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jrwatson

@jrwatson.bsky.social
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Manufacturer of words. Sometimes also arranges them, nicely, on a page. Also books, films, music, usual blokey gubbins. Recovering academic (history). #AFC fan since 1978 but can't afford the Emirates these days so I go to Plough Lane instead #COYG #COYD

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jrwatson @jrwatson.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Some politicians are capable of basic civility; others aren't.
Andy Burnham shaking hands with Count Binface at the Makerfield by-election result declaration
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jrwatson @jrwatson.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Just in case…
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jrwatson @jrwatson.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
I am planning to buy all my cheese from this shop forever ❤️ #farage #racist #fascist
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jrwatson @jrwatson.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
In 2022 in Kingston, LDs won 44 seats, Cons 3, Independents 1. There are now 3 indies due to defections. This is how they present the situation in their leaflet 😄
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jrwatson @jrwatson.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Ironically the LRB itself usually ends up as one of those things… (via @privateeyenews.bsky.social)
Cartoon of the London Review of Books except it has the title ‘London Review of those things in a pile by your bed’
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jrwatson @jrwatson.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
What the
Pastors pray for Trump and American success in the Iran war at the Oval Office
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jrwatson @jrwatson.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Neat summary of the last 18 months
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jrwatson @jrwatson.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Gerry Adams
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jrwatson @jrwatson.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Just been reading @thetimes.com. Whoah. Big news.
Jan Leeming complains that the parents of a screaming baby and a child wandering through The Pig at Bridge Place should have organised a babysitter
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jrwatson @jrwatson.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Oh look! (This wasn’t me BTW - dammit, missed out in £15) from @privateeyenews.bsky.social 1667
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jrwatson @jrwatson.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
New Board of Peace shaping up nicely
Dr Evil and some evil henchmen (and one henchwoman)
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jrwatson @jrwatson.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
‘Milk before the party helps you enjoy the fun’
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jrwatson @jrwatson.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
In the US it was Raiders of the Lost Ark, which would be cool, as that suggests Nazis will be defeated in 2026. However in the UK it was this 🤔
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jrwatson @jrwatson.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Fenton!!!
Pic of Edward Woodward’s horrified face from the iconic ending of ‘The Wicker Man’
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jrwatson @jrwatson.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
I believe I know the one you mean 😄
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jrwatson @jrwatson.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Heh. One for @fairpoliticsnow.bsky.social (via @privateeyenews.bsky.social (obvs))
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jrwatson @jrwatson.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Age yourself with a movie you saw as a kid
Star Wars official poster
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jrwatson @jrwatson.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
He's such a pathetic arselicker
Nigel Farage wishes Donald Trump a happy birthday while drinking a glass of wine from the Trump winery
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jrwatson @jrwatson.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
He's been a crank for years 👇
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jrwatson @jrwatson.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Yes, but can’t he get them to send him to any decent pubs? @privateeyenews.bsky.social
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jrwatson @jrwatson.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Scored one of the fastest goals in World Cup history in 1978 against Italy - 31 seconds. RIP #bernardlacombe www.lemonde.fr/disparitions...
Bernard Lacombe sticker from the Argentina 1978 Panini album
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jrwatson @jrwatson.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
De Santis has been encouraging people to run protestors over www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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jrwatson @jrwatson.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
The Harrowing of the North, when William laid waste to the Northern shires and replaced the English aristocrats with floppy-haired public schoolboys in top hats and tails @theresthistory.bsky.social
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jrwatson @jrwatson.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
This from Romesh Ranganathan resonates with me. Why can’t we just keeping doing the things that make us feel better? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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jrwatson @jrwatson.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
But what if your unknown is a lamppost or a brick wall
Photo of a running cap bearing the slogan ‘run into your unknown’ on the inside
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jrwatson @jrwatson.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Brits, apparently - according to today's @nytimes.com mini
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jrwatson @jrwatson.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
More of this sort of thing, please
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jrwatson @jrwatson.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Strangely Henning's comment that this is a non-story is now included within the story. 🤔
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jrwatson @jrwatson.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Went to see the stage play of ‘Dr Strangelove’ at my local cinema. A @cnduk.bsky.social rep went too and was handing out flyers afterwards: ‘Deranged US leader puts world at risk of nuclear Armageddon. How reassuring that this is all just history’
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jrwatson @jrwatson.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Happy #worldpoetryday - this is by Douglas Dunn
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jrwatson @jrwatson.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Makes you think, doesn't it?
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jrwatson @jrwatson.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Happy #Brexit anniversary everyone - I think this has now been established as the traditional celebration
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jrwatson @jrwatson.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Seems a bit unfair that #PSG have to play three teams #championsleague #UCL
Phrasing on the BBC webpage implies that PSG are playing Man City, Arsenal and Celtic
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jrwatson @jrwatson.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Amused by the notion of 'testosterone autism' from Olga Tokarczuk's 'Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead' fitzcarraldoeditions.com/books/drive-...
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jrwatson @jrwatson.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Chortle! @davidsquires.bsky.social on the life of England manager Thomas Tuchel www.theguardian.com/football/pic...
Thomas Tuchel has nothing to do, so decides to do today's Wordle, before remembering he's already done it.
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jrwatson @jrwatson.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Not sure why the descaling process would make the kettle angry.
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jrwatson @jrwatson.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
This is a good one too.
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jrwatson @jrwatson.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Change one more letter and you’ve got Marinello!
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jrwatson @jrwatson.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
This what Kemi #Badenoch said about #Musk during her leadership campaign BTW 🙄
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jrwatson @jrwatson.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
👋🏻
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jrwatson @jrwatson.bsky.social · 21/10/2024
Only just found about this 😀
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jrwatson @jrwatson.bsky.social · 24/09/2024
‘Project 2025 mastermind allegedly told colleagues he killed a dog with a shovel.’ But did he eat it, that’s the big question
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jrwatson @jrwatson.bsky.social · 18/09/2024
Interesting byline pic...
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jrwatson @jrwatson.bsky.social · 09/09/2024
I thought The Jesus Lizard’s David Yow was being a bit harsh on himself here, but on reflection he’s probably right—no musician would ever be this honest (from @thequietus.bsky.social) thequietus.com/interviews/b...
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jrwatson @jrwatson.bsky.social · 02/09/2024
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jrwatson @jrwatson.bsky.social · 28/08/2024
Spotted in the amazing Scarthin Books in Cromford @ottoenglish.bsky.social
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jrwatson @jrwatson.bsky.social · 15/08/2024
Kids are cleverer under Labour…
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jrwatson @jrwatson.bsky.social · 13/08/2024
Excellent opening paragraph www.theguardian.com/us-news/arti...
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jrwatson @jrwatson.bsky.social · 12/08/2024
Those Team GB medals really were expensive. (We didn’t even get one in hockey.) Are they worth it? #discuss
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jrwatson @jrwatson.bsky.social · 23/01/2024
This graph from the Economist shows a big increase in the use of antidepressants in the UK since 2010—clearly the result of the antics of successive Tory administrations ("Other" = Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Slovenia and Spain)
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