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Stewart Parsons @libraryfiend.bsky.social · 9h

Been muttering this to myself all day...

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mustardcity.bsky.social @mustardcity.bsky.social · 20h

FFS, we weren't able to build a railway track from London to Manchester. We will not be building Kemi's Death Ray!

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Stewart Parsons @libraryfiend.bsky.social · 13h

I remember this, too. The fastest mask slip in history. You can only imagine his behaviour in private.

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Stewart Parsons @libraryfiend.bsky.social · 15h

Enjoying the new Johnny Marr single. You can tell he's been hanging around with Chrissie and guesting with The Pretenders - some chiming Honeyman-Scott esque guitar - who I know was an influence, and some 'Back On The Chain Gang' bits and bobs in the hooks. Good lad.

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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This is a community note for the ages.

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Stewart Parsons @libraryfiend.bsky.social · 20h

Being subject, daily, to this level of shallow political acumen & thought is draining to the soul, genuinely. We deserve so much better.

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Stewart Parsons @libraryfiend.bsky.social · 22h

Is Kemi Badenoch personally polling very well? She's not mentioned it.... #R4today

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Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Kemi Badenoch’s whole shtick is slash and burn, which is red meat for the Westminster-brained, but for the wider electorate… what actually is her vision for what emerges from the ashes? What sort of country does she want us to become? Seemingly just one that’s punitive, uncaring and nasty?

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Stewart Parsons @libraryfiend.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Surely this is an album cover in waiting...?

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Stewart Parsons @libraryfiend.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The big takeaway for me from recent Tory blathering is 'to hell with art and nature'. I mean, these are pretty popular pursuits for millions of Brits.....

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Stewart Parsons @libraryfiend.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

What you listen to whilst dog walking, cooking, reading the Sunday papers truly matters. And the right podcast hits the mark perfectly. My recent favourite was 'The Reunion: 'Local Hero' with Kirsty Wark and the cast of Bill Forsyth movies: joy. Soundtrack your life mindfully. Gentle pleasures.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The corruption is so blatant. US-Russia discussions now include a multibillion-dollar purchase of Russian energy giant Lukoil’s global assets,to enrich Mid East businesses with ties to Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, who are leading the negotiations. Gift link. 👇 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...

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Stewart Parsons @libraryfiend.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Every now and again The Velvet Underground pop up on the radio and, again, I wonder why I don't play them all day every day - and then quickly realize that's the point - beautiful, dreamy, fleeting moments of the Velvets is really how they are best consumed.

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Stewart Parsons @libraryfiend.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Yeah, stick 'tech', 'fuel', 'recharge' or 'max' in there and you're basically telling the lads 'It's OK to shop', although 'sensitive' and 'balm' is certainly taking up space in Boots these days. On the subject of the picture: I actually read that as 'Asswipes' but that's just me....

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

If you have a YouTube channel, stop hectoring us to LIKE, COMMENT, and SUBSCRIBE! We all know how YouTube works. You come across as a needy annoyance.

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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

"Dear Diary, There were six by-elections in England and Scotland this week and Reform lost all of them. Two of them were seats we previously held. The problem with running councils is that people can see how useless we are."

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Stewart Parsons @libraryfiend.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The new signed John Cooper Clarke just dropped. Perfectly formed work of poetry art it is, too. All in time for Christmas at Gallovidia Books, Kirkcudbright blah blah...

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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

As a fan of (a) James Graham and (b) Keynes, I was primed to like this but I really did. I think it succeeds by portraying Keynes as a man trying to bring together the different strands of life. You get a sense of worlds colliding and why some, from Hayek to the Bloomsbury Group, found it unnerving

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Jordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Omg Kate Garraway gagged her with that question

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The ability to pour hundreds of millions of pounds into a loss-making TV channel, bent on wrenching British politics sharply to the right, is yet another of the ways in which extreme wealth is trying to remake UK democracy. It needs to be part of any serious conversation about political funding.

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Stewart Parsons @libraryfiend.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A fantastic read outlining how Burnham's speech seized the news agenda & faced down Farage's 'death grip' on the national conversation by simply ignoring him. Also some effective key notes on the fact that 'wherever populism wins, conditions worsen'.

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Stewart Parsons @libraryfiend.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Celebrity Traitors is so richly entertaining, chock full of so many snippets of fun & humour, it is difficult to focus on one highlight - but James Blunt (likeable, witty btw) still being one of pop's high earners with that haircut and having turned into Seb Coe is quite fascinating to me.

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Stewart Parsons @libraryfiend.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Simon Clarke was 10 months old at the time of Live Aid so that's some memory he's got going there...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026

I recommend people read this to get a sense of the president's grave cognitive impairment. Trump is either unwilling or unable (or maybe both) to answer the questions he's actually asked, so he just rants and raves while the interviewers do their best to provide structure to his random brain firings

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Read TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview Transcript

The U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections.

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Stewart Parsons @libraryfiend.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Badenoch is such an oppositional teenager because *reasons* *Labour* *whatever* - also mildly amusing that she harps on about 'hard work' when she would appear to be glued to X for the greater part of the day...

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Stewart Parsons @libraryfiend.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Exceptionally personal, nuanced and delicate post about the precious void left behind by women due to the slyly incrementally inappropriate behaviour of men - hugely thought provoking.

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Emma-Jane @e-jc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

More in common latest poll. Labour lead by 5 points. Labour's lead widens as Reform fall to their lowest in over 18 months. 🌹 LAB 27% (+1) 🌳 CON 22% (-1) ⏩ REF 21% (-1) 🔶 LIB DEM 11% (-) 🟢 GREEN 9% (+1) ⚫ RES: 6% (-) 🟡 SNP 3% (+1) ⚪️ OTH 1% (-)

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The Edinburgh Bookshop @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Some recent #GraphicNovels hitting the shelves: Mary Wollstonecraft by Costa winning @eyedotter.bsky.social & Bryan Talbot, John of the Night by @acmedarryl.bsky.social , William Morris by Nick Thorkelson, & Charity & Sylvia by the amazing Tillie Walden #books #livres

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Eddie Robson @eddierobson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

TITLE AND COVER REVEAL: My next novel, Painting With A Dead God's Blood, will be published on 22 June 2027. us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

Painting With A Dead God's Blood by Eddie Robson. The cover shows a mural of alien beings in a street in Kyoto.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Burnham on Social Care in July: "I ask the media, can we not let the country look at this in a clear-eyed way without all of the overwriting? On this issue, please, can we not have a factual debate? Allow people to weigh up the options and come to a considered view based on the facts?" The media:

The Daily Telegraph: TRIPLE LOCK SCRAPPED BY 2030 (with a monstering photo of Burnham)

Daily Express: IT'S A CRYING SHAME FOR OUR NATION

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Stewart Parsons @libraryfiend.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Badenoch is riddled with an oppositional childishness akin to stunted emotional and political growth. Because *reasons*. Because *Labour* - it's utterly wearisome to witness.

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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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Stewart Parsons @libraryfiend.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

That new Yard Act tune isn't messing about - a band improving at a rate of knots.

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Stewart Parsons @libraryfiend.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Negativity, tragically, would appear to be a stronger drug than positivity.

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Stewart Parsons @libraryfiend.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

As a bookseller & live events type I have found the public in the last few yrs utterly entitled to perfection: that's their misguided state of mind. 'In real life' should be more like the internet where every scrolled request is met. Joe Public can be a pain in the arse. & wrong on so many things.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This mindset is the least we deserve from a leader. Of course it has to be turned into action. But this kind of ambition and love for the country, this kind of personal but positive vision is what takes people with you. How feeble-minded Farage and Badenoch seem. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Burnham was not going to die wondering. He knew he might be delivering one of the longest suicide notes in history, but he did it anyway. Because he couldn't not do it. Better to go down remaining true to his principles than being slowly airbrushed out of history like the previous six prime ministers. Failures all. Andy was prepared to burn through all his political capital right there in Liverpool, right then. Not just for his own legacy but for a country he wanted to rebuild. It was the only way he could look himself in the mirror.
Honour his parents.

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 29/09/2026

SNAP POLL / By 48% to 28%, Britons support Andy Burnham's proposal to change the triple lock in order to help fund part of a national care service yougov.com/en-gb/daily-... yougov.com/en-gb/daily-... yougov.com/en-gb/daily-...

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If people don't want to pay tax to make this country function and help out the rest of society and particularly those who need help most... then maybe they should move to Dubai and stop bleating about it. Really sick to death of it.

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Stewart Parsons @libraryfiend.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

'The prime minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was speaking honestly about our problems and committing to the solutions.' If you were moved & inspired by Burnham's speech today, you will certainly savour this glowing summary by @iandunt.bsky.social

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Ian Pearce 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 💙 @pearcee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is one of the best speeches I’ve ever heard. Anyone who doesn’t think Andy Burnham will effect change and progress… I think he just has.

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Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I don’t like “we will hope again” but that was a corker of speech. That last bit was key. Some people might not like his ideas but at least he has some

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Andy Burnham will set out process to identify a replacement for the First Past the Post voting system as part of his platform for fixing politics, according to the Guardian Earlier this month almost 200 MPs supported an elections bill amendment calling for a National Commission on Electoral Reform

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Stewart Parsons @libraryfiend.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

There's a polite notice on the bookshop door that reads 'Dry, Well Behaved Dogs Welcome'. It seems impossible for dog owners (of whom I am one) to read this notice in their heads. It's annoying in Summer to hear it 10 ten times per day, but then comforting to anticipate another four legged friend.

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Stewart Parsons @libraryfiend.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The gulf in class, experience & expertise in guests invited on by the BBC and, say, Channel 4 News is more colossal than ever - I, for one, am mighty tired of the BBC's news editorial output.

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Stewart Parsons @libraryfiend.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If you think that in 2014, Truss was too all intents & purposes vaguely 'compos mentis', it throws into stark relief how utterly 'out where the buses don't run' she is these days...

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Stewart Parsons @libraryfiend.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

When I used to move in lots of arts & cultural circles, including a good number of,often pointless, meetings, the term 'It's the start of a conversation' used to make my soul wither and die inside because one knew what that really implied. Immensely triggering still... #R4today

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Stewart Parsons @libraryfiend.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Increasingly looking & sounding like yesterday's man.

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