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Dave Bagpuss Forsey 🍺 @bagpuss.org · 1d

Robert Jenrick and his wiggy puppet

Mark Berry @boulezian.bsky.social · 1d

Stephen Rose tells me he has recorded an interview for Radio 4's The World Tonight this evening, probably to be on at around 10.30 p.m. It will include a performance of the piece on harpsichord, if I have understood correctly.

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Mark Berry @boulezian.bsky.social · 1d

Since I am not, I hope, the target audience for such a phrase, I had assumed the 'Boriswave' was the new hairstyle of choice for what was once the 'blue rinse brigade'.

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Jorge @antartica81.bsky.social · 1d

We're at this stage of disgrace in politics

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Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry for breathing I guess?

CNN @cnn.com · 2d

The people who are most vulnerable to the hard-to-breathe air that comes with climate change may inadvertently be adding to the problem, new research finds. https://cnn.it/4pWQMoh

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Mark Berry @boulezian.bsky.social · 1d

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London Sinfonietta/Benjamin - Boulez, 5 October 2025

Queen Elizabeth Hall Mémoriale; …explosante-fixe… Michael Cox (flute) Royal Academy of Music Manson Ensemble Sound Intermedia (sound proje...

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Mark Berry @boulezian.bsky.social · 1d

To be fair, I have no idea what it means either.

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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 1d

This is a lie.

There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.

But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.

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Mark Berry @boulezian.bsky.social · 1d

Delighted news of this is now spreading. Congratulations to my department colleagues involved in the project.

Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 1d

GOOD NEWS !
"A team of musicologists has unearthed the printed score of a previously unknown Purcell song, as well as the original manuscript for various keyboard compositions."
#baroque #music
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...

‘Almost unheard of’: experts find more music by English composer Henry Purcell

Printed score and keyboard manuscript by Purcell, who died in 1695, unearthed in Worcestershire and Norfolk

www.theguardian.com

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Matthias Eberl @eberlmat.bsky.social · 1d

How can you tell from someone's skin colour whether they are integrating? 🤔

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 1d

The interesting thing is that this is probably when Priti Patel's career peaked. She went on to become one of the most unpopular frontbench politicians within her own party, running for leader and getting few votes. Still, she got into the House of Lords, so I guess she thinks it was worth it.

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 1d

2019: Priti Patel celebrates Brexit with the ending Freedom of Movement with the EU

2025: Simon Calder explains the new EU entry-exit system, where, now outside the EU, Brits will be fingerprinted and have face scans to enter the EU

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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 1d

Intrigued by the notion that "many people from minorities" find their own existence disturbing. Did they come here expressly to be the only Black face on the bus? Was that a life-goal? Or is Matt Goodwin making them up?

Huw C. Davies @huwcdavies.bsky.social · 1d

In what’s *not* racist this week: finding the growth of non-white populations ‘concerning’ or ‘disturbing’.

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Mark Berry @boulezian.bsky.social · 1d

Looking forward to the population transfers into and out of the most Brexity districts:

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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 2d

I kind of can’t believe this Bari Weiss quote is even real, and yet www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/b...

“I know that there are some people in this room who don’t believe that my marriage should have been legal … and that’s ok. Because we’re all Americans who want lower taxes.”

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Holger Hestermeyer @hhesterm.bsky.social · 1d

One of the reasons the figures have risen is, of course, Brexit. Competences reverted back to Britain and ‚taking back control‘ implies that someone exercises that control.

LBC @lbc.co.uk · 1d

"So you're laying waste to people's jobs, but you don't know how many?"

Kemi Badenoch plans to get rid of 'quite a lot' of civil servants.

She doesn't have the exact figure, but she assures Nick that she's 'looked at it'.

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 2d

David is slightly unfair. There is a clear difference here.

Conservatives and Reform plan to forcibly expel large numbers of people who are legal, permanent residents of migrant origin. The BNP proposal is voluntary.

David Herdson @davidherdson.bsky.social · 2d

This below is from the 2005 BNP manifesto.

Spot the difference with current Tory and Reform policy.

(p14 news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp... )

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 1d

You know the big media coverage last week of the EU considering action on Israel? Guess what.

euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 2d

The EU has frozen talks on Israel sanctions due to a US ceasefire plan, as the daily "nightmare" of Israeli military operations in Gaza enters its third year.

Gaza's two-year 'nightmare' goes on, as EU pauses sanctions talks

The EU has frozen talks on Israel sanctions due to a US ceasefire plan, as the daily "nightmare" of Israeli military operations in Gaza enters its third year.

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Mark Berry @boulezian.bsky.social · 1d

From what little I know about Euan Blair, he does not seem not to be right-wing. If this concerns his father, it would be difficult to be more right-wing.

Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 2d

if that HIGNFY Euan Blair fuckup had been about a right-winger it'd have had full front-page scandal coverage in the Mail followed by frontpage coverage across the board for the next week, days of "BBC in crisis" headline coverage by the BBC, and parliamentary questions about Tim Davie's future

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Mark Berry @boulezian.bsky.social · 1d

If Badenoch sacked him, I might find within myself a smidgeon of, if not respect, perhaps sympathy for her. She won’t. I won’t.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Robert Jenrick complained of ‘not seeing another white face’ in part of Birmingham

Shadow justice secretary criticised for suggesting he could tell how integrated Handsworth was based on 90-minute visit Robert Jenrick complained about visiting an area of Birmingham where he “didn’t see another white face” and said it was not the kind of country he wanted to live in. After highlighting the lack of white people, the shadow justice secretary said it was not about “the colour of your skin or your faith” and he wanted people to live alongside each other. Continue reading...

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Mark Berry @boulezian.bsky.social · 2d

This absolutely.

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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.com · 2d

Republicans taking notes

Cameroon's 92-year-old President,
Paul Biya, reportedly sent statues
of himself and his wife to a
campaign event as he was unable
to attend due to old age

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Mark Berry @boulezian.bsky.social · 2d

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Tax authorities examine finances of key Nigel Farage ally

Exclusive: HMRC conducts scoping exercise into Reform UK backer ‘Posh George’ Cottrell’s income from business and wealth

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 2d

We wanted to understand Democratic Socialists of America. So we talked to two old guys who voted for Trump. (Yes, this is literally the article.)

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Mark Berry @boulezian.bsky.social · 2d

Fast track to canonisation, please.

Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 2d

Greta Thunberg: "I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me. But that is not the story. What happened here was Israel… continuing to worsen and escalate their genocide and mass destruction with genocidal intent, attempting to erase an...

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Mark Berry @boulezian.bsky.social · 2d

Entertaining Mr Sloane

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