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Ex parliament now runs a bar by the sea. Birder, gayer, occasional banjo player. Instagram same handle. she/sir Lesbian of the parish of Whitstable

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Night of the Libby Dead ☠️ @captainlibatron.bsky.social · 22d

If you see this quote the energy you bring to bluesky

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Night of the Libby Dead ☠️ @captainlibatron.bsky.social · 7h

Also, the fit! which if I wore would look like Ronnie Corbett

Night of the Libby Dead ☠️ @captainlibatron.bsky.social · 7h

Yeah, opening hours have never been the issue, and I dohbt any businesses have said they were. Especially given there's fuck all public transport in this country after 11pm.

Night of the Libby Dead ☠️ @captainlibatron.bsky.social · 7h

Don't actually care if she wins, some loves are unconditional.

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Night of the Libby Dead ☠️ @captainlibatron.bsky.social · 8h

Lol

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 8h

Pubs to stay open until early hours in move to boost UK growth

Exclusive: Plans for England and Wales would help ailing hospitality sector but health experts criticise move Pubs, clubs and restaurants will be able to open into the early hours as part of Labour’s drive for economic growth, a move which critics say will lead to more drunken disorder. Ministers are pushing ahead with plans to allow premises that sell alcohol to extend their opening hours in order to boost “the British night out” and help the hospitality sector. Continue reading...

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Night of the Libby Dead ☠️ @captainlibatron.bsky.social · 8h

I'd love to think the woman in Whitstable Sainsbury's knew what this meant! (And I'm sure there was mutual flattery with the lovely butch)

Night of the Libby Dead ☠️ @captainlibatron.bsky.social · 10h

Oh Gregk, hope you get the care you need. Hang in there. Plenty of us here should talking/typing help.

Night of the Libby Dead ☠️ @captainlibatron.bsky.social · 10h

Adidas has launched a pet collection and why do they all look like every baby dyke in Margate?

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Night of the Libby Dead ☠️ @captainlibatron.bsky.social · 12h

What could be more fitting than a show about crying lesbians that's already been cancelled

Night of the Libby Dead ☠️ @captainlibatron.bsky.social · 12h

(It has occurred to me that the people asking me for ID now think I'm a lad)

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Night of the Libby Dead ☠️ @captainlibatron.bsky.social · 12h

Asked for ID in Sainsbury's! Blessed day.

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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 16h

A crisp £5 note to the first journalist to ask Kemi Badenoch if she has a humiliation kink

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Ben Miller @benwritesthings.bsky.social · 17h

Gay Studies, Queer History, Queer Theory (They/She)

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Night of the Libby Dead ☠️ @captainlibatron.bsky.social · 18h

If you're a lefty white bloke who likes football and wants to distinguish yourself from the right-wing blokes, rejecting flags is a good start. So is listening to minorities.

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Night of the Libby Dead ☠️ @captainlibatron.bsky.social · 19h

Anyway, apparently it's #InternationalLesbianDay so happy Lezmas to us all

Pam Shipman saying so I'm wondering, don't get on with the mother - lesbian gay

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Night of the Libby Dead ☠️ @captainlibatron.bsky.social · 20h

Yes, I am talking about the men's game because look who's arguing for flags.

Night of the Libby Dead ☠️ @captainlibatron.bsky.social · 20h

Finally (said I wouldn't but), saying "but what about flags at football" isn't the argument you think it is when football is still riddled with racism, homophobia and misogyny and tens of thousands of men gathering in stadiums is still a pretty hideous prospect to a lot of people from minorities.

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Night of the Libby Dead ☠️ @captainlibatron.bsky.social · 20h

Yes he does

Night of the Libby Dead ☠️ @captainlibatron.bsky.social · 20h

I don't want to reclaim patriotism, I hate it and I don't want to see that wretched flag ever again. I think the left has always had an issue with this and some of it syncs with Labour Brain nostalgia. A sort of tribal romanticism (like football) that needs getting gone.

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Night of the Libby Dead ☠️ @captainlibatron.bsky.social · 20h

Yes as with pretty much every generation he's not as left as he thinks he is because he hasn't kept up, and needs to listen and learn.

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Night of the Libby Dead ☠️ @captainlibatron.bsky.social · 20h

That said, Gen X Left (of which I am one) can be a nightmare at thinking they're right and it can make them/us quite cloth eared especially the white straight blokes, of which Billy and his fans make up a large proportion.

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Night of the Libby Dead ☠️ @captainlibatron.bsky.social · 20h

Think this is fair enough. I think it is quite generational, I also think football has quite a lot to do with it and I am not dipping my toe in that discourse today.

Jan @janhopis.bsky.social · 22h

I think Billy Bragg has the kind of slightly muddled but generally well-meaning left wing politics which I associate with a lot of activists in his generation, I don't really see the point in barracking him honestly and I think the chances of him "leaving the left" are pretty slim.

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Rose Ruane @regretteruane.bsky.social · 21h

New bio, thank you Tripadvisor

Screenshot of a one star trip advisor review of an hotel which reads a potential death trap wrapped up in tired glitz

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MiMi Aye @meemalee.bsky.social · 1d

A whole bunch of us have grown up in the UK knowing to flee in the other direction if we spot this flag anywhere. We’re not going to pause to see if there are stickers stuck below them.

And if they’re stuck elsewhere, we will not get close enough to see the text - again, we’re just going to leg it.

Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social · 3d

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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Lucy Fishwife 🥐 @lucyfishwife.bsky.social · 2d

CHAPEL!! OF!! PELVISES!!

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