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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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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
👀📕 Just finished new James Bond novel: 1st Bond for adults by Charlie Higson (of ‘Fast Show’ fame) It’s an excellent addition to the canon (ruining my hope his band The Higsons might re-form) No spoilers … Bond: ‘Don’t worry, sir, the last person I’d trust in this world is an Old Etonian.’ 1/2
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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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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
If photo editing software hadn’t already been invented, somebody would do it right now to change this slogan …
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
😂 My cataloguing system lacks discipline and this was within stretching distance … Think you’ve also midwifed the writing career of a few others … Thank you …
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Seems to be a trend … “Refreshing Isotonic Drink”
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
❌ Inexperienced observers often confuse these shy, timid creatures with ducks but the seasoned spotter will never make such an embarrassing error …
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
👀 📸 Exciting News from Leith in Scotland In a traditionally soft focus image a lucky naturalist captured this incredibly rare picture of a juvenile Loch Ness Monster at dusk in the Water of Leith … 1/2
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
At pace …
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Morning!
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
🚨Holiday Planning Those clever people at Muji are the only company whose carry-on luggage is guaranteed to be accepted by both Ryanair and EasyJet …
Miniature suitcase held in the palm of an open hand
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Someone in Reform Comms has either done a very stupid thing indeed, or something deeply subversive …
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
👀 read this from @amandacomms.bsky.social (reminds me of the 1984 Steve Bell cartoon) open.substack.com/pub/underpre...
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
👀 Brilliant cogent explanation from @davidallengreen.bsky.social on how Police & the CPS botched a dodgy attempted prosecution against Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh: Mo Chara of Kneecap A failure and deeply disingenuous attempt to misapply terrorist legislation ✊🏻🇵🇸🇮🇪 www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
Kneecap Logo: stylised balaclava image - black square with rounded corners and three white curved shapes for the eyes and mouth
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Paul Holden’s 📕 *The Fraud* is now available from all good and at least one iffy outlet www.bookfinder.com/search/?auth...
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
We don’t do your modern upstart religious observances in this house … Imbolc greetings from what appears to be our St Brigid’s Day cactus
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Times are tough if we need to buy poos in bulk …
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
✊🏻 Nationalise the Royal Mail
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
That bloke who claims he’s never been racist to anybody whatever everyone who remembers him from school says, will personally sign a black shirt for you … If you pay £249 for it … So don’t go making any insinuations …
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
So @KNEECAPCEOL in Liverpool was joyous A genuine high energy, high intensity, optimistic, proper political band The venue insisted face coverings must not be worn by punters @KNEECAPCEOL’s logo is literally based on a balaclava and they were on sale at the merch stall ✊🏻🇵🇸🇮🇪
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Most days, you don’t need to read the @theguardian.com letters page … Today is not most days …
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Q. Can AI kleptomaniac machines read books? A. Sort of? Q. Do Grok & other AI thieves understand what they’ve “read”? A. Nope
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
“Hurrah For The Blackshirts” fascist supporting “newspaper” hasn’t changed its tune in over 90 years …
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Conservative Party Conference Ventriloquist Act Goes Down Well … “Gottle of Geer” “Gottle of Geer” “Who’s a racist boy then?”
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Hello Darkness My Old Friend …
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
So looking around churches wouldn’t be my preferred way to spend time but … This church in Falkland, Scotland with an umbrella stand at the end of each pew should qualify as a pragmatic design classic ☔️
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Keir Starmer still finding time, despite being kept busy as UK Prime Minister, to volunteer for Age UK …
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
🫵🏻 Read This📕👇🏻 Dr Claire Mitchell KC & Dr Zoe Venditozzi wrote it for you It would be rude not to
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
🇵🇸 Israeli forces pull off clever and daring trick of seizing unarmed people and deporting them from international waters…
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
🚨Farage now bidding for the … checks notes … Jimmy Savile vote
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
2003 The Guardian Dave Simpson writing about the mighty Alabama 3 “… they're the best live band in the country…” 2025 O2 Academy Birmingham Still true …
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
✊🏻 Alternatively, as the mighty *Serious Drinking* would have it … The Revolution Starts At Closing Time
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Nothing to see here … Just The mighty Mary Wallopers in Birmingham last night Infectious, personal, political, profound 🇮🇪 entertainment You’re never too old for a brilliant live band
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
👀 Leicester Comedy Festival @LeicsComedyFest off to a good start …
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Guard fox on duty in Leicester
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
So the top step is officially the warmest and most sheltered part of our garden 🦊
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
There are choices …
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
If you need to borrow a hat …
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Lunchtime yesterday (walking back from a meetI’d gone to a whole week early) …
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Can anyone remember what the penalty is for people called Charles when they have been convicted of ‘levying war against the … Parliament and People’?
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
It’s a Xmas tradition …
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
“Unfortunately She Was A Nymphomaniac: A new history of Rome’s Imperial Women” Probably the last book I’ll finish this year and one of the absolute best Forensic, scholarly and beautifully written - with illustrations Joan Smith ✍🏼 Brava 👏🏻✊🏻
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
🚨 Farage hears rumour a donor will be dropping in to his constituency …
Santa & Farage - Farage appears to be laughing Santa’s expression is impossible to read under the huge white beard
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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
So this bloke came to 🌹Red Roses For Me🌹 in Dublin last night Pogues founding members Spider Stacy Jem Finer & James Fearnley joined by James Welbourne, Tom Coll, Stick in the Wheel, Mary Wallopers Andrew, Charles & Sean and more + Victoria Mary Clarke Just magnificent ✊🏻🇮🇪🌹♥️🇵🇸🥃
Image of JFK which was displayed on screens either side of the stage before the gig - during the concert the screens showed the performers
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