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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Long tribute from Kemi Badenoch in her conference speech to Jeffrey Archer, complete with round of applause. The world is a "less colourful" place without him, she says, which is one way to describe a serial fraudster, fantasist and liar who wrecked several lives in the process.

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Harry Taylor @harrytaylor.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Not sure it's a Gotcha to say she's ignoring the abuse Barnes faced. The wider point is necessary and well-made (the best bit of rhetoric in her speech), but pretending the 1980s and early 1990s were halcyon days for race relations in football is wrong...

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Harry Taylor @harrytaylor.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Kemi Badenoch claims John Barnes and Ian Wright did not have people questioning whether they were English. Not sure that's true, especially in John Barnes case. He was targeted by the National Front while playing for England!

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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 05/10/2026

Ok, Birmingham city centre is 10x better than when I first came here 20 years ago, great tips in replies to this. but ehhhh despite everything it’s still far too car brained and not enough people living in the centre and they seem to have forgotten to build cycle lanes. Feel like I’m in Cincinnati.

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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Early release latest: a man was released from Wandsworth, outside of which British Transport Police immediately arrested him for bike thefts he was wanted on from June and August.

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Harry Taylor @harrytaylor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Exceptional. And far better than the AI nonsense that would no doubt be used to promote such an establishment now!

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Harry Taylor @harrytaylor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It's a song that lives semi-permanently in my head (thought of it earlier when I ran past a rug shop), so when I heard the news on Midlands Today...the ear worm began.

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Harry Taylor @harrytaylor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Coventry Market confirmed as getting £1.5m in funding gives a good excuse to share this Harry Hill clip about it. youtu.be/pMh-i31VZCE?...

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Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule | Coventry Market | ITV

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Harry Taylor @harrytaylor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

After Burnham's speech, I wonder how many of the die hard Starmerites are still sticking to their guns.

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Harry Taylor @harrytaylor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A lovely piece that touches on another impact of a decline in church going - who will play the organ in ten years time? Surprisingly different beasts to the piano. spectator.com/article/the-...

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The Village Organist

Geoffrey has a merit in Grade 7 piano (taken 52 years ago), a distinction in Grade 1 recorder (59 years ago) and no qualifications whatsoever on the organ. Regardless, this makes him the most talented...

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Jack Mendel @mendeljack.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Majority of football fans against drinking alcohol in stands — new poll www.thetimes.com/sport/footba... This reminds me of the smoking ban. At first people opposed it. But then they realised, they can go to the smoking area and socialise. On a match day, people drink before, and in the concourse

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Majority of football fans against drinking alcohol in stands — new poll

YouGov poll finds 64 per cent oppose Andy Burnham’s plan to reverse 41-year-old ban, while more than half think it would make the match-day experience worse

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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 24/09/2026

Reform's Jaymey McIvor says 'English people are claiming asylum in the Home Counties' due to 'out of control immigration'. 'Did they not just move house?' Shelagh Fogarty asks him.

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David Wilcock @davidtwilcock.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Several hundred blackshirts have been demonstrating outside Basingstoke Police station tonight, where they believe he is being held.

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Harry Taylor @harrytaylor.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Case is active. Standfirst goes harder.

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Jay Zedbee @jayzedbee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

the bears freaking tf because they think theres a general election result

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Harry Taylor @harrytaylor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

As a football fan, this would be a dreadful idea if it happens. I suspect Burnham watching most of his football in a sanitised Premier League is behind his view, but for most fans it would make the experience far worse. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

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Andy Burnham signals he may lift ban on alcohol in football stands

Prime minister says measure is discriminatory when fans of other sports are not similarly restricted

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James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

And what did he do on that livestream, huh, BBC? What did he do?

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Andy Bruce (Reuters) @bruceandy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Main memories of the mini-budget: • although I was convinced it would go badly wrong I was still astonished by the ferocity of the market moves as Kwarteng spoke • Willem Buiter telling me it was "totally, totally nuts" (one of those gold-dust quotes for a story)

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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Worrying scenes in the Channel today, for all interested in asylum policy and maritime tactics. A small boat from Normandy spent more than 30 hours at sea. Those on board now on their 2nd rescue vessel as Border Force forced to play cat and mouse with far-right activists who have their own boat.

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James Vaughan @equusonthebuses.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Results of a Daily Express poll #OnThisDay 1936 enquiring as to whether its readers were more sympathetic to Nazi Germany or the Soviet Union...

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Harry Taylor @harrytaylor.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A gallery reporter's dream, this game. Still had a 30 second blank. 60/649.

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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Bonus for whoever wrote this chyron

Trump speaking at UN — MS NOW chyron reads: Trump touts being a peacemaker while asking if he should annihilate Iran

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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Bridget Phillipson on the BBC about Jim Ratcliffe's latest complaints about the UK: "You'll forgive me if I do take with a pinch of salt what someone who is a tax tax exile has to say about our country."

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Harry Taylor @harrytaylor.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Absolutely fascinating. Lived in Salford/worked in Manchester for a year and thought as someone with an interest in trains I'd heard it all. Superb.

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Harry Taylor @harrytaylor.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Where was Exchange in Salford? I assume it spanned the Irwell?

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Harry Taylor @harrytaylor.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Not uniquely, but my broad view is that actual cyclists (ones who own their bikes) have a more skin in the game as they aren't paying to hire it per minute, and have a bit of an obligation to their own kit/surroundings. Almost consistently the bad cyclist behaviour I see is by those on Limes.

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Harry Taylor @harrytaylor.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Reminds me of three people on Lime Bikes in Angel on Sunday, who not only went through a red light, but then nonchalantly cut through pedestrians crossing the road. The riding of them is almost-universally bad. The model promotes it. Ban the lot of them.

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Alex Hern @hern.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

continually maddening that people blame "the water companies" for hosepipe bans when "the water companies" have been begging to build new reservoirs but a few retired QCs in Oxfordshire have used the entire weight of the british planning system to prevent it www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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Thames Water redraws mega-reservoir plan amid local opposition

A new public consultation has opened on the 150bn-litre above-ground White Horse project in Abingdon, Oxfordshire

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Harry Taylor @harrytaylor.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Just read this column. Baffling. Claims she has watched the show. Doesn't stack up with my memories of it. Someone deep down the rabbit hole.

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Adam Chapman @adamchapman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Lord, grant me the optimism of the BBC 1 scheduler that reckons the Last Night of the Proms will be done by 2240 *again*. #NotAComplaint

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Harry Taylor @harrytaylor.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

As a friend said 'He's decided he's the main character and the audience are backing him for it'. No doubt he will wind up some usual suspects, but tough, I thought he was outstanding.

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Harry Taylor @harrytaylor.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Another brilliant BBC Proms #lastnightoftheproms, capped off with excellent performances by showman tenor Nicky Spence. Fantastic music, great fun.

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This is such a satisfying piece, by @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social - and of interest and concern not just to midlanders.

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Harry Taylor @harrytaylor.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

A great night to be a Harriers fan as they reach their highest position in the league since November 2013. Even better to watch it in Leicester Square with a few of the Harriers London and South East Supporters Club.

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Alex Hern @hern.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

It's finally happened: the improved quality of machine transcription and the greater ability to extract value from unlabelled data means "your tech is eavesdropping on you for marketing purposes" has crossed from "false conspiracy theory" to "true and concerning" www.theverge.com/tech/991190/...

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LG TVs caught spying even when offline or on standby

Gamers Nexus comes for LG again.

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 08/09/2026

Once again, another policing issue appears to boil down to "What do you expect us to do, our jobs?"

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London & Southeast🔅 @thesnowdreamer.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Autumn has arrived in UK we see London sitting at 15C just after midday 🌧️ something of a novelty. It looks likely today will be the day which ends >20C daily max streak in London. A remarkable 87 consecutive days narrowly beating 2022 with 85 days.

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Mike Parker @mikeparker.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Sixty years ago today. (opening of All the Wide Border)

The opening section of All the Wide Border.

A cyclist using the foot/bike path across the Severn Bridge.

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

It is on one of those gods-awful Reach local news sites, but Birmingham Mail is doing a spirited job of doing a live blog of the flags injunction case today in Birmingham www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Labour shortlist in Holborn & St Pancras: Sagal Abdi-Wali (council leader since May), Camron Aref-Adib (Cabinet member for finance), Nasrine Djemai (Cabinet minister for housing).

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Will Meakin-Durrant @wmeakindurrant.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Anneliese Midgley has moved the writ for a by-election in Holborn and St Pancras, following the departure of former prime minister Sir Keir Starmer from both No 10 and the House of Commons.

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 07/09/2026

I wrote for @theipaper.com about the Reform crowd's violence, the obvious rejection of norms, and how it may dent the normalisation of the party inews.co.uk/opinion/the-...

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The image that will haunt Farage

Reform UK conference attendees attacking protesters could be a defining moment for the party

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Harry Taylor @harrytaylor.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

News from the House of Lords: former cabinet secretary Lord Richard Wilson of Dinton has retired from the Lords. He was head of the civil service from 1998-2002.

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Harry Taylor @harrytaylor.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Some problems remain. Zia Yusuf is like a stone in the party's shoe, can't shake it or stop the pain, suspect we haven't heard the last of the members manhandling protesters, and Farage's offer to Raise the Colours seems a poorly thought move. But it will have rallied members after a shaky period.

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Harry Taylor @harrytaylor.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Back in London after Reform conference. The Channel 4 story cast a shadow over it, there was far less of a triumphant buzz than last year, but the event was still bigger than previous years and most Reform members will come away convinced they're on the way to No10.

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