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Trevor McCarthy

@mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social
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Independent consultant: mainly alcohol & other drugs issues. Failing to retire gracefully.

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 21h
Manchester City cheated Premier League rules, the Commission found. Did it also cheat HMRC? We've examined the decision and leaked Mancini documents. We think City likely failed to pay £12m in tax. There should be a criminal investigation. Thread:
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If anyone’s wondering where the right-wing backlash against Andy Burnham’s Labour Party Conference speech is … Head to LinkedIn which under superficially polite sales pitching lurks a seething frothy mess that makes Richard Tice sound as if he likes paying tax www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Burnham gambles on radical progressive plan to help Britain ‘rise again’
PM accepts some of his plan could be difficult and admits he ‘may pay a political price’
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Thatcher ended the link between the state pension and earnings in 1980
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
👀☕️ But isn’t every day #NationCoffeeDay ? Isn’t this just Coffee Déjà Vu ? ☕️☕️☕️
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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 22/09/2026
For millions, Terry Pratchett opened the door to a lifelong love of reading. The passage below, from Reaper Man, has always struck us as one of his most moving – a humanist meditation on death and legacy that continues to be read at humanist funerals today. #GNUTerryPratchett
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Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The two bigots from this racially motivated incident have been identified. Ryan Green is the man seen in the video walking up and hassling the young man. Scott Brodie is the man behind the camera. For anyone that wants to share this for educational purposes.
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Carole King @carolekingofficial.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Carole King duets with her younger self at BST Hyde Park in 2016. #tapestrivr #bsthydepark #caroleking #naturalwoman
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The London Economic @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Appropriately for the chancellor, this description of Farage is absolutely on the money 😂
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
👀 Trust @carolecadwalla.bsky.social 👇🏻 broligarchy.substack.com/p/meet-the-r...
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Meet the real AI “rogue agent”: Lord Tom Watson
A Labour leader is out of control. The world needs a containment strategy now
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
BREAKING: Massive Attack’s Rob Del Naja arrested under the UK Terrorism Act outside Labour Party conference venue. The legendary musician was arrested after peacefully holding “I oppose genocide - I support Palestine Action” on a paper sign on the eve of Labour’s conference.
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Cheshire Dog Lady (thoroughly irritated since 2010). @cheshiredoglady.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
If there's still anyone using Twitter, please post this.
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Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
In a world filled with Israeli apologists - be more Gavin Bazunu. Also remember for tomorrow. Whatever you say, say nothing - about the match.
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Bertha Mason @thornfieldhall.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Two tier policing. Victoria Thomas Bowen, who chucked a milkshake at Farage, was given a 13-week jail sentence, suspended for 12 months; had to pay him £150 compensation; had to complete 120 hours of unpaid work and pay £450 in court costs. It was nowhere near the level of violence of this assault.
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Berry @berryh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
@labourlewis.bsky.social has written for @theguardian.com on Palantir, politicians and officials taking paid roles in the private sector and if I’ve understood correctly, something about closing Tom Watson’s integrity gap, so thanks for that mental image … www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Tom Watson’s move to Palantir is the latest sign of how far the rot has spread in UK politics | Clive Lewis
When a former Labour deputy leader joins a firm built on surveillance and military targeting, it deepens public cynicism – and democracy depends on trust, says Labour MP Clive Lewis
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
👀 What explains the response of Irish sports players, musicians & wider society to the plight of Palestinian people is the visceral depth of 🇮🇪 cultural memory; the response to stories of colonisation and particularly of people literally being starved It’s empathy✊🏻🇵🇸 www.nytimes.com/athletic/762...
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Explained: Why two Republic of Ireland vs Israel matches have become so controversial
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Chris Read @christophe-read.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“English” is an “ethnicity” in the same way that being right handed is music and speaking with short vowel sounds is maths. Yorkshire is godliness, obviously.
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
👀 Be grateful for small mercies … At least he’s not waving a cardboard sign … www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Far-right activist Daniel Thomas slashes dinghy in Channel with blade while rescue worker onboard
Thomas called followers to protest against arrival of asylum seekers in Gosport, but Border Force instead transported them to Dover
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Dr Kat Day (she/her) 🎃🌓 @chronicleflask.katday.com · 22/09/2026
Happy Mabon/autumn equinox! This is a time of balance and reflection. The Harvest full moon will be here in a few days 🧡
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
👀👂🏻 This is an under-appreciated series - well worth a try 👍🏻
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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Really happy that our paper "‘You don’t want to be sat on a sticky seat’: a Q-methodological foraging analysis of pub consumer choice" is now published in the Journal of Marketing Management @jmmnews.bsky.social First 50 eprints are available free - www.tandfonline.com/eprint/PX8ZR...
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‘You don’t want to be sat on a sticky seat’: a Q-methodological foraging analysis of pub consumer choice
This study investigates how consumers trade-off between various features when making pub choices, a previously underexplored area. Uniquely we apply foraging theory as a multi-level, ecologically b...
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Eamonn-Forde @eamonn-forde.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Oh, Viz.
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
👀✊🏻I’ve been looking forward to this concert for my whole life …
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
👀 George Osborne got found out … Not for the first time … www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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George Osborne ‘thought Peter Thiel’s Bayeux tapestry visit would be secret’
British Museum chair tells Big Brue festival he thought no one would find out about the private viewing
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
my brilliant colleague @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the threat from Elon Musk’s X platform www.ft.com/content/f270...
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Ooh Arrr! What’s that there on my shoulder? Etc … (It’s 🦜💩)
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
👀 Hmmm Wonder how Independent Piddington’s police and security services will manage the influx of far-right well-wishers from what are now, foreign parts … www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Unease in ‘newly independent’ Piddington as world media and Danny Tommo descend
As villagers take stock following symbolic vote, some fear far-right weaponisation of asylum dispute and influx of ‘masked people like in Dover’
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
🚨👀🔍🚔🔎👀🚨 democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-f...
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Revealed: Five police forces to drop Palantir surveillance tool
Exclusive: Palantir's UK policing ambitions take a hit as East Midlands forces end their involvement in a controversial data pilot.
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
👀 The latest example of a US data crime syndicate employing a former elected UK politician, not remotely because of What they know but Who they know … Making the category error of forgetting that the people they know, by definition, know them … www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Former Labour deputy leader Tom Watson joins Palantir
Peer takes full-time position at the controversial company as it fends off pressure from both Andy Burnham’s government and Sadiq Khan
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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English far-right extremist who discussed killing Jews, Muslims and migrants is jailed
Ivan Jennings, 46, sentenced to five years after pleading guilty to encouraging terrorism on social media
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
👀 This is an observation offered the spirit of comradeship … Perhaps Labour would feel under less financial pressure if they hadn’t recently purged the membership of people who agreed politically with the first version of Keir Starmer … www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Labour holds No 10 drinks party for donors amid growing calls for donations cap
Labour has also increased fundraising from members in response to Reform’s £72m donations from crypto billionaires
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Odd that McLaren’s website seems to think their carbon hub is actually in, ahem, Rotherham … they do add ‘Sheffield area’
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
🔴950 people have now taken Democracy for Sale's survey about big money in British politics How worried are you about politics for sale? Should donations be capped? Do take the survey - and share it! thanks 😀 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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How concerned are you about UK political funding? – A Democracy for Sale survey
We're Democracy for Sale, a newsletter covering dark money and influence in UK politics. We're trying to better understand our readers' and the wider public's opinions and concerns about political fun...
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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This post is making the rounds again for some reason and therefore I feel I must inform you that they’ve hired another one so there are now TWO forensic pathologists working in Iceland.
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Daniel C. Blight @danielcblight.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
***URGENT PLEASE SHARE*** University of Brighton management have announced today that they ‘give notice of termination of all collective agreements’. This is a fundamental erasure of workers' rights. Management have announced the termination of all contractual documents, which includes:
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Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
For household applicants and utility bills, it would be so useful if the norm was to have a household account rather than having an item/warranty/monthly payment be tied to one person in a household. Similar to when you leave parent/carer details for a child and there are spaces for multiple ppl
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
👀 those fine folk @tufac.bsky.social are now raising money for the #RNLI by selling t-shirts 👍🏻👏🏻
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TUFAC @tufac.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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Support the RNLI Tee
Profits to the RNLI Size chart in product pictures. PLEASE READ IT. Our service aims to get orders to their destination in 7-10 Days, but can occasionally take longer
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Riddle me this. If somebody donates £36 million to a political party and £5 million to its leader, how is the £5 million not political? Asking for a parliamentary standards commissioner.
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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
A campaign for *MSF* to be banned as a terrorist group (on the paper thin basis of claims about 2 past employees) is the product of the UK Govt being willing to divorce any meaningful conception of societal threat from its use of proscription powers. Govt needs to wake up to the madness of this:
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
👀 Oh this! 👇🏻 📕📘📗📚📗📘📕 Very much so, this ♥️
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
👀 So explain to me again why the IDF isn’t a proscribed organisation … www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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IDF soldier filmed shooting Palestinian in leg amid West Bank settler standoff
Incident is latest to raise questions over Israel’s ability or willingness to stop violent settlers in occupied territory
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Natalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I can’t believe it’s the end of series 12 already! Thank you all so much for listening - it is so lovely to see you enjoying it. And thank you to my magnificent guests and brilliant, patient Beth for making it all so much fun.
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I just signed this open letter to RNLI volunteers saying that Britain values their service. In case anyone else wants to sign act.38degrees.org.uk/act/rnli-tha...
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An open letter in support of the volunteers and staff at the RNLI
This is a disgrace. Brave RNLI volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. So I've signed an open letter of thanks for the RNLI letting them know th...
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
👀🦧🦧🦧🦧🦧 OOK! www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Baby orangutans found in forest in India spark trafficking investigation
Native only to the islands of Borneo and Sumatra, the rare apes were found thousands of kilometres away in Odisha state
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
❌👑 ABOLISH THE MONARCHY 👑❌ www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Uganda to withdraw from Invictus Games ‘out of respect for King Charles’, says military chief
Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba announces decision to pull out in post on X, citing tensions over ‘Harry-Meghan nonsense’
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