Reposted by Kevin RyeFC Community Of Liverpool @fccommunity.bsky.social · 7hFriday Night Football 👇👇👇 012
Reposted by Kevin RyeJohn Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 7hThank you to everyone here who made this possible! 1235
Reposted by Kevin RyeLaura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 19h“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books 382310889415
Reposted by Kevin RyeTwlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 13hJust saw someone say that if Starmer was still PM, Labour would have lost this by-election and while I don’t doubt the analysis of his personal popularity, I do feel like they’ve misunderstood the conditions necessary for a by-election to be held in his former seat. 2169758
Reposted by Kevin RyeNewsThump @newsthump.com · 13hNEWS! Coldplay to play halftime show of Pete Hegseths’ live-streamed firing squad execution newsthump.com/2026/10/09/c...newsthump.comColdplay to play halftime show of Pete Hegseths’ live-streamed firing squad executionUS Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced the execution of a former US Army major by firing squad will be live-streamed, with Coldplay set to play the halftime show. 32400113
Reposted by Kevin RyePhil Burton-Cartledge @philbc3.bsky.social · 12hLabour have now taken three council seats off Reform this month. 162
Reposted by Kevin RyeTom Davies @tomdaviese17.bsky.social · 12hImagine trying to build your entire economy around this 032
Reposted by Kevin RyeSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 12hNew post: The Tory conference represented a clear change in strategy. But so far the shift has been largely superficial and rhetorical. There are three big problems with making the strategy work - and it is not at all clear they're resolvable. samf.substack.com/p/the-three-...samf.substack.comThe three big problems with the Tories’ new strategyThe Tories have finally noticed their only route back to power goes through the prosperous seats in the home counties and city suburbs lost to the Liberal Democrats and Labour. 109725
Reposted by Kevin RyeRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 11hIt's become a catchphrase for Badenoch that "We have to be SERIOUS" - and she's right about that. Yet every announcement is like this: a burst whoopie-cushion of wrong numbers, bungled data and stuff someone found on Google. The gulf between rhetoric and reality is positively cavernous. 912841
Reposted by Kevin RyeAFC Wimbledon @afcwimbledon1889.bsky.social · 11hThrowback: Ronan Curtis chaos vs The Stags 💥 Join us under the lights as we pack out Plough Lane for Wimbledon v Mansfield on Tuesday 20 October (7.45pm kick-off) 🏟️ Buy your tickets here 👉 tinyurl.com/5n73jymr 031
Reposted by Kevin RyeDaniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 23h❗ There's a permanent, research and teaching lectureship over at the University of Surrey in the broad area of behaviour, attitudes, parties, etc. jobs.surrey.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...jobs.surrey.ac.ukJob Vacancy at the University of Surrey: Lecturer in PoliticsThe University of Surrey is a global community of ideas and people, dedicated to life-changing education and research. We are ambitious and have a bold vision of what we want to achieve - shaping ours... 01723
Reposted by Kevin RyeIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 11hThis is a really serious piece of investigative work. Thank god someone is doing it. 8315124
Reposted by Kevin RyeGerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social · 12hcredit where credit is due, this is straight ahead factual and well written 261704412
Reposted by Kevin RyeAFC Wimbledon @afcwimbledon1889.bsky.social · 10hHALF-TERM FOOTBALL FUN! 🤩 We want young fans to join us at the Cherry Red Records Stadium on Tuesday 27 October 🎉 Junior Dons Meet The Manager with Johnnie Jackson and players 🙌 AFC Wimbledon v Arsenal Under-21s (6pm KO) - Kids For A Quid! 🎟️ 🔗 tinyurl.com/58xppm23tinyurl.comHalf-Term Football Fun: Meet The Manager & Kids For A Quid!Half-Term Football Fun: Meet The Manager & Kids For A Quid! 051
Reposted by Kevin RyeJonathan Coe @jonathancoe.bsky.social · 12hYou’d have to be in thrall to the narrowest, most blinkered model of economics to believe that axeing Free Thinking and Thinking Allowed made sense. The amount of goodwill programmes like this earn from the BBC’s core supporters is way out of proportion to the pennies they cost to make. 918842
Reposted by Kevin RyeDr Stylite @columnist.bsky.social · 9hHe is, imv, solely motivated by winning the leadership of the party when NF retires. It’s telling that he seems to thing this sort of rhetoric is how that’s best achieved. It’s also ironic that that this stuff is just plain weird and a rather good reason for why Reform will not win the next GE. 8343
Reposted by Kevin RyeJoe Blair @joezblair.bsky.social · 9hBin Laden won The USA has turned itself into the Taliban 122
Reposted by Kevin RyeJohn Springford @johnspringford.bsky.social · 8hMy partner got her passport this year. She won't be culturally British or English by his standards, and isn't ethnically English. But as a scientist, and one who's training the next generation of biomedical workers, she's adding to our society. Unlike Jenrick. 6436
Reposted by Kevin RyeAlex Harvey @alexharvv.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This is not a real person! There are THIRTY TWO books here that 'Andrew V. Smith' has shat out in the last year alone, all of which have AI-generated covers and most borrow or straight up rip off titles from other more popular (and more importantly: human) works like my own 829791
Reposted by Kevin RyeAlex Harvey @alexharvv.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Oh this can just fuck off An AI-'written' complete copy of my own book is now on Amazon; same title, more-or-less the same blurb, and exactly the same impetus. Reviewers of Amazon, I urge you to absolutely dive-bomb this plagiaristic piece of shit: www.amazon.co.uk/FORGOTTEN-VI... 981531683
Kevin Rye @kevinrye.bsky.social · 13hIn the end, their falling seems to be about competence and the ability to deliver for people day to day, in some form. Trump, Johnson, Orban. Lots of populism like this seems to fail because underneath, so much of it is or becomes, a giant grift and they're just not very good at governing. 010
Reposted by Kevin RyeCarole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Sarah Wynn-Williams once again was forced to sit in silence. If you're thinking of seeing The Social Reckoning this weekend (& you should!), there's no starker reminder of its authoritarian power than what it's doing to Sarah Wynn-Williams. And kudos to Frances Haugen for pointing it out. 5/ 317543
Reposted by Kevin RyeOrigin Story @originstorypodcast.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Ayn Rand, one of the most influential political novelists of the 20th Century, is the subject @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social are revisiting this week. Listen ➡️ linktr.ee/originstoryp... 138521
Reposted by Kevin RyeSteve Richards @steverichards.bsky.social · 08/10/2026For all patreon subscribers of RocknRoll Politics there’s an exclusive live event on October 29th…sign up to patreon for that and many other bonuses : www.patreon.com/RockNRollPol...patreon.com📝 Mark your diary! 📝 The R&R Politics LIVESTREAM is back on Thur 29 Oct | Rock & Roll Politics with Steve RichardsThe legendary Rock & Roll Politics Livestream returns on Thursday 29 October with Steve live in conversation on video – free and exclusive t 052
Reposted by Kevin RyeRob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 08/10/2026static.klipy.comSimpsons Old Man Yells at CloudALT: Simpsons Old Man Yells at Cloud 37714
Reposted by Kevin RyeJosimarFootball @josimarfootball.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin wants four more years. It's an affront to good governance. We have partially taken down our paywall for you to enjoy some of our reporting about the Slovenian. josimarfootball.com/2016/09/16/t...josimarfootball.comThe Curious Case of Čeferin’s CV - josimarfootball.comNewly elected UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin has risen from obscurity to the peak of football power in record time. But did he have the necessary credentials when he became president of the Sloveni... 13114
Reposted by Kevin RyeIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 23hUtter barbarism. Like watching the reverse evolution of man into beast. 1081355246
Reposted by Kevin RyeAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 22hThe Trump administration wants to lift sanctions on a Russian company to benefit mostly Middle Eastern investors (who also happen to be Trump family business partners) www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/w... 31924459
Reposted by Kevin RyeMatt Slater @mjslater.bsky.social · 22hAnd Aleksander Ceferin…at Uefa. Four more years, four more years etc etc www.nytimes.com/athletic/767...nytimes.comAleksander Ceferin to stand for unprecedented fourth and final term as UEFA president (Gift Article)The 58-year-old, who has ruled out a run against Infantino as FIFA president, had previously said in 2024 that he would not seek re-election 011
Reposted by Kevin RyeMatt Slater @mjslater.bsky.social · 22hJust in case you hadn’t got the memo, here are three stories to underline what has seemed inevitable for a few weeks now. Gianni Infantino is getting another term. www.nytimes.com/athletic/766...nytimes.comRamon Vega: Ex-Tottenham defender says he will run against Gianni Infantino for FIFA presidency (Gift Article)The 55-year-old former defender is the first person to announce a run against embattled incumbent Infantino ahead of next year's election. 101
Reposted by Kevin RyeElection Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 21hMyatt's Fields (Lambeth) Council By-Election Result: 🌹 LAB: 46.7% (+10.3) 🌍 GRN: 37.1% (-2.0) 🔶 LDM: 8.6% (+1.5) 🌳 CON: 3.4% (-1.8) ➡️ RFM: 2.6% (-2.7) ✝️ CPA: 1.2% (New) 🚩 SPGB: 0.4% (New) No Ind (-6.1) or TUSC (-0.8) as previous. Labour HOLD. Changes w/ 2026. 29717
Reposted by Kevin RyeAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 19hAmerican "free speech defenders" pressure other people not to exercise their right to free speech www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comEU drops sponsorship of disinformation conference at Trump officials’ requestLithuania and Canada were also pressured to withdraw, and days before #Disinfo2026, logos were wiped off website 27749290
Reposted by Kevin RyeIan M @marriotti67.bsky.social · 15hAlways the question that never gets asked when tax cuts for the wealthy are announced by the Tories and Reform. More pertinently, the question should be who (I.e. which section of the population) is going to pay for it? 023
Reposted by Kevin RyeIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 14hThis is absolutely damning. A must-read. 21467147
Reposted by Kevin RyePeter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 14hNEW: Kemi Badenoch’s flagship party conference policy document, The Right Way, overestimated the cost of net zero by nearly £500bn, seemingly after someone accidentally double-counted figures on a spreadsheet. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comTories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet errorExclusive: Badenoch’s flagship conference policy document cites £957bn estimate, twice the total in climate advisers’ data 96737327
Reposted by Kevin RyeJohn Springford @johnspringford.bsky.social · 14hConservatives double the cost of net zero with spreadsheet error. Spiky comment from the Climate Change Committee, whose estimates they messed up www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comTories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet errorExclusive: Badenoch’s flagship conference policy document cites £957bn estimate, twice the total in climate advisers’ data 108840
Reposted by Kevin RyeCallum May @callummay.co.uk · 21hAnonymous sources are bad, says an anonymous source. 620149
Reposted by Kevin RyeJohn Springford @johnspringford.bsky.social · 14hGood news. A larger, more liquid carbon market allows UK and EU emitters to buy permits from plants that can decarbonise at the least cost. Plus it avoids pointless CBAM charges on both sides. A no-brainer. www.politico.eu/article/uk-e...politico.euUK and EU reach Brexit agreement to link carbon emissions trading systemsThe two sides are now just “tying a ribbon” on the agreement, according to one EU diplomat. 1234
Kevin Rye @kevinrye.bsky.social · 13hIt is incredibly important for any debate about Man City and their ownership to actually remember that the Middle East has become incredibly important to not just Manchester, but the UK, quite probably as a result of decisions made by other govts: Austerity and Brexit in particular. This isn't new. 002
Reposted by Kevin RyeAFC Wimbledon @afcwimbledon1889.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Congratulations to Steve Seddon, who recently joined the 100 club 👏 0151
Reposted by Kevin RyeIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Brittin so far absolutely fucking hopeless. There are countless tech and discussion podcasts in the private sector. You and Yours was exceptional public interest journalism. 45621156
Reposted by Kevin RyeSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Restore is such a weird mix of fascism and random mad boomer Facebook shit. 91747128
Reposted by Kevin RyeTim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Best thing I read on the Tories this week? This counter to the emerging common wisdom by @joxley.jmoxley.co.ukinews.co.ukBadenoch has fallen into the trap that locks parties out of powerHer Tory party is restating all the old ideas voters have rejected, but harder and louder 34820
Reposted by Kevin RyeSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 07/10/2026"Suella is obviously entitled to describe herself in any way that she wants to. But what she's not entitled to do is to tell me I don't belong to the country I was born in" - Daniel Finkelstein. (It is to badly misunderstand this debate to mix these points up) www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-sa...youtube.comWhy Suella Braverman’s Englishness Stance Is ‘Offensive’ | Danny FinkelsteinYouTube video by Times Radio 610013
Reposted by Kevin RyeJohn Springford @johnspringford.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The huge costs of Trump's second presidency and the refusal of Congress to yank him offstage are treated as facts of life. Which, I suppose, they are www.ft.com/content/2cb1...ft.comIran war blows near-£12bn hole in Britain’s public financesFT estimates show inflation and soaring borrowing costs have slashed chancellor John Healey’s headroom in half 175
Reposted by Kevin RyeReform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Probably headline of the year: Reform investigates Reform and finds Reform did nothing wrong www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...mirror.co.ukReform investigates Reform and finds Reform did nothing wrongReform UK has been accused of producing a 'whitewash' internal investigation into allegations senior party figures tried to disguise foreign donations 28383119
Kevin Rye @kevinrye.bsky.social · 08/10/2026There's a bit of an echo in my experience as a fan of Wimbledon and the often dreadful way that Sam Hammam behaved. I have great memories and experiences as a fan. What went on in terms of the finances and politics of football wasn't something I could really have much of a bearing on, until I could. 010
Reposted by Kevin RyeTom Davies @tomdaviese17.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Good to see some more measured, critical Man City fan voices here, of the sort we haven't and won't see amplified in the coming period. www.theguardian.com/football/202...theguardian.com‘Those memories are ours and no verdict changes that’: Manchester City fans’ viewsWhile most supporters seem to want to get behind the club regardless, some fear the actions of the owners will divide the fanbase 222
Reposted by Kevin RyeRoger Holdstock @rogerholdstock.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The last paragraph is a killer..... www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.com‘I feel perfectly safe’: white Lutonians on the town’s supposed no-go zonesLittle if any sign Bury Park is a place where any group might fear to tread, despite Tory MP’s comments to the contrary 011