Stuart Bannerman
@stuartromsey.bsky.social
Socialist, humanist, republican, secularist
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Presumably FIFA will exclude USA from World Cup as it did when Russia invaded Ukraine?
January 3, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Presumably FIFA will exclude USA from World Cup as it did when Russia invaded Ukraine?
Is the Guardian turning into Threads? What's this Hill I will die on nonsense?
The hill I will die on: Washing-up bowls are horrible and should be banned | Jason Hazeley
These unhygienic, offensive lumps of plastic do everything the sink does, and less. It’s time to get rid, says comedy writer Jason Hazeley
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Is the Guardian turning into Threads? What's this Hill I will die on nonsense?
Does Trump know Stanley Morison was a lifelong Socialist and Pacifist?
Font of ‘wasteful’ diversity: Trump’s state department orders return to Times New Roman
Memo from Marco Rubio reportedly said cutting Calibri from official communication would ‘abolish yet another wasteful DEIA program’
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December 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Does Trump know Stanley Morison was a lifelong Socialist and Pacifist?
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I don't understand what is written on the screen in this photo, but it gives me life. Is it Dostoevsky?
November 30, 2025 at 11:07 AM
I don't understand what is written on the screen in this photo, but it gives me life. Is it Dostoevsky?
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Whoops! 😂
Musk Accidentally Proves 70% Of MAGA Accounts On Twitter Live In Russia
Whoops!
www.thegodpodcast.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Whoops! 😂
There are not that many political alumni from Dulwich, but of them I prefer to think of Hartley Shawcross, Atlee's Attorney General and Chief Prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials.
November 18, 2025 at 8:18 PM
There are not that many political alumni from Dulwich, but of them I prefer to think of Hartley Shawcross, Atlee's Attorney General and Chief Prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials.
I think I'll just refer to him as Andrew Hyphen.
November 13, 2025 at 11:11 AM
I think I'll just refer to him as Andrew Hyphen.
Wikipedia is no longer optimised for my mobile. What's happened?
October 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Wikipedia is no longer optimised for my mobile. What's happened?
Oh, the grand old Duke of York
he had some dodgy friends.
Epstein and Maxwell, Andy too
All came to sticky ends
he had some dodgy friends.
Epstein and Maxwell, Andy too
All came to sticky ends
October 18, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Oh, the grand old Duke of York
he had some dodgy friends.
Epstein and Maxwell, Andy too
All came to sticky ends
he had some dodgy friends.
Epstein and Maxwell, Andy too
All came to sticky ends
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On the centenary of Thatcher's birth, don't forget that she called Osama bin Laden a freedom fighter, Nelson Mandela a terrorist, General Pinochet a friend. And Jimmy Savile 'Sir'.
October 13, 2025 at 6:51 PM
On the centenary of Thatcher's birth, don't forget that she called Osama bin Laden a freedom fighter, Nelson Mandela a terrorist, General Pinochet a friend. And Jimmy Savile 'Sir'.
@BBCradio3 What's all this portentous rumbling organ twaddle that gets played at choral evensong, and for all I know on other church occasions?
October 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
@BBCradio3 What's all this portentous rumbling organ twaddle that gets played at choral evensong, and for all I know on other church occasions?
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It is heart breaking 🥲
October 11, 2025 at 2:13 PM
It is heart breaking 🥲
What's the DNC ffs?
It's so weird how Greenwald and Nate Silver and the like—who aren't even here—keep insisting that Bluesky is pro-DNC, when I've yet to see anyone here ever say anything nice about the DNC at all.
Also, evaporating? Lol. Bluesky now sends WAY more traffic to @techdirt.com than Twitter *ever* did.
Also, evaporating? Lol. Bluesky now sends WAY more traffic to @techdirt.com than Twitter *ever* did.
Bluesky: Catch the vapors
September 3, 2025 at 10:52 AM
What's the DNC ffs?
Kennedy is Trump's Mengele
August 31, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Kennedy is Trump's Mengele
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Robot meets bollard. Nothing beats the #WorldBollardAssociation
August 23, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Robot meets bollard. Nothing beats the #WorldBollardAssociation
8 asked Alexa to put a few shallots on the shopping list
August 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
8 asked Alexa to put a few shallots on the shopping list
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#Poll
66% of Labour members support the introduction of Proportional Representation,
@CompassOffice
polling shows.
The government is out of step with the mainstream of the Labour Party and must reset to transform the country.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
66% of Labour members support the introduction of Proportional Representation,
@CompassOffice
polling shows.
The government is out of step with the mainstream of the Labour Party and must reset to transform the country.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
August 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
#Poll
66% of Labour members support the introduction of Proportional Representation,
@CompassOffice
polling shows.
The government is out of step with the mainstream of the Labour Party and must reset to transform the country.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
66% of Labour members support the introduction of Proportional Representation,
@CompassOffice
polling shows.
The government is out of step with the mainstream of the Labour Party and must reset to transform the country.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
A 10 year old Rhubarb and Ginger for #breakfast this morning.
August 17, 2025 at 8:46 AM
A 10 year old Rhubarb and Ginger for #breakfast this morning.
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206th anniversary of Peterloo, Monday 16th August 1819, central Manchester. 60,000 protested for the vote. Local businessmen on horseback cut them down. The Magistrate who sent them in 👇
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The Magistrate who sent the Yeomanry in at Peterloo on 16th August 1819 went on to be a founder of the modern Tory Party
The Magistrate who gave the order to send the Yeomanry in at Peterloo in Manchester in August 1819 was William Hulton (1787-1864). In a review of books published to mark the 150th anniversary of Pe…
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August 15, 2025 at 11:26 PM
206th anniversary of Peterloo, Monday 16th August 1819, central Manchester. 60,000 protested for the vote. Local businessmen on horseback cut them down. The Magistrate who sent them in 👇
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cancel out a band by inventing their exact opposite: the restoring pumpkins
August 14, 2025 at 12:07 PM
cancel out a band by inventing their exact opposite: the restoring pumpkins
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My attention has been drawn to this article from 2017 by a letter in today's Guardian. Antisemitism is hostility towards Jews as Jews - full stop.
My attention has been drawn to this article from 2017 by a letter in today's Guardian. Antisemitism is hostility towards Jews as Jews - full stop.
Stephen Sedley · Defining Anti-Semitism
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August 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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My attention has been drawn to this article from 2017 by a letter in today's Guardian. Antisemitism is hostility towards Jews as Jews - full stop.
My attention has been drawn to this article from 2017 by a letter in today's Guardian. Antisemitism is hostility towards Jews as Jews - full stop.
Your Party is a dreadful name for a party
July 24, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Your Party is a dreadful name for a party
@germancarscene.com can anyone tell me what this is?
July 24, 2025 at 9:26 AM
@germancarscene.com can anyone tell me what this is?
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185 years ago this week, in a pub in Manchester delegates met from 5 days to form Britain's first working class party, The National Charter Association👇
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185 years ago this week the world’s first working class party was formed in Manchester
The site of the Griffin pub 185 years ago this week the world’s first working-class party was formed at a meeting in a Manchester pub The National Charter Association, the first working class party…
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July 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
185 years ago this week, in a pub in Manchester delegates met from 5 days to form Britain's first working class party, The National Charter Association👇
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Lethal steps outside the Mercure Brighton Seafront
July 21, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Lethal steps outside the Mercure Brighton Seafront