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Kevin Rye

@kevinrye.bsky.social
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Owner, fanengagement.net Lecturer in football business & media at UCFB Wembley. Increasingly interested in geopolitics & foreign affairs. #slavaukrani Reposts don't mean I endorse views of poster or post.

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AFC Wimbledon @afcwimbledon1889.bsky.social · 9h
REPORT: AFC Wimbledon and Millwall played out an entertaining 1-1 draw in a behind-closed-doors friendly at The Den on Friday, with Jayden Stockley on target 🗞️ www.afcwimbledon.co.uk/news/2026/oc...
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Report: Jayden Stockley on target as Wimbledon draw at Millwall
Report: Jayden Stockley on target as Wimbledon draw at Millwall
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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 9h
We should give money to those who need it and not subsidise the consumption of the better off through a global supply crisis.
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Jordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 15h
Omg Kate Garraway gagged her with that question
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Dr Stylite @columnist.bsky.social · 11h
Brexit Brexile Brexodus Breturn Brentrer Breaction Brealism Breality Brecognition Brevulsion Breverse Bremorse Brecap Brebound Brevolution Brefreshing Brexecution Breavement Brextinct
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Kevin Rye @kevinrye.bsky.social · 12h
Hannah Ritchie really is brilliant. hannahritchie.substack.com/p/uk-triple-...
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The UK’s Triple Lock pensions: an explainer in charts
How the triple lock pension works; why it’s so divisive; and how the next government might change it.
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Luke McGee @lukemcgee.bsky.social · 14h
While it may not be to everyone's taste, sincerely very impressive that @thenewworldmag.bsky.social is 10 years old with 500 issues under its belt. Launching a print weekly in 2016 must have sounded completely insane. Congrats to the whole team.
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Adam Powley @adampowley.bsky.social · 12h
Woah, FA, steady on!
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The Leyton Orientear @leytonorientear.com · 16h
No site secured, no planning permission, and no funding: so David Gandler needs to create a sense of momentum around his plans for a new stadium and campus Free to read! This one is public service journalism, after all… #LOFC
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Orient’s owner seeking more than £2 billion to fund his campus vision • Leyton Orientear • Leyton Orient FC independent news
David Gandler was certainly busy on his most recent visit to London. But how much progress has he made with his plan, and what does this mean for Leyton Orient?
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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 12h
Because of the success of the fundraiser - and the support of so many on here - we were also able to contribute to some unmanned vehicles that were donated. Heard today that these UGV's have already been involved in 16 life-saving rescues from the frontline. Thank you to everyone who donated.
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Professor Christopher Painter @prfchrispainter.bsky.social · 12h
We need to move on from the toxic politics of 'welfare', with its pejorative connotations of dependence (used to be known as social security!), to the politics of 'well-being', whereby everyone has a meaningful stake - and related opportunities - in the society to which they belong.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 01/10/2026
Who makes history? The people whose names fill the history books and the people whose names never make the pages. This Black History Month, we celebrate the Black Londoners whose contributions are woven into the story of our city. Black history is London’s history.
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Terrific by @robertshrimsley.bsky.social, looking back at Labour conference and the challenge it poses for Kemi Badenoch at hers:
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Burnham’s wake-up call to the right
Those who oppose big-state socialism have never been more in need of a strong Conservative Party and rarely further from having one
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Christopher Miller @christopherjm.ft.com · 17h
NEW: Yesterday I interviewed President Zelenskyy. Speaking at a school that had just been hit by a Russian jet drone, he said Ukrainian spy agencies had obtained intel that Putin told his military to remove all constraints that governed earlier air campaigns. “He said there are no rules now.”
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Putin has told military leaders to abandon rules of war, Zelenskyy says
Ukrainian leader tells FT his Russian counterpart has given the order that ‘there are no rules now’
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Kevin Rye @kevinrye.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Oh look. A, far right politician turns out to be a probable antisemite.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Got your Super Intelligence right here at the origins of the Iran War. AI also implicated in the signature war crime the US committed.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Good to be reminded of the young people who helped bring communism in central Europe to a peaceful end. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Americans Can Stop Trump’s Unconstitutional Coup at Any Stage
Trump's ambassador reportedly threatened to overthrow Greece's elected government, as the Justice Department criminally investigates Jack Smith.
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Kevin Rye @kevinrye.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Nearly finished listening to this player.captivate.fm/episode/d253... My goodness, Joe Rogan is an opinionated idiot, and Jimmy Carr is a useful idiot. Both think they know more than they do, riffing about meaningful things, who know about 49% of a subject but have an audience to hear their nonsense
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Jimmy Carr & Joe Rogan: The Jester & the Khan
Quickly and easily listen to Decoding the Gurus for free!
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AFC Wimbledon @afcwimbledon1889.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Our upgraded Legends’ Lounge is selling fast for our upcoming fixtures, with Wimbledon's next home league game against Mansfield Town a sell out ✅ With limited availability for other fixtures, there has never been a better time sample hospitality 🍽️ www.afcwimbledon.co.uk/news/2026/oc...
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Legends' Lounge: Mansfield SOLD OUT, Other Games Available
Legends' Lounge: Mansfield SOLD OUT, Other Games Available
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Adam Powley @adampowley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Statue, please.
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John Springford @johnspringford.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Protection racket
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AFC Wimbledon @afcwimbledon1889.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Throwback Thursday: A Wimbledon win at Plymouth in 2025, thanks to Omar Bugiel and Marcus Browne ✌️ Buy yours tickets and coach spaces for our trip to Home Park on Saturday 10 October (12.30pm kick-off) here ➡️ tinyurl.com/3dwtjd32
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
‘Hugely exciting’ finds on tiny Scottish island of Lismore shed light on spread of Christianity. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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‘Hugely exciting’ finds on tiny Scottish island shed light on spread of Christianity
Community-funded archaeological excavations of ‘really important’ sixth-century monastery also rewrite story of Lismore
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We're repeatedly told that asylum seekers pose a threat to the good people of our country... Reading about the threatening and violent treatment of elderly and open minded locals in Crowborough I get the impression that the real threat comes from closer to home. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
On Facebook and other platforms, people
who are known to support the asylum
seekers have been threatened with acid
attacks, petrol bombs and rape. The dossier.
which has been seen by the Guardian, also
claims that several local businesses have
been threatened by far-right agitators, along
with a church where some asylum seekers
worship. One man was punched in the throat
after he held up a "Love Thy Neighbour"
sign, while an elderly couple were falsely
accused of supporting sex offenders. In yet
another case, a 92-year-old church volunteer
was reportedly woken at 3am for two nights
in a row by a man standing outside her
home, shining a torch through her window
and shouting abuse
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I've been a member of the lobby for well over a decade. Not a single one of my lobby colleagues has said a word about the Conservatives banning me from their conferences, without any explanation. Contrast with the US where even Fox News stood in solidarity when Trump banned news outlets he disliked
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Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Block Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban
The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press
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FairSquare @fairsqprojects.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In "Petropopulism" we explained how the UAE is turning its attention to Reform and the far-right, and how similar UAE meddling in multiple countries has undermined democracy and the rule of law, and led to it fuelling bloody conflict in Libya and a genocide in Sudan. fairsq.org/petropopulis...
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Petropopulism: FairSquare publishes new report on UAE links to Reform UK and the far-right
A new report from FairSquare highlights the extensive links between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the UK’s Reform party and the far-right, and calls for the UAE to be added to the “Enhanced Tier”...
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The Shipbuilders @theshipbuilders.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We're playing this on Saturday. We've just had a practice and I don't mind saying, not only is it the best we've ever sounded, but we're the best band in the world right now. Every band should believe that about themselves and right now, it's as true as the sky is blue. Get in.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Anne Applebaum has been right about a lot of things and this is one. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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MAGA Is Making the World Safe for Corruption
Far-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We are ruining our own institutions, which is sad for us and great for our enemies.
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UCL Constitution Unit @conunitucl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
How should a national commission on electoral reform be designed? On Tuesday, the Prime Minister announced a national commission on electoral reform. @alanrenwick.bsky.social argues that such a body should have three key features, and emphasises the care that should be taken. Read it 👇️
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How should a national commission on electoral reform be designed?
On Tuesday, the Prime Minister announced a national commission on electoral reform. In this article originally published in the Conversation UK, Alan Renwick explains that such a body should secure public involvement, not aim for a particular result and listen to the experts. He also emphasises that any change to the electoral system should be carried out with the greatest possible care.
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John Springford @johnspringford.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
SW1 politics as the business of taking stances and betting on horses, proving Burnham's point about the need for reform
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Ralf Scrampton @ralfscrampton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A lovely piece from Henry Winter. RIP MWJ, may you be forever on the ball. #ncfc
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Michael Wynn Jones: a good man, a wise man
When Michael Wynn Jones’ wife Delia Smith delivered her epic, swaying “let’s be ‘avin’ you” rallying cry to Norwich City fans at half-time of a difficult game against Manchester City at Carrow Road in...
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Stuart Hoddinott @stuarthoddinott.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEW: Burnham made a strong case for adult social care reform at conference, but pushed the National Care Service into next parliament I argue he should get on with it, use his majority and 2024 mandate and establish the NCS in this parliament 👇 www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/article/comm...
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Andy Burnham should establish the National Care Service this parliament | Institute for Government
There is no reason to delay plans for potentially three years.
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Adam Powley @adampowley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A much-merited shout out for the dogged journalists who pursued the Man City story, often under huge pressure and subject to disgraceful abuse. We see a lot of criticism of sports journalism, sometimes merited, but the likes of @sportingintel.bsky.social @tariqpanja.bsky.social, Rob Harris et al
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Dr Stylite @columnist.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
What a difference
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Matt Slater @mjslater.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A story about a decent speech that nobody will remember because the time for speeches on this subject is past. And, even if that wasn’t the case, it was overshadowed by a far bigger story. I liked the Hans Christian Anderson motif, though. www.nytimes.com/athletic/764...
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Aleksander Ceferin reinforces calls for FIFA president change: ‘It is time to say enough’ (Gift Article)
Relations between Ceferin and Gianni Infantino — and the organisations they run — have become increasingly fraught over recent months.
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John Springford @johnspringford.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Reading round the op-eds on Burnham's speech, there's little engagement on the substance. Should we fund social care with tax? Has the triple lock done its job? Is electoral reform needed? Is the current Brexit deal good enough? Who knows
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEW: ‘It’s an implicit threat’. Lord Tom Watson of Palantir writes to one of its biggest critics -Labour MP @labourlewis.bsky.social - to tell him the surveillance firm is watching him. www.thenerve.news/p/clive-lewi...
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They’re saying: we’re watching you’: MP Clive Lewis reveals Tom Watson has warned him over criticising Palantir
In a letter to his former Labour colleague, the peer, who joined Peter Thiel’s AI company this month, writes: ‘You have made the case against the company more or less continuously’. By Carole Cadwalla...
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Almost can't believe I'm saying this but the Nick Robinson interview with Burnham on Radio 4 is very good
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Chris Lintott @chrislintott.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is gorgeous!
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There was a chance here to look more grown up and it is entirely unsurprising that Badenoch did not take it.
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It’s a mark of the corruption of our whole way of thinking about the world that trying to meet a planetary emergency is routinely described as “ideological”, while continuing to accelerate it is presented as “pragmatic” and “economic”.
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Sachin Nakrani @sachinnakrani.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
No messing from our print team.
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Ian King @twoht.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This morning on UD, on the Manchester City case. (I promise this will be the last until there's another substantial update) unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/nine-hundr...
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Nine. Hundred. Million. Pounds.
We’ve known about the verdict for five days, but seeing the full scale of the fiddling by the owners of Manchester City was still a shock to the system.
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Kevin Rye @kevinrye.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I love the 'wooooah', just as he controls the ball. Fantastic goal.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
How is it possible? Because he told a personal, emotive story, sure. But also he told a moral story: using the funds to help establish a care service. It feels fair. And the decision to opt for a branded institutional structure with strong echoes of the NHS makes it tangible.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is testament to No.10's frankly astonishing degree of political competence. A policy which was branded electoral suicide 48 hours ago now showing signs of robust popularity.
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The Bunker podcast – News without the nonsense @bunkerpod.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🚨 The far-right is reshaping politics across Europe. So what's driving its rise? What do these movements have in common? How did we get here – and what might happen next? 🚨 NYT’s chief diplomatic correspondent for Europe Steven Erlanger and @rafaelbehr.bsky.social discuss ➡️ linktr.ee/bunker_pod
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The current Conservative party is simply not intellectually equipped to handle Burnham's way of doing politics. That is the bleak reality of it. They'll assume they can do more damage by boycotting and then branding it a stitch up.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Actually pretty funny when you consider that they could benefit significantly from this.
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