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Mike Hull

@mikehull.bsky.social
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Retired surveyor living in the Derbyshire Dales. I like music, books, nature, gardening and rambling. Trying not to worry about the oligarchs and politicians messing up our lives.

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Gandermonium @gandermonium.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is a good one to be fair. 😂
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Mike Hull @mikehull.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Bet that sounds good!
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Mike Hull @mikehull.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Glad that hip replacement was a success and you can get out and about again, because a walk is good for the soul. I haven’t been on AW regularly for ages. Certainly haven’t posted for a good while. Will have to look in sometime soon.
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Mike Hull @mikehull.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
We are pretty good aside from aging and aching bodies! Spend most of my time outdoors since retirement a couple of years ago. Tending to veg, planting trees, hedges and the like. Haven’t listened to as much music recently as I used to and have limited my exposure to social media where possible!
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Mike Hull @mikehull.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Cheers, Peter👍 Hope you are keeping well.
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Mike Hull @mikehull.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
It’s shocking how water companies pollute our waterways with sewage. Over 340,000 have signed the petition demanding an end to the sewage scandal. Surfers Against Sewage are handing in this petition next week, and are pushing for 350,000. Can you add your name? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...
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End the sewage pollution scandal
It’s shocking how water companies have gotten away with polluting our waterways with sewage. That’s why more than 319,000 of us have signed the petition demanding an end to the sewage scandal. We’re...
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Mike Hull @mikehull.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
We thought it was a malfunctioning smoke alarm. Took a while to realise what it was!
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Mike Hull @mikehull.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Thankfully the best team won. Argentina are bad losers and it would have been a travesty had they won.
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Mike Hull @mikehull.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Fascinating watching these swallow fledglings practice their technique by launching themselves off our gutters.
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Mike Hull @mikehull.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
To quote my wife: “It’s a pile of wank”. Why the hell does there need to be a half time show? It’s just not football. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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TV rights holders frustrated over World Cup final half-time show delay
Fifa are still to confirm the length of the show despite multiple requests, with the delays causing issues for broadcasters and advertising teams
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Femi @femi-oluwole.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
I went to the #UniteTheKingdom march, as a LONE BLACK MAN! Not only did I manage to not die😅, despite being pelted with constant abuse... I interviewed several Tommy Robinson supporters....😎😎 🤣😍They exposed themselves so quickly! 😍🤣
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Tommy Robinson supporters expose themselves so fast! - Unite The Kingdom
YouTube video by Femi - F Politics!
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Mike Hull @mikehull.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
britainsfavouritebutterfly.co.uk/butterfly/pa... I voted for the Painted Lady as my favourite butterfly. Which one would you vote for?
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Painted Lady - Britain’s Favourite Butterfly
The Painted Lady is one of the 60 beautiful butterflies found across the UK. Will it be Britain's Favourite Butterfly?
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Mike Hull @mikehull.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
That is the problem. What does Labour actually stand for today? I’m struggling to think of anything. In power but virtually rudderless.
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Mike Hull @mikehull.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Trump has no plan, is unhinged and is causing chaos and disruption with an illegal war. Why on earth would we want to jump right in like Badenoch and Farage want, when Trump didn’t even bother to inform his “allies” in Europe before striking Iran. Why is it the Right are so slavish to a madman?
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Mike Hull @mikehull.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
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Mike Hull @mikehull.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Part of the problem is some HGV drivers relying on their phones for SatNav. I live in Derbyshire and a couple of weeks ago witnessed a driver trying to take a short cut that would have resulted in getting stuck. Last year an HGV driver managed to demolish part of a house doing the same!
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Mike Hull @mikehull.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
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Mike Hull @mikehull.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
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Fight!
Fuck Bezos. The Washington Post can and must rise again.
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Mike Hull @mikehull.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Surely the title should have been ’The Shit Wisdom of Boris Johnson’?
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Mike Hull @mikehull.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
#fifaworldcup This presentation of the World Cup Peace Prize to Donald Trump is nauseating beyond belief. FIFA’s president is so far up Trump’s arse he can almost see out of Trump’s mouth. Yuck!
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Mike Hull @mikehull.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
He’s talking bollocks as usual.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”
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Mike Hull @mikehull.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Definitely not without merit! I hope you can resume what you love doing very soon.
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Mike Hull @mikehull.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Speeches (not really interviews as Annabelle Croft hardly asked any questions) were nearly as long as the match. As the players are clearly schooled in what to say, the speeches/interviews are largely formulaic and thus a waste of time.
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Mike Hull @mikehull.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
📢 Being an MP is a full time job. I just signed the petition calling on the Government to ban second jobs for MPs. Will you sign too? 38d.gs/pvkn
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Sign the petition: Say No to second jobs for MPs
I just signed the campaign calling to for MPs to be banned from having second jobs. Will you join me and add your name?
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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
The warning couldn’t be clearer. ⚠️ Slashing the nature-friendly farming budget would be catastrophic for the nature and climate crisis, and for our long-term food security. What's more, it would leave the UK Government’s credibility on climate and nature in tatters.
A headline from The Guardian reads: “Fund for nature-friendly farming to be slashed in UK spending review.” Below it, a line of bright green tractors ploughs wide, bare furrows into a large field. The image underscores the scale of UK farming and the warning that vital support for restoring nature is about to be cut.
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Mike Hull @mikehull.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
I listened to that interview with increasing horror - Gorka is a nasty piece of work. How Sarah Montague resisted the temptation to tell him to “go fuck himself” I don’t know. What a horrible man and what an insufferable arse.
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Mike Hull @mikehull.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
17 days on, I feel liberated from the vileness of X and life is better for letting it go. Why did I wait so long?
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Mike Hull @mikehull.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
The art of the steal…
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Mike Hull @mikehull.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Seems to be the way of the world. Significant rise in arseholery recently. Hope you are ok?
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Mike Hull @mikehull.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Brian Eno, as ever, hits the nail on the head when it comes to the selfishness of the wealthy. A 2% tax on wealth of more than £10 million makes sense and #Labour need to step up to the plate rather than being shit scared of the right wing media. m.youtube.com/watch?v=hh7C...
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Brian Eno perfectly explains selfishness of the super rich
YouTube video by Peeps
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Mike Hull @mikehull.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Phase 1 of hedgerow and tree planting completed! Thanks to @derbyswildlife.bsky.social for all their help with this from assessment, survey, obtaining the c.1,200 plants & helping us plant them. It was hard work but worth it! All part of the Derwent Living Forest scheme. Phase 2 to follow in Oct.
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Mike Hull @mikehull.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
We have just spent a day planting c750 trees/hedging plants with the help of two peeps from Derbyshire Wildlife Trust. It looks awful due to the plastic tree guards, but give it about 3 years and we’ll have a haven for wildlife. Now gloriously knackered!
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Mike Hull @mikehull.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Finally, I have deleted my X account. I am hoping my blood will boil less frequently and that I can enjoy the analog world more thoroughly.
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Mike Hull @mikehull.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Disturbing and alarming in equal measure www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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What’s in the millions of tonnes of sludge spread on to UK farmland? Toxic waste – and ministers don’t care | George Monbiot
Water companies let waste disposers, for cash, dump their loads into sewage farms. When it is recklessly used as fertiliser, we are all at risk, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Mike Hull @mikehull.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
I hadn’t realised sheep ate curlew eggs. Here in the Peak District there is intensive grazing of cattle and sheep, but much of the problem for curlews and other ground nesting birds is the timing of grass cutting which takes no account of when there are eggs or chicks on the nest.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
What a load of old bollocks - Farage shouldn’t be allowed to get away with spouting this nonsense. The CBI reported just last week that the net zero sector is growing 3 times faster than the overall UK economy, & renewable energy is far cheaper than fossil fuels 🙄
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Net Zero is hiking your bills - UK industry is being MASSACRED by Labour
IT is clear for all to see that Sir Keir Starmer and his Government can’t stop talking about Reform UK. Up until just a few weeks ago, the Prime Minister had not mentioned us once in the House of C…
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Huge win! Government announces plans to open up the Land Registry. If delivered, will finally reveal more about who owns land in England and Wales. Read my blog post for more details & how you can write to the Minister to make sure this now happens: whoownsengland.org/2025/03/06/h... 🧵1/
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Huge win! Government announces plan to open up Land Registry
This post is by Guy Shrubsole. Today the UK Government has announced plans to open up the Land Registry – which, if delivered, will finally reveal more about who owns land in England and Wale…
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Zelenskyy is a man of bravery and integrity - who the free world looks up to. Which explains why Trump & Vance cannot stand his presence.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 01/03/2025
TikTok ‘craze’ behind Peak District bad parking crisis
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TikTok ‘craze’ behind Peak District bad parking crisis
Local MP writes to authorities over ‘irresponsible’ motorists flocking to see sunrise and sunset at Mam tor An MP has called for action on irresponsible parking at Peak District beauty spots that he says is being fuelled by a TikTok craze. Jon Pearce,…
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Mike Hull @mikehull.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Trump and Vance bullying Zelensky was disgraceful - any right-minded American should be ashamed and embarrassed. Putin must be delighted because his asset has come good. I think everyone needs to realise that the USA simply cannot be trusted under this administration.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
I think this is the closest many of us have ever got to seeing the real Trump. The only consistent thread in his entire unhinged rant was the love & praise for Vladimir Putin. Zelensky has more courage & dignity in his little finger than every member of Trump's regime & fan club combined.
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John Simpson @johnsimpsonnews.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
The Zelenskiy/Trump meeting went wrong when JD Vance got stuck in so aggressively. US Vice-Presidents have usually seen their job as trying to be emollient; Vance, by contrast, seemed actively to want to stir things up.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Donald Trump has betrayed America. If you couldn’t see it before, you just saw it today.
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Mike Hull @mikehull.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
‘I hope you enjoy the show. I hope I’m not dead’: how Feelgood star Wilko never saw the play about his life www.theguardian.com/music/2025/f...
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‘I hope you enjoy the show. I hope I’m not dead’: how Feelgood star Wilko never saw the play about his life
The musician lived a wild story of many acts: Jonathan Maitland turned it into a play and read it to him just a year before he died. This is how their encounter went …
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
From the CWS Archive. 4th June 2020.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
I’m George Takei and I approve of this message.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
The government has met a key election pledge to deliver two million extra NHS appointments in England in its first year, the prime minister has said www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Keir Starmer: Pledge of two million extra NHS appointments met
Sir Keir Starmer says the figure is a
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