Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Tony Taylor

@itstonyt10.bsky.social

370 followers 380 following 1.2K posts

Only player to take a game off Desmond Douglas in the 1987/88 British Table Tennis League. Half Man Half Biscuit aficionado. MCFC since 1970.

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Tony Taylor @itstonyt10.bsky.social · 5h

Doesn't sound good for Billy, sadly. His big problem is he didn't used to play for Cheadle.

Tony Taylor @itstonyt10.bsky.social · 16h

I think you'd love this stuff, Colin, particularly Sticky, which is the punkier one.

Tony Taylor @itstonyt10.bsky.social · 17h

Jim Bob makes consistently brilliant solo records, and these two, released simultaneously, are no exception. I liked Carter, but this stuff is far superior in my view.

1 1

Tony Taylor @itstonyt10.bsky.social · 19h

To complete a glorious week for their nation, Norway should, all being well, today end Israel's World Cup hopes (after already issuing a statement saying Israel should be banned from international football).
#KomIgjenNorge!

Tony Taylor @itstonyt10.bsky.social · 20h

Excellent! It will definitely make mine. A glorious record.

Tony Taylor @itstonyt10.bsky.social · 2d

No - haven't picked a bat up since my daughter stopped playing about twelve years ago. You're young though - you should start playing again!

Tony Taylor @itstonyt10.bsky.social · 2d

He sounds just like a Labour leader absolutely should.

Tony Taylor @itstonyt10.bsky.social · 2d

Our man @zackpolanski.bsky.social smashing it on #BBCQT. Go man, fucking go!

2 11 160

Tony Taylor @itstonyt10.bsky.social · 2d

If you're that way inclined, you'll read this account of Frank Randle's rivalry with George Formby and hear Nigel Blackwell's voice.

Tony Taylor @itstonyt10.bsky.social · 2d

No, I'm pretty sure it's steam as in 'steam in'.

1 3

Tony Taylor @itstonyt10.bsky.social · 3d

Parkinson was excellent again too. He's made a huge difference.

Tony Taylor @itstonyt10.bsky.social · 3d

There's a comical irony in Badenoch describing English as a 'rip-off' degree the very next day after this debacle.

Tony Taylor @itstonyt10.bsky.social · 4d

I remember that. It was only a fucking cake. Was she not being you know, a bit...precious?

Tony Taylor @itstonyt10.bsky.social · 4d

But as both Zoe Williams and Polly Toynbee have pointed out this week - it's not necessarily a good thing. The mainstream right, objectionable as it is, acts as a firewall against the far right.

1 1

Tony Taylor @itstonyt10.bsky.social · 4d

The Distractions - Nobody's Perfect (1980)

'Perhaps they were Stockport Merseybeat. They were a bit warped cabaret as well, as if Tony Christie had formed a punk group inspired by Elvis Costello and Jonathan Richman.' - Paul Morley
#5debutalbums8084

2 2 6

Tony Taylor @itstonyt10.bsky.social · 4d

1 1

Tony Taylor @itstonyt10.bsky.social · 4d

Exactly!

Tony Taylor @itstonyt10.bsky.social · 4d

Superb stuff, thanks.

Reposted by Tony Taylor

David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 4d

This is one of the great threads.

Kate Bevan @katebevan.com · 4d

This whole thread is absolutely peak Bluesky. Dear Americans, not everything is about you.

NYCNAFOFELLA. 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇭🇷🏳️‍🌈🇺🇲 Militant Centrist, Bill Maher aligned @nycnafofella.bsky.social · 5d

Announcing this on a board where Americans are in the fight of their lives against a fascist takeover may be a pointer....

10 29 160

Tony Taylor @itstonyt10.bsky.social · 4d

Have you ever heard the phrase 'delete your account'? It was coined for moments just like this.

1 95

Tony Taylor @itstonyt10.bsky.social · 4d

They invented anti-apartheid activism too.

1 2

Tony Taylor @itstonyt10.bsky.social · 5d

He's never said or done anything to convince me otherwise.

Tony Taylor @itstonyt10.bsky.social · 5d

I've known Matthew Syed since the 80s, liked the guy, and considered his journalistic takes to be principled & honest, even if I often disagreed. Over recent months he's lurched wildly to the right, joined the Tories, and the speech I've just watched him make at their conference is utterly bizarre.

Tony Taylor @itstonyt10.bsky.social · 6d

Yes, but I've seen this film before.

Tony Taylor @itstonyt10.bsky.social · 7d

It's a Lancashire cricket top. Terrorising blind, elderly cricket fans - that's why I joined the Labour Party all those years ago.

1 1