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Josh Neicho @joshneicho.bsky.social · 23h

The final boss of manels 🕺

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Josh Neicho @joshneicho.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Unfunny numbers of Actons 🚇

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Alice Lilly @aliceolilly.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Remarkable, really, that Jim Ratcliffe has lost confidence in the UK but retains confidence in Man United

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Josh Neicho @joshneicho.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Why is the Today programme platforming Ratcliffe? Instead of people who actually live in this country

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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

So much of the right these days have a massive patriotism problem. This guy: - is a tax exile (left long before this govt) - hates his own country while complaining he doesn’t get big enough subsidies from it - laments the manufacturing hit from a Brexit he supported www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

Billionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UK

Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.

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Alice Bennett @aliceponderland.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Nobody in The Moral Maze gets eaten by the Moral Minotaur, which is a fundamental flaw in the programme.

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Am on the Moral Maze on Radio 4 shortly ‘giving evidence’ about the need to tackle big money in British politics to, eh, a panel of four men and a male presenter 😬

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 16/09/2026

...what

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Josh Neicho @joshneicho.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Priceless, down to the crucial fact that the Rwanda scheme WASN’T TO _PROCESS_ ASYLUM SEEKERS OVERSEAS IT WAS TO ABDICATE OUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO RWANDA, THAT WAS WHAT WAS IMMORAL ABOUT IT SARAH ROGERS

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Josh Neicho @joshneicho.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

In Birmingham, cars on pavements seem almost to have the status of objects of religious veneration 🚙🚗🚐🚚🚙🏎️

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Kirsten de Vos 🚶🏻‍♀️💚🚲🍃 @kirstendevos.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Dom Whiting is back in Brum today at 2pm! Loved this last year. 🚲🔊 Such a joyous way to cycle round the city, with hundreds of people and brilliant music ❤️ domwhiting.co.uk/events/id/6a...

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 13/09/2026

Trees work harder than you think. They cool our streets, clean our air and provide us with shade. We’re planting 5,000 more where heat risk is highest - growing London’s tree canopy for future generations. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

Drought devastation: How to save London's parched trees

Heatwaves and drought make planting native trees and maintaining the existing canopy more and more difficult.

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Josh Neicho @joshneicho.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Why is Labour doing this? Tell us your alternative vision for the country that will defeat Reform. Tell us what you’re going to do to reform political donations. DON’T SEND EMAILS NEEDILY BEGGING MEMBERS FOR MORE MONEY IN A COST OF LIVING CRISIS

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Malcolm Clark @malcolmjclark.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

My party has got this very wrong. Instead of sending members a fundraising request after the two mega £m Reform donations, Labour should be telling me how they are going to legislate or regulate big money (& crypto money) out of politics. We are in government. There is a Bill to tack it. Just do it!

Text from Labour fundraising email asking for donations after big donors give to Reform

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Garvan Walshe @garvanwalshe.org · 11/09/2026

To elaborate: election spending in the UK is vv limited. Pre election money doesn’t hurt, but it doesn’t give you intensity like in US You could still do a Georghescu and have an infinitely funded off the books campaign but you wouldn’t announce by publicising a donation unless you were an idiot.

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chocoyumz.bsky.social @chocoyumz.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

But this option has always been available to backers of other parties. They just chose never to be so generous. I don’t like it but the rules allow it and so fair play to them. It just means a huge never-ending onslaught of social media adverts to brainwash

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Josh Neicho @joshneicho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Labour begging members to give £3 and £5, not to support anything visionary and transformative but just as a kneejerk reaction to Delo and Harborne’s donations, seems an entirely inappropriate response to the last 24 hours

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Birmingham Friends of the Earth @birminghamfoe.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

As part of Birmingham Heritage Week we are holding another open day at @inthewarehouse.bsky.social on Sunday September 13th, from 11-3pm. This one has a focus on our retrofitting work past and present. This event is free, but please sign up via this link: actionnetwork.org/events/creat...

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Creating an Eco-Friendly Space for Social Change at The Warehouse

Explore how Birmingham Friends of the Earth retrofit our Victorian buildings to create an energy-efficient, community-owned hub for social change. Birmingham Friends of the Earth got the keys to “The...

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Mark Wallace @wallaceme.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Cool pics from my dad - the Riga Central Market, which occupies a series of 1920s German military zeppelin sheds.

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Josh Neicho @joshneicho.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Do Telegraph editors and subs not know the difference between “refugee” and “former refugee”, or don’t they care? Profoundly unpatriotic as well as inaccurate headline @jdportes.bsky.social

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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I think the worst part of Labour's response to the fascist mobilisation is Andy Burnham's absence. He's the most popular politician in the country, with social media reach and actual powers of persuasion, and he's saying nothing in public. He can actually be of use here but he's choosing not to

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Dave Hill @davehillonlondon.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

No London politician should be suggesting that some British citizens are more equal than others in order to scare up a few more ultra-nationalist votes. Plus London's boroughs would still like a say in big decisions currently taken by the Mayor: davehillonlondon.substack.com/p/on-london-... #london

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On London Extra: The politics of social housing

Let's rise above the mire. Plus power sharing, poll reading, bad bicycling and more

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

There are currently just 7 legally-compliant plug-in solar devices - from just one firm - allowed to be sold & installed in the UK from 27 August, according to the official database the Government is sharing. Hoping (and I'm checking) that a *lot* more will come online over the next few days...

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UKSOL/21014/V1/A4

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19/8/2026 uksol ltd UKSOL Plug-In Solar Pro Advanced 920W Two Panel Hybrid Mount Kit - UKS-PRO-A-2-920-MZ1 /-HYM Inverter Plug-in Solar 0.8 1
UKSOL/21008/V1/A4

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18/8/2026 uksol ltd UKSOL Plug-In Solar Pro Compact 515W Single Panel Hybrid Mount Kit - UKS-PRO-C-1-515-MZ1 /- HYM Inverter Plug-in Solar 0.8 1
UKSOL/21013/V1/A2

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18/8/2026 uksol ltd UKSOL Plug-In Solar Pro Max 1260W Two Panel Hybrid Mount Kit - UKS-PRO-M-2-1260-MZ1 / - HYM Inverter Plug-in Solar 0.8 1
UKSOL/21012/V1/A3

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18/8/2026 uksol ltd UKSOL Plug-In Solar Pro Plus 1030W Two Panel Hybrid Mount Kit - UKS-PRO-P-2-1030-MZ1 / - HYM Inverter Plug-in Solar 0.8 1
UKSOL/21003/V1/A2

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18/8/2026 uksol ltd UKSOL Plug-In Solar Pro Duo 890W Two Panel Ground Mount Kit - UKS-PRO-D-2-890-MZ1-UKG Inverter Plug-in Solar 0.8 1
UKSOL/21002/V1/A2

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18/8/2026 uksol ltd UKSOL Plug-In Solar Pro Compact 460W Single Panel Ground Mount Kit - UKS-PRO-C-1-460-MZ1-UKG Inverter Plug-in Solar 0.8 1
UKSOL/21007/V1/A3

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18/8/2026 uksol ltd UKSOL Plug-In Solar Pro Duo 890W Two Panel Hybrid Mount Kit - UKS-PRO-D-2-890-MZ1 /- HYM Inverter Plug-in Solar 0.8 1
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Josh Neicho @joshneicho.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Horrific images from Tibet following glacial lake outburst. (Video from Xinhua News) 👇

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

RIP Moss Bros, New Street Birmingham

A skip full of shop fittings and disarticulated mannequins

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 19/08/2026

I did some actual reporting in Northern England! Featuring community pantries, beach baptisms, homeless refugees relocated from London to County Durham – and the problems that's caused – and a genuinely nice tale of County Durham parishioners paying for people's bus fares to go to mosque.

A green barred gate blocks the way to a jetty. The sea and sky are visible through the bars, and it’s a nice sunny day. A poster on the gate asks: BOATS ARRIVING AT UNUSUAL TIMES?

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Josh Neicho @joshneicho.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

This is almost certainly true. We should make it clear, however, that only reading the headline is a philistine project + it should be much, *much* more stigmatised among those who should know better Mock and don’t platform or commission people who betray they haven’t read the article?

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

My friend Ben is a brilliant poet and writer. This is great on his first collection based on Medea's story.

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Dan Silverman @dmsilverman.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I will add that a Jewish lawyer and labor leader named Aaron Sapiro — about which Ford’s paper had made wild antisemitic claims — also sued him for libel for $1 million (huge then) and was another factor in Ford’s retreat

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A Jewish lawyer sued Henry Ford and changed how we think about hate speech

The documentary ‘Sapiro v. Ford’ explores how Aaron Sapiro took on the father of the Model T

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Josh Neicho @joshneicho.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Most of UK government still endorsing this site, I see

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Josh Neicho @joshneicho.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

@networkrail.bsky.social What’s wrong with ticket machines at New Street this morning? About half of those I’ve seen are out of action Incidentally why, unless I’m mistaken, have you not reprogrammed ticket machines so folks can buy tickets to Camp Hill Line stations, 3 months after line reopened?

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Josh Neicho @joshneicho.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

This is edgy because is it about Blair, is it about snake oil populism from Reform/Kemi/throbber columnists?

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

To fix to the country I would simply stop the boats, reform welfare, improve healthcare, and increase GDP. Easy.

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Certified Illinois Expert @mrillinois.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Lots of limewashed brick in Waterloo which was a really unique and charming town on the outskirts of the Metro East (St. Louis’s Illinois suburbs)

White building with natural brick color peeking through. Waterloo watertower behind

White painted brick Victorian with fancy details

Simple but large brick home with red door

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Lewis Baston @lewisbaston.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Rest in peace, Camden political legend and former Lib Dem councillor Flick Rea, first elected in 1986. I wrote about her when she stood down from her Fortune Green ward in 2021 and passed the seat on to her colleague Nancy Jirira. www.onlondon.co.uk/lewis-baston...

onlondon.co.uk

Lewis Baston: Lib Dems hold Camden seat vacated by the legendary Flick Rea - OnLondon

Fortune Green is a lovely name for a ward. It conjures up a pot of gold nestling in the greensward at the end of the rainbow. The real place is attractive, but not quite that legendary. It was one of ...

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Josh Neicho @joshneicho.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Happy sweltering Bank Holiday! ☀️ Beautiful work by printmaker Alexandra Buckle 🎨🌳👇 alexandrabuckle.co.uk

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Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

This is a seat where the Tories won 34.3% of the vote in 2019 with a Brexit Party candidate on the ballot.

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Josh Neicho @joshneicho.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

As a Birmingham Jewellery Quarter resident and driver, I endorse this message! 🚗🚲 Plenty of very cheap short-term and long-term parking in open air car parks just beyond the JQ (perhaps another problem around how this is managed, with one car park so chocca cars are sometimes blocked in)

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The Dispatch @birminghamdispatch.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

In today's story, we delve into the world of music at the RSC, and what the theatre looks like today. Click the link below to read🔗 www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/p/bf82b973-2...

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What’s going on at the RSC?

‘You can only bend the identity of the company so much before it starts to snap’

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Josh Neicho @joshneicho.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

A lot of attention for Matt Goodwin’s “Afghan goat-herders” comment What about Goodwin calling the ceremonial for the swearing in of Brum’s new Lord Mayor (a councillor for 16 years) “UNBELIEVABLE”, and the subsequent social media smears and abuse of Cllr Choudhry? www.facebook.com/share/r/1Kb4...

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John Angus Spencer-Barnes 🏳️‍🌈 @johnbarnes.org · 22/05/2026

I chose the hottest day of the year to get back into the town crier business. It was marvellous to make the proclamations for Preston City Council at the opening of the new Tram Bridge over the River Ribble. It was a pleasure to spend time with Councillor Nweeda Khan, the 698th Mayor of the city.

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Shivaji Shiva @shivajishivalaw.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Birmingham's councillors are busy working out how the city will be governed following the local election results. Meanwhile, @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org are already thinking about the best way to improve our streets. They have called for a cabinet member for Healthy Streets.

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We’re calling for a cabinet member for Healthy Streets

Better Streets for Birmingham issues a call to the city’s next administration to simplify the transport cabinet post into a Cabinet Member for Healthy Streets.

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Sam Wetherell @samwetherell.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Nice reminder to what remains of the Starmer project that there might be an easier way of "winning over Reform voters" that doesn't entail bragging about robbing refugees of their personal possessions in militarised detention centres.

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Josh Neicho @joshneicho.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

National Government Now (hear me out…)

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John C @badsocialism.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Once had a friend say "we weren't taught slavery" and (with great relish) I immediately went "we were literally sitting next to each other in the class where we were"

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