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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 9m

What happened to anyone who seriously threatened to reverse any part of the Thatcherite revolution? Who was it that enforced those penalties. There’s your answer, and there’s who is to blame.

The Guardian Y @theguardian.com
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Thatcher was born 100 years ago and her reign feels a lifetime away. Why is her effect on the country still so huge? |
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Nate Higgins 🏳️‍🌈 @natehiggins.bsky.social · 10h

Tonight Newham Labour councillors voted unanimously to reject full divestment of Newham’s pension fund from complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

@newhamgreens.bsky.social and Newham Independents fought strongly but Labour blocked it.

We won’t stop - now we take the fight to the ballot box.

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Paul Blinkhorn @paulblinkhorn.bsky.social · 9h

Great stuff. Would imagine it'll be a while until he gets a seat on the BBC again, and the tax-dodging billionaires who own the media are REALLY going to get after him now.

The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 10h

“Why is it always hard choices for working-class communities — not for multimillionaires and billionaires?”

Zack Polanski calls for a tax on the super-rich on #BBCQT

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Paul Blinkhorn @paulblinkhorn.bsky.social · 14h

Keith had a couple of meetings with one of his managers over the summer

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Paul Blinkhorn @paulblinkhorn.bsky.social · 14h

It's bollocks. A lot of pubs, even in Liverpool city centre, close on Monday nights now because no-one goes out. Do these dickheads think people are going to start drinking until 2am on a schoolnight?

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The Onion @theonion.com · 14h

Bored National Guard Goes Door To Door Asking If Chicagoans Have Any Order They Need Restored https://theonion.com/bored-national-guard-goes-door-to-door-asking-if-chicagoans-have-any-order-they-need-restored/

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Paul Blinkhorn @paulblinkhorn.bsky.social · 14h

"Everybody has their price" news. Mind you, Jimmy Carr and Jack Whitehall have always been c*nts, so no surprise there really.

‘Amoral, evil’: vitriolic backlash builds against comics who played Riyadh festival

Murder by bone-saw, lashings for rape victims, punishment amputation, jail for satirists … these are the Saudi human rights abuses fuelling the fury being directed at the likes of Louis CK, Dave Chapp...

www.theguardian.com

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Paul Blinkhorn @paulblinkhorn.bsky.social · 19h

Sad, but can't say it's a surprise, we've not been great this season. He will always be an absolute legend as a player though.

Paul Wellens: St Helens head coach departs after two years in role

St Helens announce head coach Paul Wellens is to depart the club following the recent conclusion of their 2025 season.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Paul Blinkhorn @paulblinkhorn.bsky.social · 19h

Starmer thinks us having the only privatized water industry in the world is great, and everyone else is doing it wrong

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Paul Blinkhorn @paulblinkhorn.bsky.social · 20h

Ain't capitalism great?

Millions of households face jump in water bills after regulator backs more price rises

Competition watchdog agrees requests from Anglian, Northumbrian, Southern, Wessex and South East to raise household bills

www.theguardian.com

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Paul Blinkhorn @paulblinkhorn.bsky.social · 21h

As it's #hillfortswednesday and I've finally managed to retrieve my summer holiday photos from my broken camera, here's Darren Camp in Ceredigion and a (very) distant view of Pen Dinas in Aberystwyth from the same spot

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 1d

Daniel Levy: "Netanyahu has reneged on these deals in the past & may well be looking for the first opportunity to be able to resume hostilities when he can in Gaza. In the meantime one should expect the destruction, displacement, killing in the West Bank will continue"

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David Ziggy Greene (Jam bookshop) @jambookshopuk.bsky.social · 1d

A cool charity in Hoxton that teaches & gives disadvantaged kids skills in filmmaking has asked me a question:

Any female animators want to take part in a mentorship programme they run?

They've been doing good work for 25+ years.

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Paul Blinkhorn @paulblinkhorn.bsky.social · 23h

...and Israeli bombing to recommence at 10.01am. Probably.

Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 23h

@yarahawari.bsky.social : "Israel is notorious for breaking ceasefire deals.. Netanyahu says one thing to an international audience & something else to a domestic audience.. Israel is not a good faith actor.."

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Paul Blinkhorn @paulblinkhorn.bsky.social · 1d

"Israeli pirates kidnap another group of people trying to get food to starving children"

Israeli forces intercept aid flotilla bound for Gaza

Activists on board nine vessels carrying food and medical supplies for Palestinians will be deported, Israel says.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Paul Blinkhorn @paulblinkhorn.bsky.social · 1d

One word will do it: Fascism

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David Chriscole @devilishaccord.bsky.social · 1d

"The one about Zack Polanski vs. a bunch of different flavoured Tories"

Give 'em what for @zackpolanski.bsky.social 💚

Cllr Nick Hartley - Green Party @nickhartleygreen.bsky.social · 1d

The first time I’ve been looking forward to watch Question Time in quite a while!

Go on @zackpolanski.bsky.social!

#bbcqt

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Paul Blinkhorn @paulblinkhorn.bsky.social · 1d

www.sadtrombone.com

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Paul Blinkhorn @paulblinkhorn.bsky.social · 1d

Good luck. I can't be arsed any more as it's pretty clear the people who could do something about it don't give a shit and never will. I'll email you when it's published if I remember.

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Paul Blinkhorn @paulblinkhorn.bsky.social · 1d

Dear Yodel. If you're going to deliver a large box of beer with "BEER" written on the side, maybe try knocking/ringing the doorbell to let us know it's arrived rather than just dumping it on the doorstep and wandering off?

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Paul Blinkhorn @paulblinkhorn.bsky.social · 1d

Ah, I do like a pint of Brain's, but always find it near-impossible to order one without putting on a Boris Karloff/Zombie voice. Braaaaaaaaaaaaaaaains!!

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 1d

#OtD 8 Oct 1978 the fascist National Front's Sunday League football team, the Lillywhites, were turned over (literally) as the Luton box van they were using as a changing room was attacked and rolled over by members of the anti-fascist Manchester Squad stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1085...

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Paul Blinkhorn @paulblinkhorn.bsky.social · 1d

worldarchaeologicalcongress.com/world-archae...

Archaeology in England 1999 – World Archaeological Congress

worldarchaeologicalcongress.com

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Paul Blinkhorn @paulblinkhorn.bsky.social · 1d

I've been doing that for 30 years. Me + Chris C published a shitload of papers in 90s saying shit like this would happen unless something was done. Nothing was done. Shit like this has happened. *shrugs* Pots haven't got any less interesting though eg assemblagejournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...

assemblagejournal.wordpress.com

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Paul Blinkhorn @paulblinkhorn.bsky.social · 1d

Not on here, I'm not eligible as I haven't signed up. Probably, but given the excavation sampling strategies used in commercial archaeology are a complete work of fiction that someone (and I know who) pulled out of their arse in a pub in about 1989, we all are.

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