@jefflet.bsky.social
All power to your elbow sir.
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 2:04 PM
All power to your elbow sir.
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The UK’s laziest Councillor?
Reform UK’s Councillor Shaun Knowles in Northumberland has been paid £9340.67 since becoming a councillor.
An FOI has shown he’s sent 2, TWO emails since May!
He’s attended just 1 meeting (in Sept) since elected.
Reform UK wasting tax payer money.
Reform UK’s Councillor Shaun Knowles in Northumberland has been paid £9340.67 since becoming a councillor.
An FOI has shown he’s sent 2, TWO emails since May!
He’s attended just 1 meeting (in Sept) since elected.
Reform UK wasting tax payer money.
December 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The UK’s laziest Councillor?
Reform UK’s Councillor Shaun Knowles in Northumberland has been paid £9340.67 since becoming a councillor.
An FOI has shown he’s sent 2, TWO emails since May!
He’s attended just 1 meeting (in Sept) since elected.
Reform UK wasting tax payer money.
Reform UK’s Councillor Shaun Knowles in Northumberland has been paid £9340.67 since becoming a councillor.
An FOI has shown he’s sent 2, TWO emails since May!
He’s attended just 1 meeting (in Sept) since elected.
Reform UK wasting tax payer money.
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Removing the two-child limit accounts for less than 1 per cent of social security bill. To remove 450,000 children out of poverty, that's pretty good return on investment.
November 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Removing the two-child limit accounts for less than 1 per cent of social security bill. To remove 450,000 children out of poverty, that's pretty good return on investment.
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By mimicking Reform to win back support, the Labour government is making a serious mistake. This race to the bottom emboldens Farage, punishes vulnerable people, amplifies racism, and undermines those working to hold communities together.
November 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
By mimicking Reform to win back support, the Labour government is making a serious mistake. This race to the bottom emboldens Farage, punishes vulnerable people, amplifies racism, and undermines those working to hold communities together.
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Calling on friends and contacts from her varied and influential career in music, @hannahcfrench.bsky.social uncovers the storms, struggles and humanity beneath Vivaldi’s best-loved work in her new book 'The Rolling Year' 📖
👉 go.continuoconnect.com/the-four-sea...
👉 go.continuoconnect.com/the-four-sea...
November 17, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Calling on friends and contacts from her varied and influential career in music, @hannahcfrench.bsky.social uncovers the storms, struggles and humanity beneath Vivaldi’s best-loved work in her new book 'The Rolling Year' 📖
👉 go.continuoconnect.com/the-four-sea...
👉 go.continuoconnect.com/the-four-sea...
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Be the reason your local independent bookstore stays in business.
November 13, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Be the reason your local independent bookstore stays in business.
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UK | Judge said he’d need a “clear, evidence-based and statistically sound analysis” comparing asylum seekers to the settled population — the judge said: “There is no such evidence before the court”.
Epping Council lost High Court bid to block asylum seekers being housed in the Bell.
Noting the council offered no evidence to back claims that asylum seekers are more likely to commit crime - the beak said:
“There is no such evidence before the court”.
Exactly.
apple.news/AsShD5LdoSRm...
Noting the council offered no evidence to back claims that asylum seekers are more likely to commit crime - the beak said:
“There is no such evidence before the court”.
Exactly.
apple.news/AsShD5LdoSRm...
Asylum seekers can stay at Epping Hotel, rules High Court judge in major blow to local campaigners — The Standard
The owners of the Epping hotel fought against an injunction for breaching planning law
apple.news
November 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
UK | Judge said he’d need a “clear, evidence-based and statistically sound analysis” comparing asylum seekers to the settled population — the judge said: “There is no such evidence before the court”.
Thank you Cathy. At least I can now say my writing is similar to John Buchan's.😇
John Buchan Fact of the Day (312/365) In his memoir Memory Hold-The-Door, published posthumously in 1940, Buchan described his handwriting as 'vile'. #JBFactOfTheDay #JohnBuchan #books #booksky 📚💙
November 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Thank you Cathy. At least I can now say my writing is similar to John Buchan's.😇
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"Overheard in an Oslo cafe, in which Mamdani was described as an American politician who “finally” sounded normal.
“Normal." “Here, (in Norway) taking care of one another through public programs isn’t radical socialism. It’s Tuesday.”
True in most of Europe, especially Nordic countries
“Normal." “Here, (in Norway) taking care of one another through public programs isn’t radical socialism. It’s Tuesday.”
True in most of Europe, especially Nordic countries
November 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
"Overheard in an Oslo cafe, in which Mamdani was described as an American politician who “finally” sounded normal.
“Normal." “Here, (in Norway) taking care of one another through public programs isn’t radical socialism. It’s Tuesday.”
True in most of Europe, especially Nordic countries
“Normal." “Here, (in Norway) taking care of one another through public programs isn’t radical socialism. It’s Tuesday.”
True in most of Europe, especially Nordic countries
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'This is a taste of the eighteenth-century music that frequents my kitchen from September to November.' 🍁 🍂
Discover @hannahcfrench.bsky.social's Autumn playlist:
faber.co.uk/journal/classical-music-for-autumn-dr-hannah-frenchs-seasonal-soundtrack
Discover @hannahcfrench.bsky.social's Autumn playlist:
faber.co.uk/journal/classical-music-for-autumn-dr-hannah-frenchs-seasonal-soundtrack
Classical Music for Autumn: Dr Hannah French’s Seasonal Soundtrack
Naturally, Vivaldi kicks off this Classical Music for Autumn playlist, with The Four Seasons encapsulating the early morning hunt.
www.faber.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
'This is a taste of the eighteenth-century music that frequents my kitchen from September to November.' 🍁 🍂
Discover @hannahcfrench.bsky.social's Autumn playlist:
faber.co.uk/journal/classical-music-for-autumn-dr-hannah-frenchs-seasonal-soundtrack
Discover @hannahcfrench.bsky.social's Autumn playlist:
faber.co.uk/journal/classical-music-for-autumn-dr-hannah-frenchs-seasonal-soundtrack
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A message from Virginia’s family:
“Today, an ordinary American girl from an ordinary American family brought down a British prince with her truth and extraordinary courage."
Virginia deserved better, and while she was still alive.
Release the Epstein Files.
“Today, an ordinary American girl from an ordinary American family brought down a British prince with her truth and extraordinary courage."
Virginia deserved better, and while she was still alive.
Release the Epstein Files.
November 1, 2025 at 11:02 PM
A message from Virginia’s family:
“Today, an ordinary American girl from an ordinary American family brought down a British prince with her truth and extraordinary courage."
Virginia deserved better, and while she was still alive.
Release the Epstein Files.
“Today, an ordinary American girl from an ordinary American family brought down a British prince with her truth and extraordinary courage."
Virginia deserved better, and while she was still alive.
Release the Epstein Files.
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Daniel Hannan was born in Peru
November 2, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Daniel Hannan was born in Peru
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I've written a couple of things over the last days about how the government and much of Westminster remaining on X as the platform becomes increasingly toxic is having consequences for our politics...
Our politics is increasingly normalised to racism – because politicians are addicted to X
The platform has quietly dragged British politics into a dark place
inews.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I've written a couple of things over the last days about how the government and much of Westminster remaining on X as the platform becomes increasingly toxic is having consequences for our politics...
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● Andrew Windsor remains 8th in the line of succession.
●King Charles III will privately fund his new living arrangements despite Andrew being very rich indeed
● Actually we don't know how wealthy Andrew is because his mother's will is sealed for 90+ years
● Sleep well serfs.
● Know your place.
●King Charles III will privately fund his new living arrangements despite Andrew being very rich indeed
● Actually we don't know how wealthy Andrew is because his mother's will is sealed for 90+ years
● Sleep well serfs.
● Know your place.
a close up of a man 's face with his eyes closed in a suit and tie .
ALT: a close up of a man 's face with his eyes closed in a suit and tie .
media.tenor.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:54 PM
● Andrew Windsor remains 8th in the line of succession.
●King Charles III will privately fund his new living arrangements despite Andrew being very rich indeed
● Actually we don't know how wealthy Andrew is because his mother's will is sealed for 90+ years
● Sleep well serfs.
● Know your place.
●King Charles III will privately fund his new living arrangements despite Andrew being very rich indeed
● Actually we don't know how wealthy Andrew is because his mother's will is sealed for 90+ years
● Sleep well serfs.
● Know your place.
He probably finds it useful to keep in touch with his various mistresses too.
October 16, 2025 at 11:59 AM
He probably finds it useful to keep in touch with his various mistresses too.
Away with the Bishops from the Lords. Not only are professed Christians now a minority of the UK Population but the C of E is a minority Christian sect. They do not represent me or the vast majority of the UK.
Decades of consternation over gay marriage have shown the Church of England to be institutionally homophobic.
Its doctrine is its own affair, but this minority religion has no business being an arm of the state.
www.thetimes.com/uk/religion/...
Its doctrine is its own affair, but this minority religion has no business being an arm of the state.
www.thetimes.com/uk/religion/...
Church of England bishops halt plans for blessing services for gay couples
The ban on priests marrying same-sex partners will also be extended because changes would require the rewriting of canon law, say leaders
www.thetimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Away with the Bishops from the Lords. Not only are professed Christians now a minority of the UK Population but the C of E is a minority Christian sect. They do not represent me or the vast majority of the UK.
How utterly appalling.
October 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
How utterly appalling.
My credit card bill will tell you that this is what I do.
I cannot stress this strongly enough: Support your local theatre, café, bookstore, bakery, and library. We breathe life into these places when we support them. They need us, and more importantly, we need them.
October 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
My credit card bill will tell you that this is what I do.
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Everything he's reported to have said in this BBC piece sounds like he's desperately trying to distance himself, knowing that the connection is real and toxic. If the press were investigating Farage with the same enthusiasm they went for Rayner, he'd be done for.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Nigel Farage 'stunned' ex-Wales Reform leader Nathan Gill took bribes
Nathan Gill has admitted taking money for pro-Russian statements as a European Parliament member.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Everything he's reported to have said in this BBC piece sounds like he's desperately trying to distance himself, knowing that the connection is real and toxic. If the press were investigating Farage with the same enthusiasm they went for Rayner, he'd be done for.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A book that was a consolation to me while my father was dying and one I reread from time to time still.
John Buchan Fact of the Day (264/365) Buchan's final novel, Sick Heart River (published posthumously in 1941), was inspired by the Nahanni River in Canada's Northwest Territories. It is close to the area he travelled through in 1937 #JBFactOfTheDay #JohnBuchan #books #Canada 🇨🇦 #booksky 💙📚
October 11, 2025 at 11:39 AM
A book that was a consolation to me while my father was dying and one I reread from time to time still.
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No notes.
October 7, 2025 at 3:09 PM
No notes.
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The UK is all going a bit "Game of Thronesy"!
October 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The UK is all going a bit "Game of Thronesy"!
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History repeats.
October 4, 2025 at 6:54 AM
History repeats.
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On Yom Kippur many Jewish people in Britain have their phones off to mark the holy day.
As it ends at 723pm, some will hear the tragic Manchester news for the first time.
At that time, please join many of us to send a message of solidarity to British Jews.Thanks Together coalition for proposing.
As it ends at 723pm, some will hear the tragic Manchester news for the first time.
At that time, please join many of us to send a message of solidarity to British Jews.Thanks Together coalition for proposing.
October 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
On Yom Kippur many Jewish people in Britain have their phones off to mark the holy day.
As it ends at 723pm, some will hear the tragic Manchester news for the first time.
At that time, please join many of us to send a message of solidarity to British Jews.Thanks Together coalition for proposing.
As it ends at 723pm, some will hear the tragic Manchester news for the first time.
At that time, please join many of us to send a message of solidarity to British Jews.Thanks Together coalition for proposing.
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September 28, 2025 at 9:47 AM