Barry North
@barrynorth.bsky.social
Civil Servant (Ret), IC member, QPR, Middx CCC, Wasps RFC (RIP), FDA TU, Wargamer, History Book Reader, Ben Turkiye’yi. Always stops to look at rocks…
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“And what is the charge? Eating a seal? A succulent Chinese seal? GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY PENIS!”
December 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
“And what is the charge? Eating a seal? A succulent Chinese seal? GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY PENIS!”
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Rumarn Burrell has scored 8 goals in his last 10 appearances for QPR.
Burrell is the first QPR player to score 8 league goals across a 10-game streak since Charlie Austin in September 2015.
🔵#QPR⚪️
Burrell is the first QPR player to score 8 league goals across a 10-game streak since Charlie Austin in September 2015.
🔵#QPR⚪️
December 6, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Rumarn Burrell has scored 8 goals in his last 10 appearances for QPR.
Burrell is the first QPR player to score 8 league goals across a 10-game streak since Charlie Austin in September 2015.
🔵#QPR⚪️
Burrell is the first QPR player to score 8 league goals across a 10-game streak since Charlie Austin in September 2015.
🔵#QPR⚪️
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Somali American U.S. citizen grabbed & detained by Trump’s ICE goons for 24 hours, “sexually assaulted her and said what could you be hiding under your hijab?”
December 6, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Somali American U.S. citizen grabbed & detained by Trump’s ICE goons for 24 hours, “sexually assaulted her and said what could you be hiding under your hijab?”
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Every paper in America should have a 6 inch headline:
Sitting Member of Congress, Adelita Grivalja, Attacked by Trump's ICE with Chemical Weapons.
The Congresswoman was hit by gas pellet munitions when coming upon an ICE abduction at a restaurant she frequents in her community.
#ICELawlessness
Sitting Member of Congress, Adelita Grivalja, Attacked by Trump's ICE with Chemical Weapons.
The Congresswoman was hit by gas pellet munitions when coming upon an ICE abduction at a restaurant she frequents in her community.
#ICELawlessness
December 6, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Every paper in America should have a 6 inch headline:
Sitting Member of Congress, Adelita Grivalja, Attacked by Trump's ICE with Chemical Weapons.
The Congresswoman was hit by gas pellet munitions when coming upon an ICE abduction at a restaurant she frequents in her community.
#ICELawlessness
Sitting Member of Congress, Adelita Grivalja, Attacked by Trump's ICE with Chemical Weapons.
The Congresswoman was hit by gas pellet munitions when coming upon an ICE abduction at a restaurant she frequents in her community.
#ICELawlessness
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Rumarn Burrell is the first #QPR player to score 9+ goals in his first 20 games for the club since Charlie Austin in 2013 (10 goals).
🔵#QPR ⚪️
🔵#QPR ⚪️
December 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Rumarn Burrell is the first #QPR player to score 9+ goals in his first 20 games for the club since Charlie Austin in 2013 (10 goals).
🔵#QPR ⚪️
🔵#QPR ⚪️
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You are ABSOLUTELY NOT going to regret listening to this bird:
A male rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in winter plumage.
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
December 6, 2025 at 5:10 PM
You are ABSOLUTELY NOT going to regret listening to this bird:
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Farage banging 🇷🇺 Putin’s drum for him again. I’d missed this one regarding Russia’s novichok attack on British soil that killed a British woman.
How can anyone who considers themselves patriotic vote for him or his party?
How can anyone who considers themselves patriotic vote for him or his party?
Farage has been dismissing evidence of Russian ties to the Salisbury Novichok attack since 2018 🧐
December 4, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Farage banging 🇷🇺 Putin’s drum for him again. I’d missed this one regarding Russia’s novichok attack on British soil that killed a British woman.
How can anyone who considers themselves patriotic vote for him or his party?
How can anyone who considers themselves patriotic vote for him or his party?
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Daisy Cooper, "In 2017 there was not a single asylum seeker that arrived on a boat"
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
December 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Daisy Cooper, "In 2017 there was not a single asylum seeker that arrived on a boat"
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
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Finally someone says it.
Daisy Cooper, "In 2017 there was not a single asylum seeker that arrived on a boat"
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
December 4, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Finally someone says it.
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Important reading for anyone in Wales.
We have written a special report looking at the people behind Reform in Wales.
This was a bizarre piece to write.
willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/special-re...
This was a bizarre piece to write.
willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/special-re...
Special report: Who are Reform in Wales?
We dived into the wild world of Reform UK in Cymru
willhaywardwales.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Important reading for anyone in Wales.
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Peterborough City councillor Rylan Ray appeared in court charged with 26 sexual offences, including allegations involving children.
Elected in 2022 as the Conservative councillor for Eye, Thorney and Newborough, Ray had been one of the youngest councillors. He previously worked in schools...
Elected in 2022 as the Conservative councillor for Eye, Thorney and Newborough, Ray had been one of the youngest councillors. He previously worked in schools...
Councillor charged with 26 child-related sexual offences
Councillor faces charges including rape, sexual activity with a child and making indecent images; allegations span 2021–2025
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Peterborough City councillor Rylan Ray appeared in court charged with 26 sexual offences, including allegations involving children.
Elected in 2022 as the Conservative councillor for Eye, Thorney and Newborough, Ray had been one of the youngest councillors. He previously worked in schools...
Elected in 2022 as the Conservative councillor for Eye, Thorney and Newborough, Ray had been one of the youngest councillors. He previously worked in schools...
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29 November 1929 | A Czech Jew, Tibor Taglicht, was born. As a refugee he went to Norway.
He was deported to #Auschwitz with his sister Vera in March 1943. He was selected as able to work. He asked to stay with his younger sister. They were both murdered in a gas chamber.
He was deported to #Auschwitz with his sister Vera in March 1943. He was selected as able to work. He asked to stay with his younger sister. They were both murdered in a gas chamber.
November 29, 2025 at 6:00 AM
29 November 1929 | A Czech Jew, Tibor Taglicht, was born. As a refugee he went to Norway.
He was deported to #Auschwitz with his sister Vera in March 1943. He was selected as able to work. He asked to stay with his younger sister. They were both murdered in a gas chamber.
He was deported to #Auschwitz with his sister Vera in March 1943. He was selected as able to work. He asked to stay with his younger sister. They were both murdered in a gas chamber.
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NEW: The frontline in Ukraine is not facing imminent collapse despite recent Russian gains and Kremlin assertions. (1/4)
Read the full Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 28, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar112825
More Key Takeaways ⬇️
Read the full Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 28, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar112825
More Key Takeaways ⬇️
November 29, 2025 at 6:34 AM
NEW: The frontline in Ukraine is not facing imminent collapse despite recent Russian gains and Kremlin assertions. (1/4)
Read the full Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 28, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar112825
More Key Takeaways ⬇️
Read the full Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 28, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar112825
More Key Takeaways ⬇️
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen
Free
Ian Dury and The Blockheads
Rod Stewart
The Happy End
Jules Holland and his R&B orchestra
Free
Ian Dury and The Blockheads
Rod Stewart
The Happy End
Jules Holland and his R&B orchestra
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen...
Chris Barber's Jazz Band
Genesis
Iron Maiden
Type O Negative
The BBC Concert Orchestra
Chris Barber's Jazz Band
Genesis
Iron Maiden
Type O Negative
The BBC Concert Orchestra
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Tori Amos
They Might Be Giants
Regina Spektor
Marian Call
The Divine Comedy
Tori Amos
They Might Be Giants
Regina Spektor
Marian Call
The Divine Comedy
November 27, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen
Free
Ian Dury and The Blockheads
Rod Stewart
The Happy End
Jules Holland and his R&B orchestra
Free
Ian Dury and The Blockheads
Rod Stewart
The Happy End
Jules Holland and his R&B orchestra
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A quick reminder of who Nigel Farage was most concerned about when Putin's tanks first rolled into Ukraine
November 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
A quick reminder of who Nigel Farage was most concerned about when Putin's tanks first rolled into Ukraine
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Series A, Episode 01 - The Way Back
VARON: Well that's interesting. He was absent from school on the afternoon before the assault.
OPERATOR: C-four-one-seven: Deca, Carl.
MAJA: So was he.
OPERATOR: C-five-one-two: Fen, Payter.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/101/276
VARON: Well that's interesting. He was absent from school on the afternoon before the assault.
OPERATOR: C-four-one-seven: Deca, Carl.
MAJA: So was he.
OPERATOR: C-five-one-two: Fen, Payter.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/101/276
November 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Series A, Episode 01 - The Way Back
VARON: Well that's interesting. He was absent from school on the afternoon before the assault.
OPERATOR: C-four-one-seven: Deca, Carl.
MAJA: So was he.
OPERATOR: C-five-one-two: Fen, Payter.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/101/276
VARON: Well that's interesting. He was absent from school on the afternoon before the assault.
OPERATOR: C-four-one-seven: Deca, Carl.
MAJA: So was he.
OPERATOR: C-five-one-two: Fen, Payter.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/101/276
Please sign this petition and force Parliament to debate Russian influence on and corruption of some of our politicians
🔥 Highly recommended that you all sign and share.
Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Please sign this petition and force Parliament to debate Russian influence on and corruption of some of our politicians
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I’m sorry but I’m so tempted 😂
So apparently the correct response to shopping centre Santa ringing his bell is not to shout "bring out your dead!"
No sense of humour, some people...
No sense of humour, some people...
November 25, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I’m sorry but I’m so tempted 😂
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When the racist comedian Bernard Manning fell out of fashion in more tolerant times and stopped appearing on TV he defended his long history of appalling offensive "jokes" as nothing more than "banter"and insisted that he "had a go at everyone".
This is the Bernard Manning defence.
This is the Bernard Manning defence.
November 25, 2025 at 7:19 AM
When the racist comedian Bernard Manning fell out of fashion in more tolerant times and stopped appearing on TV he defended his long history of appalling offensive "jokes" as nothing more than "banter"and insisted that he "had a go at everyone".
This is the Bernard Manning defence.
This is the Bernard Manning defence.
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This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy already has over 30,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 this week.
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:32 AM
This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy already has over 30,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 this week.
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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I’ve written a special post (free) for a friend on her birthday about the story of a ship with the same name.
The museum ship HMS Caroline, the past surviving vessel that saw action at Jutland and a training school through much of the 20th Century
jerijerod14.substack.com/p/the-caroline
#history
The museum ship HMS Caroline, the past surviving vessel that saw action at Jutland and a training school through much of the 20th Century
jerijerod14.substack.com/p/the-caroline
#history
The Caroline
So I found an old notebook the other day when looking for some research notes for an upcoming article and found at the front a list of “Things to do by 2025”.
jerijerod14.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:37 AM
I’ve written a special post (free) for a friend on her birthday about the story of a ship with the same name.
The museum ship HMS Caroline, the past surviving vessel that saw action at Jutland and a training school through much of the 20th Century
jerijerod14.substack.com/p/the-caroline
#history
The museum ship HMS Caroline, the past surviving vessel that saw action at Jutland and a training school through much of the 20th Century
jerijerod14.substack.com/p/the-caroline
#history