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Andy Mardell

@zaphod26.bsky.social
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Now fully retired nurse living in Pen-y-lan Cardiff. Cricket, rugby, cyclist, grandparent and sometime grumpy moderate leftie. Aiming to get off Twitter

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Andy Mardell @zaphod26.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Is it just me or is the sound of George Osbourne talking about our close ties with France skin creepingly egregious? @mrjamesob.bsky.social
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Andy Mardell @zaphod26.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
@nickwebb2017.bsky.social we have only got your half of the commentary online
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Andy Mardell @zaphod26.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
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Will Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Watching London-centric politicians lose their minds at the suggestion of further devolution because "IT COSTS TOO MUCH" while they sit in a mouse-infested palace that is costing taxpayers £40bn to renovate. FYI - £40bn would cover the annual cost of the (expanded) Welsh Senedd for 390 years...
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Andy Mardell @zaphod26.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
@norcrosscricket.bsky.social talking of cricketers names whenever I hear Emilio Gay mentioned in my head I hear the OMD single Enola Gay. No? Just me then😀
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I'm confident nobody will share this.
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Andy Mardell @zaphod26.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
@cardiffrugbylife.bsky.social do you know whether the clubhouse will be open for the Wales/Georgia u20 game on Saturday? I can't get through on the phone.
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
We await the condemnation from Farage, Lowe etc. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Five injured in suspected anti-Muslim attacks after armed man roamed Edinburgh streets
Two people were injured close to a mosque and a man was later seen battering the door of a pizzeria as members of the public run away.
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Andy Mardell @zaphod26.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
@norcrosscricket.bsky.social I trust you're keeping up with the score at Sophia Gardens?
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Alun Withey @dralun.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
After a little break from writing, my brand new article about the discomforts and embodied experience of travelling by carriage in the 18th century is now available open access on the Social History of Medicine website: @uniofexeternews.bsky.social academic.oup.com/shm/advance-...
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Jolted, Stewed, and Jumbled: Motion, Discomfort, and the Body in English Coach Travel, c. 1660–1820
Abstract. This article explores the embodied experience of coach travel in England, c. 1660–1820, focusing on motion, discomfort, and sensory engagement. U
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
If you say "I support Palestine Action", they might put you in jail. If you incite a racist riot, they put you on the news.
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Andy Mardell @zaphod26.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Great work! www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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‘Bigger and better than ever’: how Durham Pride beat Reform’s funding axe with help from the miners
Solidarity between LGBTQ+ people and unions has saved an event denied ‘a single penny’ of council money
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Andy Mardell @zaphod26.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Reform UK are targeting low-turnout elections in May. HOPE not hate are organising locally to stop them. Find out more: secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/184951/...
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HOPE not hate | Donate | Help stop Reform UK in 2026
Your donation helps fund the local organising needed to stop Reform UK from making gains this year.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/04/2026
Hegseth: "God deserves all the glory. Tens of thousands of sorties, refuelings, and strikes, carried out under the protection of divine providence. A massive effort with miraculous protection."
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Andy Mardell @zaphod26.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
@lewisgoodall.com the interviewer of Farridge (sic) on Monday was Gareth Lewis from BBC Wales.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
🚨The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has already passed 40,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done Please sign and share 🙏 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Andy Mardell @zaphod26.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
It has been a few since we had a dog who hated fireworks. And yet I still really dislike bonfire night myself.
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 02/11/2025
What a tragic story ...
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Suggest you jump in on this poll. —> xd.wayin.com/display/cont...? And share…
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Andy Mardell @zaphod26.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
actionstorm.org/petitions/pr... Easy to do to email MPs not to bin the European Human Rights Act
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Andy Mardell @zaphod26.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
@cardiffrugbylife.bsky.social do you know why all Welsh rugby below SRC has been postponed tomorrow?
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Liz Webster 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺 @lizwebster.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
🇬🇮 Gibraltar escapes Brexit trap 🎉🙌 Gib didn’t fall for Brexit (96% boted Remain) bc it had already lived through Brexit isolation. When Spain 🇪🇸 shut the border in 1970s–80s, Gibraltarians were cut off for 16 years. Families divided, goods airlifted, economy strangled. 1/2 👇
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Andy Mardell @zaphod26.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Billionaire sends rocket into space and it doesn't blow up and all I can think of is this m.youtube.com/watch?v=goh2...
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Gil Scott-Heron - Whitey On the Moon (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Ace Records
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Femi @femi-oluwole.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
BREAKING NEWS: Syrian asylum seeker found beating up a teen girl outside a club. He pushed her over and kept kicking her! It took 2 bouncers to stop him! Labour wants to give him a 2nd chance!🤮 Correction: It was a Reform MP See how your racism determines what you'll tolerate?
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Kneecap at Glastonbury don't RT they are supposed to be terrorists or something.
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Supertanskiii @supertanskiiii.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Have I Told You Lately That I’m A Fascist? In lieu of freely available milkshakes, if anyone at #Glastonbury2025 could go and boo this prick, that would be much appreciated. Or just boycott.
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Mr @missedmycue.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Get it done. I have submitted them.
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Andy Mardell @zaphod26.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
@norcrosscricket.bsky.social Lovely to see so many people in the crowd wearing blue to remember the great Bob Willis. I cannot think of another sport that does this wonderful act of remembrance. .
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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
6 people in a boat, young Black men, muslims, single parent of families, the disabled, the unemployed, LGBTQ+ and the working class are NOT the problem.
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Andy Mardell @zaphod26.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
So project fear is now project reality www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
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Drug shortages, now normal in UK, made worse by Brexit, report warns
Some shortages are so serious they are imperilling the health and even lives of patients with serious illnesses, pharmacy bosses say
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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
"Gary, it's Xander, who was your crisis pr for the whole tax dodge thing"
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Andy Mardell @zaphod26.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
www.change.org/p/save-cardi...
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Sign the Petition
Save Cardiff University School of Nursing
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Moon-Watcher @bobsmyusername.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Hero.
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Andy Mardell @zaphod26.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
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Andy Mardell @zaphod26.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Cry harder
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heleninsomerset.bsky.social @heleninsomerset.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Blistering commentary on the politicisation of child sex abuse.
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Brian Moore @brianmoore666.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
This needs amplifying.
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Carol Vorderman @carolvorders.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
One of instagators of the far right riots has just been sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison Thanks go to @hopenothate.org.uk 🙏🏼
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Jacob Rees-Mogg wants to place Nigel Farage in the House of Lords. RT if you want to flush them both down the toilet.
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Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · 01/01/2025
An Express poll needs more input. You know what to do... Note: the link takes you directly to the poll, so you won't boost their ad impressions. Ignore the request for an email address - it's not required to submit the poll. xd.wayin.com/display/cont...
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Andy Mardell @zaphod26.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
And there was me thinking that Sister Monica Roe was no longer with us.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
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Andy Mardell @zaphod26.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
My Dyment got caught twice by the same camera. He forgot it was there. Someone else got caught 3 times. I mean come on www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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20mph: Which Welsh roads have seen most offences?
There are hotspots for roads which have seen the most 20mph offences in Wales - where are they?
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
If that disgusting racist and grifting liar Nigel Farage shouldn't have been on Question Time even once, nevermind 38 times. Give this a Like, or better yet a RP.
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Andy Mardell @zaphod26.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Oh no!
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Andy Mardell @zaphod26.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio... The BBC are not reporting this.
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Gregg Wallace accused of asking BSL translator to sign ‘big boobs’, ‘sexy bum’
Audience member who was at BBC live show claims MasterChef presenter was ‘disrespectful’ to interpreter
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Andy Mardell @zaphod26.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Decisions decisions.
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Andy Mardell @zaphod26.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
I saw a Deliveroo cyclist with lights on his bike last night.
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Better still Vote using this link then you don’t have to go onto the Express page. Let me know if anyone finds out how the current vote share is swinging! Link 👇 xd.wayin.com/display/cont...
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POLL: Do you agree with Carol Vorderman that there should be a referendum on rejoining the EU?
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