William Paul
@wp61.bsky.social
Dogs, philosophy, politics, economics, religion and whatever your having yourself. Dub in Somerset.
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Stormzy was very unsure about stairs in his new house.
Absolutely no bother to him now!
You love to see it!!
Absolutely no bother to him now!
You love to see it!!
January 15, 2026 at 9:05 AM
Stormzy was very unsure about stairs in his new house.
Absolutely no bother to him now!
You love to see it!!
Absolutely no bother to him now!
You love to see it!!
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Local Chef Likes To Sprinkle Green Herb Shite On Everything
https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2020/09/08/local-chef-likes-to-sprinkle-green-herb-shite-on-everything/
https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2020/09/08/local-chef-likes-to-sprinkle-green-herb-shite-on-everything/
Local Chef Likes To Sprinkle Green Herb Shite On Everything
HOTEL chef James Toomey has revealed the secret behind his stunning success at staying in the same restaurant job for 25 years; chopped parsley.
I sometimes use coriander if I'm stuck, but sprinkling parsley around the …
waterfordwhispersnews.com
January 14, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Local Chef Likes To Sprinkle Green Herb Shite On Everything
https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2020/09/08/local-chef-likes-to-sprinkle-green-herb-shite-on-everything/
https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2020/09/08/local-chef-likes-to-sprinkle-green-herb-shite-on-everything/
When you focus this hard it makes you quiver
#dogsofbluesky
#dogsofbluesky
January 8, 2026 at 5:10 PM
When you focus this hard it makes you quiver
#dogsofbluesky
#dogsofbluesky
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Not in a million years did I think she would bounce back this quickly.
Sienna is 🎄 ready ❤️
Sienna is 🎄 ready ❤️
December 21, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Not in a million years did I think she would bounce back this quickly.
Sienna is 🎄 ready ❤️
Sienna is 🎄 ready ❤️
#Spotify has me down in the top 2% of John Martyn listeners. Ok with that
Not sure how I feel about being placed in categories apparently we all fit into one of six categories!
Not sure how I feel about being placed in categories apparently we all fit into one of six categories!
December 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
#Spotify has me down in the top 2% of John Martyn listeners. Ok with that
Not sure how I feel about being placed in categories apparently we all fit into one of six categories!
Not sure how I feel about being placed in categories apparently we all fit into one of six categories!
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And @daraobriain.bsky.social made an excellent joke about Robbie Gibb
December 2, 2025 at 10:07 PM
And @daraobriain.bsky.social made an excellent joke about Robbie Gibb
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Anyway from now on we can all legitimately call Reform the "Black Shirts" - given they're flogging them to their actual members.
What an own goal!
Geddit?
What an own goal!
Geddit?
It takes a special kind of right-wing British political party to literally sell black shirts.
Are you going to tell them?
Or shall I?
Are you going to tell them?
Or shall I?
November 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Anyway from now on we can all legitimately call Reform the "Black Shirts" - given they're flogging them to their actual members.
What an own goal!
Geddit?
What an own goal!
Geddit?
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Bertrand Russell to Oswald Mosley. Perfection.
October 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Bertrand Russell to Oswald Mosley. Perfection.
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Nelson's Victory crew included a Brazilian and a Russian, 2 Indians, 2 Swiss, 2 Portuguese, 3 Danes and 3 Norwegian sailors. There were 3 Germans, 4 Italians, 6 Swedes, 7 Dutchmen, 9 West Indians and an African, as well as 21 Americans, 63 Irish, 64 Scots, 441 English.... oh, and 3 French men, too.
October 22, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Nelson's Victory crew included a Brazilian and a Russian, 2 Indians, 2 Swiss, 2 Portuguese, 3 Danes and 3 Norwegian sailors. There were 3 Germans, 4 Italians, 6 Swedes, 7 Dutchmen, 9 West Indians and an African, as well as 21 Americans, 63 Irish, 64 Scots, 441 English.... oh, and 3 French men, too.
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The first time since the modern Tory party came into being that it is fourth placed in terms of members. Theirs will go lower. The Greens will go higher.
BREAKING: British Green Party membership passes 123000 and approaches 124000; so that is >more than the Conservative Party<!
Completely unprecedented.
Do spread the word…
Completely unprecedented.
Do spread the word…
Join the Green Party
Join the Green Party from just £6 a year. Become a member today - join the only party standing up for people and planet.
join.greenparty.org.uk
October 18, 2025 at 9:12 PM
The first time since the modern Tory party came into being that it is fourth placed in terms of members. Theirs will go lower. The Greens will go higher.
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I am very aware that you „can‘t just rejoin tomorrow“, but perhaps you could start talking about the relationship with Europe in a non-paranoid, non elephant in the room-way?
The Labour Position is weird. "we absolutely won‘t do something about that thing we think is really bad for the Country, and for which we blame the Tories."
Sounds like being invited late to a party you always wanted to attend, except now you are declining out of pique.
Sounds like being invited late to a party you always wanted to attend, except now you are declining out of pique.
October 14, 2025 at 6:04 AM
I am very aware that you „can‘t just rejoin tomorrow“, but perhaps you could start talking about the relationship with Europe in a non-paranoid, non elephant in the room-way?
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“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”
apnews.com/article/pope...
apnews.com/article/pope...
Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths
Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.
apnews.com
October 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”
apnews.com/article/pope...
apnews.com/article/pope...
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Some really insightful reading 👇
1/11
😔 THE WEST IS LOST 😔
A new essay argues the West's foundational belief in perpetual progress is collapsing. It is being replaced by a pervasive, multi-faceted experience of loss that is reshaping our politics and our future.
By sociologist Andreas Reckwitz for the NYT
#Philosophy #Politics
😔 THE WEST IS LOST 😔
A new essay argues the West's foundational belief in perpetual progress is collapsing. It is being replaced by a pervasive, multi-faceted experience of loss that is reshaping our politics and our future.
By sociologist Andreas Reckwitz for the NYT
#Philosophy #Politics
October 12, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Some really insightful reading 👇
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Anthony Hopkins has come so far ❤️
One of my favorite things about what we do is seeing people like Earth come in and build relationships with the dogs. I can't do this alone
One of my favorite things about what we do is seeing people like Earth come in and build relationships with the dogs. I can't do this alone
October 11, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Anthony Hopkins has come so far ❤️
One of my favorite things about what we do is seeing people like Earth come in and build relationships with the dogs. I can't do this alone
One of my favorite things about what we do is seeing people like Earth come in and build relationships with the dogs. I can't do this alone
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I think this is hugely important. I have done a lot of research on religion and politics for my book (about 🇬🇧) and I cannot overstate the difference between the pundits and politicians who talk aggressively
about "cultural Christianity“ and the people you meet when you actually go to church.
about "cultural Christianity“ and the people you meet when you actually go to church.
"People who attend church or identify with a Christian tradition are not systematically more (or less) nativist, authoritarian or populist than their secular counterparts. Conversely, people who hold nativist and authoritarian views are often also Islamophobes, and vice versa." 👏 @kai-arzheimer.com
Islamophobia in Western Europe is not driven by religiosity
Are Christians more likely to be Islamophobic than other citizens in Europe? New research finds European Islamophobia has no link to a person’s religiosity.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
October 10, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I think this is hugely important. I have done a lot of research on religion and politics for my book (about 🇬🇧) and I cannot overstate the difference between the pundits and politicians who talk aggressively
about "cultural Christianity“ and the people you meet when you actually go to church.
about "cultural Christianity“ and the people you meet when you actually go to church.
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A utopian future is still possible (just) on.ft.com/46PEDsw | opinion
A utopian future is still possible (just)
Mainstream parties have stopped promising voters better lives
on.ft.com
October 9, 2025 at 10:07 AM
A utopian future is still possible (just) on.ft.com/46PEDsw | opinion
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Free stickers suitable for flag-bearing lampposts. Send a large A4 envelope with a 1st class large stamp to me at Bragg Office, PO Box 6830 Bridport DT6 9BH and I’ll send you a sheet. #ReclaimtheFlag 🏴🏴🏴🇬🇧
October 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Free stickers suitable for flag-bearing lampposts. Send a large A4 envelope with a 1st class large stamp to me at Bragg Office, PO Box 6830 Bridport DT6 9BH and I’ll send you a sheet. #ReclaimtheFlag 🏴🏴🏴🇬🇧
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Incredible photo!
Thanks for posting.
We could see the mist from over here in Wells this morning and wondered if someone had left a dry ice machine on overnight!!!
Thanks for posting.
We could see the mist from over here in Wells this morning and wondered if someone had left a dry ice machine on overnight!!!
September 29, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Incredible photo!
Thanks for posting.
We could see the mist from over here in Wells this morning and wondered if someone had left a dry ice machine on overnight!!!
Thanks for posting.
We could see the mist from over here in Wells this morning and wondered if someone had left a dry ice machine on overnight!!!
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Clever design is fabulously articulate:
September 26, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Clever design is fabulously articulate: