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mvyn.bsky.social

@mvyn.bsky.social
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Work for int devt charity, trustee and governor in spare time. Passion for social justice. Opinions my own. Enjoy rugby, guitar, good theology.

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Victoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Reform UK has received a £36m donation from a British cryptocurrency billionaire called Ben Delo Last year Delo was given an unconditional pardon by President Trump over a breach of anti-money laundering laws at his crypto trading platform, BitMEX, to which he had pleaded guilty in 2022
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Needed saying.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Taxing vulnerable people for the crime of fleeing from war, torture and persecution. A new low from Shabana Mahmood
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Bluesky @bsky.app · 04/06/2026
Pssst: We bumped the video upload limit from 100MB to 300MB to make posting bigger videos easier.
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Dr. Jeevun Sandher MP @jeevunsandher.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
I’m a British Sikh MP. Like you, I was horrified by Henry Nowak’s death. I utterly condemn his murderer. We should reject the division peddled by Farage, and instead follow the path of national unity and grace. Read more in the Guardian
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I’m a Sikh MP. Here’s why we should all heed the words of Henry Nowak’s father | Jeevun Sandher
As a nation we face a choice: either follow the far-right rhetoric of hate and division, or unite under our values of decency and determination, says Labour MP Jeevun Sandher
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 14/05/2026
Does that include the £5mn?
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Leonardo Carella @leonardocarella.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
The government has delivered on pledges on immigration, NHS, policing and workers’ rights. It clearly isn’t helping. Were they the wrong pledges all along? Were they the wrong things to prioritise? Or has Britain become “ungovernable”, as some claim? (I think there’s a decent argument for each.)
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
No one expected Keir Starmer to solve our pressing problems overnight. But what we did expect – and had every right to expect – was that he would lay out a clear vision and roadmap for doing so. Instead, we’ve had drift, appeasement and a startling absence of ideas, values and ambition. 🧵1/6
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Interesting reference just now to "the left-leaning Daily Mirror" on the Today Programme. I hope this practice is going to become routine, & that we'll be reminded of the political affiliations of The Daily Telegraph, The Mail, The Sun, The Express & The Times. It would actually be quite healthy.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Apart from the actual stats, the most reliable indicator that immigration is plunging (to our obvious economic detriment) is Nigel Farage turning his dishonest attentions to the mythical millions of benefits claimants.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Farage thugs manhandle man with pacemaker after he objects to the Reform leader's chauffeur parking in disabled bay that he needs to use. Lovely People. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Moment Nigel Farage henchmen manhandle disabled OAP in parking row
Henchmen working for the divisive Reform leader were seen on camera manhandling a retired engineer who was trying to park in a disabled spot to drop off his wife in Shetland
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
I wonder why people who profess to be horrified by the practice aren’t shouting their delight from the rooftops…
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
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mvyn.bsky.social @mvyn.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Rummaging through my bag right now and hoping there’s a bottle of champagne and a couple of glasses… If you know you know.... #BruceCockburn
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mvyn.bsky.social @mvyn.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
#Trump says #Starmer shouldn't go into Chamberlain appeasement mode. Exactly why he should continue to stand up to him!!!!
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
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mvyn.bsky.social @mvyn.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
He's gonna hit them with nukes isn't he.......
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
I feel much more anger towards the British pundits & politicians who failed to understand the depravity & derangement of Donald Trump than I do the ones who failed to understand the idiocy of Brexit. But it doesn’t really matter because they’re exactly the same bloody people.
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mvyn.bsky.social @mvyn.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
open.spotify.com/album/1DY06Z... My they are back with a vengeance!!
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Easter Lily EP
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Translation: "I started something I can't finish and broke something I can't fix so I'm going to walk away and pretend it's your fault"
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mvyn.bsky.social @mvyn.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Stunning collection to complete @andrewrumsey.bsky.social triptych. #MusicalBishop andrewrumseymusic.bandcamp.com/album/blank-...
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Blank Arcades, by Andrew Rumsey
16 track album
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
When Trump dies and people celebrate that fact, show this to anyone who complains.
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Alan Rusbridger @arusbridger.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Since Ofcom seems to have given up, we asked 20 experienced journalists from a range of backgrounds to watch multiple hours of @gbnewsonline.bsky.social . Their conclusion: the channel has, in effect, become Reform TV. How did it happen? www.thenewworld.co.uk/alan-rusbrid...
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Screen scandal: How Ofcom lets GB News get away with it
SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: A channel constantly breaking the rules has effectively become Reform TV, while our useless state regulator does nothing
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 08/03/2026
It is absolutely insane that the US appears to have targeted desalination plants first – putting them onto the board. Iran seems to have already retaliated against one in Bahrain. This is one of the most obvious ways this could spiral.
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
It's not Roosevelt we're dealing with. Hell, it's not even Nixon.
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mvyn.bsky.social @mvyn.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
www.theguardian.com/music/2026/f... Sounds like U2 might be back with some good music at last!!!
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U2: Days of Ash review – six new tracks reaffirm the band as a vital political voice
On their first collection of new songs since 2017, the quartet have a crispness that has been lacking in their 21st-century material, as they nimbly react to shocking news stories
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Absolutely
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Banksy. @bbbanksy.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Johnson culled the Tory Party of all but its grimmest dregs & now the grimmest of the grimmest dregs are defecting to Reform. It would be funny if it didn't alllow them, along with Farage, to pretend that they're not responsible for the state of the nation.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
‘Terrible things are happening outside… Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared. Women return… to find their families gone.’ Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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ICE detains five-year-old Minnesota boy arriving home, say school officials
Superintendent says Liam Ramos and his father were taken into custody while in their driveway and sent to Texas
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Steve Stockman @stocki61.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
RENEE NICOLE GOOD, ICE, FEAR IN THE USA & THE SERVANT HEART OF GOD - I have stayed clear of the US President but he encroached on my congregation this weekend. He got caught up in a sermon on the Servant Heart of God... God rend the heavens and come down! open.substack.com/pub/sstockma...
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RENEE NICOLE GOOD, ICE, FEAR IN THE USA & THE SERVANT HEART OF GOD
Renee's murder brought America' obscenity to us... so too friends asking for prayer... so preaching Isaiah 42, I shone the light of a Tender Servant King up to this U.S. President...
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Steve Stockman @stocki61.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
WE USED TO LOOK TO AMERICA... Oh my, America! I posted this on my Typepad blog some time back... and an American friend thought about it today and suggested that I blog it here... "more relevant than when you wrote it" he suggests. open.substack.com/pub/sstockma...
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WE USED TO LOOK TO AMERICA
Oh my America! I posted this on my Typepad blog some time back... and American friend thought about it today and suggested that I blog it here... "more relevant than when you wrote it" he suggests.
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Why has Trump attacked Venezuela? Oil have to have a think about that..
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Steve Chalke @stevechalke.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Any expression of Christian Faith that makes us less respectful, less welcoming and less tolerant of those who are different from us, is a fake.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Trump's White House & fawning hacks here don't really care about the 0.001% that the BBC gets wrong. They care about all the stuff it gets right.
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mvyn.bsky.social @mvyn.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Simply can't say how much I'm enjoying this #BobDylan
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mvyn.bsky.social @mvyn.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Right. Making deliberate attempt to shift the algorithms for me here from the political dystopia we live in to healing music...
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Martyn Joseph @martynjosephwales.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Nice early review of new album .. thank you!
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mvyn.bsky.social @mvyn.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
My what a wonderful surprise!!
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
"15 years ago, Polish workers came here to find opportunity. Now Poland is growing twice as fast as we are," says Kemi Badenoch. Any ideas what may have happened in the interim?
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
A dog whistle so loud even cats could hear it
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Johnson’s cull of MPs prepared to tell the truth about Brexit consigned the Tories to the absurdity & irrelevance they currently enjoy. The media’s pitiful complicity in & failure to explain this lets Farage move in to the vacated space despite embodying the stupidity & bigotry that did for them.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Happiness, humour, truth and, most crucially, courage are the qualities needed to repel the racist tide. Because its architects offer whining, victimhood, lies and, most crucially, cowardice.
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mvyn.bsky.social @mvyn.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
#RedRoses. What a team!
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Steve Chalke @stevechalke.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Whenever Christianity is co-opted to support violence, misogyny or racism it loses its very soul. Here’s the letter I and a group of friends wrote over the last few days, was then signed by senior church leaders across denominations and published by The Sunday Times & Sunday Mirror today.
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mvyn.bsky.social @mvyn.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Yes. #Starmers Comms are clueless and he's lost every shred of integrity anyway
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
One way to understand the awfulness of what Trump is doing is to imagine FDR trying to ‘negotiate a ceasefire’ with Hitler in 1942 but with Churchill completely excluded. tinyurl.com/4rrn2mkx
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James O'Brien Daily
Daily News Podcast · Updated daily · Welcome to the best bits of James O'Brien's LBC phone-in show. Listen back to all the highlights in a 60-minute bite sized chunk of his show with new episodes ever...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 09/08/2025
‘Gross abuse of state power’: defiance grows over UK ban on Palestine protest group
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‘Gross abuse of state power’: defiance grows over UK ban on Palestine protest group
More than 200 have been arrested for alleged support of Palestine Action – and hundreds more are expected to protest on Saturday
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Not quite sure Donald Trump understands how you get a Nobel Peace Prize.
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