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sandgrownboy.bsky.social

@sandgrownboy.bsky.social
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Allotment gardener at over 55°N. Exasperated Labour member, struggling DIYer, careful budgeter. One time cyclist. I’m not selling anything, not touting a business. Not buying nothing neither. Tend to follow UK based blueskers

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Richard Corbett CBE @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 7h
Andy Burnham has stated clearly that Brexit was a costly mistake, and has promised to look at the options for our future relationship with our European neighbours. Turns out that the most popular option is to become a member of the EU
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Sam Broughton, Ph.D. @smbrghtn.bsky.social · 16h
Criticizing the state and government of Israel is not antisemitism and supporting the Palestinian people is not terrorism.
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Ron Reid @ronreid.bsky.social · 11h
"Wealth creating individuals" He drives on roads he never laid, in a car he never built, lives in a house he never erected, eats food he never grew, and his wealth was earned off the sweat of someone else's back. Christ, these self entitled narcissists have bigged themselves up in their own head.
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 19h
"Reform's five quietest policies, in full. Pay at the GP. Two million pound mansions inherited tax free. Austerity, again. No wonder they would rather talk about immigrants." via Ink Tank
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Gillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 21h
94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside andy burnham's Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
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ASH TRAY The First, Popetato of Wülferhampton 📎 @thomasashman64.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
ED Miliband said Pro Palestinian supporters were Right “I want to say to the millions of people in this country and indeed elsewhere, who have been moved and outraged by the plight of the Palestinian people. We hear you. You were right.” We know we were Ed
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sandgrownboy.bsky.social @sandgrownboy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
So obviously sensible!
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Farage is certainly no friend of working people ...." via Wanda Lozinska
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European Movement West London #FBPE #FBPR #RejoinEU @em-westlondon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
From the discussions taking place, it is not ‘if’ but ‘how’ we #Rejoin the EU. Do we put it directly as a pledge in the manifesto or do we use a more indirect form of words about having a debate? That is the conversation now. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Burnham edges Labour closer to rejoining EU
Exclusive: After Ed Miliband told the Labour conference in Liverpool that Britain’s future is at the heart of Europe, ministers say it is ‘not if but how’ the prime minister puts rejoin in the next el...
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𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 @taras-grescoe.com · 28/09/2026
“Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There's something wrong with a society that drives a car to work out in a gym." —Bill Nye, Science Guy.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 28/09/2026
The report into the explosion in Demilitarized Zone threatens to provoke renewed tension between the two Koreas.
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South Korea suspects North Korean mines behind DMZ blast
The report into the explosion in Demilitarized Zone threatens to provoke renewed tension between the two Koreas.
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sandgrownboy.bsky.social @sandgrownboy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“It’s as if Philp regards getting dementia as a personal failing, just as he sees being on benefits as morally deficient. If you get dementia then you deserve to pay for your own care... There’s no way the Philpster is missing out on his inheritance.” John Crace?
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Jay Nordlinger @jaynordlinger.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"Had they woken me up, everything would have looked different," said Netanyahu about Israeli national-security officials. "That is the story of October 7th -- that is the story." Yeah, right. A buck-passer for the ages. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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Egypt’s Warning to Israel
Cairo’s intelligence chief visited Tel Aviv shortly before October 7 with a dire message about Gaza.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The hit the poor and cut corporation tax (CT) brigade are out in force. UK headline CT rate is 25%. Companies pay about 10% less as govts give them numerous reliefs which reduces taxable profits. Companies also dodge tax by shifting profits to tax havens. obr.uk/box/corporat...
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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sandgrownboy.bsky.social @sandgrownboy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
US struggling with 'bright' ideas to reduce diesel prices but 'Under the waiver, shipments from the Gulf to both coasts hit record volumes, yet diesel keeps flowing abroad because foreign buyers pay more.' Same applies to UK North Sea production. Its not ours to keep
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Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The Netherlands joins Europe's gradual migration from Windows to Linux on government PCs share.google/jDB1yRhA3xuN...
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 25/09/2026
Protest is one thing. Intimidating volunteer lifeboat crews is another. These volunteers risk their lives to save others. Targeting them isn’t patriotic. It’s un-British. @joshbabarinde.bsky.social
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 24/09/2026
Co-director Yuval Abraham says documentary exposing Israeli abuses will be available online in November.
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NAZA, Israeli film on Gaza, to stream for free after theatrical run
Co-director Yuval Abraham says documentary exposing Israeli abuses will be available online in November.
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Des @desdelboy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Morning all. Photographer John Bulmer, Manchester 1970s.
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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 23/09/2026
Had another mad day of interviews yesterday (five of them), explaining my latest policy call - to restore the frozen income tax allowance giving 600 quid to hard pressed families and pay for it by ending state Benefits for the Banks - £30 Billion a year.
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🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🤝 We hope that the Russia–Ukraine war will end with the restoration of Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, – Erdoğan.
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 22/09/2026
Toda loca!
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LordSteveyPofStoke @lordsteveyp.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
We're members.. are you? share.google/OK7ptN04j6wT...
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Become a Member Today - Join The RNLI's Lifesaving Family
Love the RNLI? Proud of our crowd? Find an RNLI membership that’s right for you and join our lifesaving community of over 150,000 members today.
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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 22/09/2026
We should not allow Israel to take part in European (or global) sporting events - we’ve banned Russia for far less than Israel is guilty of. We are hypocrites in that respect, our leaders are anyway - Israel has that right.
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
'Just don’t “both sides” this issue. Caitlin Johnstone’s words below are on point' via Charley Gtrmacs
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Keep Our NHS Public @keepournhspublic.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Our Co-Chair @drjohnpuntis.bsky.social said: “The scanning saga presented to the TUC shows the elusive goal of waiting list reduction takes precedence over critical thinking, sound finance, due regard for the workforce and the safety of patients.” msd11.gn.apc.org/article/nhs-...
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NHS using black market of exploited migrant workers, TUC Congress hears
THE NHS is referring patients to “anyone with a scanner” as a registration loophole has given rise to a black market of migrant workers on “insidious” contracts that prevent whistle-blowing, the TUC C...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Neoliberals want to end the triple-lock on state pension They inflict low wages, consign millions to poverty. Govt spending on state pension as % of GDP in G7 countries. Italy 12.8 France 12 Germany 9.8 Japan 8.9 USA 6.6 Canada 4.7 UK 4.7 UK has one of the least generous pensions in the G7.
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How does the UK State Pension measure up globally?
A global comparison of State Pension provision highlights the onus on individuals in the UK to build pension savings for their retirement, rather than leaving
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North East Bylines @northeastbylines.co.uk · 21/09/2026
Green group leader Councillor Matthew Snedker has submitted a motion to Darlington Borough Council, calling for the government to put in place the statutory arrangements necessary for the NAO to investigate public spending associated with the Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA), Teesside Freeport
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Darlington Greens join calls for NAO probe into Ben Houchen’s TVCA and STDC
Green group leader Councillor Matthew Snedker has submitted a motion to Darlington Borough Council, calling for the government to put in place the statutory arrangements necessary for the NAO to investigate public spending associated with the Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA), Teesside Freeport
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Dave Morton @dmonbeer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Local beer brewed at the bottom of the hill from me. An annual beer to celebrate the reopening of the brewery in local hands, after being shut by Carlsberg. Maris Otter & crystal malts, Fuggles hops - proper bitter.
A pint glass of copper coloured beer next to a brown glass bottle of Back Yam.
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Martin @mkt1882.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Wait, WHAAAAAAT? I've just sent an email, and it's dead easy. If you're in Britain, and would like us to end this self inflicted madness, just click on Mike's link and email your MP. The more of us that do this, the more weight the debate will carry. Let's rejoin the EU asap.
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European Movement in Scotland @euromovescotland.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Canada is looking to build bridges with Europe. The UK should do the same. Do you want to help us reverse Brexit? Join today at euromovescotland.org.uk/join-us/ #Canada #EU #UK
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The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist @bankwell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
He has one helluva’ nerve. He closes Grangemouth refinery with job losses but receives £120m grant to keep open the petrochemical plant. Receives £600m government security for a new plant in Antwerp. Went begging for subsidy for Old Trafford all whilst……. being a tax exile in Monaco - gtf Jim.
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 19/09/2026
The far right has put RNLI volunteers in the crosshairs Online disinformation about channel rescues is no longer just poisonous rhetoric, it’s putting real people at risk westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/the...
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The far right has put RNLI volunteers in the crosshairs
Online disinformation about channel rescues is no longer just poisonous rhetoric, it’s putting real people at risk
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Luc Cuyt Pro-EU European #FBPE @defender110.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
It's the likes of him, Dyson, Bamford, etc that have broken Britain and are together with politicians like Farage, Johnson and Gove responsible for Brexit and Britain being the poor man of Europe again!
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
On a swing made for two, Middlesbrough, 1970s, photo by Robin Dale (Mary Evans Picture Library).
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Tank outside the Gloucester Arms, Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1957, photo by Jimmy Forsyth (1914-2009).
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Time to deport all these fighting age men terrorising our patriotic lifeboat volunteers www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Lifeboat station in Portsmouth forced to temporarily shut after far-right action
RNLI facility had been targeted by activists trying to stop asylum seekers landing in boats from the Channel
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 19/09/2026
This is absolutely horrific. Privatisation turns our healthcare into a for-profit assembly line that doesn't treat us as humans @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social, please, for the sake of our collective health, end this madness Invest and rebuild our NHS and end NHS privatisation
Graphic of a quote from the Daily Mirror: "Women had their breasts unnecessarily removed at an NHS trust which outsourced cancer surgery under a “pay per patient” deal."
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
William Lever was born in Bolton on this day 1851. He founded Lever Brothers with his brother in 1886 to manufacture Sunlight Soap. They created a works and ‘model’ village at Port Sunlight in the Wirral, but the company later became implicated in forced labour in the Belgian Congo.
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 19/09/2026
Gateshead continues to lead the way in renewable mine water heating energy Hot water in old mine workings is being used to heat homes and public buildings northeastbylines.co.uk/region/tynes...
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Gateshead continues to lead the way in renewable mine water heating energy
Hot water in old mine workings is being used to heat homes and public buildings
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A Cricket Match, 1938, painting by L.S. Lowry. Scene in Salford.
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Sir Basil @sirbasil.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"Britain is broken" explains bloke who vociferously supported Brexit which broke Britain
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Jo 🕊️💚 @i-do-despair.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
And who takes money out of the country and avoids paying taxes which would support said country’s prosperity. Don’t buy anything from INEOS.
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Gill Tate @gillyhx.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Guy sitting on £15bn thinks the UK taxed him to death. Taxation isn't the "politics of envy". It's the politics of fairness. If he lived here and paid his fair share of tax, he'd still be a billionaire. He's made his fortune out of fossil fuel. That's going to cost all of us in climate damage.
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Paul Murphy @paulmurphy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Oh good GRIEF #R4Today North Sea drilling is in decline because the North Sea is RUNNING OUT OF OIL Production peaked 30 years ago!! Utterly disingenuous of Ratcliffe (& other Tories - let’s face it) to gaslight over this Shame on the BBC for not challenging him on it
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Kevin Akam❤️💙🦅😀😜 @kevinakam.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
These billionaires are an absolute joke, supported brexshit then blames immigrants, supported tories and pays zero tax on his 15bn passive wealth income in UK because he’s based in….. Monoco🖕🤦‍♂️🙄
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The economy is going to get really bad. We need a plan. And John Healey is Chancellor. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/09...
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The economy is going to get really bad. We need a plan. And John Healey is Chancellor.
Heather Cox Richardson, in her Letter from an AMerican on Substack, which I recommend subscribing to, said over night: According to the American Automobile Association, diesel hit its highest recorded...
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James @studiousbadger.eurosky.social · 18/09/2026
A century earlier, on 18th Jan 1881 the 'Visiter' ran ashore off Robin Hood's Bay, North Yorkshire. No local boat could be launched due to the violence of the storm, so the Whitby lifeboat was brought OVERLAND 6 miles to the bay itself. Through 7ft snowdrifts 200 men cleared the way by hand.
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