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Bill Pritchard

@wjp51.bsky.social
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Retired newspaper man, avid fiction reader, Pratchett, Adams, crime, humour. Socialist tendencies, left leaning. Enjoy art, theatre TV, movies.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
THREE WEEKS FROM TODAY!!! Join the MAGA Resistance & make your voices heard. Accountability. Is. Coming.
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The National Trust sued to stop Trump's ballroom. He called them "treasonists." Now the preservation group is launching a $10M legal fund to fight Trump's broader changes. The National Trust's CEO: “The ideals and values of historic preservation are being undermined."
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National Trust, after battling with Trump, to announce legal defense fund
The preservation group, which sued to stop the White House ballroom, says it will push back against the administration’s changes to historic sites and laws.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
It would be more helpful for him to acknowledge and explain the role that his austerity policies played in encouraging people to vote for what he correctly critiques here.
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Bill Pritchard @wjp51.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Catch on people.
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Vale Rawlings @valerawlings.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Last call to get tickets for ‘Against The National Interest’ www.forgottenburtonstories.co.uk/post/last-ca... #WW1 #Pacifist #PeaceWeek #MidlandsHistory #FirstWorldWar #DerbyMuseum #ConscientiousObjector
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Last call for 'Against the National Interest' tickets
There are less than two weeks to go until we perform Against The National Interest - our story of World War One conscientious objector Vale Rawlings - at Derby Museum and Art Gallery as part of the 20...
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Vale Rawlings @valerawlings.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Chance to help save what could be the oldest surviving fairground ride 🎠🐉 www.forgottenburtonstories.co.uk/postCrafts/c... #BurtonHistory #MidlandsHistory #FairgroundHistory #Volunteers #Engineering
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Can you help restore a piece of Orton & Spooner history?
A legendary fairground ride, which includes work by Burton’s own Orton & Spooner, has been designated the top priority for restoration by national organisation the Fairground Heritage Trust.Hopes are ...
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Bill Pritchard @wjp51.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Every MP who isn't on this list should hang their heads in shame.
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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 07/09/2026
This is @mrjamesob.bsky.social's London.
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 07/09/2026
Very good meeting with Prime Minister Johannesen of the Faroe Islands. The 🇪🇺🇫🇴 partnership is strong and diverse – from trade to foreign policy. From education to research. We discussed how to broaden our cooperation even further. And team up for safety and prosperity in the Arctic.
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Vale Rawlings @valerawlings.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
An important fundraising effort by my friend Adam Bates. I only heard about this way of helping non-speakers communicate from Adam in May this year. I can't believe that the success S2C is having does not get more publicity. Help 100+ Non-Speakers to Communicate chuffed.org/project/1990...
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Help 100+ Non-Speakers to Communicate
In Costa Rica there are approximately 19,000 non-speakers. These are people with autism, cerebral palsy and other disabilities. The major problem?Because non-speakers can't reliably communicate vocall...
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
See, it's funny because it's true. #Sad
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Malcolm V Tucker @tuckerslaw.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
So guys, turns out the nonce-specs we made are being used for nonceing. We had no idea that nonces would buy our nonce specs and use them for nonceing - it totally never came up in any of our nonce-spec R&D. I mean like wow - we're shocked.
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Robert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Got to admit, Number 10 North is making some good hires:
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
For those of you that ever wondered what scares the shit out of him: #FabFord
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Russia is inflaming the debate on immigration in Britain as part of “increasing ambitions to disrupt our way of life”, counter-terror police and experts say It has directly and indirectly paid right-wing influencers to spread messages that align with its political goals inews.co.uk/news/putin-i...
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How Putin is inflaming immigration tensions to spark disorder in Britain
Counter-terror leaders reveal the tactics Russia is using to sow division in the UK
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Bill Pritchard @wjp51.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Hollie Ebdon, how have you only written it once?
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Bill Pritchard @wjp51.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Does it have a cathedral view?
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Vale Rawlings @valerawlings.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
A joyful celebration today of history and the lessons we can learn from the 1910 women Chainmakers strike and the inspirational Mary Macarthur. #chainmakersFestival2026 #CradleyHeath #WestMidlands #TradeUnions #WomensHistory
Community theatre performers re-enact issues and arguments from the 1910 Women Chainmakers Strike of 1910. A group of three women and two men in Edwardian costume are pictured in a park on a sunny day. A man in middle-class Edwardian clothing argues and strikes out at a man in working-class Edwardian clothing watched by two more costumed re-enactors in a park on a sunny day.A brightly-coloured contemporary version of a traditional trade union banner bears the words “West Midlands” and “women unite”. Three women wearing clothing from different historical eras are depicted.A black and white poster in the style of an early 20th century poster with vintage typefaces advertises the 2026 Women Chainmakers Festival as if it were a general meeting being addressed by Mary Macarthur
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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Cartoon. Two people looking out of a window, everything is at an angle. One is saying to the other “It’s thirty degrees out there”
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Adam Sloman @adamsloman.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Thinking about walking your dog? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Caution urged over public space use as London pavements hit 57C
Thermal imaging, taken by Greenpeace, shows surfaces in parts of London becoming extremely hot.
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Bill Pritchard @wjp51.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
And that includes the dead ones.
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Bill Pritchard @wjp51.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Such love, from and to, the people in Trump's toxic America.
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Bill Pritchard @wjp51.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Why are all these yesterday's men suddenly popping up out if the woodwork. Could it be anything to do with Andy Burnham returning to parliament to redirect Labour's policy into a winning formula?
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Bill Pritchard @wjp51.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Then move.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Memo to pretty much (but obviously not quite) everybody in the media…
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Bill Pritchard @wjp51.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
How unbelievably crass.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 15/06/2026
Londoners have won the prestigious 2026 Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize. This global award celebrates how we’re changing life in London for the better - whether that's cutting journey times on the Elizabeth line, cleaning up our air, or building vibrant new neighbourhoods.
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan holds a framed certificate beside a circular glass award on a pedestal, with signage reading “Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize – Award Ceremony & Banquet – 15 June 2026 – London” in the background.Mayor of London Sadiq Khan stands at a podium on a large conference stage at the World Cities Summit. Two large screens display the title “The London Story: How we built a better city for everyone” alongside “WCS 2026” branding and the event details “Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize Lecture – 15 June 2026, Singapore.”A group of formally dressed officials stand on a stage during the Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize award ceremony, as one person presents a framed certificate and a circular trophy to Mayor of London Sadiq Khan at a central podium. A large illuminated backdrop reads “WORLD CITY PRIZE – AWARD CEREMONY & BANQUET – 15 JUNE 2026” and “PRIZE LAUREATE 2026 LONDON.”
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Just noting that when Sarah Everard was kidnapped and murdered by a police officer and a vigil held for her on Clapham Common, Farage urged people not to attack men or the police.
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Vale Rawlings @valerawlings.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Tickets are now on sale for my collaboration with @derbymuseums.bsky.social and Derby Peace Week - 'Against the National Interest'. derbymuseums.org/event/agains... #FirstWorldWar #conscientiousobjectors #peace #war #ww1
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Museum Matinees: Against the National Interest with Elaine Pritchard - Derby Museums
Author and playwright Elaine Pritchard tells the story of Vale Rawlings, a World War One conscientious objector from Burton-on-Trent in this talk with dramatic, live performance elements. Why was this...
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Michele @funnymichele.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Oh how I miss the days when we had a real president 😢
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Petra Michaela @petramichaela.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Everything on this earth is borrowed. There is no "mine" or "yours." There is only "ours." Even time is borrowed. People kill over a piece of land that belongs only to Mother Earth. All you have is what you came with... and what you will leave with: your spirit. -Native American Proverb-
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Shimanti | Human Consequences @humanconsequences.com · 28/05/2026
The rumor is donnie plans on attending a Knicks game in NY. If he shows up the fans should chant PEDOPHILE nonstop until he leaves. That would make the news worldwide and grind his ass to no end. Get er done NY.
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Bill Pritchard @wjp51.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
And a criminal.
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Jay Waters @jaywaters.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
The President of the United States is a liar.
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Proud Lefty CW💚🏳️‍🌈🇬🇧🇮🇷🎧 @proudleftycw.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
BBC has been giving much air time to spreading Tony Blair's Trumpist views again today. They classed the main opponents to Reform as the others, not even mentioning the Green Party's name. Britain is being led unaware into fascism by the BBC and the other RW media. #VoteGreen
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TheArtisReport(GrandaddySpeaks) @grandaddyspeaks.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
I actually saw my Elders fired from jobs, humiliated, beaten, bombed, murdered, lynched and assassinated for the right to vote. I have a debt to pay. I repay that debt every Election Day when I vote for the candidate of my choice.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
"The Labour chair, Anna Turley, has given Nigel Farage 24 hours to report to security services the claim that his phone was hacked by Russia-linked actors or the Labour party will do it for him"
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Steve_USA 🧢 @stowsley.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
I like this image for the accuracy of its message. Don't pretend it's anything else.
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JackInPNW @jackinpnw.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Nothing to see here, just the son of the President marrying the daughter of the accountant of a notorious child sex trafficker who was best friends with the groom's father. Oh, wait, you didn't know Junior's current new wife is the daughter of Jeffrey Epstein's accountant?
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NotTheRealTracey @nottherealtracey.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
I’ve done some stupid shit in my life. But at least I can say that I never voted for Trump.
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Shortbreadfairy©️ @shortbreadfairy.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
There's nothing wrong with Reforms Vetting. They're telling you who they are & are choosing the worst of us to represent hate.
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Bill Pritchard @wjp51.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
They hate this country more than the immigrants they blame for everything.
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Skye @simplyskye.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Obama (2016): "’Everyone here is someone's hero’ – those who rest beneath this silence, not only here at Arlington, but at veterans' cemeteries across our country & around the world, & all who still remain missing, they didn't speak the loudest about their patriotism. They let their actions do that”
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
We Need A Congressional Army To Stop Trump, Thanks Elizabeth Warren.......
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bythepeople1863.bsky.social @bythepeople1863.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Whatever statement comes out of the White House today for Memorial Day, never forget that Trump called service people suckers and losers and dared to ask what they got out of it. No statement written by others can ever make us forget what he said.
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Vic Hurtowy @vichurtowy.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
I'm laughing here. My first thought was "ya think?" Trump's looting began before he re-entered the Whitehouse. His mkt manipulation is a given. He did it his first time in the office. FDT
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The Daily Britain @thedailybritain.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
What makes this politically striking is that MPs and Nigel Farage tried to dismiss the issue as clickbait or a distraction, yet the public view was overwhelmingly clear. Does that suggest Westminster’s instincts on its own culture are much further out of step with the country than MPs realise?
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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Of course Trump wants to celebrate and now pay his Jan 6 terrorists who attacked Capitol to help him. It's exactly what Hitler did when he became Chancellor of Germany for those who waged his attempted coup in 1923. Trump is not original. Nazis before him did the exact same thing.
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MJ @bstnboy.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Facts: The shooting in DC occurred 1000 from the entrance to the WH. The shooter fired a revolver. lardass was never in danger. Push back on anyone that labeled the event "attempted assassination." The event confirms a $1.0B security upgrade isn't needed.
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