Duncan
@normsth.bsky.social
From Derbyshire, now living in Leicestershire.
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Absolutely insane.
Labour would have purged and smeared someone like Zohran Mamdani.
Wes Streeting's politics align far more closely with Andrew Cuomo.
The lessons from Mamdani are about how to defeat both the right - and the bankrupt "centre".
Labour would have purged and smeared someone like Zohran Mamdani.
Wes Streeting's politics align far more closely with Andrew Cuomo.
The lessons from Mamdani are about how to defeat both the right - and the bankrupt "centre".
November 5, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Absolutely insane.
Labour would have purged and smeared someone like Zohran Mamdani.
Wes Streeting's politics align far more closely with Andrew Cuomo.
The lessons from Mamdani are about how to defeat both the right - and the bankrupt "centre".
Labour would have purged and smeared someone like Zohran Mamdani.
Wes Streeting's politics align far more closely with Andrew Cuomo.
The lessons from Mamdani are about how to defeat both the right - and the bankrupt "centre".
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Zohran's campaign was his determination to make New York a city everyone can afford to live in. Huge congratulations!
His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind.
It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.
His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind.
It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.
November 5, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Zohran's campaign was his determination to make New York a city everyone can afford to live in. Huge congratulations!
His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind.
It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.
His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind.
It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.
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David Bowie released 'Heroes' 48 years ago on October 14, 1977 | Listen to the album + discover where it ranks in our readers' poll here: album.ink/DavidBowiePoll
October 14, 2025 at 10:30 AM
David Bowie released 'Heroes' 48 years ago on October 14, 1977 | Listen to the album + discover where it ranks in our readers' poll here: album.ink/DavidBowiePoll
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If you want to understand where we are, don't look first at voters or public opinion, look at how their knowledge of the world is constructed and mediated
It shouldn't be surprising that those who have the power to shape public discourse have a key responsibility in our current plight
It shouldn't be surprising that those who have the power to shape public discourse have a key responsibility in our current plight
October 9, 2025 at 9:35 PM
If you want to understand where we are, don't look first at voters or public opinion, look at how their knowledge of the world is constructed and mediated
It shouldn't be surprising that those who have the power to shape public discourse have a key responsibility in our current plight
It shouldn't be surprising that those who have the power to shape public discourse have a key responsibility in our current plight
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"15 years ago, Polish workers came here to find opportunity. Now Poland is growing twice as fast as we are," says Kemi Badenoch.
Any ideas what may have happened in the interim?
Any ideas what may have happened in the interim?
October 8, 2025 at 10:33 AM
"15 years ago, Polish workers came here to find opportunity. Now Poland is growing twice as fast as we are," says Kemi Badenoch.
Any ideas what may have happened in the interim?
Any ideas what may have happened in the interim?
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Donald Quixote is back to fighting windmills.
September 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Donald Quixote is back to fighting windmills.
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I've just signed the @weownit.org.uk petition to say NO to private finance deals for Neighbourhood Health Centres. Will you join me?
Tell Wes Streeting - put patients first, don't put our NHS at the mercy of new PFI deals
weownit.org.uk/act-now/no-n...
Tell Wes Streeting - put patients first, don't put our NHS at the mercy of new PFI deals
weownit.org.uk/act-now/no-n...
No new PFI in Neighbourhood Health Services | We Own It
Wes Streeting: do not use a “Public Private Partnership” to finance Neighbourhood Health Centres
weownit.org.uk
July 4, 2025 at 10:05 AM
I've just signed the @weownit.org.uk petition to say NO to private finance deals for Neighbourhood Health Centres. Will you join me?
Tell Wes Streeting - put patients first, don't put our NHS at the mercy of new PFI deals
weownit.org.uk/act-now/no-n...
Tell Wes Streeting - put patients first, don't put our NHS at the mercy of new PFI deals
weownit.org.uk/act-now/no-n...
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Nasa astronaut on ISS, caught this sprite over Mexico and the US this morning. Sprites are TLEs or Transient Luminous Events, that happen above the clouds and are triggered by intense electrical activity in the thunderstorms below. Source: NASA Astronaut Nichole Ayers
July 4, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Nasa astronaut on ISS, caught this sprite over Mexico and the US this morning. Sprites are TLEs or Transient Luminous Events, that happen above the clouds and are triggered by intense electrical activity in the thunderstorms below. Source: NASA Astronaut Nichole Ayers
Getting away from it all (temporarily) at Stanage Edge in the Peak District..
July 5, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Getting away from it all (temporarily) at Stanage Edge in the Peak District..
Not as exciting nor as atmospheric as Stonehenge or Glastonbury but a beautiful sunrise for the Solstice here in Leicestershire....#Solstice
June 21, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Not as exciting nor as atmospheric as Stonehenge or Glastonbury but a beautiful sunrise for the Solstice here in Leicestershire....#Solstice
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it's a tough call...
June 5, 2025 at 8:50 PM
it's a tough call...
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Dear Labour, Using the language of the Tories and Reform will alienate Labour core voters and is unlikely to woo Tory and Reform voters. Surely, this is obvious?
March 18, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Dear Labour, Using the language of the Tories and Reform will alienate Labour core voters and is unlikely to woo Tory and Reform voters. Surely, this is obvious?
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The govt says the welfare system is broken and has been broken for years.
So minister Pat McFadden is asked, why then didn't you put any of your plans in your manifesto last year so people knew what you were going to do?
So minister Pat McFadden is asked, why then didn't you put any of your plans in your manifesto last year so people knew what you were going to do?
March 18, 2025 at 8:20 AM
The govt says the welfare system is broken and has been broken for years.
So minister Pat McFadden is asked, why then didn't you put any of your plans in your manifesto last year so people knew what you were going to do?
So minister Pat McFadden is asked, why then didn't you put any of your plans in your manifesto last year so people knew what you were going to do?
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you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
March 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
On the edges in the Peak District, walking between Curbar and Froggatt edges, you get a fine view from here
January 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
On the edges in the Peak District, walking between Curbar and Froggatt edges, you get a fine view from here
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The inimitable Prince Charles Cinema, London’s finest cinema, is under threat from landlords and development. PCC is part of the cultural, emotional and artistic landscape of our capital, I have signed the petition to save it I hope you can too.
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Save The Prince Charles Cinema
The iconic Prince Charles Cinema in London’s West End future is under serious threat!
We are beyond disappointed that our landlords Zedwell LSQ Ltd and their ultimate parent company Criterion Capital...
you.38degrees.org.uk
January 28, 2025 at 11:51 AM
The inimitable Prince Charles Cinema, London’s finest cinema, is under threat from landlords and development. PCC is part of the cultural, emotional and artistic landscape of our capital, I have signed the petition to save it I hope you can too.
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
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This is a beautiful tribute.
January 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This is a beautiful tribute.
A fine view (but a fairly easy walk) from High Tor, near Matlock in Derbyshire.
December 13, 2024 at 10:21 AM
A fine view (but a fairly easy walk) from High Tor, near Matlock in Derbyshire.
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Street cricket in Leeds 1954
November 18, 2024 at 9:25 AM
Street cricket in Leeds 1954
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"We have trapped ourselves in an economic system
that makes [automation] a dilemma because we do not know what to do with all the people who are out of work."
theanarchistlibrary.org/library/davi...
that makes [automation] a dilemma because we do not know what to do with all the people who are out of work."
theanarchistlibrary.org/library/davi...
November 14, 2024 at 12:26 PM
"We have trapped ourselves in an economic system
that makes [automation] a dilemma because we do not know what to do with all the people who are out of work."
theanarchistlibrary.org/library/davi...
that makes [automation] a dilemma because we do not know what to do with all the people who are out of work."
theanarchistlibrary.org/library/davi...
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Ships of Shame
On the day that toxic ferry company, P&O Ferries admitted they had spent £47 million sacking 786 seafarers, RMT looks back at the 'most ruthless act of corporate restructuring' in history.
youtu.be/3thEfhicHlo
On the day that toxic ferry company, P&O Ferries admitted they had spent £47 million sacking 786 seafarers, RMT looks back at the 'most ruthless act of corporate restructuring' in history.
youtu.be/3thEfhicHlo
Ships Of Shame
YouTube video by RMTtelevision
youtu.be
November 13, 2024 at 1:28 PM
Ships of Shame
On the day that toxic ferry company, P&O Ferries admitted they had spent £47 million sacking 786 seafarers, RMT looks back at the 'most ruthless act of corporate restructuring' in history.
youtu.be/3thEfhicHlo
On the day that toxic ferry company, P&O Ferries admitted they had spent £47 million sacking 786 seafarers, RMT looks back at the 'most ruthless act of corporate restructuring' in history.
youtu.be/3thEfhicHlo
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Great quote from Dr. Rob Young in one of the links: “can we please stop putting new infrastructure in the floodplain or on the oceanfront? Please. The first step in resilience is doing no more harm.”
"This is our Sandy" - why more extreme rainstorms are more likely as the effects of climate change accelerate. Post today: open.substack.com/pub/susanpcr...
"This is our Sandy"
Why storms like Helene are becoming more likely
open.substack.com
October 2, 2024 at 12:26 AM
Great quote from Dr. Rob Young in one of the links: “can we please stop putting new infrastructure in the floodplain or on the oceanfront? Please. The first step in resilience is doing no more harm.”
Took a walk up to Curbar and Froggatt Edges in the Peak District; not a difficult hike but some spectacular views.....
September 29, 2024 at 2:38 PM
Took a walk up to Curbar and Froggatt Edges in the Peak District; not a difficult hike but some spectacular views.....