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And both were basically in the approaches to Gibraltar. You can tell the only major battle fought in the deep oceans in those wars because it’s known by a date -1 June- not a place. And that only happens because it’s a convoy battle and they can’t control the convoy beyond ‘do the normal route’

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Paul O’Donnell @paodonnell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This is very interesting. You mention the ILP but did you find links to any of the other socialist parties/societies like the SDF or the Clarion? Also, what are the traditions that persisted into the 50s?

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Paul O’Donnell @paodonnell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I mean, that was sort of the point of Victoria’s dynastic marriage politics, although ‘agent’ is probably a more appropriate word than spy

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Paul O’Donnell @paodonnell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Not great (decent fish and chips though, from memory)

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Paul O’Donnell @paodonnell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

15 years working in Trade Associations. What with member visits and events, I’ve basically been everywhere, except Norwich.

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Paul O’Donnell @paodonnell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

As others, better qualified, have said, Paul Preston. Tom Buchanan on Britain and the war.

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Paul O’Donnell @paodonnell.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Yep, DBT was surprisingly nonplussed by the fact that the rest of manufacturing wasn’t cock-a-hoop at the thought of subsidising the 3 (three) companies (one of which has subsequently been taken into public ownership) that actually make steel in quantity in the UK.

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Paul O’Donnell @paodonnell.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

And didn’t we all get a handy reminder of this just over ten years ago?

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Paul O’Donnell @paodonnell.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Also, it’s the RNLI. The first two letters are supposed to mean something.

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Paul O’Donnell @paodonnell.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

This really isn’t complicated… Good people good, bad people bad. If you can’t tell the difference then that’s a you problem.

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Paul O’Donnell @paodonnell.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Could be ‘Trades Council’, it looks like a union badge, but I think I’d expect something symbolic other than just the coat of arms and the borough motto, TU friendly as that motto is.

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Paul O’Donnell @paodonnell.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

That’s a very odd formulation for a official quote

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Paul O’Donnell @paodonnell.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Sort of chap who wouldn’t have made Sarrat…

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Paul O’Donnell @paodonnell.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Very much agree that it depends on local factors, some councils are prepared to put in measures, and take a hit on local Facebook groups about it, and some aren’t. Not just cycling infrastructure, traffic controls are important too to discourage.

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Paul O’Donnell @paodonnell.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Hi, parent of Gen Z kids here who have always walked to school, but that is a change that happened in the 80s/90s, when I was a kid. If anything I think, at least where I live in suburban London, it has gone slightly the other way in the last decade. Big caveat about location…

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Paul O’Donnell @paodonnell.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Atmospheric, slightly whimsical, recreation of Michael Faraday’s office at Trinity Buoy Wharf

The exterior of a small wooden hut with a sign inviting Ladies and Gentlemen to step inside and explore Faraday’s genius

A recreation of an early C19 office, featuring period books and curios

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Paul O’Donnell @paodonnell.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Can he get back in three days, though?

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Paul O’Donnell @paodonnell.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Yes, it was particularly foolhardy. Idiot.

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Paul O’Donnell @paodonnell.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

To be honest I thought your last sentence about sitting in a circle puffing on American fags was a more interesting explanation, albeit one that might be a bit ‘brave’ on Bluesky

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Paul O’Donnell @paodonnell.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Sounds like it might have been a Public School ‘mission’ club, where the school set up an inner London boys club to civilise the oiks. The most famous is/was the Repton Club but there were quite a few. Clem Attlee discovered socialism while volunteering in Haileybury’s.

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Paul O’Donnell @paodonnell.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

2-0, El Miz, Kabia. God knows why but I’m feeling optimistic. Predicting a clean sheet might be particularly foolhardy. #lofc

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Paul O’Donnell @paodonnell.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

No, that’s Dutch Chief Ministers

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Paul O’Donnell @paodonnell.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I mean, they shared HMS Victorious/USS Robin

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Paul O’Donnell @paodonnell.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

With a very honourable mention to Howe, who as captain who actually steered the Magnamine through the surf, and who Nelson subsequently called ‘the first and greatest sea officer the world has ever produced’

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Paul O’Donnell @paodonnell.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

As the new season starts I note that my favourite football podcasts (“Yes, I’m in my late 40s, why do you ask?”) have replaced their (generic) betting adverts with (very good) ones for AI. Genuinely unsure if this represents progress?

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Paul O’Donnell @paodonnell.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Is there a generational factor? After ‘45(or’47) there were many many fewer Officers and NCOs who had done time in India and fondly remembered it (with caveats about what bits they fondly remembered).

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