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John O’Farrell @johnofarrell.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I know the prisons are really full, but I'm sure they can squeeze just one more in?

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John O’Farrell @johnofarrell.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The masks are there so that we cannot count the number who have been reported for domestic abuse.

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John O’Farrell @johnofarrell.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

In response to Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts, the Public Safety Act 1936 made it an offence under to march in uniform. The Crime and Policing Bill 2026 gave the police the power to order the removal of face coverings at a protest. We cannot stand by and allow the normalisation of fascist intimidation.

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John O’Farrell @johnofarrell.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I don't think that Redwood realises that he's spent his entire political life representing the Norman governing class.

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John O’Farrell @johnofarrell.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Great book launch for @alfdubs.bsky.social last night, celebrating the publication of his long-awaited memoir. From fleeing the Nazis on the Kindertransport to becoming a Labour hero and champion of today's child refugees. A book to restore your faith in politics. www.waterstones.com/book/the-boy...

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The Boy with the Knapsack by Alf Dubs | Waterstones

Buy The Boy with the Knapsack by Alf Dubs from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.

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John O’Farrell @johnofarrell.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

NARRATOR (in May 2027): “No one did visit Rwanda”

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John O’Farrell @johnofarrell.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Second preview of the Mrs Doubtfire musical last. Only slightly interrupted by 1700 emergency alerts going off in the auditorium.

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John O’Farrell @johnofarrell.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I did have a credible security threat, but you don't know her, she goes to a different school.

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John O’Farrell @johnofarrell.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Mrs Doubtfire the Musical begins its UK tour this evening in Birmingham. Here I am recalling all that Brecht and Stanislavski I studied in my drama degree.

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John O’Farrell @johnofarrell.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Hey 18 year olds, don’t worry about disappointing A level results. Lots of my generation got bad grades, but we still managed to add enormous fees for your university education, price you out of the housing market and ruin the planet before we leave it to you.

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

People of Clacton! Show your support for me by putting a bin outside your house, one day this week, of a colour of Tendring Council's choice. This will be unequivocal proof of the success of my campaign.

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Chauman @chaudman.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Norris McWhirter would be so conflicted.

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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

just 14 more heatwaves until Christmas

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John O’Farrell @johnofarrell.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

It takes a special kind of idiot to light a barbecue on the tinderbox that is Clapham Common right now.

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John O’Farrell @johnofarrell.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Mrs O’F defacing the posh magazine in this hotel lounge… “Go to your local state school, they are very good.”

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John O’Farrell @johnofarrell.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Just For One Day, the Live Aid Musical will be touring the UK early next year. Check this schedule to see if it is coming to a town near you - if not I will personally arrange for Bob Geldof to come round to your house and swear at you in your front room. theliveaidmusical.com

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Just For One Day The Live Aid Musical | UK & Ireland Tour 2027

Experience the most powerful night of music you'll ever have at the theatre at JUST FOR ONE DAY: THE LIVE AID MUSICAL, featuring the most iconic songs from BOB DYLAN, DAVID BOWIE, THE WHO, U2, QUEEN, ...

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John O’Farrell @johnofarrell.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

With Labour winning the Manchester mayoral election, the final piece of the transition from Starmer to Burnham has been successfully accomplished. The whole process was done very effectively without the division, defeats and chaos and that many predicted. Labour, I barely recognise you.

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John O’Farrell @johnofarrell.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Infantino should have to stand for re-election to FIFA - but just against Count Binface.

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John O’Farrell @johnofarrell.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Not yet August and the swifts have gone 😥

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John O’Farrell @johnofarrell.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Once again I have been left off the Booker long list, as it continues to discriminate against people who haven't written a novel recently.

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John O’Farrell @johnofarrell.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Not sure this is actually a news story BBC. I think it's just called 'marriage'.

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John O’Farrell @johnofarrell.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

The first thing Andy Burnham must do is take action on that thing that is really important to me. © All Columnists

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Trades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk · 20/07/2026

Congratulations Spain!

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John O’Farrell @johnofarrell.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Shocking scenes at the end of the game. Micah Richards just said Argentina had one less player, not one fewer.

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John O’Farrell @johnofarrell.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I think it is an example our excellent manners that England is the only country to have won the World Cup just once.

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John O’Farrell @johnofarrell.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

On my way to Manchester to see the last performance of Something Rotten! I always knew British audiences would love this show, but the reviews and ecstatic reception has exceeded all expectations! Huge thanks to our amazing cast - and fingers crossed for a West End transfer.

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Sarah Millican @sarahmillican.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

DATE NIGHT! Me and Gary Delaney were very lucky to see Something Rotten last night at Manchester Opera House and absolutely loved it. Great songs, so funny AND tap dancing! Well done Jason Manford, Richard Fleeshman, Marisha Wallace and the whole cast. Last show today, grab a ticket if you can.

It’s (left to right) Gary, me and our good pal Jason Manford who had just come off stage. Gary and I are wearing black and Jason is in pale blue. We’re all smiling. What a great night.

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John O’Farrell @johnofarrell.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

At least England fans are all agreed on one thing. Their own tactics and team selection would have won the game.

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John O’Farrell @johnofarrell.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Anyway, both sides played well and all the chaps had a good runaround in the fresh air and that’s the main thing.

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John O’Farrell @johnofarrell.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Oh this is weird - I had a feeling that England might win the World Cup but now there is a crushing feeling of disappointment. Well I have absolutely never felt this before.

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John O’Farrell @johnofarrell.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I am interviewing official-national-treasure Miriam Margolyes on Aug 2nd in Clapham. If tickets seem expensive, that's because it's basically a very fun way to make a generous donation to Omnibus Theatre to support all its amazing work. Hope to see you there! www.omnibus-clapham.org/whatson/in-c...

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IN CONVERSATION WITH MIRIAM MARGOLYES | Omnibus Theatre

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John O’Farrell @johnofarrell.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

You have until Sunday to catch Something Rotten! at the Manchester Opera House. If there is a funnier song than ‘A Musical’ in any show ever, I would love to see it. (I can say that cos I didn’t write the songs) www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/the...

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Review: Something Rotten is destined for musical greatness

Catch this 5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ musical while you can in Manchester for its UK premiere run, advises Dianne Bourne

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John O’Farrell @johnofarrell.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

If you are going to see the Bayeux Tapestry, then #spoleralert - the Normans win.

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John O’Farrell @johnofarrell.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

RIP Ann Widdecombe. One of those politicians we used to love to hate. But then I actually got to know her… www.theguardian.com/politics/200...

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John O'Farrell: 'Oh my god. Not Ann Widdecombe'

John O'Farrell: Three days in a hotel with the former Tory minister leads to unexpected results.

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John O’Farrell @johnofarrell.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Farage resigning as an MP so that he can stand to be an MP in the same place. As soon as he finds out where that is.

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John O’Farrell @johnofarrell.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

New presenter for the Money Show Live?

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John O’Farrell @johnofarrell.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Have you learned nothing? The United States WON that soccer game. Those Belgian goals were FAKE. #USAvBEL

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John O’Farrell @johnofarrell.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

FIFA corrupt?? Trump corrupt?? It seems like my whole world is suddenly falling apart...

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Chris Neville-Smith @cns-theatre.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

NEW PLAY ANNOUNCEMENT!!!! I am bringing to @buxtonfringe.bsky.social and @durhamfreefringe.bsky.social an adaptation of @johnofarrell.bsky.social's wonderful novel This Is Your Life. Prepare for the amazingly untrue story of comedy legend Jimmy Conway. chrisnevillesmith.info/wp/2026/07/0...

A man struggling to carry the weight of a star.

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John O’Farrell @johnofarrell.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

When the football was postponed last night, I decided to go to bed and watch the whole thing in the morning without finding out the result. Impossible.

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Hattifattener @hattifattener.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

As in 1066 England will prevail against the Norwegians before tragically losing to the French a couple of weeks later.

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John O’Farrell @johnofarrell.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Can you hear me Paulo Coelho? Bolsonaro, Ayrton Senna? Gisele Bündchen, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva? Your boys took a hell of a beating!

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John O’Farrell @johnofarrell.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I may have massively over-estimated how much lager my middle aged friends would drink at 5pm. “Glass of water please John” “Just a cup of tea if that’s ok?”

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John O’Farrell @johnofarrell.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Idea for an English crowd stunt like the Norwegian rowing thing. After the game the players and the England fans form themselves into perfect queues. Then one person tries to cut in and thousands of fans all tut and say ‘’Excuse me, do you mind?’

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John O’Farrell @johnofarrell.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Sad news about the great Penelope Keith. She had that rarest of talents, making us love the antagonist. (More from me on her on BBC Radio 4's The World at One)

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John O’Farrell @johnofarrell.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Come and see Something Rotten in Manchester. It is nothing like any of these shows.

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