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James Leakyboots Batty

@jamesbatty.bsky.social

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I run a charity with my wife (One And All Aid), which funds education for Yezidis, following the 2014 genocide. In my spare time I fish and write. Two fishing books have been published, and my new book is a comedy adventure novel, Criminal Bycatch.

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James Leakyboots Batty @jamesbatty.bsky.social · 6h

It makes sense for Tories & Reform to support fossil fuel. If either were to be in power, we wouldn't have a future to worry about.

James Leakyboots Batty @jamesbatty.bsky.social · 6h

Neat

James Leakyboots Batty @jamesbatty.bsky.social · 6h

Two:
Dizzy Gillespie
Joni Mitchell

James Leakyboots Batty @jamesbatty.bsky.social · 7h

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Kwaku the Travel Agent, Black Sherif

James Leakyboots Batty @jamesbatty.bsky.social · 7h

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Up Against the Wall Redneck Mothercare, Jerry Jeff Walker

James Leakyboots Batty @jamesbatty.bsky.social · 7h

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Bridge Over Troubled Waterstones

James Leakyboots Batty @jamesbatty.bsky.social · 7h

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For What It's Woolworths, Buffalo Springfield

James Leakyboots Batty @jamesbatty.bsky.social · 15h

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Timothy White Riot

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James Leakyboots Batty @jamesbatty.bsky.social · 15h

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All By My Selfridges

James Leakyboots Batty @jamesbatty.bsky.social · 15h

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Harrods and Maude

James Leakyboots Batty @jamesbatty.bsky.social · 15h

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The Yellow Waitrose of Texas

James Leakyboots Batty @jamesbatty.bsky.social · 15h

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The Greengrocer Grass of Home

James Leakyboots Batty @jamesbatty.bsky.social · 15h

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Anything by the Black Eyed Pizzas

James Leakyboots Batty @jamesbatty.bsky.social · 15h

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Sweetshop Home Alabama

James Leakyboots Batty @jamesbatty.bsky.social · 15h

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Tesco 2000, Pulp

James Leakyboots Batty @jamesbatty.bsky.social · 15h

The Hissing of Summer Laundromats
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James Leakyboots Batty @jamesbatty.bsky.social · 1d

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Trenchcoat Rock

James Leakyboots Batty @jamesbatty.bsky.social · 1d

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Singlet White Female

James Leakyboots Batty @jamesbatty.bsky.social · 1d

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Y-front Fools Fall in Love, Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers

James Leakyboots Batty @jamesbatty.bsky.social · 1d

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Jemima Suspenders, The Band

James Leakyboots Batty @jamesbatty.bsky.social · 1d

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Undies the Boardwalk

James Leakyboots Batty @jamesbatty.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe if the people needing health insurance could prove that they're far right/libertarian/totalitarian f*ckwits, they'd have $20Bn too.

James Leakyboots Batty @jamesbatty.bsky.social · 1d

John Lee Hooker in London, summer 1967. He seemed to so much enjoy the fact that British kids recognised his talent at a time when he was somewhat overlooked in the USA. He had a grin on his face from start to finish, and he blew the doors off the place.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

I called this out on #BBCQT last night and I'm calling it out again now.

He is gaslighting a nation.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Farage insists ex-Reform UK Wales leader convicted of bribery is ‘bad apple’

Farage said he was shocked by Nathan Gill’s admissions relating to pro-Russia statements Nigel Farage has insisted his party’s former leader in Wales who was convicted of taking pro-Russian bribes was a “bad apple” who betrayed him. The Reform UK leader was in Caerphilly campaigning for his candidate in a forthcoming Senedd byelection when he was asked about his links to Nathan Gill. Continue reading...

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James Leakyboots Batty @jamesbatty.bsky.social · 1d

I imagine the role will involve collecting videos of asylum seekers being handcuffed to aeroplane seats; or plastering towns with crosses of St. George.
Even so, I double dog dare you to have a go. The interview process might give you the chance to give a few people a piece of your mind.