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Tim Johnson

@grauniaddict.bsky.social
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Left-leaning centrist grandad. Wartime baby. Technology journalist. Founder of Ovum, Point Topic, Look Multimedia. Walker. Map lover. Adopted Londoner. Working on an Atlas I bought for €5.

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Tim Johnson @grauniaddict.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Sorry Sarah, it’s not your party, it’s Corbyn’s Party. I did warn you.
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Tim Johnson @grauniaddict.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Time to get off X
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 14/09/2025
It’s appalling to see police officers come under attack at the Tommy Robinson rally. Those involved should be held accountable through the full force of the law.
Ed Davey Tweet Quote Graphic: 

TEXT: Appalled by the violent scenes of police being attacked at the Tommy Robinson rally today. Those responsible should face the full force of the law.

These far right thugs do not speak for Britain.
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 14/09/2025
Elon Musk openly called for violence on our streets yesterday. I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric. Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.
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Tim Johnson @grauniaddict.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Are they sure it’s not John Smith?
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
the president is excusing right wing mass shooters
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 12/09/2025
Would be amazed if Israel isn't banned from Eurovision. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Netherlands ready to join Eurovision boycott over Israel
The Netherlands follows Ireland in saying it can
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AlembicPentameter @alembic-pentameter.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
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Clickworlddaily · by Jon @clickworlddaily.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
260 lives gone. One survivor. A pilot asked,"Why did you cut off?" The other replied, "I didn't." Fuel switches flipped. Engines died. The plane never climbed again. 🕯️A tragedy still full of questions. A moment that haunts more than the sky. #aviation #tragedy #investigation #AirIndia #reflection
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Tim Johnson @grauniaddict.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Let's stop racism at GB News! A former GB News presenter is taking his former employers to court for racial discrimination. @goodlawproject needs your help to fund the legal fight. Chip in here: goodlawproject.org/s/9e2ac6
goodlawproject.org
Stop racism at GB News | Good Law Project
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Tim Johnson @grauniaddict.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
I’m looking forward to this. I hope we can the rights to run it on the Eggflix channel.
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Ian @ianagp.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Broke: Bluesky is an echochamber. Woke: Right Wing Media is also an echochamber. Bespoke: Every societal construct from nationhood to education is an echochamber.
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Kaitrin Snodgrass @kaitsnod.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
What they aren’t showing on Fox News
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Tim Johnson @grauniaddict.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
For ‘regain’ read ‘retain’ I presume. Autofill doesn’t know much about politics.
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Tim Johnson @grauniaddict.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
A magnificent speech I would say. A tour de force. Rachel Reeves books her place as the next PM. Meanwhile Starmer is very fortunate to have her as Chancellor. Well earned ‘luck’ in my view.
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Tim Johnson @grauniaddict.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
And we will be launching SandycoveAtlas.com. Did James Joyce borrow this Atlas and use it as a ‘mother of memory’ in writing Ulysses? Go on, take a quick look now let us know what you think.
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Tim Johnson @grauniaddict.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
We will be launching SandycoveAtlas.com . Did James Joyce borrow this Atlas and use it as a ‘mother of memory’ in writing Ulysses? Why not have an advance look now?
sandycoveatlas.com
Home - The Sandy Cove Atlas
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 07/06/2025
Yup.
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 5 WAYS NIGEL FARAGE WILL
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 He wants to scrap the NHS and
 make you pay by moving to an
 'insurance-based system
 of healthcare'
 He voted against making
 school uniforms cheaper and
 free breakfasts for primary
 school children.
 He voted against the
 Employment Rights Bill, which
 will end fire-and-rehire and
 extend parental rights.
 He wants to scrap green targets
 which would mean more reliance
 on foreign energy and could
 mean higher energy bills.
 He is against Labour's UK-EU
 deal which will bring down food
 prices and make it easier for
 Brits to travel.
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Tim Johnson @grauniaddict.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
I can't believe James Joyce ever got his bow ties that sharp.
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Tim Johnson @grauniaddict.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
It’s much more an indictment of the Tory Party. That a coalition which has been the default party of government for 200 years or so is reduced to having Robert Jenrick, best known for corruption, as its leading figure could signal the biggest revolution in UK politics since 1688.
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 18/05/2025
Six milestones, five missions, three foundations … Starmer loves a list. Here’s one for him to take to the EU-UK summit this weekend:
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Tim Johnson @grauniaddict.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Lib Dems launch ‘Reform watch’ to monitor party in local government
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Fascinating to see how Rishi Sunak and David Cameron dress freed from 'having someone in CCHQ advise them how to do it'. A big win for Cameron's dresser, a big L for Sunak's.
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Tim Johnson @grauniaddict.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Or maybe they are well into irony? Some people can only afford to laugh at Trump behind his back.
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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
The Dope
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Tim Johnson @grauniaddict.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
And pulling an encore in Australia for another.
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Tim Johnson @grauniaddict.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
A meticulous statement of the case against Trump and by extension the case against Reform as well. Both will find they are gradually brought to a halt by the rubbish results they are creating. Hopefully by impeachment for one and defection of decent councillors for the other.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Hey British media, It’s no surprise that if you give Farage the run of the place, he’ll start winning. Time to do your actual jobs and start interrogating him on his Brexit shitshow, his funding, his Trumpiness, his idiotic manifesto, his real plans for the NHS… instead of drumrolling him into No.10
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Tim Johnson @grauniaddict.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
This is an issue which is going to dog Reform for years to come. Undeclared donations and overspent campaign limits could make the UK mini-Trump wish he had never gone in for politics in the first place.
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 02/05/2025
Voters across the country have chosen our community politics over the Conservatives' neglect and disdain. This is the first time ever that we have beaten both the Conservatives and Labour at local elections, and we now control more councils across the UK than the Conservatives.
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
In case you missed it ... This is the electoral truth about Brexit that for some reason Labour continues to ignore. #RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
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superhackers @superhackers.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Robots Hit the Pavement: China's Humanoid Half-Marathon Madness! 😵‍💫🤖🤦‍♂️
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Tim Johnson @grauniaddict.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Who knew?
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Tim Johnson @grauniaddict.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Sadly, very sadly, I fear Trump is right. Crimea is precious to the Russian upper classes. It spells sun, sea and a blessed break from the monotonous vastness of Russia. Zelensky’s valour and fortitude saved Ukraine. Now he needs to step down so his achievement can be preserved.
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Tim Johnson @grauniaddict.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Francis was one of the good guys.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 21/04/2025
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Tim Johnson @grauniaddict.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
When do we start the countdown to impeachment?
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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Personally, I think it should be front page news for at least a month if a sitting US President is using falsified evidence to try and deny due process to a man who has committed no crime, but that’s just me
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
This is getting fewer headlines than it should. After coming to power promising to help working people, the president is revealing his real priorities by actively making it easier for banks to rip people off.
wired.com
The CFPB Has Been Gutted
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau terminated the positions of 1,406 employees at the congressionally mandated agency.
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Tim Johnson @grauniaddict.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
How the actions of D Dump and his arse-licking lackeys go against the very foundations of the great US of A.
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GunnyJKJ @gunnyjkj.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
History always has a lesson.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Let’s be clear. When the President defies the Supreme Court, it is the role of Congress to remove him from office. Full stop.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11/04/2025
Adolf Hitler's “Mein Kampf” is still on U.S. Naval Academy shelves. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Memorializing the Holocaust” are not. An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
nytimes.com
Who’s In and Who’s Out at the Naval Academy’s Library?
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office resulted in a purge of books critical of racism but preserved volumes defending white power.
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
“I do not presume to understand current politics," Space Force Col. Susannah Meyers wrote, "but what I do know is the concerns of the U.S. administration discussed by Vice President Vance on Friday are not reflective of Pituffik Space Base.” She's been relieved of her command wapo.st/3Efcwcc
washingtonpost.com
U.S. military removes commander of Greenland base after JD Vance visit
Col. Susan Meyers was dismissed after a news report about an email she wrote distancing the base from remarks the vice president made in late March.
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Tim Johnson @grauniaddict.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Or should I have said “in five days or so”?
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Jacqs @fooyoo2.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
The Stupid Spiral is never ending
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Tim Johnson @grauniaddict.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
D Dump says his policies will never change. People who say things like that have lost touch with reality. (Liz Truss comes to mind.). Suggests to me the policies will have changed in a week or two.
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Heard Island Government @heardislandgov.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
It’s 9am TFT time here, and citizens are already gathering to protest Tariffs by the United States. Our plain clothes Officer Penguins are attempting to maintain calm, but unfortunately we keep losing them in the crowd.
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