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Mick Kelly

@mickkelly100.bsky.social
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Retired computer programmer, degree in Astronomy, rather rubbish amateur musician. Socialist and ex Labour Party member.

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Dawn @dawnlovesgreece.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Wirral people, there is a craft fair at Hoylake tomorrow and I will be on the RSPCA stand selling handmade cat themed items. So come along and buy lots please! RSPCA Wirral is an independent charity which cares for and rehomes cats and kittens. It gets no funding from the main RSPCA organisation.
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Mick Kelly @mickkelly100.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
If you’re buying white goods, check out the EU database for the best eco buy. eprel.ec.europa.eu/screen/home
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EPREL Public website
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Mick Kelly @mickkelly100.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
The suppression of this report is intolerable - it was paid for by the taxpayers, so why can’t we see it www.thenerve.news/p/caroline-l...
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Caroline Lucas: The shocking climate reports the UK government didn't want you to see
The intelligence services now believe nature collapse is a security threat. For a cabinet determined to sacrifice the environment for growth, was that too uncomfortable a truth, asks the former Green ...
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Neil Brand @neilkbrand.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
What the hell is the BBC 6pm news doing leading with Farage's clickbait about using the Royal Navy to stop immigrants? An absurd soundbite from a tiny party with a disgraced leader and that's the most important news in the UK today? Dear God. The rot has truly gone deep.
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Mick Kelly @mickkelly100.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
No, no and no www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Carmakers ‘delaying investment in UK factories until EV sales rules relaxed’
Industry wants mandate forcing manufacturers to sell increasing share of electric cars each year to be eased
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Mick Kelly @mickkelly100.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Great article- my idiosyncratic summary - ‘in embracing the far-right, you must lower your own intellectual standards to theirs’ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Why has Britain’s oldest political magazine become such a rabid cheerleader for Islamophobia? | Nesrine Malik
A report on the Spectator’s coverage of Muslims makes for grim reading. Conservatism is now focused on this minority to the exclusion of everything else, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
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Mick Kelly @mickkelly100.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I just signed the petition calling on Andy Burnham to kick Palantir out of our NHS and police - can you add your name too?
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Mick Kelly @mickkelly100.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Just finished’Head North’ by Andy Burnham and Steve Rotherham - wonderful, inspirational stuff. I hope Burnham gets to implement at least part of it!
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Mick Kelly @mickkelly100.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
I stopped listening to the Today programme years ago and Humphreys was the main reason. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
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John Humphrys criticises successors on ‘irritating’ Today programme
Former presenter of BBC Radio 4 show complains in Guardian of ‘gratuitous gratitude’ and ‘gushing’ between host and guest
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Mick Kelly @mickkelly100.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Bravo www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
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Stewart Lee: Exit stage far-right – now Britain’s theatres are being urged to capitulate to Farage
A new strategy document is calling for the industry to ‘engage warmly’ with Reform. Why? So Robert Kenyon can remake ’Tis Pity She’s a Whore?
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Mick Kelly @mickkelly100.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Why the hell should I care? It’s time to end our cultural subservience to the US. The English language is the only thing we have in common, now. Come on @Guardian www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
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Knicks beat Spurs with largest NBA finals comeback to move to brink of first title since 1973
OG Anunoby’s tip-in with 2.3 seconds left capped a 29-point comeback as the Knicks moved within one win of their first championship in 53 years
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Mick Kelly @mickkelly100.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Genuine question…. Why are US billionaires so interested in fermenting division in the UK?
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 03/06/2026
“AI makes no demands, requires no moral consideration, and does not attempt to germinate a culture, a cuisine, or a language in your sacred soil”: @doctorow.pluralistic.net on how billionaires are using AI to dispense with inconvenient humans www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...
Hell is other people – so billionaires are using AI to replace them. By Cory Doctorow, against a black background
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Mick Kelly @mickkelly100.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Just signed this….
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Mick Kelly @mickkelly100.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
All British citizens should face up to their legal obligations www.thenerve.news/p/sangita-my...
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Sangita Myska: Over 2000 British citizens have served in the IDF during the Gaza war. Our government doesn't want to know
A cross-party open letter demands the UK government upholds its obligations to screen returning dual-nationals for their links to potential war crimes
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Mick Kelly @mickkelly100.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Ex-labour leader and war criminal finally goes completely insane, advocating collective suicide. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Tony Blair tells Starmer and rivals: abandon net zero and move closer to Trump
In highly unusual intervention, ex-PM says his party’s ‘almost infinite capacity for self-delusion’ makes it likely to lose next election
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Mick Kelly @mickkelly100.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Hooray! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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London mayor Sadiq Khan blocks £50m Met police deal with Palantir
Exclusive: Scotland Yard had been in talks to use Palantir’s AI technology to automate intelligence analysis
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Mick Kelly @mickkelly100.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
You can’t write history until after the event, but this seems very prescient www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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The American epoch of oil is collapsing. What comes next could be ugly | Jonathan Watts
China is dominating the energy transition with astonishing result, while fossil fuel fascists in the US try to turn back the clock
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Mick Kelly @mickkelly100.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Good - glad to see the back of the privatisation king… www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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Streeting resigns as health secretary and says he has lost confidence in Starmer’s leadership - UK politics live
Streeting calls on PM to resign but stops short of launching leadership bid
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Mick Kelly @mickkelly100.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
I wish articles that are based on statistics would have a link to the data, rather than just the reporter’s interpretation. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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UK firefighters called to one lithium-ion battery fire every five hours
FoI responses collected by insurer show brigades tackled 1,760 battery-linked fires in 2025, up 147% in three years
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Mick Kelly @mickkelly100.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
The Iran war is making everything more expensive for us, but some companies are cashing in. Don't think that's right? Sign the petition now demanding they are taxed more on their record profits to help us all with the cost of living. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ra...
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Sign the Urgent Petition - End this rip-off
People in the UK are struggling to get by while some corporations are set to announce record high profits on the back of the Iran war. Join the campaign to demand these war profiteers are taxed so we ...
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Mick Kelly @mickkelly100.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
My e-reader is full of ‘literary fiction’ books that are less than 10% read, and will remain so. www.theguardian.com/books/pictur...
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Tom Gauld on almost reading the greats – cartoon
So near and yet …
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Mick Kelly @mickkelly100.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Just got a Reform UK election leaflet - so returned it to them explaining that I wasn’t a racist. Forgot to put a stamp on it, though - oh well, I expect they can afford it.
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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Doesn't pay any tax in the UK because he ran away to the Tax Haven Singapore to escape the effects of the Brexit he helped create. Then he bought up hundred of millions of pounds of farmland to avoid tax, then cried when it was made taxable. James Dyson is a scumbag.
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Mick Kelly @mickkelly100.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Asset management firms are generally bad and US asset management firms are evil - they should have no part in the NHS. weownit.org.uk/act-now/blac...
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No, BlackRock: our NHS is not for sale - sign the petition now
BlackRock is creating a joint venture with the Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF)[1] to buy up NHS clinics and GP surgeries
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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Loving this 👇👇👇👇
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Deborah Weeks/A Woman for An Eternity @deborah-10.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
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Mick Kelly @mickkelly100.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
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Stop Palantir taking over our public services!
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.
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Mick Kelly @mickkelly100.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Yay! www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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Italian voters reject overhaul of judiciary pushed by Giorgia Meloni
Referendum result could tarnish PM’s reputation and make winning next year’s general election challenging
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Mick Kelly @mickkelly100.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
GB News’s Trump interview was a hot mess, but Ofcom doesn’t want to investigate. That means one thing: Ofcom is BROKEN. I just signed this open letter calling on the Government to do whatever it takes to fix it. Will you add your name?
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Mick Kelly @mickkelly100.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
A story both depressing and inspiring www.thenerve.news/p/medics-ext...
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Shattered windows, broken rules ... and victory! The medics who protested against the climate emergency
In the latest blow against draconian restraints on the right to protest, six doctors and nurses linked to Extinction Rebellion were dramatically acquitted last week. A play about their trial aims to s...
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Mick Kelly @mickkelly100.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Important! These people are toxic. A vile company led by a vile man. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
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Stop Palantir taking over our public services!
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.
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Mick Kelly @mickkelly100.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
I’ve just joined the Green Party. I’ve always wanted to, but thought it quixotic - not any more!
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Mick Kelly @mickkelly100.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Fantastic result - healthforxr.com
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Health for XR – Climate Crisis = Health Crisis
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Mick Kelly @mickkelly100.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
It’s not a good idea to spend our taxes to reward American tech-barons Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Stop Palantir taking over our public services!
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.
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Mick Kelly @mickkelly100.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Stop Palantir taking over our public services!
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.
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Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Just going to leave this here
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
It's disturbing to see how Gordon Brown has whitewashed his reasons for reappointing Mandelson, and his own role in eroding democracy. Mandelson's official business was similar to his unauthorised scheming with Epstein. Don't let them rewrite history. My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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There is a lot of convenient amnesia about Peter Mandelson’s New Labour days. Let’s jog some memories | George Monbiot
Yes, he betrayed the national interest in his dealings with Jeffrey Epstein – but also in his sanctioned role as enabler of corporate power, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Mick Kelly @mickkelly100.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
A real problem that all governments face is that they are enablers of toxic business practices. Although the Tories are unashamed of it, Labour is not innocent either www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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There is a lot of convenient amnesia about Peter Mandelson’s New Labour days. Let’s jog some memories | George Monbiot
Yes, he betrayed the national interest in his dealings with Jeffrey Epstein – but also in his sanctioned role as enabler of corporate power, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dailyherald.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
437 days since a property connected to Nigel Farage was purchased in his constituency and we still don't know how.... What are you hiding Nige?
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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.
The Power of Poetry
 
with things falling apart
and anarchy let loose,
 
it was only poetry, he found,
which had any use,
 
so he reached for his copy  
of The Complete Works of Yeats
 
and bludgeoned the President
of the United States


Brian Bilston
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Mick Kelly @mickkelly100.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
I’ve just donated to Sarah’s gofundme. Address in the comments www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Woman pulled out of UK ultramarathon after death threats over Afghanistan fundraising
Sarah Porter was running 108-mile Montane Winter Spine Challenger South race when security team had to disable tracking device
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Mick Kelly @mickkelly100.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
People die - but The Dead live on. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Bob Weir, co-founder of rock group the Grateful Dead, dies at age 78
Rhythm guitarist helped guide the legendary jam band through decades of change and success
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Mick Kelly @mickkelly100.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
A wonderful opportunity www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Trump may be the beginning of the end for ‘enshittification’ – this is our chance to make tech good again | Cory Doctorow
The US president is weaponising tech, but his tariffs and Brexit provide a surprising opportunity to gain back digital control of our lives, says science fiction author, activist and journalist Cory D...
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Mick Kelly @mickkelly100.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Fascinating article…. How I used AI to transform myself from a female dance artist to an all-male post-punk band – and what that means for other musicians theconversation.com/how-i-used-a...
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How I used AI to transform myself from a female dance artist to an all-male post-punk band – and what that means for other musicians
I had reservations about these tools and how they might affect me as a musician, but I was also intrigued by the possibilities.
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Mick Kelly @mickkelly100.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
This is important - the perception I had of public support for green policies was that only (large) minority agreed with them. I was wrong…. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘A silent majority’: MPs underestimate support for green policies, study reveals
Exclusive: From solar subsidies to meat taxes, minority rightwing voices appear to drown out the consensus
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Finn Longman is only here occasionally @finnlongman.com · 29/12/2025
My plea to all Irish-language publishers: ebooks. Please. Please make things available as ebooks (across various platforms, ideally).
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Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
The arrest of Greta Thunberg for peacefully opposing genocide and supporting those on hunger strike is wrongful and disturbing. This is yet another shocking example of the UK’s broad terrorism laws being used to target those exercising their right to freedom of expression and assembly rights.
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Mick Kelly @mickkelly100.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Just watched ‘Independence Day’ - possibly the worst film I’ve ever seen. Tissue thin plot, hammy all-American patriotism, and victory by use of a suicide bomber.
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Mick Kelly @mickkelly100.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
@liverpoolpost.bsky.social - I see your story hit the Guardian - sadly without any attribution. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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The Eldonian dream: Inside the fight for Liverpool’s community housing utopia
Eldonian village was a forerunner in neighbourhood regeneration. Thirty years on it is fighting for survival
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