Stuart Gregson
@berwicklad.bsky.social
Retired diplomat. Pro-Europe. Anti-right wing. Berwick Rangers supporter.
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Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
November 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
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As Ukraine marks Holodomor Remembrance Day, mourning millions of victims of Stalin's genocidal famine, it feels as though the Trump administration is happy to give Putin another chance to finish off what Stalin started. Europe should do everything in its power to help Ukraine & defeat Russia.
November 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
As Ukraine marks Holodomor Remembrance Day, mourning millions of victims of Stalin's genocidal famine, it feels as though the Trump administration is happy to give Putin another chance to finish off what Stalin started. Europe should do everything in its power to help Ukraine & defeat Russia.
Spare a thought for those with tickets for Day 3 of the First Ashes Test. You could say that those with tickets for Day 4 were optimistic and those with tickets for Day 5 were foolish....lol.
November 22, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Spare a thought for those with tickets for Day 3 of the First Ashes Test. You could say that those with tickets for Day 4 were optimistic and those with tickets for Day 5 were foolish....lol.
Supermarket profits:- Sainsburys - £1bn; Tesco - £3bn; Morrisons - £2bn. Yet they claim they will have to put up food prices if they are taxed a little more. How about paying shareholders a little less rather than hitting customers? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Tax rises could push food prices higher, warn supermarkets
The bosses of the UK's largest supermarkets warn the chancellor against imposing higher taxes on the industry.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 26, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Supermarket profits:- Sainsburys - £1bn; Tesco - £3bn; Morrisons - £2bn. Yet they claim they will have to put up food prices if they are taxed a little more. How about paying shareholders a little less rather than hitting customers? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Reform will apparently pledge today that they'd abolish indefinite leave to remain - including retrospectively, to people already granted it. Obviously this is a moral abomination but it is also a practical and legal impossibility.
September 22, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Reform will apparently pledge today that they'd abolish indefinite leave to remain - including retrospectively, to people already granted it. Obviously this is a moral abomination but it is also a practical and legal impossibility.
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Labour's cowardice in the face of extremism iandunt.substack.com/p/labours-co...
August 29, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Labour's cowardice in the face of extremism iandunt.substack.com/p/labours-co...
I hope no-one watches it. The obvious solution, not to disappoint the contestants who took part, would be to have them on the next show to compete again - also a second chance for those who didn't win. That's if it's worth continuing with the show at all. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
MasterChef: Unseen series with Gregg Wallace and John Torode will be broadcast
The amateurs series was filmed last year featuring sacked hosts Gregg Wallace and John Torode.
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July 23, 2025 at 12:11 PM
I hope no-one watches it. The obvious solution, not to disappoint the contestants who took part, would be to have them on the next show to compete again - also a second chance for those who didn't win. That's if it's worth continuing with the show at all. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Hear hear.
Dear Prime Minister: in light of Trump’s disgraceful bullying of Zelensky today, can you please, please, please cancel the State Visit? A boor like Trump does NOT deserve to be honored by the British state.
Dear Prime Minister, during your visit to the US today, please, please, please, please do NOT invite DJT for yet another State Visit to the UK, or try to woo him with honorary Knighthood.
February 28, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Hear hear.
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This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.
I know. I was there in those camps.
I know. I was there in those camps.
January 31, 2025 at 7:11 PM
This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.
I know. I was there in those camps.
I know. I was there in those camps.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... I love the bit in this article where Denmark says part of its increased defence spending in Greenland is for "two extra dog sled teams".
Denmark boosts Greenland defence after Trump repeats desire for US control
The huge package is announced after the president-elect said US ownership of Greenland was a
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December 24, 2024 at 6:52 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... I love the bit in this article where Denmark says part of its increased defence spending in Greenland is for "two extra dog sled teams".
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Christ alive this would be a terrible decision.
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Lord Mandelson expected to be named as UK ambassador to US
The former minister and life peer will replace Dame Karen Pierce in early 2025.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 19, 2024 at 11:19 PM
Christ alive this would be a terrible decision.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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And there it is.
Netanyahu's govt has put sanctions on the Israeli newspaper Haaretz for its criticisms of Israel's behaviour.
Sanctions include prohibiting all public institutions from communicating with the paper.
This profoundly undermines democracy.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Netanyahu's govt has put sanctions on the Israeli newspaper Haaretz for its criticisms of Israel's behaviour.
Sanctions include prohibiting all public institutions from communicating with the paper.
This profoundly undermines democracy.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Israeli government imposes sanctions on Haaretz, cuts all ties and pulls advertising
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www.haaretz.com
November 25, 2024 at 10:01 AM
And there it is.
Netanyahu's govt has put sanctions on the Israeli newspaper Haaretz for its criticisms of Israel's behaviour.
Sanctions include prohibiting all public institutions from communicating with the paper.
This profoundly undermines democracy.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Netanyahu's govt has put sanctions on the Israeli newspaper Haaretz for its criticisms of Israel's behaviour.
Sanctions include prohibiting all public institutions from communicating with the paper.
This profoundly undermines democracy.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Blue poles: Number 11, 1952: Jackson Pollock: National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.
November 24, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Blue poles: Number 11, 1952: Jackson Pollock: National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.
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If you oppose NHS privatisation, please could you repost this and follow me? I need to know who to follow next (it’ll be you!) 🌟🌟🌟
November 23, 2024 at 5:09 PM
If you oppose NHS privatisation, please could you repost this and follow me? I need to know who to follow next (it’ll be you!) 🌟🌟🌟
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If you oppose NHS privatisation, please could you repost this and follow me? I need to know who to follow next (it’ll be you!) 🌟🌟🌟
November 22, 2024 at 7:33 AM
If you oppose NHS privatisation, please could you repost this and follow me? I need to know who to follow next (it’ll be you!) 🌟🌟🌟
New to Bluesky. Test post.
November 17, 2024 at 3:52 PM
New to Bluesky. Test post.