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Paul Butler
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Retired from work but not life! Married, Triathlete, Gramps to two grandchildren, Vinyl addict. Happy to be here!
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@inspiralcarpets.bsky.social Amazing what you can find when sorting through your singles!
January 31, 2026 at 2:10 PM
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
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January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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barackobama.bsky.social
The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
January 25, 2026 at 5:39 PM
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dailyherald.bsky.social
17 breaches of the MP’s code of conduct.
30+ past allegations of racism.
Still not answering Qs about Nathan Gill.
Still not answering Qs about Russian influence.
Still not answering Qs about his Clacton home.
Still taking sides with Trump.
The least patriotic man in Britain
January 21, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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paulsingh.bsky.social
I’m confused by some of the posts on this site.

Do people want Starmer to act in concert with the EU when it comes to Greenland or not?

Because if they do then they need to stop comparing Starmers approach to Carney’s.
January 21, 2026 at 7:29 AM
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Brilliant!
skybluebrunty.bsky.social Martyn Brunt @skybluebrunty.bsky.social · 12d
A great thread about one of the greatest singles of all time.
birmingham81.bsky.social Birmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social · 13d
It's "Blue Monday", which is a load of nonsense, but it is an excuse for a thread about New Order and the UK's best-selling 12-inch single of all time #BlueMonday (THREAD 1 of 10)
January 20, 2026 at 7:40 AM
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January 17, 2026 at 10:02 PM
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simonwhale.bsky.social
As if he’s that thin
January 17, 2026 at 10:31 PM
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Putin is pleased.
January 17, 2026 at 6:19 PM
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January 18, 2026 at 9:10 AM
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eddavey.libdems.org.uk
Nigel Farage MP @Nigel_Farage We don’t always agree with the US government and in this case we certainly don’t. These tariffs will hurt us. If Greenland is vulnerable to malign influences, then have another look at Diego Garcia. Ed Davey @EdwardJDavey Trump is targeting us for standing with our allies, and the best you can do is ‘we’ll agree to disagree’? Pathetic. You can always count on Farage to bootlick for Trump rather than stand up for Britain.
January 17, 2026 at 7:09 PM
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Poor Honest Bob 😂
sirmichaeltake.bsky.social Sir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 17d
Robert Jenrick.
Sacked by Kemi!
Tory whip withdrawn (Oo er Missus!)
Big J-GONE!
We will all miss his spunk, his toes, his odour of mash, his hairy conkers.
Robert stood up against fare dodgers, innocent children & common sense.
A possible future leader.
Kemi what have you done?😤
January 15, 2026 at 11:59 AM
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Merch Market movie by Aodhfin Traquair
January 12, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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There's always a tweet ...
January 12, 2026 at 11:42 AM
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There's always a tweet.

In this case, one so embarrassing that the original tweet Zahawi was responding to has been deleted.
January 12, 2026 at 12:41 PM
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I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.
January 8, 2026 at 12:31 PM
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dgbailey.bsky.social
“Let’s be clear about this scandal: Birmingham City Council’s so-called bankruptcy was caused by catastrophic miscalculations & errors at its pension fund & the huge contributions it demanded from the Council. This dwarfs the Oracle & Equal Pay disasters.”
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January 3, 2026 at 10:50 AM
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viviane49.bsky.social
This is how Labour have spent the last 18 months. Laying the foundations to their 10 year plan to improve our Country. Making it safer, wealthier and more tolerant. A toast to Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves. More of this in 2026!!
Budget Responsibility Act 2024 Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Act 2024 Great British Energy Act 2025 Water (Special Measures) Act 2025 Renters’ Rights Act 2025 Employment Rights Act 2025 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 Bus Services Act 2025 Crown Estate Act 2025 Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025 Product Regulation and Metrology Act 2025 Property (Digital Assets etc.) Act 2025 Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Act 2025 Financial Assistance to Ukraine Act 2025
December 27, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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skybluebrunty.bsky.social
In the past month 3 transport routes have collapsed - but they aren't roads so don't make national news. All 3 have the same root causes, climate change, and Tory austerity passing responsibility for critical infrastructure on to charities and councils. This will happen more, and people will be hurt
December 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Save the date! Navigating Futures with Innovation: Resilient & Resurgent Regions. 20th Regional Innovation Policies conference. Thurs 17th -Fri 18th Sept 2026. ⁦‪https://uobevents-reginnpol26.eventsair.site/
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December 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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December 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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While in the 6th form, Nigel Farage would smoke on the "Belsen Bus", when a black person appeared on screen, would loudly exclaim, "Are you English?", repeated chants of the National Front: "The National Front is the white man's front", and "There ain't no black in the union jack".
THE OBSERVER Saturday, 13 December 2025 On Dulwich school trips, Nigel Farage and the other smokers took the 'Belsen Bus' The Reform leader was performatively racist at Dulwich College, recalls a contemporary who claims to have heard him sing a song celebrating the Holocaust Graham Noble In the 1970s and 1980s, many boys passed through Dulwich College in south London fairly anonymously. Outside their own Graham Noble In the 1970s and 1980s, many boys passed through Dulwich College in south London fairly anonymously. Outside their own classes and circles of close friends, only the particularly brilliant, sporty or musical were well known, but, from an early age, Nigel Farage bucked this trend. Everyone had heard of Nigel. He was a scruffy non-academic with a minor talent for cricket, but he had one quality that set him apart: a gift for getting into trouble, and he clearly relished the notoriety that it brought him. His attention-seeking continued into the sixth form, between September 1980 and July 1982, which is when I got to know him well. We did exactly the same A-levels - history, geography and economics and were in the same tutor group: our tutor was the former English Test cricketer John Dewes. By this time, Nigel had transformed himself into something of a dandy. His obsessively maintained mirror-shine shoes, rolled umbrella, smart blazer and military strut set him apart from the rest of us. In most schools, a model railway society would not have attracted the attention of such an image-conscious student, but Nigel was a regular attendee. Every lunchtime he would descend into the basement of the Barry Buildings, past the model trains, and creep into a network of pitch-black tunnels, where he and a few others would sit and smoke. Nigel had little time for academic work and was utterly dismissive of university education. His imagined future lay in the stock exchange, which he referred to, for a reason I did not follow, as the "cancer exchange". He looked forward to a lifetime of making easy money, drinking and smoking. Nigel Farage in his cadet uniform It's hard to judge how far Nigel's racism was part of this pose, or whether it represented his real views. Much of what he said was clearly performative. Whenever a black person appeared on a video shown to our geography class, he would loudly exclaim, "Are you English?" He enjoyed repeating the racist chants of the National Front: "The National Front is the white man's front", and "There ain't no black in the union jack". I heard him sing the "gas 'em all" song on more than one occasion, which celebrates the Holocaust and suggests other racial groups that might also be gassed. On an A-level field trip to Exeter, geography students occupied two minibuses, one for smokers and the other for non-smokers. Smoking was clearly against the school rules but, outside term time, it was deemed OK for some reason. Farage was part of the smokers' bus, of course, and I remember hearing him joke about being in a gas chamber. I saw the words "Belsen Bus" written with a finger on the grimy bus window, in joking reference to the concentration camp where tens of thousands of Nazi victims were killed. Poisoned gas was never used there but the meaning of the comment was clear enough. Although I never saw who wrote the words, many of us at the time had our suspicions. In a statement to The Observer, Farage said he did not recall writing those words on the window or seeing the words. I was never a direct target of Nigel's invective and, much of the time, I wasn't aware that individuals were being victimised at all. Despite the forebodings expressed by an English teacher, Chloe Deakin, Nigel was made a prefect in his final year and he evidently used this position of authority to direct his attention to younger pupils with an African, Asian or Jewish background. The stories, published in the Guardian, of the racially motivated bullying of boys seven or eight years younger than himself are appalling. The Reform party has dismissed stories such as mine a…
December 14, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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‘Chancellor did not mislead public’, senior OBR member tells MPs
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‘Chancellor did not mislead public’, senior OBR member tells MPs
The Chancellor did not mislead people in how she described the country's financial position ahead of the Budget. That was the judgement today of one of the senior members of the OBR, giving evidence t...
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December 2, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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October 5, 2025 at 9:06 AM