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Phil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

£3.5k - for an extensive coach trip, you have been warned!

An updated river cruise itinary showing five coach trips, with three rides on a boat.

Phil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

And from there, in all likelihood, they headed off to the TikTok-sponsored party, where there was a free bar! www.instagram.com/reel/Dd5yGCW...

A post by the London Standard on Instagram, showing the Sugababes at the TikTok Labour conference closing party 2026.

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Phil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

"Americans collectively hold $1.26 trillion in credit card debt, up more than 40 percent over the past four years." Comparable to the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. www.statista.com/chart/35562/...

This chart shows the share of credit card debt in the U.S. that is more than 90 days past due.

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Phil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

“Ever thought ‘why don’t they just fix this’? ... We want your ideas for practical, small, non-controversial ways to improve the UK. Then we’ll give them a serious policy workover and try to make the changes happen.” small-ideas.org

The Small Ideas Initiative.
Tell us the small fixes that’ll make a difference. We’ll ensure they’re heard.
A charity initiative.

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Phil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The last time the gap looked like this, in the US, was 2009. www.statista.com/chart/22302/...

This chart shows party affiliation among U.S. respondents, by quarter.

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Phil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Kemi Badenoch has unveiled the £300 billion Tory plan for a grand UK defence strategy.

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Phil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

When they talk about reducing red tape, remember this image.

Grenfell Tower, a black smouldering carcass of the building shorty after the fire, in 2017.

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Phil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

He was there, but didn't get played as much as Johnny Mathis in our house (who's just retired from performing live; he's 91!). Nobody did. johnnymathis.com/wp2/

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Phil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The USA is a country in decline. Soon, the once world-leading nation will be less innovative than the global average. China is now leading the way in innovation, and let's be honest, in many other ways too, and they've done it without bombing anybody. www.statista.com/chart/36653/...

This chart shows the share of worldwide granted artificial intelligence patents by countries and regions.

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Phil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"RAF Fairford suspects are British men in their 20s, police say, as Iranian embassy denies involvement"

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Phil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"Mick Ferris, 53, was crushed when the pane of glass weighing 130kg (20 stone) fell 26 storeys from The Corniche in Vauxhall on 2 October 2018." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A view of a road, from a high-rise building, from approximtely the 26th floor.

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Phil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

He likes sports, so he buys sports teams. www.ineos.com/sports/

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Phil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This short-term rental graph shows 952 mn nights, which is the equivalent of losing 2,608,219 homes across Europe. Put another way, the next 2,608,219 homes built in Europe will just fill the hole made by the likes of AirBnB & have no impact on the naturally increased need of populations. © Statista

This chart shows the number of nights spent in accomodations booked via short-term rental platforms (e.g. Airbnb) in the EU.
Europe's Short-Term Rental Market Doubled Since 2018.

This infographic shows the leading solutions to improve affordable housing according to a European survey.
Share of Europeans who rank the following solutions in their top three:
Build more subsidized housing for low-income households
46%
Stimulating wage growth and boosting household incomes
45%
Lower taxes for people buying their first home
Build more housing (e.g., by reducing planning and approval barriers)
42%
Subsidize rent for low-income households
40%
Curbing speculative investment in housing
34%
28%
Restricting short-term rentals
22%
Restricting secondary or vacation homes in high-demand areas
22%
Encourage investments in energy efficiency and renovations
20%

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Phil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Philip Wild, 58, from Stockport Sean Peers, 38, from Stockport Jordan Wallace, 31, from Manchester Alan Keelan, 42, from Manchester Jonathan Kirk, 43 from Stockport Robert Stewart, 70 from Stockport Graham Brougham, 74 from Cheshire Richard Townsend, 37 from Rochdale www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Five of the accused men, ranging in age and appearance.

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Phil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Nice one. In Bruges w the girls ATM. Will catchup. 👍

Four gorgeous women enjoying some down time.

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Phil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This is superb, the Pope has his finger on the political pulse that's for sure.

A cartoon of JD Vance speaking into a phone: "As a Catholic I'm against it but sure, if you want to bomb the Vatican, I fully support you Mr President."

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Phil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

A drain of wealthy people was predicted when new inheritance tax rules were introduced. Some millionaires did leave when it happened, but *more* arrived, mostly from USA. More people are leaving other wealthy nations than are leaving UK, and a lot of them are coming here! www.ft.com/content/2245...

This graph from the FT shows the % of rich people in Asia-Pacific, Eurpose, Japan, Latin America, Middle East, North America and UK who have moved jurisdiction, in 2024 and 2025. Numbers decreased significantly, most by more than 50%.
In 2025, North America & Latin America had the most, above 30%.
Asia-Pacific, Europe, Japan and the Middle East were all between 20 and 30%, the UK was the lowest & the only nation below 20%.

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Phil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

"The opening day of the annual three-day St Annes International Kite Festival was disrupted by 40mph winds on Friday. However, the wind dropped for the last two days of what organisers say is the UK's biggest kite festival." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Age number of large differently coloured kits being flown, on a beach

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Phil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Do you think it was the same person? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blank_p...

A protester is led away by police for holding up a blank card.

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Phil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Google have changed Lake Ontario to Lake America on Google Maps. The leaders of common digital infrastructure should never be allowed to become embedded within the corridors of power. Not only does it corrupt politics, it corrupts businesses too, businesses that have far too much power already.

A tweet, it reads: "The reason Google changed Lake Ontario to "Lake America" on their maps is because co-founder Sergey Brin is in the Epstein files. He met with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell on multiple occasions and visited Epstein's private island."

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Phil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I was just messing about with some data, enjoying my Saturday, when I came across this. I think it might interest some of you. The green one is the UK. :) "OECD 2020 Public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % GDP". data-explorer.oecd.org

A graph: OECD 2020 Public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % GDP.
Denmark 4.853
Norway 4.834
Sweden 3.918
Iceland 3.516
Belgium 3.478
Croatia 3.341
Finland 3.252
Israel 3.143
Australia 3.12
Spain 3.068
Luxembourg 3.057
Netherlands 3.011
Switzerland 2.694
New Zealand 2.64
Estonia 2.593
Latvia 2.569
Czechia 2.394
Lithuania 2.358
Slovenia 2.268
OECD 2.179
Slovak Republic 2.103
Austria 2.091
Bulgaria 2.082
Poland 2.029
Portugal 1.997
Germany 1.994
France 1.941
Italy 1.939
United Kingdom 1.79
Hungary 1.527
Ireland 1.358
Greece 1.337
Japan 1.213
Romania 1.167
Chile 1.007
United States 0.967
Korea 0.882
Canada 0.75
TÃ¼rkiye 0.503
Costa Rica 0.435
Colombia 0.095
Mexico 0.091
Peru 0.072

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Phil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Cheadle Hulme in Sk8- £500 REWARD. PLEASE CONTACT 07774497854 ANY INFORMATION, NO MATTER HOW SMALL, COULD HELP. THANK YOU FOR HELPING DAODAO GET HOME.

A lovely ginger cat.
Cheadle Hulme in Sk8- £500 REWARD.
PLEASE CONTACT
07774497854
ANY INFORMATION, NO MATTER HOW SMALL, COULD HELP. THANK YOU FOR HELPING DAODAO GET HOME.

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Phil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The fella just wants to measure the bear. The bear just wants to marry the fella.

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Phil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The sooner you find out there's a fire the higher the likelihood that it's small enough to extinguish, & finding out sooner gives you more time to get out to a place of safety if you need to. 'Get out stay out' is good, but in reality 75% of fires are put out by the householder without calling 999

Get out, stay out, and call 999. [image]

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Phil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

This is from r/snooker, and it shows a new mural at the back of Sheffield Snooker Club, uncanny, isn't it?

An artist's impression of what could be Ronnie O'Sullivan's corpse playing snooker.

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Phil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Politicians should remember that banning things (under 16s to be banned from social media) often has unforeseen consequences. But at least they're not on Twitter.

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Phil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I live almost beside it, the Levenshulme bit. A local resident spent years on a plan to transform the old Levenshulme South railway station into a community cycling hub, bar and restaurant. (It's on the A6 ) stationsouth.co.uk

Inside Station South in Levenshulme, the cafe/viewing area where it traverses Fallowfield Loop.

Station South track viewing area before the refurb, after having been empty and neglected for decades.

The front of Station South, where it faces directly onto the A6 Stockport Road.

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Phil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

This is the Manchester Central station now, Manchester Central Convention Complex (previously known as G-Mex).

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Phil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I wonder, is this the Israeli response; I was using the Charities Commission website when it suddenly went down, so I did a status check using onlineornot.com/website-down... :

Results of an onlineornot.com check on the Charities Commission website showing it's effectively offline. Recently, they announced they were investigating over a hundred charities that are suspected of diverting funds to Israel.

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Phil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

This is Nathan Cofnas. The racist eugenecist who hounded Jason Arday to death because he was black and successful. Please don't forget his name, his face, or what he did. Also remember how the right-wing press and broadsheets in the UK participated in the pile-on - until he was totally overwhelmed.

A snip of Nathan Cofnas's Substack from July 21st 2026. Alongside a picture of Jason Arday wearing academic attire, it reads: "DEI Fraud and Cover-Up at Cambridge
University refuses to investigate DEI star’s plagiarism"

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Phil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

A rousing speech by our fabulous @greenparty.org.uk MP, @greenpartyhan.bsky.social opening Levenshulme Pride 2026, highlighting the importance of standing shoulder to shoulder with each other & especially with minorities, specifically trans & gender non-typical people & groups. We stand together 💚💚

Hannah Spencer opening Levenshulme Pride, speaking to a packed room,in front of Levenshulme LGBTQ+ choir, at The Klondyke.

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Phil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

This is fab news for food lovers in Levenshulme. Cibus outdoor terrace will remain open throughout August this year. cibuspizza.com

An image of a lovely cold drink on a table at Cibus outdoor terrace, at the back of the restaurannt, on the A6, between Manchester and Stockport.

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Phil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

“Our boat rescued a stranded vessel last night and apparently we did that after the Coast Guard radioed Mark Zuckerberg’s yacht – which was closer – and they repeatedly refused to respond. (There was near unanimous booing when the captain announced this).”

sociopathic
adjective
Unconcerned about the adverse consequences for others of one's actions.

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Phil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

"the country’s 400 wealthiest people saw their share of the US’s total wealth shoot up by 146 per cent over the past 30 years, while that of the entire bottom half of the American population declined by 25 per cent over the same period." #TaxWealthNotWork

An FT graph.
The wealth of the top-400 Americans surpassed 20% of GDP at the start of Trump's second term.
Per cent of US GDP of the .0002% wealthiest households.
In 1980 it was about 2.5%, now it's about 25%.

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Phil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

We've had repeated warnings from Economists like @garyseconomics.bsky.social & Gabriel Zucman; Private Equity (PE) firms acting on behalf of millionaires and billionaires are buying up all of our assets, it is very bad news. Another Great British company acquired by PE in the USA. #TaxWealthNotWork

An FT Headline: "EasyJet agrees to £5.7bn Apollo takeover as Castlelake backs away.
Two US private capital groups had vied to buy low-cost carrier in months-long battle."
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Phil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

This is Betty, fulfilling her ambition to do a wing-walk. Betty is 97 years old.

A biplane in flight, upside down, thousands of feet in the air, with 97 year old Betty, stood up, attached to the top of the plane.

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