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Jason Sinclair @jsinclair.bsky.social · 12h
Hammering it into an open goal like Jude Bellingham against a team of 12-year-olds.
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Will @willbert94.bsky.social · 3h
Yes and those personal ratings may be, somewhat to put it mildly, tested during the actual scrutiny of a general election too.
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Will @willbert94.bsky.social · 3h
Unfortunately this has fallen victim to the cult of the savvy for some. It doesn’t matter it will barely move the electorate. Ending cliff edges is a good idea www.ft.com/content/82ce... l
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Tories vow to scrap £100,000 childcare trap for UK’s higher earners
Badenoch says current threshold, introduced by previous Conservative government, punishes parents for working more
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ironeconomist.bsky.social @ironeconomist.bsky.social · 23h
In the simplest and most reductive way, the Uk political class seems to have resolved to pay 4% of gdp a year to investors to avoid raising taxes by 2% if gdp a year. It sounds mental when you put it like that but that’s actually the situation.
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Will @willbert94.bsky.social · 5h
Luke’s not from their world. He has no idea how things are supposed to be. Yet he always shows up, puts on his best and tries. And yet they are consistently rude to, and about, him. Rude about his suit at their renewal, for instance. He also clearly loves Lorerlai and is kind to & supportive of her.
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Will @willbert94.bsky.social · 5h
On the annual Gilmore Girls rewatch (it’s autumnal) There are many understandable ways that Emily / Richard act, and you can forgive them for. But their general treatment of Luke is not one of them.
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Will @willbert94.bsky.social · 6h
Also known as the person of interest dilemma
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Will @willbert94.bsky.social · 23h
The best time to raise income tax was in the summer of 2024 when they took over. The second best time is right now.
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Will @willbert94.bsky.social · 23h
People gleefully voting Labour in 2029 all saying “wow, things are bad but we sure are glad they stuck to that manifesto pledge we’ve all forgotten about anyway”.
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Will @willbert94.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
They had the perfect excuse too. “Wow, the books we inherited from the Tories are much worse than we thought. Turns out we’ll need to raise taxes afterall” in the summer of 2024. Still baffled they didn’t.
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Alistair Coleman @alistaircoleman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
No she’s not.
TLS: Mary Beard on the Bayeux Tapestry.
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Will @willbert94.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Also absolutely love how they presumably all watched the last series and the whole “oh that’s just Alan” whilst he was a traitor the whole time. And then this series they’ve immediately gone in for “oh yes that’s just Richard E Grant”. Incredible #CelebrityTraitors
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Ariadne Griffin @ariadnereviews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I'm never going to recover from this. #CelebrityTraitors
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Will @willbert94.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Critical support for Richard E Grant. He’s a delight. #CelebrityTraitors
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 30/09/2026
NEW ANALYSIS: Record wind and solar save UK from gas imports worth £5.9bn during Hormuz crisis 🌤️ wind/solar generation up 14% in 2026 to date 🏭 gas down ~10% 🚢 >100 LNG cargoes avoided
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Will @willbert94.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Cheers the public opinion respecter is in tears, nice one.
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Will @willbert94.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
They also act like the titles must be immediately awarded to the runners up in those years. Stripping them of their titles, leaving 1st place vacant, and giving them to other teams are two separate issues.
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Chris Weatherspoon @cweatherspoon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🚨🚨🚨 Premier League v Manchester City decision ruling details how club misstated finances in a nine-year period from 2009-18 by £920.7million Revenue overstated by £854.5m Expenditure understated by £66.2m
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Finn @thegoblinpoet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
ngl "2 doggers, a lad out on the rob for diesel, a fly tipper and an actual terrorist get swept up into an international incident" would be a really funny premise for a slice of life British comedy
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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 28/09/2026
"Once, I went out on the rob for diesel, and sparked a major international security incident"
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CLAYFACE: CELEBRITY DIRT #3 out now @judedoyle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Wow, can't believe they printed this
The 100 Best TV Shows of the 21st century ARE:

1 - 99: The 2009 episide of "One Tree Hill" where a guy dropped his heart transplant heart on the floor and then a dog ate it

100: "Battlestar Galactica" or something
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Will @willbert94.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
There’s not even any consistent precedent in major leagues here. Serie A left Juventus’ title vacant in 2005, but then awarded the 2006 one to Inter
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Will @willbert94.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Think some are confusing stripping them of titles and awarding them to the team that finished second. Those are two separate issues. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
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Manchester City charges: What punishment could club face after Premier League verdict and will they appeal?
It has taken more than two years, but a judgement finally appears to have been made on the 115 charges levelled against Manchester City. Here's what it means.
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Will @willbert94.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I know it’s not the same scale or expectations, but Skeleton Crew was fun and had virtually 0 Skywalker content. So you never know (it’s the hope that kills you).
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Goonerrhea @goonerrhea.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Outstanding article on how Man City have robbed all football clubs and their fans. open.substack.com/pub/thenonne...
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What Manchester City Stole From Us All
On the confirmation that the City dynasty was a falsehood, the sadness that brings, and what should happen next.
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Will @willbert94.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Looking forward to them all talking about the pound in your pocket
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Will @willbert94.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Thomas Tuchel should take off Gordon and go to a back 5 as a bit
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 25/09/2026
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The Man Who Saved The World. May his memory be a blessing.
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Will @willbert94.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A boom in business for in person notaries
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Philip Stafford @staffordphilip.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"As far as I'm concerned, the first thing you can do for me is to chuck all your medals into the biggest bin you can find, because you've never won any of them fairly."
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Richy Craven @richycraven.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Picturing Erling Haaland being sold at police auction like a drug lord's speedboat.
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Will @willbert94.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Sugarbabes as The Ship of Theseus
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
*bangs head against wall forever* Apparently the way Burnham thinks we get parity of esteem is by saying vocational quals are for non-academic kids.
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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
‘This is playing into his hands’/‘this will allow him to play the martyr card’/‘this will help with his fundraising’ are all really bad takes. Criminals should be arrested and charged with crimes.
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Will @willbert94.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Must be hilariously humbling if you assume “no, no, these people turn out to vote for me me don’t you know”, only for you to lose by a standard swing in line with national trends.
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
There are so many crimes in this thread you have to wonder what the police and Home Secretary think they are doing at this point.
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Will @willbert94.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“Hey, Paddy Ashdown said some things about income tax too didn’t he”?
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Will @willbert94.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It’s amazing how much the BBC is trashing their, trusted, brand by chasing cheap clicks like Reach do.
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Will @willbert94.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Their efforts with The Grand Hotel in Scarborough are enough to deserve full nationalisation without compensation on their own.
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Tom Reagan’s Witch’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
It’s Batman Day. People call Batman ‘66 silly but let’s remember that Christopher Nolan ends The Dark Knight Rises with a slightly higher budget version of this classic scene from that movie.
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Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I think the prime minister should have said this
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Will @willbert94.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Also feels like this misses one point of university. It’s a chance for you to be self-motivated, and organised ,and get to those 11ams without anyone telling you to, like you might have at school. If you miss those things it’s a safe space to learn how to make those mistakes before starting work.
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Will @willbert94.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“Rejoin the EU to Stop The Boats” was inevitable I suppose www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Brexit to blame for small boat migrants - Lib Dem leader Ed Davey
Sir Ed Davey says the Conservatives and Reform UK are to blame for the numbers of migrants crossing the Channel.
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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 16/09/2026
"Guys, before we put this live, should we check if there's any symbolism to the closing date?" "Nah, should be fine."
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Will @willbert94.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Yea it’s amazing how some people think they’ll be around for ages. All it takes is for an archive not to update some software / renew a licence / be implantable with later tech and it’s lost forever.
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George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Labour shouldn't undo England's education success – essential piece by @daisychristo.bsky.social on why Gove's school reforms worked and how to build on them. www.arguably.uk/p/labour-sho...
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Labour shouldn’t undo Gove’s success
England’s education system is becoming the envy of the world. So why is the government changing course?
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Will @willbert94.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Wouldn’t say most people coming to London area on wafer thin budgets. I’m sure they can absorb this.
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