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David

@sirdavidjackdaw.bsky.social
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Proud dad and doting grampy. Slowly recovering from L C, allotment gardener, follower of the Swans.

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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: World’s First Vaccine Targeting the Entire SARS Coronavirus Family Begins Human Testing GBP511, developed by UW Medicine and tested by SK Bioscience, aims to protect against COVID-19 and future coronaviruses before they spark the next pandemic.
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Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The latest update from Bob Hawkin's substack. bhawkins3.substack.c... 2/2
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[COPY] Covid Situation Report: Oct 1, 2026
Report providing the latest information on Covid activity in the UK and other countries. This post is best viewed using the browser or Substack app.
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Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"In England, all key indicators increased this week indicating a low but increasing risk of Covid. Test positivity rates are continue to remain highest in London, the West Mids, and Yorkshire & Humberside. Whilst Flu activity is low it is rising earlier than previous years." 1/2
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
my brilliant colleague @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the threat from Elon Musk’s X platform www.ft.com/content/f270...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Neoliberalism has ravaged the UK Workers’ share of gross value added down from 71.9% in 1975, to 59.7%. 1.23m workers are on zero-hour contracts. 4.4m jobs pay less than the real living wage. Poorest 20% pay a higher proportion of income in direct/indirect taxes than the richest 20%.
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Here’s how the chancellor can raise the billions needed to improve the quality of life of millions
Prem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. Mi...
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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
0.0C above 1850 temperatures: nice 1.5C above 1850 temperatures: current chaos 3.0C above 1850 temperatures: 4 billion dead 4.5C above 1850 temperatures: 8 billion dead
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Justin Jest @justinjest.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Confusing your belief in history with understanding history...
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 23/07/2026
Reform-led East Sussex County Council has decided to hold back the money given from central government for holiday food vouchers, and not give them out to local residents over the summer. Very definitely the party of the ordinary man in the street.
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Legal C @legalclaret.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
This disingenuous commentary doesn’t help anyone. Frauds start unravelling pretty quickly. That you apparently cannot afford to put your oven or treat yourself is quickly undermined by the question “so why are you spending £50 per week on petrol?” Then, it turns out, she has an agent and /1
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
“Federal agents around the country were told in recent days that the F.B.I. would no longer investigate confrontations with immigration agents…If enacted, such a change would sharply limit law enforcement scrutiny of immigration agents.” www.nytimes.com/2026/07/19/u...
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Federal Agents Were Told FBI Will No Longer Investigate ICE Confrontations
Senior officials deny such a change is in the works, despite guidance shared with agents around the country in recent days.
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Anyone who has looked at Reform UK finances has always sensed there was something dodgy going on, but this level of subterfuge and double dealing is quite spectacular. As @carolecadwalla.bsky.social explains in her excellent new piece in @thenerve.news this thrived all in post Brexit impunity
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
"From July 1, 2026, households in New South Wales, South Australia, and southeastern Queensland can access at least three hours of free electricity each day through a new initiative called the Solar Sharer Offer" via No One Cares
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Rajan Naidu 📎 Ⓥ @rajannaidu.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Reform UK ~ funded by Russia Restore - bought and paid for by an American trillionaire GB News - owned by a hedge fund in Dubai The Daily Mail - registered in Bermuda. Is that Patriotism? #NotOnOurSide ⤵️ #ReformUKLtd 🇷🇺 #RupertLowe 🇺🇸 #GBNews 🔥🇬🇧 #DailyMail 🔥🇬🇧 www.facebook.com/share/p/1H1z...
NOT ON OUR SIDE
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David__Osland @David_Osland:
So Reform UK is funded by Russia, Restore bought and paid for by an American trillionaire, GB News owned by a hedge fund in Dubai and the Daily Mail registered in Bermuda. That's patriotism for you these days.
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Patrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼‍♂️😉 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Farage rubbing his hands together after laying the flowers to me says “Now we’ve got that BS out of the way I can get down to the real business that I’m here for..”🥴
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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Trump is paying himself a 2.5% general contractor's fee on his 400 million dollar gaudy ballroom… That's 10 million dollars. When will MAGA stop making excuses for his corruption? When?!
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David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
For those fortunate enough not to have been around at the time of Watergate this is an excellent summary of the way in which Nixon debased the Office of President. Normal people see it as a cautionary tale: Trump saw it as a challenge open.substack.com/pub/gerardde...
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'We're Not Crooks'
JD Vance's attempt to rehabilitate Richard Nixon says a lot about the unravelling of America
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David @sirdavidjackdaw.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
10 Reasons to Love Solar Power 1. Zero CO₂ to run 2.Infinite fuel 3.sunlight 4Cuts air pollution 5.Creates local jobs 6.Low water use 7.Price keeps dropping 8.Powers homes + grids 9. Works off-grid too 10. Energy independence Future-proof tech
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 17/06/2026
Aussie fans in the US for the World Cup: "Aussie boys we're on a bender, Donald Trump is a s*x offender!" Straight talkers.
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Brexiters’ claims that the UK would be able to aggressively deregulate and forge new trade alliances with the likes of the US have failed to bear fruit
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Michael Paarlberg @mpaarlberg.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Morocco was also the runner up to host the 2026 World Cup so for the US to deny their fans visas is a real insult to injury
thecanary.co
Moroccan fans frozen out of the 2026 World Cup after mass US visa refusals
Moroccan fans are left devastated after heavy US visa refusals block their 2026 World Cup plans, costing them thousands
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Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Reflecting on five years of GB News…
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GB Nutters
Five years of our favourite broadcaster...
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Tom Walsh @tewalsh340.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
We’re told wind turbines and solar farms are “ruining the view.” But massive data centers consuming land, water, and electricity get a pass. Somehow only one version of “progress” is treated like a problem. Make it make sense.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
In Wales they now do a cool thing where candidates have to list their recent party membership history. It throws up lots of interesting findings for voters. Like Dai Richards (bottom) - 'independent' candidate who has been a member of four far-right parties in the space of a year...
Ballot paper / candidate info for BTN Senedd constituency 

**RICHARDS, Dai**
- **Address:** Neath
- **Description:** Independent
- **Information from statement of party membership:** Heritage Party, 03/01/2026–19/02/2026; Advance UK, 07/09/2025–02/01/2026; Reform UK, 25/12/2025–12/01/2026; Restore, 25/03/2025–25/03/2026
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
61% of all political donations in the last quarter came from just 14 people Reform took in £9.3m from a handful of super rich donors British democracy is being bought. We urgently need action to take the money out of our politics
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The Mill @manchestermill.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Stop looking for Burnhamism - in six years, I’ve never found. Watching the mayor up close in Manchester, I’ve seen his unusual gifts and glaring weaknesses. Would he make a good prime minister? Our weekend read - by @joshih.bsky.social manchestermill.co.uk/stop-looking...
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Stop looking for Burnhamism - in six years, I’ve never found it
Watching the mayor up close in Manchester, I’ve seen his unusual gifts and glaring weaknesses. Would he make a good prime minister?
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Sign sign sign! #RejoinEU
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Dumb and Dumber: Tell Me Where to Sign
ALT: Dumb and Dumber: Tell Me Where to Sign
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Markvz @markvzmaximvz.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
#StopPalandir #RejoinEU #TaxTheRich #Unite #VoteGreens
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I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Ws the 70,276th patriot to sign this petition. #RejoinEU
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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
#Pinks
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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
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TommasinaResist⚜️🦋🐈‍⬛ @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Iran Legos News Network Reporting today on "47 With The Blue Handprints" Paint won't cover it. Sound up! 🤣 #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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Tenchi Ohki🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🇺🇦#FBPE #REJOIN @tenchiohki.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Get this fascist fucking spiv out of our fucking lives. Anyone up for donating a light aircraft ride to him? Perhaps this time it'll finish him off.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 15/05/2026
Trump brought the NVIDIA CEO on his trip to China to lobby Xi Jinping to buy advanced AI chips, even though it would create a U.S. national security threat. It turns out Trump also bought millions in NVIDIA's stock. The President's corruption is a national security disaster.
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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
How is that drain the swamp thingy going MAGA? Looks like another revolving door industry lobbyist alligator 🐊…
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Trump is now trying to pass the FISA spying act, using his 'assassination attempt' as 'evidence' it is needed. The act will allow the US (and Palantir) to collect unlimited information on any non-US national, anywhere in the world without a warrant OR any reason to do so.
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
My G-d The Navy goes from an incompetent in John Phelan who was appointed because he was a Trump donor To Hung Cao-the apparent king of stolen valor who believes parts of America are being overrun by..witches and wiccans Heaven help our sailors fighting Iran-on active duty in the Strait of Hormuz
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Are insider traders making millions from the Iran war? The BBC has found a pattern of spikes in trades on financial markets ahead of public announcements by President Trump, including during the Iran war.
bbc.co.uk
BBC World Service - Global News Podcast, Are insider traders making millions from the Iran war?
The BBC has found a pattern of spikes in trades ahead of announcements by President Trump
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
BREAKING: Kash Patel sues The Atlantic & writer, Sarah Fitzpatrick, for her bombshell article alleging Patel’s “conspicuous inebriation and unexplained absences.” I’ve got the specifics, including Kash’s outrageous demand for a minimum of $250 MILLION dollars in damages. youtu.be/bkYNj0_4J5Y?...
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Kash Patel SUES For MILLIONS Over BOMBSHELL Reporting
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Disabled veterans arrested by Capitol police protesting the war on Iran. "Not another nickel, not another dime, no more for Trump's war crimes/the cost of war is too damn high."
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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
NEW: How exactly has Alex Jones avoided paying the Sandy Hook families a single dime of what he owes? I wrote about it here, and spoke to Chris Mattei, an attorney for some of the families, and Lenny Pozner, the father of the youngest child who died at Sandy Hook: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Infowars’ endless afterlife
The Onion may finally boot Alex Jones from his studio, but years of damage have already been done.
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Rep. Mike Levin @levin.house.gov · 20/04/2026
So Americans are paying a foreign oil company to shut down clean energy projects here at home, using money that was never supposed to be spent this way, with zero strings attached. That is illegal, unethical, and a scandal hiding in plain sight.
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
TOP Dem: Kash Patel Should NO LONGER Be FBI Director #MeidasTouch
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TOP Dem: Kash Patel Should NO LONGER Be FBI Director
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Rep. Judy Chu @chu.house.gov · 20/04/2026
Even Trump’s own Energy Secretary admits his claim that gas price increases would be “short-term” is a lie. Gas is now over $4 nationally, and $5.85 in California. Americans are paying the price for Trump’s disastrous leadership.
nytimes.com
Energy Secretary Says Gas Prices May Stay Above $3 Until 2027
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Patrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼‍♂️😉 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
This👇🏼takes the BBC’s Pro Reform campaign to another level it’s fcuking unacceptable - here is how to make a complaint, I will www.bbc.co.uk/contact/comp...
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Paul @boipaul.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Clears it up a lot.
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Swabby101 @swabby101.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
A Historian Spent 30 Years Interviewing Nazis. He Identified 12 Warning Signs of Fascism. All 12 Are Present in Trump's America Right Now. open.substack.com/pub/mitchthe...
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A Historian Spent 30 Years Interviewing Nazis. He Identified 12 Warning Signs of Fascism. All 12 Are Present in Trump's America Right Now.
The evidence is not opinion. It is public record. And it demands your attention before November.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 17/04/2026
Starmer was kept in dark about Mandelson’s vetting by two other top civil servants
theguardian.com
Starmer was kept in dark about Mandelson’s vetting by two other top civil servants
Exclusive: Officials have spent weeks debating whether or not to release highly sensitive information about the affair
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