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Ray Brown

@malusdomesticus.bsky.social
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Alphabetical interests... AFCBmth, apples, 🌹, maps, 'music', politics, stats, trees

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Peter Vlahos 🇬🇧🇬🇷🇪🇺🇨🇦 @mrsohalvretep.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
youtube.com/shorts/8F3Zr... Andy Burnham has made a fantastic short video on his proposals to the triple lock to fund a National Care Service. Please share far and wide. The media must not win.
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Andy Burnham explains how his changes to the triple lock will impact pensions and why
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
There are now 120 compliant plug-in solar kits being sold in Britain. Really good news for competition and prices coming down. Only a matter of time before solar panels are being sold in the Lidl/Aldi aisles of dreams... (via www.pluginsolarregister.co.uk)
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
From the new Private Eye
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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Long tribute from Kemi Badenoch in her conference speech to Jeffrey Archer, complete with round of applause. The world is a "less colourful" place without him, she says, which is one way to describe a serial fraudster, fantasist and liar who wrecked several lives in the process.
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Punk Rock History @punkrockhistory.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
47 years ago Pauline Black of The Selecter, Suggs of Madness and Neville Staple of The Specials pose behind the tour bus at the first date of the 2 Tone Tour in Brighton, UK, October 1979. 📸 Chalkie Davies #punkrock #ska #skalegends #skamusic #theselecter #thespecials #madness #skahistory
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Ben Goldsborough MP @bengoldsborough.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🚨 This is deeply troubling. Labour Cllr Ben Weston has uncovered that Reform’s Norfolk leader dined at a luxury restaurant owned by the man later appointed Norfolk’s £215k CEO — just ONE DAY before the job was advertised. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Norfolk council leader dined at CEO's hotel before £215k hiring
Reform UK's David Bick says he cannot recall meeting Dennis Bacon at the luxury venue.
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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 29/09/2026
Just come out of the conference hall after Andy's speech......
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Bex Luther @superbreeze.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
BREAKING: Ed Sheeran to represent Piddington at Eurovision
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
You might have to turn up for the results of this one, Nige.
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Callum Anderson MP @callumandersonmp.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Imagine having the nerve to say to voters: "hey guys, afraid we want you to cancel your once-in-a-lifetime trip to Australia that you booked a year ago, because we expect you to be in the country to vote". Another absolutely mad policy from Reform. www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
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Holidaymakers ‘disenfranchise themselves’, says Reform MP over postal vote plans
Danny Kruger said anyone wanting to cast a ballot in British polls would ‘need to do it in person’ unless they are ‘literally unable to get there’.
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Ray Brown @malusdomesticus.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Max Kinsey(-Wellings) joins AFCB's illustrious 0+(1) club now that he has joined Truro City permanently - i.e. his only senior appearance for AFCB came as a substitute. Good luck in Kernow, Max. www.afcb.co.uk/news/2026/au...
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Kinsey completes permanent move to Truro
Max Kinsey completes permanent move to Truro
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
I was lucky enough to meet Count Binface when he flew in to Glastonbury in 2024 for anthropological research. I believe it was then that he truly understood the fundamental importance of ice cream. 99 flakes for 99p!
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Michael Shanks MP @michaelshanksmp.co.uk · 25/07/2026
Britain has a highly resilient energy system. It's right that we continue to make sure that always remains the case. It is categorically untrue to claim that blackouts are an "engineering certainty". This is simply sensationalist nonsense.
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Labour NW Essex @labournwessex.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
🚨JUST ANNOUNCED🚨 Pubs, clubs, and live music venues will receive a 20% cut to their business rates from April next year. Great news for businesses across NW Essex! Andy Burnham is determined to build an economy that works for every postcode.
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Ray Brown @malusdomesticus.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
‘It is time for stormy weather’ 🌞
Solar panels waiting to be installed
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Christian Cargnelli @chrisl7000.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
47 years ago today, @jonsavage.bsky.social reviewed Joy Division's "Unknown Pleasures" for the Melody Maker (21 July 1979). #JoyDivision @robertrotifer.bsky.social
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Dr Rosena Allin-Khan MP @drrosena.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Wandsworth's Tory Council has axed holiday food vouchers. 10,000 children in Wandsworth now face hunger this summer. Every child deserves to eat. Sign our petition: wandsworthlabour.uk/petitions/ch...
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Simon Oldridge @sioldridge.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
If the action needed to prevent climate breakdown wouldn't make us better off, would we take it anyway? We did with Covid. The UK spent an estimated £310–410 billion, with no expectation of an economic return. How fortunate that the action needed to tackle climate change is different! 🧵👇 #PEBuk
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Sonia Silva ❤️ @vallygirl.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
If I were Nigel Farage, I’d dip into that £5 million crypto gift just to fund a video that can compete with this! 🤣 HILARIOUS ⬇️
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Susanita @spanglish51.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Careful study of the Bayeaux Tapestry has revealed this !
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Absolutely, definitely, not “the Establishment”…
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
"From the £5m gift to a Clacton by‑election - Farage’s timeline explained" via Mirror Politics
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Ray Brown @malusdomesticus.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
When he wins in Clacton will @countbinface.bsky.social have to renounce his title to sit in the HoC?
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Left: Nigel Farage, "Over the last two years I've really enjoyed the job of being an MP" Right: Nigel Farage has missed 63% of Commons Votes
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future canon @futurecanon.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Lmao here's the goal from Freese's perspective, courtesy of the BBC's 3D World Cup thing
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Phil Brickell MP @philbrickellmp.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
🧵1/ I've spent more than a decade working on anti-bribery and corruption. I know a red flag when I see one. That's why I’ve reported Nigel Farage to Parliament’s Standards Commissioner. (H/T @rowenamason.bsky.social and @tomburgis.bsky.social).
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Nigel Farage reported to standards watchdog over ‘crypto lobbying’
Commissioner asked to investigate Reform UK leader after private meeting with Bank of England governor
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Sarah Owen MP @sarahowen.org.uk · 30/06/2026
This is a TikTok trend but felt it worth sharing here - the inevitable Netflix documentary about Nigel’s mystery millions…
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The Climate APPG @climateappg.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
🎉 We are pleased to announce that Uma Kumaran MP has been elected as the new chair of the Climate Change APPG. We look forward to working with @umakumaran.bsky.social and the APPG's members to push for climate action to go further and faster ⚡️
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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
This is cultural suicide and intellectual vandalism. In an era where humanities-illiterate tech bros have unearned god-like powers, we need historians, philosophers, ethicists, classicists more than ever. Please sign. (Reposting without 404) www.change.org/p/stop-redun...
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Sign the Petition
Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter
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Mayor Bev Craig @bevcraig.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
I’m running for Mayor! Stretford Parkrun ✅ I want to continue with the GM Mayor’s charity in the fight against homelessness so, if you can, please donate here: www.gmmayorscharity.org.uk/donate
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julibluesky @julibluesky.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Instead of using google use #Ecosia, the search engine that plant trees. I gave Ecosi (made in Berlin) a try months ago and never looked back to google. You can select the country you like to search for info and it has an inbuild AI tool. www.ecosia.org
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Ecosia - the search engine that plants trees
Ecosia uses 100% of its profits for the planet and produces enough renewable energy to power all searches twice over.
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Bridget Phillipson MP @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
📈 3,008 more teachers in secondaries & special schools 📈1,646 more teachers in colleges 📈Trainee teachers up 13% 📈 Teacher pay up 9.5% 📈 Record investment in schools If standing up for state schools makes me a spiteful class warrior, I’ll wear it with pride. #PMQs
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George Peretz KC @georgeperetzkc.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
The UK had five PMs between 1865 and 1868. (Palmerston, Russell, Derby, Disraeli, Gladstone)
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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
I’m pleased to say (as its President Elect) that @resmedia.bsky.social board of trustees agreed on Friday that the Society will stop using X (FYI @sundersays.bsky.social )
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Just 3 days until my Evolution Garden is unveiled at Gardeners World Live! www.linkedin.com/posts/univer...
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Alice Roberts introduces the Evolution Garden | University of Birmingham
We are growing something extraordinary at this year’s BBC Gardeners’ World Live 2026… 🌿 Step into The Evolution Garden, an immersive show garden co-created by Professor Alice Roberts, our Professor of...
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Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dailyherald.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
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Paula Surridge @psurridge.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
The government continuing to post on X gives the media all they need to justify continuing to use X posts in news broadcasts. X becomes agenda-setting in the way front pages did even when most people stopped reading newspapers.
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
The fact that the two racist far right parties in the UK are led by blokes called Nigel and Rupert should alert trade unionists that Reform and Restore don't represent them.
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Sir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Love this photo of JD Vance. You can tell he is a man of peace. A man who is upset by violence and desperately wants to explain it and thus ultimately end it. Pray for him as he spreads his message of peace and harmony to the UK.🙏🏻
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Dr Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
repost if you think fascism is bad
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Beth Rigby, "Why should women in Markerfield vote for you when you said they can't drive?" *Reform's Robert Kenyon runs away*
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Vale Rawlings @valerawlings.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Crossing everything that this coverage in the @bailiwickexpress.bsky.social might help me locate living relatives of Lily Thomas. #Guernsey #FamilyHistory #FamilyTree #WW1 #FirstWorldWar www.bailiwickexpress.com/news-ge/sear...
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Search for living relatives of Guernsey WWI humanitarian hero - Bailiwick Express News Guernsey
A Guernsey woman who arranged for more than 25,000 packages to be sent to British prisoners of war during World War One could have a UK housing development named after her. However, before this can ha...
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Andrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
I increasingly suspect that cutting air pollution is going to be a huge sleeper benefit of electrification. The kind of thing we look back on in a few decades and link a lot of positive social changes too - like the Bazalgette sewers or taking lead out of petrol
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Ray Brown @malusdomesticus.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
#Cofis yn Ewrop X #Cherries in Europe #CaernarfonTown #AFCB
Football shirts, both red'n'black stripes, for Caernarfon Town and AFC Bournemouth. Both teams have qualified for Europen football next season.
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Andrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
I’m amazed anyone needs reminding of this, but local government spending power per person fell by 18% from 2010 to 2024 (would have been 26% but for increases in council tax). At the same time, social care pressures on local govt have grown a lot. The decay of the public realm is NOT a mystery
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How have English councils’ funding and spending changed? 2010 to 2024 | Institute for Fiscal Studies
Increases in council funding over the last parliament have not reversed big cuts made during the 2010s, with spending on many services still down 40%.
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The i Paper @theipaper.com · 24/04/2026
Opinion | The renewal of Manchester should be enough to make you feel optimistic 🖋️ by Simon Kelner Read more: trib.al/WXX8MjK
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Lord Jeffrey of Nottingham #FBPE 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🇬🇱 @onemoregoodman.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Well, colour me surprised...
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Paulette Hamilton MP @paulettehamiltonmp.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Reform is the largest party in Birmingham, but instead of leading, they hide in opposition. That’s not leadership. That’s running scared. Councillors rushed from bed, acting like MPs, one thinking council funds DJs. No wonder they won't step up. Birmingham deserves better.
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 14/05/2026
Does that include the £5mn?
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Mr Bumpton 🇬🇧🇪🇺 @ivorbumpton.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
CALL TO ACTION!!! Please support the decent journalists actually holding Farage to account. Please share far and wide! 👊💥👍
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