@poorparge.bsky.social
Ex Totter, now tottering even more. Left wing, generally confused.
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Not many gigs next year , but I will be at #leicester comedy festival with new show Let The Quiet Ones Rise which I am hugely looking forward to
events.comedy-festival.co.uk/events/robin...
events.comedy-festival.co.uk/events/robin...
Robin Ince: Let the Quiet Ones Rise | Leicester Comedy Festival
events.comedy-festival.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Not many gigs next year , but I will be at #leicester comedy festival with new show Let The Quiet Ones Rise which I am hugely looking forward to
events.comedy-festival.co.uk/events/robin...
events.comedy-festival.co.uk/events/robin...
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It’s a sad indictment of Britain’s ignorance of nature that Sycamore Gap petitions - for a tree that mattered to humans but not nature - received tens of thousands of signatures but a petition to protect entire peatland habitats is stuck at 1,500 actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Sign the petition to end peat sales!
No more delays: Let's get peat out of gardens once and for all. The time for uncertainty has ended.
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk
December 15, 2025 at 8:15 AM
It’s a sad indictment of Britain’s ignorance of nature that Sycamore Gap petitions - for a tree that mattered to humans but not nature - received tens of thousands of signatures but a petition to protect entire peatland habitats is stuck at 1,500 actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
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I have been very puzzled by the behaviour expertly critiqued here.
There has been a strong reaction to the antisemitism allegations levelled at Nigel Farage - except from those you might have expected to condemn it most loudly. My piece for @jewishnews.bsky.social on a strange silence
www.jewishnews.co.uk/jonathan-fre...
www.jewishnews.co.uk/jonathan-fre...
JONATHAN FREEDLAND: Why Britain’s Jewish leaders are silent on Farage’s schoolyard antisemitism
While the Reform UK leader and his allies smear accusers as liars, the Board, JLC and HET remain mute, fearing the wrath of a rising politician
www.jewishnews.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 11:31 AM
I have been very puzzled by the behaviour expertly critiqued here.
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Incredible that The Institute of Economic Affairs continues to get such a platform from the media as though it's some kind of neutral commentator (including the BBC) when they don't declare their funders - exposures like this just demonstrate why they don't. Great work from @writesbright.bsky.social
The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked £640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group – received more than £640,000 from fossil fuel companies and Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate between 1957 and ...
www.desmog.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Incredible that The Institute of Economic Affairs continues to get such a platform from the media as though it's some kind of neutral commentator (including the BBC) when they don't declare their funders - exposures like this just demonstrate why they don't. Great work from @writesbright.bsky.social
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Striking BL staff, struggling to pay their rent, advised to consider not giving presents this year, and interim CEO, Jeremy Silver, has the nerve to tell them they ‘don’t live in a real world’. Only 17% of staff guaranteed the Living Wage (£14.80 ph) suggests acute familiarity with the ‘real world’.
British Library staff asked for a decent pay. Instead they got ‘a few money-saving present ideas’, such as ‘consider not giving presents this holiday season’. They are on strike this week. I wrote about it for @lrb.co.uk. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...
Anna Aslanyan | On the Picket Line
On Monday morning, more than a hundred people formed a picket line outside one of the entrances to the British Library...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Striking BL staff, struggling to pay their rent, advised to consider not giving presents this year, and interim CEO, Jeremy Silver, has the nerve to tell them they ‘don’t live in a real world’. Only 17% of staff guaranteed the Living Wage (£14.80 ph) suggests acute familiarity with the ‘real world’.
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Long shot, but does anyone in Switzerland have an emergency Theremin to loan tomorrow night ( Friday 12 December )?
#ViaMardot is playing a show in St Gallen, and the airline lost her equipment!!!
We can help pay for a courier if needed, please share to get this message out!!
#theremin #switzerland
#ViaMardot is playing a show in St Gallen, and the airline lost her equipment!!!
We can help pay for a courier if needed, please share to get this message out!!
#theremin #switzerland
December 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Long shot, but does anyone in Switzerland have an emergency Theremin to loan tomorrow night ( Friday 12 December )?
#ViaMardot is playing a show in St Gallen, and the airline lost her equipment!!!
We can help pay for a courier if needed, please share to get this message out!!
#theremin #switzerland
#ViaMardot is playing a show in St Gallen, and the airline lost her equipment!!!
We can help pay for a courier if needed, please share to get this message out!!
#theremin #switzerland
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If you’re wondering why Canterbury has been renamed Cbntqrbury, it’s because its A&E has been replaced by a B&Q
December 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
If you’re wondering why Canterbury has been renamed Cbntqrbury, it’s because its A&E has been replaced by a B&Q
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Also this big glaring hole
December 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Also this big glaring hole
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Ever been near a pig's BnB in the UK? The screaming from the barns, where they keep them in cramped conditions day in and day out, is unimaginable. Sign this to end caging in the EU for animals there and for animals here, as what happens there will have implications for the UK
You should sign this! act.opencages.org?utm=.share.b... ONLY TWO DAYS left to ask the EU to ban cages and ensure better welfare for farm animals.
Show up for animals – Public consultation on animal welfare
Have your say in the public consultation on animal welfare. Your voice matters.
act.opencages.org
December 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Ever been near a pig's BnB in the UK? The screaming from the barns, where they keep them in cramped conditions day in and day out, is unimaginable. Sign this to end caging in the EU for animals there and for animals here, as what happens there will have implications for the UK
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The censorship algorithm on Twitter reduced our audience by roughly 95%, and seriously, who does that to a wildlife biology & advocacy group ?
So we moved 😇 over here to BlueSky
If you could, please help us regain our following
Follow
Retweet and
Repeat ;-)
Together we can change the world.
So we moved 😇 over here to BlueSky
If you could, please help us regain our following
Follow
Retweet and
Repeat ;-)
Together we can change the world.
January 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The censorship algorithm on Twitter reduced our audience by roughly 95%, and seriously, who does that to a wildlife biology & advocacy group ?
So we moved 😇 over here to BlueSky
If you could, please help us regain our following
Follow
Retweet and
Repeat ;-)
Together we can change the world.
So we moved 😇 over here to BlueSky
If you could, please help us regain our following
Follow
Retweet and
Repeat ;-)
Together we can change the world.
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Friends, my cousin’s husband has pneumonia & as a result cannot use a hotel booking she made for a christmas treat in Ashbourne (Derbyshire).
Would anyone be interested in a reduced price night away?
Would anyone be interested in a reduced price night away?
December 6, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Friends, my cousin’s husband has pneumonia & as a result cannot use a hotel booking she made for a christmas treat in Ashbourne (Derbyshire).
Would anyone be interested in a reduced price night away?
Would anyone be interested in a reduced price night away?
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RAISE BOYS AND GIRLS THE SAME WAY
December 3, 2025 at 6:08 PM
RAISE BOYS AND GIRLS THE SAME WAY
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Marc Chagall just popping by to wish you a happy Sunday morning.
November 30, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Marc Chagall just popping by to wish you a happy Sunday morning.
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“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
― H.L. Mencken
― H.L. Mencken
November 29, 2025 at 1:59 PM
“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
― H.L. Mencken
― H.L. Mencken
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The death of my dad 7 yrs ago, on Nov 28th, still does, on occasion, leave me breathless from grief. But I am very grateful for those last years with him, & that our mutual efforts produced something worthwhile — a last stand for the Welfare State.
jmsmith.substack.com/p/seven-year...
jmsmith.substack.com/p/seven-year...
Seven years gone: grief has softened, but my rage at the death of his dream hasn’t
Harry Leslie Smith
jmsmith.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
The death of my dad 7 yrs ago, on Nov 28th, still does, on occasion, leave me breathless from grief. But I am very grateful for those last years with him, & that our mutual efforts produced something worthwhile — a last stand for the Welfare State.
jmsmith.substack.com/p/seven-year...
jmsmith.substack.com/p/seven-year...
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This is very good from @privateeyenews.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 8:24 AM
This is very good from @privateeyenews.bsky.social
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2.15pm, BBC Radio 4, today!
November 24, 2025 at 8:21 AM
2.15pm, BBC Radio 4, today!
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"Instead of unbroken golden sand, the shoreline is littered with millions of tiny plastic pellets – bio-beads – spilled into the sea by Southern Water and now washing up in waves. They are a chilling reminder of how fragile our environment is, and how carelessly some treat it." Worth a read ⤵️
A scar on a beloved place and a stark warning: if we let this pass quietly, it will happen again | Mick Channon
The Camber Sands bio-beads disaster
A scar on a beloved place and a stark warning: if we let this pass quietly, it will happen again
sussexbylines.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM
"Instead of unbroken golden sand, the shoreline is littered with millions of tiny plastic pellets – bio-beads – spilled into the sea by Southern Water and now washing up in waves. They are a chilling reminder of how fragile our environment is, and how carelessly some treat it." Worth a read ⤵️
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Let’s never forget rationing ventilators and Zoom funerals. Boris Johnson and his cronies partied while our loved ones lay dying alone. COVID-19 was the worst public health crisis in a century. We should have locked down earlier. To some of us, PPE was not a get-rich-quick commodity.
November 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Let’s never forget rationing ventilators and Zoom funerals. Boris Johnson and his cronies partied while our loved ones lay dying alone. COVID-19 was the worst public health crisis in a century. We should have locked down earlier. To some of us, PPE was not a get-rich-quick commodity.
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"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 9:18 AM
"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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For those of you in the UK, especially if you are a UK citizen, can you please take part in the consultation on changes to Indefinite Leave to Remain (Settlement) that were just proposed by the UK government. We need as many people as possible to reject these proposals. www.gov.uk/government/c...
Earned settlement
The government is consulting on how the current settlement system should be reformed and how those reforms should be implemented.
www.gov.uk
November 21, 2025 at 11:13 AM
For those of you in the UK, especially if you are a UK citizen, can you please take part in the consultation on changes to Indefinite Leave to Remain (Settlement) that were just proposed by the UK government. We need as many people as possible to reject these proposals. www.gov.uk/government/c...
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... surprising that our moral leader, Charles III,
the Supreme Governor of the Church of England,
has neither apologised or paid reparations for
so much of royal wealth accruing from
the lethal abomination of
slavery and the slave trade
meme via The eloquent quirk
the Supreme Governor of the Church of England,
has neither apologised or paid reparations for
so much of royal wealth accruing from
the lethal abomination of
slavery and the slave trade
meme via The eloquent quirk
November 21, 2025 at 9:20 AM
... surprising that our moral leader, Charles III,
the Supreme Governor of the Church of England,
has neither apologised or paid reparations for
so much of royal wealth accruing from
the lethal abomination of
slavery and the slave trade
meme via The eloquent quirk
the Supreme Governor of the Church of England,
has neither apologised or paid reparations for
so much of royal wealth accruing from
the lethal abomination of
slavery and the slave trade
meme via The eloquent quirk
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Gill is being sentenced today for 8 counts of bribery from a Russian agent.
Follow @thenerve.news for updates throughout the day.
This is why it matters & this is who it harmed: Ukrainian protestors outside the Old Bailey.
Follow @thenerve.news for updates throughout the day.
This is why it matters & this is who it harmed: Ukrainian protestors outside the Old Bailey.
November 21, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Gill is being sentenced today for 8 counts of bribery from a Russian agent.
Follow @thenerve.news for updates throughout the day.
This is why it matters & this is who it harmed: Ukrainian protestors outside the Old Bailey.
Follow @thenerve.news for updates throughout the day.
This is why it matters & this is who it harmed: Ukrainian protestors outside the Old Bailey.
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Labour MP Abtisam Mohamed: "What is dividing communities is constant anti refugee rhetoric pumped into our politics... There are some people who will never be appeased, who will constantly stir hatred..."
Shabana Mahmood: "What I think is dividing our country... is an unfair, out of control system"
Shabana Mahmood: "What I think is dividing our country... is an unfair, out of control system"
November 17, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Labour MP Abtisam Mohamed: "What is dividing communities is constant anti refugee rhetoric pumped into our politics... There are some people who will never be appeased, who will constantly stir hatred..."
Shabana Mahmood: "What I think is dividing our country... is an unfair, out of control system"
Shabana Mahmood: "What I think is dividing our country... is an unfair, out of control system"