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Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It’s a badge of honour for @bylinetimes.bsky.social to be banned from Reform and Conservative conferences - like being banned by Russia or China, it says more about them, than the journalists. Also, so ironic that the parties which waffle on about freedom of speech are the most scared of it.

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Patrick @paddywv.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Stop the planet. I want to get off.

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Patrick @paddywv.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

@dunite.bsky.social Any thoughts on our great Leaders speech? Thiery years ago I used to buy two full sized papers a day and settle down to three or four news programmes.(ITV/Channel 4, sometimes Newsnight of an evening. Now I barely look at the headlines on the net. Damnable World.

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Patrick @paddywv.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Think-tanks are being employed to conjure up ways of keeping the BBC funded, because it's seen as a vital service to impart information. I would argue on that line of thinking, that the copper cable telephone network should be continuously funded because it still works in a power cut.

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Patrick @paddywv.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Too Good to Go Bakery Bag from Morrisons thus afternoon. It had a Sourdough Baguette in. I expect they brought back the guillotine in France to punish any baker who produced one of those! 😉

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Patrick @paddywv.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

@booticketyboo.bsky.social Looks like Someone's pinched what should be your "Domain name"! 😀

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Patrick @paddywv.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Womder if there'll be any naming and shaming. A few big houses around North Lancashire probably built on those bones. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

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Owl of Impiety @dunite.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Now this is an anniversary worth celebrating.

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Owl of Impiety @dunite.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Yes, the decline in applications from international students is all the fault of universities. It's got absolutely nothing to do with politicians normalising racist rhetoric & actively promoting a 'hostile environment' or fascists openly prowling the streets to target anyone who looks a bit foreign.

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Patrick @paddywv.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

@hubnut.bsky.social (Better Edit) It still tickles me that they mamaged to get big bus wipers to hang upside down!

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Patrick @paddywv.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

@dunite.bsky.social My Dad did Geology at Oxford. I don't remember having any leftover sruff around the house, although we did have an ordnance survey map that he showed me onc, where he'd shaded in areas that would be prone to flooding if the seas rose. Quite perceptive for the 1970's.

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Patrick @paddywv.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

EU banning Brazilian Beef Imports, but never nind, the UK will still imports it! 🫤

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Patrick @paddywv.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Better for Burnham to listen, not dictate? RTE news: United Ireland referendum 'off the table' - Burnham www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

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United Ireland referendum 'off the table' - Burnham

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said a referendum on a united Ireland "is off the table".

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Patrick @paddywv.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

This is why waiting lists are going down.... Not improvements in the NHS......

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Patrick @paddywv.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

McFadden will probably use that for his next "Work for Welfare" Scheme.

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Patrick @paddywv.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Perhaps Burnham might want to consider revoking Starmer's India Trade deal.

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Patrick @paddywv.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Threads ought to be renamed "Labourbots".

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Patrick @paddywv.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Interesting. Britain had Folic Acid forced on it by Government. Ireland is having a Referendum about it. Go Figure.

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Patrick @paddywv.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

@dunite.bsky.social In other news.... I truly wonder how Booths keeps the Scotforth store's head above water! That's some shelves of discounts here!

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Patrick @paddywv.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

@christianwolmar.bsky.social Hi! I am still baffled that in recent years railway companies, or ticketing companies are charging less if you travel through London, long distance after decades of charging you less for avoiding London! £20-30 difference in some cases!

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Patrick @paddywv.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Baffling to hear a report this morning criticising snall business..... Or at least wondering why only a "certain percentage of" small businesses have enbraced A.I. Because maybe they like to do things properly?

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Patrick @paddywv.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

You shouldn't wish time away, but I can't help but spot the changing leaf colours in August.

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lakerpatrick.bsky.social @lakerpatrick.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

On this day in 1944, the Gestapo found Anne Frank and her family in their Secret Annex. Her diary stands as a warning against hatred and persecution. Eighty years later, we should recognize the warning signs before it’s too late.🙂‍↕️

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Patrick @paddywv.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Just popped out for a litter tray liner (newspaper) and aren't the dailies a waste of resources now!? I've seen fatter free sheets! When I remember inserting all the sections as a newsagent thirty years ago with the bulging second or third parts, Media or Property etc. I can't see them lasting.

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Patrick @paddywv.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

@dunite.bsky.social Well. No 9 fits what we were talking about at least! 🤔🙂

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Patrick @paddywv.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Some little boys should have their toys taken off them if they can't play nicely with them.

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Patrick @paddywv.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I read Tr*mp is scolding oil companies for profiteering. Anyone believe that is a genuine concern? Seems to me most of his "invasions" have been about making money for big oil. Just a thought.

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Patrick @paddywv.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

You read, quite often, that "We're using too much plastic". I'm inclined to agree, BUT! Why is it always the consumer being blamed. Where is the legislation ordering Retailers to fund alternative packaging. Supermarketd say it would take years to convert. That was years ago. Why haven't they?

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Patrick @paddywv.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Yvette ATOS Cooper at Health eh? Wonder if she kill any more people than she did at the DWP?

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Patrick @paddywv.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Well well. @EastMidRailway wins again! With a totally overcrowded 10:52 Norwich to Liverpool.

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Patrick @paddywv.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

@hubnut.bsky.social I'd forgotten about thus generation of Renault Megane Estates! Spotted today in Rural Norfolk.

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Owl of Impiety @dunite.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

This flies in the face of a ruling by the court of appeal in January which confirmed that CROs were workers, not volunteers. If you want to show a bit of solidarity, please sign the following: act.38degrees.org.uk/act/coastgua...

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Save Our Coastguards: Scrap plans to strip rescue heroes of their pay!

This is so outrageous. The Government wants to reclassify Coastguard Rescue Officers as "volunteers" so they can get out of paying them an hourly wage when they go out to save lives. Join me and sign...

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Owl of Impiety @dunite.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

The government's now misleading MPs over their reclassification coastguard rescue officers as volunteers. This attempt to avoid paying them minimum wage when they participate in rescues will strip the CROs of the meagre £11 per hour they can currently claim. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

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Minister and maritime boss accused of misleading MPs over plan to stop coastguard officers’ pay

Keir Mather and Virginia McVea’s claims follow decision by Maritime and Coastguard Agency to reject worker status of coastguard rescue officers

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Patrick @paddywv.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Spending a week in the East of England away from the North West. I miss the extra light up there right now.

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Patrick @paddywv.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

@dunite.bsky.social Another day. Another Norwich trip East Midland Trains already in melt down and don't you love how well we plan for hot weather!?

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Patrick @paddywv.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

@hubnut.bsky.social Spotted! Ideal for your next Spain trip! 😀 www.facebook.com/marketplace/...

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Patrick @paddywv.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

@hubnut.bsky.social Have you come across these? I wonder if they will drool 0do one in Turquoise/light blue! 🙂 astraux.com/en-eu

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Patrick @paddywv.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Edwina Currie staining Ireland's NewsTalk Radio with her obnoxious and doolally opinions.

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Patrick @paddywv.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

The price of lunch out there days is the orice of an evening meal, not long ago and that's without any wine or beer!

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

This morning scrolling Bluesky, there is nothing at all in my feed about Putin’s barbaric attack on the Ukraine’s holiest site, the UNESCO protected Lavra so I’m posting this here.

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Patrick @paddywv.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

@richardjmurphy.bsky.social The Banking Hub in Morecambe which barely has any banks left. It probably wouldn't take much to add Council Services to this as well. www.postoffice.co.uk/branch-finde...

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Patrick @paddywv.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Conservative decision making killed thousands. Including Austerity and then Covid (Though no one seems to care about Austerity deaths.) Time those Cabinet Members faced criminal charges and are asset stripped with money going directly to the families of their victims.

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