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standandiliver.bsky.social @standandiliver.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Dear Chris Mason … it has definately fucking not gone ‘quiet’ on Brexit
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standandiliver.bsky.social @standandiliver.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Shrinkflation. I now have to eat 2 fun sized mars bars to get any fun at all
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standandiliver.bsky.social @standandiliver.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Not defending any of it but we need to start with the Middle East and the established traditions of the West African states who seeing an opportunity industrialised acquisition of the slaves in the first place. Equally, we can’t deny the incredible/costly role the UK played in global abolition.
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standandiliver.bsky.social @standandiliver.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Wording may be off but on this one (and I hate to say it) he has a point. The act of abolition and hunting down slavery on a global scale was the biggest debt the UK has ever incurred. We only finished paying it off about 15 years ago.
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standandiliver.bsky.social @standandiliver.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
That’s a thing? Gets my vote.
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standandiliver.bsky.social @standandiliver.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
If I understand the Badenoch position it’s something like ‘let’s fund social care by cutting social care’. Tory translation .. take it away from younger people to give to my supporters.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Here it is. My manifesto for the 2026 Clacton By-Election. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Join me, clean up Clacton and let's make 13th August Bin Day! #VoteBinface #VoteyMcVoteface #YesWeTinCan
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standandiliver.bsky.social @standandiliver.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Is Andy Burnham an anagram for buyers regret?
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standandiliver.bsky.social @standandiliver.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
We ban Meta glasses?
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standandiliver.bsky.social @standandiliver.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Jude with a FU Mbappe goal
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standandiliver.bsky.social @standandiliver.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Never seen 2 teams so obviously not wanting to be there
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standandiliver.bsky.social @standandiliver.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
England. Always one player away from greatness. So it will continue until we find our own Pirlo, Modric, Messi, Zidane, Iniesta … can’t sit back and hoof the ball upfield and expect to win.
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standandiliver.bsky.social @standandiliver.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
The debate is about how we provide specialist training for our own students first and foremost
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
On my way, Clacton.
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Jansen Mann @hellojansen.com · 10/07/2026
Mr Anti-Establishment 2026...
The anti-establishment candidate
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standandiliver.bsky.social @standandiliver.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Worth looking at project Brakestop … encouraging showing what can be done ukdefencejournal.org.uk/new-british-...
ukdefencejournal.org.uk
New British cruise missile enters firing trials
The Ministry of Defence has confirmed that Project Brakestop, a new UK cruise missile programme designed for rapid production and scale, has entered live firing trials, as senior defence officials set...
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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Quite a lot of people lost someone, maybe an elderly relative, during the heatwave. My Aunt Barbara, very ill with advanced dementia, died yesterday aged 91. She was unmarried, no kids and I had been taking care of her affairs for the past few years. That’s the least interesting thing about her. 1
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Dr Simon Ubsdell @simonubsdell.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
He just makes everything so joyful. Joy is a seriously under-rated thing.
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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Where are the 'patriots' who riot about non-existent Sharia law? 'Fighter pilot, Capt Jacob Wulfson’s case was tried at a court martial on a US airbase, under US military law, despite his alleged crime taking place while he was off duty and in an English city.' www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...
theguardian.com
‘Degrading’: why did a US fighter pilot avoid British trial after strangling a woman in England?
Jacob Wulfson’s fellow airmen decided his fate after a court martial at RAF Lakenheath – a distressing week for Sarah Steele, the academic he assaulted
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standandiliver.bsky.social @standandiliver.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
The Victorian in me wants to codify that. How heavy is the standard plate? Its material? Diameter? Then, and only then, can we say ‘this pub has surpassed the threshold of plate stick’. Until then the measure is useless.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 19/06/2026
Rising Cost Of Living Forcing More Buddhists To Continue Working Years Into Reincarnation theonion.com/rising-cost-of-living-…
Rising Cost Of Living Forcing More Buddhists To Continue Working Years Into Reincarnation
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
So, a list of Brexit winners: customs agents novel food industry migrant workers from outside the EU (if you ignore the racism) Northern Ireland Dutch/EU logistics And of course Farage, Johnson, Gove etc who all got richer but were never held to account. Ffs giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
giftarticle.ft.com
The winners of Brexit
Even in a decade marked by economic damage, some players have thrived from the disruption
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standandiliver.bsky.social @standandiliver.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Sai’s it before … Labour back bench MPs sealed their own fate early on by failing to back what were reasonable welfare reforms
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standandiliver.bsky.social @standandiliver.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Punish a bird?
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LaindonFeminist @viviane49.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
the government will "step in" and pay the wages of unemployed young people for 6 months to guarantee them workplace experience. 👏👏👏👏👏
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standandiliver.bsky.social @standandiliver.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Yeah but I’m a Refrom bloke from the pub … too right he is
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standandiliver.bsky.social @standandiliver.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
I didn’t say there were. However the naive nature of the comments are laughable. The EUs middle name is compromise. IMF forecasts the UK overtaking India this year to become the 5th largest economy. You might not like it but money talks.
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standandiliver.bsky.social @standandiliver.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
What else would anyone say at the start of a negotiation?
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standandiliver.bsky.social @standandiliver.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
That is in every beach bar across the Med this summer … can’t wait
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standandiliver.bsky.social @standandiliver.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Not a Eurovision watcher … just happened to tune in … the UK entry … OMFG
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LaindonFeminist @viviane49.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
How is it possible that the media does not report the £7.5bn of money saved by Labour from fraud in our public services. This was news on 1/3/26 The savings secured are equivalent to the cost of employing 230,000 nurses or repairing every pothole in the country. This is big news! Never reported
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standandiliver.bsky.social @standandiliver.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Nice idea … save for the lobbying power of the French defence industry. Just look at the debacle of the Franco/German 6th Gen aircraft. Without common kit, procurement is highly inefficient and collaboration very difficult. Maybe start with common logistics … which is a real issue
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standandiliver.bsky.social @standandiliver.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
‘… withdraw disability elements of universal credit …’ how does a child going into training reduce the need? If it does then was there even a need in the first place? Can’t see the logic other than counting additional household income … which for training doesn’t seem to be the case.
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Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
With Farage making a shed load of money from bitcoin and an assortment of weird companies, we’ve launched a map and live tracker of his income 👇🏻👇🏻
desmog.com
Who Funds Nigel Farage? Mapping His Millions
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is the highest-paid Member of Parliament. In less than two years as the MP for Clacton, Farage has racked up £2 million in personal income and gifts, on top of his £94,00...
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standandiliver.bsky.social @standandiliver.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Fuck off … said the Sperm Whale
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standandiliver.bsky.social @standandiliver.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Never use Yonder. Without doubt the worst experience I’ve had in dealing with a financial institution.
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standandiliver.bsky.social @standandiliver.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Irrespective of provenance, I see no reason why the views/religion/creed of parents should have any bearing on an education. That Jehovah’s Witness child may not agree with his parents wrt competition … he may be the next David Beckham given the chance. The balance … the CofE has no place either.
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Trisha Elliott @trishaelliott.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
It’s only one week to go until the Supernova Kelpies 5km run! Six months ago I found a breast lump. Tests, surgery (plus complications) and radiotherapy followed. I was superbly well looked after. This is my way of saying thank you! @nhslothcharity.bsky.social. www.justgiving.com/page/patrici...
justgiving.com
Patricia's fundraiser for NHS Lothian Charity
Help Patricia Elliott raise money to support NHS Lothian Charity
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standandiliver.bsky.social @standandiliver.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Then you realise you don’t have any junior engineers who can train up and maintain company knowledge and culture. So you have to go buy very expensive ones from an increasingly diminishing pool.
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standandiliver.bsky.social @standandiliver.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Dubai. Take everyone you wouldn’t want to meet, house them next to a motorway junction in a desert, attach a shopping mall … et voila.
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standandiliver.bsky.social @standandiliver.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Quite remarkably he seemed to elude to Article 5 … if I were Starmer right now, I’d think to myself ‘what would Starmer do?’ Then do the opposite.
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standandiliver.bsky.social @standandiliver.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
So if I have this right … the UK condemns the flouting of international law by countries that are flouting international law as a consequence of other countries that are flouting international law?
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God @thegodshow.com · 01/03/2026
Can God get an amen?
thegodshow.com
Thou Shalt Not Kill Schoolchildren To Distract From Your Crimes Against Children
Trump has already killed over 100 schoolchildren in Iran.
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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 28/02/2026
This is the legacy of 1990’s Conservative dogma. Failing national infrastructure, starved of investment but pumping out billions in dividends to foreign shareholders - and simply not serving our national needs.
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standandiliver.bsky.social @standandiliver.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
More of the usual conjecture and attempted mischief making from Chris Mason on the BBC news. Utterly devoid of content.
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standandiliver.bsky.social @standandiliver.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Anyone in the UK recognise the guy on the doorbell footage from Arizona who kidnapped someone? Thought not. So why is it on our main news channel? Nothing else going on?
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Not.so: Scam, fraud and hoax information portal.
A list of high quality sites dealing with scams, spam, hoaxes, fraud and misinformation.
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God @thegodshow.com · 07/02/2026
They looked for “Don T” in the Epstein files and redacted all instances, which means they also redacted a lot of “don’t”
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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
After the referendum, the BBC chief Lord Hall ordered the BBC to treat Brexit as a done deal, a decision which all but wholly excluded Remainer opinion from the BBC for around 2 years, thus grossly biasing the Brexit debate. It was a grotesque abuse of democracy. www.radiotimes.com/tv/current-a...
radiotimes.com
'BBC policy on Brexit is not impartial'
Why is the BBC giving so much time to hardline Brexiteers, asks journalist Raymond Snoddy
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standandiliver.bsky.social @standandiliver.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
15 mins into the latest Kuenssberg Reform love in. Lightweight challenges to outrageous claims by Farage against a slick promotional backdrop. This is free party political promotion of the like I have never seen.
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