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Iain Aitch

@iainaitch.bsky.social

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Author, journalist, thought leadership, copywriter, ghost, PR ideas man, artistic working class histories, subculture, THFC fan. Trouble caused or solved. VG+, some surface noise. https://www.iainaitch.com & https://thisidea.co.uk/ London via Margate

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Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 36m

FB Memories reminds me of the time those lads who were selling a bowl of Lucky Charms for six quid a pop got a book deal and produced the laziest 'Will this do?' thing ever published.

Cereal Killer. Like serial killer. Those people who murder people. Geddit?

If you put a gun to my head on a rollercoaster while defusing a bomb I could still think of something better than what they've farted onto this page.

Cut out masks of the two perpetrators of the cafe should you wish to look like a prick or a twat.

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The Verge @theverge.com · 14h

Discord says 70,000 users may have had their government IDs leaked in breach

The ID pics had been submitted as part of age-related appeals.

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Zach Dorfman @zachsdorfman.bsky.social · 15h

Wow, tell me more about Weimar Germany and what came after?

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 16h

"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."

- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Iain Aitch @iainaitch.bsky.social · 1d

Quite an awkward speech, as Badenoch is just listing problems caused by her party and saying they did great. You can smell the cognitive dissonance from here.

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Nick Davies @njdavies.bsky.social · 1d

Conservative conference was quiet this year. How quiet? Well, 5 months ago I gave a speech on procurement at the same venue that was better attended than Robert Jenrick’s keynote

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Iain Aitch @iainaitch.bsky.social · 1d

So far so year 9 debate club. #kemibadenoch

Iain Aitch @iainaitch.bsky.social · 1d

Kemi seems to think that generations happen in 40 year blocks #kemibadenoch #torypartyconference

Iain Aitch @iainaitch.bsky.social · 1d

Send her… oh I meant him… vic TORY us. What the hell is this? #toryconference

Iain Aitch @iainaitch.bsky.social · 2d

Masterclass on Sky News from Kamali Melbourne on how to interview the likes of Robert Jenrick by making them try to explain their racist remarks.

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Iain Aitch @iainaitch.bsky.social · 3d

Can't wait to see the Home Office equation for what constitutes a repetitive demonstration. Does West Ham fans calling for their manager to be sacked count?

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Iain Aitch @iainaitch.bsky.social · 3d

So the Tories are introducing middle class welfare for those well off enough to buy a home at the expense of those with mental health problems?

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 8d

Reform UK have quietly reinstated the councillor that threatened the Prime Minister (and WAY more), without explanation.

northumberland.moderngov.co.uk/mgUserInfo.a...

hopenothate.org.uk/2025/09/19/s...

Councillor details - Councillor John Victor Allen - Northumberland County Council

northumberland.moderngov.co.uk

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The Onion @theonion.com · 8d

Hungover Hegseth Struggling To Remember How He Ended Up In Room Full Of Generals

QUANTICO, VA—Racking his brain for answers as he gazed out at the high-ranking officers gathered before him, a visibly hungover Pete Hegseth reportedly struggled Tuesday to remember exactly how he end...

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Still Bearish @jhepplestone.bsky.social · 8d

It was only a week after Jo Cox was killed that Farage was crowing about Brexit being won "without a single bullet being fired", something I remember every time he opens his mouth to whine about how awfully terribly badly he's being treated.

Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 8d

Harry Cole here, suggesting that because someone in Utah shot Charlie Kirk 3 weeks ago, Keir Starmer shouldn’t be nasty about Nigel Farage in the U.K.

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Iain Aitch @iainaitch.bsky.social · 8d

Can someone re-sync this with Hey Hey We're the Monkees?

Dan Mudford @danmud.bsky.social · 8d

Just Fantastic!!

Matt Beanzy @mattsawyer.bsky.social · 8d

There is a...magnificence...to this

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 8d

To add to this: Sadiq Khan took a big political risk by doing this, and it appears to have paid off - or rather, the policy has worked as intended.

London Labour will be (quite reasonably) hoping voters notice...

Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 8d

Some good news.

London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.

The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.

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Tarte Normande @tartenormande.bsky.social · 8d

The roasted bean-derived hot drink, which is celebrated today in a global annual event, is also known as 'joe' or 'java' in the US etc etc

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 8d

Public views of Reform,July 2024

Need to do more to keep out candidates with racist views:
64% to 9% (+55)

Risk bringing prejudice to immigration debate
51% to 20% (+31)

Say things they shouldn't say
45% to 24% (+21)

Mainly dangerous + divisive
43% to 28% (+15)

Racist
41% to 30%
29% on fence

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 8d

Reform UK's Chair for Blackpool and candidate there Mark Butcher wants to be patriotic so he's posted a selfie with a bunch of Tommy Robinson supporters.

His friend circled here was also videoed doing Nazi salutes:

www.instagram.com/reel/DPPXNPk...

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Iain Aitch @iainaitch.bsky.social · 8d

Just worked out that Pete Hegseth is actually Mr Morris from Friday Night Dinner, but boozier.

an elderly man in a suit says i 'll tell you what it 's all about

Alt: Mr Morris from Friday Night Dinner says i 'll tell you what it 's all about: punk rock

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Iain Aitch @iainaitch.bsky.social · 8d

Didn’t masturbation used to be a private thing?

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Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 8d

Harry Cole here, suggesting that because someone in Utah shot Charlie Kirk 3 weeks ago, Keir Starmer shouldn’t be nasty about Nigel Farage in the U.K.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 8d

One of those hereditary peers who gets to sit in the House of Lords because an ancestor did something in 1442.

When I was on twitter I genuinely thought he was a troll. Clearly has a chip the size of Offa's Dyke on those shoulders

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 8d

Can someone ask Farage or Zia Yusuf why, if they're so concerned about incitement to violence, they had Lucy Connolly as a guest star at their conference?

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