Bernie Baldwin
@berniebaldwin.bsky.social
ROOOOOOOT!!!! Congratulations on your 1st test century in Australia.
He is, of course, another of #YorkshiresFinest
He is, of course, another of #YorkshiresFinest
December 4, 2025 at 10:42 AM
ROOOOOOOT!!!! Congratulations on your 1st test century in Australia.
He is, of course, another of #YorkshiresFinest
He is, of course, another of #YorkshiresFinest
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Print version of letter from @leedseurope.bsky.social Chair @leedsblue67.bsky.social in @yorkshirepost.co.uk #BrexitReality #EuropeanUnion #RejoinEU
December 4, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Print version of letter from @leedseurope.bsky.social Chair @leedsblue67.bsky.social in @yorkshirepost.co.uk #BrexitReality #EuropeanUnion #RejoinEU
RIP the great, the legendary Steve Cropper. He composed (or co-composed) so many wonderful tunes - Soul Limbo, Time Is Tight, Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay and much more. Here's his understated guitar work on the fabulous Green Onions
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD6i...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD6i...
Green Onions (2023 Remaster)
YouTube video by Booker T. & the M.G.’s - Topic
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December 4, 2025 at 9:43 AM
RIP the great, the legendary Steve Cropper. He composed (or co-composed) so many wonderful tunes - Soul Limbo, Time Is Tight, Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay and much more. Here's his understated guitar work on the fabulous Green Onions
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD6i...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD6i...
First time I’ve read this Bulletin - excellent stuff, highly recommended.
Today in Politics, Bulletin 262. Trump sleeps through another Cabinet meeting, the WH steals from then attacks a Grammy-winning artist, and everything else that happened today in politics. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
Today in Politics, Bulletin 262. 12/2/25
… After posting a blizzard of deranged QAnon content, threats, and conspiracies on Truth Social past midnight last night, Trump was back at it again starting at 5:48 AM.
open.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:14 AM
First time I’ve read this Bulletin - excellent stuff, highly recommended.
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🚨BOOM! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 80,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000 this weekend. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 28, 2025 at 9:19 AM
🚨BOOM! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 80,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000 this weekend. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
I've not always agreed with Richard Burgon, but this is simple messaging that the upper echelons of the #LabourParty need to heed and implement:
www.instagram.com/reel/DRhSMIv...
www.instagram.com/reel/DRhSMIv...
November 27, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I've not always agreed with Richard Burgon, but this is simple messaging that the upper echelons of the #LabourParty need to heed and implement:
www.instagram.com/reel/DRhSMIv...
www.instagram.com/reel/DRhSMIv...
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When Rachel Reeves and the OBR blame Brexit for Budget Day tax rises and the state of the economy, REMEMBER:
Labour is backing Brexit, and the OBR is making its forecasts based on the damage Brexit HAS ALREADY DONE!
#budget2025
Labour is backing Brexit, and the OBR is making its forecasts based on the damage Brexit HAS ALREADY DONE!
#budget2025
November 26, 2025 at 10:42 AM
When Rachel Reeves and the OBR blame Brexit for Budget Day tax rises and the state of the economy, REMEMBER:
Labour is backing Brexit, and the OBR is making its forecasts based on the damage Brexit HAS ALREADY DONE!
#budget2025
Labour is backing Brexit, and the OBR is making its forecasts based on the damage Brexit HAS ALREADY DONE!
#budget2025
A six-point thread which will dismay many. Come on #BBC, you can do better than this.
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 10:27 AM
A six-point thread which will dismay many. Come on #BBC, you can do better than this.
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It's infuriating to see so much of the media give Kruger the same kid gloves treatment that Rees-Mogg used to get because he is posh and polite and able to wrap his bigotry in enough intellectual tissue paper to make it seem like a political philosophy rather than an expression of white supremacy.
Reform are so dangerous and this headline doesn’t do it justice. I also think a piece like this should start with the politician‘s core views just to emphasise the urgency.
November 22, 2025 at 6:40 PM
It's infuriating to see so much of the media give Kruger the same kid gloves treatment that Rees-Mogg used to get because he is posh and polite and able to wrap his bigotry in enough intellectual tissue paper to make it seem like a political philosophy rather than an expression of white supremacy.
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Britons are that family – and the giant hole in the roof is Brexit.
November 22, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Britons are that family – and the giant hole in the roof is Brexit.
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Today on #TransDayOfRemembrance we remember our trans siblings who have lost their lives to transphobia, hatred & violence…🧵
Today, on Transgender Day of Remembrance, we remember the transgender lives lost to violence.
The Green Party stands shoulder to shoulder with transgender people in the face of increasing transphobic rhetoric in our society and politics.
The Green Party stands shoulder to shoulder with transgender people in the face of increasing transphobic rhetoric in our society and politics.
November 20, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Today on #TransDayOfRemembrance we remember our trans siblings who have lost their lives to transphobia, hatred & violence…🧵
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The UK isn’t a “soft touch” on asylum.
UK asylum seeker benefits are similar to European neighbours
No right to work before 12 months (it’s 6 months in France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands)
UK settlement after 5 years (it’s 3 or 4 in Germany)
Let’s cut out the alarmist rhetoric.
UK asylum seeker benefits are similar to European neighbours
No right to work before 12 months (it’s 6 months in France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands)
UK settlement after 5 years (it’s 3 or 4 in Germany)
Let’s cut out the alarmist rhetoric.
November 19, 2025 at 11:52 AM
The UK isn’t a “soft touch” on asylum.
UK asylum seeker benefits are similar to European neighbours
No right to work before 12 months (it’s 6 months in France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands)
UK settlement after 5 years (it’s 3 or 4 in Germany)
Let’s cut out the alarmist rhetoric.
UK asylum seeker benefits are similar to European neighbours
No right to work before 12 months (it’s 6 months in France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands)
UK settlement after 5 years (it’s 3 or 4 in Germany)
Let’s cut out the alarmist rhetoric.
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For those who don’t remember, Google’s original 2004 motto was “Don’t be evil.” During the first Trump term in 2018, it removed its long-obsolete motto from the preface of its code of conduct.
NEW: Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while also removing apps designed to warn communities about ICE officials.
“Google wanted to ‘not be evil’ back in the day. Well, they're evil now."
“Google wanted to ‘not be evil’ back in the day. Well, they're evil now."
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
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November 13, 2025 at 3:54 PM
For those who don’t remember, Google’s original 2004 motto was “Don’t be evil.” During the first Trump term in 2018, it removed its long-obsolete motto from the preface of its code of conduct.
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It's the new, "those immigrants want all your biscuits".
The inevitable next step; politicians responding not to the critical causes, but to the phoney "fury" & "rage" in the right wing press every single day.
Lies & misrepresentations that are then amplified by the BBC.
#r4today
The inevitable next step; politicians responding not to the critical causes, but to the phoney "fury" & "rage" in the right wing press every single day.
Lies & misrepresentations that are then amplified by the BBC.
#r4today
November 18, 2025 at 7:06 AM
It's the new, "those immigrants want all your biscuits".
The inevitable next step; politicians responding not to the critical causes, but to the phoney "fury" & "rage" in the right wing press every single day.
Lies & misrepresentations that are then amplified by the BBC.
#r4today
The inevitable next step; politicians responding not to the critical causes, but to the phoney "fury" & "rage" in the right wing press every single day.
Lies & misrepresentations that are then amplified by the BBC.
#r4today
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This thread collating the Sheffield Tribune’s brilliant investigation into the spivvy lawyer threatening Yorkshire leaseholders into handing over cash is worth reading before the story goes national.
Excellent and courageous investigative journalism.
The fact that it is (apparently) legal to do this to people is utterly disgusting.
The fact that it is (apparently) legal to do this to people is utterly disgusting.
“It broke my heart, that was my savings towards a new car,” one woman who paid Milne tens of thousands of pounds told us. “He has just wiped me out.”
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
November 18, 2025 at 7:21 AM
This thread collating the Sheffield Tribune’s brilliant investigation into the spivvy lawyer threatening Yorkshire leaseholders into handing over cash is worth reading before the story goes national.
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Not all parties are the same.
There is an alternative to the
far right hate being promulgated by Starmer's Labour and the official opposition.
bsky.app/profile/zack...
There is an alternative to the
far right hate being promulgated by Starmer's Labour and the official opposition.
bsky.app/profile/zack...
The Labour Government reeling off the same far-right talking points on immigration. And look who is celebrating. The far-right.
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
November 16, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Not all parties are the same.
There is an alternative to the
far right hate being promulgated by Starmer's Labour and the official opposition.
bsky.app/profile/zack...
There is an alternative to the
far right hate being promulgated by Starmer's Labour and the official opposition.
bsky.app/profile/zack...
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What is it about the Home Office?
Mahmood is beginning to sound just like Patel & Braverman.
Getting so sick of Labour Ministers trying to out-Tory the Tories, trying to out-Reform Reform.
Wasn't the whole point of electing them to see the change they promised?
www.lbc.co.uk/article/mahm...
Mahmood is beginning to sound just like Patel & Braverman.
Getting so sick of Labour Ministers trying to out-Tory the Tories, trying to out-Reform Reform.
Wasn't the whole point of electing them to see the change they promised?
www.lbc.co.uk/article/mahm...
Home Secretary plots sweeping immigration reforms 'and more deportations' after 50k criminals sent home under Labour | LBC
The Home Secretary is set to launch major ECHR and Modern Slavery reforms
www.lbc.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 6:19 AM
What is it about the Home Office?
Mahmood is beginning to sound just like Patel & Braverman.
Getting so sick of Labour Ministers trying to out-Tory the Tories, trying to out-Reform Reform.
Wasn't the whole point of electing them to see the change they promised?
www.lbc.co.uk/article/mahm...
Mahmood is beginning to sound just like Patel & Braverman.
Getting so sick of Labour Ministers trying to out-Tory the Tories, trying to out-Reform Reform.
Wasn't the whole point of electing them to see the change they promised?
www.lbc.co.uk/article/mahm...
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Why the BBC should not counter-claim against Trump, whatever he calls them, unless as a last resort.
A counter-claim here would be a last resort. The objective should be to extract BBC from litigation, not tie it in more messily and expensively.
A counterclaim would give Trump all the rights of a defendant as well as a plaintiff.
Would be a nightmare, given his litigation game playing.
A counterclaim would give Trump all the rights of a defendant as well as a plaintiff.
Would be a nightmare, given his litigation game playing.
November 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Why the BBC should not counter-claim against Trump, whatever he calls them, unless as a last resort.
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The BBC should shame the American broadcasters for their spineless capitulation by refusing to be bullied, writes @arusbridger.bsky.social.
The four-word message the BBC should send Trump about his $1bn lawsuit
The corporation must show it will not be cowed, unlike American broadcast media, and call the president’s bluff
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The BBC should shame the American broadcasters for their spineless capitulation by refusing to be bullied, writes @arusbridger.bsky.social.
Excellent thread and responses, particularly that from @preno67.bsky.social .
Bigger picture of Labour's tax shenanigans is to delay once again, possibly beyond the next election, the point at which UK politics makes some attempt to compromise with reality.
November 14, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Excellent thread and responses, particularly that from @preno67.bsky.social .
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I'm not sure if others have noticed this, but interesting that one of the Prescott criticisms of the BBC is based on those of the 'History Reclaimed' group, which is also associated with the 'Restore Trust' group's attacks on & so far unsuccessful attempts to take control of the National Trust. 1/3
November 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I'm not sure if others have noticed this, but interesting that one of the Prescott criticisms of the BBC is based on those of the 'History Reclaimed' group, which is also associated with the 'Restore Trust' group's attacks on & so far unsuccessful attempts to take control of the National Trust. 1/3
Excellent points made here the LibDem leader - plus some interesting responses. Worth a good look.
Robbie Gibb was appointed to the BBC Board by Boris Johnson, was an editorial advisor for GB News, and worked as Theresa May's Director of Comms.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
November 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Excellent points made here the LibDem leader - plus some interesting responses. Worth a good look.
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I think I do understand it but none of it reflects well on them.
They are terrified. Terrified of the right wing media, terrified of Farage and most of all, terrified of Trump.
Everyone in this govt will look back in 20 years and regret their cowardice. But that's how cowardice works isn't it?
They are terrified. Terrified of the right wing media, terrified of Farage and most of all, terrified of Trump.
Everyone in this govt will look back in 20 years and regret their cowardice. But that's how cowardice works isn't it?
November 11, 2025 at 8:45 AM
I think I do understand it but none of it reflects well on them.
They are terrified. Terrified of the right wing media, terrified of Farage and most of all, terrified of Trump.
Everyone in this govt will look back in 20 years and regret their cowardice. But that's how cowardice works isn't it?
They are terrified. Terrified of the right wing media, terrified of Farage and most of all, terrified of Trump.
Everyone in this govt will look back in 20 years and regret their cowardice. But that's how cowardice works isn't it?
Superb speech by @stellacreasy.bsky.social on why the UK should remain a signatory to the ECHR.
www.instagram.com/reel/DQt7OO1...
www.instagram.com/reel/DQt7OO1...
undefined on Instagram: "stellacreasyDon’t be fooled - those urging us to leave the ECHR are attacking immigrants to cover up this is really about attacking…"
stellacreasyDon’t be fooled - those urging us to leave the ECHR are attacking immigrants to cover up this is really about attacking our freedoms and the protection it gives all our human rights. Freedom is worth fighting for - join @labourmovementforeurope to help support those of us telling the truth!
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November 10, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Superb speech by @stellacreasy.bsky.social on why the UK should remain a signatory to the ECHR.
www.instagram.com/reel/DQt7OO1...
www.instagram.com/reel/DQt7OO1...
Interesting and valuable thread on the BBC and one officer of the Corporation in particular.
Should Gibb be sacked? yes, obviously. He's an abomination of basic journalistic standards. His GB News channel spreads conspiracy theory & disinformation. His Jewish Chronicle newspaper spreads invented stories. He is plainly trying to undermine the BBC so it's as bad as everything else he touches.
November 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Interesting and valuable thread on the BBC and one officer of the Corporation in particular.