Ralph Darvill
@tringdriventhing.bsky.social
Self-employed Painter and Decorator.
Music lover, photographer, hockey player, beer drinker, birder, windmill-hopper.
Father, husband & general mischief-maker.
Let's take more care of each other, & our planet.
Tring Hockey Club, Watford Football Club.
Music lover, photographer, hockey player, beer drinker, birder, windmill-hopper.
Father, husband & general mischief-maker.
Let's take more care of each other, & our planet.
Tring Hockey Club, Watford Football Club.
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Reform UK used this graphic during the Local Elections to criticise Councils.
Now the councils they control are raising Council Tax by the same or more.
Reform UK lie their way in to power.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Now the councils they control are raising Council Tax by the same or more.
Reform UK lie their way in to power.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
December 12, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Reform UK used this graphic during the Local Elections to criticise Councils.
Now the councils they control are raising Council Tax by the same or more.
Reform UK lie their way in to power.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Now the councils they control are raising Council Tax by the same or more.
Reform UK lie their way in to power.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
My first bird of the day.
For the third day running it's a Song Thrush, but possibly a different bird, as he's singing about 200m away from the stand of trees where the year's most vocal bird usually is.
There has been song from one of these birds for easily ¾ of the year.
#myfirstbirdoftheday
For the third day running it's a Song Thrush, but possibly a different bird, as he's singing about 200m away from the stand of trees where the year's most vocal bird usually is.
There has been song from one of these birds for easily ¾ of the year.
#myfirstbirdoftheday
December 12, 2025 at 7:15 AM
My first bird of the day.
For the third day running it's a Song Thrush, but possibly a different bird, as he's singing about 200m away from the stand of trees where the year's most vocal bird usually is.
There has been song from one of these birds for easily ¾ of the year.
#myfirstbirdoftheday
For the third day running it's a Song Thrush, but possibly a different bird, as he's singing about 200m away from the stand of trees where the year's most vocal bird usually is.
There has been song from one of these birds for easily ¾ of the year.
#myfirstbirdoftheday
Just a small note to mostly American* posters.
Please stop using so many hybrid words.
This morning I've seen "milprep", in relation to the new hackable American military planning system.
I assume it means "military preparation".
If so, just type military preparation.
*it is by & large US users
Please stop using so many hybrid words.
This morning I've seen "milprep", in relation to the new hackable American military planning system.
I assume it means "military preparation".
If so, just type military preparation.
*it is by & large US users
December 11, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Just a small note to mostly American* posters.
Please stop using so many hybrid words.
This morning I've seen "milprep", in relation to the new hackable American military planning system.
I assume it means "military preparation".
If so, just type military preparation.
*it is by & large US users
Please stop using so many hybrid words.
This morning I've seen "milprep", in relation to the new hackable American military planning system.
I assume it means "military preparation".
If so, just type military preparation.
*it is by & large US users
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If you care at all about wildlife please sign and share this petition to end peat-based compost sales in the UK. actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal... Lowland raised bogs are one of the rarest habitat types in the UK, peat is not needed for growing.
Sign the petition to end peat sales!
No more delays: Let's get peat out of gardens once and for all. The time for uncertainty has ended.
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk
December 10, 2025 at 7:55 AM
If you care at all about wildlife please sign and share this petition to end peat-based compost sales in the UK. actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal... Lowland raised bogs are one of the rarest habitat types in the UK, peat is not needed for growing.
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Reform UK councillor Andrew Harrison's business was fined £40,000 for hiring an "illegal immigrant."
Almost like these people are shameless, two faced hypocrites isn't it
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Almost like these people are shameless, two faced hypocrites isn't it
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Seaham Reform councillor's firm fined over illegal worker
Durham councillor Andrew Harrison says the worker was legal and he is appealing against the fine.
www.bbc.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Reform UK councillor Andrew Harrison's business was fined £40,000 for hiring an "illegal immigrant."
Almost like these people are shameless, two faced hypocrites isn't it
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Almost like these people are shameless, two faced hypocrites isn't it
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Many Majestic Wine customers will be disappointed to learn that they've been advertising on GB News, enabling content like this.
You can take action by leaving a friendly message urging them to pull their ads and #StopFundingHate:
www.facebook.com/MajesticWine
You can take action by leaving a friendly message urging them to pull their ads and #StopFundingHate:
www.facebook.com/MajesticWine
December 7, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Many Majestic Wine customers will be disappointed to learn that they've been advertising on GB News, enabling content like this.
You can take action by leaving a friendly message urging them to pull their ads and #StopFundingHate:
www.facebook.com/MajesticWine
You can take action by leaving a friendly message urging them to pull their ads and #StopFundingHate:
www.facebook.com/MajesticWine
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At least eight MEPs elected for Ukip or Brexit party now known to have been focus of efforts by jailed Nathan Gill
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Three more Farage bloc MEPs alleged to have followed Russian asset’s script
At least eight MEPs elected for Ukip or Brexit party now known to have been focus of efforts by jailed Nathan Gill
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
At least eight MEPs elected for Ukip or Brexit party now known to have been focus of efforts by jailed Nathan Gill
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
December 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Reposted by Ralph Darvill
Three more British MEPs in Nigel Farage’s bloc now alleged to have “followed the script” given to Nathan Gill by an alleged Russian asset, according to prosecutors.
At least eight UKIP and Brexit Party MPs were focus of efforts by Nathan Gill
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
At least eight UKIP and Brexit Party MPs were focus of efforts by Nathan Gill
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Three more Farage bloc MEPs alleged to have followed Russian asset’s script
At least eight MEPs elected for Ukip or Brexit party now known to have been focus of efforts by jailed Nathan Gill
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Three more British MEPs in Nigel Farage’s bloc now alleged to have “followed the script” given to Nathan Gill by an alleged Russian asset, according to prosecutors.
At least eight UKIP and Brexit Party MPs were focus of efforts by Nathan Gill
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
At least eight UKIP and Brexit Party MPs were focus of efforts by Nathan Gill
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Hey, The Football Association, how do you square your Kick It Out anti-racism campaign with FIFA's desire to suck the dick of the biggest racist in the world?
December 7, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Hey, The Football Association, how do you square your Kick It Out anti-racism campaign with FIFA's desire to suck the dick of the biggest racist in the world?
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I would call anyone who forms a 'movement' with Bannon a racist.
Bannon is a white supremacist who claimed to be inspired by Julius Evola, an Italian writer who was too extreme to be accepted by Mussolini's Fascists.
Bannon is a white supremacist who claimed to be inspired by Julius Evola, an Italian writer who was too extreme to be accepted by Mussolini's Fascists.
This video should be far more widely circulated. It shows the British patriot Nigel Farage discussing how to make the UK subservient to MAGA-dominated, Hungarian and Indian far-right aligned globalist networks. On film.
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
Nigel Farage discussed fronting far-right group led by Steve Bannon
Footage shows Brexit party leader calling Bannon’s plan a ‘fightback against globalists’
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:13 AM
I would call anyone who forms a 'movement' with Bannon a racist.
Bannon is a white supremacist who claimed to be inspired by Julius Evola, an Italian writer who was too extreme to be accepted by Mussolini's Fascists.
Bannon is a white supremacist who claimed to be inspired by Julius Evola, an Italian writer who was too extreme to be accepted by Mussolini's Fascists.
Still no sign of Lost Footballs here on Bluesky...but anyway, here is a lost football in Western Rd, Tring.
#lostfootballs
#lostfootballs
December 6, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Still no sign of Lost Footballs here on Bluesky...but anyway, here is a lost football in Western Rd, Tring.
#lostfootballs
#lostfootballs
Finishes watching the Netflix drama series "The Diplomat" last night.
Full marks to everyone involved to maintain a high standard in all departments of the production throughout.
So many series I watch have major quality dips, or just go downright weird as they wear on.
Recommended.
Full marks to everyone involved to maintain a high standard in all departments of the production throughout.
So many series I watch have major quality dips, or just go downright weird as they wear on.
Recommended.
December 6, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Finishes watching the Netflix drama series "The Diplomat" last night.
Full marks to everyone involved to maintain a high standard in all departments of the production throughout.
So many series I watch have major quality dips, or just go downright weird as they wear on.
Recommended.
Full marks to everyone involved to maintain a high standard in all departments of the production throughout.
So many series I watch have major quality dips, or just go downright weird as they wear on.
Recommended.
Reposted by Ralph Darvill
The owner of Reform UK ltd - Farage, has accepted £9m from Thailand resident Harborne.
Dubai Dick Tice in 2018 on George Soros donating to UK organisations:
"He doesn't live here. He doesn't pay taxes here. What right has he got to interfere with our democracy?"
Vote Refuk - get crypto mafia
Dubai Dick Tice in 2018 on George Soros donating to UK organisations:
"He doesn't live here. He doesn't pay taxes here. What right has he got to interfere with our democracy?"
Vote Refuk - get crypto mafia
December 6, 2025 at 8:34 AM
The owner of Reform UK ltd - Farage, has accepted £9m from Thailand resident Harborne.
Dubai Dick Tice in 2018 on George Soros donating to UK organisations:
"He doesn't live here. He doesn't pay taxes here. What right has he got to interfere with our democracy?"
Vote Refuk - get crypto mafia
Dubai Dick Tice in 2018 on George Soros donating to UK organisations:
"He doesn't live here. He doesn't pay taxes here. What right has he got to interfere with our democracy?"
Vote Refuk - get crypto mafia
When will the moderately cossetted countries outside the Tropics wake up?
The death toll from climate-fuelled floods in Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Thailand is now more than 1,750 with heavy rains continuing
My latest for @aljazeera.com
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
My latest for @aljazeera.com
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
Heavy rains hamper recovery as death toll from floods in Asia exceeds 1,750
Hundreds more people are still missing as intensive rains pose new dangers in Indonesia and Sri Lanka.
www.aljazeera.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:33 AM
When will the moderately cossetted countries outside the Tropics wake up?
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Reform said they were ready to lead. Then their own flagship council collapsed under them. The story only gets worse… ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @stephenmcnair.bsky.social
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @stephenmcnair.bsky.social
Odd and incompetent: Reform hits a ceiling
Polls suggest that Reform support may have peaked, perhaps because it appeals only to a very distinctive, and noisy, minority
eastangliabylines.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Reform said they were ready to lead. Then their own flagship council collapsed under them. The story only gets worse… ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @stephenmcnair.bsky.social
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @stephenmcnair.bsky.social
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Reform should rapidly suspend Staffordshire Council leader Ian Coopet for this overt racism
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/12/03/r...
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/12/03/r...
December 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Reform should rapidly suspend Staffordshire Council leader Ian Coopet for this overt racism
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/12/03/r...
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/12/03/r...
Root 💯
Well done Joe.
Now the complete set.
Well done Joe.
Now the complete set.
December 4, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Root 💯
Well done Joe.
Now the complete set.
Well done Joe.
Now the complete set.
It's the new squash.
December 3, 2025 at 7:34 AM
It's the new squash.
Paid homage to the last good U2 album while I was in Berlin.
Achtung Baby.
The opening track is "Zoo Station".
Achtung Baby.
The opening track is "Zoo Station".
December 1, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Paid homage to the last good U2 album while I was in Berlin.
Achtung Baby.
The opening track is "Zoo Station".
Achtung Baby.
The opening track is "Zoo Station".
Just leaving Berlin after a long weekend here.
Moving through a city where some of the most evil people ever to live devised and enacted their abysmal eradication of the sick, the disabled and those of a race deemed unfit to exist.
It has been deeply disturbing and moving experience.
Moving through a city where some of the most evil people ever to live devised and enacted their abysmal eradication of the sick, the disabled and those of a race deemed unfit to exist.
It has been deeply disturbing and moving experience.
November 30, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Just leaving Berlin after a long weekend here.
Moving through a city where some of the most evil people ever to live devised and enacted their abysmal eradication of the sick, the disabled and those of a race deemed unfit to exist.
It has been deeply disturbing and moving experience.
Moving through a city where some of the most evil people ever to live devised and enacted their abysmal eradication of the sick, the disabled and those of a race deemed unfit to exist.
It has been deeply disturbing and moving experience.
"Custodians of the countryside" strike again...
Hen Harrier 'Susie', whose chicks were stamped to death in 2022, has been found dead on a North Pennines grouse moor with gunshot injuries raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/14/h...
Hen Harrier ‘Susie’, whose chicks were stamped to death in 2022, has been found dead on a North Pennines grouse moor with gunshot injuries
If ever there was an example demonstrating the high level of persecution faced by Hen Harriers on UK grouse moors, the lack of consequences for the offenders, and the lack of justice for the victim…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
November 28, 2025 at 9:39 AM
"Custodians of the countryside" strike again...
November 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Figured I'd share this here but theres an account on twitter called A.Mikusa and theyve been posting ai generated content trained off of my art with insane success and profit, please share my story to get their account terminated- docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Mikusa document
This is my first time making an AI callout post, so I want to make sure to include as many details as possible so there isn’t any confusion. This situation has caused me so much distress, it’s drained...
docs.google.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Figured I'd share this here but theres an account on twitter called A.Mikusa and theyve been posting ai generated content trained off of my art with insane success and profit, please share my story to get their account terminated- docs.google.com/document/d/1...