Bob Nicholson
@bobnicholson.bsky.social
Public servants for public services. It's a vocation. Nelsoner. Clarets, Lancs CCC, rock n roll (written about it). European. NGS 58-63. 30 years Dti civil servant, 15 years consultant. Vegetarian. Dad of three lads.
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Just pointing out that the UK has the highest pension and minimum wage we ever had. Also the highest level of regulatory protection.
Because it is rarely mentioned when everyone talks about how terrible everything is.
Because it is rarely mentioned when everyone talks about how terrible everything is.
December 16, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Just pointing out that the UK has the highest pension and minimum wage we ever had. Also the highest level of regulatory protection.
Because it is rarely mentioned when everyone talks about how terrible everything is.
Because it is rarely mentioned when everyone talks about how terrible everything is.
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Thank God for Bluesky: A little love letter to the people who would not compromise with Nazis iandunt.substack.com/p/thank-god-...
Thank God for Bluesky
Yes, it's eager. Yes, it's censorious. But it has the very considerable advantage of not being fascist.
iandunt.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Thank God for Bluesky: A little love letter to the people who would not compromise with Nazis iandunt.substack.com/p/thank-god-...
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This is a very interesting insight into the BBC.
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
This is a very interesting insight into the BBC.
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The BBC’s in a mess, but it’s not the mess you think www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
The BBC has bigger impartiality problems than its coverage of Trump
It is the BBC’s entire governance structure–rather than individual stories–that should cause most concern
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The BBC’s in a mess, but it’s not the mess you think www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
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Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Farage: epic grifter
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For some reason I had laboured under the misapprehension that Moseley disappeared from politics after the 1930s. But he was still at it in the 60s. I did not realise that there was a direct unbroken line of continuity from him to Farage via the National Front. Anyway, Bertie shows us how it’s done.
October 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM
For some reason I had laboured under the misapprehension that Moseley disappeared from politics after the 1930s. But he was still at it in the 60s. I did not realise that there was a direct unbroken line of continuity from him to Farage via the National Front. Anyway, Bertie shows us how it’s done.
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My colleagues & I have taken a huge gamble to set up @thenerve.news We’re trying to build a new independent publication from the ground up. Social media is our only distribution for now.
Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
October 13, 2025 at 9:21 AM
My colleagues & I have taken a huge gamble to set up @thenerve.news We’re trying to build a new independent publication from the ground up. Social media is our only distribution for now.
Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
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Ohhhh, Lanky Lanky!
Lanky Lanky Lanky Lanky
And I Cannot Stress This Enough
Lancashheeeeeer!
Season double! What a team!
Hugely thrilled for them and Crossy and Ellie T in particular.
🌹🏏
#OneDayCup
Lanky Lanky Lanky Lanky
And I Cannot Stress This Enough
Lancashheeeeeer!
Season double! What a team!
Hugely thrilled for them and Crossy and Ellie T in particular.
🌹🏏
#OneDayCup
September 21, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Ohhhh, Lanky Lanky!
Lanky Lanky Lanky Lanky
And I Cannot Stress This Enough
Lancashheeeeeer!
Season double! What a team!
Hugely thrilled for them and Crossy and Ellie T in particular.
🌹🏏
#OneDayCup
Lanky Lanky Lanky Lanky
And I Cannot Stress This Enough
Lancashheeeeeer!
Season double! What a team!
Hugely thrilled for them and Crossy and Ellie T in particular.
🌹🏏
#OneDayCup
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... assemble his troops at the weekend, and where many of them will end up coming back to, especially with the Charlton-Millwall derby going on that afternoon. Bermondsey, for all its colourful gorgeousness has also been home to that tendency for decades. I have friends texting me to "stay safe". 2/
September 11, 2025 at 11:31 PM
... assemble his troops at the weekend, and where many of them will end up coming back to, especially with the Charlton-Millwall derby going on that afternoon. Bermondsey, for all its colourful gorgeousness has also been home to that tendency for decades. I have friends texting me to "stay safe". 2/
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Vox pops are the lowest form of journalism because they allow news organisations to editorialise through selective interviews without even the spurious science of polling data. This is leading the website of the BBC which must think it’s the most important news happening today.
September 9, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Vox pops are the lowest form of journalism because they allow news organisations to editorialise through selective interviews without even the spurious science of polling data. This is leading the website of the BBC which must think it’s the most important news happening today.
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This is utterly beautiful. As a small, very vocal bunch of far right assholes hog the headlines, eagerly egged on by a complicit media, a reminder of what it really means to be British. Feels a little late for hay-fever season, but my eyes are a little raw for some reason.
September 3, 2025 at 9:21 PM
This is utterly beautiful. As a small, very vocal bunch of far right assholes hog the headlines, eagerly egged on by a complicit media, a reminder of what it really means to be British. Feels a little late for hay-fever season, but my eyes are a little raw for some reason.
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Like I said. Asylum seekers are not illegal.
Words matter.
Words matter.
YES! Thank you...
Say it again, and again, and again. They are not "illegal immigrants".
- seeking asylum is legal and has been since 1951.
Say it again, and again, and again. They are not "illegal immigrants".
- seeking asylum is legal and has been since 1951.
Silencing the drumbeat again: seeking asylum is legal
Hundreds protested in Ashington against so-called "illegal immigrants" - though seeking asylum has been legal since 1951
northeastbylines.co.uk
August 31, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Like I said. Asylum seekers are not illegal.
Words matter.
Words matter.
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Poem from England
August 30, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Poem from England
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I was shocked when I first saw these results from standard climate models used in IPCC reports: for high emissions, the Atlantic overturning circulation #AMOC shuts down in all 9 models that ran past 2100, and is well on the way to shutdown by 2100.
Our paper on that is out today.🧵
Our paper on that is out today.🧵
August 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Extreme cold winters, summer drought + 50cm added to rising sea levels.
The new results are “quite shocking, because I used to say that the chance of Amoc collapsing as a result of global warming was less than 10%”, said Prof Stefan Rahmstorf,
The new results are “quite shocking, because I used to say that the chance of Amoc collapsing as a result of global warming was less than 10%”, said Prof Stefan Rahmstorf,
Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low-likelihood, study finds
Scientists say ‘shocking’ discovery shows rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic fallout
Article by Damian Carrington
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Scientists say ‘shocking’ discovery shows rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic fallout
Article by Damian Carrington
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low-likelihood, study finds
Scientists say ‘shocking’ discovery shows rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic fallout
www.theguardian.com
August 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Extreme cold winters, summer drought + 50cm added to rising sea levels.
The new results are “quite shocking, because I used to say that the chance of Amoc collapsing as a result of global warming was less than 10%”, said Prof Stefan Rahmstorf,
The new results are “quite shocking, because I used to say that the chance of Amoc collapsing as a result of global warming was less than 10%”, said Prof Stefan Rahmstorf,
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This is my flag.
August 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
This is my flag.
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It's amazing how many times the bleeding obvious needs stating for the hard of thinking.
Once again for those at the back ...
Refugees are not illegal immigrants. Fleeing war, oppression, starvation or the impact of climate change is not illegal. It is a universal human right. It's only AFTER a case has been officially investigated that a judgement can be made on its merits. Not before.
Refugees are not illegal immigrants. Fleeing war, oppression, starvation or the impact of climate change is not illegal. It is a universal human right. It's only AFTER a case has been officially investigated that a judgement can be made on its merits. Not before.
August 11, 2025 at 11:32 AM
It's amazing how many times the bleeding obvious needs stating for the hard of thinking.
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EU-UK deal - predictable but irritating negativity from home journalists led by Mason. Pathetic. BBC stands for But But Corporation.
May 19, 2025 at 12:11 PM
EU-UK deal - predictable but irritating negativity from home journalists led by Mason. Pathetic. BBC stands for But But Corporation.
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Your eternal reminder that Nigel Farage turned up to just one of 42 meetings when he was a member of the European Parliament fisheries committee
May 19, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Your eternal reminder that Nigel Farage turned up to just one of 42 meetings when he was a member of the European Parliament fisheries committee
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Eighty years ago, enemies laid down their arms.
Since then, we, Europeans, have built something extraordinary: a Union of peace, democracy, and solidarity. An anchor of stability.
Our Union was born as a peace project, and it remains one today.
Since then, we, Europeans, have built something extraordinary: a Union of peace, democracy, and solidarity. An anchor of stability.
Our Union was born as a peace project, and it remains one today.
May 8, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Eighty years ago, enemies laid down their arms.
Since then, we, Europeans, have built something extraordinary: a Union of peace, democracy, and solidarity. An anchor of stability.
Our Union was born as a peace project, and it remains one today.
Since then, we, Europeans, have built something extraordinary: a Union of peace, democracy, and solidarity. An anchor of stability.
Our Union was born as a peace project, and it remains one today.
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TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
May 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
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British TV crisis latest - Andy Harrower, head of Directors UK, said he was speaking to one director recently who had directed many big shows. He was working as a window cleaner.
Nothing wrong with window cleaning of course, but this is not normal - & it's replicated many times across the industry.
Nothing wrong with window cleaning of course, but this is not normal - & it's replicated many times across the industry.
April 30, 2025 at 1:45 PM
British TV crisis latest - Andy Harrower, head of Directors UK, said he was speaking to one director recently who had directed many big shows. He was working as a window cleaner.
Nothing wrong with window cleaning of course, but this is not normal - & it's replicated many times across the industry.
Nothing wrong with window cleaning of course, but this is not normal - & it's replicated many times across the industry.
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“Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president.”
~ Theodore Roosevelt ~
~ Theodore Roosevelt ~
April 23, 2025 at 12:51 PM
“Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president.”
~ Theodore Roosevelt ~
~ Theodore Roosevelt ~
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If nothing changes, the 2020s risks being remembered as this century’s devil’s decade – the term historians used for 1930s.
Every single pillar of the old order is under assault – free trade, rule of law & the primacy we have long attached to human rights and democracy, the self-determination
Every single pillar of the old order is under assault – free trade, rule of law & the primacy we have long attached to human rights and democracy, the self-determination
The ‘new world order’ of the past 35 years is being demolished before our eyes. This is how we must proceed | Gordon Brown
We have seen the conflict and tragedy that can follow when an old era collapses. Countries that believe in multilateralism must come together now, says former UK prime minister Gordon Brown
www.theguardian.com
April 15, 2025 at 9:35 AM
If nothing changes, the 2020s risks being remembered as this century’s devil’s decade – the term historians used for 1930s.
Every single pillar of the old order is under assault – free trade, rule of law & the primacy we have long attached to human rights and democracy, the self-determination
Every single pillar of the old order is under assault – free trade, rule of law & the primacy we have long attached to human rights and democracy, the self-determination