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Old_Man_Leica

@old-man-leica.bsky.social
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Scientist, manager and amateur photography nerd, Leica Q3 43, Sony A7RV and iPhone. Over qualified, BSc (Hons) Lond, PhD, FRSC. Born and raised a Londoner for 30+ years but exiled in Yorkshire for many years more.

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Saddletramp🇪🇺 @saddletramp.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Like the vast majority in the UK, I am proud of our NHS. It’s not perfect and never will be and it needs reform but it’s better than the insurance based system that Farage is touting. I would happily pay a little more tax to help fund it but it needs to be spent on effectiveness and efficiency.
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Kevin Maguire @kevmag.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
They hypocrisy of many of the BBC’s political and newspaper accusers
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Old_Man_Leica @old-man-leica.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Remind me. I forget how many PM’s the Tories had before “Soggy Suited” Rishi finally called an election in 2024? I doubt that even “Starmer’s Allies” would speak to the Daily Heil.
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 01/11/2025
Read this carefully 🤣🤣 thanks @suewilson91.bsky.social for sharing ot
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Old_Man_Leica @old-man-leica.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Wasn’t that down to the then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Migration and Citizenship of the United Kingdom? Over to you Mr Jenrick. You negotiated the contracts.
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Old_Man_Leica @old-man-leica.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Mr Farage, please explain the impact of Brexit on the Dublin Agreement? Thank you.
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Old_Man_Leica @old-man-leica.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Asset?
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Stay European #RejoinEU 🇪🇺 #FBPE @stayeuropean.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
The best way to defeat Reform is for millions of people to hear a version of this message: "Farage's Brexit made you poorer. Don't let him do it again"
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Old_Man_Leica @old-man-leica.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
And beside fuelling house price inflation and taking homes out of the reach of all but the wealthiest, how’s that going to help?
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Old_Man_Leica @old-man-leica.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Beautiful light this afternoon while the “shabby” boat owner has a break and the swans float by (up the flooded street)
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Old_Man_Leica @old-man-leica.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Well past time! South African/US billionaires have no place in UK politics and neither has ‘X’.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Elon Musk pouring gasoline on the fire from a gas can that looks like a phone open to the X app.
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Old_Man_Leica @old-man-leica.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Darby and Joan, perhaps?
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Old_Man_Leica @old-man-leica.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
The cat sat on the mat…
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 10/09/2025
Across our region local groups and MPs are campaigning for better water quality in our rivers so they are safe to be enjoyed. Success is possible.. as Paris shows us 👇
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 10/09/2025
WHO DID THIS???!!!
Ivanka and daddy.
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Old_Man_Leica @old-man-leica.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Jack of All Trades
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Old_Man_Leica @old-man-leica.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
The Old Rectory House, Ogleforth, York, UK
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Old_Man_Leica @old-man-leica.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
University of York gearing up for the new semester beginning 15th September
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Old_Man_Leica @old-man-leica.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
The Dynamic Duo? The Dream Team? The C&A of UK politics? Go Nads, go…. 🤪
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Old_Man_Leica @old-man-leica.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Reflections of Armenia in the lake, University of York, UK.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
INTRODUCING: A series of evenings of challenging discussion to help us understand the unprecedented times we are living in. Kicking off on 8 September with 'The Lure of Strongmen' explores why authoritarian figures continue to inspire such fierce loyalty. www.thecockpit.org.uk/BylineTimes
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Professor Katharine Adeney @katadeney.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
It's time. After decades as a Labour voter and supporter I've taken the plunge into Green waters.
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Old_Man_Leica @old-man-leica.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
May be “world peace” ?
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Old_Man_Leica @old-man-leica.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
The definition of complacency. They all went away and let Reform and the media rule the airways from June ‘til September. Shame on their Comms.
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Gary R Simonds @garys79.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
How hard is this to get?? Education is the key to democracy and stability #nokings #nopedophiles #nonzis #nobillionaires #defenddemocracy
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Vincent Zimmerman @zimmermanv66.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Water privatisation has been a complete & utter failure. It is absurd that the government's report into the water industry didn't even consider public ownership. That's not a report. That's a political broadcast for the private sector. Put water back into public hands, now.
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Old_Man_Leica @old-man-leica.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
About bloody time. What’s keeping you. All the Thatcher founded regulators do not have the consumers’ interests at heart.
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Old_Man_Leica @old-man-leica.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Remind me, Kemi. Who was in power for 14+ years and did almost nothing?
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Old_Man_Leica @old-man-leica.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
The BBC is capable of producing a fair analysis of a complex and horrifying situation. Ignoring the “rules of war” and the Geneva Convention by either side, is never a justified strategy
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Old_Man_Leica @old-man-leica.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Has Götterdämmerung begun but in a godless way?
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Old_Man_Leica @old-man-leica.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Outside the Fence
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Old_Man_Leica @old-man-leica.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Nigel Farage says abortion laws are “utterly ludicrous.” MPs are watching. We have days to show them: the public backs abortion rights. Join me and sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
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Decriminalise abortion and make it a protected human right.
Women’s rights are under threat from the far right. Nigel Farage just called our current abortion provisions “utterly ludicrous” – and others in power are paying attention. A vote in Parliament could ...
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Old_Man_Leica @old-man-leica.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
From the paper that brought you Adolf…
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Old_Man_Leica @old-man-leica.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
If you do little else on a wet bank holiday weekend, read this letter. It is both literate and accurate.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Former M&S Chairman Lord Rose, "Here we are, 10 years on now from Brexit" "The issues of immigration are caused by Brexit" "The issues of our poor economic performance ate down to Brexit"
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Old_Man_Leica @old-man-leica.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Quite so! Too many PPE cons, utility execs and grifters roaming free…
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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Got round to reading Farage two page “manifesto” in yesterday’s Mail. Populist slogans/unfunded promises strung together in a piece designed to portray 🇬🇧 as third world. But how about this for nerve from Mr Brexit? “The casual lies and careless attitudes of our political class have let people down”.
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Old_Man_Leica @old-man-leica.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Too bloody right!
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Old_Man_Leica @old-man-leica.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
My failed admiration for him may be growing back … but early days yet!
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Hugely misleading headline in the Daily Mail. This only applies to Indian workers who are seconded to the UK from a company based in India on a short term basis. India nationals applying for jobs based in the UK will not benefit from this convention and it does not disadvantage UK workers
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Old_Man_Leica @old-man-leica.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Whitehall (Labour), take note
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Old_Man_Leica @old-man-leica.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Lesson learned, Mr Starmer?
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Old_Man_Leica @old-man-leica.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Labour needs to get its finger out and start doing two things better. (1) Getting the message across of what it IS already achieving and (2) pushing a truly caring, progressive agenda. No “Red Lines”, no unnecessarily “fiscal rules”. Change is what we voted for.
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Old_Man_Leica @old-man-leica.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Gulf or Void?
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Old_Man_Leica @old-man-leica.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
So the Post Office does not own the “code”, it just purchased a service based on flawed code? Why is there not a massive lawsuit underway against the supplier of faulty goods?
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Old_Man_Leica @old-man-leica.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Is the booking line open for Mar e Gaza yet?
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