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Gavin Atkin

@gmatkin.bsky.social
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Trad-leaning folkie; in England; likes to understand the world; sings and (in no special order) plays duet concertina, fiddle, guitar, melodeon, tenor banjo etc. Governments can improve people's lives, if they're clever and they wish to do so.

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Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 6h
Massive vanilla makes rhubarb edible. That gets me respect!
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Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
We're organising practices of old local carols, because the season starts in the 20s of November. But I'm sure you can still have hot cross buns.
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Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This is the Belgian club sandwich, I guess? The one where you order a baguette sandwich with your own choices of ham and cheese, all topped off with actual fresh lettuce and tomato? I remember being very partial to a combo smoked ham with Passchendaele cheese when I lived in Bruxelles.
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Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
They seem to be telling us who they are. I think we can now be quite clear about them: sniggering Faragists but with a different leader.
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Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I remember that!
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Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Netflix and avocado are clearly a lot cheaper than going out. I guess you don't get to meet other people though...
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Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Is he feeling all right?
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Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Virus-hyper-aware people leaving London for the surrounding shires following covid is another factor to consider.
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Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Perhaps it reminded someone of a scene from a 1950s British sci-fi film? It does me and I haven't seen one since the late 60s!
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Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Is the gap a Brexit thing? Or is Londoners' pay being squeezed by employers or a changing job market?
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Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Surely understanding yourself and others is generally a good thing? Such as knowing why we might be upset by other folks' behaviours (the unfairnesses, and the complaints about fidgeting, lack of concentration etc), and why in some ways they might find us a bit awkward?
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Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It's just another micro-aggression.
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Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Whatever happened to Tony Blair?
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Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Is it still doom scrolling if you're looking for good news?
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Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
We have this problem with Conservative governments.
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Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Had to ask about vegetables on the menu that I had never heard of!
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Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
London is made of villages, they say.
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Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
'Spoil Mail'?
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Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It's a good train trip, especially the last 60-70 miles.
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Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Was he born to rule it?
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Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Are these figures referenced anywhere?
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Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
But not the 'journalists' who aren't.
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Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
But yes, definitely reckless.
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Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
It's a mixture, I think. Repeatedly commissioning polling, working up a story from the results and placing it so effectively might be thought professional. Failing to check out the donors properly was utterly amateur.
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Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
How long do you have to live here to become British? Will almost 1,000 years qualify? I guess that forming a ruling class that spoke in French and often wrote in Latin might complicate the calculation?
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Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Had he been told his plans had been leaked to the Mail? Or did he have reason to think they would be if he entered into negotiations somewhere? Do we know what actual work he has in mind?
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Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Vote for us and everything will be wonderful.
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Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Does it count as beer?
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Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Isn't that a likely failure of reporting by The Telegraph?
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Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Not yours then? It still works though :-)
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Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
You have to read it in a Marie LC voice, don't you? ;-)
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Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
And does he speak like a posh Englishman?
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Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Lol!
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Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Was Boris Johnson white?
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Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The Beatles.
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Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
They think other people may, though.
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Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Also, misery. When 'we' lose. Honestly, I find it hard to care, even when I've somehow been persuaded to get involved.
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Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
There's less hair now. It must be an important day!
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Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
It seems as if they'll say anything to be nasty about foreigners.
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Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Lol!
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Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Banjo.
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Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Lol!
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Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Nah. After all these decades, I don't want to catch football now!
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Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Wow!
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Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I don't know why the MP for Huntingdon is of interest. But it's likely more interesting and maybe more consequential than some sprot thing, to be fair.
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Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Me too. Relief!
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Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Can't say I find anything interesting or especially joyful in it. Each to their own, though...
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Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Lol!
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Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Nah. He doesn't understand.
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Gavin Atkin @gmatkin.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Lol!
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