Paul Elston
@chunky120717.bsky.social
Northerner, fan of Cricket, F1, Photography, Sci-Fi, Trains and other nerdy shit. NHS advocate & generally a bloody nice bloke.
April 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The #RiverDerwent is pretty low already. #Drought summer incoming.
April 27, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The #RiverDerwent is pretty low already. #Drought summer incoming.
I had knee surgery Sept 2024. This walkway was closed. It's now nearly May 2025. This walkway is still closed. #Derby authorities clearly don't like to rush. #Sortitout
April 27, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I had knee surgery Sept 2024. This walkway was closed. It's now nearly May 2025. This walkway is still closed. #Derby authorities clearly don't like to rush. #Sortitout
A long overdue foray into the #PeakDistrict and #MatlockBath today
February 21, 2025 at 11:22 PM
A long overdue foray into the #PeakDistrict and #MatlockBath today
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In just two weeks Trump has done more to destroy America than all the terrorists combined since the beginning of time.
February 2, 2025 at 2:49 PM
In just two weeks Trump has done more to destroy America than all the terrorists combined since the beginning of time.
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What a bunch of thugs. This is going to be a shit show.
January 16, 2025 at 4:53 PM
What a bunch of thugs. This is going to be a shit show.
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So, Tories finally admit they left the EU with no plan “for growth”.
They also had no plan for trade, science, the arts, business, jobs, training, education, travel, farming, fishing, borders, immigration, healthcare, regulations, food security…
for ANYTHING…
A catastrophe of prejudiced uselessness.
They also had no plan for trade, science, the arts, business, jobs, training, education, travel, farming, fishing, borders, immigration, healthcare, regulations, food security…
for ANYTHING…
A catastrophe of prejudiced uselessness.
January 17, 2025 at 7:30 AM
So, Tories finally admit they left the EU with no plan “for growth”.
They also had no plan for trade, science, the arts, business, jobs, training, education, travel, farming, fishing, borders, immigration, healthcare, regulations, food security…
for ANYTHING…
A catastrophe of prejudiced uselessness.
They also had no plan for trade, science, the arts, business, jobs, training, education, travel, farming, fishing, borders, immigration, healthcare, regulations, food security…
for ANYTHING…
A catastrophe of prejudiced uselessness.
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Nothing is more American than banning TikTok before AR-15s
January 17, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Nothing is more American than banning TikTok before AR-15s
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Nazir Afzal, "When Keir Starmer and I left the CPS we had the highest rate of child sexual abuse prosecutions in our history.. That is Keir Starmer's legacy"
"Boris Johnson said that investigating child sexual abuse was money spaffed up a wall"
"Boris Johnson said that investigating child sexual abuse was money spaffed up a wall"
January 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Nazir Afzal, "When Keir Starmer and I left the CPS we had the highest rate of child sexual abuse prosecutions in our history.. That is Keir Starmer's legacy"
"Boris Johnson said that investigating child sexual abuse was money spaffed up a wall"
"Boris Johnson said that investigating child sexual abuse was money spaffed up a wall"
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Here is the key section of that train wreck of an interview by Robert Jenrick on #r4today.
Robinson: Did you raise it when you were Home Office minister?
Jenrick: We talked about it... I wasn't... My portfolio... But we talked about it.
Only a minute, if you can bear it. ~AA
Robinson: Did you raise it when you were Home Office minister?
Jenrick: We talked about it... I wasn't... My portfolio... But we talked about it.
Only a minute, if you can bear it. ~AA
January 7, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Here is the key section of that train wreck of an interview by Robert Jenrick on #r4today.
Robinson: Did you raise it when you were Home Office minister?
Jenrick: We talked about it... I wasn't... My portfolio... But we talked about it.
Only a minute, if you can bear it. ~AA
Robinson: Did you raise it when you were Home Office minister?
Jenrick: We talked about it... I wasn't... My portfolio... But we talked about it.
Only a minute, if you can bear it. ~AA
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“I’m prepared to call out this for what it is. We’ve seen this playbook many times…when the poison of the far right leads to serious threats to Jess Phillips and others than in my book a line has been crossed”
Prime minister Keir Starmer
Prime minister Keir Starmer
January 6, 2025 at 10:55 AM
“I’m prepared to call out this for what it is. We’ve seen this playbook many times…when the poison of the far right leads to serious threats to Jess Phillips and others than in my book a line has been crossed”
Prime minister Keir Starmer
Prime minister Keir Starmer
A lovely #ChristmasDinner by me for me.
December 26, 2024 at 12:49 AM
A lovely #ChristmasDinner by me for me.
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#HighSpeedTuesday
110mph 87034 and 87101 stand in the middle road at Euston. 85040 on the end, all 3 waiting their next turns. Summer of 87 when I was based there. Superb time to be working on the WCML.
110mph 87034 and 87101 stand in the middle road at Euston. 85040 on the end, all 3 waiting their next turns. Summer of 87 when I was based there. Superb time to be working on the WCML.
November 19, 2024 at 4:30 PM
#HighSpeedTuesday
110mph 87034 and 87101 stand in the middle road at Euston. 85040 on the end, all 3 waiting their next turns. Summer of 87 when I was based there. Superb time to be working on the WCML.
110mph 87034 and 87101 stand in the middle road at Euston. 85040 on the end, all 3 waiting their next turns. Summer of 87 when I was based there. Superb time to be working on the WCML.
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Crazy that we hear about Train Drivers who get £60,000 a year for driving a train.
But we never hear about the boss of Tesco who gets £30,000 a day and doesn't even pay tax in the UK.
Or the £250m a day that the likes of Amazon, Vodafone, BP and Shell don't pay in tax.
But we never hear about the boss of Tesco who gets £30,000 a day and doesn't even pay tax in the UK.
Or the £250m a day that the likes of Amazon, Vodafone, BP and Shell don't pay in tax.
December 24, 2024 at 4:48 PM
Crazy that we hear about Train Drivers who get £60,000 a year for driving a train.
But we never hear about the boss of Tesco who gets £30,000 a day and doesn't even pay tax in the UK.
Or the £250m a day that the likes of Amazon, Vodafone, BP and Shell don't pay in tax.
But we never hear about the boss of Tesco who gets £30,000 a day and doesn't even pay tax in the UK.
Or the £250m a day that the likes of Amazon, Vodafone, BP and Shell don't pay in tax.
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How Manchester City went from world’s best to straw men in 12 months | Barney Ronay
How Manchester City went from world’s best to straw men in 12 months | Barney Ronay
Rodri’s injury, Erling Haaland and Pep Guardiola all play a role in this champion team’s profound collapse
Eight weeks, 12 games and nine defeats into Manchester City’s descent into the footballing upside down, Pep Guardiola has at least identified the…
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2024 at 5:47 PM
How Manchester City went from world’s best to straw men in 12 months | Barney Ronay