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Darrin

@itsmrhughes.bsky.social
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Still waiting for the great leap forwards. Watching movies. Playing the guitar. Is this thing on?

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Supertanskiii @supertanskiiii.bsky.social · 12h
A second Brexit referendum is a truly stupid idea. Straight to rejoin. No fucking about. There’s no logical argument, economic or otherwise, for not rejoining. The British electorate has proven that they don’t have a clue and are easily duped by disinformation campaigns and foreign interference.
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Kevin McKenna MP @kevinmckenna.co.uk · 11h
Sarah’s reaction isn’t surprising. We all know the criteria she uses & that Reform’s constant two-tier refrain reveals rather more about how they see the world than how our police & courts do This incident should have been a much bigger wake-up call to all of us. Instead it was too often downplayed
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Darrin @itsmrhughes.bsky.social · 13h
Great first half but still a little baffled by the lack of changes.
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Ruth Watson @ruthwatson.eurosky.social · 20h
Who radicalised this domestic terrorist - a white English man? What social media, TV channels, or politicians influenced his views? If he was not white, how different would the response from Reform UK be?
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
In addition to being the UK's most Kremlin-sanctioned newspaper, Byline Times has now been banned two years running from both Conservative and Reform UK party conferences. Judge us by our critics, and subscribe to support our work: subscribe.bylinetimes.com @peterjukes.bsky.social
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 29/09/2026
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Burnham: "I will not allow it to continue like this. Today I can confirm Angela Eagle will present a strengthened water bill to Parliament. The center piece of that bill will be this. The repeal of Margaret Thatcher's ideological ban on public ownership of water companies."
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Brendan Hark! T'is nearly Halloween. @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Just to fully underline how spiteful this shit is for those unaware: On the left is the route the Orange Order have been ordered to take for the past 3 decades without trouble. On the right is the route that has brought hundreds of cops to Drumcree. The only motivation is sectarian antagonism.
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Amrk @amrk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I broadly agree but I’m genuinely not taking the piss - this is reverse racism and the bigotry of low expectations against white people, who Shabana Mahmood thinks are deeply bigoted and liable to lose control of their senses and descend into base violence if people try to explain things to them
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Darrin @itsmrhughes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
You've got to feel for Scotland. The number of chances they create and no Centre Forward to put them away. Think how many a Brian McClair or Ally McCoist might have scored by now.
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WWN @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"I Didn't Eat The Honey, I Prevented The Eating Of Honey" Confirms Honey Covered Bear In UN Speech waterfordwhispersnews.com/2026/09/2…
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Darrin @itsmrhughes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Both Juventus and Rangers have been handed relegation as a punishment/consequence of their actions. What odds the Premier League will hand out any such punishment to City?
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Rush is a Band @rushisaband.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Paul Woods, a.k.a. “Pye Dubois” passed away last week. He was the co-lyricist on RUSH's "Tom Sawyer," "Force Ten," "Between Sun and Moon," and "Test for Echo." RIP smithfuneralhome.ca/memorial/pau...
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Memorial - Paul Phillip Woods a.k.a.
It is with great sadness that I announce the passing of my beloved brother, Paul Woods, a.k.a. “Pye Dubois”, at his home in London, on September 15, 2026. Pye was a true Canadian Icon. A gifted write...
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Steven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise.
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Melissa Jo Peltier @melissjpeltier.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
We’ve been trying to get people to understand this since the ‘90’s, folks:
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Iain Mansfield @igmansfield.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Who doesn't love a listicle? Here are the top 25 must-read science fiction books of all time, ranked. Spanning 150 years of writing, from earth-bound intrigue, through planetary colonisation to interstellar space opera, this is the best of the best. www.edrith.co.uk/p/the-25-sci...
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The 25 Science-Fiction Books You Must Read, Ranked
And five short story collections
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 19/09/2026
Saudi Arabia are like Spurs: they've spent a huge amount on their defence, yet they are still getting hammered www.ft.com/content/07fd...
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Saudi Arabia sounds air-raid alerts as missile and drone assault intensifies
Authorities issue warnings in the capital for the first time since Yemeni rebels reignited conflict
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I'm planning on writing more about this cuz it's truly bizarre. It's selective amnesia. The goal is to cover up that the Biden admin did absolutely nothing about the crimes committed in Trump's first term despite running on a platform of accountability: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-lost-v...
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The Lost Vortex
2022 was the last best chance to turn things around.
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Darrin @itsmrhughes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I'd be tempted to name Kante as West Ham's Man of the Match in spite of the red card. Gave the team the energy and hustle they badly needed. Scored the first goal. Yes he made the mistake that led to the red card, but he took his punishment and probably saved us the point.
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Darrin @itsmrhughes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Much better second half.
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Darrin @itsmrhughes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Undone by 2 long throws. It's a bit like watching the start of last season at the moment where we struggled to defend high balls into the box.
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a frightful hobgoblin stalking throughout Europe @supermathskid.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I really need a job, if anybody knows of somewhere looking to hire a good writer with connections in scientific academia and a few random folks in government please lemme know
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Tony Dexter @timbleman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Attacking people for saving lives is a hate crime not just against the RNLI but against us as a nation. Enough is enough. Where and what is the Govt response? The RNLI is a voluntary organisation supported by thousands of people who are enraged by the actions of a group of cowardly scum.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
2022: Labour's Tom Watson thanks Epstein's friend former Lord Peter Mandelson in his maiden speech in the Lords 2026: Labour's Tom Watson says he wants Palantir to drive a "paradigm shift in public services in Britain" My view: This looks like the revolving door in action
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Darrin @itsmrhughes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Really doesn't help when we try to argue that they aren't all the same.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Sellout.
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Former Labour deputy leader Tom Watson joins Palantir
Peer takes full-time position at the controversial company as it fends off pressure from both Andy Burnham’s government and Sadiq Khan
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
British journalism and polling are both utterly implicated in the Farage funding scandal iandunt.substack.com/p/british-jo...
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Darrin @itsmrhughes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Fair play to Bournemouth. First game in Europe and a first win.
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Hardeep Matharu @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"It is vital the rise of the far-right that has infiltrated certain establishments – Cambridge possibly being one of them – is looked into. The task ahead for Cambridge & society is huge. Cambridge holds the future of many influential minds. Who influences those minds is fundamental" Dawn Butler MP
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timoconnorbl.bsky.social @timoconnorbl.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Carney telling the European Parliament that what's needed is an alliance - his word, repeated - where nobody gets to tell the EU and Canada what to do. Good *LORD*. And met with a standing ovation. Well, that's that for the previously-existing form of Atlanticism, then.
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Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Lisa Nandy should, in fact, be fired
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Darrin @itsmrhughes.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
It's been properly funny watching this unfold over the last couple of days, but it still staggers me that the little busker actually has the career that he has in the first place.
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5th Iranian White Van Regiment 🇵🇸 @mickeymarxclub.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Very funny that Ed Sheeran, who was so keen to co-opt and monetise Irish culture, failed to take into account how ingrained support for Palestine is in a country that has suffered from famine and genocide from its overbearing neighbour (where he was born and raised)
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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 15/09/2026
I remember a world where if you tried to sell the US out for Russian money you went to a Supermax jail for the rest of your life.
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Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary @andreaegangs.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
TUC says: Migrant rights are workers' rights
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 14/09/2026
‘The eye-gouging was very, very satisfying’: how we made cave horror classic The Descent
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‘The eye-gouging was very, very satisfying’: how we made cave horror classic The Descent
‘The child crawler whose head I crush with my boot was only 11, bless him. It was actually me stamping on a cauliflower’
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Darrin @itsmrhughes.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Ludo. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
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Ludek Miklosko obituary: West Ham goalkeeper whose fans still chant his name
Ludek Miklosko, who has died aged 64, was a cult figure with West Ham supporters after his move to London in 1990.
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Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Or - radical idea - employers should stop expecting new recruits to come to them fully-formed and trained in exactly what that organisation needs at the particular moment, and should actually train them. And yes I know NLW and employer NIC don't help. But neither will this.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The way British democracy is being bought by crypto billionaires is simply obscene - and a direct result of Labour’s unforgivable inaction
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Burnham drops support for political funding cap aimed at curbing mega-donors
PM said he would set bar at £500k, but trade unions say funding reforms could undermine their ability to donate to Labour
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Darrin @itsmrhughes.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
For some reason the phrase Money Laundering comes to mind whenever I look at the news lately. Strange how the mind works sometimes.
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Enough Of That Now @andygilder.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Trump becomes the first orange man to support a united Ireland
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Darrin @itsmrhughes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Okay. 6 goals, 6 different goal-scorers. Always like to see when the goals are shared around like that. Has to be encouraging for the whole squad.
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Darrin @itsmrhughes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
4 - 0 up and just past the hour mark. Dare I say that's 3 points in the bag?
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Darrin @itsmrhughes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Given that the BBC is primarily funded from the licence fee I'm assuming that at least some of that is going to the legal department so 👍 Money well spent.
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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Clearly the premise should be about the Muppets, who run Disney, unable to decide on which direction the new series should take, throwing bits of paper in the air and we get to see all the 'failed' versions that couldn't air for whatever reason. Easy, done.
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KUMB.com: West Ham United FC Online @kumb.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Bolton Wanderers 2-3 West Ham Utd www.kumb.com/story.php?id... #koyi #whufc
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Darrin @itsmrhughes.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I mean, Yes, it should be a wake up call to the Government, but not in the way that she means. I thought that we were supposed to have learnt 80 years ago that you don't/can't appease Fascists.
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a frightful hobgoblin stalking throughout Europe @supermathskid.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Jeremy Vine on radio 2 inviting comment on the thugs last night, literally suggested that you might phone in if "you think they've got a point, because the government clearly isn't doing enough to curb the small boat crossings". How fucking dare you use my licence fee for this fascism
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Darrin @itsmrhughes.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
From the BBC about the business in Portsmouth yesterday. 'Donna Jones - a Conservative politician - calls the protest a "wake-up call to the government... that the British people are fed up with the lack of control of our borders".' That's the Hampshire Police and Crime Commissioner.
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Seems the difference between ‘protestors’ and ‘terrorists’ is that protestors wear balaclavas while terrorists hold placards.
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