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Robert Foxon

@robertfoxon.bsky.social

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United Kingdom. Likes: hiking, gardening, reading sci-fi and fantasy, cooking, folk music, canal holidays, model railways and visiting other countries. Hates: beetroot. Politics: centrist. Mutuals and co-ops not corporations or nationalisation.

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Real Gaz on a proper bike: [email protected] @gazza-d.bsky.social · 20h

So if you're opposed to lower, safer speed limits, then who out of your family would you be happy to sacrifice so you can drive to work 30 seconds sooner?

20's Plenty for Us @20splenty.bsky.social · 20h

In Wales, Cornwall, Edinburgh, London and so many places when most 30mph roads were changed to 20mph, people injured or killed by motor vehicles reduced by 20%+. With minimal change to journey times and £2bn saving in insurance costs it's a huge win. bit.ly/4gIBPlJ

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Robert Foxon @robertfoxon.bsky.social · 9h

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Nighttime on Still Waters @noswpod.bsky.social · 19h

Canal-side plants

Mallow (pink)

Amid the smouldering
Autumnal blaze
Pink mallow peeps out
And seems to say
"There are still days enough
For me to add
Spring and summer flame
To the towpath's fire of praise."

"And the bush was not consumed by the fire."

#nature #poetry #ukcanals #plants

The cerise pink blush of mallow's trumpet flowers peeping through a tangle of grasses just below bridge 65.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 20h

Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack.

Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.

Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 16h

Reform UK’s DOGE is DEAD

EIGHT Reform UK councils are considering raising council tax because they haven’t found anything significant to cut.

That’s TWO Reform UK local election pledges broken.

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 16h

Excellent from @mortenmorland.bsky.social ⭐

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Robert Foxon @robertfoxon.bsky.social · 9h

We turned around there in the summer.

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Robert Foxon @robertfoxon.bsky.social · 9h

Bit hypocritical as the whole Brexit debacle is wat has given Reform it's platform.

Robert Foxon @robertfoxon.bsky.social · 11h

First point and point motor installed. This is the first time I've used a SEEP motor and the first time I've wired for a switched live frog. No problems with either. Wiring depends on how the motor is orientated.
#modelrailway

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Gemini180 @gemini180.bsky.social · 2d

Sounds about right

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Robert Foxon @robertfoxon.bsky.social · 1d

😂 One of my favourite things to do in Wales is to go into a pub and ask for a pint of Brains.

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𝔇𝔢𝔫𝔫𝔦𝔰 𝔅𝔞𝔯𝔯𝔢𝔱𝔱 @bsky.pickpear.com · 2d

By way of a reminder folks...

You voted for Cameron
Everything got worse

You voted for Johnson
Everything got worse

You voted for brexit
Everything got worse

You voted for Truss
Everything got worse

If you vote for Farage

You have no idea how bad your life will become.

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Steve the vagabond @stevevagabond.bsky.social · 1d

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Bradley Wall @bwallarthur.bsky.social · 1d

It's staggering that the people who sold us brexit were taking bribes from the Russian state and this isn't a huge national conversation

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Tom Hunter @onelifestand87.bsky.social · 1d

It is embarassing not to see the BBC pulling up Reform leaders claiming that Nathan Gill was just some fan who got photos taken with Farage - he was an MEP for them & their leader in Wales while taking cash from Russia to act against the UK! Literally the very basics of your job to point this out

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 2d

“Compared with the kids who run foreign policy in this country, I've more respect for Putin than our lot.”

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Robert Foxon @robertfoxon.bsky.social · 1d

There's a section of canal called Cowroast. This is more like cow wash.

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NevereverDave.bsky.social @nevereverdave.bsky.social · 2d

The British by Poet Mr #BenjaminZephaniah

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The British by Benjamin Zephaniah

"Take some Picts, Celts and Silures And let them settle, Then overrun them with Roman conquerors.

Remove the Romans after approximately 400 years Add lots of Norman French to some Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Vikings, then stir vigorously.

Mix some hot Chileans, cool Jamaicans, Dominicans, Trinidadians and Bajans with some Ethiopians, Chinese, Vietnamese and Sudanese.

Then take a blend of Somalians, Sri Lankans, Nigerians And Pakistanis, Combine with some Guyanese And turn up the heat.

Sprinkle some fresh Indians, Malaysians, Bosnians, Iraqis and Bangladeshis together with some Afghans, Spanish, Turkish, Kurdish, Japanese And Palestinians Then add to the melting pot.

Leave the ingredients to simmer.

As they mix and blend allow their languages to flourish Binding them together with English.

Allow time to be cool.

Add some unity, understanding, and respect for the future, Serve with justice And enjoy.

Note: All the ingredients are equally important. Treating one ingredient better than another will leave a bitter unpleasant taste.

Warning: An unequal spread of justice will damage the people and cause pain. Give justice and equality to all."

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Robert Foxon @robertfoxon.bsky.social · 1d

I can't wait to see what happens when one meets a 'Merchant Navy' class Pacific.

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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sure the irony of a man with a French Huguenot surname whining about our multicultural society won't be lost on most people.

And it didn't stop the hypocritical racist turning up to present a gong at the 2018 British Curry Awards, either.

Changed your mind, Nigel?

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Farage says multiculturalism was a mistake. He's wrong. - The Mancunion

Everything from our language, food, workforce, and values, has been defined and strengthened by cultural diversity

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Quite Interesting @qi.com · 1d

In 2008 there was a federal court case called 'United States v. Approximately 64,695 Pounds of Shark Fins'. The United States lost.

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 1d

Labour suggestions that 13 year old children should have to have a digital ID card is simply wrong.

Home Affairs Spokesperson @MaxWilkinson.bsky.social sets out why Lib Dems will continue to oppose mandatory digital ID.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1d

They didn’t just NOT give Trump the Nobel Peace Prize, they wrote a citation that reads like an anti-Trump rallying cry.

(He’s gonna extra-tariff Norway now, isn’t he?)

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 3d

The Reform Russian Bribes Scandal won’t go away, Nigel.

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debbifiggy.bsky.social @debbifiggy.bsky.social · 3d

Isn’t this just glorious? 🤩

Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 3d

Other work by the Ladybird artists
Forestry Commission booklet, 1968
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe

A scene in a park in autumn is viewed through a frame of broad-leaf autumn leaves

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