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Ian Banbery

@globalhipsters.bsky.social
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Retired publisher, pro books, music - guitarist with Gohobo, art, EU, cycling - don’t let the buggers grind you down. 👍🐗 🇪🇺🇬🇧

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Oh superb! Someone has got the glorious screenshot, of Russian Brexit bottery at its best. bsky.app/profile/marc...
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Kenny Campbell @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
He's such a brave little man, Jenrick. Such a brave, brave little man. But mostly little.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
- Obtain Greenland - Make Canada 51st State - Rename AI/Gulf of Mexico/Lake Ontario/Atlantic, Pacific Oceans - Declare War on Iran - Kidnap Venezuelan President - Build Ballroom/Triumphal Arch - Want Face Carved on Mt. Rushmore - Buy Putin's Oil - Remove Russian Sanctions - Deploy ICE Goons
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I try to avoid this language, but what a fucking piece of 💩
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Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Time for the US to get a new president too. What an utter stinker! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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'Time for Ukraine to get new president,' says Trump after Zelensky condemns diesel deal
Ukraine's leader had said the deal with Russia to release diesel into the US would help Moscow fund the war.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Princeton, McGill and Penn have all denied tenure to women who went on to win a Nobel Prize. It says quite a bit about tenure standards, and the treatment of women in academia. MAGA thinks that DEI gives them an unfair advantage. And that's farcical. www.forbes.com/sites/conorm...
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Researcher Demoted By University Of Pennsylvania Wins Nobel Prize For mRNA Discoveries—And Some Academics Urge Penn To Apologize
Katalin Karikó’s research laid the foundation for both the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines.
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"Sources close to" Bob Borsley @bobborsley.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Reagan has statues in Eastern Europe commemorating his opposition to Russian imperialism. Trump is working really hard for a statue in Moscow commemorating his support for Russian imperialism. Putin should give him one. He’s earned it.
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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Zelensky isn’t pulling his punches
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Orange Dick Tater Hater @realbiscuitspaw.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Insane in the membrane. Insane in the brain.
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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Hegseth is a guy who lectures Europe on upholding its civilisational integrity Firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan will be livestreamed www.thetimes.com/article/238b...
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Firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan will be livestreamed
The war secretary announced that the execution of the Fort Hood terrorist, scheduled for December 3, would be ‘public’
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Zia is right - Robert Jenrick should never again be allowed anywhere near power.
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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
So what this week has taught us is that the Conservative offer is to: - prioritise the wealthiest - blow up the public finances
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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Whoever nicknamed him Saddo Hussein is a genius.
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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Yeah it doesn’t work like that
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
No doubt all the people who printed, posted or broadcast this now disproved story respect their readers/viewers/listeners/followers enough to correct the record asap… www.theguardian.com/news/2026/oc...
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‘I reside in Monaco’: billionaire said to have quit UK over potential wealth tax had already left
TaxWatch contradicts claims about David Reuben’s departure and questions stories of super-rich exodus
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Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Ah well, that's okay then www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Reform UK clears its own advisers over Channel 4 donations sting
An internal investigation concluded James Orr and Dan Jukes did not break electoral law but said their discussion had been ‘foolish’
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Them's the rules, though.
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Disillusioned With Conservatives @neverevertory.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Badenoch today announced if Tories win next general election, there will be no stamp duty when you buy a home, no mansion tax when you live in your home & no inheritance tax on it when you pass it to your children or grandchildren Also allow couples to leave £1M exempt from inheritance tax (1/2)
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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 06/10/2026
A rather more honest Jeffrey Archer obituary by @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social I kept coming back to Coghlan: "You're a liar. He's a liar and he knows it. He's even putting his wife through it. I've got nothing he's got money. I can't even go back to work" brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/here-lies-...
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Here lies Jeffrey Archer
The death of one of Britain’s most infamous liars brings back memories of Monica Coghlan.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Pisspoor response from a pisspoor leader, who clearly does not have the moral clarity or the conviction to prevent racism in his party greenparty.org.uk/2026/10/05/z...
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Zack Polanski reaction to Zionism is racism motion - Green Party
Green Party leader Zack Polanski said: “Antisemitism and criticism of the Israeli state are, and must always be, completely distinct – blurring the line between the two is not only wrong but antisemit...
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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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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Just the dumbest collection of halfwit confetti emerging out of that conference. Tax cuts everywhere, paid for with imaginary spending cuts. Huge spending projects with precisely zero utility, except to anchor their 'defence day' narrative. Clowns.
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Gavin Esler @gavinesler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Coincidentally…..
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Join me on GB News where I will be lying about what Andy Burnham said, pretending to give a shit about pensioners and definitely not mentioning any £5m gifts, illegal donations or police investigations.
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ET Heisenberg @utdheisenberg.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Man City announce new shirt sponsor.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
SHACKLE HIM
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
#ShowReformTheRedCard
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Solidarity! Who knew?
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 19/09/2026
Leave and Remain voters alike realise that Brexit has been a failure. It's time to talk about EU membership.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
All day Piddington's womminfolk have been telling news how they will be terrified of "hundreds of young men nearby, free to come and go as they please." NOT ONE JOURNALIST has asked: "How did you cope when it was an army base? Who came and went then? Nuns?" Soon as you ask that, all becomes clear.
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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I mean if you really want to hear Ed Sheeran without any opening acts you can simply get put on hold with your bank
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Tom Freeman @tomfreeman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Truly can't be bothered with this "village full of attention-seeking small-minded nimbys congratulates itself" thing
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The Leader of Reform in Wales has quit, Reform MS Sarah Cooper-Lesadd has defected to Plaid Cymru and now three councillors in Durham have resigned. Just another day on our unstoppable march to power.
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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
New: Donors will have to prove ongoing residency in U.K.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This take is conservative, Danish, and very much correct.
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Richard Corbett CBE @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This trend in public opinion is gradual but relentless. The numbers wanting Britain back in the EU continue to rise. Time for more ambition!
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Hassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes
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Matthew Redhead @matthewrr.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
We can have peace if Ukraine agrees to lose. What a cretin.
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Hart @hart-frentz.bsky.social · 16/07/2024
#trumpisunfit
Trump im Tagesspiegel
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Emanuel Joseph Sokol @emanueljosephsokol.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"Truth" 😁
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Sir Basil @sirbasil.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Sir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Len our ‘Reform UK’ butcher in the village has gone full Danny Tommo. For 2 pork chops Jill in the village shop has agreed to knit him a black balaclava so he can go about incognito. He’s started slapping his wife, smoking Spice & telling us all he is protecting ‘are dawters.’ 😳
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Charles Fourier @charlesfourier.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Bill Bryson’s words seem appropriate to post right now
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 10/09/2026
🎯 by @ellabaron.bsky.social The abuse directed towards RNLI volunteers is horrendous. Solidarity with RNLI volunteers. They are doing incredible work.
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Ben Dunnell @bendunnell.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
What the absolute fuck is this line of questioning by Justin Webb? It’s worse than pure grandstanding; it’s querying Miliband’s faith.
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Ian Banbery @globalhipsters.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This is a disgrace. Brave RNLI volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. So I've signed an open letter of thanks for the RNLI letting them know these thugs do not speak for the rest of us. Add your name?
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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I am bloody proud to be an #RNLI supporter and member! These brilliant men and women have quite enough to cope with without being harassed by the scum of the earth. Their only concern is to help people in danger at sea - not check passports first! Which is how it should be. Please RT if you agree🙏
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Charles Fourier @charlesfourier.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Norway's Prime Minister marks Trump's homework
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