Mardy Kid @mardykid.bsky.social · 17hI get that the right wing press are happy to embrace Matthew Syed and his contrarian hot takes. But BBC R4 programming continue to platform Syed and his increasingly uninteresting mumbo-jumbo show. I guess the BBC aren't that quick on the uptake. #BBCR4 011
Mardy Kid @mardykid.bsky.social · 21hGreen Party to bring failing water companies into public ownership by Christmas, you say? I feel like there might be a flaw in this plan. Let me think... 012
Mardy Kid @mardykid.bsky.social · 22hCurtice and Calder: the media's automatic go-to on elections and travel. The two should get together for a podcast interviewing TV default gobshites: McTernan, Blunkett, Tominey, Campbell, Varoufakis, Hazarika, Moran and any Johnson you can name! Call it 'Poll to Pole'. #JohnCurtice #SimonCalder 000
Mardy Kid @mardykid.bsky.social · 03/10/2026A 100% ⬆️ in Band D for LBHF residents would still see them paying about the same as my council currently charges. The nat average wage is £37K. LBHF average wage is just under £60K. Not to mention property values. My heart bleeds. Pay up. #CouncilTax #LBHF www.theguardian.com/society/2026...theguardian.comLondon Labour council warns it may raise council tax by 150%Hammersmith and Fulham says it faces ‘biggest financial challenge in living memory’ as government cuts bite 010
Mardy Kid @mardykid.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Amol Rajan is the first out. You just know, for all the front, he is gutted. #CelebrityTraitors #Traitors 011
Mardy Kid @mardykid.bsky.social · 01/10/2026What were you thinking, Andy? a) Banging on about how Everton were stiffed (false equivalence); b) Focusing on how much Manchester regen has depended on Emirates money (choosing the wrong side). Burnham needs to be PM first and Evertonian and former Manc Mayor second. @andyburnham.bsky.socialstatic.klipy.comTed Lasso's Skeptical LookALT: Ted Lasso's Skeptical Look 130
Mardy Kid @mardykid.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Dan Neidle is on the case and the detail. A small matter of £12m in unpaid taxes. #MUFC #ManCity #Citeh 010
Mardy Kid @mardykid.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"When I said I wanted to hang my Liverpool-themed calendar, Kitty put her foot down. She said it was ugly, childish and not her aesthetic." www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle... @theguardian.com 000
Mardy Kid @mardykid.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It justs gets better. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...bbc.co.ukCristiano Ronaldo leaves Portugal camp after boss Jorge Jesus denies riftCristiano Ronaldo says he has left Portugal's international camp and will explain why "in time", hours after head coach Jorge Jesus denied any rift with the player. 020
Mardy Kid @mardykid.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Ronaldo, realising the Portugal can win games without him. It's not going to end well. www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footba...mirror.co.ukCristiano Ronaldo set for emergency Portugal meeting after 'broken promise'Cristiano Ronaldo watched the entirety of Portugal's 2-1 victory over Norway from the bench, going straight down the tunnel at full-time and not acknowledging their travelling fans 020
Mardy Kid @mardykid.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Burnham asks for an adult response from other parties. The response from left and right opposition is anything but. Greens and LibDems squeezed to the fringes, complaining. Tories and Reform predictably frothing at the mouth. A radical Labour Govt is back. @andyburnham.bsky.social 331
Mardy Kid @mardykid.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"Today, I will mostly be foiling some terrorism." #RAFfairford #Whelford 000
Mardy Kid @mardykid.bsky.social · 28/09/2026So they say, but I can't see it myself. #Camo www.theguardian.com/fashion/2026...theguardian.comCamo’s back: noughties pop’s military style is on the march againA look evoking memories of All Saints and Destiny’s Child has fashion editors, Brad Pitt and the high street all blending in 110
Mardy Kid @mardykid.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Citeh. What's the Arabic for 'Fuck around and find out (eventually)'? #MCFC #ManCity 020
Mardy Kid @mardykid.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Dammit! That's another 'Pointless' answer I've got to learn again. Cabo Verde, Eswatini, Timor-Leste and now this. #Naoero 000
Mardy Kid @mardykid.bsky.social · 24/09/2026'No fixed abode'? He's 37 years old. He lives with his mum. #DannyTommo www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comDaniel Thomas arrested over video of dinghy slashingPolice had been looking into footage appearing to show the man, also known as Danny Tommo, slashing at a boat in the English Channel with a knife. 030
Mardy Kid @mardykid.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Liz Kendall and Matthew Syed on the #Newsnight sofa chat show this evening. Victoria Derbyshire should be crying inside. 030
Mardy Kid @mardykid.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Andy Burnham has not ruled out rejoining the #EU. This is a huge step forward from his predecessor's position. Of course the #FBPE cranks are going to hate on Burnham. It's who they are. www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...euronews.comBritish PM Burnham declines to rule out rejoining EUThe divisive nature of the 2016 Brexit vote has proved tricky to shake off for many in the UK, and the debate has once more been thrust under the spotlight this year. #EuropeNews 010
Mardy Kid @mardykid.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Jim Ratcliffe's pathetic yearning for past glories and bemoaning current perceived failings is absolutely on point for the football team he owns. #MUFC 010
Mardy Kid @mardykid.bsky.social · 20/09/2026We're not in any stage of grief whereas Spurs fans are already bargaining. Glad to be Leeds. #LUFC #COYS #THFC 170
Mardy Kid @mardykid.bsky.social · 18/09/2026It comes as no surprise that #Piddington has no international twinning links. 210
Mardy Kid @mardykid.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I didn't think I could set the bar any lower in my expectations of #TomWatson but he's managed to limbo underneath. His CV as Labour Deputy Leader and his role in Operation Midland should give serious pause for thought. I guess Palantir have their reasons. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukEx-Labour deputy leader Tom Watson joins PalantirLord Watson praises his new employers but says there are "legitimate questions" about big tech firms that "require answers". 120
Mardy Kid @mardykid.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Zack says that he's never taken drugs or drunk alcohol. So what is the excuse for all his social media gaffs then? 000
Mardy Kid @mardykid.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I see some scum fans are speculating that they could become a mid-table Prem team. Gotta respect that level of optimism with Carrick in charge. #LUFC 4142
Mardy Kid @mardykid.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Have you voted in our village referendum yet? #Piddington 030
Mardy Kid @mardykid.bsky.social · 16/09/2026It's my birthday and Man U just put the icing on my cake. #LUFC 1150
Mardy Kid @mardykid.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Village of the Damned. (Self inflicted) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukPiddington in Oxfordshire votes to leave UK over asylum plansPiddington residents vote over proposals to house up to 1,256 male asylum seekers nearby. 000
Mardy Kid @mardykid.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The lucky voters of Holborn and St Pancras now have two populist interlopers on their doorsteps. #ZackPolanski #GeorgeGalloway 000
Mardy Kid @mardykid.bsky.social · 14/09/2026This is doing no harm at all to Farke's contract negotiations. #LUFC 170
Mardy Kid @mardykid.bsky.social · 14/09/2026According to The Guardian we're nailed on to stuff Newcastle tonight. Seems a bit one-sided to me. #LUFC 110
Mardy Kid @mardykid.bsky.social · 13/09/2026#BBCNews at Ten describing Reform's £72m donation as a 'windfall' then giggling about the possible annihilation of human life by uncontrolled AI. Unserious programme and unserious presenters. 000
Mardy Kid @mardykid.bsky.social · 13/09/2026No time for Citeh but that 10 against 12 performance was very satisfying. Fernandes still on the pitch while Foden went off was a terrible look for VAR and Michael Oliver. Man U still below us with a game in hand. #LUFC 091
Mardy Kid @mardykid.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Fact Check: The British Empire finally ended in 1997 with the handover of Hong Kong. Always interesting to read a person from one country pontificating about another country without the benefit of research or fact. 000
Mardy Kid @mardykid.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Two up against Chelsea at half time you say. Hull obvs have it in the bag. #LUFC 030
Mardy Kid @mardykid.bsky.social · 12/09/2026A conundrum for #ReformUK. Arse licking a guy who wants to help break up the Union. 000
Mardy Kid @mardykid.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Instead of fundraising money from the general public, how about the Duchess asks her husband to donate some of the £millions in rents that he takes every year from the public exchequer and charities? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukKate visits cancer patients in hospital she helped fund with climbThe princess completed the Three Peaks Challenge in aid of the hospital where she was treated for cancer. 000
Mardy Kid @mardykid.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Watching West Ham v Wrexham (other half is Wrexham). Commentators saying its a significant momentt for Wrexham and I'm thinking that it's more a reality check for big stadium demoted wankers, West Ham. #WestHam #Wrexham 010
Mardy Kid @mardykid.bsky.social · 11/09/2026It's that time of year, #TheNationalTrust AGM and the Restore Trust victorian villains are teasing their moustaches again. Five RT candidates to avoid and a motion bemoaning a drop in voting numbers since 2023. But that was the year that the members saw off Restore Trust hence the high voting. 000
Mardy Kid @mardykid.bsky.social · 11/09/2026By 'us' I think this means Gen Z exclusively. The rest of 'us' are busy doing normal stuff. 000
Mardy Kid @mardykid.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Aren't we all forgetting something. Aaronson had a shot on goal, time to think and didn't fluff it. #LUFC 1120
Mardy Kid @mardykid.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The wrong kind of rabbis, I guess. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comSenior UK rabbis come out in support of sanctions on Israeli settlementsSpiritual leaders stress diversity of views within Jewish community and warn against inaction on settler violence 000
Mardy Kid @mardykid.bsky.social · 10/09/2026After the watershed game against Man City last Nov, the very next match we beat Chelsea at home and later took a point off them away. That home win against Chelsea revived my hopes of Prem survival. Last night was not an important game. #LUFC 020
Mardy Kid @mardykid.bsky.social · 09/09/2026That was the first penalty that Dan has ever conceded. This game seemed doomed to be a disaster after that. Learn, recover, park it and move on (apart from Zetterer, he stays behind for some more practice between the posts). #LUFC 220