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Jan Manners

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Welsh, lives across the border. Malvern Hills, Western side. No DM’s, find them creepy.

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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
New IMF forecasts tell you 2 things about UK economy. Firstly, the British economy has proved resilient in face of the Iran conflict: IMF have UK growth as joint second fastest in G7 this year (forget forecasts, in hard data we’ve seen the fastest growth in G7 so far this year)
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Michael Clarke @mikeclarke2020s.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Watching this development carefully. No Eur country should bother with Patriot now. 1. Won't get them for years, 2. Subject to US caprice, 3. FP 7 missile will be @ 20% of Patriot cost, 4. FP 7 got same performance profile, except terminal guidance, which will improve. Good prospects overall.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
What most Americans know about EVs is propaganda from the fossil fuel industry mortified at the prospect of loss of their leading source of sales. Now that millions of electric vehicles have been on the road for a decade or more, we have the data to check in on how their batteries are holding up.
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EV Batteries Are Defying Expectations After Hundreds of Thousands of Miles
Industry experts think newfound knowledge of battery durability is a game-changer for consumer confidence in EVs.
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MissPlaced @missplaced.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Oh, i see the issue now.
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Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
SpaceX market cap $2.1tn Microsoft market cap $2.8tn SpaceX revenue ~$20bn Microsoft revenue ~$300bn Incredible.
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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
That Oxford education really shone through
Rory Stewart, a former Tory minister, recalled one typical encounter: “I saw him on the floor, staring at a map, saying: “Fuck me, look how big Scotland is. This is just fucking mad, man.’”
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Farage looking to stoke another summer of 'Farage Riots'. He's now openly competing with Rupert Lowe for leadership of the Far Right.
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Man, this is gonna be an expensive way to wipe my ass.
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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Blair putting on full display what is in many ways his special ability - to lay out a political argument grounded in his own view of global trends (globalisation in the 2000s, tech in the 2020s). But… institute.global/insights/pol...
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The Labour Party Is Playing With Fire Over Its Future and the Future of the Country
In this essay, Tony Blair sets out the need for a new agenda for Britain.
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All The Right Movies @alltherightmovies.com · 26/05/2026
THE SHINING (1980) recreated in Lego renders. The detail is incredible. Can't find who made these so please credit if you know... 1/10 - The Colorado Lounge
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Sneaking a giant screen into the flagshagger march is one of the funniest things @ledbydonkeys.org have ever done. "STAY HYDRATED" 😂🤣😂
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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
The plan means it’s not just NHS waiting lists falling - so is the deficit. And this matters if you care about spending on schools not debt interest. Under the last Conservative government the UK borrowed above the G7 average in every single year. This year? We will borrow less.
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Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
All of these cute stories about robots running sub-4 min miles during a half marathon fail to mention how terrifying it will be when these things are hunting us for sport in 2029.
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
A US blockade is quite interesting in terms of relative pain tolerance. No Iranian exports = more pressure on regime in Tehran. But also, no Iranian exports = even tighter global supply, higher prices, more pressure on Trump too.
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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 09/04/2026
This year’s Universal Credit uplift means that the basic rate of unemployment benefits will go up by more than inflation for the first time since 1983. But the real-terms value of unemployment benefit is still 5% lower than in 2010-11. By contrast, State Pension rose by 20% over the same period.
Chart showing weekly real-terms value of various benefits: UK
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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Incredibly telling Kemi Badenoch interview on Today: - can’t say what she’d actually want UK forces to do - no idea what objective her proposed military action is to achieve - hides from reality that single biggest constraint on British military = her govt’s defence cuts
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Jan Manners @janmanners.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
@rspb.bsky.social question for you, how accurate is the Merlin app as this showed up earlier.
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 10/02/2026
we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
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Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Breaking: The government has pledged write off 90 per cent of councils’ historic SEND deficits – estimated to be worth £5 billion schoolsweek.co.uk/government-to-wri…
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Government to write of 90% of councils' SEND deficits
Local authorities will get a grant to cover all but 10% of deficits accrued by the end of 2025-26
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Jan Manners @janmanners.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Trump’s Stifling of Dissent Reaches a New Level www.nytimes.com/interactive/... NYT has revised its review of American freedoms, not good.
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Opinion | ICE and Minnesota Have Pushed the U.S. Closer to Autocracy
Measuring America’s slide toward democratic erosion.
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 06/02/2026
"The British Olympic Association... is understood to be relaxed that Kenworthy has given a personal opinion on a subject that sits outside the Games." www.thetimes.com/sport/winter...
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GB skier avoids censure for writing ‘F*** ice’ in snow ‘with urine’
Gus Kenworthy, whose Instagram account boasts 1.2million followers, will not face disciplinary action for message about US immigration officials
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Simon Gosden @simongosden.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Early reviews are in: ‘Even if they showed this on a plane, people would still walk out’
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Doctor Charlton Cussans PhD @charltoncussans.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
457 British dead you ungrateful orange fuck.
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Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Nae a bad view ✨️ Last night, the green and red hues of the northern lights shone brightly over the conservation breeding for release centre, based @highlandwpark.bsky.social. Even a wildcat can't be grumpy under that sky! Did you see them from where you are? 🔭
Vibrant aurora with shimmering red and green lights fills the night sky above a silhouetted forest, conveying awe and natural beauty.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Quite the dramatic poll of NC by TIPP. It’s a sample that reports having voted Trump 45/42. His approval rating among these respondents is now 39/53. Roy Cooper’s fave rating is 54/32. And Cooper leads the Senate race 48/24, with a ton of undecided. Cooper still pulls 21% of Republicans.
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👣Coco👣 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @nortygirl.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Northern Lights over Greenland 🇬🇱
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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 15/01/2026
Flying to Minneapolis tomorrow to cover the ICE raids for News Agents, what is unfolding and the politics which flows from it. If you’re there or know the city and know people/organisations we should be speaking to, please get in touch. DMs open.
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BNO News @bnonews.com · 13/01/2026
WATCH: Trump shows his middle finger and appears to say "fuck you" after Ford worker yells "pedophile protector" - TMZ
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
British police have killed fewer people in the last 100 years than American police kill in an average month. Policing in America is an ongoing tragedy.
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Russ The Tedious Ghost @russ41.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
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Jan Manners @janmanners.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
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Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office
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John Harwood @johnjharwood.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
couldn't happen to a more corrupt administration apnews.com/article/come...
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Judge dismisses Comey, James indictments after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed
A federal judge has dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, concluding that the prosecutor who brought the charges at Presiden...
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
I don’t know what the Supreme Court will do, but I am confident that at the District Court level it is still the case that the Pentagon cannot recall a sitting US Senator to active duty in order to court martial him for something he said. Article 1, Section 6, among other constitutional provisions.
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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
2011 - In the Situation Room, President Obama oversees the attempt to capture Osama bin Laden 2025 - In the Situation Room, President Trump attempts to convince a woman who was thrown out of Beetlejuice: The Musical for allegedly wanking off her boyfriend, to not vote to release the Epstein files
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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
You've got to hand it to Madame Tussauds, they really nailed this one
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Brian Moore @brianmoore666.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 02/09/2025
UK in advanced talks to build warships for Denmark and Sweden on.ft.com/4oYosS1
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UK in advanced talks to build warships for Denmark and Sweden
Discussions come as London deepens alliances with Scandinavia in face of Russian threat in the Arctic
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Polly @polipolly.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
I’d love to know what Macron knows and what he just told Meloni. That’s one hell of a reaction. #G7
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AladdinNoons @aladdinnoons.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
😂
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
The US navy has placed its base in Bahrain on high alert.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
The head of US Central Command has postponed tomorrow’s testimony to lawmakers because of rising tensions in the Middle East.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
In amongst all the excitement I fear many have missed this outstanding bit of trolling by Friedrich Merz. The Chancellor gifted Trump a gilded framed copy of his grandfather’s German birth certificate... reminding Americans that Trump is both the child and grandchild of migrants.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Portugal is taking online disinformation and fake news seriously. As part of a broader attempt to encourage media literacy, it’s offering 15-18 year olds a free digital subscription to a range of respected newspapers and magazines as well as online upstarts that don’t spread lies. (Monocle)
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Tom Schaller @schaller67.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Tim McVeigh would either be in Congress or a popular podcaster/youtuber today: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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‘The bomber’s words sound mainstream. Like he won!’ Oklahoma City’s tragedy in the time of Trump
Revulsion at deadly Oklahoma City explosion in 1995 has faded. But echoes of the blast, and its perpetrator, Timothy McVeigh, are heard today as far-right ideas storm the US
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
I am no body language expert, but
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Biggus Jimmus @biggusjimmus.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
This is so simple. The Tariffs crash the stock market. The billionaires buy up the stock. He undoes the tariffs and the stock price goes up. A simple transfer of wealth from the middle classes to the super rich is occurring. Wake up!
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
The suffering that will be unleashed on Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos is horrific. And that's not because they have "raped" America. It's because they're poor, they can't afford many US goods but they can become wealthier by exporting to rich countries.
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