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New Watford manage incoming.

At least the gold leaf is on the ceiling and not on the food. I'm getting flashbacks to "The Young Ones" looking at that potato. "Don't look at me, I'm irrelevant".

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IanTrem @iantrem.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Given the lack of coverage in the news, I presume most outlets thought it was a foregone conclusion Labour would keep the seat. Not even seen a soundbite from Farage over the contest.

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IanTrem @iantrem.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"Beginning next week", so when Parliament returns from the conference recess. Wonder how many of those national tour dates will be in the US?

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IanTrem @iantrem.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"We don't want you to be punished for working hard". So I'm giving the well-off free childcare by letting staff go from Arts England and the Environment Agency, who clearly do need to be punished, especially if they don't find another job in 3 months the scroungers!

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IanTrem @iantrem.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A VAT cut on electricity had been mentioned but talk yesterday was a cut on all energy. Today it seems to just be electricity again so it might just be that the news went a little nuts yesterday.

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IanTrem @iantrem.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

What's had very little coverage (so far) is the scrapping of VAT on energy bills from next month. I've not seen any "Is that all" comments from media outlets or opposing MPs but the Man City news may have overshadowed this (and in some places might overshadow the pension announcement).

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IanTrem @iantrem.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Prime Minister has announced that emergency service workers, NHS staff, armed forces, education sector staff, council workers and the civil service are all going to get a guaranteed 2.5% pay rise every year going forward. Imagine the front page of the papers tomorrow if he'd said that?

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IanTrem @iantrem.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Article comments across the land up in arms about the Social Care reforms that haven't been fully announced yet which basically boil down to "If people can't afford it, let them rot" knowing that those that can afford it will find a loophole to stop them having to pay for it.

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IanTrem @iantrem.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Whilst "enjoying" root canal work at my Dentist, his playlist (lack of adverts suggested a playlist rather than the radio) treated me to The Smiths "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out".

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IanTrem @iantrem.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Who's butchered the Gruffilo?

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IanTrem @iantrem.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Many Happy Returns. Hope you have a lovely day.

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IanTrem @iantrem.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

And since 2008 they've lived through Austerity (which decimated schools and child services and was, apparently to pay for the bailout, though banks have made more than enough since to pay it back), Brexit (which stops them studying abroad) and COVID (which stopped their education for 12+ months)

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IanTrem @iantrem.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

There's such a thing as "left over" roast potatoes?

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IanTrem @iantrem.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

There's such a thing as "too many roast potatoes"?

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IanTrem @iantrem.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It's outside the Premier League so they're not going to talk about the actual football are they.

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IanTrem @iantrem.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Alternatively, talk to the man on the front page of BBC News who thinks Britain is no good, and get his company to pay tax on the money it makes in Britain and him to pay tax on the money he earns in Britain, then do the same with all the others who do the same thing.

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Martin Calladine @uglygame.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Jim Ratcliffe, who was housed at UK taxpayers' expense, sent to a publicly funded grammar school, received a free university education and made his money buying assets from a former UK taxpayer-owned company has apparently "lost confidence in the UK." What more does he want from the UK?

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IanTrem @iantrem.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

These were the guys in the balaclavas, yes?

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IanTrem @iantrem.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

"PGMOL is now called PRO REF. I don't think they're trying to be ironic!" Got to love Mark Chapman.

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IanTrem @iantrem.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

They've had a shocker but Michael Owen calling it the worst VAR decision ever is a bit much. It's might only just be the worst this season so far.

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IanTrem @iantrem.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

They're also worried someone's going to the look at the books of big tech and realise the money is just going around in circles and governments are seeing none of it.

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IanTrem @iantrem.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

They didn't think they were getting enough bad publicity from racking up component prices and destroying the environment with their data centres so thought they'd point out how they could end the world, as though Putin or Trump having a bad day could do just the same.

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IanTrem @iantrem.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Brilliantly put! "You are more likely to be treated by an immigrant than to be behind one in a queue." needs to go on the side of a bus.

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IanTrem @iantrem.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

People seem quite happy to call out Trump for what he's doing in Iran and elsewhere, without thought of the impact it might have on Americans, or even Christians, so am I being over-simplistic to think that this is the same thing? We're surely criticising the man, not people of the same faith.

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IanTrem @iantrem.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

You might want to look at some UK newspaper front pages to see how people have already jumped all over it despite what he said.

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IanTrem @iantrem.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I presume there's nothing to stop the people of Clacton turning up to the Constituency Surgeries of local MP Nigel Farage dressed all in black and wearing balaclavas should they have a legitimate concern. Apart from the fact he doesn't host Constituency Surgeries of course.

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IanTrem @iantrem.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The real reason they've been told to wear the balaclavas.

Cutting from the Daily Telegraph from 8th September 2026 with a story about Nigel Farage saying his party will ban face coverings after the protests in Dover and Portsmouth. It's nothing to do with those protests, it's just his way of banning face coverings for religious reasons.

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IanTrem @iantrem.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

A great many people have 'legitimate concerns' about a great many subjects. However, I don't see people turning up in balaclavas and a need for a police presence at, for instance, a school PTA meeting.

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IanTrem @iantrem.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I'll say this for the Reform party. It's leader and quite a few of it's leadership team are doing their best to get up close and personal with the crisis in our prisons.

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IanTrem @iantrem.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I fear for the poor families about to endure a two hour train journey to Skegness with the family I'm sharing a train with to Nottingham. Not least because, at the end of it, they'll be in Skegness.

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IanTrem @iantrem.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Just a minute, I hope you're using someone else's phone / computer or using a device in a library that's not been closed. Because if you are claiming a benefit and own a device that let's you interact with the Internet then how very dare you? Lee Anderson will be straight round!

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IanTrem @iantrem.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Yet an MP can have a never-ending holiday from their constituency should they so choose?

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Garret Beggan 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @garretbeggan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

If you want to see just how fast these companies can move if their own money is at stake, try uploading a clip from a football match where another broadcaster has the digital rights, or new film, and see how quickly it gets zapped. That should be the benchmark for removing CSAM and disinformation.

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IanTrem @iantrem.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Sainsbury’s have done this before. There was the Conservative's "Intern" / "workfare" program where they got college / uni students to stack shelves for free. I can't remember when it was and any search leads to today's news but think it was under Cameron.

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IanTrem @iantrem.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I wonder if they're just treating the early rounds of the league cup the same way most teams do? The "Sports Extra" commentators come from home team's local radio. Will be listening Saturday so will find out for sure.

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IanTrem @iantrem.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Reading some amazing letters that she sent to various people for various reasons. Could be the subject of her own @letterslive.com (who, sadly, don't appear to post here anymore)

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IanTrem @iantrem.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

It might also lead to is having department ministers who have knowledge of what they look after rather than, say, home- schooled eduction ministers who were promised a job and are given what's left over.

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IanTrem @iantrem.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I wouldn't be against it if out also included: - Not being able to have any other job at the same time. - Not being able to claim any expenses (travel to/from Parlinent and a flat in Westminster would be provded) - Subsidised bar/restaurants in Houses of Parliment only for guests.

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IanTrem @iantrem.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

That blackcurrant tart looks so awful that even a dessert- loving former Masterchef presenter would turn it down.

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IanTrem @iantrem.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Those that are left are now singing about "only come to see the Arsenal". You're own fans have come to see the Arsenal and have fucked off early!

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IanTrem @iantrem.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I know they are only a few minutes to go, but the Emirates is emptying quicker when Arsenal are winning than the London Stadium when West Ham are losing.

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IanTrem @iantrem.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Nigel Farage blaming the UK's ills on immigrants is like the Premier League's Richard Masters blaming all corruption in football on teams in the Dorset Senior League. Why can people see where the real issue is in football and not in the country?

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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: 25-year-old Argentinian biologist Pilar Ferrer has developed an injectable gel that helps repair damaged heart tissue after a heart attack

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IanTrem @iantrem.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Yeah, and give us a small blue salt bag so we can add our OWN salt to OUR crisps.

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IanTrem @iantrem.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Wonder how many players were hydrating with products supplied by the sponsor?

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IanTrem @iantrem.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

The red car and a blue car had a race. All red wants to do is stuff his face. He eats everything he sees, From trucks to prickly trees. But smart old blue he took the Milky Way.

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IanTrem @iantrem.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I've recently read that King says the film ends better than his story so I might watch now having not bothered before (because of the ending). Given Darabont's work on Shawshank and The Green Mile, it's bound to be any good.

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IanTrem @iantrem.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Conform, when they finally do what we all expect and merge with the tories.

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