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Andy

@yatesy68.bsky.social
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Sometimes serious and angry about the shite hand were dealt by UK/global politics, more often bad dad jokes. Like - cats, travel, music, outdoors, food & drink (reverse order). #FBPE

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
As long as the Tories are threatening to leave the ECHR, they aren’t a serious party. Consider it the ultimate red flag. Any party who’d take this entirely unnecessary and ruinous risk with our rights and our country’s security and wellbeing should never get its hands on power. (Letter, Times)
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Sir, In dangerous times, serious countries do not retreat into splendid isolation. They build alliances, multiply their influence and strengthen institutions. Key among those is the 46-member Council of Europe, at its heart the European Convention on Human Rights.As former independent reviewers of terrorism legislation we have seen at close quarters that the ECHR is not just a human rights instrument. It is a national security asset. Terrorist networks, hostile states, organised crime gangs and people smugglers do not respect borders. Tackling them requires arrangements for the closest possible co-operation with our neighbours, including through joint investigations and police access to European passenger, fingerprint, DNA and vehicle data.These arrangements expressly depend on internationally agreed human rights standards, applied by a supranational court. We detect no political willingness to excuse the UK from compliance with standards to which the rest of Europe already subscribes. As authoritarian powers grow more aggressive and democratic institutions face mounting pressure, Britain should not be abandoning one of its greatest postwar achievements.
The question is not whether we can afford to remain within the ECHR. It is whether, in an increasingly perilous world, we can afford not to.
Lord Carlile of Berriew, Lord Anderson of Ipswich, Sir Max Hill
Independent reviewers of terrorism legislation, 2001-18
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
So, Tories would cancel Erasmus and youth mobility, scrap the SPS deal that reduces red tape, lowers costs and eases backlogs for goods trade and renege on our new energy, defence and security arrangements… Ridiculous threat, ridiculous party, ridiculous people…
Tories would reverse steps to undo Brexit
Alex Burghart, the deputy leader, also says his party is wedded' to triple lock and electoral reform is doomed
Ben Riley-Smith - Political Editor

Photo of Burghart, arms folded, looking absurdly self important
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Love this 👇
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Andy @yatesy68.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Seriously, don’t put him off going to Mars. It’s a great idea for him 👍
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
THIS 👇 HERE TOO.......
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Braverman blathering on about who can be English, Farage starting his me-me-me tour of the country telling audiences he’ll fix the country in 100 days or they’ll all sack themselves… apart from him… and Yusuf fanboying that racist thug who got refused bail… A moron festival. Come on, UK. Enough now.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇
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Andy @yatesy68.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
They’re basically a bunch of dumb, racist arseholes and I’d rather they though this is the UK and stay away from us 👍
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We’re all counting on them following through after the midterms.
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Andy @yatesy68.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It’s not hate, it’s risk. Why should other people pay for those who run a higher risk of being ill from entirely preventable diseases? And to be clear, I think insurance based healthcare is ridiculous, but that’s what you’ve got….
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Andy @yatesy68.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I think it’s now fair to say Reform attract a ‘certain’ type.
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Andy @yatesy68.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This would win them the next general election. UK is now a rejoin majority and Burnham shouldn’t be scared of the right wing hysteria 👍
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Lord Dom B @lorddom.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The first thing in years that might persuade me to vote Labour again. And not just because it would make the Telegraph weep.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Man who supported Brexit then fucked off to Monaco to avoid contributing a penny of his £15 billion fortune to public services makes the mistake of thinking anyone gives a shit what he thinks.
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Doug Aoki 青木定夫 @nantanreikan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I didn't know any of this. Of course, none of it matters to someone who supports Trump.
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Save America Movement @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This administration would be so funny if it wasn’t so historically embarrassing and destructive. America deserves serious leaders.
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is the most masculine video on the internet right now
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Andy @yatesy68.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Dishing out a beating after someone is blatantly racist should be legalised 👍
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 14/09/2026
😯 This Telegraph article sees right through Reform UK...
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Nick Varga @karaoke-god.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
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Robin 🦋 @robinh2.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
New immigration stats show that the numbers of asylum seekers in hotels is down to 16k - falling 50% in a year. Small boat crossings down 23% in the year to June. Numbers waiting for initial decision down from almost 180k to 40k.
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pink jimi photon @pinkjimiphoton.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
In a country so deeply divided, isn't it nice to have something we can ALL agree on? #ReleaseTheFiles-BeginTheTrials ⚖️
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Pops @pops131.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Thank you, Admiral. I hope that more esteemed individuals would speak honestly.
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Justin Jest @justinjest.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
NO 👇 LIES DETECTED.......
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 19/08/2026
Excellent work by Rebecca Hendin @theguardian.com. While the UK is burning, Richard Tice says "enjoy" the heat.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
👀 Travel with Natalie
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Andy @yatesy68.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Wait, so are communists good again or no??
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Andy @yatesy68.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
If this was a national election, Farage would lose to a bin 👍
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r/protectUSelections @protectuselections.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
We have a criminal president.
reddit.com
We have a criminal president.
r/protectUSelections
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Scotch Whisky Truths 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @specialscot.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The explosion of 'Asylum Seekers coincided with... Brexit. It wasn't a coincidence, Nigel CAUSED it. Are some people still this unenlightened and bereft of Critical Thinking?
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Andy @yatesy68.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Same fine people are also refusing to donate to RNLI because they save brown people. Great British values…..
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Karen (yes, yes, I know 😈) @karkin64.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Just think of how sick, twisted and demented you have to be to post this as president knowing it is all a lie because you don’t want to admit you hired an unqualified pool guy - the act of typing this knowing that every word is false.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
What the US government is doing to Dr. Fauci is the embodiment of what they are doing to scientific infrastructure overall.
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Andy @yatesy68.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Thousands of Moroccans swimming to Dover as we speak. If Jenricks hatred wasn’t so sad it would be hilarious 😂
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Andy @yatesy68.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Source is called “having a laugh” I believe 👍
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Andy @yatesy68.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
USA political system is simply ridiculous. How on earth is this just happening?
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Andy @yatesy68.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
100% agree with this. We can’t let the awful Trump cabal anywhere near football. Is there no end to the greed?
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Andy @yatesy68.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
This is why it needs to be in the manifesto for the next GE. EU will not be open to rejoining with Farage hovering around like a vulture. UK is becoming a larger rejoin majority, which will get larger over time as leavers permanently leave….
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Andy @yatesy68.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
He says he’ll include it in the next manifesto. Now is too soon politically. He needs to build confidence in the next 3 years, then go for it at next GE 👍
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Andy @yatesy68.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
This will get him re-elected 👍
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Not Tice too! Who'd've thunk it! #ReformSleaze
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 24/07/2026
Renewables are now the world's largest source of electricity – and the main source of new supplies
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𝙾𝙻𝙸𝚅𝙸𝙰 🤍 🇲🇽 𝟺𝚃𝙷 𝚃𝚁𝙰𝙽𝚂𝙵𝙾𝚁𝙼𝙴𝚁 @olivia4t.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Ladies and gentlemen... the most hated man on the planet‼️ #WorldCup2026 #WorldCupFinal #WorldCup
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 19/07/2026
Over the past month, New York has welcomed the world. From neighborhood watch parties to the stadium, we’ve celebrated the communities that make our city the global capital of the beautiful game. Today, we close out a historic World Cup, proud of how New Yorkers showed up every step of the way.
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Jack Bernhardt @jackbern.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
love them or loathe them, there's one thing you can't deny about the Argentinian football team: they're a bunch of cunts
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 19/07/2026
I think after this Britain should give the Falklands to Spain, as a treat
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