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Guy Hornsby @guyhornsby.bsky.social · 20h

Oh RICHARD (Yes, I'm watching on delay)

Guy Hornsby @guyhornsby.bsky.social · 20h

I am SO bored of the Westminster journalists obsessing over an early general election. Almost no one in the voting public wants one. We're sick of them.

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Guy Hornsby @guyhornsby.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We need more men calling out misogyny, willing to stand with women, and take action. goodlawproject.org/s/748822

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It’s time for men to speak up - and act | Good Law Project

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Guy Hornsby @guyhornsby.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is terrorism, plain and simple. Netanyahu's ultra-nationalist government has waved it through for years and has enabled these appalling incidents to occur. This is on him. Sadly, for all the international outcry, he simply does not care. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...

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Israeli forces overwhelmed by violent settlers in ‘terrorist attack’ on Palestinian family

Settler violence in West Bank makes everyday life ‘untenable’ for Palestinians, says ICRC after assault on family trying to return home in Jalud

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Guy Hornsby @guyhornsby.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

GET WILL BOSISTO A NATIONAL CONTRACT FOR GOD'S SAKE! If you love cricket and you love second chances, then get on the Will Bosisto train! @finalwordcricket.bsky.social c.org/Fjh4CGZ9PD

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

📌 ICYMI — Rupert Murdoch Flew Kemi Badenoch and Her Deputy to Mediterranean for Summer Trips Worth £12,000 — @josiahmortimer.bsky.social The Conservative leader and Alex Burghart MP held "off-site meetings" with the billionaire media mogul in August

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Rupert Murdoch Flew Kemi Badenoch and Her Deputy to Mediterranean for Summer Trips Worth £12,000

The Conservative leader and Alex Burghart MP held "off-site meetings" with the billionaire media mogul in August

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This is *not* the result of "the success of Mahmood's reforms", but of earlier measures/other factors. Her proposals could make it considerably *worse* in future years. A few other points linked below.. archive.ph/0psJ8

Falling migration numbers could cost the chancellor as much as £7bn in fiscal headroom as he writes his first budget, The Times has been told.

Government insiders believe that John Healey, who already faced an uphill battle to balance the books next month, is likely to have an even bigger challenge after immigration significantly undershot projections from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).

The Institute for Fiscal Studies think tank estimated last month that the success of Shabana Mahmood’s reforms, which have seen net migration cut to the low hundreds of thousands, could cost Healey some £4bn.

Labour sources familiar with the budget process, however, said that the figure was now closer to £6.5bn. The OBR’s migration forecasts have been consistently higher than real numbers in recent years.

Treasury officials, who have long expected Mahmood’s reforms to cause a hit to headroom, described the number as “pure speculation” but did not deny that Healey would have to contend with a larger funding gap than expected because of falling migration

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Guy Hornsby @guyhornsby.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I have just heard news that Germany has invaded Poland @norcrosscricket.bsky.social. We must be stiff with our resolve as we approach these bleakest of months. #IsItAprilYet

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Guy Hornsby @guyhornsby.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

www.theguardian.com/music/commen... For someone supposedly apolitical, he was happy to play a concert in support of Ukraine. It's not really about Sheeran here as much as fudging a stance on something where saying nothing is allowing oppression to win. But he has really misjudged this.

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Ed Sheeran wants to stay out of politics. By quitting his tour, his support acts have exposed the hollowness of neutrality

By standing behind support act Macklemore, who was removed from the tour for his vocal support of Palestine, these artists are demonstrating the self-sacrifice necessary to stand against those crushin...

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Guy Hornsby @guyhornsby.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Oh this is desperately sad news. She was an incredible writer, thinker and was always on the side of the oppressed. A huge loss.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Samuel Alito flew flags used by insurrectionists. Clarence Thomas' wife plotted to overturn the 2020 election. Both justices refused to recuse themselves from SCOTUS cases related to the Jan 6 plot. Both ruled in favor of Trump's mail-in ballot sabotage. I don't think I'll ever get over this.

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Guy Hornsby @guyhornsby.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

You just have to laugh now. There's no other way to watch Lancashire. Even 200 appears unassailable these days. Sigh.

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Guy Hornsby @guyhornsby.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I guess it's all just in plain sight with these grifters. But yeah, Russia Hoax. 🙃

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Guy Hornsby @guyhornsby.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Every one of these so-called leaders are massive hypocrites. Stop buying their lies.

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Guy Hornsby @guyhornsby.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

www.theguardian.com/news/2026/se... Another reason we need an exit tax. It's always the argument these people will leave. Of course they will: the rich are the best at paying less tax. For all their philanthropy, they want to be richer. So tax on UK assets when they leave.

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Billionaire Chris Rokos, who paid £330m in tax last year, to quit UK

Hedge fund tycoon is latest financier to exit amid fears among super-rich over tax rises

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

80 year-olds with pro-Palestine signs: arrested as terrorists. Greens planning to block a road, to highlight an existential crisis: sent down for years. Masked far-right thugs blocking roads and ports, using intimidation, obstruction & threatening behaviour: no arrests. The real two-tier policing.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The AfD and Reform immigration policies are almost identical. There is no plausible reason for considering one far right and the other not.

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Guy Hornsby @guyhornsby.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Handy advice for protesters: - Peaceful protest against Gaza genocide: potential terrorist, prison sentence guaranteed if you write a 'terrorist' group's name... - Black balaclavas, blocking a major port, or impromptu anti-immigrant thuggery: no worries lads, you're just 'patriots'. Carry on. 🙃🙃🙃

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Guy Hornsby @guyhornsby.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

My first trip to @lancscricket.bsky.social at Farington and it's a beautiful setup. A really nice way to build a modern out ground and community cricket hub. Feeling emotional knowing it's the last time I'll see Crossy play cricket ❤️

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Guy Hornsby @guyhornsby.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Devastating day at the Vuelta for Pogaçar. He was likely to comfortably win barring a mishap like today. Hitting a rock on the road you are unsighted of is cruel luck. I hope he's ok. This blows the race wide open, with a clutch of riders in the GC frame now.

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Guy Hornsby @guyhornsby.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Another week, another England player being a dimwit. And the captain facing the press rather than Rob Key. Perhaps he's on holiday?

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Tony - Pod Guy - Groves @tonygroves.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

BBC invited Palestinian writer, researcher and analyst Muhammad Shehada on to talk about Israel’s decision to investigate the killing of Hind Rajab. Below is Muhammad’s account of what happened next. Full disclosure: I know him years and he’s a regular on the pod. So naturally I believe him 100%.

@muhammadshehad2
Disappointed the BBC cancelled my interview on
Israel's killing of Hind Rajab
2 producers eagerly reached out. They confirmed the time & one called to prepare a brief for the anchor
She asked me whether Israel's announcement is positive, I explained in detail it was a cover up.
The IDF is blaming the killing of Hind, her uncle, aunt & 4 cousins on the family itself for trying to flee by car & on the ambulance sent to rescue her for "failures in the co-ordination of the movement."
None of this is remotely true! The Red Cross immediately informed the IDF about 5-year-old Hind who was hiding in that motionless car, & they requested permission from Israel to allow an ambulance to rescue them.
After multiple long hours, Israel granted greenlight to the ambulance & provided them with a designated route on a GPS to drive on.

soon as the ambulance reached Hind's car, the IDF ambushed & bombed them immediately with an American made anti-tank missile then opened fire on Hind's car. The car was hit with 355 bullets.
Israel then kept that area under lockdown for 12 days, & prevented anyone from approaching.
Hind's mom went daily to the Ahli baptist hospital hoping to find her daughter, until her lifeless body was brought in along with the charred remains of the ambulance men.
Israel then claimed after an "initial investigation" that its troops were NEVER in that area to begin with. They maintained that claim for 2 years despite ample recordings & satellite images debunking this lie.
The only reason Israel is now making this new announcement of a deeper investigation is to shield its soldiers & generals from the International Criminal Court by invoking the principle of "complementarity;" that the ICC cannot investigate a state that is already investigating itself in good faith.

I told the BBC producer Israel today also quietly shut down the investigation into the triple tap killing of American, Canadian, British, Australian & Polish citizens in the WCK massacre. Israel blamed the massacre on the aid workers themselves for "deviating from the predesignated route" & for hiring an armed security guard "without informing the IDF" (both claims where debunked by WCK themselves, who had coordinates their every step with the IDF).
I told the producer the Israeli commander responsible for this massacre, Nochi Mendel, is a fanatical settler who had signed a petition calling for starving Gaza & that he was celebrated by settler leaders & supported by Israeli government leaders after what he did.
Mendel even received a box of chocolate from the settler council's leader & a letter of support for what he did.
Mendel was initially dismissed by the IDF & blamed for the massacre, but was quickly & quietly reinstated & promoted in the Defence Ministry as the head of the settlements and notionol infroctrunturo unit

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Guy Hornsby @guyhornsby.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

A pretty decent start to the day. Robinson back and bowling it on a string. Tongue finding his range devastatingly. Runs for everyone so far, and a solid partnership building. Rain aside, if we can get to 300 that's going to be a very rosy start for Root's return. Aaaah Test cricket ❤️

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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 17/08/2026

Every day a new horror

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Abstract Tesseract @abstracttesseract.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

What I especially appreciate about this is that it shows how this is a familiar story: negligent decisionmakers crafting elaborate stories to avoid accountability. We don't need to wait for new tools, committees, or institutions to address that.

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Guy Hornsby @guyhornsby.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

A very good and sobering thread. Arday may well have made those mistakes, but is anyone else getting this level of sustained vitriol?

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Guy Hornsby @guyhornsby.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

An amazing result for Bangladesh. They played brilliant Test cricket. A team that got castles by the CAXI a week ago, winning by 9 wickets in Australia. So few teams do that. It'll be fascinating to see what Australia do from here (probably make very few changes and win by an innings).

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Guy Hornsby @guyhornsby.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

The Tour De France Femmes is such a cracking race. Big crowds, great racing, a superb advert for the women's peloton. ❤️

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Tom Phillips @tom-phillips.com · 02/08/2026

It is quite strange how little the actual public inquiry we're having into the UK's Covid response - the one that's publishing in-depth reports every few months - factors into the "you're not even allowed to ask these questions" complaints. We are, in fact, officially asking these questions!

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Guy Hornsby @guyhornsby.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I guess Walter and Hartley are just going to be on the bench all season for Manchester. I'm not sure what Tom Moores with a T20 average of 25 at 137 is going to get you over two bowling all rounders that can really bat when it's likely you don't end up with 6 or 7 coming in for much of any innings.

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Guy Hornsby @guyhornsby.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

So, Polanski's (idiotic) sharing of the Farage t-shirt is going to involve the police at Reform's request. And yet they lauded Lucy Connolly, who called for burning down of migrant hotels, at their conference. Which is it? You can't do both. Hypocrites. ITV News share.google/dwhpDhQAlNHw...

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Guy Hornsby @guyhornsby.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke... Happy with Fleming. He's got loads of expertise and experience of the English game, and of course it's very handy he's good friends with McCullum. Hopefully he'll be in place for winter and only the Pakistan series will be a stopgap.

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Stephen Fleming: England expected to appoint former New Zealand captain as Test coach

Former New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming is expected to be appointed as England Test coach after the sacking of Brendon McCullum.

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London & Southeast🔅 @thesnowdreamer.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Today experienced the 24th day of year hitting 30C in London. For perspective in whole of 1980s we had 21 days.

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The Office: Woman Holding 'HOT' Sign

ALT: The Office: Woman Holding 'HOT' Sign

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

About 1 in 4 of the party membership seem broadly aligned to the group being barred (defend ECHR with reforms + net zero; Brexit-sceptic ex-remain moderates). Once net zero is a veto/ litmus test, that extends to over half of the 2024 voters!

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 19/07/2026

Over the past month, New York has welcomed the world. From neighborhood watch parties to the stadium, we’ve celebrated the communities that make our city the global capital of the beautiful game. Today, we close out a historic World Cup, proud of how New Yorkers showed up every step of the way.

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Guy Hornsby @guyhornsby.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Argentina with more shots on target after the game. #worldcupfinal

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Guy Hornsby @guyhornsby.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

The ICC are not fit for purpose. Even as just an events organisation, they are not even fulfilling their 'grow the game' remit. It is meaningless. It is pointless. They have changed the rules mid game, for nakedly selfish reasons. Associates are rightly furious. www.cricinfo.com/story/icc-od...

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'Incredibly disappointing' - Associates criticise ICC's revamped ODI World Cup format

They argue that the newly introduced Super Series limits opportunities they have to compete and grow on the global stage

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Jack Grimes @jackapedia.design · 16/07/2026

Furious that Chris Nolan would disregard historical accuracy in adapting The Odyssey by making a "movie" with "cameras" instead of memorizing the entire story and then going on a nationwide tour to sing it to us while tripping on ergotized barley

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I wonder how many death threats the quiet Sadiq Khan has received, as he requires round the clock security because of the targeting he gets from extremists. And who, on our political stage, has done the most to whip up that level of hatred and racism, if it isn’t v loud Farage? (BBC report extract)

Mr Khan said "I'm not going to allow racists to intimidate me"
Needing 24-hour police protection due to the “colour of his skin and the god he worships" has been "tough" on his family, the mayor of London has said.
Sadiq Khan told a fringe event at Labour's annual conference he had received "death threats" and "vitriol" since becoming mayor in 2016.
Mr Khan said the response of England footballers to the racist abuse they suffered after the Euro 2020 gave him "confidence to talk about it myself"

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Guy Hornsby @guyhornsby.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I see we're into the "get Pep in" phase of the post tournament exit grief/lunacy curve. Perhaps the uncomfortable answer is Southgate and Tuchel have taken the players as far as they can go. Perhaps this is our level. 4th best team in the world is way better than the 00s, I can tell you.

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Guy Hornsby @guyhornsby.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Argentine players as classy as ever at the end. Sigh. Vamos Espana, eh.

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Guy Hornsby @guyhornsby.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Gutted we couldn't get over the line tonight. We played so well up to the goal but in hindsight the changes didn't make sense. But Argentina are the defending champions and have the GOAT. They were deserved winners, an could've scored more goals.

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Guy Hornsby @guyhornsby.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

So McCullum has finally gone. Partly. This still highlights the madness of awarding him both roles and extending contracts. it was strange timing and smacked of jobs for the boys. I'm ok with him staying for white ball, even though I'd rather he went for both.

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Guy Hornsby @guyhornsby.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Bloody hell, it wasn't pretty but we did it. I am SO HAPPY to be able to go to bed 💯

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Alex Bowden @kingcricket.co.uk · 27/11/2024

Surely one of the all-time great cricket banners.

Crowd banner reading "Hair or no hair Murali's balls are fair"

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Alex Bowden @kingcricket.co.uk · 08/07/2026

Get ready for England v India at The Home of Very Belatedly Permitting Women To Do Things www.kingcricket.co.uk/get-ready-fo...

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Guy Hornsby @guyhornsby.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

As great as it is to celebrate the Test at Lords today, the whole 'Women Making History this week' PR from the MCC and Lords sticks in the throat. MCC didn't want them anywhere near the place for a century. They can get in the sea pretending they are behind this moment. They've been dragged there.

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