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John Harrison

@johnaharrison.bsky.social
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COYS, Co-op party member. Anti-Trump/Farage. Star Trek & Casualty nut Like history, boxing, cricket, snooker, dogs & quiz shows C-PTSD sufferer 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

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John Harrison @johnaharrison.bsky.social · 39m
Well, you are in a minority in this country, but I had already gleaned that tbf. For most people, football matters & Man City's cheating is far more important than, say, Gaza or fracking or devolution to them I am a political nerd, but football MATTERS to me & Burnham misspoke
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 22h
"Picking on Byline Times sends a message to other political journalists: Be careful. Don't be too critical. We can do the same to you." @adambienkov.bsky.social speaks to LBC's @mrjamesob.bsky.social about Byline Times' ban from Conservative Party Conference.
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John Harrison @johnaharrison.bsky.social · 4h
Saying he hoped the owners of the club that cheated would not leave the club as that might affect their bankrolling of his regeneration schemes in Manchester? He's the Prime Minister !! You think that's ok? Seriously? Do you think that's a neutral statement in Britain's biggest football scandal?
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John Harrison @johnaharrison.bsky.social · 6h
That's not true. Football matters to tens of millions of British people & if the Prime Minister is making statements supporting the cheats who decided to wreck the game, that's important
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John Harrison @johnaharrison.bsky.social · 6h
It was and their view has beenbwell documented
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John Harrison @johnaharrison.bsky.social · 14h
One can only this tragic, pathetic incident is the end of the death penalty in the USA Useless bastards can't even kill a restrained woman
bbc.co.uk
Christa Pike unconscious and on ventilator after botched execution, lawyer says
As of Thursday night, Pike remained critically ill and is being treated at a hospital in Nashville, Tennessee.
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John Harrison @johnaharrison.bsky.social · 17h
Lots of people want our shiny nuclear missiles...😃😃😃😃
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John Harrison @johnaharrison.bsky.social · 18h
The Ayatollaheress of cool Of course she sang Jolene in Welsh Of course she bloody did Goddess
bbc.co.uk
Dolly Parton sings Jolene in Welsh in recording released after her death
Parton's niece Jada Star and Welsh singer Bronwen Lewis say the country artist was proud to sing in Welsh.
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John Harrison @johnaharrison.bsky.social · 18h
I dunno. A lot of people seem to like the cut of his jib & he's better than the rest But you don't look at him - yet - & say 'this guy is bringing it home.'
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John Harrison @johnaharrison.bsky.social · 18h
Absolutely fucking brutal Crace is a Spurs fan I am a Spurs fan Living with THAT kills empathy Polanski annihilated by a dude who collects Tottenham programmes from the 1970s Wow
theguardian.com
At Brighton, Polanski raised his arms in triumph. It felt more like a wave goodbye | John Crace
The Greens’ leader seems long on agitprop but short on ideas – and one byelection away from losing his job
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John Harrison @johnaharrison.bsky.social · 21h
Must be difficult for City fans 👇👇👇👇👇 Yep
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Mitchell And Webb: Are We The Baddies Sketch
ALT: Mitchell And Webb: Are We The Baddies Sketch
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John Harrison @johnaharrison.bsky.social · 21h
What a dicksplash
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John Harrison @johnaharrison.bsky.social · 22h
Ok
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John Harrison @johnaharrison.bsky.social · 22h
Ok I back Burnham & I have liked a lot of what has happened since he became leader But footy...
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John Harrison @johnaharrison.bsky.social · 22h
It was a car crash Don't get me wrong - I want Labour to succeed but I watched that live & thought 'Oh my God, shut up!' I am pleased the party is doing better but Jesus, Mary & Joseph !
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John Harrison @johnaharrison.bsky.social · 22h
Irrelevant FOOTBALL is a big deal. Manchester City cheated every club in England. You don't understand this at all Perhaps stop talking
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John Harrison @johnaharrison.bsky.social · 22h
Watergate was about the governance of the USA Burnham was talking about football The latter is FAR more important
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John Harrison @johnaharrison.bsky.social · 23h
...sorry...
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John Harrison @johnaharrison.bsky.social · 23h
Yeah right TOTALLY DIFFERENT
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John Harrison @johnaharrison.bsky.social · 23h
I think Burnham was pretty clear that he wanted the Manchester City owners to stay in place despite the masdive cheating Not clever
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John Harrison @johnaharrison.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
French students protesting In other news, water is wet
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John Harrison @johnaharrison.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
He is standing in an important constituency. If he fails, he fails. I certainly don't think that means he would need to stand down as Green leader. I think he is doing the right thing by standing & trying to be the leader as an MP in Parliament I am not a Green
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John Harrison @johnaharrison.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
So Man City's appeal is utter bullshit Wow Who would've guessed? Can we just boot these cheats out? Be nice
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John Harrison @johnaharrison.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
People have lives
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John Harrison @johnaharrison.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
No, Jim. You are just not the sharpest tool in the box
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John Harrison @johnaharrison.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Sure Did that work?
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John Harrison @johnaharrison.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
No idea
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John Harrison @johnaharrison.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Well, I like football I prefer an Everton fan to an Arsenal one 🙂
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John Harrison @johnaharrison.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If you wish A supposedly 'radical' comedian from the early 80s
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John Harrison @johnaharrison.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The 'no depth' thing is key I don't trust his political instincts as he appears to have no 'hinterland' (as Denis Healey coined it) He's like an actor who can't cope with going off-script You feel he wants to turn to a director & say, 'What's my motivation, here?'
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John Harrison @johnaharrison.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I couldn't give a rat's arse what Alexi Sayle says about anything
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John Harrison @johnaharrison.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
But fully justified
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John Harrison @johnaharrison.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Would Trump launch against Russia? The automatic, programmed-in responses mean he would have no choice, but, if he did, would he? Or would he leave Europe to burn... We know the answer The UK - alone - can inflict 100 million Russian casualties in a few hours EU membership? Perhaps...
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John Harrison @johnaharrison.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
He HAS messed up
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John Harrison @johnaharrison.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Yes
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John Harrison @johnaharrison.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I think Britain brings nuclear submarines & 225 atomic warheads (probably more - assuming we lie about numbers) to the table. In a post-NATO world, with Putin's familiar Farage fading faster than a light morning mist, the dynamic COULD be changed Macron clearly thinks so
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John Harrison @johnaharrison.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
He's done ok, but - as a Guardian reader - I think the articles of Toynbee, Crace, Beckett etc - are part of the same coup - planned for months - that expelled Starmer They'll change
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John Harrison @johnaharrison.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I thought that term had been retired I got called that when Jeremy Corbyn was elected & said it was the worst idea since Icarus deciding flying at the sun was a cool plan
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John Harrison @johnaharrison.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Certainly bloody does...
bbc.co.uk
Manchester City: FA says guilty verdict has "significant implications for integrity of the game"
The independent commission's verdict against Manchester City has "significant implications for the integrity of the game", according to the Football Association.
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John Harrison @johnaharrison.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Let me loan you a blunderbuss so you can shoot the messenger more effectively No one FORCED Burnham to come out with that stuff You sound as partisan as Trump excoriating the White House press corps I don't like Mason. So what? Burnham said it...
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John Harrison @johnaharrison.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
You'd think !!!!
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John Harrison @johnaharrison.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Actually, you missed a word & I apologise. Yes, Spurs have had a decent record against City & - fwiw - it came off Llorente's arm
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Spock's Iconic Live Long and Prosper Greeting
ALT: Spock's Iconic Live Long and Prosper Greeting
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John Harrison @johnaharrison.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Non-league...
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timj64.bsky.social @timj64.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Reduced to 6 on appeal.Given Everton cooperated in the investigation and admitted the financial irregularities City’s punishment needs to reflect their lack of acceptance of the investigations findings and the fact they frustrated it at every opportunity
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John Harrison @johnaharrison.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Yawn You can naff off back to the third tier & hope you manage to scrape past (checks notes), the mighty Gillingham in the play-offs again Frannie Lee, Colin Bell, Mike Summerbee, Rodney Marsh. That was a real City team Everything you've won is tainted. Deal with it Cheats
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John Harrison @johnaharrison.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
No Twerp Tottenham were failing LONG before City became Abu Dhabi Rovers I would support Spurs in the non-leagues You really are very stupid
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John Harrison @johnaharrison.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I want him to succeed as I always go with the 'least bad,' but in my (many) years in the Labour Party, I had the chance to vote for him as leader I did not - ever
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John Harrison @johnaharrison.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Good
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John Harrison @johnaharrison.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
You're not very bright, are you? No wonder you won't put your picture up
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John Harrison @johnaharrison.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Absolute tosh Ordinary people CARE about football Maybe you don't Who cares? Football is the BIGGEST issue in millions of British lives. And he managed to screw that up
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