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Stuart St.John

@stustjohn.bsky.social
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Physics teacher. Mad about bikes. Husband. Father. Bassoonist. Follower of Jesus. But not necessarily in that order...

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
As I understand it, when they proscribed Palestine Action it was on the back of evidence of coordinated attempts to organise trespass and cause damage. Everyone who supported them by so much as holding a paper became arrestable for terrorism. Are they going to do the same for "Patriot Platform"?
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Stuart St.John @stustjohn.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Ooh! Squashed Fly Biscuits! I haven't seen one, let alone eaten one, in years! (Having said that, I was rather partial to them...)
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Malania to distract from the war The war to distract from Epstein Epstein to distract from corruption Corruption to distract from sedition Sedition to distract from impeachment... This isn't 5D Chess. This is Gobshite Whack-a-Mole
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Walz: The president said it's a bunch of radicals. You're damn right we've been radicalized. Radicalized by compassion, radicalized by decency, radicalized by due process, radicalized by democracy.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
🚨NEW POLL: Most Americans Believe Trump Launched Iran War to Cover Up Epstein Scandal An exclusive Drop Site/Zeteo/Data For Progress survey also finds likely American voters are split on whether Trump is more responsive to the American people or to Israel.
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NEW POLL: Most Americans Believe Trump Launched Iran War to Cover Up Epstein Scandal
An exclusive Drop Site/Zeteo/Data For Progress survey also finds likely American voters are split on whether Trump is more responsive to the American people or to Israel.
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Stuart St.John @stustjohn.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Just listened, while having a wander around Skipton Woods. Absolutely brilliant, as always, but at the same time ghastly and grotesque! The comment about Star Wars baddies being based on the Nazis is obvious, in retrospect. But comparing Miller to Palpatine doesn't set off the Godwin's Law sirens 😜
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Martyn Brunt @skybluebrunty.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
You'll get more relevant facts and incisive analysis in this 30 minute episode, than in a whole week of watching the national news. If you prefer your opinions to come from experts, this is the podcast for you.
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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Surely saving the BBC World Service would be an easy win for Starmer
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Stuart St.John @stustjohn.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
🤣🤣🤣
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Left: Zia Yusuf, "Mandelson deserves to be in jail. The buck stops with the executive, Keir Starmer is a disgrace to his office and should resign" Right: Nathan Gill is in jail for accepting Russian bribes. Using Zia Yusuf's logic, isn't Nigel Farage also a disgrace, and should also resign?
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Stuart St.John @stustjohn.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
No apology needed! A mere reply (of any kind) has brought a big smile to my face 😁
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Stuart St.John @stustjohn.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
@quietriotpod.bsky.social Just listening to another fab edition of Quiet Riot... When @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social used the phrase, "Stripping his lordship", was I alone in the seeing the ghastly mental image of Mandelson in his Y-fronts? 😱
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Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Hoping Matt Goodwin loses Gorton and Denton for many reasons, not least because we can deploy the headline, and resulting nickname, Matt Badloss
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Stuart St.John @stustjohn.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
@iandunt.bsky.social You've probably been sent this by lots of people, but if we all assumed this then no-one would have sent it to you, so here goes. I thought you would be especially impressed by the #1 dog. I feel that the bar has been raised for Thanos... youtube.com/shorts/dsBQ4...
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Top 10 Dogs Carrying Big Sticks
YouTube video by WeRateDogs
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Stuart St.John @stustjohn.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
You need to train Thanos to do the note taking and edit as you read it out 🐕
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Stuart St.John @stustjohn.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
@iandunt.bsky.social Looks like you can "hit the radio waves" after all, although it reached peak popularity over a decade ago, so your fear was not totally unfounded 🤓 Just listening to your latest podcast. Interesting listening, both from a writer's standpoint & from a point of empathy.
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Stuart St.John @stustjohn.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Yes! Yes! Yes! 👇This is so important, but so many people seem to miss it!
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
"But we must compete with the oth-" That's just it. You don't. You are THE public broadcaster. No other body shares your mission. Why add to the noise? The BBC has an opportunity to say "you've heard all the breathless gossip - tune in at 6pm for the facts". To bring light rather than heat.
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Stuart St.John @stustjohn.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Yes, I must admit this suggestion gave me a real buzz this morning. 🤓🤓🤓 (24-hour rolling news is just so shallow, yet recently the BBC has scaled back things like Newsnight, that did depth well)
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Francois_de_Bonsoir @de-bonsoir.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Just finished the latest episode of QR, and may I be the first to nominate Mr Andreou as the new BBC Head of News? Alex, your idea to have the corporation abandon its frantic and frazzling rolling 24hr news output in favour of a more poised and measured approach hits several nails on the head.
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Stuart St.John @stustjohn.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
It's crazy what small factors history pivots on. Had a few more Republican senators developed a backbone - or had Mitch McConnell acted upon HIS OWN WORDS! - DJT would probably be in jail now, rather than the White House. I wonder what Stanley & Tominey think about that?
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Stuart St.John @stustjohn.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
@sturdyalex.bsky.social I made the unhappy acquaintance of the Daily T podcast earlier today. Is it just my imagination, or are Tim Stanley and Camilla Tominey determined to rewrite the history of January 6th? They seem to think Trump had little or nothing to do with the attack on the Capitol 🤦🏻‍♂️
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Stuart St.John @stustjohn.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
🤣🤣🤣
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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
If you want kids to read: -Reopen the closed libraries -Give them free books -Sponsor author visits in schools with high % pupil premium or FSM students -Work on adult literacy Then Y8s will have a chance of passing this test www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Bridget Phillipson ‘ready to take on unions’ over year 8 reading tests
Education secretary says mandatory test needed to tackle ‘shocking outcomes’ for many working-class children
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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 27/10/2025
Farage: epic grifter
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John Zerafa @johnzerafa.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
‘I’ve no idea.’ Yep - that’s Farage & reform in a nutshell.
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Stuart St.John @stustjohn.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Not just the papers! They could (perhaps) be forgiven for doing things to sell papers, given that their survival depends on it. The thing I find appalling is the way that BBC journos and interviewers fawn over Farage. If they gave 50% of the scrutiny to his policies they give Labour, he'd be screwed
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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 24/09/2025
Farage wanting to kick people out of the country because they migrated here made me angry and made me think about which best of British people and things wouldn't have happened were it not for the brilliance of immigration to the UK.
Sgt Peppers album cover consisting of things that only made it because of immigration in to the UK, either immigrants themselves, the children of or as a result of someone else coming here.
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Liam Nissan™ @theliamnissan.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
BREAKING NEWS: TYLENOL RESEARCHERS FIND DISTURBING LINK BETWEEN DONALD TRUMP AND JEFFREY EPSTEIN
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Stuart St.John @stustjohn.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
@lbc I haven't been able to listen to LBC live for many months. Imagine my glee, therefore, when I get to hear @mrjamesob.bsky.social doing live commentary of Marine One landing at Windsor Castle 😁 @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social Get O'Brien back to do the commentary on all state occasions 🤓
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Stuart St.John @stustjohn.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
This is a thoughtful, persuasive piece that needs to be widely read. In the current scenario we need more people speaking out like this, illuminating rather than generating more heat.
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Stuart St.John @stustjohn.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
He certainly sounds a lot more dangerous than the retired vicar who got arrested the other day for showing support for Palestinians!
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 14/09/2025
I've written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage, urging them to join me in condemning Elon Musk's dangerous remarks inciting violence yesterday. As leaders, we must stand together and make clear Musk will face serious consequences for these actions.
Letter from Ed Davey to Keir Starmer condemning Elon Musk for inciting violence and urging unity to defend democracy.
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Stuart St.John @stustjohn.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Just had to check. I've just spent half an hour on Twitter and that's my fill for a week. My nerves couldn't take any more. This feels like a (relative) breath of fresh air, even reading Marie's comments...
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Stuart St.John @stustjohn.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
I'm deeply hoping you're being sarcastic!
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Stuart St.John @stustjohn.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
It did make me smile to myself when I heard Joanna Coles, host of The Daily Beast podcast, refer to the senator as Anthony Padilla 😁
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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Should we follow Putin out of the ECHR? Or is it just another Brexit where we give up our rights in the vain pursuit of making migrants disappear?
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Stuart St.John @stustjohn.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
This just came on over my headphones while I was doing some manual work and before I had a chance to put on the podcast I'd been intending to listen to, I was hooked! Well worth a listen, imho 😁
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
The cruelty is the point. The banal, vicious, performative cruelty. Turns out ‘anti-woke’ just meant anti-decency, anti-humanity & anti-rule of law.
The White House Twitter account’s dishonest & hideous doctoring of a New York Times front page describing Senator Chris Van Hollen’s meeting with a wrongly deported man with no criminal record.
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Stuart St.John @stustjohn.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
This is a beautifully crafted, richly rewarding listen. Thank you for the time and effort you have put into this, @sturdyalex.bsky.social
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Stuart St.John @stustjohn.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
I have been telling him this for years!!!
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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
It’s weird* that the president can just decide to put a huge tax on American businesses without congress even being a little bit involved. * very unconstitutional
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
‘Weak beef’ deserves more pick-up.
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Stuart St.John @stustjohn.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Big agree! 👍
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Stuart St.John @stustjohn.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Could have been me 22 years ago as well!
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Stuart St.John @stustjohn.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Liverpool still on for the win?
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Stuart St.John @stustjohn.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
😎
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Stuart St.John @stustjohn.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Superb!
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Stuart St.John @stustjohn.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
P.S. @dorianlynskey.bsky.social reads his bit very nicely, too 🤓
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Stuart St.John @stustjohn.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
One of my Christmas presents was the Origin Story audiobook on Fascism. I thoroughly enjoyed it a few weeks ago and, now, have so enjoyed @iandunt.bsky.social reading the introduction on today's podcast that I may just have to listen to the whole book again 😁 I need to buy some copies for friends 😜
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