Adrian Littlejohn
@yorksfella59.bsky.social
Proud to be a Yorkshireman of Scottish descent. Lefty Humanist. Green Party member. Dislikes Tories. Hates racism, bigotry, misogyny, Putin, Trump and Farage. Loves music - Alan Hull/Lindisfarne, Runrig, Springsteen, Dylan, Cohen, Al Stewart. #FBPE. 🏴. 🇺🇦.
Bryan Adams - Summer of 69 (Live At The Royal Albert Hall - 2024)
YouTube video by Bryan Adams
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February 18, 2026 at 4:14 PM
I'm typing now with tears in my eyes.
Reading this rekindles my fury at those responsible for the most egregious act of British political evil in my time.
The Tories privatising water to enrich the greedy, at terrible, incalculable cost.
Rest easy, Heather and Mark.
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Reading this rekindles my fury at those responsible for the most egregious act of British political evil in my time.
The Tories privatising water to enrich the greedy, at terrible, incalculable cost.
Rest easy, Heather and Mark.
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The death of Heather Preen: how an eight-year-old lost her life amid sewage crisis
In 1999, Heather Preen contracted E coli on a Devon beach. Two weeks later she died. Now, as a new Channel 4 show dramatises the scandal, her mother, Julie Maughan, explains why she is still looking f...
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February 18, 2026 at 12:37 PM
I'm typing now with tears in my eyes.
Reading this rekindles my fury at those responsible for the most egregious act of British political evil in my time.
The Tories privatising water to enrich the greedy, at terrible, incalculable cost.
Rest easy, Heather and Mark.
share.google/3WdLnVVKnMTP...
Reading this rekindles my fury at those responsible for the most egregious act of British political evil in my time.
The Tories privatising water to enrich the greedy, at terrible, incalculable cost.
Rest easy, Heather and Mark.
share.google/3WdLnVVKnMTP...
Is it just me... Or is there a case for saying stop using the building? It's not architecturally distinguished - bog standard Victorian Gothic Revival.
Why not replace it with something up to date, and fit for purpose?
Maybe even - shock, horror - outside London!
York?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Why not replace it with something up to date, and fit for purpose?
Maybe even - shock, horror - outside London!
York?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Conservatives call for rethink of Parliament revamp
Tory leader Kemi Badenoch says current plans to refurbish the Palace of Westminster are
www.bbc.co.uk
February 18, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Is it just me... Or is there a case for saying stop using the building? It's not architecturally distinguished - bog standard Victorian Gothic Revival.
Why not replace it with something up to date, and fit for purpose?
Maybe even - shock, horror - outside London!
York?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Why not replace it with something up to date, and fit for purpose?
Maybe even - shock, horror - outside London!
York?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Old photo: the 15th century Tattershall Castle, Lincolnshire, is unusual, being constructed from brick, rather than stone.
(Although some would suggest it's perhaps more of a fortified Manor House, than a true castle).
(Although some would suggest it's perhaps more of a fortified Manor House, than a true castle).
February 17, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Old photo: the 15th century Tattershall Castle, Lincolnshire, is unusual, being constructed from brick, rather than stone.
(Although some would suggest it's perhaps more of a fortified Manor House, than a true castle).
(Although some would suggest it's perhaps more of a fortified Manor House, than a true castle).
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As a result of the constant, indecisive flip-flop politics we have been subjected to, people have lost faith in the leadership of Sir Keir Starmer. But they may just give Labour another chance ... if they pick the right person. So, who? 👇
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion...
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion...
So, sitting in the senior ranks of this Labour Government is a man who truly understands service and sacrifice. Someone scarred by love, life and loss whose mettle has seen him grow stronger for that ...
Having - on more than one occasion - sat with my younger brother in complete darkness, as he poured out the trauma churning around inside of himself, I feel I am as close to understanding the abominat...
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February 17, 2026 at 10:52 AM
As a result of the constant, indecisive flip-flop politics we have been subjected to, people have lost faith in the leadership of Sir Keir Starmer. But they may just give Labour another chance ... if they pick the right person. So, who? 👇
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion...
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion...
Not so much a shadow cabinet, as a shady cabinet...
And as for Honest Bob Jenrick being allowed anywhere near money... Jeez! 🤣
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And as for Honest Bob Jenrick being allowed anywhere near money... Jeez! 🤣
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Reform UK no longer ‘one-man band’, Farage says as he prepares to announce ‘shadow cabinet’ appointments – UK politics live
Party’s leader expected to announce holders of four roles, with Robert Jenrick expected to take the Treasury brief
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February 17, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Not so much a shadow cabinet, as a shady cabinet...
And as for Honest Bob Jenrick being allowed anywhere near money... Jeez! 🤣
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And as for Honest Bob Jenrick being allowed anywhere near money... Jeez! 🤣
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This is Prelude, featuring the gorgeous voice of Irene Hume, and their 1974 hit After The Goldrush.
I can't bring myself to say it's as good as Neil Young's aching, fragile original. But it's bloody close!
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I can't bring myself to say it's as good as Neil Young's aching, fragile original. But it's bloody close!
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After The Goldrush - Prelude
YouTube video by Alan Thomas
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February 16, 2026 at 7:33 PM
This is Prelude, featuring the gorgeous voice of Irene Hume, and their 1974 hit After The Goldrush.
I can't bring myself to say it's as good as Neil Young's aching, fragile original. But it's bloody close!
youtu.be/W2Taxuott5s?...
I can't bring myself to say it's as good as Neil Young's aching, fragile original. But it's bloody close!
youtu.be/W2Taxuott5s?...
Oh here we go... Little Nigel painstakingly copying big Uncle Donald again...
Steadily build up a track record of competence in local government? Nah. Too difficult. But get a gang of shouty racists together to wave flags? Quick and easy. That's more like it! 🤮
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Steadily build up a track record of competence in local government? Nah. Too difficult. But get a gang of shouty racists together to wave flags? Quick and easy. That's more like it! 🤮
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
Nigel Farage to lead rally in Romford as Reform gears up for London elections
Reform is seeking to recruit 1,800 candidates to stand in the borough elections
www.standard.co.uk
February 16, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Oh here we go... Little Nigel painstakingly copying big Uncle Donald again...
Steadily build up a track record of competence in local government? Nah. Too difficult. But get a gang of shouty racists together to wave flags? Quick and easy. That's more like it! 🤮
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
Steadily build up a track record of competence in local government? Nah. Too difficult. But get a gang of shouty racists together to wave flags? Quick and easy. That's more like it! 🤮
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Just another, particularly glaring, example of the utter, base corruption of #Trump.
Americans - can your constitution survive the onslaught of this man - evil beyond anything your founding fathers could have dreamed of, or guarded against?
www.aljazeera.com/news/longfor...
Americans - can your constitution survive the onslaught of this man - evil beyond anything your founding fathers could have dreamed of, or guarded against?
www.aljazeera.com/news/longfor...
A pardon for a price? How Donald Trump has reimagined presidential clemency
Critics have warned that the US president has taken an increasingly transactional approach to granting clemency.
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February 15, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Just another, particularly glaring, example of the utter, base corruption of #Trump.
Americans - can your constitution survive the onslaught of this man - evil beyond anything your founding fathers could have dreamed of, or guarded against?
www.aljazeera.com/news/longfor...
Americans - can your constitution survive the onslaught of this man - evil beyond anything your founding fathers could have dreamed of, or guarded against?
www.aljazeera.com/news/longfor...
Old photo: like most of Wester Ross, everything about the area of Loch Torridon is on a grand scale.
That tiny white dot, lower left of centre, is a cottage.
That tiny white dot, lower left of centre, is a cottage.
February 15, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Old photo: like most of Wester Ross, everything about the area of Loch Torridon is on a grand scale.
That tiny white dot, lower left of centre, is a cottage.
That tiny white dot, lower left of centre, is a cottage.
So refugees are okay now are they Nigel? Providing they're not seeking refuge here?
And Ratcliffe isn't a refugee. He's a greedy, immoral crook.
To equate a billionaire with some poor sod clinging desperately to a dinghy is sick, even by your standards... 🤮
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/nig...
And Ratcliffe isn't a refugee. He's a greedy, immoral crook.
To equate a billionaire with some poor sod clinging desperately to a dinghy is sick, even by your standards... 🤮
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/nig...
Nigel Farage labels Jim Ratcliffe a 'tax refugee'
Nigel Farage has defended Jim Ratcliffe, describing him as a 'tax refugee' and saying his comments on immigration were "correct."
www.thelondoneconomic.com
February 15, 2026 at 10:33 AM
So refugees are okay now are they Nigel? Providing they're not seeking refuge here?
And Ratcliffe isn't a refugee. He's a greedy, immoral crook.
To equate a billionaire with some poor sod clinging desperately to a dinghy is sick, even by your standards... 🤮
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/nig...
And Ratcliffe isn't a refugee. He's a greedy, immoral crook.
To equate a billionaire with some poor sod clinging desperately to a dinghy is sick, even by your standards... 🤮
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/nig...
This is disgracefully biased reporting, BBC News!
Surely you could have got Nigel #Farage to give the Kremlin's point of view?
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Surely you could have got Nigel #Farage to give the Kremlin's point of view?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Russia killed opposition leader Alexei Navalny using toxin from dart frog, UK says
There is no innocent explanation for the toxin being found in samples taken from Navalny's body, Foreign Office says.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 14, 2026 at 10:41 PM
This is disgracefully biased reporting, BBC News!
Surely you could have got Nigel #Farage to give the Kremlin's point of view?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Surely you could have got Nigel #Farage to give the Kremlin's point of view?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Speaking as a Brit, this is one of the two great men who happened to become US President in my lifetime. The other was Jimmy Carter.
The current occupant of that post is unfit to lick their boots. #Trump is a corrupt, moronic pervert... 🤮
The current occupant of that post is unfit to lick their boots. #Trump is a corrupt, moronic pervert... 🤮
Great sitting down with Brian Tyler Cohen to talk about everything from the courage we saw in Minnesota, to how Democrats can be true to our values and get stuff done, to how we’re building a community of changemakers at the Obama Foundation. youtube.com/watch?v=uI-hgSE5QIw
February 14, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Speaking as a Brit, this is one of the two great men who happened to become US President in my lifetime. The other was Jimmy Carter.
The current occupant of that post is unfit to lick their boots. #Trump is a corrupt, moronic pervert... 🤮
The current occupant of that post is unfit to lick their boots. #Trump is a corrupt, moronic pervert... 🤮
A local party for local people... 🤣🤮
February 14, 2026 at 4:46 PM
A local party for local people... 🤣🤮
I love this. And it used to be a trope that the left wing was prone to acrimonious fall-outs.
But now "Restore Britain" is here, and going into partnership with "Great Yarmouth First".
A party for racist loonies who think people from Norwich are 'forinners'...?🤣
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
But now "Restore Britain" is here, and going into partnership with "Great Yarmouth First".
A party for racist loonies who think people from Norwich are 'forinners'...?🤣
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Ex-Reform MP who fell out with Farage launches new party – with very similar name
Rupert Lowe once accused Nigel Farage’s group of a ‘brutal smear campaign’ against him
www.independent.co.uk
February 14, 2026 at 3:12 PM
I love this. And it used to be a trope that the left wing was prone to acrimonious fall-outs.
But now "Restore Britain" is here, and going into partnership with "Great Yarmouth First".
A party for racist loonies who think people from Norwich are 'forinners'...?🤣
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
But now "Restore Britain" is here, and going into partnership with "Great Yarmouth First".
A party for racist loonies who think people from Norwich are 'forinners'...?🤣
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Appropriate for today...
It would be easiest to compile a list of great names who *haven't* covered this Rodgers and Hart classic.
But I'm not sure anyone has ever sung it better than this. 👏👏👏
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It would be easiest to compile a list of great names who *haven't* covered this Rodgers and Hart classic.
But I'm not sure anyone has ever sung it better than this. 👏👏👏
youtu.be/5DL0M9P1TXk?...
Elvis Costello - My Funny Valentine (Live on The White Room)
YouTube video by Warren
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February 14, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Appropriate for today...
It would be easiest to compile a list of great names who *haven't* covered this Rodgers and Hart classic.
But I'm not sure anyone has ever sung it better than this. 👏👏👏
youtu.be/5DL0M9P1TXk?...
It would be easiest to compile a list of great names who *haven't* covered this Rodgers and Hart classic.
But I'm not sure anyone has ever sung it better than this. 👏👏👏
youtu.be/5DL0M9P1TXk?...
Don't worry USA. England once had an unstable, incompetent, violent and arrogant King too (and we're a monarchy, unlike you).
Eventually the greed and corruption of Henry VIII caught up with him.
I wonder if they're related? 🤔
Eventually the greed and corruption of Henry VIII caught up with him.
I wonder if they're related? 🤔
February 14, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Don't worry USA. England once had an unstable, incompetent, violent and arrogant King too (and we're a monarchy, unlike you).
Eventually the greed and corruption of Henry VIII caught up with him.
I wonder if they're related? 🤔
Eventually the greed and corruption of Henry VIII caught up with him.
I wonder if they're related? 🤔
Yet another example of how, in Britain, if you're an authoritarian neo-nazi, you can airily dismiss judgements of the High Court if you happen to find them inconvenient.
Reform government, anybody? 🤮
Reform government, anybody? 🤮
February 13, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Yet another example of how, in Britain, if you're an authoritarian neo-nazi, you can airily dismiss judgements of the High Court if you happen to find them inconvenient.
Reform government, anybody? 🤮
Reform government, anybody? 🤮
This beautiful song, written by Calum and Rory MacDonald, reflects on the passing of a Highland generation, and the society they fought for in WW2.
Originally released by Runrig in 1981, this version was recorded with their new lead singer, Bruce Guthro, in 2003
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Originally released by Runrig in 1981, this version was recorded with their new lead singer, Bruce Guthro, in 2003
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Runrig - The Old Boys
YouTube video by Grey Wolf
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February 13, 2026 at 5:08 PM
This beautiful song, written by Calum and Rory MacDonald, reflects on the passing of a Highland generation, and the society they fought for in WW2.
Originally released by Runrig in 1981, this version was recorded with their new lead singer, Bruce Guthro, in 2003
youtu.be/zWLJQ1ouuCI?...
Originally released by Runrig in 1981, this version was recorded with their new lead singer, Bruce Guthro, in 2003
youtu.be/zWLJQ1ouuCI?...
Scroll down to 11:07 in this, and you'll find that - quelle surprise - #Farage is lying.
Still, what's the odd million when you've got as many millions as our good old Man of the People?
PS Nigel... Just check whether your mate Ratcliffe speaks Monégasque, will you?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1...
Still, what's the odd million when you've got as many millions as our good old Man of the People?
PS Nigel... Just check whether your mate Ratcliffe speaks Monégasque, will you?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1...
BBC Verify fact-check: Is Reform's Nigel Farage right to claim one million in UK 'don't speak any English’?
Latest updates from the BBC's specialists in fact-checking, verifying video and tackling disinformation.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 13, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Scroll down to 11:07 in this, and you'll find that - quelle surprise - #Farage is lying.
Still, what's the odd million when you've got as many millions as our good old Man of the People?
PS Nigel... Just check whether your mate Ratcliffe speaks Monégasque, will you?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1...
Still, what's the odd million when you've got as many millions as our good old Man of the People?
PS Nigel... Just check whether your mate Ratcliffe speaks Monégasque, will you?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1...
@mrjamesob.bsky.social My favourite words is "lapidary". My Dad used to grind and polish stones as a hobby, but I love it in its literary sense - language that is smooth, clear, hard, like the stone it might be worthy of being inscribed on.
A favourite place name too: Ugglebarnby. It's near Whitby.
A favourite place name too: Ugglebarnby. It's near Whitby.
February 13, 2026 at 12:29 PM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social My favourite words is "lapidary". My Dad used to grind and polish stones as a hobby, but I love it in its literary sense - language that is smooth, clear, hard, like the stone it might be worthy of being inscribed on.
A favourite place name too: Ugglebarnby. It's near Whitby.
A favourite place name too: Ugglebarnby. It's near Whitby.
Because, after all, what do professional medical and climate scientists know about it?
A pig-ignorant orange shitgibbon, who wouldn't know research if it bit him in the face, has decided we can all choke...
Thanks, USA. And fuck you, #Trump! 🤮
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A pig-ignorant orange shitgibbon, who wouldn't know research if it bit him in the face, has decided we can all choke...
Thanks, USA. And fuck you, #Trump! 🤮
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trump revokes landmark ruling that greenhouse gases endanger public health
The White House calls it the largest deregulation in US history, but environmentalists say it will prove costly for Americans.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 12, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Because, after all, what do professional medical and climate scientists know about it?
A pig-ignorant orange shitgibbon, who wouldn't know research if it bit him in the face, has decided we can all choke...
Thanks, USA. And fuck you, #Trump! 🤮
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A pig-ignorant orange shitgibbon, who wouldn't know research if it bit him in the face, has decided we can all choke...
Thanks, USA. And fuck you, #Trump! 🤮
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
An American President sent armed, masked thugs to enforce *his* will, in his own country...
It would have seemed barely credible, until recently.
But now the names of Renee Good and Alex Pretti have been added to the long lists of victims of fascism.
Rest easy... 💔
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It would have seemed barely credible, until recently.
But now the names of Renee Good and Alex Pretti have been added to the long lists of victims of fascism.
Rest easy... 💔
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Donald Trump agrees to end ICE operation in Minnesota
Federal officials say the immigration crackdown in Minnesota is coming to an end, after mass detentions, protests and two deaths in January.
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February 12, 2026 at 4:55 PM
An American President sent armed, masked thugs to enforce *his* will, in his own country...
It would have seemed barely credible, until recently.
But now the names of Renee Good and Alex Pretti have been added to the long lists of victims of fascism.
Rest easy... 💔
share.google/NHR6mjbD2Ut9...
It would have seemed barely credible, until recently.
But now the names of Renee Good and Alex Pretti have been added to the long lists of victims of fascism.
Rest easy... 💔
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"I'm sorry if my language offended you" is *not* an apology for the content of his disgusting remarks.
Meanwhile, little Nigel will be wetting himself with glee. Our Man of the People likes billionaires... 👍🤮
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
Meanwhile, little Nigel will be wetting himself with glee. Our Man of the People likes billionaires... 👍🤮
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
Ratcliffe says sorry his language 'offended some people' after criticism of immigration comments - live updates
The Man Utd co-owner says it's important to talk about
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February 12, 2026 at 12:42 PM
"I'm sorry if my language offended you" is *not* an apology for the content of his disgusting remarks.
Meanwhile, little Nigel will be wetting himself with glee. Our Man of the People likes billionaires... 👍🤮
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
Meanwhile, little Nigel will be wetting himself with glee. Our Man of the People likes billionaires... 👍🤮
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
POLITICO reckons that #Farage has "a mountain to climb". I think it's more of a case of a mountain to climb down...
His previous vocal admiration for Putin will haunt him. His fondness for #Trump, likewise.
Can he continue to fool most of the people most of the time?
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His previous vocal admiration for Putin will haunt him. His fondness for #Trump, likewise.
Can he continue to fool most of the people most of the time?
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Nigel Farage tries to fix his Russia problem
Reform UK is making efforts to shake off its foreign policy headaches, from Putin to Trump.
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February 11, 2026 at 3:35 PM
POLITICO reckons that #Farage has "a mountain to climb". I think it's more of a case of a mountain to climb down...
His previous vocal admiration for Putin will haunt him. His fondness for #Trump, likewise.
Can he continue to fool most of the people most of the time?
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His previous vocal admiration for Putin will haunt him. His fondness for #Trump, likewise.
Can he continue to fool most of the people most of the time?
share.google/9ebBnf47oPkm...