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The Nightingales @nightingalesuk.bsky.social · 3d

Thank your lucky stars, the stellar shine again. Following a fairly fallow 2024/25 - due to grim illness and its gruff treatment - the glorious Gales are now readying themselves to rock n roll afresh next February. Tickets go on sale Fri Oct 31st at 10AM www.thenightingales.org.uk/live

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 2d

X is a cesspit led by an unhinged billionaire who is desperately trying to stir up civil war in Britain.

Nobody with any sense or decency should be there.

No organisations, government departments, or politicians should be there.

Everyone who is, is enabling this monster.

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James Kennedy ✊️ @jameskennedy.bsky.social · 2d

The Labour Party continue to think that where they're going wrong is that they need to move more to the Right in order to chase voters, when in actual fact we just want them to actually fucking stand for something, mean it, be consistent and grow a damn backbone.

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Ann @agvbergin.net · 2d

The image here says "64% of independent adult hospices reported a financial deficit in 2023-24."

National Audit Office @nao.org.uk · 2d

Government doesn't know how reliant it is on independent adult hospices for the provision of palliative and end-of-life care.

With more people dying in England each year, the sustainability of independent hospices is of national importance.

Read: www.nao.org.uk/reports/the-...

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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 2d

One year after the devastating floods in Valencia, we remain with the people of Spain.

We share your pain. And we will always remember the incredible solidarity of a community coming together to rebuild.

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John Prendergast @prendy.bsky.social · 2d

The glorious Piece Hall in Halifax
#PieceHall
#Halifax
#WestYorkshire

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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 8d

👇👇👇👇👇👇🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 12d

Christ alive. If we, as a nation, can’t do better than this nasty, stale-breathed, stale-minded, racist misogynist prick, then what the hell are we doing? Leading in the polls??
FFS. Sort yourself out, UK.

Photo of Farage being interviewed by Mishal Husain.

Because he feels uncomfortable about his position on Putin, he replies to her…

‘Listen love, you’re trying ever so hard….’

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 9d

I know the Tory party is a rancid rotting carcass of a party but, Christ, surely we’re all beyond sick of them now. This lot won’t get back into power but they can’t even manage to be a responsible opposition.
They’re just so grimly dismal, racist and thick.
They reek of inadequacy.
Just go TF away.

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Ciaran @ciaranmcgurdy.bsky.social · 14d

Jenrick casting 1980s British football hooliganism as something that was easily dealt with by police and not an era defining issue which we're still living with the consequences of today... He's genuinely the most unserious person in British politics rn

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Bryan @elwick70.bsky.social · Aug 29

Night Freight (Condor)

Terence Cuneo, 1960

A Class 28 ‘metrovick’ hauls Condor, a London to Glasgow express container train, the forerunner of today’s Freightliner services

And that’s what I’ll be doing tonight, driving the night freight…

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 16d

On the off chance that members of parliament still give a flying fuck about climate science and their international climate pledges.

This should be an open and shut case to reject the application.

www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/new...

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 18d

Carole Cadwalladr was right and we’d be in a better world if more people had listened.

Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · Sep 28

This tweet has been doing the rounds on Twitter now that Nathan Gill has pleaded guilty.

If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐

There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..

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The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 20d

"People like Neville represent a cultural and political threat, because the right wants them to think what they think - and very often they don’t."

Why Gary Neville's views on British flags made him a target for Farage

‘Gary Neville is a political threat to Nigel Farage because he doesn’t think the same' | The News Agents

Gary Neville has accused “angry, middle aged white men” of stoking division in the UK following the Manchester synagogue attack on Yom Kippur. His comments have angered right-wing voices, but is this…

www.thenewsagents.co.uk

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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 24d

This really needs to be said and understood. What makes it worse, if possible, is that it is not coming out of any genuine crisis or emergency. It is a deliberate attempt to whip up anger and grievance in order to capitalise upon it & in Jenrick's case purely to advance his leadership ambitions.

Tanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net · 24d

I say this with the bluntness it requires: they will get people murdered if this continues. This is not just populism anymore either: it’s completely unhinged and a deliberate choice that does endanger lives. I am not saying this lightly at all.

Screenshot of an Express article; it says: Robert Jenrick lists 30 'activist judges' he vows to axe in war on UK's open border

In a bold move, Robert Jenrick is set to unveil a controversial plan targeting what he calls 'activist' judges, at the Conservative Party conference.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 23d

One very very lonely Tory voice on the letters page of The Times.
Sorry, Robert. It’s too late. Your party has gone completely nuts. Driven mad by 14 years of failure, Farage and your monumentally stupid Brexit.
You can ask them to put the petrol can down but they’re mesmerised by the fire.

Leaving the ECHR could split Union Sir, In his article "Leaving the ECHR won't fix illegal migration" (Oct 6; letters, Oct 7), David Gauke makes the point that the Conservatives' decision to support complete withdrawal from the European convention of human rights is, at best, wholly unnecessary and at worst will make international co-operation on migration control and deportation much more difficult.
He is right to do so. It is time for Tories to stop heading for the exit every time there is perceived tension caused by so-called foreign institutions that my party actually helped to create in the first place.
To claim that ECHR withdrawal will not affect the Northern Ireland Good Friday agreement is naive. Not only will it risk undermining trust in policing and criminal justice cross-border co-operation, it will trigger a breach of article 2 of the Windsor framework and a climate of instability that can only assist advocates of a border poll that could lead to the break-up of the Union. For the Conservative Party to advocate such a move is a betrayal of Conservative principles.
Sir Robert Buckland KC
Former lord chancellor and justice secretary; former chair, Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee

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Albumism @albumism.com · 26d

Elton John released ‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’ 52 years ago on October 5, 1973 | Listen to the album + revisit our tribute here: album.ink/eltonjohnGYBR

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Brendan May @brendanmay.bsky.social · 26d

Yeah, the approach of saying really stupid things every day will *definitely* eventually pay off, about the same time that hell freezes over.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 26d

We flounced out of the EU on the say-so of politicians who lied to us. And what a total shitshow that’s turned out to be. The polar opposite of what they promised. Now the call to flounce out of the ECHR. By the same people. Telling the same lies. Has the country been kicked in the head by a horse?

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Sam Fryte @samwhyte.bsky.social · 28d

If you've never seen or not recently revisited Patricia Routledge as "Kitty" on Victoria Wood's "As Seen On TV" it is such a gem. I wish there were far more of them.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wisQ...

Kitty 2 - With Patricia Routledge - BBC

YouTube video by maxinebendix

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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 29d

Ed goes Full Metal Jacket on the right wing fools in this barnstorming speech. I’d go further, indeed I have, when it comes to Musk - the sooner he F*cks off to Mars the better.

buff.ly/dHCCkkx

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Gunnerblog @gunnerblog.bsky.social · 29d

🛑 Nine games, three goals conceded, just one from open play.

For all the analysis of Arsenal’s new-look attack, their defensive record is what provides them with the potential platform for success.

@theathleticfc.bsky.social

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An appreciation of an Arsenal defence that has conceded one open-play goal this season

Much of the focus has been on the forward line after heavy summer spending but the defence is providing a platform for them to excel

www.nytimes.com

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · Sep 28

German media seems to be taking more seriously than ours the fact a leading light in the party UK press keeps saying will be next government took bribes from Russia to spout their lies. Maybe it’s because they put NEWS ahead of propaganda

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karenrab.bsky.social @karenrab.bsky.social · Sep 25

"If you’re going to do something that has a very strong identity, you have to have guardians of that identity, The other thing was never to pay much attention to what’s fashionable. Anything that’s trendy at the time, you just completely ignore it.” Severin
🎂🥂
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · Sep 14

Lib Dem leader Ed Davey: “I've written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage, urging them to join me in condemning Elon Musk's dangerous remarks inciting violence yesterday.

“As leaders, we must stand together and make clear Musk will face serious consequences for these actions.”

Rt Hon Sir Edward Davey MP
HOUSE OF COMMONS
LONDON SWIA OAA
The Rt Hon Sir Keir Starmer MP,
Prime Minister
Sent by email
Sunday 14 September 2025
Dear Prime Minister,
The attempts this weekend by Elon Musk to sow discord and incite violence on our streets represent a serious and dangerous interference in our democracy. Speaking at the "Unite the Kingdom" march organised by far-right hate preacher Tommy Robinson, Musk told the crowd that "violence is coming" and that "you either fight back or you die".
The United Kingdom has always prided itself on resolving disagreements through debate, through the ballot box, and through the rule of law. The recent conduct of Elon Musk - deliberately spreading misinformation, stoking anger and encouraging violence - represents a reckless and dangerous assault on those values. This attempt to endanger public safety and meddle in our politics must be met with clarity and resolve.
At times like this, it is vital that the people of our country see their leaders united. That is why l am writing to urge each of you to put party politics aside and join me in publicly condemning these dangerous remarks, and to jointly consider what sanctions Elon Musk should face as a consequence. We must make clear that no individual, however wealthy or powerful, can get away with using their platform to inflame tensions and incite violence.
At the same time, we must uphold freedom of speech and the right to peaceful protest without fear of violence, intimidation, or manipulation from abroad.
The strength of Britain lies in our shared commitment to mutual respect, decency and the rule of law. If we fail to speak with one voice now, we risk emboldening those who want to threaten these values and undermine our democracy.
I hope you will join me in making this important stand.
Yours sincerely,
Eer Da
Ed Davey
MP for Kingston and Surbiton
Leader of the Liberal Democrats

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