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Peter Savage.

@pcsavage.bsky.social
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Retired TU Official. Interested in Law, Good food, Wine, Running and unfortunately Everton. Not necessarily in that order. I have friends everywhere.

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 2h
No, ‘gifting season’ is not approaching. Fuck *off* with that language. 😎
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Peter Savage. @pcsavage.bsky.social · 3h
I assume that accounts that only ever, without comment, repost and never say anything themselves are bots?
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Peter Savage. @pcsavage.bsky.social · 5h
A better tactic might be to attract more young women by promising them that they'll be safe.
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Peter Savage. @pcsavage.bsky.social · 13h
Excellent decision. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Burnham scraps controversial plans to curb jury trials
The key policy idea announced by David Lammy when he was justice secretary will no longer go ahead.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A man builds an IED. He sets it off in a busy public street. Shrapnel flies about hitting cars, homes and a child's bedroom. It's a miracle nobody is injured. And Reform MP Sarah Pochin calls his imprisonment "disproportionate" and "two tier justice."
It does raise this point of two-tiered
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Reform's Sarah Pochin believes the
sentence handed to the 64-year-old who
blew up a ULEZ camera was
disproportionate'.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
UAE officials have warned the UK that a severe punishment for Man City could hurt future Emirati investment in Britain, Bloomberg reports. This is the perfect argument for keeping foreign money out of football.
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James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
When you've got senior members trying to find places to hide and are having to rule out physical violence from proponents... ...maybe a motion is slightly dodgy?
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"I should just point out that we don't have any Lib Dems on the panel as they only have 71 MPs, but Suella Braverman is here because Reform have 8 MPs"
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Peter Savage. @pcsavage.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Really? BBC News are now spending part of their main programme plugging light entertainment!
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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Just for clarity I did quote GfP properly. They asked that a fairly long quote be used in full. I replied to say that for story-length reasons that was probably not possible but that I’d fairly précis anything not used in full. Which I did. They did not object to this in advance.
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Peter Savage. @pcsavage.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The USA is a barbaric country. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike taken to hospital after attempted execution, lawyer says
Her lawyer says Pike is being "provided life-saving measures" after two syringes of pentobarbital.
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Robert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If Reform did something like this with mosques we might think they were a bit racist. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
thetimes.com
Jewish Greens face sanctions for belonging to ‘Zionist’ synagogues
The Green Party rejected an amendment to protect Jewish members attending self-declared ‘Zionist’ organisations from reports of racism
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Peter Savage. @pcsavage.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Siri show me the most predictable comment in UK politics.
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Helen Barnard @helenbarnard.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We shouldn't have a Quiet Carriage on the train. We should have a NoisyCcarriage. If you want to watch or listen to the phone without headphones, or have loud and never-ending conversations, you go and sit in the Noisy Carriage. The rest of the train is de facto Quiet. Who's with me?
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Peter Savage. @pcsavage.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When I'm emperor I pledge to ban all news outlets from using vox pops.
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Susan 🐝🐓🪴🌻🇪🇺🇺🇦 @susanf.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Why are BBC breakfast promoting the new book by convicted criminal Jeffrey Archer??
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Peter Savage. @pcsavage.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
'26 mothers and babies' hardly fighting age men which is the usual excuse for racism. www.edp24.co.uk/news/2658885...
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Council to 'robustly' fight plan to house 26 asylum seekers in Fenland village
Councillors have pledged to fight Government plans to house asylum seekers in Leverington, near Wisbech, fearing the move could lead to a wider…
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Peter Savage. @pcsavage.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Or he was just lying. BBC News "It's possible Trump was talking off the cuff, or that he was talking about something unconnected."
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David Sheppard @oilsheppard.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Pensions minister Torsten Bell not letting his beef with Jim Ratcliffe go, telling a fringe event at Labour’s conference: “I'll tell you what if I was if I was running Manchester United, I wouldn't be talking about anybody else being on the slide.”
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Peter Savage. @pcsavage.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Film you've watched more than six times with a GIF
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Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca: Beautiful Friendship
ALT: Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca: Beautiful Friendship
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Stephen Kinsella @stephenstroud.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I predict that Musk’s attempt to suppress this film will be every bit as successful as Meta’s attack on Sarah Wynn-Williams’ book. And the many awards judges around the world who care about culture have an opportunity to play their part. Let’s give Big Tech all the recognition it deserves
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Plashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Two per region except for the Westminster area, which continues to require about 40 politicians’ old school chums to read out their WhatsApps in front of Big Ben.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"The Bank of England was set up by Tony Blair" It's easy to forget that Tony Blair had been in power since 1694 when the Bank of England was founded. Good job Brain of Britain Liz Truss is here to remind us.
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Peter Savage. @pcsavage.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A small fine incoming. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
bbc.co.uk
Man City charges latest: Decision made in 115 charges case
Breaking news and reaction to Manchester City declining to comment on 115 charges report.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It's certainly quite the position for someone who has ended up leader because their predecessor was arrested on suspicion of assault and coercive/controlling behaviour. I think the BSL interpreter has captured the tone very well.
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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 24/09/2026
Everyone, stop what you are doing. I've discovered there is a politician called Teresa May running for city council in British Columbia. And this is from one of her campaign videos. Never have two people with the same name had such different vibes.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Good. Now arrest those who were with him for conspiracy, and then arrest those who tried to set fire to a hotel for arson. And then proscribe the group as a terrorist organisation. Which is what you are if you use violence for political ends. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Police arrest far-right activist Daniel Thomas after dinghy slashed in Channel
Thirty-seven-year-old in custody on suspicion of crimes including criminal damage with intent to endanger life
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Peter Savage. @pcsavage.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
By the time the BBC got around to reporting this I'm not sure it still counted as news. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Police looking at video of anti-migrant activist Daniel Thomas slashing at boat with knife
Daniel Thomas, known to his supporters as Danny Tommo, livestreamed a video of the alleged incident.
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
No, arresting ‘Danny Tommo’ won’t make him a martyr. *Not* arresting him will fuel his agenda.
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Find it both grating and frankly, deeply weird, that Zack Polanski’s leaflets are simply dishonest about where he lives. Literally nobody cares. It’s normal to move within London. “Hackney man seeks job in Camden” is not something you need to play word games around.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🔴 Royal British Legion Says It Wants ‘No Association’ With Anti-Migrant Group Behind Poppy Fundraisers Exclusive: The charity says it never authorised a Hampshire group’s ‘Raise the Poppies’ appeal, as crowdfunding sites take pages down bylinetimes.com/2026/09/22/r...
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Royal British Legion Says It Wants 'No Association' With Anti-Migrant Group Behind Poppy Fundraisers
The charity says it never authorised a Hampshire group's 'Raise the Poppies' appeal, as crowdfunding sites take pages down
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Peter Savage. @pcsavage.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Strava has just suggested that I follow Tom Evans, winner of UTMB and Western States, because we 'compete on the same leader boards.' I don't think compete is the right word. #running
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Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
On the BBC News Katya Adler has just described Germany, where the far right AFD keep winning elections, as entering 'uncharted political territory'. Hmmm. Where Germany is concerned I think that territory is pretty well charted.
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Peter Savage. @pcsavage.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Are indicators an expensive optional extra in Norfolk? Asking for everyone who passed their driving test elsewhere.
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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 20/09/2026
I can't get over how visibly insane he is these days. This is like reading a note from your great aunt who insists she used to be married to Winston Churchill.
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Peter Savage. @pcsavage.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Can't blame them. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
theguardian.com
Manchester United Muslim fans group calls on co-owner Jim Ratcliffe to quit
Supporters’ club says billionaire should stand down after ‘completely unacceptable’ comments on the UK and empire
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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
NEW MRP JUST DROPPED: All but four constituencies in GB support UK membership of the EU. In those four, the most popular option was 'Don't Know' (Ashfield, Clacton, Great Yarmouth and Boston and Skegness).
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Peter Savage. @pcsavage.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
When you run a parkrun over a minute faster than when you last did it and end up last in your age group. That!
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Holger Hestermeyer @hhesterm.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
How is this news? billionaire oil person says uk needs to drill more and tax less, though, of course, he‘s actually in Monaco. And he would do more in the uk if the state subsidised him more. Dear BBC, that‘s like me saying the uk‘s problem is underpaid law profs. www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Billionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UK
Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.
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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 18/09/2026
Let’s show some community and decency
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Peter Savage. @pcsavage.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I suspect Farage does as well.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
“There can be no more trying to pretend there’s a respectable anti-immigration position which is meaningfully distinguishable from far right thuggery” We must actively make racism shameful again. Because this is where it has led and it’s unforgivable. No more indulging ignorance and hate.
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Peter Savage. @pcsavage.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
There's quite a lot of us old enough to remember watching it happen.
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Peter Savage. @pcsavage.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Just done one of those silly online quizzes that claimed to guess my age from my choice of movies. It came up with an answer exactly half my actual age.
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Just remember this when these louts try and suggest that it is people arriving in small boats that are the criminal problem. In fact the louts ARE the criminals, disturbing our peace and harming our charities and volunteers. That used to be considered a seriously aggravating feature for sentence
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Peter Savage. @pcsavage.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"More Prime Ministers than strikers."
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Peter Savage. @pcsavage.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A review written by someone who's telling you they haven't read the books without telling you that. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
theguardian.com
Slow Horses season six review – it gets harder to enjoy Gary Oldman’s spy thriller every year
The show’s creator has gone, it’s been retooled as a conventional thriller and it feels like it’s starting to run out of ideas – even if it’s as slick and confident as ever
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Tories have attacked appointment of TUC chief Paul Nowak as a director of Bank of England, saying: "The last thing our country needs is a trade union leader helping to run the BofE." And yet it was a Tory government that in 2019 appointed the then TUC chief Frances O'Grady to the same role
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Peter Savage. @pcsavage.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I'm clearly not a Utd fan but he comes across as either very poorly advised or an entitled brat. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
bbc.co.uk
Man Utd: JJ Gabriel wants to leave - what happens now?
On the night JJ Gabriel was supposed to become Manchester United's youngest player in history, the scramble is on to persuade him not to quit.
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