John Durkan
@johndurkan.bsky.social
Likes beer, often a dark one
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Reeves’s promise of England pub business rates U-turn averts Labour rebellion.
Policies announced, defended and abandoned.
Two child benefit cap
Winter Fuel Payment
Farm IHT
Disability benefit cuts
Private equity tax
Own goals galore by a weak chancellor.
Policies announced, defended and abandoned.
Two child benefit cap
Winter Fuel Payment
Farm IHT
Disability benefit cuts
Private equity tax
Own goals galore by a weak chancellor.
Reeves’s promise of pub business rates U-turn averts Labour rebellion
Change in England largely welcomed by industry and Labour MPs but represents another climbdown
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Reeves’s promise of England pub business rates U-turn averts Labour rebellion.
Policies announced, defended and abandoned.
Two child benefit cap
Winter Fuel Payment
Farm IHT
Disability benefit cuts
Private equity tax
Own goals galore by a weak chancellor.
Policies announced, defended and abandoned.
Two child benefit cap
Winter Fuel Payment
Farm IHT
Disability benefit cuts
Private equity tax
Own goals galore by a weak chancellor.
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Reposted by John Durkan
Your fact of the day:
The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in six American citizens suffers a food-borne illness annually. In the UK, the figure is one in 132.
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/28/f...
The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in six American citizens suffers a food-borne illness annually. In the UK, the figure is one in 132.
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/28/f...
Fowl Play: How US Chicken Imports will Pollute Britain's Poor
Since joining the EU British food has gone from bog-awful to top-notch, but Otto English reveals how a US Trade deal will unravel 40 years of progress.
bylinetimes.com
January 4, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Your fact of the day:
The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in six American citizens suffers a food-borne illness annually. In the UK, the figure is one in 132.
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/28/f...
The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in six American citizens suffers a food-borne illness annually. In the UK, the figure is one in 132.
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/28/f...
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#GVerse Before changing its name to the #Shit4Brains-Kennedy Center, the board of trustees apparently forgot to secure the new website domain.
Unfortunately for them, the domain is now owned by comedian and former South Park writer Toby Morton.
Unfortunately for them, the domain is now owned by comedian and former South Park writer Toby Morton.
South Park Writer Owns the Trump-Kennedy Center Domain
A South Park writer bought the domains for the Trump-Kennedy Center back in August after predicting Trump would add his name to the institution.
consequence.net
December 27, 2025 at 8:47 PM
#GVerse Before changing its name to the #Shit4Brains-Kennedy Center, the board of trustees apparently forgot to secure the new website domain.
Unfortunately for them, the domain is now owned by comedian and former South Park writer Toby Morton.
Unfortunately for them, the domain is now owned by comedian and former South Park writer Toby Morton.
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Sewage dumping near swimming spots in England getting worse.
Govt expects end to illegal dumping into waterways by mid-century.
Despite illegality corporate permits not cancelled, puny fines, execs not prosecuted, bills hiked, dividends paid, investment neglected.
archive.ph/qMctS
Govt expects end to illegal dumping into waterways by mid-century.
Despite illegality corporate permits not cancelled, puny fines, execs not prosecuted, bills hiked, dividends paid, investment neglected.
archive.ph/qMctS
Sewage spills near swimming spots still getting worse, report finds
Water companies have been ordered to end the release of untreated sewage into waterways by mid-century. Thursday’s report found progress to be well off course
www.thetimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Sewage dumping near swimming spots in England getting worse.
Govt expects end to illegal dumping into waterways by mid-century.
Despite illegality corporate permits not cancelled, puny fines, execs not prosecuted, bills hiked, dividends paid, investment neglected.
archive.ph/qMctS
Govt expects end to illegal dumping into waterways by mid-century.
Despite illegality corporate permits not cancelled, puny fines, execs not prosecuted, bills hiked, dividends paid, investment neglected.
archive.ph/qMctS
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🎉 TODAY at B33R@33 — Christmas Jumper Day! 🍻🎅 Wear your festive knit & get a FREE shot (while stocks last) 🎁 All to support Save the Children 💚
Donate 👉 christmas.savethechildren.org.uk/fundraising/...
#ChristmasJumperDay 🎄🍺
Donate 👉 christmas.savethechildren.org.uk/fundraising/...
#ChristmasJumperDay 🎄🍺
December 11, 2025 at 9:49 AM
🎉 TODAY at B33R@33 — Christmas Jumper Day! 🍻🎅 Wear your festive knit & get a FREE shot (while stocks last) 🎁 All to support Save the Children 💚
Donate 👉 christmas.savethechildren.org.uk/fundraising/...
#ChristmasJumperDay 🎄🍺
Donate 👉 christmas.savethechildren.org.uk/fundraising/...
#ChristmasJumperDay 🎄🍺
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Think again on big business rates hikes, Chancellor! camra.org.uk/campaigns/10
#camra 🇬🇧 #GoToThePub👍#SupportOurPubs 🤗 #cask 🍺 #BskyBeer ⛅️
#camra 🇬🇧 #GoToThePub👍#SupportOurPubs 🤗 #cask 🍺 #BskyBeer ⛅️
Think again on big business rates hikes, Chancellor!
Use CAMRA's quick email tool to ask your MP to demand that the Chancellor thinks again on plans for huge business rates increases for pubs and breweries in England. Pubs can't afford another big tax h...
camra.org.uk
December 9, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Think again on big business rates hikes, Chancellor! camra.org.uk/campaigns/10
#camra 🇬🇧 #GoToThePub👍#SupportOurPubs 🤗 #cask 🍺 #BskyBeer ⛅️
#camra 🇬🇧 #GoToThePub👍#SupportOurPubs 🤗 #cask 🍺 #BskyBeer ⛅️
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This week at B33R@33:
Tue—Yarned & Dangerous (19:00)
Wed—Bingo Night (20:00)
Sun—Nick Spencer Live (16:00)
Plus Bove’s Pizzeria all weekend + killer beer & cider picks on tap. 🍻🍕
#B33R33 #Horwich #CraftBeer
Tue—Yarned & Dangerous (19:00)
Wed—Bingo Night (20:00)
Sun—Nick Spencer Live (16:00)
Plus Bove’s Pizzeria all weekend + killer beer & cider picks on tap. 🍻🍕
#B33R33 #Horwich #CraftBeer
November 25, 2025 at 8:59 AM
This week at B33R@33:
Tue—Yarned & Dangerous (19:00)
Wed—Bingo Night (20:00)
Sun—Nick Spencer Live (16:00)
Plus Bove’s Pizzeria all weekend + killer beer & cider picks on tap. 🍻🍕
#B33R33 #Horwich #CraftBeer
Tue—Yarned & Dangerous (19:00)
Wed—Bingo Night (20:00)
Sun—Nick Spencer Live (16:00)
Plus Bove’s Pizzeria all weekend + killer beer & cider picks on tap. 🍻🍕
#B33R33 #Horwich #CraftBeer
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NEW: It’s takes a moment for this to really sink in.
Guardian reporting that key parts of Trump’s peace plan was drafted IN RUSSIAN first.
Guardian reporting that key parts of Trump’s peace plan was drafted IN RUSSIAN first.
November 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
NEW: It’s takes a moment for this to really sink in.
Guardian reporting that key parts of Trump’s peace plan was drafted IN RUSSIAN first.
Guardian reporting that key parts of Trump’s peace plan was drafted IN RUSSIAN first.
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Gift season is coming! 🎁🍻 Grab a three-bottle gift box from B33R@33 — perfect for birthdays, thank-yous, or festive treats. Pick your favourites from our fridges and ask our team for help choosing the perfect combo! ✨
#CraftBeer #BeerGifts #B33R33
#CraftBeer #BeerGifts #B33R33
November 15, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Gift season is coming! 🎁🍻 Grab a three-bottle gift box from B33R@33 — perfect for birthdays, thank-yous, or festive treats. Pick your favourites from our fridges and ask our team for help choosing the perfect combo! ✨
#CraftBeer #BeerGifts #B33R33
#CraftBeer #BeerGifts #B33R33
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O2's putting prices up more than it said it would when people signed up. It makes a mockery of Ofcom’s rules. You’ve a right to leave penalty free within 30 days of notification! Here’s how to save large!
For more watch the full Martin Lewis Money Show at ITVX
For more watch the full Martin Lewis Money Show at ITVX
November 10, 2025 at 10:04 AM
O2's putting prices up more than it said it would when people signed up. It makes a mockery of Ofcom’s rules. You’ve a right to leave penalty free within 30 days of notification! Here’s how to save large!
For more watch the full Martin Lewis Money Show at ITVX
For more watch the full Martin Lewis Money Show at ITVX
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Leaving the ECHR won’t “Take Back Control” – it will hand your rights to politicians
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/jus...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/jus...
Leaving the ECHR won’t “Take Back Control” – it will hand your rights to politicians
The myths are seductive, the reality is very different – without the ECHR your freedoms rest on whichever Home Secretary wakes up grumpy
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Leaving the ECHR won’t “Take Back Control” – it will hand your rights to politicians
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/jus...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/jus...
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The signs from Australia (their worst flu season on record), Japan (where they’ve had to close schools) and India indicate that this could be a long, drawn out flu season here with hospitals at capacity
If you haven’t had your flu vax get it
Covid as well if possible
inews.co.uk/news/doctors...
If you haven’t had your flu vax get it
Covid as well if possible
inews.co.uk/news/doctors...
Why doctors fear this winter's flu crisis will be the worst in years
An aggressive strain of flu causing record-breaking cases in Australia has been an early warning sign for the UK
inews.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The signs from Australia (their worst flu season on record), Japan (where they’ve had to close schools) and India indicate that this could be a long, drawn out flu season here with hospitals at capacity
If you haven’t had your flu vax get it
Covid as well if possible
inews.co.uk/news/doctors...
If you haven’t had your flu vax get it
Covid as well if possible
inews.co.uk/news/doctors...
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We’ve seen more misleading posts on social media claiming Muslims are exempt from paying council tax if they use living areas within their home as a place of worship.
Our fact check looks at what the rules actually say 🔍
Our fact check looks at what the rules actually say 🔍
Muslims who use their homes as a place of worship aren’t exempt from council tax – Full Fact
Misleading posts claiming that Muslims don’t have to pay council tax if they use their living rooms to pray are circulating on social media again.
fullfact.org
October 30, 2025 at 7:02 PM
We’ve seen more misleading posts on social media claiming Muslims are exempt from paying council tax if they use living areas within their home as a place of worship.
Our fact check looks at what the rules actually say 🔍
Our fact check looks at what the rules actually say 🔍
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Just sayin' 😉
October 27, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Just sayin' 😉
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🎃👻 Spooky week at B33R@33! 👻🎃
🧶 Tue: Yarned & Dangerous 7PM
🎶 Wed: Andy’s Bingo 8PM
💀 Fri: Halloween Bash – fancy dress, prizes & horror brews!
🎤 Sun: Redneck LIVE 4PM
🍕 Bove’s Pizzeria all weekend!
🍺 Come for the brews, stay for the boos! #B33R33 #SpookySeason
🧶 Tue: Yarned & Dangerous 7PM
🎶 Wed: Andy’s Bingo 8PM
💀 Fri: Halloween Bash – fancy dress, prizes & horror brews!
🎤 Sun: Redneck LIVE 4PM
🍕 Bove’s Pizzeria all weekend!
🍺 Come for the brews, stay for the boos! #B33R33 #SpookySeason
October 27, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🎃👻 Spooky week at B33R@33! 👻🎃
🧶 Tue: Yarned & Dangerous 7PM
🎶 Wed: Andy’s Bingo 8PM
💀 Fri: Halloween Bash – fancy dress, prizes & horror brews!
🎤 Sun: Redneck LIVE 4PM
🍕 Bove’s Pizzeria all weekend!
🍺 Come for the brews, stay for the boos! #B33R33 #SpookySeason
🧶 Tue: Yarned & Dangerous 7PM
🎶 Wed: Andy’s Bingo 8PM
💀 Fri: Halloween Bash – fancy dress, prizes & horror brews!
🎤 Sun: Redneck LIVE 4PM
🍕 Bove’s Pizzeria all weekend!
🍺 Come for the brews, stay for the boos! #B33R33 #SpookySeason
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We're working with Racheal Maskell MP to support her Bill in Parliament to strip Andrew of his title.
We've made it super easy for you to write to your MP, to ask them to support the Bill and support all victims of sexual exploitation.
It takes seconds. 👇🏻 goodlawproject.org/campaign/tim...
We've made it super easy for you to write to your MP, to ask them to support the Bill and support all victims of sexual exploitation.
It takes seconds. 👇🏻 goodlawproject.org/campaign/tim...
Time to strip Prince Andrew of his dukedom | Good Law Project
Andrew says he won’t use his title, but that’s not enough – parliament must take it away
goodlawproject.org
October 23, 2025 at 12:07 PM
We're working with Racheal Maskell MP to support her Bill in Parliament to strip Andrew of his title.
We've made it super easy for you to write to your MP, to ask them to support the Bill and support all victims of sexual exploitation.
It takes seconds. 👇🏻 goodlawproject.org/campaign/tim...
We've made it super easy for you to write to your MP, to ask them to support the Bill and support all victims of sexual exploitation.
It takes seconds. 👇🏻 goodlawproject.org/campaign/tim...
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October 21, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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Tories can't spell the name of the country they want to be in charge of:
October 6, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Tories can't spell the name of the country they want to be in charge of:
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Average annual household energy bill hits £1,755.
£4.43bn energy debt, people can't afford it.
Since 2020 big energy companies made £514bn operating profit.
128000 a year die in fuel poverty
Profiteering fuels inflation, poverty.
Can't rebuild economy without ending profiteering.
£4.43bn energy debt, people can't afford it.
Since 2020 big energy companies made £514bn operating profit.
128000 a year die in fuel poverty
Profiteering fuels inflation, poverty.
Can't rebuild economy without ending profiteering.
Energy price cap warning as latest rise takes effect
The energy price cap remains vulnerable to gas price shocks and rising costs including green energy investment but households are being told they can still shield themselves from fluctuations ahead.
news.sky.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Average annual household energy bill hits £1,755.
£4.43bn energy debt, people can't afford it.
Since 2020 big energy companies made £514bn operating profit.
128000 a year die in fuel poverty
Profiteering fuels inflation, poverty.
Can't rebuild economy without ending profiteering.
£4.43bn energy debt, people can't afford it.
Since 2020 big energy companies made £514bn operating profit.
128000 a year die in fuel poverty
Profiteering fuels inflation, poverty.
Can't rebuild economy without ending profiteering.
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The community note has it right.
September 26, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The community note has it right.
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🍻 Big cheers from B33R@33 — we’re in the CAMRA Good Beer Guide 2026! 🎉
Huge thanks to our amazing customers & brilliant brewers who keep the taps flowing. Here’s to great beer, cider & community in Horwich! 🥂
#B33RAt33 #GoodBeerGuide #CraftBeer #CiderLovers #Horwich #DrinkLocal
Huge thanks to our amazing customers & brilliant brewers who keep the taps flowing. Here’s to great beer, cider & community in Horwich! 🥂
#B33RAt33 #GoodBeerGuide #CraftBeer #CiderLovers #Horwich #DrinkLocal
September 25, 2025 at 9:45 AM
🍻 Big cheers from B33R@33 — we’re in the CAMRA Good Beer Guide 2026! 🎉
Huge thanks to our amazing customers & brilliant brewers who keep the taps flowing. Here’s to great beer, cider & community in Horwich! 🥂
#B33RAt33 #GoodBeerGuide #CraftBeer #CiderLovers #Horwich #DrinkLocal
Huge thanks to our amazing customers & brilliant brewers who keep the taps flowing. Here’s to great beer, cider & community in Horwich! 🥂
#B33RAt33 #GoodBeerGuide #CraftBeer #CiderLovers #Horwich #DrinkLocal