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Mr P

@mr-pick.bsky.social
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Economics and Law teacher, avid reader, sports fan, NUFC, passionate runner, T2 diabetic in remission, optimist

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Mr P @mr-pick.bsky.social · 8h
Is it just me or does Kemi B remind you of Zippy from Rainbow; absolutely no self awareness & appears to have words come out of her mouth without ever having entered the prefrontal cortex… I bet anyone still voting blue wishes she had a zip too 😂
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Mr P @mr-pick.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
He’s academic in the same way as a calculator is a bookmark
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Mr P @mr-pick.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Change? Nah they’ll always talk about cutting taxes (not yours) and paying down the national debt (by cutting essential services and somehow making the debt worse)… oh and turning to division to distract when people realise things are getting worse
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Mr P @mr-pick.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Imagine the rest of us dealt with mistakes at work so casually. Teacher: Sends wrong kid to the principal, realises, shrugs shoulders “meh” Surgeon: operates on wrong leg… stitches up leg, pretends op done on correct leg “meh” Waiter: wrong drink? Brings fresh wrong drink “meh”
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Mr P @mr-pick.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Like buying a car on bricks and expecting to turn it into an F1 team instantly whilst spending the same as other established F1 teams… you have to look at the state of the club they bought, the amount to just get it moving again.
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Mr P @mr-pick.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Selling Milner… pretending to be in for Schweinsteiger
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Mr P @mr-pick.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Every billboard in the US needs to state Socialism ≠ Communism Uncontrolled capitalism becomes a problem when the concentration of assets is so high nobody else has the chance to thrive. If essential goods cannot be provided competitively, then markets shouldn’t be given the task of providing them.
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Mr P @mr-pick.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This issue is enough for me to know ignoring public opinion is not just uncontroversial, it’s important. If you want less crime, you need a justice system that turns offenders around. Educate them whilst they are in prison, remove employment barriers once out. Making them pay ad infinitum is stupid
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Mr P @mr-pick.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I think you’ll find that this man employs a whole lot of common sense and went to the university of life
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Mr P @mr-pick.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Anyone think he’s fit enough to climb a mountain?
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Mr P @mr-pick.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A another brazen fool with the intellect of a walnut. Thinks it’s an arbitrary tax and his car is sacred and harms nobody… dismissive of every bit of information to the contrary. It’s not an argument to dismiss evidence as nonsense, you have to have evidence to give weight to your dismissal.
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Mr P @mr-pick.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Did you or did you not commandeer a ship, not if your own, seize assets from others, steel and generally do piratey stuff for several years? “Sir, that was Jack Sparrow”
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Mr P @mr-pick.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Wasn’t trying to be preachy btw, I get it everyone has different things going on. Cardio doesn’t have to be something outside though, walking up and down a staircase at home (if you have access to one) would do the trick. Sleep is a tricky beast to tame
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Mr P @mr-pick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
20mins a day? I was in this boat after a health check revealed I’m diabetic and had NAFLD (both resolved/controlled). I’ve got up 30-40mins earlier and done something every day since, you find time if it’s important to you. It’s a choice we all face in this busy life, but the body keeps score
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Mr P @mr-pick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#nufc fans Logo changes so little most people wouldn’t notice: “That’s disgusting I’m never buying owt from them again” Moving to a new stadium to help the club “Ne way man, they’d have to rename St James’s Metro station” Lads… can we just try to be a bit more open minded to change?
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Mr P @mr-pick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The dumbness is easy to fool… so it’s more forgivable. Apathy on the other hand…
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Mr P @mr-pick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Can’t have it both ways, if you actually think he won by a rigged election, you cannot go on to declare the dems are the reason he was elected.
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Mr P @mr-pick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I actually hate the faux outrage. It can kind of be categorised as 1.) Urgh I hate it 2.) They’ve been had by marketeers Firstly the badge is barely changing, secondly the castle logo will be a cool addition, thirdly, we need more revenue to catch the pack (this helps)
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Mr P @mr-pick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I’m no expert in this particular area (I am the proud owner of a law degree though) but I’d assume it isn’t this black and white (pun intended #nufc), searches can be justified without a warrant to prevent the removal or destruction of evidence. Probably somewhere in PACE 1984
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Mr P @mr-pick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
He’s never been given intelligence… you can tell this whenever he opens his mouth and speaks
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Mr P @mr-pick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
These politically swayed “journalists” have left legislators paralysed for years. Want to change something…”so you’re putting taxes up?”… “So you’re adding to the national debt”. As if taxation is an axe that hits everyone in one swipe, as opposed to something more targeted.
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Mr P @mr-pick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
In summary it is a statistical impossibility that 35% of people are sufficiently healthy that they don’t use their doctor… IMPOSSIBILE… when these MAGA geniuses had their lobotomies, did they use their insurance?
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Mr P @mr-pick.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The biggest turning point of Starmer’s premiership… lessons in ‘how not to sacrifice large swathes of traditional voters, in the dumb pursuit of votes you won’t gain’… were not learnt.
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Mr P @mr-pick.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Population growth of 0.11%… just looking at asylum claimants by boat (be good to remind people that the Tories made all other modes of transit impossible: so it’s boat for asylum, or the UK takes nobody)
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Mr P @mr-pick.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
When are the news shows going to ask reform voters to denounce the actions of Danny T… or apologise for his actions? Cos I can only imagine how quickly they’d be all over the nearest religious establishment (not the churches) to ask this if one of their attendees went nuts with a knife
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Mr P @mr-pick.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
If your waged income hasn’t changed much (5%) and the tax rates haven’t changed much, then the only people who could have increased their take since 2010 are 🥁🥁🥁🥁 profits (+83%) dividends per £1 share (>+100% increase). (Despite workforce productivity increasing over the same period +8%)
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🧵 As front-page headlines go, this has to be one of the most misleading I've seen in a long time It's an out-and-out lie But notice the trick they use to get away with it...👀 *They're* not lying - they're just quoting someone else who is👍🏻 In this case, the leader of the opposition🙄 1/33
Daily Express headline:

"More Freedoms Handed to New Arrivals than British Citizens"

Above an image of Kemi Badenoch

All with a Monk Debunked stamp on top
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Mr P @mr-pick.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Not guilty plea, when it’s on video is bold too! Got to wonder if he took any legal advice
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Mr P @mr-pick.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Who teaches their kids that different human lives are worth more/less depending upon their immigration status/race/origins? Like seriously, who gets their kid on a megaphone calling for the death of innocent people on boats? UK politicians promote what they permit. Call these d-heads out
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Mr P @mr-pick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
They’re all still on Twitter digesting Elon’s curated anger-inducements.
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Mr P @mr-pick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Ali Dia of PMs, got in above her competence level and delivered exactly what you’d expect… she’s arguably got more whacky since. Apparently we are all wrong about what she did being bad for the economy.
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Mr P @mr-pick.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Sunk cost bias. They can’t be wrong about him, he is now their whole identity… admitting they were wrong after being warned so thoroughly is just not an option.
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Mr P @mr-pick.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
At some stage I’d like to see a government show us that they can lead by example. Condemn people and their views/actions when they are abhorrent. I mean someone in Labour is calculating that their popularity is on the table if they do… this melts my mind!
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Mr P @mr-pick.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
He had very little summer prep with the team to get them ready. If you need them to be intense and they aren’t conditioned for it, you’ll get 70mins of it. The remaining 20 (30 if it’s Liverpool) relies on a strong bench. We will get there. This break will be helpful
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Mr P @mr-pick.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Actually think it’s about getting our squad fit enough to maintain that pressure further into the game or having a clear plan for once they’ve blown their lungs. Strategic management of substitutes is key too
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Mr P @mr-pick.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Important note: Much like pride in your children, it must be based upon tangibles… it’s okay to be proud of their acts and their achievements, it should not blindly be based on their mere existence.
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Mr P @mr-pick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Brighton the most interesting for me. Balanced pressing approach. Man U unsurprisingly crap, apathy is their identity 🤣
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Mr P @mr-pick.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It’s a mystery Richard… I mean if it walks like a duck, acts like a duck and quacks like a duck. Not like any openly nazi/racist/bigoted/sexist people vote your way… or evidence of Putin’s/other dodgy money funnelling into your party or its members… no Richard, no idea how people could think this
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Mr P @mr-pick.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I’m finding the doomsayers quite annoying too tbf. Is it perfect? Nope. Are there players still in the team/squad you think are crap? Absolutely. Are we averaging 2pts a game and still in the cups? Yup. Did you think we would be better than this? I didn’t. We need patience, not petulance
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Mr P @mr-pick.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Maybe we are bipolar by design… first half we pressed then adrenaline button… second half the melatonin one
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Mr P @mr-pick.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It’ll come for Newcastle, the difference between the 1st half and 2nd yesterday was ability to maintain it over 90mins. Specialist cardio intensity training is needed… but it comes at a cost (injuries), remember that first Champions League season under Howe?
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Mr P @mr-pick.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The BBC was long ago hijacked by politically motivated appointees at the top. If the BBC is to survive it must have proper balance and independence at all levels… no cozying up to Farage or Johnson whilst calling for Zach or Keir/Andy to be sanctioned for baseless crap.
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Mr P @mr-pick.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The best way to catch the stupids is to claim the tax man is the reason they’re poor. The reality is that the people paying you that wage have benefited way more than anyone over the past 30 years. If profits and prices have grown over that period by more than wages and taxes… we know the culprit
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Mr P @mr-pick.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
At some point you have to realise that the bully will always bully you if you let him. Cosying up may get you access, but at a price. Call him out, live fact check his BS and highlight every time he messes up. What he’s pushing for is a media that fail to do their actual job: hold him to account
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Mr P @mr-pick.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Even if you’re right, that’s still £34,000 per person better off than they are now. Privatisation of that sector wasn’t just stupid and beneficial to very few people, it’s had long lasting ramifications. So many things we could’ve used the investment fund income on, but it’s now offshore
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Mr P @mr-pick.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
If you think closing an RNLI station is a victory for your cause, you might want to question your cause. These volunteers risk their lives to save lives, regardless of their origin/class/ethnicity/gender. If you think poor people on dinghies are less human than you, you’re wearing your racism
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Mr P @mr-pick.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
If they’re going to bankrupt it because of his tantrum… the best and only way to go is to put his name on it first, I mean it’s kind of in keeping with businesses he’s put his name on before
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Grumpy-ish Brian🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🇮🇪 @brian770.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Mr P @mr-pick.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Parental autonomy relies on parental competence and assuming they are an informed parent… with information like this, the last part is unlikely. On the covid crap… how many people were hit by a car and pronounced dead from Covid? Enough to alter the data significantly? Nope
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Mr P @mr-pick.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Liz Truss is the Prime Ministerial equivalent of Ali Dia of Premier League fame. She was as much a mega-brained Economic strategist as Ali was George Weah’s cousin…
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