Reposted by Paul TurnerStephen Graham @stephengraham.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I had this bit about Jeffrey Archer from the 1995 HIGNFY video memorised for whenever I needed a handy fact about him. 431780677
Reposted by Paul TurnerMags L Halliday @magslhalliday.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Every year on 19 December, the famous Christmas lights at Mousehole in Cornwall are dimmed between 8 and 9pm, leaving just the Cross and Angels shining down across the village and out to sea. 10830433
Reposted by Paul TurnerStuart Whomsley @stuartwhomsley.bsky.social · 09/09/2026@lordbonkers.bsky.social would you put Corbyn in goal? 7114
Reposted by Paul TurnerDavid Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Grim Monday with racist blackshirts on the streets of the UK and winning in one German state. Governments are struggling with the modern world - particularly in UK, France, and Germany. But I'm afraid we're all part of a story of frustrated expectations. 1226971
Reposted by Paul TurnerRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 06/09/2026So now we’re supposed to hate Canada and love Putin? That’s where we are at with this corrupt gangster government? 909186164343
Reposted by Paul TurnerWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Andy Burnham is going to have to do a whole lot better than Keir Starmer in responding to masked fascists on the streets. 31841189
Reposted by Paul TurnerThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Seems the difference between ‘protestors’ and ‘terrorists’ is that protestors wear balaclavas while terrorists hold placards. 3034391277
Reposted by Paul TurnerCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 03/09/2026At what point does a British by-election get awarded to the silver medalist, à la Ben Johnson and Carl Lewis? Asking for a friend of a friend, i.e. me. #Clacton 994986866
Reposted by Paul TurnerA Republic If You Can Keep It @arepublicif.bsky.social · 23/08/2026North Korea is good. Canada is bad. Coal is good. Solar is bad. Measles is good. Vaccination is bad. Child rapists are good. Childcare is bad. Pointless wars are good. Universal healthcare is bad. Anyone supporting the unrelenting chaos of the #GOP deserves zero respect. #RemoveTrump 558195296388
Reposted by Paul TurnerAndrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Can't be said enough. PIP is not an out of work benefit. It's paid to disabled people to help with the extra cost of living with disabilities (whether in or out of work) Spoken to many who fear being forced out of work if their PIP is taken away. inews.co.uk/news/reform-...inews.co.ukI need my PIP to work - without it I'd have to quit my jobDisabled people fear they won't be able to afford essentials under Reform UK's plans to take the benefit away 4213101
Reposted by Paul TurnerJeff Rudd 🇮🇪 🇨🇦 🇵🇸 @jeffrudd.bsky.social · 17/08/2026REMEMBER: They all knew. 6121771910513
Reposted by Paul TurnerSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 17/08/2026“Based on my very good relationship with Kim Jong Un, of N Korea, I am not happy with the fact that the United States has, long ago, agreed to participate in Joint Military Exercises with S Korea.” This man is failing to defend the United States. This man is a traitor. This man should be removed. 888122303553
Reposted by Paul TurnerDede Bell ☮️🌎👩💻 @dedebell.bsky.social · 14/08/2026"A CNN journalist witnessed Israeli settlers abduct and blindfold a Palestinian farmer for refusing to leave his land, as IDF soldiers stood guard. He was later shot, while the IDF blocked the road to prevent anyone from coming to his aid, making sure he would die." -- substack.com/@jemby123 19151134
Reposted by Paul TurnerCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 16/08/2026A brief note for Nadhim Zahawi. 33687332865
Reposted by Paul TurnerTaraaaaaaaaggghhhhhhh Zombies🧟♀️ @theblueststar.bsky.social · 15/08/2026I hate the British media. They drove Lucy Meadows to death, they drove Steve Dymond to death, the drove Caroline Flack to death and they've driven Jason Arday to death. Rod Liddle, the racist paedo woman beating cunt was celebrated by the British media. Die in a house fire all the British media 05211
Reposted by Paul TurnerVictoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire.bsky.social · 14/08/2026This morning the website of Parliament’s standards commissioner has been updated to confirm that his investigation is no longer suspended 892057519
Paul Turner @paulandrewturner.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Do the pervert glasses protect you from the eclipse? Asking for a fiend. #eclipse #pervertglasses 000
Reposted by Paul TurnerThe Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 11/08/2026If early release can be altered so as to exempt homicide offences, it should be. Prisoners who have caused the gravest harm should be among the last to benefit from the overcrowding crisis. But carving out exceptions for individual prisoners in response to media campaigns is weak and unprincipled. 1032065394
Reposted by Paul TurnerCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 06/08/2026There now follows a party election broadcast by the Count Binface Party, And if I do say so myself, it's a banger. #VoteBinface #Clacton 22672302814
Reposted by Paul TurnerMiddle Age Riot @middleageriot.bsky.social · 03/08/2026LEFT TO RIGHT: Defeated the British, freed the slaves, raped the children. 37378792581
Reposted by Paul TurnerLee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 04/08/2026The Times, one of the leading voices when it comes to 'protecting women and girls' calling a man who assaulted his young pregnant girlfriend, said he would rape the kids if he was a teacher and called for child sex abuse porn to be legal, 'brilliant' 661647482
Reposted by Paul TurnerSteve Doherty @stevedoherty.bsky.social · 03/08/2026I booked Rod Liddle as a guest on a show, many years ago, just after he left Today and had started as a columnist. He was a massive arsehole from the moment he arrived till the moment he left. A character trait he went on to demonstrate publicly, in print and on screen till, well, today. 1131653
Reposted by Paul TurnerFrances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 03/08/2026As Rod Liddle has died, I notice this column I wrote in 2019 about his attacks on people with M.E. is on the most read again. Rebekah Brooks, of News UK, described Liddle today as “provocative”. In reality, he spread lies about very sick people for cash. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comRod Liddle vilifies disabled people. I’m tired of the hate. We all should be | Frances RyanWhether it is ME patients or another target, huge swathes of the media have normalised hatred of minorities for years, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan 691353415
Reposted by Paul Turner👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 03/08/2026A lot of people today talking about an awful person who died but i want to make everyone aware of a good person who died: Northern Irish comedian Jimmy Cricket, who you should all look up if you don’t know. 10/10 all around wife guy, dad, granddad, and just a generally solid person 281201186
Reposted by Paul TurnerBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Rod Liddle was a piece of shit in both his private and public life, and it speaks to the state of British media that they're praising the man. He presaged the steep downward decline of British broadsheet print columnists into increasingly open racism, misogyny, and hatred of queer people. 17747124
Reposted by Paul Turnerbadly drawn boo! 🎃👻🧛🏼♀️ @soapachu.bsky.social · 03/08/2026"Please don't be mean about the nonce wifebeater racists" 1555
Reposted by Paul TurnerBen Edwards @bostonhistory.bsky.social · 03/08/2026The president of the United States is a mentally deranged con man and a pathological liar. 26966811239
Reposted by Paul TurnerTits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Rod Liddle was a stone-cold arsehole who actually said in a national newspaper that he couldn't be a teacher because he would inevitably try and shag the kids Apparently his editor has said, 'he challenged conventional thinking' If you mean 'was wrong in every conceivable way' then, yes 1668798
Reposted by Paul TurnerPete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 03/08/2026I must say, it’s very brave of people to come out publicly and say they admired Rod Liddle *because* he wrote stuff that was upsetting. Nice to know that we’re SO BBC-Balanced that we think a voice standing up for the virtues of paedophilia is not only necessary but actually noble. 27712
Reposted by Paul TurnerMic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 03/08/2026I will remember Rod Liddle for the fact that the lawyer who checked my book before publication had no issue with me writing that Liddle couldn’t be a teacher because he’d have had sex with the students. Why? Because Liddle wrote it in a national magazine. 12483109
Reposted by Paul TurnerThe Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Haters focusing on Liddle's violence toward his pregnant partner, his galloping racism, or his repeated defences of paedophilia, should remember to mention he was also one of the worst writers to ever do it. A calorie-free hack of the first water. Just absolute dogshit, back to front. 261876385
Reposted by Paul TurnerChris @oakymoron.bsky.social · 01/08/2026A botched Presidency with knee jerk policies with everyone else to blame except themselves A narcissist surrounded by sycophants The likes of Infantino and Farage are similar. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukTrump administration drops Reflecting Pool vandalism charge and admits 'botched' repairsPresident Donald Trump had blamed "sick" vandals, and a former Olympian had been charged, but prosecutors now say contractors caused the damage. 2192
Reposted by Paul TurnerThe Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 31/07/2026A thread on how heroes like Dr. Anthony Fauci make Trump and the Republicans look like criminals by comparison. That's why they tried to destroy his good name. That's the story. 472372517
Reposted by Paul TurnerMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 30/07/2026KEEP THE NAME OF OUR MOVIE OUTTA YER TINY LYIN' PIE-HOLE!!! (thank you for your attention to this yada yada yada) 45886031458
Reposted by Paul TurnerI Liv, I Die, Oliviagain Hill @machineiv.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Fascism thrives in contradictions: COVID was a hoax that never hurt anybody. It's also a terrible pandemic and Fauci must be held responsible. The COVID vaccine killed millions. MRNA vaccines are a crime against humanity. Also Trump invented the COVID vaccine and must be credited for it. 11345119
Reposted by Paul TurnerTom Dewar @tomdewar.dev · 30/07/2026I used to model the prison population. It is staggering how massively counterproductive most prison sentences are. Most sentences are short sentences. Long enough to destroy the basis for a normal productive life outside (housing, job etc). Too short to do anything productive (rehab, training etc.) 413425
Reposted by Paul TurnerEd Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 30/07/2026After 17 and a half years today is my last day working in the NHS. I've worked under 12 Health secretaries. Every single one made it harder for us to look after patients and pursued an agenda of privatisation and outsourcing. The NHS thrives in spite of, not because of it’s political leadership. 49791230
Reposted by Paul TurnerSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Healey's fiscal buffer down to £7 bn from £25 bn (FT) due to Iran. He is also going to lose £12-13 billion when revising future immigration estimates down. (I don't think is already part of this drop to £7bn) 78140
Reposted by Paul TurnerThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Reversed, wrong-headed, lied; unhinged, wrong-headed, deprived. 251039241
Reposted by Paul TurnerTim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Just one para from @jdportes.bsky.social brilliant (and beautifully written) @theguardian.com piece on Burnham and the economy. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... 18404152
Reposted by Paul Turnerℙ𝕖𝕟𝕘𝕪 @actualpengy.bsky.social · 16/07/2026I think I shall watch the ladies' footie in future. The men's World Cup is just corruption, cheating, dodgy refs and arseholes. And we're actually just nowhere near the best. Hope Spain thrash Argentina. Morning! 1121
Reposted by Paul TurnerWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Making players contest the third place playoff is cruel. Nobody cares. Everyone wants to go home. 5477655
Reposted by Paul TurnerSophie Hall @sophlouisehall.bsky.social · 15/07/2026People I’m blaming for the World Cup loss RANKED 10. Louis Tomlinson 9. Those World Cup ducks 8. Hydration breaks 7. Benedict Cumberbatch 6. Beckham in the Walkers advert 5. Trump 4. The England fans dressed as shit lions 3. Thomas Tuchel 2. All the Argentina players 1. Michael McIntyre 56114
Reposted by Paul TurnerPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 15/07/2026A German coach throwing away England's best chance of a world cup final in 60 years - and losing to Argentina in the process 😬😬😬 3217414
Reposted by Paul TurnerThe Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Lots of people commenting on how unsporting Argentina’s players are, but let’s be fair and remember that they are also very racist.theguardian.comFrench federation files complaint over ‘racist’ song by Argentina playersThe French soccer federation pledged to file a complaint with Fifa over ‘racist and discriminatory remarks’ by Argentina players after their Copa América final win 341018274