit Office unable to sign off the nation's accounts
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Astronomy pictures @astronomers.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Death of Star vs Birth of Cell
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Ah. www.bbc.co.uk/news/busines...
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Vauxhall-maker warns Brexit may force it to close UK factory
Vauxhall-maker Stellantis is calling on the government to renegotiate some Brexit rules or risk losing electric
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
The liars, of course, have all moved on to new cons & deceptions. The fishing industry can't. A vaguely honest media would be holding Farage & the rest to account for this instead of promoting a meaningless petition... www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymout...
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Fishermen left feeling 'betrayed' by Brexit
'Brexit was sold to our fishermen as a golden opportunity, yet the truth is that many fishermen have experienced the complete opposite'
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Kemi Badenoch at #PMQs: "We had a budget in March this year and tractors were not blockading the streets of Whitehall afterwards." Here are the tractors blockading the streets of Whitehall in March this year. They were protesting - you really couldn't make this up - Badenoch's trade policies. 😂
Reuters 25 March 2024: British farmers protest outside parliament over food imports. With picture of tractors blocking streets in Whitehall.BBC 25 March 2024: In pictures: Moment tractor convoy reaches Parliament. With pictures of tractors blocking streets in Whitehall.Telegraph 26 March 2024: Tractors bring rush-hour chaos to London as farmers stage protest. With picture of a digger outside parliament.Euronews 26 March 2024: 'Slaughtered': UK farmers protest post-Brexit rules and trade deals. With picture of tractors blocking streets in Whitehall. The front one bears a placard: "No Farmers. No Food. No Future."
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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Here’s a short story about who wins and loses from the status quo of our inheritance tax rules - and about, what you might politely call ‘sub-optimal’ journalism🧵
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
RIP John Prescott.
Picture of John Prescott pointing directly at camera.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
You can literally see the German number plates. Because Einstein here has used a photo of a GERMAN protest in 2023. 838 people have shared it.
Tweet showing German tractors in 2023 and telling Labour to listen
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
If you bring central London to a halt in order to campaign against catastrophic climate change then you're a "barmy" eco "fanatic" who deserves to be locked up. If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds
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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
I see that a collection of MPs have taken it upon themselves to “launch” a private prosecution, in relation to a case which is still awaiting a CPS charging decision. What might be the problems with this? 🧵
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Jon Sopel @jonsopel1.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
A word on the Allison Pearson free speech row, and what she describes as a ‘Kafkaesque’ threat to it. We asked her on @thenewsagents.bsky.social to discuss. She said: ‘No. And if you get any aspect of the story wrong my lawyers will be watching.’ Gotta love a free speech warrior 🤷🏻‍♂️
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
This unspeakable, insufferable cunt. Musk won't ever be able to demonstrate a microgram of the bravery and dignity Zelenskyy has demonstrated.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
I have faced fascism before, in this very country. I was one of 120,000 Japanese Americans summarily rounded up and expelled from our homes at gunpoint, all for the crime of looking like the people who bombed Pearl Harbor. I spent my childhood behind barbed wire. My parents lost everything. 1/
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Guardian will no longer post on Elon Musk’s X from its official accounts. The decision is due to disinformation, racism and hate being platformed. The Guardian has more than 80 accounts on X with approximately 27 million followers.
Guardian headline, X logo.
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Jonathan Pie @jonathanpienews.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Fuck.
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