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John Quinton-Barber

@johnqb.bsky.social
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A ‘fluent human’ who can engage with anyone - from the pub to Parliament. Hates injustice. Hates racism. Loves Leeds United.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 16/09/2026
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has invited Canada to become the first-ever “associate member” of the European Union, as Canada and the rest of the world shift away from the U.S.
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European Union Chief Invites Canada to be First Associate Member Amid Trade War With the U.S.
Ursula von der Leyen took the extraordinary step to bring Canada into the European sphere of influence in response to ongoing trade disputes with the U.S.
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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
In the movie version of this, after Piddington runs out of food water and money as a result of leaving the UK, the residents apply for asylum and end up housed in a military base, with HILARIOUS consequences. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Piddington in Oxfordshire votes to leave UK over asylum plans
Piddington residents voted over proposals to house up to 1,256 male asylum seekers nearby
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:
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Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.
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John Quinton-Barber @johnqb.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Must be due a hydration break soon 😬 #lufc
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Bev Craig For Greater Manchester Mayor @bevcraig.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I’ve been so proud to work with @andyburnham.bsky.social to help transform Greater Manchester. I’m standing to continue that work. To ensure that the benefits of growth and regeneration are felt in every corner of our city region. To build a Greater Manchester for us.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/06/2026
Obama: "As algorithms keep feeding us a steady stream of distraction and outrage, as only the loudest most extreme voices get attention, fanning our prejudices, appealing to our basest most tribal instincts, it's tempting to give in to cynicism and even despair, to stop trying."
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John Quinton-Barber @johnqb.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
1987 Huddersfield. One ‘O’ Level. On the scrap heap. Until… I started bootlegging gigs. Hitchhiking across the UK. From the Stone Roses and over 100 gigs inbetween. And frequently back to the record shop I worked at in Huddersfield - to flog the tapes. #recordstoreday
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
If evangelicals think Pope Leo is too”woke” just wait until they hear about this fellow called Jesus.
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v e l o c i t y @velocity69.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net
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John Quinton-Barber @johnqb.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Looks like Bielsa is wearing Rosary Beads. 👀👀👀👀👀 #bielsa #LeedsUnited #Leeds
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
MANCHESTER! 👇👇👇 www.coldwarsteve.com/2026/03/20/o...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 28/02/2026
One day I hope this will feel outdated. We’re nowhere near there yet.
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John Quinton-Barber @johnqb.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
The politics of empathy and care won last night. #gortonanddenton
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craftyprimrose.bsky.social @craftyprimrose.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
66% of voters (combined Green and Labour vote) didn't want Reform. That fact really needs to be the second headline of the night.
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John Quinton-Barber @johnqb.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
The hard right is eating itself.
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 28/01/2026
In his most direct protest song in a long career of activism, Bruce Springsteen is singing about the ICE occupation in an incendiary new tune “Streets of Minneapolis."
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Bruce Springsteen releases incendiary protest song ‘Streets of Minneapolis’
He excoriates ICE and promises to remember Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Brian Eno: anyone who'd leave the UK because they have to pay a bit more tax arent the least community minded Lord Bethell: "but they are the wealth creators" "They're not the wealth creators. The wealth creators are the people who make things.. who keep society running" Well said Brian!
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Josey Back up North 🦚🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇦 @joseybackupnorth.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Do it @leedsunited.com it will be better for you. #lufc
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Shutting down X is no longer a matter of free speech. It is a matter of child protection.
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Twenty days until Christmas.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Britain has set a new wind generation record. "At 7:30pm on 11 November wind turbines...provided enough clean electricity to power more than 22 million homes" "Wind was delivering 43.6% of all power on the system which means three quarters of Britain’s homes were effectively running on wind alone"
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Windpower sets new record for baseload - Energy Live News
Wind supplied 43% of all power last week setting a new record of 22.7 GW
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 21/11/2025
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based. Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
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Ben Goldsborough MP @bengoldsborough.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
I’m calling on the UK Government to seriously review its presence on X (formerly Twitter) and then leave. It’s not just a communication channel anymore. Read more: www.politicshome.com/news/article... 1/10
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Labour MPs Call For A More Serious Review Of The Government's Use Of X
Labour MPs are calling for ministers to take control of decisions over the government’s continued use of X, as concerns grow about the platform’s s...
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Zoë Crowther @zoecrowther.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
🚨 Labour MPs are calling for a minister-led review of the government’s use of X, warning it poses growing risks to democracy and public safety @politicshome.bsky.social understands a review is currently being carried out by officials, but without ministerial oversight
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Labour MPs Call For A More Serious Review Of The Government's Use Of X
Labour MPs are calling for ministers to take control of decisions over the government’s continued use of X, as concerns grow about the platform’s s...
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 19/11/2025
I quit the former Twitter two years ago this week, and I am here to tell you that my online life got a lot better for having left it. In two years I've not been tempted to go back, and I haven't felt any penalty in either career or community for not being there. It's nice to be here and not there.
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John Quinton-Barber @johnqb.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
I guess that ‘smashing the gangs’ hasn’t worked then? Woeful and desperate stuff coming out of Government today. Who is advising them? Who???
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Not the first to make this point. But there is a tyrant in charge of another country who is accused of being heavily linked to a paedophile sex ring - and supposed ‘patriots’ in this country are passionately willing him to take down our national broadcaster. Madness.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Brexit detonated our economy and our politics. Since then, our country seems to have lost its mind, veering off to the right, reawakening the racism genie, ruining itself to try to hide the dishonesty and snowballing damage of it all. And now Farage could be PM ffs. Mindblowing self-inflicted idiocy
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Yesterday in Parliament I said that the government should leave X.
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Three of the four panelists on GB News have the audacity to suggest that BBC News is not trustworthy "It's a bit too bias" "BBC News deserves all the criticism it gets" "They're doing things that need scrutinising and they don't like it"
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Shyamali Rodrigues 🔶️ @shyamali.eurosky.social · 10/11/2025
I needed to hear some good news today www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Train hero Samir Zitouni wakes in hospital and speaks to wife
The injured crew member is credited with saving multiple lives during a mass stabbing incident.
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 10/11/2025
The BBC isn't perfect, but it belongs to Britain not Trump. Political leaders across the UK must unite in defending its independence from the White House.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 10/11/2025
🎯 Davey is spot on. "We can have criticism of the BBC, but within that, we need to recognise how valuable an institution it is [and how] precious to our country. And that's one of the reasons why people like President Trump and Nigel Farage, want to undermine the BBC." 👏🏽~AA
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Even I thought this was one of mine!
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 06/11/2025
Elon Musk is deliberately using his platform to poison our politics and divide our country. It's time for the government to wake up to the threat he poses to our democracy.
Headline: Elon Musk is booting the British right- and this shows how
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Trades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk · 06/11/2025
Which one is more English?
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 03/11/2025
It’s the Nigel Farage chameleon show – flashy, ever-changing pledges, but only one real policy: xenophobia | Polly Toynbee
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It’s the Nigel Farage chameleon show – flashy, ever-changing pledges, but only one real policy: xenophobia | Polly Toynbee
The Reform leader’s speech was full of contradictions and damaging cuts. But if he makes it to No 10, Labour will be to blame, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 03/11/2025
I hope the BBC will challenge Nigel Farage today over the economic damage caused by the Brexit he championed. He needs to be held to account for the damage he's done instead of always being given an easy ride.
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BeeVee23 ❤🇺🇦🇵🇸 @beevee23.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
No political party should tolerate racism - which is why I’ve signed a huge petition to suspend the Reform Party’s Sarah Pochin MP for her racist comments - add your name now: 38d.gs/fodu
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No political party should tolerate racism - which is why I've signed this petition to suspend Reform UK’s Sarah Pochin MP for her racist comments - add your name now:
I just signed the campaign calling to immediately suspend MP Sarah Pochin for her racist comments.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Given the party's refusal to act on Pochin's brazen racism, it should be as socially unacceptable to vote for Reform as it was in the early 2000s to vote for the BNP. And we should be prepared to say this to people's faces.
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John Quinton-Barber @johnqb.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
When is that racist Pochin getting sacked? #sarahpochin
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Eddie Burfi @eddieburfi.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin is now ‘apologising’ for her comments. Someone tell her racism is still racism even if ‘phrased poorly’. This is a non-apology. Sounds very much like she’s still saying that citizens who are not white are less ‘British’ in her eyes. Reform letting its mask slip further.
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Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Gonna be honest here and say as a journalist working in Westminster this makes me want to cry My grandparents had to deal with this crap and now we are, it’s so wrong How are we here where politicians feel so emboldened to say things that are so obviously racist?
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
If Pochin doesn't lose the whip - and she should - then Farage's party will be happy to have a racist on its benches. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Reform UK MP says seeing adverts 'full of Black people' drives her 'mad'
Sarah Pochin was responding to a question about whether her party will do anything about the 'representation of demographics in TV adverts', and claimed white people were 'demonised'
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Was she mad at robots advertising Smash? Of course not. She's a racist.
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Rose Byrd @rosame.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
I've just had coffee with a Caribbean friend, Monday I'm having my hair cut by a Chinese hairdresser, and Friday I've got an appointment with my Polish doctor. They're all hardworking, lovely people who make a real contribution to our society. Unlike Sarah Pochin.
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