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mikeholf.bsky.social @mikeholf.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Things the men at Fairford could have been doing Badger Baiting Hare Coursing Cock Fighting Dog Fighting Or they could have been nicking: Diesel Fertiliser Quad Bikes Chain saws/ leaf blowers/ lawn mowers Horse Tack Or fly tipping ( Canabis farms are currently popular)

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mikeholf.bsky.social @mikeholf.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Funny thing is I live in a rural area and the consensus seems to be that IHT is a good thing overall as it means ag land is less attractive to the DFLs.

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mikeholf.bsky.social @mikeholf.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Same next door in East Sussex. Reform leader of Council saying there are no big efficiency savings to be made and basically it's business as usual.

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mikeholf.bsky.social @mikeholf.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I still have a landline because I don't always have a mobile signal. Plus I don't have a smart meter for the same reason.

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mikeholf.bsky.social @mikeholf.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Can somebody ask the Reformers what they intend to do with all this money that they will save on taxes? Stuck in an overseas trust fund so they can boast my trust is bigger than yours?

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mikeholf.bsky.social @mikeholf.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I very much doubt Farage has ever worked 7 days a week.

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mikeholf.bsky.social @mikeholf.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Is there a name for reverse nominative determinism?

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mikeholf.bsky.social @mikeholf.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Always thought "lanyard class" was meant to be an insult to the public sector. In my experience I always associate lanyards with private sector consultancies.

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mikeholf.bsky.social @mikeholf.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

What does he want to when he leaves school?

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mikeholf.bsky.social @mikeholf.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

A woodland fire in my area was caused by students burning their books. Such alerts are fine with me.

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mikeholf.bsky.social @mikeholf.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Hmm. I suspect there's quite alot of journalistic licence in that story.

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mikeholf.bsky.social @mikeholf.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

It's all performative posturing before the Clacton by-election on Thursday

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mikeholf.bsky.social @mikeholf.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

When it originally started it was to counteract the notion that non British products were naturally superior. There was a British manufacturer that made TVs for a Japanese company and sold twice as many under the Japanese brand rather than their own even though they were identical.

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mikeholf.bsky.social @mikeholf.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

He can always leave if he doesn't like it. I understand he's quite fond of Dubai.

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mikeholf.bsky.social @mikeholf.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I'm guessing that this idea that any organisation can't function when the Head isn't there comes from public school exceptionalism. There's no organisation that I know that didn't function better when the CEO wasn't there.

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mikeholf.bsky.social @mikeholf.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

In Brighton and Hove people get very worked up about parking and bins.

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mikeholf.bsky.social @mikeholf.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

The t-shirt only refers to making plans for an unknown person called Nigel. That it refers to the execution of the leader of the Reform party is pure speculation .

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mikeholf.bsky.social @mikeholf.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

In other news. Gordon Brown asks Police to investigate Jilted John.

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mikeholf.bsky.social @mikeholf.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Syrian Government forces were being bombed at the time by the US, Israel, France, Saudi Arabia and probably some other Gulf States as well. But yes the UK not joining in made all the difference.

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mikeholf.bsky.social @mikeholf.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Net zero is the biggest opportunity for capitalism since the industrial revolution. Most large corporations are lazy and arrogant and show no ability to take risks or innovate.

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mikeholf.bsky.social @mikeholf.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Nothing says "man of the people " more than having a Coutts account.

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mikeholf.bsky.social @mikeholf.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

One of the few things that still surprises me is that there are "political advisors" in all parties on 6 figure sums that seem to know SFA about politics.

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mikeholf.bsky.social @mikeholf.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

The socialist military dictatorships famously in cahoots with the left wing financial establishment no doubt.

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mikeholf.bsky.social @mikeholf.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

The main thing about 1976 was that it didn't rain for 6 months (Mar - Sept). It was consistently hot but not exceptionally hot and the hottest period concided with the summer holidays. So no comparison.

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mikeholf.bsky.social @mikeholf.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Again and Again. A majority of comments are personal opinions on his policy direction not on his competence. I disagreed with most of what Margaret Thatcher did but she was an effective PM.

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mikeholf.bsky.social @mikeholf.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Headlines should be Starmer resigns for absolutely no reason whatsoever. 95% of the criticism is policy decisions that people personally disagree with not whether he's competent as PM.

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mikeholf.bsky.social @mikeholf.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

All the issues with social media and the the U-16s were around when I was at school at a time when some people didn't even have land lines. The ability to socialise meant the ability to have fights after school and have your property thrown on telegraph lines or on roofs.

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mikeholf.bsky.social @mikeholf.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I feel I have had a number of legitimate grievances over the years. What I have never done is throw rocks at police, set things on fire and driven people from their homes. Disgraceful article.

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mikeholf.bsky.social @mikeholf.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

She does know you can teach people more than one thing at school?

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mikeholf.bsky.social @mikeholf.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

So when the likes of Jeremy Clarkson, Nigel Farage, James Dyson, Andrew Lloyd Weber, not to mention the NFU, say farmers should be paid more that's all fine and dandy then, but not when the Green Party say it?

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mikeholf.bsky.social @mikeholf.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

And these are my principles and if you don't like them I have others.

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mikeholf.bsky.social @mikeholf.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Giles, mate, all you have to do is give the word and we can organise an intervention. Anyway, it was the Soviet Union not Russia.

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mikeholf.bsky.social @mikeholf.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

This seems to have started when party leaders were chosen by the membership not the MPs. In that way you get a leader than is often not supported by a majority of that party's MPs.

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mikeholf.bsky.social @mikeholf.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Team might play the wrong tactics for 'arry.

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mikeholf.bsky.social @mikeholf.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Sam Alladyce and Sean Dyche are both available I believe.

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mikeholf.bsky.social @mikeholf.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Green Belt is designated to prevent the expansion or amalgamation of settlements not the inherent quality of the land itself. Green Belt often contains land of low environmental quality. On the face of it building residential property on a former landfill sounds like a bad idea.

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mikeholf.bsky.social @mikeholf.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Tice referred to "The Guardian and other left- wing newspapers". Anyone?? The Morning Star if that's still a thing???

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mikeholf.bsky.social @mikeholf.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Speaking to my local IT shop owner who had moved premises recently as to why there were so many vacancies in the town centre. He said business rates don't help but the biggest problem is unrealistic rent demands by landlords.

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mikeholf.bsky.social @mikeholf.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

So you oppose him from the left then? In which case there is possibly only one party leader that you might find acceptable.

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mikeholf.bsky.social @mikeholf.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

What awful record (and I don't vote Labour)?

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mikeholf.bsky.social @mikeholf.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

The John Major who was prime minister for nearly 7 years? The trouble is politics/governing is boring if you do it properly.

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mikeholf.bsky.social @mikeholf.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Shouldn't that be Persia or Mesopotamia (or was that Iraq?)?

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mikeholf.bsky.social @mikeholf.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Crisis what Crisis? Not a Labour/Starmer supporter and can't see what the problem is. The UK seems to have got itself in to a doom-loop over it's PMs.

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mikeholf.bsky.social @mikeholf.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

The environmental movement always has been, to a certain extent, an "unholy alliance" between those who truly believe and those concerned about property values.

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mikeholf.bsky.social @mikeholf.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Say what you like at least the Daily Express has principles. And if you don't like them they have others.

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mikeholf.bsky.social @mikeholf.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

It's a complete myth that the Victorian's just built things. Railways, as they had compulsory purchase powers, had to go through a parliamentary procedure akin to planning. The line London to Bristol was initially rejected and had to be completely redesigned.

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mikeholf.bsky.social @mikeholf.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Her biggest problem is that her whole life is meaningless. She exists only to generate clicks on the Mail website.

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mikeholf.bsky.social @mikeholf.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Wasn't that why General de Gaulle wouldn't let the UK join?

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mikeholf.bsky.social @mikeholf.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

I'm sure bus/train/taxi drivers as well as airline pilots all work very hard. Perhaps they should be allowed a drink at work?

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mikeholf.bsky.social @mikeholf.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Since the chattering classes consider new development a "bad thing" wouldn't snobbery mean that development should be in MK and Cambridge left alone? And Bedford doesn't even get a mention.

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