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An autumnal #cookingwithpaddy. Lovely rump of beef cooked on my new kamado. Trompettes & ceps cooked in wine / stock & garlic made a tasty gravy. Pommes boulanger and a salad rounded it off, along with a great Aussie Shiraz

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Paddy Blewer @padsky.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

#cookingwithpaddy levantine spiced shepherd's pie. Buttered savoy cabbage. Particularly happy with the cumin and garlic butter mash. Thank you to Pinegars of cheam for excellent lamb.

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Paddy Blewer @padsky.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Its the start of a pretty epic #cookingwithpaddy & #boozingwithblewer. Thanks to outstanding local shops that make our lives better Corks & Kegs, Carshalton and Banstead Vintners. #shoplocal

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Paddy Blewer @padsky.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Strong win. Lots of noise from green but removal of previous indy left wing candidate suggests very little move towards Polanski. Like Magic Grandad, he's toast

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Brian Whitmore @powervertical.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Can’t post this enough times

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Paddy Blewer @padsky.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

His commitment to England was always questioned - the old "he cares more about liverpool". I remember his doing broadcast interviews, mentioning how he always gave 100% for England but system mitigated against him - until a dew tweaks were made

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Paddy Blewer @padsky.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

There is so much wholesomeness in both of these posts. Best to all. PS clotted cream is better. (As a grandchild of irish dairy farmers)

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Paddy Blewer @padsky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

@briw74.bsky.social @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social evening gents. For all of his scenery chewing in Jaws, I think this bookends nicely with Russia / Love showing Shaw's ability as a screen precence. Keen to hear your view

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Paddy Blewer @padsky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Am a brit of Irosh heritage. We have know this for centuries.

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Paddy Blewer @padsky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

(3) and now we see the fall out. An investor that feels betrayed. A media and regulatory class that didnt ask questions when rjey should have now not sure how to respond. And a geopolitical / capital dynamic that is far more important than sport. Ah well. PhD for someone.

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Paddy Blewer @padsky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

(2) The City / Premier League debacle is another chapter in the transition of the UK to "butler economy". Forget AD / UAE. How much did we question Abramovitch and others about source of wealth & / or alignment of interests? We (me included) wanted to keep jobs / £. PL trumpeted "global success"

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Paddy Blewer @padsky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Seeing the same visceral reactions from #ManCity fans as did from Chelsea fans when theyn realised what had paid for success. The feeling of entitlement and betrayal. Anger focused on PL / authorities. Interesting #PR / #media dynamic (1)

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Paddy Blewer @padsky.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Many years ago, you said something on twitter that made me look again at WTDW. Very pleased you did

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Paddy Blewer @padsky.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Yes. My innate romanticsim as a reaction to having a day job where theres not much time for that. Blimp still v important today

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Paddy Blewer @padsky.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Id have A Matter of Life & Death over Blimp, but they're both masterpieces. Perhaps "went the day well" as a surprising British take on WW2?

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Paddy Blewer @padsky.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

3.5kg rib of beef on a kamdo bono. Not to toot my own trumpet but this was baging. #cookingwithpaddy

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Paddy Blewer @padsky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

My dog is unhappy with me as she hasn't had her pre bed treat. Reminded me of.....

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Paddy Blewer @padsky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

My dog is unhappy with me as she hasn't had her pre bed treat. Reminded me of.....

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Paddy Blewer @padsky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Those of us of non english or perhaps non British heritage, however close either by proximity or history to the UK, would suggest that, "it never went away, you know"

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Paddy Blewer @padsky.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A nutritious dinner at the @Greyhoundh - negroni. Oysters. Chips. Beer. Outstanding.

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Paddy Blewer @padsky.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

As a comms advisor ive seen the encroachment of AI amd I'm sure that its just not as effective because it lacks the combination of intellectual engagement and individual personality. Also... AI got facts wrong by an order of magnitude. Eg average gas production & prices

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Paddy Blewer @padsky.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Actually probably more lancaster given the enormous scale of the beast

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Paddy Blewer @padsky.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

As i just said to K - looks great, feels great, but this is a hell of a lot more complex than anything ive used. Think tigermoth to spitfire.

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Paddy Blewer @padsky.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Like smeagol, I'm very excited about my 120kg birthday present. Trying it out with something simple tonight. #cookingwithpaddy

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Paddy Blewer @padsky.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Going back to original meme / reference. I think these are appropriate cuts

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Paddy Blewer @padsky.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

@geofflemon.bsky.social am a long time listener to TFW & have always enjoyed your work across multiple channels. Very much enjoyed your unvarnished opinion on the calamity of farragiste politics and how it has bumped up against cricket in multiple ways.

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Paddy Blewer @padsky.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Far too complex for social media. My question is whether the average chap(ess) in caherdaniel, ballyheigue and anywhere else on the island is really interested enough in the process for the inevitable hassle.

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Paddy Blewer @padsky.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Incredible commitment at breakdown by Aus forwards. Can they maintain the physical challenge or will they punch themselves out?

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Paddy Blewer @padsky.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Should be on proper TV. It wasn't that easy to find. #rugby #redroses #ENGvAUS

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Paddy Blewer @padsky.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Does the MoH have to be "in the face of the enemy"? and if so, is there an equivalent to the George Cross given to, say, soldiers doing bomb disposal?

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Paddy Blewer @padsky.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

wanking off 2 giraffes. Say that in an olly reed voice

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Paddy Blewer @padsky.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

an attempted or inferred bribe?

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Paddy Blewer @padsky.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

For avoidance of doubt. I'd have it in dark blue with coffee coloured leather interior.

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Paddy Blewer @padsky.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I cannot but applaud any use of images from Krasny Oktabr. I often either "This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it."

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Paddy Blewer @padsky.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

It won't be long before there are far, far fewer people who find this funny than those who ask, "what is that photo"?

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Paddy Blewer @padsky.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

To make men - it's almost always men - feel better about themselves. At the same time, I've always really wanted an F430 which makes almost less sense, but is at least pretty.

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Paddy Blewer @padsky.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Also, if they ever do a GBBF again, worth noting how non conservative it is. Men and women of all sizes. Some look like hobbits, some dwarves. Very few elves or men. Until the after work west london chaps com in. We all hate them.

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Paddy Blewer @padsky.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Jack may have a point. I'm a Camra member who likes Tolkien, can cook of many things, but I do make a decent lasagne. However, I find my Rhone / Tuscan wine & travel cost outweighs almost anything else.

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Paddy Blewer @padsky.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I once left a pub, fast, because a hat was passed around. I ran very fast to station and got on a train without knowing destination. Because this is **** intimidating

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Paddy Blewer @padsky.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Schellenberg, quite famously. Heydrich could be charming, especially around music.

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Paddy Blewer @padsky.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Don't know whether it's because I'm a Brit of Irish heritage, or because I studied 20th Century history, or because my MA dissertation was on intelligence in COIN, with specific consideration of NI, but the seemingly collective "we are ok with uniformed groups threatening violence" worries me

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

90 years ago, Parliament responded to the rise of Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts by passing the Public Order Act, which banned political uniforms, private militias and the threat of force for political objects. The debates make very resonant reading today. Here's the Liberal Robert Bernays. (Short 🧵)

You cannot conduct a fair match when one side is playing with a ball and the other with bombs and, if democracy is to survive, it must be conducted according to definite and recognised rule. One of them is that no political party should resort to any weapon other than reason and argument. The introduction of private armies, as I see it, strikes at the root of democracy. I know it is contended that the Blackshirts are not armed and, therefore, are not an army, but I do not think that argument can be upheld. … Uniformed men in military formation suggest, and are meant to suggest, the idea of force. It is no argument to reply that at this or that demonstration no force is intended. It is an inescapable fact that a uniform in politics symbolises force, to be used either now or in the future.

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Paddy Blewer @padsky.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

There's got to be a "bridge too far" meme about Stanford Bridge / Weather / Dead ground & Cavalry etc etc

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Paddy Blewer @padsky.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

There might be a fair amount more there, in at least two geologically distinct basins - but it's not like Argentina doesn't have significant onshore oil that is a hell of a lot easier to manage. Falklands oil has always been somewhat marginal

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