Sign in

grannygrandad.bsky.social

@grannygrandad.bsky.social
85 followers 202 following 90 posts
PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by @grannygrandad.bsky.social
Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 11h
Breaking news: Donald Trump said he has told new White House press secretary Katie Zacharia she should 'reconsider' the role after less than a week in the job. ft.trib.al/W9ISGkO
10312 0
Reposted by @grannygrandad.bsky.social
The Herald @heraldscotland.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
An exclusive look inside the £68.7m museum project propelling Paisley's transformation www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2... @brianjaffa.bsky.social
012 0
Reposted by @grannygrandad.bsky.social
Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Suella Braverman selling 106 copies of her book after all that publicity is so delicious.
Crack 'em while you can, though, because Suella's star might just be on the skids. Despite plugging her book on Question Time, on Tim Shipman's Spectator podcast, in serialised excerpts in the Daily Mail, and in a fawning interview with Allison Pearson in the Telegraph, in its opening weekend, Patriot sold precisely 106 copies.

— from Ian Winwood’s New World piece.
1221474307 0
grannygrandad.bsky.social @grannygrandad.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Glasgow City Council SNP "Fire and Hire" equivalent to Liberal Democrats " never raise student fees" and then doing so. They"re toast in Glasgow.
033 0
Reposted by @grannygrandad.bsky.social
Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"More than 20,000 staff at Glasgow council are to be fired and then rehired on new contracts.." Shocking. The council is a minority SNP administration.
202617 0
Reposted by @grannygrandad.bsky.social
John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Big up Johnny Marr
721651 0
Reposted by @grannygrandad.bsky.social
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
“Guys, they want us to go home.” 🔥 🇫🇷 French short film about what would happen to society if all the immigrants listened to angry old racist white men and left (aka the Republican agenda)
15246382043 0
Reposted by @grannygrandad.bsky.social
Anna H @athenepallas.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
An RNLI lifeboatman is taking part in the Great North Run tomorrow, wearing his full kit. Please donate here if you can: fundraise.rnli.org/fundraisers/...
fundraise.rnli.org
James Waters
I'm taking on Great North Run 2026 - please help me reach my fundraising goal of £1000!
11505274 0
Reposted by @grannygrandad.bsky.social
HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 08/09/2026
Two RNLI volunteers were pictured in Portsmouth this weekend while responding during the Patriot Platform protest. The far right responded by identifying them and branding them “traitors”. This is what the far right’s “peaceful” activism looks like.
21599337 0
Reposted by @grannygrandad.bsky.social
Spooky Snigdha @snig.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Kevin Rowland and Dexy's Midnight Runners are very unhappy that Nigel Farage used their music at the Reform party conference.
Tweet from the official Dexy's Midnight Runners account

I, Kevin Rowland (the son of Irish immigrants) and the main songwriter of ‘Come On Eileen,’ am disgusted to learn that Nigel Farage has used our song to make his entrance for his party conference. Myself, and all of Dexys are passionately against Farage’s politics.

@ByDonkeys .
521955597 0
Reposted by @grannygrandad.bsky.social
Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The image versus The reality.
401015336 0
Reposted by @grannygrandad.bsky.social
Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
1. AFM, the labor union representing professional musicians in North America, is paying tribute to Dolly Parton, who was a member of its Nashville Local 257 for 58 years. AFM says that for decades, Dolly consistently filed union contracts for her recording sessions, live gigs and tours.
51745498 0
Reposted by @grannygrandad.bsky.social
Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 14/08/2026
Nigel Farage was too scared to show up for his victory - he is the first by-election winner not to turn up for the count since IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands in 1981. The parliamentary website has already been updated to state the investigation has resumed. What a waste of time and taxpayers' money!
55121 0
grannygrandad.bsky.social @grannygrandad.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
010 0
grannygrandad.bsky.social @grannygrandad.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
000 0
grannygrandad.bsky.social @grannygrandad.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
000 0
grannygrandad.bsky.social @grannygrandad.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
000 0
grannygrandad.bsky.social @grannygrandad.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
#TourDeFrance David Millar and Ned Boulting podcast wonderful. Channel 5 poor by comparison. Really miss them on ITV4.
000 0
Reposted by @grannygrandad.bsky.social
George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
@ejeancarroll.bsky.social: "I don't understand how people can be afraid of a fat elderly man who wears apricot makeup, his hair done up like Tippi Hedren in The Birds and sits in a court room and moans and groans and complains”
532175694961 0
Reposted by @grannygrandad.bsky.social
l'Humanité @humanite.fr · 09/07/2026
L'Humanité magazine du 9 juillet – 60 ans de Star Trek : une série profondément anticapitaliste, antiraciste, féministe et écologiste 📰 humanite.fr
64920 0
Reposted by @grannygrandad.bsky.social
Nicholas Whithorn @nickwhithorn.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
There is a proposal to nominate the island of Lampedusa for the Nobel Peace Prize. Over the years this tiny 20km² island of 6,000 inhabitants has hosted hundreds of thousands of migrants crossing the Mediterranean. It is impossible to find an accurate total number but it is way in excess of 500k.
lasicilia.it
«Candidiamo la comunità di Lampedusa al premio Nobel per la Pace»: la proposta del Pd all'Assemblea regionale siciliana
«L’impegno umanitario e la vocazione all’accoglienza dei lampedusani ci ricordano che, davanti al naufragio, non si volta lo sguardo», sostengono i promotori
49530 0
grannygrandad.bsky.social @grannygrandad.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Henry Zeffman competently reporting live from Downing Street on Starmer's resignation when Chris Mason the BBC political editor rudely interjects with his usual drivel
010 0
Reposted by @grannygrandad.bsky.social
The New York Times @nytimes.com · 09/06/2026
From @theathleticfc.bsky.social: When the Iran team landed in Mexico for the World Cup, players wore pins that read "#168." The design commemorates the number of children killed at a school on the first day of the U.S.-Iran conflict. nyti.ms/4vDgEI6
Iranian national soccer team captain Ehsan Haji Safi talks to the press while wearing a blazer and a pin that reads "#168."
1119754 0
Reposted by @grannygrandad.bsky.social
Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Nigel Farage Listens to the News
10449751890 0
Reposted by @grannygrandad.bsky.social
The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 28/05/2026
Recent bear sightings have led to temporary closures and restricted outdoor activities at schools across Japan, with local education boards struggling over how to safely continue offering classes.
ebx.sh
Bear sightings hamper school activities in Japan
The sightings have led to evacuations, delays and some children opting to stay home as boards of education grapple with how to safely continue classes.
1114 0
Reposted by @grannygrandad.bsky.social
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19/05/2026
Blanche: "Whether an Oath Keeper applies for compensation -- anybody in this country can apply"
172806243 0
Reposted by @grannygrandad.bsky.social
Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Rachel Shabi: "What else is [Streeting] going to come up with, what policy is he going to come up with, what policy has the Labour right come up with for years? Nothing. Zip. Zilch. They've got nothing.. what has he got to offer... except for regurgitating.. brexit again"
38228 0
Reposted by @grannygrandad.bsky.social
Shellraiser B Woke - Living Saint of Purity🏳️‍⚧️🖤💜🤍 💛 @shelleybwoke.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
"who is Wes Streeting?"
02810 0
Reposted by @grannygrandad.bsky.social
The Independent @the-independent.com · 13/05/2026
BREAKING | Wes Streeting 'set to resign' and spark leadership contest for No 10
trib.al
Starmer departs No10 for King’s Speech after 17 minute meeting with Streeting - live
Health secretary and PM had brief meeting prior to King's speech as Streeting weighs up leadership challenge
11135 0
Reposted by @grannygrandad.bsky.social
Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
John McDonnell MP raises a point of order on this FT exclusive story, which shows ACPO executive telling a contractor "basically get rid of everything, anything you need to now" after smearing journalists and potentially MPs on behalf of Labour Together. www.ft.com/content/03e9...
ft.com
PR executive tried to ‘get rid’ of documents despite legal warning
Audio recordings reveal Tom Harper told contractor to destroy material about an investigation into journalists
11716 0
Reposted by @grannygrandad.bsky.social
Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Morgan McSweeney's evidence in short: Appointing Peter Mandelson was a terrible mistake for which I sincerely apologise, and also for which I have no responsibility for and to which I did absolutely nothing wrong
2834353 0
Reposted by @grannygrandad.bsky.social
MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 24/04/2026
NEWS: Bette Midler just released a new music video for her remake of "All You Fascists Bound to Lose"—featuring Barbara Hershey, other celebrities, and crowds from the No Kings protests in a joyful, powerful show of resistance. You have to see this.
28399493756 0
Reposted by @grannygrandad.bsky.social
Euronews @euronews.com · 24/04/2026
The image, showing two young girls clinging to their father as he is detained in New York, was chosen from over 57,000 entries. ➡️ l.euronews.com/MtUK
24222 0
Reposted by @grannygrandad.bsky.social
Pᴜʀᴇ Dᴇᴀᴅ Gᴀᴍɪɴɢ @puredeadgaming.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Cracking subway ad in Tokyo.
302117413 0
Reposted by @grannygrandad.bsky.social
Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Also insulting to people with dementia frankly.
1429215 0
Reposted by @grannygrandad.bsky.social
Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Can everyone please stop excusing the US president by saying that he has dementia. He's always been like this. It's not dementia. He's a deluded, arrogant, nepo baby, chock full of Dunning Kruger degrees of self-belief and deep rooted stupidity and rich and influential enough to get away with it
1131760292 0
Reposted by @grannygrandad.bsky.social
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
pete hegseth firing everyone but his tailor
1165026392 0
grannygrandad.bsky.social @grannygrandad.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Starmer's warning of 48 hours to doctors just imitates Trump's warnings to Iran . Why would anyone vote for this bullying.
010 0
Reposted by @grannygrandad.bsky.social
New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
A big demo on George St against the rent hikes on 103 Trongate.
Crowd of people with many placards.
1326 0
Reposted by @grannygrandad.bsky.social
FRANCE 24 English @en.france24.com · 22/03/2026
🚲 The newly elected mayor of #Paris Emmanuel Gregoire cycled to City Hall on a #Velib’, the French capital’s flagship bike-sharing system, after winning the city's mayoral election on Sunday 📸 AFP, Reuters
0229 0
Reposted by @grannygrandad.bsky.social
Arturo Dominguez @extremearturo.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
It is being reported on the ground in Cuba that everyone on a ventilator at this hospital died overnight. As a Cuban, I'm devastated.
10840202190 0
grannygrandad.bsky.social @grannygrandad.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Ingliston equestrian centre was the venue today for Reform to launch their Scottish election campaign. Will never go near the place ever again.
010 0
Reposted by @grannygrandad.bsky.social
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17/03/2026
Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.
1008389389560 0
Reposted by @grannygrandad.bsky.social
Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
How Paris beat the car www.ft.com/content/882e...
231197298 0
Reposted by @grannygrandad.bsky.social
Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 05/03/2026
Reform UK receives another big donation from crypto investor ft.trib.al/eXBmrkF
ft.trib.al
Reform UK receives another big donation from crypto investor
Christopher Harborne gave the party £3mn in November, on top of £9mn donated in August
145858 0
Reposted by @grannygrandad.bsky.social
Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
"will you say.. that you think what America is doing is illegal" "Thats a Q for the Americans" "I'm asking for your judgement" "My judgement only relates to what Britain does" So its up to Russia to say whether invading Ukraine was legal & you don't have an opinion, right?
136028 0
Reposted by @grannygrandad.bsky.social
Brooke Foster @lonesometoast.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
crying in the club* (*at my desk) bc stanley tucci took the USA women's hockey team out for a meal at his favorite restaurant and they gave him his own jersey
stanley tucci with members of the gold medal winning USA women's hockey team
127105171610 0