UK Gavin @mega-g.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Dennis Skinner once referred to Colin Moynihan as the Miniature for Sport. At an impressive 5’5”, what do you think Robert Jenrick could be the Miniature for? @sturdyalex.bsky.social 130
UK Gavin @mega-g.bsky.social · 11/06/2026What’s the odds on Burnham next week? Labour needs a new face, for sure, and I hope he makes it. 010
UK Gavin @mega-g.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Was Epstein’s death really a suicide? He was days away from cutting deal with prosecutors which would have included giving up co-conspirators. Who could they have been, and could they have got to him first? 11427
UK Gavin @mega-g.bsky.social · 17/09/2025Remembering the wonderful Janet Godley today, who sadly is no longer with us, but living in spirit with this photo: 092
UK Gavin @mega-g.bsky.social · 07/08/2025The Guardian showing Trump the same height as famously short Zylenskyy and Putin 🤣🤣 020
UK Gavin @mega-g.bsky.social · 06/06/2025Is Badenoch fishing for an endorsement from Trump? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comBadenoch says US-style blanket travel bans could be ‘viable’ in UKTory leader says she has not seen Trump’s banned list but she does not rule out similar system for Britain 030
UK Gavin @mega-g.bsky.social · 02/06/2025If Le Pen and Orban are cheering for this, we can take it that it’s bad news. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...theguardian.comOrbàn and Le Pen cheer Karol Nawrocki’s election as Polish presidentFar-right leaders congratulate nationalist candidate as result deals blow to Donald Tusk’s pro-EU agenda 020
UK Gavin @mega-g.bsky.social · 31/05/2025I’m not planning to visit the USA anytime soon, and given the chance some Magatwat will be looking at my social media or writings there’s a chance I’d get waylaid if I tried. That’s OK, I’ll wait ‘til the cunt dies. #felonTrump 060
UK Gavin @mega-g.bsky.social · 23/05/2025The fact that she’s held on this long shows a distinct lack of insight and a failure to accept responsibility for past failures - two of the highest requirements for anyone in such a position. www.theguardian.com/law/2025/may...theguardian.comMPs call on Criminal Cases Review Commission chief executive to resignCommittee says Karen Kneller’s position no longer tenable in damning report on miscarriage of justice watchdog 010
UK Gavin @mega-g.bsky.social · 23/05/2025Fake News! www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...theguardian.comTrump’s evidence of South Africa ‘white genocide’ contains images from Democratic Republic of CongoOther images displayed by Trump during meeting with South African president Cyril Ramaphosa were false or misleading 010
UK Gavin @mega-g.bsky.social · 22/05/2025 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukTeachers and doctors in England offered 4% pay riseMinisters accept recommended pay awards above the 2.8% they previously budgeted for. 000
UK Gavin @mega-g.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Here we go again! @sturdyalex.bsky.social HMG accepts the recommendation of the pay review body, whose terms of reference states that all recs must come within government spending limits! 110
UK Gavin @mega-g.bsky.social · 19/05/2025Hang on. Let’s get this right. Half the fuckers who voted for Brexit just wanted fewer people with brown faces on their street. That’s the fallacy of Brexit, and it highlights the idiocy of holding the referendum on a 50/50 majority basis. 172
UK Gavin @mega-g.bsky.social · 19/05/2025They’re seeing the damage the right wing ideology can do in real time, thanks to the tangerine twat. 000
UK Gavin @mega-g.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Oral arguments at SCOTUS today in the birthright citizen case. Not sure how much coverage it will get but it’s the first case getting to SC where Trump is challenging the Constitution. It’s big. #fucktrump #SCOTUS #goMaryMcCord 040
UK Gavin @mega-g.bsky.social · 13/05/2025I could make some pretty pointed criticism of individuals at CCRC but will restrain myself. As in other instances, fish rot from the head down. 110
UK Gavin @mega-g.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Of course. It’s a quick test to do, and where original evidence has been preserved properly new techniques can get results from minuscule samples. My main beef is the CCRC who act as gatekeepers to appeals, and who have made ridiculous mistakes in the past. 010
UK Gavin @mega-g.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Any objective analysis of the facts in this case, given the long-established availability of DNA testing, will show that the appeal process, in particular the gate-keeping effect of the CCRC, is not fit for purpose and should be changed as a matter of urgency. www.theguardian.com/law/2025/may...theguardian.comPeter Sullivan, who has spent 38 years in jail for murder, has conviction quashedSullivan is believed to be UK’s longest-serving victim of a miscarriage of justice after his jailing for murder of Diane Sindall 141
UK Gavin @mega-g.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Trump described the jumbo gift as a transparent deal, whereas we all know it’s far from that. What did MBS get for the ‘gesture’? Perhaps not mentioning killing a prominent American reporter, hacking him up and disposing of the body was enough. 020
UK Gavin @mega-g.bsky.social · 12/05/2025It seems a needless third shot into the Labour foot, following briskly on from removal of winter fuel payments and cuts to disability payments. Very un-Labour and sad to see this early in a Labour government that saw off the failing Tories and their toxic schtick just months ago. 030
UK Gavin @mega-g.bsky.social · 12/05/2025Ooh, Robin Trower. Long misty days. I’ll have some of that! 010
UK Gavin @mega-g.bsky.social · 09/05/2025The UK/US ‘deal’ has only been signed because Trump stands to gain personally from it. He’s short of deals after 100 days in office, everything else is turning to shit, oh, and yes, he wants the British Open to be played at Turnberry, which was blocked from happening again because of Jan 6th. 011
UK Gavin @mega-g.bsky.social · 09/05/2025So what’s the sentence for this moronic action: 1. Suspended sentence 2, Hefty fine to pay full cost of replacement and repair 3, a term of imprisonment until a replacement tree has been grown from seed. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...theguardian.comTwo men found guilty of felling Sycamore Gap treeDaniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, found to have criminally damaged tree and Hadrian’s Wall 320
UK Gavin @mega-g.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Just writing to correct the error in today’s Guardian cartoon. The caption at the bottom should read ‘100% Dickhead’ 000
UK Gavin @mega-g.bsky.social · 04/05/2025NASA has confirmed that Jurgen Klopp and his new teeth can be seen from space. 050
UK Gavin @mega-g.bsky.social · 03/05/2025This was the moment Trump embarrassed America, and signalled the start of his downfall. youtube.com/watch?v=CTv7...youtube.comTrump quarrels with ABC interviewer after he is corrected over MS-13 tattoo photoshop claimYouTube video by Guardian News 111
UK Gavin @mega-g.bsky.social · 03/05/2025You can’t blame him, he was being blasted by the talented Zhao. You could get 5:1 odds on Zhao winning the tournament yesterday - I doubt you can today! 010
UK Gavin @mega-g.bsky.social · 03/05/2025Eddie Jordan’s wig must be held up in probate because David Coultard is still wearing his old one at the Formula E Monaco Grand Prix. Just saying. 000
UK Gavin @mega-g.bsky.social · 03/05/2025Have you noticed Trump is now deferring to lawyers as being the deciders when cases go tits up. Always someone else’s fault. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comTrump order targeting law firm Perkins Coie is unconstitutional, judge rulesUS district judge Beryl Howell says order violates first, fifth and sixth amendments and permanently blocks it 020
UK Gavin @mega-g.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Whether they discriminate on IQ or any other human factor, certain individuals with high levels of influence over the Republican Party will continue to attack any source of opposition to their toxic views, especially if there’s a buck in it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comMaga’s sinister obsession with IQ is leading us towards an inhuman future | Quinn SlobodianA coalition fixated on intelligence is staking the US economy on AI – which will devalue the very skills the right fetishises, says author Quinn Slobodian 010
UK Gavin @mega-g.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Apart from vindicating the lifestyle of a few overindulgent skim-readers, I don’t think the @theguardian.com has done itself or its readers any good with this headline. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...theguardian.comDrinking champagne could reduce risk of sudden cardiac arrest, study suggestsMaintaining a positive mood and eating more fruit may also help lower risk, researchers find 031
UK Gavin @mega-g.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Here we go again @sturdyalex.bsky.social in the NHS pay ‘negotiations’. All eyes on the outcome of the NHSPRB recommendations, but check ToR (Page 4) of 2025 report: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66c87c...assets.publishing.service.gov.uk 000
UK Gavin @mega-g.bsky.social · 27/04/2025We’ve done 1:1 guides in Florence and Prague - great value, and the perfect way to skip the queues! 110
UK Gavin @mega-g.bsky.social · 25/04/2025The way in which the Pope greeted and reacted to world leaders is evident in these photo’s. 010
UK Gavin @mega-g.bsky.social · 23/04/2025I’ll give you an example of one I know. He voted for Brexit (of course), and on the day the result came in he clapped his hands and said ‘that’ll take care of the p*****s’. That’s how thick, ignorant and bigoted they are. Questioning, not so much. 111
UK Gavin @mega-g.bsky.social · 23/04/2025#dogs Does anyone have any experience of Suprelorin chemical castration of dogs? Asking for a friend! 100
UK Gavin @mega-g.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Looking cute tonight, but he’s been a little fucker today having a go at his ever-growing list of nemesis dogs! If it’s got four legs and two knackers, he’ll have a pop at it. 060
UK Gavin @mega-g.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Well, there’s been 6 come and go in my lifetime, and what differences do we see? Is Catholicism any more liberal or accepting of the modern realities of life? 100
UK Gavin @mega-g.bsky.social · 23/04/2025I’m sorry, but tear-jerking, vox pop interviews about the Pope are the limit for me. 130
UK Gavin @mega-g.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Trump moans that Europe doesn’t buy their cars, when the truth is they don’t pass European NCAP safety regulations. A bit like their shit hormone injected beef and chlorinated chicken. 063