Graham Bett
@grahambett.bsky.social
European. Labour.🌹Chair Melton Mowbray Town Estate.
Emeritus Headteacher. Lincoln born.
'An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics' - Plutarch
Emeritus Headteacher. Lincoln born.
'An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics' - Plutarch
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Graham Bett
@grahambett.bsky.social
· Nov 17
OK. I've finally got round to joining @bsky.app . But where's Nathan W Pyle ??
All populists are dangerous, feeding people what they want to hear, regardless of truth
I see him as nothing but an unintelligent wanna be politician who has moved around parties until be found one he could progress in.
He is more interested in promoting himself than any ideology or policy and will say whatever he wants to please people.
Populist through and through.
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He is more interested in promoting himself than any ideology or policy and will say whatever he wants to please people.
Populist through and through.
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December 6, 2025 at 9:48 PM
All populists are dangerous, feeding people what they want to hear, regardless of truth
A couple of ideas from a non-expert.....
To show more "fight,"
🤔 remove all sense of entitlement from the organisation and most of the press.
🤔 increase the gene pool by reintroducing cricket across all state schools.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
To show more "fight,"
🤔 remove all sense of entitlement from the organisation and most of the press.
🤔 increase the gene pool by reintroducing cricket across all state schools.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
The Ashes 2025: England needed to show 'fight' - Michael Vaughan
England failed to show fight in the final session of the third day of the Ashes Test, said former captain Michael Vaughan.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
A couple of ideas from a non-expert.....
To show more "fight,"
🤔 remove all sense of entitlement from the organisation and most of the press.
🤔 increase the gene pool by reintroducing cricket across all state schools.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
To show more "fight,"
🤔 remove all sense of entitlement from the organisation and most of the press.
🤔 increase the gene pool by reintroducing cricket across all state schools.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
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Data centres are energy hungry but what if we could use their waste heat to heat our homes?
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
December 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Data centres are energy hungry but what if we could use their waste heat to heat our homes?
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
Disappointingly unbalanced "reporting" here. If Phillip Turner is so much against he and his company paying more to the community for services such as NHS, army, potholes etc, he should have the decency to suggest who should pay instead.
www.northnorfolknews.co.uk/news/2566167...
www.northnorfolknews.co.uk/news/2566167...
Thousands of job losses loom after chancellor's budget 'death sentence' for firms
Tens of thousands of jobs could be lost in Norfolk and Suffolk due to tax rises in the chancellor Rachel Reeves' budget, experts have warned.
www.northnorfolknews.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Disappointingly unbalanced "reporting" here. If Phillip Turner is so much against he and his company paying more to the community for services such as NHS, army, potholes etc, he should have the decency to suggest who should pay instead.
www.northnorfolknews.co.uk/news/2566167...
www.northnorfolknews.co.uk/news/2566167...
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#StainedGlassSunday the Elgar Memorial window depicts the Dream of Gerontious
November 30, 2025 at 6:59 PM
#StainedGlassSunday the Elgar Memorial window depicts the Dream of Gerontious
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From 1919, this made me smile!
You might want to repost it!!
You might want to repost it!!
November 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
From 1919, this made me smile!
You might want to repost it!!
You might want to repost it!!
From 1919, this made me smile!
You might want to repost it!!
You might want to repost it!!
November 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
From 1919, this made me smile!
You might want to repost it!!
You might want to repost it!!
Not really surprising. The Government needs to use this to demonstrate the damage of Brexit to our defence as well as economy - and target disaffected but pro-defence Tory & Reform voters.
The Government's priority of course as always is to appease Farage's fans so another opportunity to boost growth and repair our trade with Europe is wasted. The sooner the Labour Party ceases to exist the better for everyone.
Euro Weekly News: UK excluded from €150bn EU defence deal
euroweeklynews.com/2025/11/28/u...
euroweeklynews.com/2025/11/28/u...
November 29, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Not really surprising. The Government needs to use this to demonstrate the damage of Brexit to our defence as well as economy - and target disaffected but pro-defence Tory & Reform voters.
Self-delusional arrogance.....
“We didn’t have the Test match that we wanted to, but we were great in passages of that game"
If it was a school, the England Cricket Team, esp the leadership team, would be judged as requiring "urgent improvement."
#cricket
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/n...
“We didn’t have the Test match that we wanted to, but we were great in passages of that game"
If it was a school, the England Cricket Team, esp the leadership team, would be judged as requiring "urgent improvement."
#cricket
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/n...
‘Call us rubbish’: Ben Stokes hits back at claims that England approach is ‘arrogant’
Captain rejects term used by former Ashes tormentor Mitchell Johnson as the tourists begin training with a pink Kookaburra ball in Brisbane
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Self-delusional arrogance.....
“We didn’t have the Test match that we wanted to, but we were great in passages of that game"
If it was a school, the England Cricket Team, esp the leadership team, would be judged as requiring "urgent improvement."
#cricket
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/n...
“We didn’t have the Test match that we wanted to, but we were great in passages of that game"
If it was a school, the England Cricket Team, esp the leadership team, would be judged as requiring "urgent improvement."
#cricket
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/n...
The democratic system of the UK has a real problem:
The people will only vote for the fantasy that they can get the services they expect without paying the taxes to pay for them.
All parties therefore have to avoid the unelectable truth, and be condemned for dishonesty when elected.
#doublethink
The people will only vote for the fantasy that they can get the services they expect without paying the taxes to pay for them.
All parties therefore have to avoid the unelectable truth, and be condemned for dishonesty when elected.
#doublethink
November 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The democratic system of the UK has a real problem:
The people will only vote for the fantasy that they can get the services they expect without paying the taxes to pay for them.
All parties therefore have to avoid the unelectable truth, and be condemned for dishonesty when elected.
#doublethink
The people will only vote for the fantasy that they can get the services they expect without paying the taxes to pay for them.
All parties therefore have to avoid the unelectable truth, and be condemned for dishonesty when elected.
#doublethink
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Rachel Reeves:
"We are freezing known Russian assets."
"But, let me be clear, I don't actually mean the right honourable member for Clacton!"
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"We are freezing known Russian assets."
"But, let me be clear, I don't actually mean the right honourable member for Clacton!"
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November 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Rachel Reeves:
"We are freezing known Russian assets."
"But, let me be clear, I don't actually mean the right honourable member for Clacton!"
😂👏
"We are freezing known Russian assets."
"But, let me be clear, I don't actually mean the right honourable member for Clacton!"
😂👏
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'Rachel Reeves has done more to help kids in poverty than 7 Tory Chancellors'
Kevin Maguire
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Kevin Maguire
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
'Rachel Reeves transformed herself from Scrooge to Mother Christmas'
'Budget deserves to be remembered as the moment the UK Labour Government found its moral purpose and consigned the callous, cruel and cynical Tory two-child benefit to the dustbin of British history'
www.mirror.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
'Rachel Reeves has done more to help kids in poverty than 7 Tory Chancellors'
Kevin Maguire
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Kevin Maguire
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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There are goldfish with better memories than Badenoch.
95% of the problems faced by Labour are a result of 14 years of Tory incompetence and negligence.
#Budget
95% of the problems faced by Labour are a result of 14 years of Tory incompetence and negligence.
#Budget
November 26, 2025 at 1:52 PM
There are goldfish with better memories than Badenoch.
95% of the problems faced by Labour are a result of 14 years of Tory incompetence and negligence.
#Budget
95% of the problems faced by Labour are a result of 14 years of Tory incompetence and negligence.
#Budget
Good, though uncomfortable truth, here.
Labour has a responsibility to gain a second term. It's when the most good can be done.
For the many.....
Labour has a responsibility to gain a second term. It's when the most good can be done.
For the many.....
If you want to keep the ECHR then keep Reform and the Tories out of government. Measures as announced by Mamood are probably the only way prevent the many from putting Farage in as PM. Want to take the risk? Look what is happening in the US. Farage is their puppet.
November 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Good, though uncomfortable truth, here.
Labour has a responsibility to gain a second term. It's when the most good can be done.
For the many.....
Labour has a responsibility to gain a second term. It's when the most good can be done.
For the many.....
1 The uncomfortable truth is the people of our country are not as welcoming to "others" as you might imagine.
2 Govts in a democracy must govern by consent, which means not moving far away from majority views.
3 It would be irresponsible not to gain a vital 2nd term, when the most good can be done
2 Govts in a democracy must govern by consent, which means not moving far away from majority views.
3 It would be irresponsible not to gain a vital 2nd term, when the most good can be done
I know this Labour government is doing some genuinely good things but I feel so despondent when I hear Labour politicians talk like this.
This is the politics of cowardice and I cannot abide political cowards.
This is the politics of cowardice and I cannot abide political cowards.
Shabana Mahmood on the BBC this morning talking about desperate people fleeing war and persecution as being given a "golden ticket" and "handouts" and saying she's got a "moral mission" to take them away from them
Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
November 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
1 The uncomfortable truth is the people of our country are not as welcoming to "others" as you might imagine.
2 Govts in a democracy must govern by consent, which means not moving far away from majority views.
3 It would be irresponsible not to gain a vital 2nd term, when the most good can be done
2 Govts in a democracy must govern by consent, which means not moving far away from majority views.
3 It would be irresponsible not to gain a vital 2nd term, when the most good can be done
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Every time I hear a politician say that an issue is “dividing” this country they always then come down on the side of the right wing view of it. Just once I’d love to hear someone say “this issue is divisive, which is why I’m making the argument that kindness and compassion is important”
November 16, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Every time I hear a politician say that an issue is “dividing” this country they always then come down on the side of the right wing view of it. Just once I’d love to hear someone say “this issue is divisive, which is why I’m making the argument that kindness and compassion is important”
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🧵On our revelations today about the BBC Coup and the Prescott Dossier.
The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12
The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12
'BBC Bias' Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President
bylinetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
🧵On our revelations today about the BBC Coup and the Prescott Dossier.
The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12
The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12
And I'm sure he would be encouraged to know his supporter behind him was taking such copious notes on her phone, as was the opposition member opposite....
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One of the good things about watching some of the wider debates in the Commons is seeing some of the junior ministers at the Despatch box.
Here is part off the closing speech @dantomlinson.bsky.social gave for the government on the opposition day debate on taxes.
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Here is part off the closing speech @dantomlinson.bsky.social gave for the government on the opposition day debate on taxes.
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November 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
And I'm sure he would be encouraged to know his supporter behind him was taking such copious notes on her phone, as was the opposition member opposite....
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An excellent response.
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NEW
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
emptycity.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:26 PM
An excellent response.
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Luxurious duck-shaped vessel carved from a single piece of rock crystal around 3,500 years ago!
From Bronze Age Mycenae, it is said to be an exquisite example of imported Minoan stoneworking. Probably used to hold oils or cosmetics.
National Archaeological Museum Athens Greece
📷 me
#Archaeology
From Bronze Age Mycenae, it is said to be an exquisite example of imported Minoan stoneworking. Probably used to hold oils or cosmetics.
National Archaeological Museum Athens Greece
📷 me
#Archaeology
November 12, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Luxurious duck-shaped vessel carved from a single piece of rock crystal around 3,500 years ago!
From Bronze Age Mycenae, it is said to be an exquisite example of imported Minoan stoneworking. Probably used to hold oils or cosmetics.
National Archaeological Museum Athens Greece
📷 me
#Archaeology
From Bronze Age Mycenae, it is said to be an exquisite example of imported Minoan stoneworking. Probably used to hold oils or cosmetics.
National Archaeological Museum Athens Greece
📷 me
#Archaeology
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But what about our currently government? They are doing well, but are you talking about it and tell others?
Or just sitting back annoyed at all the detractors trying to bring the government down?
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Or just sitting back annoyed at all the detractors trying to bring the government down?
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November 12, 2025 at 10:35 AM
But what about our currently government? They are doing well, but are you talking about it and tell others?
Or just sitting back annoyed at all the detractors trying to bring the government down?
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Or just sitting back annoyed at all the detractors trying to bring the government down?
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The finale of the great TV comedy show Blackadder goes Forth.
Back then I didn't expect one of the funniest programmes ever to end with a scene that makes me cry every time I see it.
Every single time.
Back then I didn't expect one of the funniest programmes ever to end with a scene that makes me cry every time I see it.
Every single time.
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The finale of the great TV comedy show Blackadder goes Forth.
Back then I didn't expect one of the funniest programmes ever to end with a scene that makes me cry every time I see it.
Every single time.
Back then I didn't expect one of the funniest programmes ever to end with a scene that makes me cry every time I see it.
Every single time.
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Climate change & global warming
Ed gives us reasons to be hopeful: that measures are working.
But there is much more to do - and Labour are doing just that here in the UK.
But more importantly they are aiming to be world leaders to get other countries to take the necessary steps as well.
Ed gives us reasons to be hopeful: that measures are working.
But there is much more to do - and Labour are doing just that here in the UK.
But more importantly they are aiming to be world leaders to get other countries to take the necessary steps as well.
November 11, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Climate change & global warming
Ed gives us reasons to be hopeful: that measures are working.
But there is much more to do - and Labour are doing just that here in the UK.
But more importantly they are aiming to be world leaders to get other countries to take the necessary steps as well.
Ed gives us reasons to be hopeful: that measures are working.
But there is much more to do - and Labour are doing just that here in the UK.
But more importantly they are aiming to be world leaders to get other countries to take the necessary steps as well.