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30+ years in the NHS (now retired). I used to be a ‘suit’ but don’t hold that against me. Never tory, NEVER, EVER, TORY!

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Steve @rational-moi.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
@mrjamesob.bsky.social I worked in a cancer hospital and the 4 week wait stds are that you should wait no longer than 28 days from an urgent suspected cancer referral or screening to find out if you have cancer or to be ruled out. A pt once told me that 4 weeks was an eternity. It stayed with me.
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Steve @rational-moi.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
@mrjamesob.bsky.social re Debbie Reynolds, the kitty with a dark side. We have a cat who has hunted for the past 16 years. He ALWAYS leaves the gall bladder, and for some reason delights in leaving them at the most inaccessible place under the dining table. You should hear him crunch the skulls!
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Steve @rational-moi.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
@mrjamesob.bsky.social re alcohol on planes there are over 400 Ryanair flights in the air as you speak. About 15 yrs ago we’ve also been subjected to a chap next to us who drank his own bottle of duty free rum on an 11 hour flight to Cuba. We’ve never had a drink on a plane since.
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Steve @rational-moi.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
@mrjamesob.bsky.social the thing I’ve noticed with cruise ships arriving at ports where we’re staying is the prices in the jewellery and tat shops go up by about 30% during their ‘visit.’ And the shopkeepers are quite open about it.
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Steve @rational-moi.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
@mrjamesob.bsky.social re Starmer: the issue for me is about is about what Starmer did once he found out. I can’t hold anyone accountable for a decision based on withheld knowledge. I do think that sacking Mandelson was correct and once you found that a CS held back the info then the CS should go
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Steve @rational-moi.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
@mrjamesob.bsky.social I can’t ring in but ‘Broadsword to Danny boy’ isn’t in Wild Geese, but it is in a Dr Who episode (2010). In the episode "Victory of the Daleks," Winston Churchill uses the callsign while coordinating RAF Spitfires in space to fight the Daleks. Enjoy Greece! Yassas!
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Steve @rational-moi.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Trump’s news brief from Miami. WTAF am I watching here?
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Steve @rational-moi.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
@mrjamesob.bsky.social re trumps revelation of Congressman Dunne’s diagnosis, it reminded me of the Harry Enfield Paul Whitehouse ‘old hits’ sketch when they were looking through obituaries and Endield’s character was cackling ‘you’re dead, I’m not, you’re dead and I’m not.’ Chilling and awful!
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Steve @rational-moi.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
@mrjamesob.bsky.social James re the £40k to failed asylum seekers to leave the UK. Can you ask your news teams to qualify the story that the £40k is for a family of four. It’s £10k per person, it’s a voluntary trial and if successful could save £20m per year in hotel costs. Surely facts matter!
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Don Lemon @donlemonofficial.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
I won’t stop reporting the truth. The First Amendment is the bedrock of our democracy, and I’ll continue to fight to protect it 🤝🏾🇺🇸
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Steve @rational-moi.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
@mrjamesob.bsky.social is like to say that the previous callers re death sent a shiver down my spine and left me cold, but I’m currently sitting next to the pool on Cape Verde, in 29° of sunshine. Keep it up!
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Steve @rational-moi.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
@mrjamesob.bsky.social re medical training posts. In the 80’s the govt publ’d a document called ‘achieving a balance’ which was all about facilitating overseas doctors coming to the uk to train, finish their trg and go home. This was dependent on sufficient training posts. They didn’t get it right
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Steve @rational-moi.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
I respect the decision of senior leaders of broadcast media to determine what we, the plebeian groups can and cannot watch so I must not re-post this message. Do not repost! Do not repost Do not re… Bugger!😎😎😬 Now what else mustn’t I repost….
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Steve @rational-moi.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
@mrjamesob.bsky.social my wife and I (>70 yrs NHS careers) wore a mask throughout covid and for 6 months or so after everyone else stopped wearing them. We continue to ALWAYS wear a mask on an aeroplane and from last week we wear one if we go on a bus. An Oz of prevention is worth a lb of cure
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Steve @rational-moi.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
@mrjamesob.bsky.social afternoon James. I wondered when I would ever use this, and then…😂😂
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Steve @rational-moi.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
@mrjamesob.bsky.social re Siegried Sassoon’s MC. He threw the ribbon to the cross in the Mersey, not the Thames, he kept the medal and that is what was found a few years ago. It’s documented in Robert Graves’ autobiography ’goodbye to all that’ that I first read 50 yrs ago
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Steve @rational-moi.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Oh no! I’ve accidentally pressed ‘share’ on as many platforms as I can. 😎
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Steve @rational-moi.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
@mrjamesob.bsky.social we were actually in Sparta three days ago. They are (now) a lovely group of people, kind Leonidas included, but the anti Israel stickers all over the town are a telling comment on how many of them feel about Israel’s actions
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
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Leigh, Abolish ICE, Orca 2028, Free Luigi @frecklered.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
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Steve @rational-moi.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
@mrjamesob.bsky.social He hates ‘windmills’ or as we know them wind turbines because there are a load of them in the sea opposite his golf course and he threw a tantrum. He went to court in 2013 to have them removed citing that they would damage tourism in Scotland and he lost his case.
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Steve @rational-moi.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
@mrjamesob.bsky.social to clarify the legal position re grooming’ children in the UK, sexual activity with a person under the age of consent (currently 16) is considered statutory rape. I’ve just looked it up.
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Steve @rational-moi.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
@jakerichardsmp.bsky.social can you tell me where you got your evidence that freedom of movement was a free market experiment that no-one liked? I’ll wait….
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Steve @rational-moi.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Reform are seeking (and gaining) funding from overseas using loopholes not yet closed by govt in respect of donations to a political party. I say political party but I doubt if any reform candidate would have the first idea about the facts related to immigration, the economy etc etc.
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Steve @rational-moi.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Imagine being ridiculously wealthy and not having enough decency to wear a dark suit to attend a funeral? Disrespectful in everything he says, everything he does, everything he stands for.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Yep
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Kepano Kolohe @alala55.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
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Steve @rational-moi.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
@mrjamesob.bsky.social sloths have a nutrient poor diet so their metabolism has adjusted over millennia to conserve energy by moving slowly. I was told this by the sloth keeper (😎) at the Diamante eco adventure park in Costa Rica a few years ago www.google.com/aclk?sa=L&ai...
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Diamante Eco Adventure Park | Ziplining & Adventure Costa Rica
Experience the best way to explore Costa Rica by spending the day at our adventure park! From animals to ziplining to ATV tours we have something for everyone!
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Tampa Bay resister 🇺🇸🇨🇿🇨🇴🏴‍☠️⚡️🐶🎧 @depechemodefan101.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
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Steve @rational-moi.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
@mrjamesob.bsky.social the simple reason NHS England was set up was so that the Tories could blame ‘the NHS’ when their austerity prompted budget slashing took effect. I was 30+ yrs as a senior manager and was not allowed to meet Jeremy Hunt when he visited the Trust I worked in. 😂
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Steve @rational-moi.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
It’s almost like an essay plan for how the Tories fucked up the country. Well it actually is a lesson plan…
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Steve @rational-moi.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Oh bloody hell, I hit the wrong button…….again, and again, and….
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Agolf Twitler Slayer @slayeragolf.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
So @chrischirp.bsky.social is logging Trump's actions under data categories derived from the typical behaviour of authoritarian states as part of an ongoing project. The conclusions are naturally alarming. open.substack.com/pub/christin...
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"So this is how liberty dies… " Making sense of Trump's first three weeks
Where I categorise 69 Trump administration actions from the last 3 weeks and show how they align with the authoritarian playbook
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Steve @rational-moi.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
@mrjamesob.bsky.social Hi James, elastane is the same name for spandex or lycra. Every day’s a school day!
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says the public want to leave the ECHR Let him know he’s wrong by sharing this widely
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
So here’s the update. The billionaire owner of the Guardian preparing to get rid of a core part of the news org + 100 journalists. If you’re a Guardian or Observer reader, please share this. The need for a strong, free & independent press couldn’t be greater. Yet, here it is.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
The Five Questions Nigel Farage is Never Asked About Brexit, Trump and Russia
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The Five Questions Nigel Farage is Never Asked About Brexit, Trump and Russia
As the media provides the Reform Leader with a prominent platform once more during this general election campaign, Peter Jukes considers all the concerning lines of enquiry that journalists never conf...
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
If you feel the same, spread the word.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Lets see what people think. If Bluesky is better than Twitter LIKE If you have stopped using Twitter RT
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
It was a 49% to 48% election. Fascism won by a hair. And it took Russian and MAGA bomb threats, a hoax regarding battleground-state police raids, an illegal Musk-funded lottery, $600M given to Trump by just 15 people, Netanyahu meddling in our politics, and Democrats staying home for it to happen.
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John Crace @mrjohncrace.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Hello everyone. I am now on this platform for social media. Do please repost this message so that more people can find me!
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Steve @rational-moi.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Well today I permanently deactivated my Twitter account as it had become a totally different concept under musk. If we don’t engage with them, we take away their oxygen. Well that’s my plan anyway.
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