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Ifor Bielecki

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After years in the airline industry, a change into the world of Maritime Robotics felt like a sensible one. Only time will tell...

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Ifor Bielecki @iforb.bsky.social · 8h
I spent 25 years as an airline pilot, did a masters in air transport management, then ended up in senior management in big airlines. Never, Ever, Ever invest in an airline. The margins are tiny and the have very little real resilience. Even the RYR's. 99%+ of airlines have gone bust.
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Ifor Bielecki @iforb.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
100%. All mouth, no trousers.
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Ifor Bielecki @iforb.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I'll not only provide an alibi, but more than happy to stand right next to you whilst she does. She can then say it to me too.
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Ifor Bielecki @iforb.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I had to do an inspection on a boat today. I saw the sun and thought "this will be lovely" then arrived at the marina and wished I had brought a wooly hat and thermals.
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Ifor Bielecki @iforb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I've heard better ideas tbh...
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Ifor Bielecki @iforb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
There is nothing in the motion about the US. WHo is funding genocide is not the major point. Genocide is an evil act no matter who is behind it. Just focussing on one and ignoring the others just because the US isn't involved is morally bankrupt.
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Ifor Bielecki @iforb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I'm sure you do. The far left Corbynistas who often say things such as "Ukraine is to blame for why Russia invaded" and other such things. They appear to be the same people behind this motion too.
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Ifor Bielecki @iforb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Tankies will Tank I suppose.
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Ifor Bielecki @iforb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Agreed. The more you read it, the worse it becomes.
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Ifor Bielecki @iforb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I also want to know why there is only a view on Israel. What about all the other appalling things going on in the world? Surely any Genocide should get the same attention, but yet only this one gets a mention. How about South Sudan or the DRC?
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Ifor Bielecki @iforb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Except it isn't. The policy is so badly thought through it can be argued in all sorts of directions. What they may mean and what it says are different things. What is clear is just how disastrous this is for the Greens and how toxic the hard left are politically.
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Ifor Bielecki @iforb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The 48 pg pamphlet that went with it openly called for armed struggle against Israel. They then call for a single Palestinian state "from the River to the Sea" which by definition means the destruction of Israel. You may not want to see it, but it is all there. Don't argue what you haven't read.
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Ifor Bielecki @iforb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This is not a "legitimate policy" it is a ridiculous, Yr8 level, naive piece of political posturing. Either the people who put it forward were too daft to realise the implications, or they are really quite disturbing people. Neither is a good look.
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Ifor Bielecki @iforb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Same, this is where Lucas did well, she helped make speaking about climate change not sound crank. It isn't of course, but so many are unwilling to listen and so dissmissive of environmental concerns, it is actually a hard job.
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Ifor Bielecki @iforb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Everyone loves Paddington, so I'm not sure this is the burn she thinks it is. Especially since Paddington is a runaway, money making, cultural icon success right now...
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Ifor Bielecki @iforb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The hard left are always more comfortable shouting from the sidelines instead of doing anything actually useful to make the changes we need. This is nothing new, they just have a new home to make politically irrelevant now.
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Ifor Bielecki @iforb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
They damn well are. That's the problem. If they don't realise what their own motion actually could suggest to people, then they are not just naive, they are idiots too. Their support for "any means necessary" to take back all of Palestine is absolutely a call for dark deeds.
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Ifor Bielecki @iforb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
She made them sound mildly competent and sensible. Trying to drag the Greens away from the "enviroloonies" moniker that the likes of the Daily Wail would throw at them, was a pretty decent achievement I'd say.
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Ifor Bielecki @iforb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The Corbynistas have performed a coup and taken the Greens from being a real alternative, to a "Your Party" style irrelevance in one fell swoop. I suspect they are going to tank in terms of membership and polling after this. Polanski looks hugely weak too. Total disaster for them.
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Ifor Bielecki @iforb.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Does it? I thought it imploded into Judean People's front Vs People's Front of Judea factional acrimony months ago.
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Ifor Bielecki @iforb.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I have been a Lib Dem member for a while, due to their stance on rejoining the EU. However, the more I see of the party, the less I consider them having any real hope going forwards. There is very little real passion or strong ideological position which is vital for a political party.
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Ifor Bielecki @iforb.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
That isn't an RNLI vessel. What he slashed was the dinghy that was being used by Asylum seekers. However, the dinghy did have a member of the French rescue services on board, who was put at risk. I think he should be handed to the CRS to deal with...
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Ifor Bielecki @iforb.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I'm even prepared to vote Tory if it keeps Reform out an by Christ, I never thought I'd say that.
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Ifor Bielecki @iforb.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Possibly the most arrogant man in UK media, which is an astonishingly high bar.
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Ifor Bielecki @iforb.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Any idea of Russell winning a WDC at Merc with Kimi there is done.
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Ifor Bielecki @iforb.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
If he went any further up his own backside, he'd become a singularity.
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Ifor Bielecki @iforb.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
It was always going to be. The only surprise is that people seem surprised.
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Ifor Bielecki @iforb.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I am very sorry you are having to deal with sort of stuff. The only thing I can say is that the majority of it is probably from bots and therefore the actual number of people doing this is likely to be very, very low. That doesn't make it any less awful though.
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Ifor Bielecki @iforb.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The question has to be asked. What are you all actually doing about it? I see a lot of whinging on social media. A lot less actual action.
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Ifor Bielecki @iforb.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
They absolutely have broken the rules and a TENS was required. Serving food after 11, more than 500 people and selling of alcohol means a licence is required. They had all 3.
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Ifor Bielecki @iforb.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
All the clickbait F1 "journos" will now be howling in anguish as they won't have months of nonsense content and made up guff about "Where will Max go?"
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Ifor Bielecki @iforb.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
This is the stupidest question ever. It is aking to asking "just how pregnant is this pregnant woman?" The real question "just how much of a journalist is the person the wrote the article?"
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Ifor Bielecki @iforb.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Spoken like a true England fan!
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Ifor Bielecki @iforb.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Weeellll, in theory she does, but why? The best political move for all other parties is to let Farage continue to humiliate himself. The sight of him being handed his backside by a bloke with a bin on his head is a meme for the ages.
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Ifor Bielecki @iforb.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
When Rachel Reeves is able to score zingers, then you know Farage is a general laughing stock.
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Ifor Bielecki @iforb.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Serious point here. Whilst I love our favourite Intergalactic politican botherer, please, please, please don't stand in this. Let Farage own this. Let this election be uncontested and save all of us Essex residents an absolute fortune!
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Ifor Bielecki @iforb.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Nigel Farage is such a self-aggrandising, pathetic whinger. That was painful to listen to. "Poor me, boo-hoo-hoo" pretty much covers the whole thing, other than "Oh and by the way I'm going to cost the tax payer a massive amount of money for a cheap political stunt."
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Ifor Bielecki @iforb.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
It was only because the doors in railway wagon in Compiegne are too narrow for Trump to get through...
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Ifor Bielecki @iforb.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Pretty pissed off about it. Not because I am a huge fan of Starmer, but because it seems political drama and chaos seems more important than actually running the country. The BBC and especially it' politicalnreporters need to hang their heads in shame frankly.
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Ifor Bielecki @iforb.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Oh very good Sir. Very good indeed.
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Ifor Bielecki @iforb.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
This is the best fess I have ever seen. Absolutely world class.
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Ifor Bielecki @iforb.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
LOL. Reform are grasping at any straw they can to explain their thumping defeat rather than realise that having a racist, misogynistic idiot as a candidate, allied to the politics of hate, doesn't actually play that well in the big leagues of politics.
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Ifor Bielecki @iforb.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Errr. Does anyone know the registered address of this Antifa Organisation?
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Ifor Bielecki @iforb.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
How would you know? No-one seems to have mentioned it...
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Ifor Bielecki @iforb.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Kabeya is the best player in an England shirt. She usually is, even if others get more plaudits. Properly class player.
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Ifor Bielecki @iforb.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Isn't that where Clarkson lives? That might explain things on that front...
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Ifor Bielecki @iforb.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Momentum is your friend
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Ifor Bielecki @iforb.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Here's hoping more Unions sort their lives out and support their women's teams in the way that will allow it. @welshrugbyunion.bsky.social and @scottishrugby.bsky.social I'm looking at you lot in particular. Sort it...
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Ifor Bielecki @iforb.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
I love it when people first get solar, the sheer joy of watching as you make your own electricity is fantastic. It becomes normal after a while and I don't even look at the app anymore, but I know it is doing what it needs to and our bills (or lack of them) are testament to that.
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Ifor Bielecki @iforb.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
The amazing Hadbury (Hadleigh + Bury) Panthers have just smashed the U14 Eastern Counties League Championship. Amazing rugby from all the girls. An absolute tour de force. Well done Cambridge, you put up a great fight too. #thesegirlscan #rugby #bserugby
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