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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 · 11/03/2026
What a wally.
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Tim Johnson @grauniaddict.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Lord Faw-Faw fawns on bullies.
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Tim Johnson @grauniaddict.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
No it doesn’t. It shows that 75% of the people who recognise the damage Brexit has done favour going back into the EU. Not surprising! What about the ones who still think Brexit is the answer? Or the Don’t Knows?
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Tim Johnson @grauniaddict.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
John Lewis is owned by its staff or ‘partners’. So it tries hard to deliver on their social and financial desires.
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Tim Johnson @grauniaddict.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
On that assumption, no organisation which requires significant funds to survive can ever be “truly independent”. The BBC does pretty well considering.
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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 · 16/09/2025
Of course not.
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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...
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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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Tim Johnson @grauniaddict.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
This is where I post from
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Tim Johnson @grauniaddict.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
A visit to SandycoveAtlas.com could add another dimension to your appreciation. I believe Joyce borrowed the Atlas from the school where he briefly taught and marked its pages in various ways. It stayed in Ireland but became a ‘mother of memory’ for him when he came to write Ulysses. What U think?
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Home - The Sandy Cove Atlas
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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 · 12/07/2025
Manuscripts marked in blue and red crayon were absolutely characteristic of Joyce. I found an Atlas in Ireland which I believe shows he was already using the crayons in 1904. For more see SandycoveAtlas.com.
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Tim Johnson @grauniaddict.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
I am so lucky as to have found something which adds yet another extra dimension to Ulysses. See Sandycoveatlas.com for more.
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Home - The Sandy Cove Atlas
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Tim Johnson @grauniaddict.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
It's wider than that. Jesus was truly woke. Anti-woke is opposed to a wide range of Christian thinking.
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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
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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?
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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
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 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 · 27/04/2025
I don’t mean the megarich upper classes, I mean the people who could just afford a summer holiday in the Crimea - and their children. They wax lyrical about those holidays of liberation from the monotony of Russia. It’s a dreamscape for them.
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Tim Johnson @grauniaddict.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
These two have one big thing in common - they both came to lead their country because of a successful career on TV. Who knows - they could end up best mates.
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Tim Johnson @grauniaddict.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Who knew?
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Tim Johnson @grauniaddict.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Some form of de facto NATO membership is an essential concession for the long term survival of Ukraine. Crimea is treasured by the Russian upper classes. Getting it accepted as legitimately Russian is worth a lot.
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Tim Johnson @grauniaddict.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
The vital quid pro quo for Ukraine is having Western troops on the ground, even being a virtual member of NATO. If Putin gets acceptance of his seizure of Crimea that will be a huge plus for him. Such a peace would be great boon for both sides. But wars end with tragedy and disappointment too.
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