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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 7h

Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack.

Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.

Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.

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Damien Scully @dazzlingdamo.bsky.social · 14h

As I am up late I thought I would have a go at Cardle early.
Mostly happy with this result
Cardle 3/5
Streak 1🔥

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Chris Kendall 👊🇪🇺🧶 @ottocr.at · 22h

this high quality gag came from someone who is also here but as he hasn’t posted it himself I assume he doesn’t want to be tagged to share in the glory

Farage is being interviewed. He says “I WAS ABOUT 14 AND IT WAS OVER THE PHOTO OF EVA BRAUN”. The interviewer says “ERM... I ASKED YOU ABOUT THE WEST BANK”

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Damien Scully @dazzlingdamo.bsky.social · 22h

I was handicapped by this, having the wrong name, well, the US market name, but the proper name was my first thought! An amount of flailing around followed this!
Cardle 4/5
Streak 2🔥

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Cardle

Guess the car in 5 tries. A new car is available each day.

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Damien Scully @dazzlingdamo.bsky.social · 22h

Got to love a time when a "sports car" with a mid-mounted engine could happily get by with 85bhp!

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 1d

Private Eye offers up an excellently scornful commentary on the relentless polling. It’s become ridiculous and has oversimplified our politics to dangerous levels of stupid and irresponsible.

SHOCK POLL:
NIGEL FARAGE WILL BE PM TOMORROW
IN an amazing poll conducted
by The Pointless Polling Company, it was revealed that voters' intentions
may well change over the next three and a half years and at present it's 100 percent impossible to guess what the next government might look like.
However, 99 percent of journalists
agree that it would be much more fun if we had an election tomorrow and everybody resigned and everything was chaos and Farage had a go at being PM, just for the hell of it, because it was so much fun when
Brexit happened and then the government kept falling every five minutes and we could write endless pieces about (cont. p94)

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Damien Scully @dazzlingdamo.bsky.social · 1d

I watched this last night on iPlayer, I worked in London in the mid 80's but didn't spent time in Soho. Found this really interesting and a bit jarring as to how inaccurate my memory is!
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BBC - Just Another Day, Series 2, Soho

John Pitman talks to people who live and work in Soho. (1985)

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Damien Scully @dazzlingdamo.bsky.social · 1d

Paging @jeckythump.bsky.social

UK Classic Cars (ukcc.bs247.net) @ukclassiccars.bsky.social · 1d

Ad: For Sale - Triumph 1300 TC #Triumph1300TC #ClassicCars #CarEnthusiasts

Triumph 1300 TC

Seller: metcalfe3270 (83.3% positive feedback) Location: GB Condition: Used Buy It Now

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Damien Scully @dazzlingdamo.bsky.social · 1d

Arguably should have got this sooner
Cardle 2025-10-09 Score: ❌❌✔️➖➖ cardle.uk

Damien Scully @dazzlingdamo.bsky.social · 1d

Well you did better than me 😕
I think we have that with a different name. As I didn't get the brand it made little difference to Cardle 5/5

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Damien Scully @dazzlingdamo.bsky.social · 1d

Well you did better than me 😕
I think we have that with a different name. As I didn't get the brand it made little difference to Cardle 5/5

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Jim Magill @thealso.bsky.social · 2d

The rarest Panda of them all

Ducati Monster

Number 248 of 620 made

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The Car Factoids @thecarfactoids.bsky.social · 2d

Know Your BL Colours:
No:25 Bracken

Here’s a colour I’m not too familiar with (have you heard of it?) & I’m wondering what’s the best way to describe it - a light orange or a warm beige?
(📸: IG a/c classicsbychance)

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Damien Scully @dazzlingdamo.bsky.social · 2d

Brave Citroën enthusiast sought.⬇️

UK Classic Cars (ukcc.bs247.net) @ukclassiccars.bsky.social · 2d

Ad: For Sale - Citroën GSA barn find in need of some love quite a rare car #CitroenGSA #BarnFind #ClassicCars

Citroën GSA barn find in need of some love quite a rare car

Seller: bi717512 (98.6% positive feedback) Location: GB Condition: Used Buy It Now

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Damien Scully @dazzlingdamo.bsky.social · 3d

And some are easier than others!
Bit of a gift from Cardle UK tiday
Cardle 2025-10-08 Score: ✔️➖➖➖➖ cardle.uk

Damien Scully @dazzlingdamo.bsky.social · 3d

Tough one on Cardle US today, not a thing we ever had here.
Cardle 5/5

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Damien Scully @dazzlingdamo.bsky.social · 3d

Just spent a frustrating and ultimately unsuccessful morning trying to buy Maisie Peters tickets for my daughter for a gig on Friday.
Ticket buying is a disheartening process.
#MaisiePeters

Damien Scully @dazzlingdamo.bsky.social · 3d

I worked.at a Vauxhall dealership in London for a while. Once had a conversation with a cop who was concerned that with 4 cops in full kit a gun cabinet in the boot an Omega would exceed it's Max Gross Weight.

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Damien Scully @dazzlingdamo.bsky.social · 3d

Pretty sure Summertime Special was also a Saturday night variety show in the '80s

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Damien Scully @dazzlingdamo.bsky.social · 3d

I mean, you could argue VW didn't really exist until 1949, there were many other German manufacturers were enthusiastic suppliers to the Government of the day...

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Damien Scully @dazzlingdamo.bsky.social · 3d

Not entirely convinced this article, which blames some of the plight of UK policing on the influence of lefty academics through the teaching of the police Constable Degree, has survived contact with reality, in the shape of Panorama, all that well!
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How the police learn two-tier policing | James Martin Charlton | The Critic Magazine

Two-tier policing has become a familiar term used for the widespread suspicion that police in the UK apply inconsistent standards to different groups – a pattern often seen as symptomatic of bias or…

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The Car Factoids @thecarfactoids.bsky.social · 3d

Know Your BL Colours:
No: 17 Bronze Yellow

One of BL’s 1st ‘showroom friendly’ Austin Morris (& MG) colours introduced in 1969, this found favour with sporty models like the Austin/Morris 1300 GT (one of three initial colour options available - Flame Red & Glacier White were the others)…

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 3d

"The day had begun with Robert Jenrick accused of racism. This is of course quite unfair. Racists believe in something." Absolutely fantastic sketch by @roberthutton.co.uk. Every line is a banger:

Rob whistle | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine

The day had begun with Robert Jenrick accused of racism. This is of course quite unfair. Racists believe in something. Some of us remember Jenrick as a chubby-cheeked fan of David Cameron fighting…

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Damien Scully @dazzlingdamo.bsky.social · 3d

Top and car model's own.

The Car Factoids @thecarfactoids.bsky.social · 3d

Know Your BL Colours:
No: 16 Tahiti Blue

BL’s blue for Austin Morris cars (& Triumphs) in the mid-‘70’s, this replaced Teal Blue & was chosen by my Dad for his 1st Princess (note the generous panel gap & the brat (me) obscuring the wedge)…

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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 4d

Thing I learned today:

The shard was digitally added to the London skyline for the film “Children Of Men” made in 2007 to make film more authentic

Footage of film children of men showing London on 16th November 2027 with the shard building in shot

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