Mike Gaskell
@mikegaskell.bsky.social
Retired solicitor. Various NED and Trustee roles. Chair at Your Housing Group, TLC:Talk, Listen, Change and The St Helens Book Stop
Visited Anne Frank’s house today and left wondering how far along this timeline we currently stand:
August 30, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Visited Anne Frank’s house today and left wondering how far along this timeline we currently stand:
@iangregg.bsky.social @kenperry447.bsky.social @housingkev.bsky.social
Hope everyone is well ?
Should we try to do a pre-season (or early season) get together ?
Given that transfers have started to move the next few weeks might be suitable, holidays permitting.
I am away 13th to 31st August.
Hope everyone is well ?
Should we try to do a pre-season (or early season) get together ?
Given that transfers have started to move the next few weeks might be suitable, holidays permitting.
I am away 13th to 31st August.
July 19, 2025 at 12:25 PM
@iangregg.bsky.social @kenperry447.bsky.social @housingkev.bsky.social
Hope everyone is well ?
Should we try to do a pre-season (or early season) get together ?
Given that transfers have started to move the next few weeks might be suitable, holidays permitting.
I am away 13th to 31st August.
Hope everyone is well ?
Should we try to do a pre-season (or early season) get together ?
Given that transfers have started to move the next few weeks might be suitable, holidays permitting.
I am away 13th to 31st August.
@iangregg.bsky.social flight out delayed - by 90 mins so far…
May 21, 2025 at 7:35 AM
@iangregg.bsky.social flight out delayed - by 90 mins so far…
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#mancity I'm not happy, I've had a season ticket since the Etihad move (& before then, at Maine Rd in 70s). I now live mainly in Crete, but put my ticket on exchange or transfer to family & friends. I can't probably make it to 10 (>50%) games "personally" next season - you're getting rid of me
April 17, 2025 at 7:38 PM
#mancity I'm not happy, I've had a season ticket since the Etihad move (& before then, at Maine Rd in 70s). I now live mainly in Crete, but put my ticket on exchange or transfer to family & friends. I can't probably make it to 10 (>50%) games "personally" next season - you're getting rid of me
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#OTD 🗓 6th of April 1996:
Keith Curle pointed to the top corner of his goal and that's exactly where Ryan Giggs put it 💥
#ManchesterDerby
Keith Curle pointed to the top corner of his goal and that's exactly where Ryan Giggs put it 💥
#ManchesterDerby
April 6, 2025 at 7:33 AM
#OTD 🗓 6th of April 1996:
Keith Curle pointed to the top corner of his goal and that's exactly where Ryan Giggs put it 💥
#ManchesterDerby
Keith Curle pointed to the top corner of his goal and that's exactly where Ryan Giggs put it 💥
#ManchesterDerby
Been thinking hard about the current cultural debates in the UK (and this is possibly relevant to “The West” more generally) and have concluded that the extremes, on both sides, are not the norm or anything like the majority view.
Neither of those extremes should be able to impose … 1/2
Neither of those extremes should be able to impose … 1/2
April 2, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Been thinking hard about the current cultural debates in the UK (and this is possibly relevant to “The West” more generally) and have concluded that the extremes, on both sides, are not the norm or anything like the majority view.
Neither of those extremes should be able to impose … 1/2
Neither of those extremes should be able to impose … 1/2
Must be a slow UK sports news day as @TelegraphSport uses 3 and two thirds of its pages writing about @ManUtd ‘s data revolution and Rashford humiliating the club. Ducker & Co must really hate the club. digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/2020/read…
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/2020/read…
March 31, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Must be a slow UK sports news day as @TelegraphSport uses 3 and two thirds of its pages writing about @ManUtd ‘s data revolution and Rashford humiliating the club. Ducker & Co must really hate the club. digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/2020/read…
“The surprising link between Woodrow Wilson and Donald Trump”
“We wrongly suppose that because they talk our language, they are an Anglo-Saxon country. As a matter of fact they are a foreign nation..” 1914
A really interesting article from @Telegraph
digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/2012/re...
“We wrongly suppose that because they talk our language, they are an Anglo-Saxon country. As a matter of fact they are a foreign nation..” 1914
A really interesting article from @Telegraph
digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/2012/re...
The Telegraph
digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk
March 24, 2025 at 11:14 PM
“The surprising link between Woodrow Wilson and Donald Trump”
“We wrongly suppose that because they talk our language, they are an Anglo-Saxon country. As a matter of fact they are a foreign nation..” 1914
A really interesting article from @Telegraph
digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/2012/re...
“We wrongly suppose that because they talk our language, they are an Anglo-Saxon country. As a matter of fact they are a foreign nation..” 1914
A really interesting article from @Telegraph
digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/2012/re...
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While watching that horrifying, globe-shifting exchange with Zelenkskyy, I couldn't help but think about what a deliberately staged reality-TV moment it was, with two people ganging up on one and screaming a classic, totally petulant reality-TV accusation: They hadn't been thanked enough.
February 28, 2025 at 7:12 PM
While watching that horrifying, globe-shifting exchange with Zelenkskyy, I couldn't help but think about what a deliberately staged reality-TV moment it was, with two people ganging up on one and screaming a classic, totally petulant reality-TV accusation: They hadn't been thanked enough.
Trump’s outburst means Europe must act
March 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Trump’s outburst means Europe must act
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Europe can’t rely on the strength of the transatlantic relationship to help contain Russia’s threat – it must lead from the front and be the true force of support that Ukraine needs. Not just for Ukraine’s sake, but for a free and sovereign Europe.
On Ukraine, Europe must step into the void | Virgin
www.virgin.com
February 15, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Europe can’t rely on the strength of the transatlantic relationship to help contain Russia’s threat – it must lead from the front and be the true force of support that Ukraine needs. Not just for Ukraine’s sake, but for a free and sovereign Europe.
digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1976/re...
Trump’s call to Putin threatens disaster for Western security”
Clear analysis by @CharlesHMoore of where Trumpery leaves us.
“What an irony that it is the weakness of Trump, not his vaunted strength, which has now put the West at such risk.”
Trump’s call to Putin threatens disaster for Western security”
Clear analysis by @CharlesHMoore of where Trumpery leaves us.
“What an irony that it is the weakness of Trump, not his vaunted strength, which has now put the West at such risk.”
The Telegraph
digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk
February 15, 2025 at 3:16 PM
digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1976/re...
Trump’s call to Putin threatens disaster for Western security”
Clear analysis by @CharlesHMoore of where Trumpery leaves us.
“What an irony that it is the weakness of Trump, not his vaunted strength, which has now put the West at such risk.”
Trump’s call to Putin threatens disaster for Western security”
Clear analysis by @CharlesHMoore of where Trumpery leaves us.
“What an irony that it is the weakness of Trump, not his vaunted strength, which has now put the West at such risk.”
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February 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Excellent article from @jimwhite here
www.telegraph.co.uk/football/202...
www.telegraph.co.uk/football/202...
Jadon Sancho’s ‘freedom’ jibe over Marcus Rashford speaks volumes for fractured Man Utd squad
Loanees may have ‘escaped’ Old Trafford but Chelsea player’s seemingly light-hearted post was tone-deaf
www.telegraph.co.uk
February 11, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Excellent article from @jimwhite here
www.telegraph.co.uk/football/202...
www.telegraph.co.uk/football/202...
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A moment of utter beauty as the mountains of the Canadian Rockies catch the first rays of light and emerge out of dense fog on a crisp, fresh autumn morning.
#photography #travel #bluesky #nature #landscape #naturephotography #landscapephotography #scape
January 22, 2025 at 10:44 AM
A moment of utter beauty as the mountains of the Canadian Rockies catch the first rays of light and emerge out of dense fog on a crisp, fresh autumn morning.
#photography #travel #bluesky #nature #landscape #naturephotography #landscapephotography #scape
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January 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Does anyone else find car handbooks really infuriating nowadays having a couple pages of health & safety warnings before the description of every single routine maintenance task which you might wish to perform (e.g charging the battery and inflating the tyres ?)
Are they the same in all countries ?
Are they the same in all countries ?
January 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Does anyone else find car handbooks really infuriating nowadays having a couple pages of health & safety warnings before the description of every single routine maintenance task which you might wish to perform (e.g charging the battery and inflating the tyres ?)
Are they the same in all countries ?
Are they the same in all countries ?
Read this and weep I😪
(NB you need to be over 18 and be used to reading awful criminal case / sentencing reports) x.com/maggieoliver...
(NB you need to be over 18 and be used to reading awful criminal case / sentencing reports) x.com/maggieoliver...
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x.com
January 18, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Read this and weep I😪
(NB you need to be over 18 and be used to reading awful criminal case / sentencing reports) x.com/maggieoliver...
(NB you need to be over 18 and be used to reading awful criminal case / sentencing reports) x.com/maggieoliver...
Brilliant from today’s @telegraphnews.bsky.social
January 4, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Brilliant from today’s @telegraphnews.bsky.social
digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1929/re...
This is a sobering piece on the current possibilities for a Nuclear War in Europe. Not a happy thought for 2025 but HMG must take action to protect us along with other NATO countries.
This is a sobering piece on the current possibilities for a Nuclear War in Europe. Not a happy thought for 2025 but HMG must take action to protect us along with other NATO countries.
The Telegraph
digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk
December 30, 2024 at 12:05 PM
digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1929/re...
This is a sobering piece on the current possibilities for a Nuclear War in Europe. Not a happy thought for 2025 but HMG must take action to protect us along with other NATO countries.
This is a sobering piece on the current possibilities for a Nuclear War in Europe. Not a happy thought for 2025 but HMG must take action to protect us along with other NATO countries.
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Morten Morland on #Christmas #KeirStarmer #AngelaRayner #SantaClaus @thetimes – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
December 23, 2024 at 9:39 PM
Morten Morland on #Christmas #KeirStarmer #AngelaRayner #SantaClaus @thetimes – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com