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Paul Butler

@paulwbutler.bsky.social
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Retired from work but not life! Married, Triathlete, Gramps to two grandchildren, Vinyl addict. Happy to be here!

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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Covid Inquiry: Conservative government ‘wasted’ billions on PPE www.channel4.com/news/covid-i...
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Covid Inquiry: Conservative government ‘wasted’ billions on PPE
The latest Covid inquiry report has found that billions of pounds the UK spent on personal protective equipment were wasted.
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Paul Butler @paulwbutler.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
@postpunkandnewwave.bsky.social Spinning now ❤️
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Listening Party Replay @listeningparty.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
6 years ago we had a listening party for A Certain Trigger by Maxïmo Park. You can replay the listening party (no_276) here:
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Listening Party Replay @listeningparty.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
6 years ago we had a listening party for Red Roses For Me by The Pogues. You can replay the listening party (no_277) here:
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The Pogues
Red Roses For Me
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Bridget Phillipson MP @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I stand by my record – including putting us on course for a record reduction in child poverty – and if the Tories think that makes me a 'spiteful class warrior', it tells you everything you need to know about them.
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Blimey. This petition is now is now at almost 98,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 today and have that debate petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
This is a shocking indictment of the abject failure of UK news shows to get the actual facts about net migration across to the public and call out the bull**** by the likes of Nigel Farage youtu.be/WuSKdLtKHCs?...
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NET MIGRATION HAS FALLEN BY 82% SINCE ITS PEAK YET NEARLY HALF OF BRITONS BELIEVE ITS INCREASED!
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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Paul Butler @paulwbutler.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Congratulations @astonvillaofficial.bsky.social 2026 Europa League Winners 👏🏻👏🏻
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Andrew Lewin MP @andrewlewinmp.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
If we push out the Prime Minister, a chaotic leadership election would inevitably follow. It would be a gift to our political opponents and the public would not forgive us. I sincerely hope that colleagues think again. news.sky.com/video/think-...
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'Think again': Labour MP issues plea over Starmer leadership
Andrew Lewin has urged Labour colleagues to get behind the prime minister despite increasing pressure on Sir Keir Starmer to resign following the result of the May elections.
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
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Dr Seth Thévoz @seththevoz.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
It never ceases to amaze me how many election pundits don’t understand the dynamics of First Past the Post, and how vote-splitting works under the UK’s electoral system. John Curtice does. Listen to John Curtice.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Just met a Reform UK voting couple who had no idea that it opposed: Recent rise in the minimum wage End of the two-child benefit cap Expansion of free school meals, free breakfast clubs Help with school uniforms Horrified that they would lose big from Reform How many others voted without knowing?
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Listening Party Replay @listeningparty.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
6 years ago we had a listening party for Up To Our Hips by The Charlatans. You can replay the listening party (no_101) here:
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The Charlatans
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Paul Butler @paulwbutler.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
@tim-burgess.bsky.social Thanks for the photo Tim appreciate it! Looking forward to a great gig and catching The Cords too. They sounded great at the sound check 👍
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Paul Butler @paulwbutler.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
@skybluebrunty.bsky.social Your boys did it! Big Cyrille would have had mixed emotions about this season for his old clubs, WBA, Coventry, Villa and Wolves. Enjoy 👍
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Politics in the U.K. @politicsintheuk.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Why isn’t there any recorded drawing of the free energy bill prize, you might ask? Because it was rigged — is the answer. What are the police and mainstream journalists doing about it, you might ask again? Jack shit — is the answer.
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Ipsos in the UK @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Starmer leads Farage and Badenoch on who Brits think would be the most capable Prime Minister. He’s up +4 since Jan 2026, whilst Farage is down -2, and Badenoch’s down -1.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 14/03/2026
‘Could be the making of him’: Starmer’s allies praise stance on Trump and Iran
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‘Could be the making of him’: Starmer’s allies praise stance on Trump and Iran
Refusal to kowtow to US president has won public backing – and left Badenoch and Farage playing catch-up It is not often that Keir Starmer’s allies believe he has Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch on the run – but on Iran, they think he is on the right side of history and public opinion. “It could be the making of him,” said Emily Thornberry, the Labour chair of the foreign affairs committee, who was first out of the blocks to say she thought Donald Trump’s strikes on Iran were illegal. “You’ve not had a British prime minister say no to an American president since Vietnam. This is a big deal.” Continue reading...
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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 03/03/2026
The number of commentators/journalists salivating at blaming Starmer for ruining the “special relationship” is genuinely pathetic If anyone ruined it- if it even really exists- here’s a reminder of who did it.
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Paul Butler @paulwbutler.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
@tim-burgess.bsky.social Spinning this afternoon. Can’t believe it was 2016!
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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Wow! Excellent speech from Rachel Reeves in her Spring Statement just now. Worth listening to it all - only about 25 minutes. I'll share what I can below. 1/9
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Tim Burgess @tim-burgess.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Info incoming… The Merch Market D.I.Y. We’ll help you put on an event, wherever you might be in the world. Get together with the bands, artists and merch makers near you, get yourselves a venue and we’ll help out to make an amazing event
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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Please do not embarrass Farage by reposting his 'Happy Birthday Mr President' tweet. Be careful not to draw attention to the fact that he's holding a bottle of Trump wine, it would make him look like a fawning sycophant, and we wouldn't want to do that ... would we?
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Matt is doing an excellent job here of convincing us that he is in absolutely no way bitter at all about his failure as an academic.. 😉
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
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SimonG 🇨🇦🥈 @simongodly.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Mark Kermode is a Brit film critic (if you are not aware of him, he also writes books on cinema). A listener offered a donation to charity if he went to see it. Spoiler alert : he didn't like it. youtu.be/DTyUni8dbkE?...
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Mark Kermode reviews Melania
YouTube video by Kermode and Mayo's Take
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Martyn Brunt @skybluebrunty.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
When the BBC get it right, they get it really right. This is an important article about the murdered victims on Vladyslav Heraskevych's banned helmet. The fact that some are children makes the IOC decision even more despicable. - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Who is on helmet that led to Ukrainian athlete's disqualification from Winter Olympics?
Vladyslav Heraskevych's helmet depicts fellow athletes who have been killed since Russia's full-scale invasion of his country.
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Now available as a Giant Charity Postcard and ltd edition art print! 👇👇👇👇 coldwarsteve.bigcartel.com/product/pyra...
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A special Cold War Steve giant pyramid postcard and limited edition print! It is a long running CWS tradition to release a new giant postcard...
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Old Oakie @markingall.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
This is good news. It would be a mistake if Labour MPs bowed to pressure from the Tory press to oust Starmer.
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Pam Nash @pamnashes.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Some of us are old enough to remember this from Badenoch…
Screenshot of a Guardian page with the headline: Kemi Badenoch says Partygate scandal was 'overblown'
And sub headline: New Tory leader calls Boris Johnson a 'great prime minister' who fell into a 'trap' over Covid rules
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Bridget Phillipson MP @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
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Antonia Bance MP @antoniabance.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
The Prime Minister changed our party so we could change the country. 

In Tipton, Wednesbury and Coseley we are beginning to see that change - whether it be £20m Pride in Place to make Friar Park great again, £1.5m for regenerating Sandwell's towns, free breakfast clubs, free school meals for all families on UC, thousands of our children lifted out of poverty, rises to the NMW, every worker getting sick pay, an active industrial policy to back British manufacturing, £1.7bn for new homes in the West Mids, £2.4bn for buses and roads and trams - and so much more. 

We were elected to do a job - and it's not finished. People in the West Mids voted for the stability of a strong Labour government. Time to unite behind the PM and get on with delivering for working people.
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Paul Butler @paulwbutler.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
@inspiralcarpets.bsky.social Amazing what you can find when sorting through your singles!
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
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Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dailyherald.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
17 breaches of the MP’s code of conduct. 30+ past allegations of racism. Still not answering Qs about Nathan Gill. Still not answering Qs about Russian influence. Still not answering Qs about his Clacton home. Still taking sides with Trump. The least patriotic man in Britain
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Paul Singh 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @paulsingh.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
I’m confused by some of the posts on this site. Do people want Starmer to act in concert with the EU when it comes to Greenland or not? Because if they do then they need to stop comparing Starmers approach to Carney’s.
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Paul Butler @paulwbutler.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Brilliant!
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
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Whaley Queen of the Woke @simonwhale.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
As if he’s that thin
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Putin is pleased.
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Whaley Queen of the Woke @simonwhale.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 17/01/2026
Nigel Farage MP
@Nigel_Farage

We don’t always agree with the US government and in this case we certainly don’t. These tariffs will hurt us.

If Greenland is vulnerable to malign influences, then have another look at Diego Garcia.

Ed Davey
@EdwardJDavey

Trump is targeting us for standing with our allies, and the best you can do is ‘we’ll agree to disagree’?

Pathetic. You can always count on Farage to bootlick for Trump rather than stand up for Britain.
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Paul Butler @paulwbutler.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Poor Honest Bob 😂
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Tim Burgess @tim-burgess.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Merch Market movie by Aodhfin Traquair
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Alan M @alan1874.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
There's always a tweet ...
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Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · 12/01/2026
There's always a tweet. In this case, one so embarrassing that the original tweet Zahawi was responding to has been deleted.
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Louise Haigh @louisehaighmp.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.
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