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David Forrester

@shieldsbrief.bsky.social
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lawyer, basketball and family.

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Daniel Routledge @danroutledge.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
And we're back! Is there another basketball podcast where the first shout out is for County Mayo's historic All-Ireland success? Probably not. @shieldsbrief.bsky.social and I cover all the action from opening weekend in SLB plus the usual meanderings off topic. It's SNB S7! linktr.ee/sundaynightb...
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Sunday Night Breakdown | Linktree
Dan and Dave look back all the action in the Super League Basketball
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David Forrester @shieldsbrief.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
another year. another new group to evaluate!
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Brizo75 @brizo75.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This is the only story on the BBC website regarding Reform. You like to call a spade a spade...the national public service broadcaster that we all pay for is ignoring the biggest political scandal since party gate....why?
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
It's funny how no-one ever asks where the money is coming from when you announce a cut in immigration.
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🎃Minoru-kun👻 @yousoro.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
The BBC closing montage and credits for the World Cup are so good, I legit got emotional watching them youtu.be/20FimLY0JQc?...
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BBC FIFA World Cup 2026 Closing Montage
YouTube video by Pick Six Productions Xtra
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David Forrester @shieldsbrief.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
this is incredible
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The Crow @thecrow1968.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
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Count Binface vs The Establishment | Official Satirical Music Video
YouTube video by James Cunliffe
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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
RIP Bonnie Tyler, you gave us such camp karaoke joy. Here is the best thing she didn't do: a literal version of the TEOTH video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsgW...
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Total Eclipse of the Heart Literal Video Version
YouTube video by artistwithouttalent
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No Score Draws ✍🏻⚽ @noscoredraws.com · 06/07/2026
Have tried to distill the second half into one image
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David Forrester @shieldsbrief.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
can someone tell alan shearer his job is to tell us what’s happening not to ask us the questions?
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Puget Bob @pugetbob.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
$13M to paint the pool. Algae returns. Dump in hydrogen peroxide to kill algae. Oh wait, peroxide is a paint remover! Paint job ruined. Algae remains. The incompetence defies belief.
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David Forrester @shieldsbrief.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
@therestpolitics.bsky.social this is a speech.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 10/06/2026
I've been a broken record on this for three years and I'll be a broken record for as long as that fucking website exists: X is a viciously racist far-right organising platform that ONLY WORKS because a huge number of centrists, lefties and progressivs cannot stop propping it up
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Elon Musk accused of fuelling unrest after Belfast knife attack
The use of social media in planning violent protests over the Belfast knife attack has drawn condemnation, with Britain's ruling Labour Party accusing Elon Musk of stoking divisions. The tech billiona...
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
I know this is hopelessly naive but I genuinely never thought so many people would be comfortable using a website designed to help coordinate fascist activity.
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Ben Goldsborough MP @bengoldsborough.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
To all my colleagues still using X: is this not enough evidence that you must stop using it?
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David Forrester @shieldsbrief.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
so basketball englands new CEO is yet another person with no experience of the sport. Those who refuse to learn from history…….
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David Forrester @shieldsbrief.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
nice to see the nufc chairman in the front row laughing along ….
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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 16/03/2026
Difficult Times: my SKETCH of Keir Starmer politely declining to join a mad war. thecritic.co.uk/its-...
He was telling us that he will have to sadly decline Donald Trump’s invitation to join in the enormously successful US war against Iran. Overnight, the president, in a sign of just how well things were going, had issued a series of pleas and threats to the world in general and Nato in particular, demanding minesweepers and the SAS and for Melania to win the Best Picture Oscar. 

Would it have helped the president in these demands if he had not, just a few weeks ago, been threatening to invade Danish territory, if his flunkies hadn’t spent the past year insulting every single ally, if anyone thought that there was the slightest chance that he would remember anything they did and be grateful for it? Possibly. Or possibly they still wouldn’t fancy the idea of getting involved in a Middle Eastern war that is apparently being run by Grandpa Simpson.
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David Forrester @shieldsbrief.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
‘progress’ in the CJS in the past overnight remands police get the file to court. Now. officers sends to police Criminal justice unit. They forward to CPS. CPS review/redact and send file to the court to put the file on the digital case system (common platform) 1/2
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David Forrester @shieldsbrief.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
oh for a pg. #gb
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David Forrester @shieldsbrief.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
perfect
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David Forrester @shieldsbrief.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
quite brilliant.
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David Forrester @shieldsbrief.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
this wasn’t a foul. Phoenix are good. Eagles aren’t. Refs are worse
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David Forrester @shieldsbrief.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
my man still playing D
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David Forrester @shieldsbrief.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
worst half court call in history at guildford with 6 seconds to go. We can’t keep having refs who don’t know the rules
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Court Vision @courtvision.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Newcastle opened the doors for a full day of basketball at the Vertu Motors Arena, from U12 games in the morning to the senior women at night: courtvision.co.uk/2025/12/16/o...
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One Sunday at Vertu Motors Arena
Doors to the Vertu Motors Arena open at 8:30am. The night before, Cage Warriors filled the arena; a fighter’s mask is cleared as three courts are set up for basketball. Scoreboards flicker on. Tabl…
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David Forrester @shieldsbrief.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
tactical overtime beckoning
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David Forrester @shieldsbrief.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
eagles aren’t good. caledonia not good either. Refs are atrocious. (posted 30 secs before the end of the game)
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
X is a cesspit led by an unhinged billionaire who is desperately trying to stir up civil war in Britain. Nobody with any sense or decency should be there. No organisations, government departments, or politicians should be there. Everyone who is, is enabling this monster.
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David Forrester @shieldsbrief.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
not quite sure how i am going to describe the officiating in that game at cheshire. Happy SNB isn’t on tonight. Indefensible. I can’t give the league a pass. If it wants to be taken seriously then that ain’t it.
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David Forrester @shieldsbrief.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
parody alert! ‘our immediate priority is to continue working with key stakeholders to maintain stability whilst contributing constructively to the process with FIBA’. The latest word salad of nonsense from the interim chair of the failed BBF.
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David Forrester @shieldsbrief.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
maybe now (eventually) the @gbbasketball.bsky.social board will finally realise time is up and resign en masse? Doesn’t get any worse than being suspended by @fiba.basketball
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David Forrester @shieldsbrief.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
awful awful awful reffing/tabling at sheffield in 3rd q. will break it down on #snb
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David Forrester @shieldsbrief.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
at the copper box the ilford 2nd XI is back
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 22/07/2025
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TSN @tsnofficial.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
The Phillies debuted the “Coldplay Kiss Cam” tonight 😂 (via X/JasonFox29)
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Populism's Achilles' heel: When you actually dig into Reform's policies, the public don't want what they have to sell iandunt.substack.com/p/populisms-...
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David McGaughey @davidmcgaughey.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Lucy Bronze is 100%, all things considered, one of the greatest British sportspeople of all time
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Felicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
A really fascinating account
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Bjørn (No ALT? No RP) @sarcasticsmall.eurosky.social · 24/06/2025
The best summary so far, by @mattgreencomedy.com and @mattgreencomedy.com. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQVf...
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Should they give Trump a Nobel Prize?
YouTube video by Matt Green Comedy
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 24/06/2025
Reform's ludicrous ‘Britannia Card’ is a masterpiece in political manoeuvring | Faiza Shaheen
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Reform's ludicrous ‘Britannia Card’ is a masterpiece in political manoeuvring | Faiza Shaheen
While it promises to enrich the poor, the proposal offers a subtle tax break to the wealthiest. But Farage knows better than Labour that headlines matter, says Faiza Shaheen, the incoming executive director of Tax Justice UK
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Interesting and insightful profile of Starmer
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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
It’s Star Wars Day, you say? Then it’s time once more for one of my favourite things ever. Written by @quantick.bsky.social
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
The conversation on Loose Women about the Supreme Court trans case is so much more sophisticated than anything I've seen from traditional politics programmes youtu.be/dCsJms0TnGA?...
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Supreme Court Ruling on Transgender Women: Our Reaction | Loose Women
YouTube video by Loose Women
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Viz Comic @vizcomic.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
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A picture of John Major. And then a Viz Letterbocks letter: "On becoming Prime Minister back in 1990, John Major pledged to make Britain 'a classless society'. Having just spent the afternoon in my local Wetherspoons, I have to say he did a pretty fucking thorough job. Craig Scott, East Calder"
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George Caulkin @georgecaulkin.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
*cough* #NUFC www.nytimes.com/athletic/604...
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Welcome to the Jacob Murphy Appreciation Society. This is our time
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Matt Green @mattgreencomedy.com · 11/04/2025
Why did Trump pause the Tariffs?
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Balderdash @balderdash.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
‘And China retaliated with 84% Peter?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘And how did the President take it?’ ‘He said he didn’t like it but he’d have to along with it.’
Peter O’Hanrahahanrahan
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Noah Levick @noahlevick.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
New feature story: As Adem Bona develops, ‘personal coach' Fabulous Flournoy matches his energy ⬇️
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As Sixers' Adem Bona develops, ‘personal coach' Fabulous Flournoy matches his energy
Adem Bona and Sixers assistant coach Fabulous Flournoy have worked very closely together during the big man’s rookie year.
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David Forrester @shieldsbrief.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
@scottcacciola.bsky.social
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