Patrick Hill
@overhere.bsky.social
Politics, food, music general chat in English and French. Retired to #SouthAyrshire from #Derby #dcfc
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What Ofcom needs to start getting to grips with is that these sporting events are more than just that, writes Steph Brawn ✍️
Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
December 19, 2025 at 7:24 PM
What Ofcom needs to start getting to grips with is that these sporting events are more than just that, writes Steph Brawn ✍️
Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
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Scorpion vows no more stinging if frog treats him with respect.
December 19, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Scorpion vows no more stinging if frog treats him with respect.
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5 years ago this week, Boris Johnson's Downing St Xmas Parties..
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Lest We Forget. 5 years on. 15th December 2020. The start of Boris Johnson’s Downing St Christmas Parties
Lest We Forget. 5 years on. 15th December 2020. The start of Boris Johnson’s Downing St Christmas Party week Boris Johnson was until July 2022 the elected leader of a political party a job he didn’…
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December 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
5 years ago this week, Boris Johnson's Downing St Xmas Parties..
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And I would like Hellen to talk me through the festive range of yoghurts. Mincemeat, pigs in blanket yogurt anyone? #thearchers
December 16, 2025 at 7:20 PM
And I would like Hellen to talk me through the festive range of yoghurts. Mincemeat, pigs in blanket yogurt anyone? #thearchers
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The BBC is not just any other institution. It's a core part of this country's identity. It's ours to criticise, ours to get cross with, ours to love and ours to the end.
By attacking it Trump may actually be doing us all a favour as we are obliged to remember that.
www.politico.eu/article/brit...
By attacking it Trump may actually be doing us all a favour as we are obliged to remember that.
www.politico.eu/article/brit...
British government backs the BBC as Trump sues it for billions
Stephen Kinnock said the public service broadcaster is “right to stick by their guns.”
www.politico.eu
December 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The BBC is not just any other institution. It's a core part of this country's identity. It's ours to criticise, ours to get cross with, ours to love and ours to the end.
By attacking it Trump may actually be doing us all a favour as we are obliged to remember that.
www.politico.eu/article/brit...
By attacking it Trump may actually be doing us all a favour as we are obliged to remember that.
www.politico.eu/article/brit...
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Also, I once overheard a man, who was annoyed with his friend, loudly exclaim “you’re burning my crumpets!” (and I will not rest until this becomes a common expression).
December 16, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Also, I once overheard a man, who was annoyed with his friend, loudly exclaim “you’re burning my crumpets!” (and I will not rest until this becomes a common expression).
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After slashing funding for home insulation by around 25% at last month’s Budget, it is nothing short of shameful that the govt has now chosen to delay the Warm Homes Plan once again.
Every week this plan is put back leaves more people languishing in cold, damp homes.
Every week this plan is put back leaves more people languishing in cold, damp homes.
December 16, 2025 at 1:23 PM
After slashing funding for home insulation by around 25% at last month’s Budget, it is nothing short of shameful that the govt has now chosen to delay the Warm Homes Plan once again.
Every week this plan is put back leaves more people languishing in cold, damp homes.
Every week this plan is put back leaves more people languishing in cold, damp homes.
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Brown University was the 389th mass shooting of 2025 and all the predictable unhinged NRA gun myths are floating around.
For your convenience, I bring the receipts to debunk 9 of the most common NRA gun myths. Please read & share widely.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/debunking-...
For your convenience, I bring the receipts to debunk 9 of the most common NRA gun myths. Please read & share widely.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/debunking-...
Debunking the NRA's 9 Favorite Gun Myths
As Brown University marks the 389th mass shooting of 2025, we are way beyond the point of needing critical federal gun safety legislation
www.qasimrashid.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Brown University was the 389th mass shooting of 2025 and all the predictable unhinged NRA gun myths are floating around.
For your convenience, I bring the receipts to debunk 9 of the most common NRA gun myths. Please read & share widely.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/debunking-...
For your convenience, I bring the receipts to debunk 9 of the most common NRA gun myths. Please read & share widely.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/debunking-...
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6/ We know what works. We just need to do it. You can read the whole article here: www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Vaccinate, isolate, ventilate: will we finally learn the lessons from covid this flu season?
With flu surging again, Stephen Reicher and colleagues draw on the experience of covid-19 to argue that predictable winter pressures demand more than individual responsibility, they also require syste...
www.bmj.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:49 AM
6/ We know what works. We just need to do it. You can read the whole article here: www.bmj.com/content/391/...
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Intro not too promising:
"This action concerns a false, defamatory, deceptive, disparaging, inflammatory, and malicious depiction of President Trump"
As a general rule, the more bombastic the language the weaker the case.
A strong case does not need such language, a poor case is not saved by it.
"This action concerns a false, defamatory, deceptive, disparaging, inflammatory, and malicious depiction of President Trump"
As a general rule, the more bombastic the language the weaker the case.
A strong case does not need such language, a poor case is not saved by it.
December 16, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Intro not too promising:
"This action concerns a false, defamatory, deceptive, disparaging, inflammatory, and malicious depiction of President Trump"
As a general rule, the more bombastic the language the weaker the case.
A strong case does not need such language, a poor case is not saved by it.
"This action concerns a false, defamatory, deceptive, disparaging, inflammatory, and malicious depiction of President Trump"
As a general rule, the more bombastic the language the weaker the case.
A strong case does not need such language, a poor case is not saved by it.
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“No less an authority than the United Kingdom’s former Prime Minister, Liz Truss”
That’s a real sentence that someone wrote, which made it into Trump’s legal filing.
That’s a real sentence that someone wrote, which made it into Trump’s legal filing.
December 16, 2025 at 9:05 AM
“No less an authority than the United Kingdom’s former Prime Minister, Liz Truss”
That’s a real sentence that someone wrote, which made it into Trump’s legal filing.
That’s a real sentence that someone wrote, which made it into Trump’s legal filing.
This is "popular with friends" because I posted it from my other account (so you don't have to see my football rantings)
December 15, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This is "popular with friends" because I posted it from my other account (so you don't have to see my football rantings)
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I’m finding it increasingly hard to report anything delivered by “official sources” in the US. Could be true, could be a coverup, could be completely made up for nefarious ends.
It’s a country now where no one really has any idea what’s actually going on.
It’s a country now where no one really has any idea what’s actually going on.
December 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I’m finding it increasingly hard to report anything delivered by “official sources” in the US. Could be true, could be a coverup, could be completely made up for nefarious ends.
It’s a country now where no one really has any idea what’s actually going on.
It’s a country now where no one really has any idea what’s actually going on.
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Monday’s got off to a great start with news that Tommy Robinson is suing Nigel Farage 🤣😂👌🏼
This is definitely a case of “may it be brutal, painful, drawn out, eye wateringly expensive and neither man win” 🍿🍿🍺😄
This is definitely a case of “may it be brutal, painful, drawn out, eye wateringly expensive and neither man win” 🍿🍿🍺😄
Tommy Robinson takes legal action against Nigel Farage over 'defamatory claims'
A far-right fall-out, you say? Tommy Robinson is pursuing a legal settlement from Nigel Farage following comments made in January.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Monday’s got off to a great start with news that Tommy Robinson is suing Nigel Farage 🤣😂👌🏼
This is definitely a case of “may it be brutal, painful, drawn out, eye wateringly expensive and neither man win” 🍿🍿🍺😄
This is definitely a case of “may it be brutal, painful, drawn out, eye wateringly expensive and neither man win” 🍿🍿🍺😄
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Miller says immigrants erode social trust and solidarity. But immigration forges new forms of community/solidarity. It's happening right now across the country.
That Miller has to lie endlessly about the social impact of immigrants shows his view is a marginal one.
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
That Miller has to lie endlessly about the social impact of immigrants shows his view is a marginal one.
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
December 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Miller says immigrants erode social trust and solidarity. But immigration forges new forms of community/solidarity. It's happening right now across the country.
That Miller has to lie endlessly about the social impact of immigrants shows his view is a marginal one.
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
That Miller has to lie endlessly about the social impact of immigrants shows his view is a marginal one.
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
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12 dead at a mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach.💔
A 43-year-old father of two, Ahmed al Ahmed, snuck up & tackled a gunman to disarm him. Ahmed was shot twice.
Both Jewish & Muslim faiths teach that “to save one life is to save all humanity.” Let us hold fast to our humanity.❤️
A 43-year-old father of two, Ahmed al Ahmed, snuck up & tackled a gunman to disarm him. Ahmed was shot twice.
Both Jewish & Muslim faiths teach that “to save one life is to save all humanity.” Let us hold fast to our humanity.❤️
December 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
12 dead at a mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach.💔
A 43-year-old father of two, Ahmed al Ahmed, snuck up & tackled a gunman to disarm him. Ahmed was shot twice.
Both Jewish & Muslim faiths teach that “to save one life is to save all humanity.” Let us hold fast to our humanity.❤️
A 43-year-old father of two, Ahmed al Ahmed, snuck up & tackled a gunman to disarm him. Ahmed was shot twice.
Both Jewish & Muslim faiths teach that “to save one life is to save all humanity.” Let us hold fast to our humanity.❤️
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Wanted to make a longer post about the mass shooting at Brown and found this post about Sandy Hook from 2012 and how sad is it that I can literally copy paste the exact same post because gun violence has only gotten worse without federal legislation to stop the ~40K annual preventable gun deaths.😓
December 14, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Wanted to make a longer post about the mass shooting at Brown and found this post about Sandy Hook from 2012 and how sad is it that I can literally copy paste the exact same post because gun violence has only gotten worse without federal legislation to stop the ~40K annual preventable gun deaths.😓
It has been a very Sundayish Sunday today, even though I am long since retired...
December 14, 2025 at 4:41 PM
It has been a very Sundayish Sunday today, even though I am long since retired...
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December 14, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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In the 1950s the man in charge of Oxfordshire's roads didn't like the UK's road signs, so he invented his own. The Ministry hated them - first because they weren't allowed, and second because they were better than the real thing. www.roads.org.uk/articles/oxf...
Oxfordshire Signs
This is the story of one man at Oxfordshire County Council who pre-empted the development of modern road signs - much to the annoyance of the men from the Ministry.
www.roads.org.uk
December 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
In the 1950s the man in charge of Oxfordshire's roads didn't like the UK's road signs, so he invented his own. The Ministry hated them - first because they weren't allowed, and second because they were better than the real thing. www.roads.org.uk/articles/oxf...
I am officially declaring my dislike of the word "grip" as in "A needs to get a grip of this xyz situation."
December 13, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I am officially declaring my dislike of the word "grip" as in "A needs to get a grip of this xyz situation."
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Is the tide turning? New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog. Renewed talk of a customs union may well come to nothing, but rapidly changing geo-politics mean the UK needs urgently to face up to the failure of the entire Brexit ‘strategy’: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/12/is-t...
December 12, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Is the tide turning? New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog. Renewed talk of a customs union may well come to nothing, but rapidly changing geo-politics mean the UK needs urgently to face up to the failure of the entire Brexit ‘strategy’: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/12/is-t...