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Owentheblues

@owentheblues.bsky.social
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Goldwing rider, drummer and all round grumpy old man but lover of all things Brecon Beacons, Bruce, Bolan, Broncos, Bradfield, Brigitte Calls Me Baby, Bristol Bulldogs and Bristol Rovers.

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Owentheblues @owentheblues.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
music.apple.com/gb/album/alt... And it’s a belter!
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Altitude - Single by Brigitte Calls Me Baby on Apple Music
Album · 2026 · 2 Songs
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Brexit revisited. New, unscheduled, post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog on why Burnham's conference speech was a significant development in the Brexit saga, the questions and concerns it raises, and why it might come to be seen as a historic moment: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/brex...
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Owentheblues @owentheblues.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Burnham speech: An astonishing moment of radicalism and commitment iandunt.substack.com/p/burnham-sp...
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Burnham speech: An astonishing moment of radicalism and commitment
It’s easy to be cynical, but it would be false. Something extraordinary is happening here.
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Owentheblues @owentheblues.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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No, ‘More Freedom’ is NOT ‘handed to new arrivals than British citizens’
As misleading front page headlines go, this one from the Express has to be up there with some of the worst!
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FIM Speedway Grand Prix :bot: @speedwaygp.zpravobot.news.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026
An epic season concludes in style in Torun💪 Congratulations to our new world champion Robert Lambert 👏 #SGP #TorunSGP www.facebook.com/reel/1268986532021…
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FIM Speedway Grand Prix :bot: @speedwaygp.zpravobot.news.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026
So proud 🥹 #SGP #TorunSGP www.facebook.com/reel/1603357418185…
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Hull Vikings @hullvikings.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Bbbbooommmmmm!!!! World Champion Robert Lambert!!! 🇬🇧 🏆 #HullNeedsSpeedway
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Ian Charles Photos @iancharlesphotos.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
🇬🇧🇬🇧ROBERT LAMBERT! 🇬🇧🇬🇧 #Speedway World Champion!!!
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Owentheblues @owentheblues.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Congratulations, Robert Lambert World Champion. Absolutely fantastic!! 🇬🇧
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Owentheblues @owentheblues.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If you’re in Bristol on Saturday, go and check out these guys. Best band I’ve heard in a very long time!
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Matthias Eberl @eberlmat.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
A reminder that foreign-born UK citizens include Boris Johnson, Daniel Hannan, Allister Heath, Katharine Birbalsingh, Cliff Richard, Emma Watson, Millie Bobby Brown, Mo Farah, Emma Raducanu, Princess Lilibet of Sussex, Zia Yusuf's parents, Suella Braverman's husband and Robert Jenrick's wife.
theguardian.com
Reform says it would put foreign-born UK citizens lower on social housing list
UK-born married couples under 35 with children would get priority under proposals to be outlined by Farage’s party
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Owentheblues @owentheblues.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Return of the Pink Panther - a bit late! #UTG
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Ian Charles Photos @iancharlesphotos.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
#Speedway Bumper site update with Foxes v Aces, British Final, & Bulls v Tigers iancharlesphotos.net/projects
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Photos of Speedway and Ice Speedway
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CerithG🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @cerithg.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
‘As firefighters, we see first-hand how dangerous and unpredictable wildfires are becoming. When the media reports on these fires without explaining the role climate change is playing in making conditions hotter, drier and more conducive to extreme fires, it leaves out a crucial part of the story.’
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Owentheblues @owentheblues.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Can’t quite believe it but apparently the World Final from Odsal 41 years ago was the last time speedway was on terrestrial television in the UK. So make sure you watch the British Final tonight on ITV4 at 7pm.
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Owentheblues @owentheblues.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Get to see these guys live if you can. youtube.com/shorts/CdYBV...
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Where are we seeing you?
YouTube video by Brigitte Calls Me Baby
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Ruth Williams-Madden @ruthoftherovers.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
This is quality. Not often Rovers get a mention 😀
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David Squires on … the masochistic life of a Football League fan
Our cartoonist welcomes the EFL back, with returning characters and a look at what it’s like as an exiled supporter
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The state of this. A lovely day out for Badenoch and Philp, playing dress up and making pronouncements about early release schemes - having left the country with one hundred available men's prison places, after fourteen years in charge. You read that right. One hundred places.
Opposition Leader Kemi Badenoch and Shadow Home Office Secretary Chris Philp, in high-vis police jackets enjoy a photo opportunity.
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Ian Charles Photos @iancharlesphotos.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
#Speedway Images from Buxton Bulls v Oxford Chargers now on line iancharlesphotos.net/02082026-bux...
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IanCharlesPhotos.net - Buxton Bulls v Oxford Chargers 02.08.2026
Photos of Speedway and Ice Speedway
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
While fires rage in large parts of Europe incl UK, farmers face crop failure and livestock loss, every RefUK or Tory politician on the news must be challenged on their "let's do away with costly net zero nonsense" stance, side-by-side with live images of the cost of inaction. Expose the charlatans.
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 22/07/2026
The Welsh Government has announced almost £450,000 to train a new generation of planners, with a particular focus on tackling recruitment shortages in rural Wales
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Investment boost to grow Wales planning workforce
Nation.Cymru Staff The Welsh Government has announced almost £450,000 to train a new generation of planners, with a particular focus on tackling recruitment shortages in rural Wales. The £447,400 inve...
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
"Overall carbon emissions have increased" in the UK, because of Net Zero, Kemi Badenoch repeatedly tells the BBC, to no pushback. Just completely untrue
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Owentheblues @owentheblues.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
www.ian-leslie.com/p/dear-me-en...
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Dear Me, England
What England's Defeat Tells Us About the Mysterious Power of Culture
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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Just to recap: Calling Nigel Farage “an unflushable poo” = dehumanising hate speech. Calling for hotels housing asylum seekers to be set on fire = guest of honour at party conference. Bless those non-racist free speech warriors.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Nigel Farage £5 million 'gift' from a cryptocurrency billionaire was reported to the National Crime Agency by bankers who were concerned it was money laundering. The whistleblowers alerted the NCA as they were "not satisfied they could trace the ultimate origin of the funds."
theguardian.com
Revealed: Farage’s £5m gift reported to UK crime agency over money laundering concerns
Exclusive: Latest Guardian revelation about gift from cryptocurrency tycoon comes as Reform UK leader forces byelection
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 07/07/2026
Early morning press conference at the Whitehouse.
"Belgium is two, maybe three months away from developing a nuclear weapon."
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 06/07/2026
You can read the CCC report in full here: www.theccc.org.uk/publication/... …or the Carbon Brief summary here: www.carbonbrief.org/ccc-faster-e...
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CCC: Faster electrification of UK will ‘put money back into people’s pockets’ - Carbon Brief
Faster electrification is the best way to secure lower energy bills and stronger energy security,...
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 06/07/2026
FACTCHECK: A guide to manufacturing headlines, by the Times 1) highlight upfront costs of an “eco” home (EV, heat pump, solar) 2) pretend that petrol cars and gas boilers are free (yes really) 3) count upfront “eco” costs twice, for good measure 4) that’s it!
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
He's falling apart
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
HIGH ALTI-JUDE! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
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Owentheblues @owentheblues.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Magnificent England!
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 01/07/2026
Renewable power generation reached a new record in the first three months of the year, accounting for 53% of generation, figures indicate
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Renewable electricity ‘going from strength to strength’ with new record in 2026
Emily Beament, Press Association Environment Correspondent Renewable power generation reached a new record in the first three months of the year, accounting for 53% of generation, figures indicate. Th...
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 01/07/2026
A Plaid Cymru Senedd Member has called out the "bullshit" and misinformation being spread about the Welsh Government's Nation of Sanctuary policy ahead of a Reform-led debate ✍️ @emilypricejourno.bsky.social
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Plaid Cymru MS calls out asylum seeker 'bullsh*t' ahead of Nation of Sanctuary debate
Emily Price A Plaid Cymru Senedd Member has called out the “bullshit” and misinformation being spread about the Welsh Government’s Nation of Sanctuary policy ahead of a Reform-led debate. In a video p...
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
It’s obvious when you spot it. inews.co.uk/opinion/fara...
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Farage and Trump have a vicious trick to deceive voters – and it’s working
James O'Brien: The Right is waging a war on education and it's making the working class vote against their own interest
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Duchess Gemma 🐠🕷️🇪🇺 @gemmagould.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I’ll just leave this here
oxfordmail.co.uk
Raise the Colours Oxfordshire leader to stand trial over 'indecent child images'
A leading figure in the Oxfordshire's Raise the Colours movement is due to stand trial accused of making indecent child images.
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Owentheblues @owentheblues.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
rebootfifa.com/sign/
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Infantino isn’t fit to lead FIFA. 
And FIFA isn’t fit to govern football. Agree? Add your name now >>
Add your name to our mass complaint
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Abby Innes @abbyinnes.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
PE insists it uses debt leverage ’responsibly’, by which they mean a high rate of return for investors. But if you asset strip public services, raise prices for goods and services and minimise investment it’s a dead end - you kill the real economy in the process. www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...
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Good for business – or profit at any cost? The controversial side of private equity – a visual explainer
The use of private equity in essential services is attracting scrutiny. Here we examine some of its more contentious elements
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Owentheblues @owentheblues.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
UTG!
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Brexit ten years on: unsettled and unsettling. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog on the connections between Starmer’s resignation & the referendum anniversary, and why that anniversary isn’t a commemoration but an episode within the ongoing saga: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/06/brex...
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Owentheblues @owentheblues.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Please share.
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 26/06/2026
In response to recent criticism in the Senedd from Reform UK, NationCymru has broadened our editorial line to reflect the views of ordinary folk you find on their Facebook pages. We hope you enjoy our new direction ✍️Ben Wildsmith
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Phew, What a Scorcher!
Ben Wildsmith In response to recent criticism in the Senedd from Reform UK, Nation.Cymru has broadened our editorial line to reflect the views of ordinary folk you find on their Facebook pages. We hop...
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Owentheblues @owentheblues.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
www.countytimes.co.uk/news/2623008...
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Police search for 61-year-old Kay after she goes missing from Powys
Dyfed Powys Police say Kay, 61, has not been seen by her family since the early hours of Thursday, June 25.
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Owentheblues @owentheblues.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Guy Mowbray🤘
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
My Brexit referendum anniversary piece in @bylinetimes.bsky.social
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 20/06/2026
Country Living has named a Welsh town ‘set against the backdrop of the Brecon Beacons’ ‘Wales’ answer to the Cotswolds — without the crowds'
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Country Living names 'Brecon Beacons' town ‘Wales' answer to the Cotswolds’
Nation Cymru staff Country Living has named a Welsh town ‘set against the backdrop of the Brecon Beacons’ ‘Wales’ answer to the Cotswolds — without the crowds’. Written by Helen Daly in an article pub...
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Owentheblues @owentheblues.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Spot on from @iandunt.bsky.social
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Owentheblues @owentheblues.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Better get myself a waxed jacket and some green wellies then!
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Nigel Farage. A proper football fan who hasn't moved an inch in almost two years.
Farage with a pint in a football shirtSame picture
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 18/06/2026
"It is quite incredible that the author (Farage) of a genuinely historic change that has made tens of millions of people poorer, and made the country weaker, has been able not merely to survive, but to prosper," writes Alastair Campbell.
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Let’s make Farage wear Brexit like a badge of shame
In a world of chancers and charlatans, we need facts at our fingertips as vital ammunition for the battles ahead: Beatin
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