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Dave Haslam @davehaslam.bsky.social · 2d

He’s 100% correct - the flag has been co-opted as a hostile and divisive symbol by fragile fake patriots manipulated by Farage and brainwashed by “Tommy” etc. Well done Gary Neville for standing up for decency and tolerance.

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 2d

Gary Neville, "Brexit has had a devastating impact on this country"

"The messaging is getting dangerous"

"All these idiots out there spreading hate speech in any form, abuse in any form, we must stop promoting them"

"And get back to a country of love, peace and harmony"

"And become a team again"

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 2d

The Greens requested an interview on the Laura Kuenssberg Show with Zack Polanski when he was elected leader, but were denied, with a promise to interview him during Green conference instead.

This was then scrapped citing the Manchester synagogue attack. Polanski is both Jewish and from Manchester

BBC Laura Kuenssberg Show Accused of Anti-Green Bias After Cancelling Zack Polanski Interview

The new Green Party leader was the only major party leader not to have been granted a conference interview on the flagship BBC show

bylinetimes.com

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 2d

Gary Neville, "Brexit has had a devastating impact on this country"

"The messaging is getting dangerous"

"All these idiots out there spreading hate speech in any form, abuse in any form, we must stop promoting them"

"And get back to a country of love, peace and harmony"

"And become a team again"

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Dave Haslam @davehaslam.bsky.social · 2d

He’s 100% correct - the flag has been co-opted as a hostile and divisive symbol by fragile fake patriots manipulated by Farage and brainwashed by “Tommy” etc. Well done Gary Neville for standing up for decency and tolerance.

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 2d

Gary Neville, "Brexit has had a devastating impact on this country"

"The messaging is getting dangerous"

"All these idiots out there spreading hate speech in any form, abuse in any form, we must stop promoting them"

"And get back to a country of love, peace and harmony"

"And become a team again"

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Dave Haslam @davehaslam.bsky.social · 2d

In Chicago ICE goons drag children out of bed, ransack apartments, later tear gas protesters, arrest more, attempt to make an arrest in a hospital.

And British politicians like Bad-Enoch and Farage and right wing newspapers see this and want to replicate ICE here!!

Maniacs.

Meta Resistance @metaresistance.bsky.social · 5d

ICE Agents in #Chicago
‘F--- them kids’: ICE agents drag children out of bed, ransack Chicago building

It’s the most egregious abuse of our basic rights as Americans I've seen in a long time, maybe in my lifetime,” says Chris Hayes.

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Mark Culham @markculham.bsky.social · 3d

📷 'Steve Wright' (probably Stephen Wright)

Photograph as it appears in an article of a magazine of Marcel King (right) leaning against Jim(?) Crawford. Shoulder to shoulder they keep each other from falling. Hands in pockets both have their inside leg crossing to the outside of their other leg, all nonchalant-like. Background is an open pavemented space, people can just be made out top and right, one sitting.

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Dave Haslam @davehaslam.bsky.social · 3d

30 years ago today Marcel King died of a brain haemorrhage in Manchester (5th Oct 1995), aged 38. I wrote about him, and the group he sang with - Sweet Sensation - in this article last year.

davehaslam.substack.com/p/50-years-s...

50 years since 'Sad Sweet Dreamer'

A Manchester music story.

davehaslam.substack.com

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Rokhl @rokhl.bsky.social · 3d

Goddamn this so good ☺️

Dave Haslam @davehaslam.bsky.social · 4d

Still raining, the world run by maniacs, the new series everyone is raving about is on the one streaming platform you don't have, your football team already settling for mid-table mediocrity...

But we'll always have Alexei's Midnight Runners.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6ca...

Alexei's Midnight Runners - Pop Up Toaster

YouTube video by PopUpToasters

www.youtube.com

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Balderdash @balderdash.bsky.social · 4d

Your own
personal
Negus,
Someone to look at your wares
Someone who cares.

Arthur Negus looking to the left. A teapot looking to the right.

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Dave Haslam @davehaslam.bsky.social · 4d

Still raining, the world run by maniacs, the new series everyone is raving about is on the one streaming platform you don't have, your football team already settling for mid-table mediocrity...

But we'll always have Alexei's Midnight Runners.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6ca...

Alexei's Midnight Runners - Pop Up Toaster

YouTube video by PopUpToasters

www.youtube.com

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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · Aug 4

I prosecute and defend the most serious sexual offences in our courts.

The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative.

Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.

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Dave Haslam @davehaslam.bsky.social · 4d

Still raining, the world run by maniacs, the new series everyone is raving about is on the one streaming platform you don't have, your football team already settling for mid-table mediocrity...

But we'll always have Alexei's Midnight Runners.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6ca...

Alexei's Midnight Runners - Pop Up Toaster

YouTube video by PopUpToasters

www.youtube.com

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Dave Haslam @davehaslam.bsky.social · 4d

Stoke has a great clubbing history. Someone should write about it. Not me tho.

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Dave Haslam @davehaslam.bsky.social · 5d

3rd October 2010 >> I did an onstage interview with Jonathan Franzen at the Whitworth Art Gallery. It was a great evening.

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The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 6d

Terrorism seeks to divide - journalists shouldn’t do their job for them.

After an appalling Yom Kippur synagogue attack, @davidyelland.bsky.social warns the media’s chase for ever more ‘extreme’ opinions risks feeding that divide.

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Snarkymuse @snarkymuse.bsky.social · 7d

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Dave Haslam @davehaslam.bsky.social · 6d

Better than his Jailbreak -

“Tonight there's gonna be a jailbreak
Somewhere in this town”

Imagine warning the authorities like that? Establishment stooge!

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MAREcus 👻/ 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 7d

Some great reporting here: “One of the most prominent YouTubers, Anthony Styles, 59, has since deleted his AJ Audits channel after it was revealed he is a convicted paedophile. He was known to frequent protests… where demonstrators claimed to stand for the “protection of women and children”

Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 8d

Hotels housing migrants are now YouTube content farms. Outrage = clicks. Clicks = cash: £10k–£20k a month, just for filming cruelty. Division is the business model.

Details here ⤵️

@eastangliabylines.co.uk @owensennitt.bsky.social

Lucrative hate: YouTubers target migrant hotels for clicks

YouTubers are cashing in by harassing asylum seekers at hotels, turning human misery into profitable, divisive entertainment

eastangliabylines.co.uk

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Dave Haslam @davehaslam.bsky.social · 7d

I’m rolling my eyes at Sarah Vine and I’m 63.

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Manchester History @mcrhistory.bsky.social · 9d

A woman in pink sweeping the street in front of her house, in Lower Broughton, Salford. 1969. The Poet's Corner pub in the background.

Photo - Michael Goodger.

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Dave Haslam @davehaslam.bsky.social · 8d

Saturday afternoon from 3:30pm, free entry at Soup (on Spear St) - Kate Magic's book, '88: The Untold Story of a Revolution', an account of the UK's 1980s rave culture based on interviews with nearly 100 people involved in the scene; lots of new voices & new perspectives.

Info ra.co/events/2239053

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Dave Haslam @davehaslam.bsky.social · 8d

Brian Patten RIP.

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Dave Haslam @davehaslam.bsky.social · 8d

Eye witness report from an Oasis show at Wembley www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s... “This is, in short, the most accurate cross-section of the British general public you will ever experience outside of a motorway service station.” Is it though? Is it really???

The UK’s summer of Oasis is over – but the unity and euphoria it created is unforgettable | Emma Garland

Bringing together people of every generation and accent, the Gallagher brothers articulate something at the very heart of Britishness

www.theguardian.com

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Dave Haslam @davehaslam.bsky.social · 8d

“Dancing” in the majority of indie clubs consisted of standing still, putting both hands in the air and booming out the lyrics. Very strange.

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John Petrie @johnpetrie.bsky.social · 9d

Nathan Gill has pleaded guilty to taking bribes from Russia to make pro Russian statements.

Richard Tice - Deputy Leader of Reform: I have never met Nathan Gill and he has nothing to do with Reform.

Well ok then…

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