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Andy P @arcticreviews.bsky.social · 2h

Released on this date in 1987, George Best by The Wedding Present #musicsky arcticreviews.co.uk/2017/12/08/y...

You Can Have Your Dream – 30 Years of The Wedding Present’s George Best

Tomorrow night, 29 years and 364 four days after I first heard it played live, I’m witnessing the final performance of The Wedding Present’s George Best, the band’s long cherished…

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Adrian de la Touche @anoraky.bsky.social · 4h

Sunlit uplands ….
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Hour-long queues in Prague airport as EU entry-exit system comes into effect

Exclusive: Czech Republic vowed to introduce 100% EES checks on day one

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Adrian de la Touche @anoraky.bsky.social · 6h

Happy 41st Birthday to this …
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 11h

Quote: I’m old enough to remember when mainstream British politicians, who should know better, stirred up racial hatred as a path to power. You’re old enough to remember this too because it was last Tuesday. And it was Robert Jenrick. Stewart Lee

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 11h

🔗 Read the full piece

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Stewart Lee: The thugs have taken my flag. So I’ve taken theirs

What do you do with a lot of cheap banners hanging from motorway bridges once you’ve torn them down?

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Adrian de la Touche @anoraky.bsky.social · 11h

The wonderful @allodarlin.bsky.social in Manchester last night.

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 13h

Public ownership of railways.

Greater Anglia services come back under public ownership today.

It now puts a third of all passenger journeys under control of the DFTO.

Dates for most other services to follow have been set and eventually services will transfer to GB Railways (following legislation)

Greater Anglia services transferred to public ownership

Greater Anglia services are now managed by DfT Operator Ltd (DFTO).

www.gov.uk

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MrPaulRobinson @mrpaulrobinson.bsky.social · 11h

This can't be true, I read on Facebook that it was all the fault of Rachel Reeves

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Adrian de la Touche @anoraky.bsky.social · 23h

Such a.sad loss

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Adrian de la Touche @anoraky.bsky.social · 1d

RIP Annie Hall

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Anonymous ⩜ @youranona.bsky.social · 1d

Trump, champion of vaccine doubts, quietly grabs his COVID booster while his CDC dials back broad endorsements. The irony of inoculated skeptics shines bright in this health charade.

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Adrian de la Touche @anoraky.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t think I’ve been more disappointed after a football match than that one.
I had convinced myself it was our year. I clearly had learned nothing from following Leeds for 20 years at that point.

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Adrian de la Touche @anoraky.bsky.social · 1d

Revolutionary

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Adrian de la Touche @anoraky.bsky.social · 1d

Ever wonder where all the money went ….

George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 1d

I wrote about it in 2018, but it's an issue so fiercely defended by social silence that I found it impossible to get any traction. It's one of those occasions on which everyone thinks you've gone mad, as the alternative is to recognise that the system is mad.
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Enough of Carillion culture. Make bosses pay for the carnage they cause | George Monbiot

Here’s how to tame corporate power, and prevent ruthless executives from enriching themselves by harming us, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Adrian de la Touche @anoraky.bsky.social · 1d

I’d completely forgotten about the bar !

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Adrian de la Touche @anoraky.bsky.social · 1d

…. and another
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Adrian de la Touche @anoraky.bsky.social · 1d

Saturday morning soundtrack
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Adrian de la Touche @anoraky.bsky.social · 1d

He was a leaver, he still is … never had the balls to say he was.

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Adrian de la Touche @anoraky.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah … he did nothing to prevent Brexit which has harmed millions of working people.

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Adrian de la Touche @anoraky.bsky.social · 1d

Grifters keep grifting

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Boris Johnson breached rules designed to stop abuse of contacts made in public office, watchdog finds

Johnson found to have breached rules after refusing to answer specific questions about allegations published by the Guardian

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Adrian de la Touche @anoraky.bsky.social · 1d

The best new band of 2025….

Slumberland Records @slumberlandrecords.com · 1d

The Cords interviewed by Andrew Williams for The Skinny, up on their site now.
"...it would be cool if we were a stadium band, but we also love the little cult following we have at the moment. And that already feels like a crazy amount of people."
www.theskinny.co.uk/music/interv...

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Adrian de la Touche @anoraky.bsky.social · 1d

Still one of my favourite compilation albums.
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Adrian de la Touche @anoraky.bsky.social · 3d

I enjoy England v Wales games with Leeds players involved.
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Adrian de la Touche @anoraky.bsky.social · 3d

At this rate Rodon will have PTSD when he comes back off international duty.
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Adrian de la Touche @anoraky.bsky.social · 3d

Heard “There She Goes” playing in the background of a One Show item, so now I’m doing this …
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