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So it's not only the Republican American president who is astonishingly lacking in judgement:

Listening in my car in noisy traffic, it sounded like: "Andy Burnham is giving up hope again." Us, Hugh, us! Insh'allah.

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Hugh Sykes @hughsykes.bsky.social · 18h

Drumcree. A snapshot from 2000: "Some of the [Unionist] rioters were wearing their sashes while manning the barricades. Which is strange: a condition of Orange Order membership is: "maintenance of the public peace." A man said: "My aim now is to cause maximum mayhem." share.google/iaR5wTbWZRB4...

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BBC NEWS | World | From Our Own Correspondent | The Orange Order: loyal to a fault?

On the lower Shankill housing estate in Belfast, they were getting ready for the eve of 12 July.

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Hugh Sykes @hughsykes.bsky.social · 18h

Free plug for Care for Calais, who look after refugees in northern France....courtesy Farage, N. www.facebook.com/share/r/1CRH...

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Hugh Sykes @hughsykes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

. Midterms should be a Slamdunk

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Hugh Sykes @hughsykes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

There was too much emphasis, in the early #BBCNews reporting of the Fairford story today, on an anonymous farmer who was not in a position to have an accurate overview of what might have been going on beyond the scenes that she saw. However compelling, the anecdotal is seldom the full picture.

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Hugh Sykes @hughsykes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Drumcree-Garvaghy Road. Reporting this surreal & often violent standoff between Orangemen & their supporters & the Army and the police, a Loyalist described Catholics as 'scum' - talking to me on tape, and k n o w i n g that he was on tape. share.google/2QP0I6zbGMnq...

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BBC NEWS | Programmes | BH | There they stand. Orangemen and Loyalists.

The writing has been on the wall, for months.

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Hugh Sykes @hughsykes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

My heart sank when I heard the words Drumcree & Garvaghy on the news at the start of the weekend. Oh no, not again! Here are some of the photographs I took the last time the Orangemen were allowed to march down Garvaghy Road, Portadown....in 1997. share.google/TL90D6QGbfbR...

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BBC News | In pictures: War and peace, Garvaghy cops

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Hugh Sykes @hughsykes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

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BBC NEWS | Programmes | BH | There they stand. Orangemen and Loyalists.

The writing has been on the wall, for months.

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Hugh Sykes @hughsykes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

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BBC News | In pictures: War and peace, Garvaghy cops

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Hugh Sykes @hughsykes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Artificial intelligence still has a long way to go. This was the top response today to a Google question: "Who in the UK government is most active trying to counter the addictive algorithms that capture children?

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Hugh Sykes @hughsykes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Trump's and Hegseth's extra-judicial killings, aka murders.

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Hugh Sykes @hughsykes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

US-CHINA. Great opportunity for Mutually Assured CONstruction - Henry Wang, Centre for China & Globalisation (think tank). @bbcpm.bsky.social

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Hugh Sykes @hughsykes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The Hitler Diaries. When they were revealed to be fake, I had to interview Prof. Trevor-Roper for Today (or The World at One, I forget). I asked him if he had fallen victim to "journalists in a hurry." He said Yes.

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Hugh Sykes @hughsykes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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Hugh Sykes @hughsykes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Two great new (to me) words on In Our Time already: Scintillator (not a hat...not yet.) And Collider Physics. Which at first mention I misheard as Kaleidophysics. Part of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN are open to the public. It's a great day out, allow at least four hours.

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Hugh Sykes @hughsykes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Fact checking the 'president'.

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Hugh Sykes @hughsykes.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I'm pretty sure from this that he's not slashing an RNLI dingy, but there is an RNLI volunteer on board, so bringing charges of assault or more should be straightforward - especially as the repeated shouts of Get Off The Boat are evidence of an intention to endanger life.

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Hugh Sykes @hughsykes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

@bendorgrosvenor.bsky.social Your chat on @bbcpm.bsky.social omitted another reason for photographing paintings. I do it. A lot. No, NOT for selfies (never!). I do it for the quality (as you said) but also, more importantly, because galleries seldom have postcards of the works I want to recall.

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Hugh Sykes @hughsykes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

#Israel War Crimes Reminder Charges do not diminish with the passage of time.

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Hugh Sykes @hughsykes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

#Netanyahu "On the basis of evidence examined by my Office, I have reasonable grounds to believe that Benjamin NETANYAHU, the Prime Minister of Israel, & Yoav GALLANT, the Minister of Defence, bear criminal responsibility for war crimes & crimes against humanity". www.icc-cpi.int/news/stateme...

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Statement of ICC Prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan KC: Applications for arrest warrants in the situation in the State of Palestine

Today I am filing applications for warrants of arrest before Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court in the Situation in the State of Palestine. Image ICC Prosecutor Khan on applicatio...

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Hugh Sykes @hughsykes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Russia elections. Heading into a polling station to vote, a man discovered that 'he' had voted already. "Who did I vote for?" he asked. I think this qualifies as 'Kafkaesque'

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Hugh Sykes @hughsykes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Russia elections. Genuine democracies don't need armed masked military to supervise voters posting their ballots. It looks like Putin is Afraid of his People.

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Hugh Sykes @hughsykes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

#Israel Netanyahu: The Reckoning [also #Hamas leaders - but dead already] Starvation of civilians, Wilfully causing great suffering, Wilful Murder - all as a war crime. Intentional starvation, as a crime against humanity. Israel has a right to defend its population, but not by criminal action.

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Hugh Sykes @hughsykes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

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Hugh Sykes @hughsykes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

. Your Airspace Remains Important To Us. ☺️

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Hugh Sykes @hughsykes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Mr. Vice-president, gas prices are 'so high' because of Donald J. Trump & an egomaniac in Jerusalem. Thank You For Your Attention To This Matter.

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Hugh Sykes @hughsykes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The Yellow President Will Hate This.

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Hugh Sykes @hughsykes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Even Fox News are against Trump on this one...

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Hugh Sykes @hughsykes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Israel & Iran, reacting to films that make them look at themselves in the mirror: almost identical response: "Two-faced, hypocritical & despicable." "Treason against the state." "We will revoke citizenship of anyone who defames our military." Can you tell?? Autocrats shoot the messenger.

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Hugh Sykes @hughsykes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Gaza "The type of drone that the IDF used has HD cameras, which would have seen the teenager approaching the body of the wounded paramedic, who was calling for help." [To find this article, all I had to search for was: Israel & Killed & Child.] www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...

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Hugh Sykes @hughsykes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The disuniting Kingdom? "Never before have the four nations of the UK jointly demanded freedom to vote for its dissolution. Yet, London politics have treated the declaration as on a par with the Oxfordshire village of Piddington voting to go it alone." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Slowly then all at once: this emboldened Celtic alliance could spell the end of the UK | Simon Jenkins

It’s something akin to a quiet earthquake: home nations jointly declaring their wish to be freed from English domination. A big move needs a big response, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Hugh Sykes @hughsykes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

. The scary (one of many scary) thing is that Trump has only been in office since January l a s t year.

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Hugh Sykes @hughsykes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

. The scary (one of many scary) thing is that Trump has only been in office since January l a s t year.

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Sandeha Lynch @sandehalynch.com · 18/09/2026

And in small print below: "The cost of one admission is your mind."

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Hugh Sykes @hughsykes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

. Kennedy Center Trump went into a tantrum, It was the most unprofessional thing I've ever witnessed."

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Hugh Sykes @hughsykes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

. Human Sense Of Humour Failure

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Hugh Sykes @hughsykes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

. Make sure you have enough RAM.

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Hugh Sykes @hughsykes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Diana He said He said Charles Windsor said, Charles Spencer Said. Revenge Is Best Served Cold. Guilt at infidelity can cloud reason, affect judgement, and colour memory.

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