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David Blackett

@grimupnorth68.bsky.social
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Sarcastic northerner, professional pedant and gin soak. Museums, galleries, theatre and opera.

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David Blackett @grimupnorth68.bsky.social · 15h
The Taliban managed in the 1980s
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Henry Morris @mrhenrymorris.substack.com · 15/10/2026
I'm hearing breaking news that somebody in Reform hasn't said something racist. More as I have it.
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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David Blackett @grimupnorth68.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
And tell them where to go if they ask for government subsidies….
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David Blackett @grimupnorth68.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Grifter’s got to grift.
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David Blackett @grimupnorth68.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Mount C**tmore. Apologies for the language; I do not use this word but it’s very apt for this bunch of charlatans.
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Kuntie Plopkins @kuntieplopkins.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
That'll buy a lot of balaclavas
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David Blackett @grimupnorth68.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Reform receives second £36m donation in two days as crypto investor matches record www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Reform receives second £36m donation in two days as crypto investor matches record
Cryptocurrency investor Christopher Harborne says he has matched a donation from Ben Delo announced late on Friday.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A true hero 💔👇
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america.is.not.free @antifapatriot.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
#SteveBuscemi #heroes #September11 #NeverForget
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Noel @noelgl.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Oh yes ! And a wife beater, and a kidnapper, with an interesting approach to grooming gang victims…
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David Blackett @grimupnorth68.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Don’t be stupid, be a smarty; come and join the MAGA party
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Patrick Barlow @patrick-barlow.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
bsky.app/profile/mich...
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JD @jd007ifonly.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Seems like a good idea. Here's another young chap's version youtube.com/shorts/CTYp6...
youtube.com
Micky Flanagan - people are a bit thick #mickyflanagan #standup #britishcomedian #britishcomedy
YouTube video by Stand Up Comedy Shorts
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David Blackett @grimupnorth68.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Mixing his metaphors, very much doubt he knows what a metaphor is.
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David Blackett @grimupnorth68.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
And some English lessons: “I seen ya….”
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David Blackett @grimupnorth68.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Because it wasn’t original material
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David Blackett @grimupnorth68.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Perhaps Kemi, she has form 😏
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Trump has to lie that "she liked me" and post an AI image showing her with him, but this makes it pretty clear that Dolly Parton may have been coy about her feelings (hence the look of faux surprise) but she did *not* like Donald Trump.
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David Blackett @grimupnorth68.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
And Jane Seymour as Constanze
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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
My gay heart 💔 Dolly presenting Whitney with the Grammy for “I will always love you”
Picture of dolly presenting whitney with a Grammy for I will always love you
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Just ‘Steve’ 💙 @steveplou.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The Felon will always do what benefits his own interest.
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David Blackett @grimupnorth68.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Well done Mrs B😊
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Mr. Blabalino 🇳🇴🇺🇸💙 @blabalino.com · 22/08/2026
Found this recording of Rita Moreno performing “Fever” on The Muppet Show from 1976. 14/10
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David Blackett @grimupnorth68.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
static.klipy.com
Irony Meter Goes Off The Charts
ALT: Irony Meter Goes Off The Charts
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Theresa McLeod @westtexascatlady.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Exactly!
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Destroyewski @destroyewski.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
man of honor 🥇
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
No one wanted to be his partner, but she saw the champion no one else saw. Original post
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David Blackett @grimupnorth68.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Just need to change one letter
static.klipy.com
Glenn Close: I'm Not Going To Be Ignored
ALT: Glenn Close: I'm Not Going To Be Ignored
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David Blackett @grimupnorth68.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Word salad
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David Blackett @grimupnorth68.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
And not just his father….
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David Blackett @grimupnorth68.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
You’d better think…
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annetomato50.bsky.social @annetomato50.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Because he was hounded to death by unwarranted levels of press attention, outright abuse and harassment completely out of proportion to anything he did wrong. Hounding that didn't happen to white academics who are known plagiarists and stay in post. Hell, convicted child abusing academics get less
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Jeff Rudd 🇮🇪 🇨🇦 🇵🇸 @jeffrudd.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
REMEMBER: They all knew.
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David Blackett @grimupnorth68.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Miss the days on X when you could wind him and his coterie (soapy, pub landlord, failed actor, Tory boy, cosplay vicar) up.
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Kuntie Plopkins @kuntieplopkins.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Petition to bring back dark chocolate bounty bars
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Jason Gorman @jasongorman.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Let me fix that headline for you, BBC News: "Reform UK Tries to get Humiliating Clacton By-Election Off The Front Page With Outrageous, Uncosted Policy Ragebait"
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womaninterrupted.bsky.social @womaninterrupted.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Come on Clacton! Bin him!
Pic of Nigel Farage alongside stats that show, when an MEP for British Fisheries he attended 1 of 42 Fisheries meetings.
As an MP he's voted once of 77 votes in Parliament . He's hel 0 surgeries in Clacton since becoming MP 2yrs ago
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David Blackett @grimupnorth68.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Hopefully you won’t have to deal with this; so much for free speech.
theguardian.com
Arron Banks ‘hired private detective’ to look into journalist who investigated Reform UK
Asked whether he targeted reporter who investigated party finances, Brexit campaigner says: ‘When you live by the sword, you die by the sword’
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Sir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I do hope Ben Wallace remembers that Zia Yusuf fought with Lee Anderson in The Battle of The Somme…😉
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
"Hands up if you're a prancing prick who's been spouting complete bollocks about using the Royal Navy to send migrants back to France in a desperate bid to distract attention from the sleaze your party is mired in"
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tastewart 🦋 @tastewart.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Jeanne Gibson, beloved “Rosie the Riveter,” passed away on July 29, 2026 at 100. Gibson became a welder at Todd Pacific Shipyards in Seattle, helping build destroyers for the Allied war effort during WWII. Gibson helped pave the way for millions of women who stepped into critical wartime roles.
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David Blackett @grimupnorth68.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
No shit Sherlock
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David Blackett @grimupnorth68.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
LinkedIn is turning into X
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David Blackett @grimupnorth68.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Good to see an organisation standing up to corruption Uefa to boycott World Cup in protest against Fifa sell-off www.thetimes.com/article/fa13...
thetimes.com
Uefa to boycott World Cup in protest against Fifa sell-off
European governing body takes decision at crisis meeting in move that would essentially kill Gianni Infantino’s plan to sell stakes in tournament to private investors
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Northern & proud 👊 @gazlancs.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
A Reform UK councillor shares a post saying a Labour MP “should be shot”? Nigel Farage won’t apologise. Zack Polanski shares an Instagram photo? Zia Yusuf demands police action within 24 hours!! 😡
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David Blackett @grimupnorth68.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
From a party that invited a individual to their conference who called for the immolation of migrants and politicians; hypocrisy is off the scale.
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David Blackett @grimupnorth68.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
c.org/DLqW4TDpyS
c.org
Sign the Petition
SAVE JODRELL BANK – Protect a national treasure of science, heritage and inspiration
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Kuntie Plopkins @kuntieplopkins.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I'll tell you who wasn't a whiny little bitch & would never have got sent off for having a hissy fit at the referee. Kevin Keegan, that's who. RIP
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