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Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Quite fitting for the most terminally online person in UK politics.

Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Make America Great Again by... *checks notes* encouraging a foreign power to destroy two of its major cities, killing millions of its citizens. If only there was a name for this level of derangement.

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Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Dealt in Thatcherism turned up to 11, and almost single-handedly responsible for Brexit and the rise of the far right.

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

That the BBC still puts ‘inflated‘ in speech marks tells us things about the state of BBC journalism. Bothsidesism has rotted its soul. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

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Man City guilty charges: Which clubs did 'inflated' money flow to in transfer market?

BBC Sport follows the trail of transfer money flowing to other clubs during Manchester City's period of financial rule-breaking.

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The ability to pour hundreds of millions of pounds into a loss-making TV channel, bent on wrenching British politics sharply to the right, is yet another of the ways in which extreme wealth is trying to remake UK democracy. It needs to be part of any serious conversation about political funding.

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Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Not wanting to give legitimacy to this absolute nonsense by arguing with it.

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Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

What happens if the Union falls apart? Would she not be English, but the nationality of a state that no longer exists?

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Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Good news! Privately owned utilities paying out shareholder dividends at the expense of investment and higher bills can't possibly be considered "serving the public interest", so I guess we can look forward to renationalisation soon.

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Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Where they choose to use quotation marks, and not, is always quite revealing.

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Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

In a highly unusual development.

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Prof Melanie O'Brien @drmelob.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Yeah, just to let you know, cops, that you're arresting the wrong people. The war criminal/genocidaire was inside the building. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Susan Sarandon and Hannah Einbinder arrested at anti-Netanyahu protest in New York

Actors detained at Jewish Voice for Peace demonstration against Israeli prime minister’s address to the UN general assembly

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Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

"Here are several vox pops from people supporting him or opposing those speaking out, but no opposing views and no mention of the protests." Absolutely standard whitewashing from the public broadcaster.

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Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The Sheeran debacle has once again made me appreciate how BBC News will both-sides everything from climate change to racism, but never give a voice to those *opposing* genocide.

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Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

There are no 'legitimate concerns' about climate change, no 'legitimate concerns' about genocide in Gaza, and no 'legitimate concerns' about racist thugs attacking RNLI volunteers. The only concerns it's legitimate to hold are about the existence of asylum seekers. Britain in 2026.

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Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Ed Sheeran was making cynically, offensively bland AI-style music before AI was a thing. Why it should surprise anyone that he's an unprincipled corporate stooge is beyond me.

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Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Standard police gaslighting of the people who *reported* gangs of masked, racist thugs and were roundly ignored.

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Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

This is exactly why taxation of wealth isn't primarily even about funding public services, but mitigating the concentration of political power in the hands of dangerous vested interests.

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Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

In a working media ecosystem, no Reform official would be allowed to rest until they'd answered how a Party funded to the tune of millions by AI and crypto billionaires can be 'of the people'.

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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I know this is clickbait hence screenshot not link; but there is something perfectly encapsulating about toxic masculinity that thinks it’s OK to raise and slaughter definitely sentient beings for food but worries the ladycoded robot who tells them they’re big strong and clever might get turned off.

Bsky post from The Guardian reading “Can chatbots feel or even dream? Meet the man leading the fight for Al rights

Cattle rancher and tech CEO Michael Samadi is convinced these artificial minds are far from just…” with a photo illustration of a balding white man with tedious facial hair in a cowboy hat presumably sat on a horse

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Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Maybe disappointing, but not unexpected for the BBC to promote the ignorant, ill-informed viewpoint.

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Euan Healey @euanhealey.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The Home Secretary should be relieved of her duties and the entire operational command of HIW Police should be subject to disciplinary action. Thugs are currently feeling empowered to attempt pogroms because police continue to be disinterested in preventing them. It really is that simple.

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

New study finds the social cost of driving a car 1 km—including pollution, crashes, infrastructure, and noise—is more than *triple* the private cost paid by the car owner. doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...

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Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

"I can finally say..." *proceeds to tediously regurgitate right-wing talking points espoused by virtually every major media outlet, whether you want to hear them or not*. Truly fierce independence.

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Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Hopefully they'll start treating racist thugs determined to incite fear and hatred like terrorists, too.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The UK government ceasing automatically to support almost anything the government of Israel does is a major shift. The next step should be to rescind the ban on #PalestineAction, to stop treating protesters as terrorists, and to acknowledge that those seeking to disrupt a genocide may have a point.

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Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

To avoid an "unnatural position" your arm has to be by your side. Unless you try and put it by your side, in which case it's also a penalty.

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Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The Highways Act only applies to the left.

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Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I think Reform are underestimating the extent to which most people find them repugnant, based on the minority it would take to put them in power. But then understanding constitutional arrangements is one of their many, many weak points.

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Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Freedom of expression, unless it's anti-fash.

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Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Yeah, totally. The comment about 'vulnerable family members' makes me hopeful for the former, but we do need to know.

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Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

It's not a great look, and I think it needs an explanation.

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Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Do they condone their actions? Are they scared they'll actually fight back? Both? Either way, it's state-sanctioned, racially motivated intimidation.

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Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Literally conspiring to intimidate people, and racial minorities in particular.

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Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

This means a lengthy custodial sentence... right?

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Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Cut-and-paste from the far right US playbook. Like 'DEI', there's no attempt to even adapt the talking points. Lazy fascism.

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Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

A party of braying, ignorant thugs.

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Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

A state of exception, maybe.

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Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

If Andy Burnham is concerned about the effect of a green transition on Scotland's energy workers, wait till he hears about climate breakdown.

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Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The fact he said it to McGinn, blatantly, should be enough to take him off rotation.

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Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Some smaller clubs benefit from it.

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Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Yeah, it's definitely not cars that are the issue here.

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Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Honestly don't blame them. The motonormativity coupled with total lawlessness can be pretty soul destroying.

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Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Car dependence and poor public and active transport infrastructure are economically throttling, without even considering the health and wellbeing impacts of the former.

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Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Birmingham's roads are rife with dangerous, antisocial driving. Very much in favour of 20 limits and efforts to discourage driving/encourage active travel generally, but they need to be backed up by a level of enforcement that's currently severely lacking, and wider efforts to change mindsets.

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Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

We've passively allowed the creation of a concrete and asphalt urban environment that exacerbates intense heat in the summer and precipitates flooding in the rain - both certain to worsen with climate breakdown - just to avoid inconveniencing drivers.

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Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

For the world's poorest, "just focus on adaptation" often equates in reality to "die".

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