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Cllr Brian Wernham 🔶 C.Eng. MA History
@brianwernham.bsky.social
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🔶 Lib Dem Councillor for Stanwix Urban Ward, Cumberland Council
📍Carlisle, Cumbria
Proud to be British 🇬🇧
Proud to be a Lib Dem 🔶
Proud to be an internationalist🌍, not a xenophobe
Promoted by Liberal Democrats, 66 Buckingham Gate, London
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The Manchurian Candidate
Movie 1962
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Blu-Ray restoration

Angela Lansbury brilliant in this

Audio commentary by director John Frankenheimer
February 9, 2026 at 11:18 PM
brianwernham.bsky.social
The Manchurian Candidate
Movie 1962
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Blu-Ray restoration

Angela Lansbury brilliant in this

Audio commentary by director John Frankenheimer
February 9, 2026 at 11:16 PM
brianwernham.bsky.social
"Two ICE agents said that in Buffalo Culleton had signed documents agreeing to be deported. Culleton said he did not agree and that the signatures were not his."

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Irish man with valid US work permit held in ICE detention for five months
Seamus Culleton has lived in US for two decades, married a citizen and runs a plastering business but faces deportation
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:06 PM
brianwernham.bsky.social
Oligometastatic Prostate Cancer intensive surveillance strategy

ChatGPT can be brutal When assessing clinical attitudes of some oncologists and inability to adapt to PSA test and PSMA-era paradigm shift
February 9, 2026 at 10:27 PM
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BREAKING NEWS IN CUMBRIA

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Firefighters rescue cow stuck in mud near Threlkeld
The animal was rescued in a three-hour operation, Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service says.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 8:51 PM
brianwernham.bsky.social
As a piece of art designed to annoy Trump, Mr Bunny's Super Bowl half-time show excels*

*Lady Gaga was best bit
February 9, 2026 at 8:47 PM
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laurajerramp.bsky.social
Wow - This is a very long list ….!
February 9, 2026 at 6:02 PM
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A government-commissioned independent review into carer’s allowance published in November blamed systemic DWP leadership failures, poor benefit design, and flawed and unlawful administrative guidance.

www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
DWP permanent secretary to step down after carer’s allowance scandal
Peter Schofield tells staff he will leave the department for personal reasons
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:28 PM
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How many Councillors have Reform lost since May?
www.markpack.org.uk/175342/how-m...
How many councillors has Reform UK lost since May?
A regularly updated list of all the local councillors that Reform UK has shed from the May local elections.
www.markpack.org.uk
February 9, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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Odds of Starmer going

I went in the gym it was 1/4 on

Came out and it was 1/7 on
February 9, 2026 at 3:47 PM
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BREAKING
2 MINUTES AGO

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar calls on Keir Starmer to stand down

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar calls on Keir Starmer to stand down
Sarwar tells press conference: ‘The distraction has to end and the leadership in Downing Street has to change’
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:47 PM
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Keir Starmer to resign this year?

More probable (1/4 on) now

Was 1/3 on
February 9, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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Maine:

Nurse & co-worker (US citizens) passed ICE vehicle - followed them, rolled its window down

"I’m gonna arrest three more families today, just for you, ha ha ha – and this evil, sinister laugh,” the nurse said

"We were both stunned and shocked"

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Maine shaken by ICE raids as backlash threatens Republican Senate control
Workers and unions condemn ICE operation as ‘horrific’ as pressure builds on Susan Collins, facing re-election this year
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:04 PM
brianwernham.bsky.social
Randox Premium Male Hormone testing kit £43 🇬🇧 with Tasso collection device - last time I got an accurate T result.

The previous times I used fingerprint collection and although the other hormone readings were reliable, the T was completely wild and inaccurate (10x normal !)
February 9, 2026 at 8:13 AM
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Uht lactose-free milk porridge test

Morrisons on the top and ARLA filtered on the bottom

The ARLA cost twice as much but it's four times better
February 9, 2026 at 8:06 AM
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Rose was just cleaning the room...
February 8, 2026 at 11:54 PM
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sher12.bsky.social
February 8, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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bluewavesurfer.bsky.social
Another Idiot bites the dust....
February 8, 2026 at 11:34 PM
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UFO'S

Arghhh!
February 8, 2026 at 11:21 PM
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One well-placed source said documents would show the Cabinet Office’s propriety and ethics team had warned of the serious reputational risk of appointing Mandelson given his publicly known links with Epstein.

If this is true then Starmer might as well go now

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Starmer in fight to reassert control over Labour party after McSweeney exit
Allies hope aide’s departure can quell anger over Mandelson scandal but others say it leaves PM dangerously exposed
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:51 PM
brianwernham.bsky.social
McSweeney 🔜 Reeves 🔜 Starmer
February 8, 2026 at 10:35 PM
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gxldsociety.bsky.social
Seems like the Epstein files are full of billionaires and not immigrants.
February 8, 2026 at 4:31 AM
brianwernham.bsky.social
Rayner?
Streeting?
February 8, 2026 at 9:52 AM
brianwernham.bsky.social
Poor people:
when sacked for dismissible conduct behaviour:
£0

Privileged people:
£55,000
three months’ salary

www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Foreign Office to review Peter Mandelson’s US ambassador payoff – UK politics live
Mandelson under increasing pressure to return payout after he was sacked over as US ambassador over his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 8:57 AM
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julianb77.bsky.social
Are Ant and Dec still proud of sane washing Farage for ratings now?
May 3, 2025 at 11:08 AM