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David Oliver @mancunianmedic.bsky.social · 19m

it is one reason i have pretty much stopped doing them
the endless preparation time got to me in the end

David Oliver @mancunianmedic.bsky.social · 20m

Having a go at this tonight
Should be foolproof
(except Pastry handling)

But the trouble with making things foolproof is that fools are so darn ingenious

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David Oliver @mancunianmedic.bsky.social · 3h

any names you'd like to share?
Or will that remain a closely guarded secret?

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 6h

“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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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 6h

Most people seem to have missed who retweeted this picture of Farage in Gill’s office a few days after Gill began receiving his first bribes from Oleh Voloshyn (Oleg Voloshin). None other than…

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 6h

Byline Times has been told by various sources that Farage has maintained a close interest in Ukraine’s conflict with Russia…
But Farage’s ignorance of this particular set of pro-Russian influencers around Nathan Gill is even more questionable….

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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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 19h

Same day. Same plenary session. Same visit to Gill’s office. Same Farage, Same Gill, same wife of sanctioned pro Russian agent.

Six days after the first bribery charge

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Sir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 3d

Sing along everybody!

🎵Any time you're Handsworth way
Any evening, any day
You'll find us all
Doin' the Jenrick walk.

Ev'ry little Racist gal
With her little Nazi pal
You'll find 'em all
Doin' the Jenrick walk.
Oi!🎵

The old songs are the best! 😊

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Sir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 1d

My nominations for Nobel Peace prize:
Donald Trump (Israel-Cambodia ceasefire)
JD Vance (Sofas)
Kemi Badenough ((Stamp Duty)
Robert Jenrick (Multiculturalism)
Alan Carr (Celebrity Traitors)
Mac & Katie Kissoon (Sugar Candy Kisses-great song)
Liz Truss (Moisture)
Erm
That’s
It.

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Sir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 7h

So Canterbury Cathedral has been vandalised by its own woke clergy.
What next?
Skunk smoking after the Gospel?
Hymns by Black Sabbath & Motorneck?
Vicars dressed in jeggings?
A female Archbishop?
Drag queens leading prayer?
Trans tombs?
Yoga in the nave?
Moths?
OUTRAGEOUS!
😡

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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 6h

Right you are.

McDonald’s diner fuming over £200 fine after visiting drive-thru

The married dad-of-two said it took him fifteen minutes just to get through the busy drive-thru

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 6h

Regret to report that TikTok influencers are still going to Butlin’s.

Mum horrified after 'beds were wet' and daughter had 'poo on hands' at Butlin's

Jasmine stayed at Butlin's Skegness with her partner and young daughter - but they were left bitterly disappointed with the 'grimy' and 'damp' accommodation

www.nottinghampost.com

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David Oliver @mancunianmedic.bsky.social · 3h

Next stop?
A TV Dramatisation, complete with trailers

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F.L. Everett @fliceverett.bsky.social · 19h

Just so you know, MURDER AT MISTLETOE MANOR is now out and available at the usual places including TESCO so you can pick it up with the milk and eggs. Add it to your shopping list, my Mum has already bought three today and completely skewed sales statistics at Burnage Big Tesco.

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David Oliver @mancunianmedic.bsky.social · 1d

The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists was published 111 years ago and yet this para describes just the attitudes fuelling and being fuelled by the rise of Reform UK and other flag shaggers

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Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social · 18h

I'm not particularly a Polanski fan, but just getting right to the point is really very straightforward, instead of all the queasy obsequiousness, and it's a blessed relief to see it

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1d

So refreshing to see someone challenge the smug, nasty Reform narrative

Anita R @venividiverily.bsky.social · 1d

I could watch Zack Polanski utterly wreck Zia Yusuf ALL DAY LONG.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 9h

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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David Oliver @mancunianmedic.bsky.social · 7h

the hypocrisy of trump and vance going on about "free speech" yet threatening/defunding/bullying universities and their staff

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Dr_Aust_PhD @draustphd.bsky.social · 17h

Recall the fate of Jewish & leftist Profs in 1930s Germany.

US academics aren't directly employed by the govt (unlike 30s Germany), so cannot simply be fired (tho' Dumpf has fired many govt research scientists).

Instead, Unis must be browbeaten into 'letting Profs go'.

Or they must be scared off.

Lauren MacIvor Thompson @lmacthompson1.bsky.social · 23h

I am writing this because it has swiftly become crystal clear to me that many people have no idea what is happening or how this works. Here is a thread for non-academics to put into context what just happened to Dr. Mark Bray, a fellow historian.

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David Oliver @mancunianmedic.bsky.social · 7h

www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Flag alert! Gary Neville may not be Orwell but he is a very English type of patriot | Barney Ronay

An easy target for accusations of luxury hypocrisy, Neville has at least tried to address an issue that has everything to do with aggressively flag-draped and militarised modern sport

www.theguardian.com

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