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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

It's the 45th anniversary of the release of Penthouse and Pavement by Heaven 17. (We Don't Need That) Fascist Groove Thang is as relevant in 2026 as it was in 1981. Sadly.

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Mark Smith @smithy0364.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Not to treat the issue lightly, but imagine the consternation if the government were to tell the good people of Piddington that - given such an overwhelming mandate - they’re now independent.

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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

"cap will apply to all political donations from overseas electors made on or after 25 March 2026… detail of how this retrospective period will operate HAS BEEN SET OUT IN CORRESPONDENCE TO POLITICAL PARTIES… deemed necessary as there is a clear, time-critical risk of evasion" (my emphasis) #R4Today

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026

Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Sod off. He's ours.

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Weird how dozens of angry blokes all dressed in black and decided spontaneously to have a day out in Dover blocking traffic. Zero arrests, too.

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Simon Price @simonprice.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

One of THE great artists. One of THE great human beings. There's so much more to say. And there's nothing more to say. R.I.P. Dolly Parton.

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Joe Strummer would have been 74 yesterday. Many front men of bands were shallow showmen. Joe wasn't. He meant it.

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I'm minded to rename the culture wars 'The Edge Case Wars'... Brexit: c.1.4% of all voters swung the vote to Leave. Pre-Brexit sovereignty complaints: Clinical Trials (that the EU then fixed) ECHR migration 'rage' cases: just 16 lost over many decades Covid vaccine harm: c.0.05% of the vaccinated

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Is there anyone or anything that Kemi Badenoch actually likes? Conservative councillors are the latest group to be on the receiving end of her contempt.

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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Let's take this slowly... Worst harvest on record means... Less home grown food and... More imports... From countries which also have droughts and fires... Meaning shortages and higher prices... And starvation (mostly not in the UK or anywhere we don't have to choose to see) #R4Today

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Hart @hart-frentz.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

The difference--

eitachse, stripes, aufgeteilt in
these were hot summers
this is climatechange

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 11/07/2026

We are forced to exist in a world where the same people who believe a man built a boat big enough for every animal don't believe in climate science because it’s “unproven.”

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Mark Smith @smithy0364.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I’m old enough to be getting “Polish goalkeeper” vibes off of this DR Congo keeper….

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Mark Smith @smithy0364.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Every-so slightly odd comment from Gabby Logan about an Ivory Coast player needing to be aware of “work rate” to be able to play in the top European leagues. 🤔

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Clive Efford MP @cliveefford.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

I am aware that there has been another incident with a burst water main in the SE9 and BR7 areas. I have made urgent enquiries with Thameswater about the need for repairs a long-term plan to prevent these issues from reoccurring. 1/2

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SE9 BR7 - 29/06 | Thames Water

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Mark Smith @smithy0364.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

One of the most unedifying and depressing days in the history of English test cricket for quite some time.

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Matt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

When I started blogging in the late 2000s, I spent days arguing with people who tried to arrange temperature data to claim that global warming had stopped. Those people should never again have been given credence on any subject. And yet credence was given

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Gavin Jackson @gavinjackson.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

This is crazy. European deaths from high temperatures are almost as common per head as American gun deaths. hannahritchie.substack.com/p/heat-guns-...

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Cats and dogs in distress. Birds and wild animals, too. This fella showed no signs of injury. It's not unreasonable to conclude that the heat was responsible. The sooner TV and papers move away from the "at least we can eat ice cream for breakfast" nonsense the better. Climate change is existential

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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Housebuilders, sagely: British homes just aren't built for this heat. Why not? We've known it was coming for long enough, and in 2006 you were told by regulation to build for the new world. Until you got Cameron to ditch it. #WATO

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Mark Smith @smithy0364.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

“One pizza makes you larger, And one pizza makes you small…” 🎵

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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Nigel Farage Listens to the News

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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Surely The Fight For the Right (Two Party).

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

If only someone could figure out how to make milk safe to drink! It'd be such a big deal the process would be named after them.

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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

I couldn't agree more. #BookSky

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Mark Smith @smithy0364.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

I wonder how many of the people who have criticised Tony Blair’s article/essay have actually bothered to read it?

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Mark Smith @smithy0364.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

The Jam The Rolling Stones The Who Wilko Johnson Squeeze The Ramones John Spencer Blues Explosion Lonnie Brooks Bruce Springsteen Iggy and The Stooges

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Andrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

I’m amazed anyone needs reminding of this, but local government spending power per person fell by 18% from 2010 to 2024 (would have been 26% but for increases in council tax). At the same time, social care pressures on local govt have grown a lot. The decay of the public realm is NOT a mystery

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How have English councils’ funding and spending changed? 2010 to 2024 | Institute for Fiscal Studies

Increases in council funding over the last parliament have not reversed big cuts made during the 2010s, with spending on many services still down 40%.

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Mark Smith @smithy0364.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

You mean they don’t already? 😳

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StandWithUs @standwithus.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Never be afraid to stand up for what's right. Today, on Yom HaShoah, Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, we remember the 6 million people murdered simply for being Jewish, as well as millions of others who lost their lives at the hands of the Nazis.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

The UK has relied on food imports since at least Napoleonic times. Unfortunately, the Brexiters were so busy obsessing over blue passports and the tax cuts they never stopped to work that one out.

UK must feed and fuel
itself - but Labour
would rather attack
wealth

The policies of Sir Keir Starmer
and Rachel Reeves push us to rely
on imports.just as war, inflation
and global instability demand
self-reliance

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Mark Smith @smithy0364.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

“One pizza makes you larger, And one pizza makes you small…” 🎵

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Family voting is a real problem..

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Matt Owen @mjowen174.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Writer for hire! I’m available to help polish up scripts (Edinburgh on the horizon); Make your wedding speech amazing or consult on a writing project you’re working on. 30 years experience working in the telly, radio, journalism, advertising - my website www.mathew-owen.co.uk Please share! 👍👍

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Mark Smith @smithy0364.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

I’m playing 3D chess here, but I reckon the Trump administration has forced the Supreme Court decision on tariffs. It bails him out from an economic perspective, and it gives him someone to blame.

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Mark Smith @smithy0364.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

In related news, FIFA have revoked the results of all previous World Cups and confirmed the USA won them all….

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Mark Smith @smithy0364.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Re-re-re-re-watching Get Carter. I always expect to see Bob Ferris and Terry Collier in a scene.

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Julie Cohen ❌👑 @filmmakerjulie.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

It's our blood and bones and these whistles and phones against Miller and Noem's dirty lies Thank you, Bruce Springsteen youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?...

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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

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Mark Smith @smithy0364.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Alvin Stardust tribute act (one for the teenagers)

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JWexTheSpa @jwsidders.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

How it started ... How it's going

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Hellhole not actually a hellhole.

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Mark Smith @smithy0364.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Maybe Trump should threaten to attack Australia unless they give him the Ashes…

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 10/01/2026

The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred. It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

In the last 6 months I've taxed my car, created four powers of attorney, renewed a passport and renewed a photo driving licence online on UK Gov sites. Credit where it's due. All the processes have worked flawlessly.

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