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Martin Gilson @gilbo41.bsky.social · 15h

So. Last three games:
Leeds 4.04 vs opponent 1.93 - XG
Leeds 54 vs opponent 25 - shots
Leeds 16 vs opponent 11 - on target
Leeds 101 vs opponent 42 - touches in oppo box
Leeds 3 vs opponent 6 - pesky goal-type things
Leeds 1 vs opponent 7 - points

Am not panicking yet, but DF might be 😬
#lufc

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Martin Gilson @gilbo41.bsky.social · 15h

😆 😆 😆 my thoughts exactly

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Martin Gilson @gilbo41.bsky.social · 23h

Wouldn't that constitute 'poking the bear' he was so concerned about the last ten years?

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Martin Gilson @gilbo41.bsky.social · 1d

They were amazing at YNot this year

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

British.

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Martin Gilson @gilbo41.bsky.social · 4d

Talking is easy, but hasn't been. This at least is further baby steps.

Martin Gilson @gilbo41.bsky.social · 4d

I remember my first car registration numbers: TJB164M the Escort Mk1, JGV96V Mini Special, WDX740X Escort Mk3 from between 1982-1986 but not many since.

There's a part of my brain's memory space that will never be free for actually useful stuff.

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 6d

BBC News explain that because of Brexit, Brits will be photographed and have their fingerprints taken when going into the EU, as the UK now is a third country

BBC News forget to explain that the UK helped create these rules when we were part of the EU because we wanted stronger border control

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 6d

“I’m old enough to remember when mainstream British politicians, who should know better, stirred up racial hatred as a path to power. You’re old enough to remember too because it was last Tuesday. And it was Robert Jenrick”

Cathartic anger at flag-flying racism.

www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...

Stewart Lee: The thugs have taken my flag. So I’ve taken theirs

What do you do with a lot of cheap banners hanging from motorway bridges once you’ve torn them down?

www.thenerve.news

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 7d

“Here Farage is, in Gill’s office, with Voloshyn’s wife Nadia, on the day Gill makes an intervention on behalf of Medvedchuk’s channels, with an employee of one of those channels, whose husband started bribing Gill to make these statements 6 days earlier”

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...

'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny

Insiders have told Byline Times, it is 'inconceivable' the Reform Leader did not know about his close aide's pro Russian statements

bylinetimes.com

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Martin Gilson @gilbo41.bsky.social · 8d

Am personally less than pleased with #3 & the universal rhetoric behind it, but the Gov't is quietly achieving a huge amount.

Sadly, it is doing so quietly.

Whilst being drowned out by the media's relentless promotion of Farage.

Don't know how Labour changes that.

But it must find a way, & soon.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 9d

Polanski expertly dismantling the "rich people will move if we tax them" narrative, while Denham nimbly demonstrates how very patriotic such people are.

Eddie Burfi @eddieburfi.bsky.social · 9d

Former Head of Comms for the IEA, Annabel Denham, says the super rich will leave if we have a wealth tax.

Yes, the very same IEA that brought us Liz Truss’ disastrous mini budget. 🤦🏽‍♂️

Green Party leader Zack Polanski explains that their taxable assets can’t leave. #bbcqt

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Martin Gilson @gilbo41.bsky.social · 8d

When I moved to London I said to a mate, thing about the DLR is they're every 3-4 minutes - oh, I've missed one, another 3 minutes to wait, so what?

He said, no. You will very soon begrudge every single minute... he was right!! 😁

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Martin Gilson @gilbo41.bsky.social · 12d

At YNot this summer - ace indeed.

The Last Dinner Party at YNot festival, Derbyshire August 2025

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Martin Gilson @gilbo41.bsky.social · 15d

Leeds United will be formally recognised as the UK's only legitimate religion if I become PM after the next election.

Similar vibes.
#lufc

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 17d

Javier Milei had to beg a bail-out and already needs another. Argentina's economy is in a tailspin. Gov't bonds and peso in freefall. People starving, throwing rocks at him.

Farage last year: "He's amazing. It's Thatcherism on steroids. Cutting and slashing expenditure. That's leadership."

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 18d

“I would gently point out to Nigel Farage that before we left the EU we had a returns agreement with every country in the EU. He told the country it would make no difference if we left. He was wrong about that. These are Farage boats in many senses coming across the channel” 👏

PM Keir Starmer