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mickrab.bsky.social

@mickrab.bsky.social
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Europhile boomer who appreciates how lucky I am. London accent with Yorkshire twinges, but heart in Galway. Savage cynic, a bit sweary, no prisoners. Tax is the price you pay for a civilised society.

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mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 7h
Not according to your photo....🤪
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mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 8h
Been to a couple at NEC. Hated them.
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mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 8h
Too kind. 😨
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mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 8h
Only ones I missed that I would have loved to see were Small Faces and original Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green. Also managed to see a lot of visiting American blues and soul artists. The beauty was all small clubs and venues. No big stadia.
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mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 8h
Im a bit older: Yardbirds Stones Kinks Who Georgie Fame Rod Stewart Then in the early 70s I got a job working on the door at the Albert Hall till I moved to Doncaster.
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mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 8h
@fbpech.bsky.social I was at this gig.
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mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 10h
Still got it.
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mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 11h
Yeah. Maybe!
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mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 17h
To quote Talleyrand on the Bourbons: "They have learnt nothing and forgot nothing"
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mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 18h
To quote Talleyrand on the Bourbons: "They have learnt nothing and forgot nothing"
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mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 18h
And by posting pictures like this you're doing Farage's work for him and making things worse. It's the pictures that wind the racists up.
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mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 19h
The greatest hits? Oh, absolutely! youtu.be/_mRFWQoXq4c?... youtu.be/3khH9ih2XJg?... Try these.
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Bob Seger- Night Moves
YouTube video by jimmej955
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mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 19h
Paean! Ffs. Doesn't autocorrect do Latin? 😱
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mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 20h
Pagan to lost youth, and a banger! youtu.be/9fWQHCTrQO8?...
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Like A Rock (Remastered 2011)
YouTube video by Bob Seger - Topic
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mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 20h
Great idea.
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mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 22h
Réné in Allo Allo did the Nancy boys joke.
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mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Well said. How much you might lose in pension would be dwarfed by the potential cost of care if you're one of the unlucky ones. It's a lottery, and I may be about to lose. To quote Harry Callahan: 'Do you feel lucky?'
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🔴 Manchester City is what happens when the rich and powerful believe money trumps any rules or regulations I've written about club football's biggest ever scandal, and interviewed the brilliant @migueldelaney.bsky.social, for Democracy for Sale democracyforsale.substack.com/p/manchester...
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Manchester City: club football's "biggest ever scandal"
I spoke to author Miguel Delaney about the UAE, industrial-scale cheating and football's “financial wild west.”
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mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
For many reasons this needs calling out.
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Mickey Kuhns @mickeykuhns.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
You could do with a less politically charged society. Embarrassing bollox like Drumcree shame both sides.
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mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Albert Hall, 1972. 👍
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mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Far too convenient with his election coming up. A bit like Oct 7?
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Sen. Thom Tillis privately told Trump he wouldn’t tolerate his “bullshit” — and that if Trump had ever directly threatened him with a primary challenge, he’d have “immediately told you to fuck yourself” and announced his retirement. The texts, obtained by Playbook, will appear in his upcoming book.
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mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
About as sane as Zuck or Musk. They're all fucking psychopaths.
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Chris Smith @ledredman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I think it's objectively hilarious that Braverman's parents named he after the promiscuous drunk on the Dallas TV series. Her name is not Suella, Its Sue Ellen.
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mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
No. And I never watch any programme with 'celebrity' in the title. The definition of celebrity these days seems to include anybody who has appeared on a voxpop from Barnsley market.
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mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
So this guy's in trouble.
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mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Snap! bsky.app/profile/mick...
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mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Far too convenient with his election coming up. A bit like Oct 7?
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Mickey Kuhns @mickeykuhns.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I wholeheartedly believe this… #FuckBenjaminNetanyahu shafaq.com/amp/en/Middl...
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daveofbusbridge9.bsky.social @daveofbusbridge9.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A co-ordinated demolition campaign to make Gaza uninhabitable has been undertaken by the Israeli government. We told you so. Now you can see it.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"I should just point out that we don't have any Lib Dems on the panel as they only have 71 MPs, but Suella Braverman is here because Reform have 8 MPs"
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mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Absolute monarchies not accustomed to having their version of things challenged.
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mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I suspect the Emiratis will try to play power politics on this. All sorts of economic and investment threats.
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mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
He won't have anything to do with ManCity then!
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mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
@reecedinsdale.bsky.social @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social @jimpowerecon1962.bsky.social
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mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Burnham may be riding high after his conference speech, but if he is stupid enough to try to save ManCity on behalf of the Emiratis it will be the biggest own goal since Brexit. He will immediately lose half of Manchester and every other football fan in the land. Keep the fuck out of it!
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Mickey Kuhns @mickeykuhns.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
In 1981, Reagan sold America the promise that tax cuts for the wealthy would trickle down into jobs and prosperity. Forty-five years later, billionaires still call higher taxes “confiscation.” Apparently, we’re supposed to wait forever for the fucking trickle.
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mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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UCL Constitution Unit @conunitucl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
How should a national commission on electoral reform be designed? On Tuesday, the Prime Minister announced a national commission on electoral reform. @alanrenwick.bsky.social argues that such a body should have three key features, and emphasises the care that should be taken. Read it 👇️
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How should a national commission on electoral reform be designed?
On Tuesday, the Prime Minister announced a national commission on electoral reform. In this article originally published in the Conversation UK, Alan Renwick explains that such a body should secure public involvement, not aim for a particular result and listen to the experts. He also emphasises that any change to the electoral system should be carried out with the greatest possible care.
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mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Ditto.
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mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 30/09/2026
BREAKING NEWS: “Do geese see God” is a palindrome
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mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
At least Trump didn't pick this guy for the size of his tits.
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mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Always confused him with Bobby Parker, whose magnificent guitar intro on Watch Your Step the Beatles ripped off for I Feel Fine. youtu.be/zdZjfmyHzBY?...
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1961 Bobby Parker - Watch Your Step
YouTube video by The45Prof
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