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Steve

@stephenh.bsky.social
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Been around the block, retired from education, sort of, not retired from life. Now got time for watercolour painting, riding my bike, and playing blues, though not all at the same time. Been glory hunting with Liverpool since Shankly’s days

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Stonecold Steve Baker — Afternoon nap advocate @dickierock.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Sorry... couldn't resist #YNWA
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SteveH @sghendricks.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Steve @stephenh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Man whose failures as a businessman caused his businesses to fold owing the tax man thousands. Not really someone fit to talk about taxes.
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Steve @stephenh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
BBC northwest tonight focussing on the property redevelopment funded by Abu Dhabi. If AD pull the plug, it could be disastrous for Manchester.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Good Question.......?
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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 25/09/2026
A post claiming migrants crossing the Channel who are rescued by the RNLI or Border Force automatically become refugees has been shared over a thousand times on Facebook. But this isn’t true. Refugee status is only granted after a successful asylum claim.
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Claim that migrants intercepted by rescue ships in the Channel automatically get refugee status misunderstands asylum rules – Full Fact
The Home Office confirmed to Full Fact that those who are rescued at sea must apply for asylum in the usual way, despite contrary claims on social media.
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Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
'More fundamentally, it begs the question: what sort of country do we want to live in?' 📺 Director of Policy @alfie-stirling.bsky.social was on @bbc-politics.bsky.social Live today, commenting on what the impact of Conservative proposals to cut Universal Credit would mean for those on low incomes 🔽
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 24/09/2026
‘The eels were climbing out of the water to die’: why did every fish in this idyllic lake perish overnight?
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‘The eels were climbing out of the water to die’: why did every fish in this idyllic lake perish overnight?
Furnace Brook in East Sussex was home to carp, tench, bream, roach and trout – and 15 trailer-loads had to be buried. The mystery led to a neighbouring farm, and a story of waste, pollution and dirty rivers that reveals a lot about Britain today
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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The NHS is the greatest thing this country has dreamt up and delivered, I don’t think the politicians of today would have the courage or the fortitude to create it. We must protect it at all costs from the vultures who would love nothing more than to break it up and sell it off. Anyway that’s me.
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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Britain... It's a class act. 🎩 Privately Educated: Senior Armed Forces 63% Senior Judges: 62% House of Lords: 52% Foreign Office Diplomats: 53% Newspaper Columnists: 50% Political Commentators: 47% Leading Podcasters: 45% BBC Executives: 38% General Population: 7% elitistbritain.suttontrust.com
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Elitist Britain 2025
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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
God I hate this 'people who create wealth' nonsense. Let's see how much wealth we have in a society without teachers, nurses etc......
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Alan Rusbridger @arusbridger.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
If you add in £130m losses on “Reform TV” (aka GB News) the effective subsidy of Farage’s party from just four men tops £200m. You just have to join the dots app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/75017/...
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Farage and the £130m even his detractors have missed
GB news has provided relentless positive PR for Nigel Farage while racking up tens of millions in financial losses. And now there is a new channel in the offing
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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 17/09/2026
The shadow business minister Bradley Thomas claimed in parliament that new apprenticeships fell 9% from 2023/24 to 2025/26. They actually rose about 11%. Mr Thomas was using English data comparing an incomplete year with a whole one.
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Apprenticeship starts have risen—not fallen—under this government – Full Fact
In a debate in the Commons, Conservative shadow minister Bradley Thomas compared data for the latest nine-month period with the whole year of 2023/24, making it sound like apprenticeships had fallen.
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Judy Webb @judyw.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Have to wonder how many Guardian journalists could survive - let alone live - on £13,000 pa. It's half the UK annual minimum wage. We must protect the value of the UK state pension for all working people whether or not they have yet reached retirement age.
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Simon Gosden @simongosden.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I concur
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
My contribution to ‘Paste, Present, Future’ project, celebrating 35 years of @bigissueuk. Signed, numbered versions of available at Big Issue shop. Lots of other pieces from amazing artists, 25% of sales going to Big Issue. Massive thank you to @grow_up_art_ 👇👇 www.bigissueshop.com/collection/p...
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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
New statue spotted today in Dublin Ireland. Time to take out the trash 🚮! 🎥 AlternativeDublin
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Here's a French video (with English subtitles) about what would happen if the far-right racists got their way and all foreigners and people of colour were forced to leave.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Riddle me this. If somebody donates £36 million to a political party and £5 million to its leader, how is the £5 million not political? Asking for a parliamentary standards commissioner.
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Rob Reiner Fan @rob-reiner-fan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Damn they're sensitive about Epstein. 👀
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Steve @stephenh.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Delo is threatening legal action against people saying he was convicted for fraud. Doesn‘t a presidential pardon mean that he was guilty but the president showed leniency. Either way he is unsavoury
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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 12/09/2026
Euphemisation has been a key strategy for the far right to escape the margins and return to the mainstream for half a century Back in the early 90s, Jean-Marie Le Pen pushed for the term "populism" to replace "extreme right" or "fascist". It was then taken up by mainstream actors and here we are
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Steve Hyndside @stevehyndside.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
It never does. But the apology from @thetimes.com to @mothinali.bsky.social should travel as far as the original article.
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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Taxpayers foot the £2,700 a month rent on Kemi Badenoch's six-bedroom farmhouse in Essex. Then she goes on telly and argues that taxpayers shouldn't subsidise other people's rent.
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RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
For those in the US and UK.
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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
There are gangs of men in black balaclavas roaming around the country, intimidating people and blocking roads and access to buildings. Why are they not being arrested? Why is the PM not calling them out?
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Tom Booker @tbooker1.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 09/09/2026
Protesters outside Portsmouth hotel confuse Pakistan U-19 cricket team for asylum-seekers
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Protesters outside Portsmouth hotel confuse Pakistan U-19 cricket team for asylum-seekers
* Reform councillor said he urged activists to stand down * Stand Up to Racism condemns ‘dangerous’ gathering Anti-immigration protesters gathered outside a Portsmouth hotel were forced to cancel their demonstration after discovering the Pakistan Under-19 cricket team rather than a group of asylum seekers were staying there. Portsmouth had been the site of a large protest on Sunday following the arrival of a large dinghy containing an estimated 140 asylum seekers at the city’s Eastney harbour. A black-clad vigilante group attempted to block the streets around the port to stop the arrivals from leaving the area. Continue reading...
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Charles Fourier @charlesfourier.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Bill Bryson’s words seem appropriate to post right now
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Any person or organisation questioning their actions or loyalty to this country should be corrected and ostracised. Anyone can drown, but no one should. rnli.org/support-us
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Charity Support For The RNLI - Save Lives At Sea Your Way
Discover ways you can get involved and provide charity support for the RNLI. As a charity, we rely on the support of people like you to save lives at sea.
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
90 years ago, Parliament responded to the rise of Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts by passing the Public Order Act, which banned political uniforms, private militias and the threat of force for political objects. The debates make very resonant reading today. Here's the Liberal Robert Bernays. (Short 🧵)
You cannot conduct a fair match when one side is playing with a ball and the other with bombs and, if democracy is to survive, it must be conducted according to definite and recognised rule. One of them is that no political party should resort to any weapon other than reason and argument. The introduction of private armies, as I see it, strikes at the root of democracy. I know it is contended that the Blackshirts are not armed and, therefore, are not an army, but I do not think that argument can be upheld. … Uniformed men in military formation suggest, and are meant to suggest, the idea of force. It is no argument to reply that at this or that demonstration no force is intended. It is an inescapable fact that a uniform in politics symbolises force, to be used either now or in the future.
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 08/09/2026
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masterofalltrades0.bsky.social @masterofalltrades0.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
every accusation from these sсumbаgs is a confession. They’re the main threat to women’s safety. It’s not even close.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Ryan Bridge - Founder of "Raise the Colours" flag protests - charged with 14 offences including common assault. Danny Thomas - ringleader of Dover/Portsmouth thuggery - an ex-con jailed for attempted kidnap at knifepoint. Almost like they're not "ordinary people with concerns" but criminals.
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Trades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk · 07/09/2026
Just like the £5 million donation, Nigel Farage's excuses change every day.
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Snigdha @snig.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Kevin Rowland and Dexy's Midnight Runners are very unhappy that Nigel Farage used their music at the Reform party conference.
Tweet from the official Dexy's Midnight Runners account

I, Kevin Rowland (the son of Irish immigrants) and the main songwriter of ‘Come On Eileen,’ am disgusted to learn that Nigel Farage has used our song to make his entrance for his party conference. Myself, and all of Dexys are passionately against Farage’s politics.

@ByDonkeys .
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Snigdha @snig.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Hi again @westmidlandspolice.bsky.social Is this the same man hitting another woman with his walking stick yesterday at the Birmingham NEC where Reform are having their conference?
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stuart84.bsky.social @stuart84.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Dover. 1934.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
As a very basic thing, we as citizens should not accept the presence of a private army of masked racist thugs on the streets of our towns... intimidating others and threatening to overthrow the state... There are some fairly obvious precedents for this stuff.
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Larry as rat catcher.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Picture of Farage:

Trades Union Congress • @The_T... 1h Ø
Boss making you resign to save himself?
Join a union.
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Mike D London @mikedlondon.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
'Due to a ghastly mix-up, Farage turned up thinking he was meeting a donor'...
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Steve @stephenh.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I recall a HMI years back, who did a keynote to a headteachers conference in Wigan who started with the line ”the new framework will be less abrasive and more humane“. A headteacher interrupted with the comment, ”so you are saying the system is currently abrasive and inhumane“.
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:
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Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The media has insisted that it was in the public interest to run endless stories questioning the integrity of Jason Arday. So I await the endless stories about *this* guy.
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Steve @stephenh.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Reform UK promises £80bn cuts to public spending www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... BBC not bothered about the crypto scandal or the footage of Farage on C4 Just repeating the nonsense from Jenrick as though he is actually in power.
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Reform UK promises £80bn of cuts to public spending
Speaking at the party's conference, economy spokesman Robert Jenrick says Reform will be the "party of fiscal responsibility".
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
So pretty much all the money funding Nigel Farage and Reform UK comes from crypto billionaires who are highly specialized in money laundering, and who want Reform UK to dilute anti-money laundering legislation. That's the very essence of their "reform." www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Reform received £5.3m in donations and most was from crypto tycoon
Nigel Farage’s party received £4 million from Ben Delo, who relocated from Hong Kong to the UK so that he could continue giving money
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Zoe Washburne Rebel Scum @zoewashburne.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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kamimagic @kamimagic.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Sen. Mark Kelly is here spitting facts! #ProudBlue 📹: nowthisimpact
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
That is an incidence rate of… 0.00547% The voter fraud allegations you’ve been sold are blatantly and provably false.
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