Graham Maughan
@maughan.bsky.social
Filmmaker, photographer, Geordie diaspora, Oxford UK
Not forgetting UAE/Emirates sponsorship of: Arsenal (inc stadium naming rights), AC Milan, Real Madrid, Benfica, Olympique Lyonnais, FC Dallas, Étoile du Sahel. When your sportswashing tentacles go this far and deep, your grip is hard to challenge.
November 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Not forgetting UAE/Emirates sponsorship of: Arsenal (inc stadium naming rights), AC Milan, Real Madrid, Benfica, Olympique Lyonnais, FC Dallas, Étoile du Sahel. When your sportswashing tentacles go this far and deep, your grip is hard to challenge.
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This is powerful stuff: the reasoning behind Pillay’s commission finding that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza.
“Children who were meant to be born from these reproductive specimens will never exist. Families will be forever changed and bloodlines may end.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
“Children who were meant to be born from these reproductive specimens will never exist. Families will be forever changed and bloodlines may end.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
November 4, 2025 at 7:44 AM
This is powerful stuff: the reasoning behind Pillay’s commission finding that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza.
“Children who were meant to be born from these reproductive specimens will never exist. Families will be forever changed and bloodlines may end.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
“Children who were meant to be born from these reproductive specimens will never exist. Families will be forever changed and bloodlines may end.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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What he said: 💯 🎯
November 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
What he said: 💯 🎯
BBC News - Richmond Council U-turn on £150 fine for coffee poured in drain - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
@ledbydonkeys.org needs to organise a mass coffee down the drain protest in Richmond. If ever a council was left by donkeys, it had to be Richmond
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@ledbydonkeys.org needs to organise a mass coffee down the drain protest in Richmond. If ever a council was left by donkeys, it had to be Richmond
Richmond Council U-turn on £150 fine for coffee poured in drain
Burcu Yesilyurt, who poured coffee down a drain in Richmond, welcomed the cancellation of the
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October 23, 2025 at 7:07 AM
BBC News - Richmond Council U-turn on £150 fine for coffee poured in drain - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
@ledbydonkeys.org needs to organise a mass coffee down the drain protest in Richmond. If ever a council was left by donkeys, it had to be Richmond
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
@ledbydonkeys.org needs to organise a mass coffee down the drain protest in Richmond. If ever a council was left by donkeys, it had to be Richmond
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Via Press Gazette: "The Daily Star’s livestream of the Liz Truss lettuce has been acquired by the British Film Institute’s National Archive for a collection of significant pieces of online video. The BFI’s curator said it was “a seminal moment in British political history”"
October 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Via Press Gazette: "The Daily Star’s livestream of the Liz Truss lettuce has been acquired by the British Film Institute’s National Archive for a collection of significant pieces of online video. The BFI’s curator said it was “a seminal moment in British political history”"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
'Robinson is just the thin end of the wedge here, the racist canary in the mine'
Brilliant by @jonathanliew.bsky.social
'Robinson is just the thin end of the wedge here, the racist canary in the mine'
Brilliant by @jonathanliew.bsky.social
Standing with Maccabi’s football hooligans against local police – is that what patriotism looks like now? | Jonathan Liew
Tommy Robinson is said to be going to Villa Park as a Maccabi Tel Aviv fan. Do the politicians jumping on this bandwagon care what they are doing, asks Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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'Robinson is just the thin end of the wedge here, the racist canary in the mine'
Brilliant by @jonathanliew.bsky.social
'Robinson is just the thin end of the wedge here, the racist canary in the mine'
Brilliant by @jonathanliew.bsky.social
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Bridget Phillipson Says Electing Lucy Powell Deputy Labour Leader Will Cost Party Next Election www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/exclus...
Exclusive: Bridget Phillipson Says Electing Lucy Powell Deputy Labour Leader Will Cost Party Next Election
The gloves are off in the battle to succeed Angela Rayner.
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October 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Bridget Phillipson Says Electing Lucy Powell Deputy Labour Leader Will Cost Party Next Election www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/exclus...
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🚨I'm joining ChinookJustice in calling on Keir Starmer to hold a judge-led public inquiry.
The Prime Minister promised transparency & accountability in public office. His disgraceful decision to deny the families an opportunity to find out the truth is the opposite of that
youtu.be/qdGh2sB7mLw?...
The Prime Minister promised transparency & accountability in public office. His disgraceful decision to deny the families an opportunity to find out the truth is the opposite of that
youtu.be/qdGh2sB7mLw?...
October 7, 2025
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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October 7, 2025 at 8:03 PM
🚨I'm joining ChinookJustice in calling on Keir Starmer to hold a judge-led public inquiry.
The Prime Minister promised transparency & accountability in public office. His disgraceful decision to deny the families an opportunity to find out the truth is the opposite of that
youtu.be/qdGh2sB7mLw?...
The Prime Minister promised transparency & accountability in public office. His disgraceful decision to deny the families an opportunity to find out the truth is the opposite of that
youtu.be/qdGh2sB7mLw?...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
So if Blair is heading up the Gaza International Transition, does this mean he is officially the GIT that he really is?
So if Blair is heading up the Gaza International Transition, does this mean he is officially the GIT that he really is?
Washington backing plan for Tony Blair to head transitional Gaza authority
Reported proposal for international body to oversee Gaza for up to five years counters UN-backed plan for faster transition to Palestinian rule
www.theguardian.com
September 26, 2025 at 7:08 AM
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
So if Blair is heading up the Gaza International Transition, does this mean he is officially the GIT that he really is?
So if Blair is heading up the Gaza International Transition, does this mean he is officially the GIT that he really is?
How the hell can David Lammy be 'mates' with this guy? @teamlabouruk.bsky.social
Vance: “People on the left are much likelier to defend and celebrate political violence. This is not a both sides problem. If both sides have a problem, then one side has a much bigger and malignant problem and that is the truth.”
September 15, 2025 at 8:29 PM
How the hell can David Lammy be 'mates' with this guy? @teamlabouruk.bsky.social
Once your nose is in the trough it's hard to stop turning into a pig
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the revelation leaves Rayner battling for her political survival, not least given she has called for big tax rises to address the UK’s strained public finances, including a crackdown on people using companies to avoid stamp duty
www.ft.com/content/064f...
www.ft.com/content/064f...
Angela Rayner admits underpaying tax on seaside property
UK deputy prime minister has referred herself to government’s ethics adviser over £800,000 Hove flat
www.ft.com
September 3, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Once your nose is in the trough it's hard to stop turning into a pig
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Others have noted that this means foreign-born people are LESS likely than UK-born people to be in prison. What I want to note is that The Times is now referring to foreign-born UK citizens as ‘foreigners’. This includes Boris Johnson, Sir Mo Farah, Emma Watson, Rory Stewart and little old me.
August 1, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Others have noted that this means foreign-born people are LESS likely than UK-born people to be in prison. What I want to note is that The Times is now referring to foreign-born UK citizens as ‘foreigners’. This includes Boris Johnson, Sir Mo Farah, Emma Watson, Rory Stewart and little old me.
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16% of the UK population was born overseas (21/22 census)
12% of UK prisoners were born overseas
Therefore people born overseas are less likely to be in jail than people born in the UK.
That should be the headline.
12% of UK prisoners were born overseas
Therefore people born overseas are less likely to be in jail than people born in the UK.
That should be the headline.
July 31, 2025 at 11:12 PM
16% of the UK population was born overseas (21/22 census)
12% of UK prisoners were born overseas
Therefore people born overseas are less likely to be in jail than people born in the UK.
That should be the headline.
12% of UK prisoners were born overseas
Therefore people born overseas are less likely to be in jail than people born in the UK.
That should be the headline.
The Starvation of Gaza is Netanyahu's Final Solution
Grotesque
Grotesque
Israel’s food points are not just death traps – they’re an alibi for the starvation of Gaza | Alex de Waal
Israel’s food points are not just death traps – they’re an alibi for the starvation of Gaza | Alex de Waal
We saw famine in Biafra and Ethiopia. In the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s ‘aid distribution system’ we see an attempt to destroy a whole society, says academic and writer Alex de Waal
www.theguardian.com
August 1, 2025 at 6:49 AM
The Starvation of Gaza is Netanyahu's Final Solution
Grotesque
Grotesque
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Watch @oliviablakemp.bsky.social’s brutal takedown of driven grouse shooting in just 90 seconds from last weeks debate in Parliament.
@wildjustice.bsky.social
@wildjustice.bsky.social
July 6, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Watch @oliviablakemp.bsky.social’s brutal takedown of driven grouse shooting in just 90 seconds from last weeks debate in Parliament.
@wildjustice.bsky.social
@wildjustice.bsky.social
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Advocate 20 Jun 25 - After joining BlueSky in an unsuccessful attempt at high-profile lib-trolling, VP Vance has become the most blocked account on B/S with ~120k blocks while gaining only ~10k followers. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
JD Vance becomes the most blocked account on Bluesky after anti-trans post
JD Vance has been blocked by 11 times more Bluesky accounts than those that follow him.
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June 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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and Private Eye's Order Of The Brown Nose (O.B.N.) goes to.... Pakistan
@privateeyenews.bsky.social
and Private Eye's Order Of The Brown Nose (O.B.N.) goes to.... Pakistan
@privateeyenews.bsky.social
Pakistan to nominate Donald Trump for Nobel peace prize
Islamabad says US president helped resolve India conflict but critic says ‘Israel’s sugar daddy in Gaza’ not candidate for any prize
www.theguardian.com
June 21, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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and Private Eye's Order Of The Brown Nose (O.B.N.) goes to.... Pakistan
@privateeyenews.bsky.social
and Private Eye's Order Of The Brown Nose (O.B.N.) goes to.... Pakistan
@privateeyenews.bsky.social
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In other news, Saudi Arabia, which has done as much as anyone to ensure the financial success of Club World Cup for FIFA, has executed a journalist, who was tried in secret, and sentenced to death over what activists say were tweets critical of the regime.
June 15, 2025 at 7:51 PM
In other news, Saudi Arabia, which has done as much as anyone to ensure the financial success of Club World Cup for FIFA, has executed a journalist, who was tried in secret, and sentenced to death over what activists say were tweets critical of the regime.
In recent months Madrid have cut an increasingly distressed and angry club, a rolling boil of tantrums and toxic dossiers, vague theories and veiled threats.
What happens when a coach with ideas and values takes on a club with none?
Wonderful writing by @jonathanliew.bsky.social
What happens when a coach with ideas and values takes on a club with none?
Wonderful writing by @jonathanliew.bsky.social
on xabi alonso and real madrid, and what happens when a coach with values and ideas joins a club with none www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Xabi Alonso seeks meaning of ‘Madridismo’ on return to chaotic and toxic Real Madrid
Club World Cup offers the new coach a first chance to measure the task ahead at a club that has become angry and unmoored
www.theguardian.com
June 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
In recent months Madrid have cut an increasingly distressed and angry club, a rolling boil of tantrums and toxic dossiers, vague theories and veiled threats.
What happens when a coach with ideas and values takes on a club with none?
Wonderful writing by @jonathanliew.bsky.social
What happens when a coach with ideas and values takes on a club with none?
Wonderful writing by @jonathanliew.bsky.social
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On responding to far right parties … from Angela Merkel’s autobiography. It should be read by U.K. political leaders but I’d be surprised if it was.
June 8, 2025 at 4:11 PM
On responding to far right parties … from Angela Merkel’s autobiography. It should be read by U.K. political leaders but I’d be surprised if it was.
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June 5, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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“A Busy, Busy Day at the Airport”
By Ruben Bolling
Genius. Click in.
By Ruben Bolling
Genius. Click in.
June 5, 2025 at 6:18 AM
“A Busy, Busy Day at the Airport”
By Ruben Bolling
Genius. Click in.
By Ruben Bolling
Genius. Click in.