Ern400
@ern400.bsky.social
Pro: EU, ‘woke’, ECHR, NHS, Remain, FBPE,
Anti: Brexiteer, Tory, FPTP,
Current affairs, gardening, music, food, art, nature
Anti: Brexiteer, Tory, FPTP,
Current affairs, gardening, music, food, art, nature
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For the rain it raineth every day.
February 9, 2026 at 9:00 AM
For the rain it raineth every day.
‘Two Boys Fighting Over A Bladder’
Wright of Derby
National Gallery Exhibition
Wright of Derby
National Gallery Exhibition
February 9, 2026 at 11:49 AM
‘Two Boys Fighting Over A Bladder’
Wright of Derby
National Gallery Exhibition
Wright of Derby
National Gallery Exhibition
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By popular demand, we are removing the paywall from this informative and prescient article by @adambienkov.bsky.social from last July's print edition
The Myth of Morgan McSweeney subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/75/t...
The Myth of Morgan McSweeney subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/75/t...
The Myth of Morgan McSweeney – Byline Times Digital / Print Edition
The established press’ focus on supposedly ‘all powerful’ individual advisors often obscures the more important structural issues that come to define politics, writes Adam Bienkov
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February 9, 2026 at 8:24 AM
By popular demand, we are removing the paywall from this informative and prescient article by @adambienkov.bsky.social from last July's print edition
The Myth of Morgan McSweeney subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/75/t...
The Myth of Morgan McSweeney subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/75/t...
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Bad Bunny understood the assignment…
February 9, 2026 at 3:05 AM
Bad Bunny understood the assignment…
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February 9, 2026 at 7:31 AM
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Beach politics.
Cormorant and Terns.
#photography #nature #outdoors #birdwatching #beach #goedemorgen
Cormorant and Terns.
#photography #nature #outdoors #birdwatching #beach #goedemorgen
February 8, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Beach politics.
Cormorant and Terns.
#photography #nature #outdoors #birdwatching #beach #goedemorgen
Cormorant and Terns.
#photography #nature #outdoors #birdwatching #beach #goedemorgen
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Growing Older Thought for the Day…
February 6, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Growing Older Thought for the Day…
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Liam is home now and we are grateful to @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social for traveling to Minneapolis with him and his dad.
Welcome home Liam ❤️❤️
Welcome home Liam ❤️❤️
February 1, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Liam is home now and we are grateful to @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social for traveling to Minneapolis with him and his dad.
Welcome home Liam ❤️❤️
Welcome home Liam ❤️❤️
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Morgan McSweeney resigns.
Eventually.
Eventually.
February 8, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Morgan McSweeney resigns.
Eventually.
Eventually.
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As the TV Licence is increasing by £5.50 to an eye watering £180, it’s a time to remember where that money goes👇🏼👇🏼
Fun fact - Laura Kuenssberg is paid circa £395,000, so that’s a whopping £665,000 paid to just 2 third rate ex journalists, who are now full time Reform cheerleaders promoting Farage 😡
Fun fact - Laura Kuenssberg is paid circa £395,000, so that’s a whopping £665,000 paid to just 2 third rate ex journalists, who are now full time Reform cheerleaders promoting Farage 😡
Chris Mason BBC Political Editor is paid circa £270,000 by licence payers. His expertise includes
Promoting Farage & Reform at any opportunity ✅
Avoiding challenging Farage/Reform re policies, funding, U-Turns, lies etc ✅
Producing negative PR on Govt/other parties✅
Amplifying Right Wing rhetoric ✅
Promoting Farage & Reform at any opportunity ✅
Avoiding challenging Farage/Reform re policies, funding, U-Turns, lies etc ✅
Producing negative PR on Govt/other parties✅
Amplifying Right Wing rhetoric ✅
February 7, 2026 at 12:46 PM
As the TV Licence is increasing by £5.50 to an eye watering £180, it’s a time to remember where that money goes👇🏼👇🏼
Fun fact - Laura Kuenssberg is paid circa £395,000, so that’s a whopping £665,000 paid to just 2 third rate ex journalists, who are now full time Reform cheerleaders promoting Farage 😡
Fun fact - Laura Kuenssberg is paid circa £395,000, so that’s a whopping £665,000 paid to just 2 third rate ex journalists, who are now full time Reform cheerleaders promoting Farage 😡
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The most pathetic person in the world is someone with sight but refuses to see.
Inspired by Helen Keller and her famous quote on vision.
Inspired by Helen Keller and her famous quote on vision.
February 5, 2026 at 10:54 PM
The most pathetic person in the world is someone with sight but refuses to see.
Inspired by Helen Keller and her famous quote on vision.
Inspired by Helen Keller and her famous quote on vision.
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New on FT website:
Downing Street has refused to say whether Sir Keir Starmer knew Palantir was a client of Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm when they both visited the company in Washington last February — ahead of it winning a £240mn UK government contract.
www.ft.com/content/5bba...
Downing Street has refused to say whether Sir Keir Starmer knew Palantir was a client of Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm when they both visited the company in Washington last February — ahead of it winning a £240mn UK government contract.
www.ft.com/content/5bba...
Starmer faces questions over visit to Palantir office alongside Mandelson
Former ambassador was also shareholder in lobbying group that counted US tech firm as a client
www.ft.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:20 AM
New on FT website:
Downing Street has refused to say whether Sir Keir Starmer knew Palantir was a client of Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm when they both visited the company in Washington last February — ahead of it winning a £240mn UK government contract.
www.ft.com/content/5bba...
Downing Street has refused to say whether Sir Keir Starmer knew Palantir was a client of Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm when they both visited the company in Washington last February — ahead of it winning a £240mn UK government contract.
www.ft.com/content/5bba...
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A timely reminder.
Photographer Art Shay, Chicago 1950.
Photographer Art Shay, Chicago 1950.
February 5, 2026 at 1:51 PM
A timely reminder.
Photographer Art Shay, Chicago 1950.
Photographer Art Shay, Chicago 1950.
The last of the panettone.
February 5, 2026 at 2:33 PM
The last of the panettone.
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
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February 3, 2026 at 9:25 AM
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Yet another grey day...
February 3, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Yet another grey day...
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“In the presence of nature, a wild delight runs through the man, in spite of real sorrows.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
February 3, 2026 at 7:06 PM
“In the presence of nature, a wild delight runs through the man, in spite of real sorrows.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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With all the Mandelson stuff going on it's amazing how public opinion suggests the UK public are looking forward to voting for MORE corruption in politics not less. Now might be a good time for parties to highlight how Mandy's bribes are jus the tip of the iceberg Farage is chasing.
February 2, 2026 at 5:33 PM
With all the Mandelson stuff going on it's amazing how public opinion suggests the UK public are looking forward to voting for MORE corruption in politics not less. Now might be a good time for parties to highlight how Mandy's bribes are jus the tip of the iceberg Farage is chasing.
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Couples, Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh, 1966, photo by Robert Blomfield.
February 2, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Couples, Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh, 1966, photo by Robert Blomfield.