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Jonathon

@jijonathon.bsky.social
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Professional grump. Unadulterated liberal. Wish I had been a potter. #Parkinson’s

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Jonathon @jijonathon.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
He wouldnt get a job in an abattoir! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Tennessee’s top prison official resigning after botched execution of Christa Pike
Frank Strada leaving position as state launches independent investigation into what went wrong
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Jonathon @jijonathon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It’s clear BBC Today is frightened of the word genocide. #r4today 
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Jonathon @jijonathon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Esther Rantzen had a harder time dying than she should have done. All the best.
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Jonathon @jijonathon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Ed Davey how can you ban clever AI?
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Jonathon @jijonathon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Another rich man talking down his own country He doesn’t even have the balls to pay tax here. #Ratcliffe www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Jim Ratcliffe: UK is ‘on the slide’ from days when it had world’s ‘greatest empire’
Co-owner of Manchester United says Britain is in decline because of high taxes and immigration
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Jonathon @jijonathon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The USA slides into facism. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump bans CNN, MS Now and Politico from the White House
US president has overseen an unprecedented restriction of access for major traditional news media since start of second term
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Jonathon @jijonathon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
101 in Bridport. My best restaurant by far. Corrugated shack on a trading estate, but what lovely food!! 😋
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Jonathon @jijonathon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Ed Sheeran is the Gerald Ratner of music. Crap. Mercenary. And an unprincipled fence sitter.
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Jonathon @jijonathon.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I have proof I thought Ed Sheeran was crap in 2004.
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Jonathon @jijonathon.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
£13000 is not enough to live. The hype suggests we shoukd think it is. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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UK retirees with no other income will not pay tax on new £13,000 state pension, No 10 says
Average wages rose by 3.9% in three months to July, signalling pensioners will receive uplift of same percentage in 2027 under triple lock
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Jonathon @jijonathon.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Just typical… Dan Thomas resigns as Reform Wales leader after arrest on suspicion of assault
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Jonathon @jijonathon.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Rich men want to buy our democracy. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Christopher Harborne matches £36m Reform donation of Ben Delo
Party leader, Nigel Farage, ‘humbled’ by contributions from billionaires as Harborne addresses ‘media speculation’
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Jonathon @jijonathon.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Real life evidence shows the impact on jobs to be neglible. (See California). www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Tourists in England face nightly levy on hotel and Airbnb stays under new plans
Labelled a tourist tax, proposals would give mayors power to decide how revenue raised should be invested
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Jonathon @jijonathon.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Might there be a lot of shredding going on in Reform HQ? www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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Reform UK says it will ‘fully cooperate’ with Met after inquiry launched into alleged overseas donations – UK politics live
Party denies wrongdoing after Scotland Yard confirms it is investigating allegations broadcast by Channel 4 after undercover sting
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Jonathon @jijonathon.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Did Justin Webb on #r4today imply that ED Miliband is not a real Jew? Just because you don’t go to synagogue every weekend?
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Jonathon @jijonathon.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
About bloody time.
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Jonathon @jijonathon.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Just Stop Oil were whalloped. Why arent these fascists? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Guardian view on the far right’s real weapon: it is the politics of powerlessness | Editorial
Editorial: From Dover to Saxony-Anhalt, extremists thrive when voters believe established parties can no longer deliver security, prosperity or meaningful change
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Jonathon @jijonathon.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
A flock of idiots. Mob? Swarm? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner land in Moscow aiming to revive Ukraine talks
US envoys expected to meet Vladimir Putin before going to Kyiv, after peace efforts floundered in recent months
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Jonathon @jijonathon.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Sounds like prime ministerial material to me? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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‘I wasn’t even listening,’ Farage says of donations scandal meeting
Reform UK leader maintains innocence in overseas funding controversy on last day of party conference
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Jonathon @jijonathon.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The government needs to bring these fascists to justice. Paramilitary fascists walking our streets is entirely unacceptable. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Black-clad protesters in balaclavas block road at port of Dover in Kent
Traffic on A20 in and out of port grinds to halt as Kent police say they are in attendance and engaging with group
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Jonathon @jijonathon.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
How much is Nigel Farage today?
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Jonathon @jijonathon.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Reform UK = Racists seeking money.
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Jonathon @jijonathon.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
“UK is failing to capitalise on Brexit” says Trump trade envoy Jamieson Greer (otherwise known as an idiot).
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Jonathon @jijonathon.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Have we got to the point - the pivot - where everyone realises Trump is not the least clever, smart or shrewd? It’s taken a long while.
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Jonathon @jijonathon.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Really? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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US issues sanctions against UK-based direct action group Palestine Action
US labels group ‘global terrorist’ as its legal challenge against proscription in UK nears supreme court hearing
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Jonathon @jijonathon.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dont bother. Trump will try and own you. He’s untrustworthy and a liability. Save your air miles. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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UK officials prepare for potential Trump talks as Burnham plans New York trip
PM known to be keen to attend UN general assembly after meeting Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Ukraine
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Jonathon @jijonathon.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Does anyone else remember the salmonella panic of 1988? Edwina Currie was to blame. Millions of hens had to be culled. 🍳
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Jonathon @jijonathon.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Does anyone think for a second that this will be a full and proper investigation? news.sky.com/story/israel...
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Israeli army orders criminal investigation into killing of Palestinian girl Hind Rajab
Sky News found in an investigation in 2024 that several IDF tanks were in the area where Hind Rajab and her family came under fire, despite the military denying it was there. The investigation will be...
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Jonathon @jijonathon.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Burnham will fall at his first hurdle. He won’t stand up to Trump and the fossil fuel lobbyists and say NO to North Sea drilling. Weak. #Burnham
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Jonathon @jijonathon.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Tomorrow he’ll be bombing Greenland and the Vatican. This senile old man should be in a secure care home. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Donald Trump threatens to bomb Oman if it ‘gets in the way’ of ending Iran war
President issues threat to ‘bomb the shit out of them’ after previously threatening Gulf ally in May
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Jonathon @jijonathon.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Now the geriatric old fart threatens to bomb Oman - another ally. And it’s still Monday.
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Jonathon @jijonathon.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Monday: geriatric leader gets confused and praises the enemy and humiliates his ally. Everyone around him shrugs.
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Jonathon @jijonathon.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Do you think a single journalist at the Telegraph or Daily Mail feels a shred of remorse today having killed a man? What about the editors who demanded more and more coverage?
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Jonathon @jijonathon.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Fuck you the media. Fuck you the BBC. Fuck you Reform UK. Fuck you The Guardian. Fuck you Csmbridge University. This never should have happened! You killed him. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Jason Arday found dead after resigning from Cambridge over plagiarism claims
Academic was pronounced dead at his home in south London after police called to address after 3pm on Friday
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Jonathon @jijonathon.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The problem with an eclipse in the evening is it’s the evening. It gets darker anyway. Shadows get longer. Animals are already falling asleep.
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Jonathon @jijonathon.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Is the Summer Editor of The Today Programme, Paul Dacre? #r4today.
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Jonathon @jijonathon.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Everything is a distraction from Epstein. Greenland to Iran to Venezuela to Iran and back again.
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Jonathon @jijonathon.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Clash of the Titans (1981) is far better than the Odyssey! There I said it.
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Jonathon @jijonathon.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Trump is now full-on tragicomedy - we all have to watch this fool fumble around causing death, chaos and destruction on the global stage. 🎭 And the final Act is yet to come.
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Jonathon @jijonathon.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...
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Carly Simon shares Parkinson’s disease diagnosis and says music has ‘rescued’ her
Singer-songwriter also had surgery to treat carcinoma on her face, leading her to ‘withdraw from public view’
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Jonathon @jijonathon.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Which crime syndicates are involved here? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Police investigate payments to Reform UK first revealed by The Guardian
Scotland Yard is looking at two £250,000 donations to the party by Britain Means Business before the 2024 election
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Jonathon @jijonathon.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
These guys are up to their necks in dodgy money… #Tice #Reform
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Jonathon @jijonathon.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
If it’s that cushy, evey tabloid journalist should spend a day and night in Broadmoor. The Cranfield Ward for a sleepover?
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Jonathon @jijonathon.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
This is our future….extreme heat and wild fires.
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Jonathon @jijonathon.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
With all its technology entrepreneurialism and AI boosterism, the USA is led by a senile old git with a comb over.
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Jonathon @jijonathon.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
What? www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Risk of Parkinson’s disease may increase with prolonged exposure to road traffic noise
Pioneering study linking noise pollution to Parkinson’s finds 3% increase in risk for every 11.5dB rise in noise levels
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Jonathon @jijonathon.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
A great appointment already causing ripples… www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Who is Miatta Fahnbulleh, the radical-thinking new UK energy secretary?
Selection of economist formerly at helm of green thinktank marks continuation of decarbonising Miliband era
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Jonathon @jijonathon.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
This is interesting… but not something to try at home just yet: www.newscientist.com/article/2580...
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Inhaling high-dose CO2 clears Alzheimer's proteins from the brain | New Scientist
Intermittently inhaling a high dose of carbon dioxide seems to remove the proteins amyloid and tau, which are implicated in Alzheimer's disease, from the brain by boosting its glymphatic system
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Jonathon @jijonathon.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
One of life’s great certainties:- The Telegraph will hate Ed Miliband whatever job he does.
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Jonathon @jijonathon.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Dear journalists: it is not a “funding row”! One tweet from a backbencher does not make it a row.
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