Barry North
@barrynorth.bsky.social
Civil Servant (Ret), IC member, QPR, Middx CCC, Wasps RFC (RIP), FDA TU, Wargamer, History Book Reader, Ben Turkiye’yi. Always stops to look at rocks…
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Ex UKIP MEP, and ex Leader of Reform in Wales, Nathan Gill sentenced to 10 ½ years for corruption and bribery by Russians. Met Police anti terrorism unit also has ongoing investigations
How's the Union Jack waving going?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...
How's the Union Jack waving going?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...
Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales sentenced to 10-and-a-half years for taking pro-Russian bribes
The judge tells Nathan Gill his actions were a
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Ex UKIP MEP, and ex Leader of Reform in Wales, Nathan Gill sentenced to 10 ½ years for corruption and bribery by Russians. Met Police anti terrorism unit also has ongoing investigations
How's the Union Jack waving going?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...
How's the Union Jack waving going?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...
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Why is Donald Trump pushing the deal?
Because it gives hundreds of billions of Dollars to him.
Because it gives hundreds of billions of Dollars to him.
November 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Why is Donald Trump pushing the deal?
Because it gives hundreds of billions of Dollars to him.
Because it gives hundreds of billions of Dollars to him.
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This is insane. But also I would like to know where they took Kreyòl classes in North Texas. And I feel horrified for their instructors!
Gavin and Tanner, planned and trained for nearly a year, legal documents say, in an elaborate attempt to invade a Haitian island, kill its Black men, enslave its Black women and Black children and fulfill their "rape fantasies."
www.fox4news.com/news/haitian...
www.fox4news.com/news/haitian...
NTX men planned to murder men, enslave women on foreign island: Indictment
Two North Texas men have been indicted for an alleged scheme to sail to a foreign island, murder all the men, and enslave the women and children.
www.fox4news.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:28 PM
This is insane. But also I would like to know where they took Kreyòl classes in North Texas. And I feel horrified for their instructors!
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Nigel Farage's spokesman denies he made racist comments, saying it was "a long time ago" and "you can’t always recollect what happened".
Asked why lots of people remember the same thing, he asks why they didn't come forward before
When I point out some of them did, he replies "not in the same way"
Asked why lots of people remember the same thing, he asks why they didn't come forward before
When I point out some of them did, he replies "not in the same way"
November 19, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Nigel Farage's spokesman denies he made racist comments, saying it was "a long time ago" and "you can’t always recollect what happened".
Asked why lots of people remember the same thing, he asks why they didn't come forward before
When I point out some of them did, he replies "not in the same way"
Asked why lots of people remember the same thing, he asks why they didn't come forward before
When I point out some of them did, he replies "not in the same way"
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🤬 Russia has recruited 18,000 foreign nationals from 128 countries to fight against Ukraine
Russia has recruited 18,000 foreign nationals from 128 countries to fight against Ukraine
At least 18,000 foreign nationals from 128 countries and unrecognised territories have fought or continue to fight within Russia's Armed Forces in the war against Ukraine; 3,388 of them have been kill...
www.pravda.com.ua
November 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
🤬 Russia has recruited 18,000 foreign nationals from 128 countries to fight against Ukraine
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Those UK journalists backing Trump - a man who endorses the murder of a journalist because he’s ‘controversial’ - against the BBC need to see if they can find their moral compass
You know about Trump and Zelesnkyy’s call, but have you heard about the call between Trump and the Saudi Crown Prince?
Watch my statement below. Mr. President, release the transcript.
Watch my statement below. Mr. President, release the transcript.
November 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Those UK journalists backing Trump - a man who endorses the murder of a journalist because he’s ‘controversial’ - against the BBC need to see if they can find their moral compass
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Well, once again it was shown that Trump's "support" for Ukraine was a con. He has been working with Putin in secret to craft a "peace" deal which the US and Russia will now try to shove down Ukrainian and European throats. Just sent out this free piece. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Trump Was Working With Putin The Entire Time
And Now Europe and Ukraine Will Pay The Price
open.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Well, once again it was shown that Trump's "support" for Ukraine was a con. He has been working with Putin in secret to craft a "peace" deal which the US and Russia will now try to shove down Ukrainian and European throats. Just sent out this free piece. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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Let me fix that headline for you
About 1m Ford diesel cars sold in UK with d̶e̶f̶e̶c̶t̶i̶v̶e̶ 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 emissions controls, court told
That's actually what this article is about. Let's not sanitise the civil liability claim for a 'mistake'.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
About 1m Ford diesel cars sold in UK with d̶e̶f̶e̶c̶t̶i̶v̶e̶ 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 emissions controls, court told
That's actually what this article is about. Let's not sanitise the civil liability claim for a 'mistake'.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
About 1m Ford diesel cars sold in UK with defective emissions controls, court told
Ford denies having created ‘defeat devices’ in legal action on behalf of 1.6 million owners against five carmakers
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Let me fix that headline for you
About 1m Ford diesel cars sold in UK with d̶e̶f̶e̶c̶t̶i̶v̶e̶ 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 emissions controls, court told
That's actually what this article is about. Let's not sanitise the civil liability claim for a 'mistake'.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
About 1m Ford diesel cars sold in UK with d̶e̶f̶e̶c̶t̶i̶v̶e̶ 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 emissions controls, court told
That's actually what this article is about. Let's not sanitise the civil liability claim for a 'mistake'.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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There were 93 homicides in London last year: population 9 million
In New York - population 8.5 million - there were
391.
London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago.
And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing
In New York - population 8.5 million - there were
391.
London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago.
And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing
November 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
There were 93 homicides in London last year: population 9 million
In New York - population 8.5 million - there were
391.
London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago.
And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing
In New York - population 8.5 million - there were
391.
London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago.
And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing
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Looking forward to this!
Presented by national treasure and the absolute legend that is Sara Cox, we’re pleased to announce that The Marvellous Miniature Workshop airs from Monday 1st December at 2pm on BBC ONE
@bbciplayer
#TheMarvellousMiniatureWorkshop #SaraCox #iPlayer
@bbciplayer
#TheMarvellousMiniatureWorkshop #SaraCox #iPlayer
November 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Looking forward to this!
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Even if he dies right now and his entire cabinet goes with him, to be replaced by a more sane and 'normal' choice, the damage is done. We've all seen what so many people either actively support or are comfortable enough with.
The toothpaste doesn't go back in the tube.
The toothpaste doesn't go back in the tube.
November 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Even if he dies right now and his entire cabinet goes with him, to be replaced by a more sane and 'normal' choice, the damage is done. We've all seen what so many people either actively support or are comfortable enough with.
The toothpaste doesn't go back in the tube.
The toothpaste doesn't go back in the tube.
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Yikes! 🤮
The McDonald’s at 148-150 Dalton Road, Barrow-in Furness, has been given a one-star food hygiene rating…
…and has been told that ‘major improvement is necessary’ to appease health inspectors.
The McDonald’s at 148-150 Dalton Road, Barrow-in Furness, has been given a one-star food hygiene rating…
…and has been told that ‘major improvement is necessary’ to appease health inspectors.
McDonald’s in Dalton Rd, Barrow: 1* food hygiene rating
Dalton Rd, Barrow McDonalds rated as ‘major improvement necessary’ in 1* from a health inspector
northwestbylines.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Yikes! 🤮
The McDonald’s at 148-150 Dalton Road, Barrow-in Furness, has been given a one-star food hygiene rating…
…and has been told that ‘major improvement is necessary’ to appease health inspectors.
The McDonald’s at 148-150 Dalton Road, Barrow-in Furness, has been given a one-star food hygiene rating…
…and has been told that ‘major improvement is necessary’ to appease health inspectors.
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"Yes, it really is only 496 days since Sir Keir Starmer won a colossal general election landslide"
Fact check: Starmer only achieved 34% of the popular vote, it is just our crazy electric system that gave him the majority of the seats
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Fact check: Starmer only achieved 34% of the popular vote, it is just our crazy electric system that gave him the majority of the seats
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Efforts to shore up Starmer's leadership may have backfired
Briefings aimed at seeing off leadership plots may have left the PM more vulnerable, some in Labour fear.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
"Yes, it really is only 496 days since Sir Keir Starmer won a colossal general election landslide"
Fact check: Starmer only achieved 34% of the popular vote, it is just our crazy electric system that gave him the majority of the seats
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Fact check: Starmer only achieved 34% of the popular vote, it is just our crazy electric system that gave him the majority of the seats
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Carers Rights day is fast approaching, and we want all carers to feel empowered to know and use their rights.
Amy has used her rights to help her to juggle work and care.
Read more about Amy’s story here: www.carersuk.org/news-and-cam...
Amy has used her rights to help her to juggle work and care.
Read more about Amy’s story here: www.carersuk.org/news-and-cam...
November 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Carers Rights day is fast approaching, and we want all carers to feel empowered to know and use their rights.
Amy has used her rights to help her to juggle work and care.
Read more about Amy’s story here: www.carersuk.org/news-and-cam...
Amy has used her rights to help her to juggle work and care.
Read more about Amy’s story here: www.carersuk.org/news-and-cam...
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IIRC this is the occasion when an RAF air raid took place during one meeting and they had to descend into the Chancellery cellars. When one German official said “England is finished” Molotov snapped back “if this is so, then why are we sitting here and whose bombs are falling above us?”
12 November 1940: Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov met with Adolf Hitler and German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop in Berlin for a conference to discuss spheres of influence between Germany, Italy, Japan and the Soviet Union, and the possibility of the Soviets joining the Axis.
November 12, 2025 at 2:51 PM
IIRC this is the occasion when an RAF air raid took place during one meeting and they had to descend into the Chancellery cellars. When one German official said “England is finished” Molotov snapped back “if this is so, then why are we sitting here and whose bombs are falling above us?”
There are thousands of good private Care Homes but the sector has become a cash cow for Pension funds and Billionaires. The Government must tighten regulation and enforce action against cruelty to residents
7,261 elderly/vulnerable people in care homes given ‘notice to quit’.
Major reason: "revenge evictions’. people “threatened with eviction as a result of raising a complaint"
Care homes are mostly in the private sector, owned by corporations and private equity, profit margins of up to 40%.
Major reason: "revenge evictions’. people “threatened with eviction as a result of raising a complaint"
Care homes are mostly in the private sector, owned by corporations and private equity, profit margins of up to 40%.
Revealed: Thousands of elderly people evicted from care homes every year
Thousands of elderly and vulnerable people have received eviction notices from their care homes in the last year, the Big Issue has found.
www.bigissue.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM
There are thousands of good private Care Homes but the sector has become a cash cow for Pension funds and Billionaires. The Government must tighten regulation and enforce action against cruelty to residents
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Be VERY clear, this WILL happen in the UK if Reform get anywhere near power after the next election.
This is a Gestapo & concentration camp system & there is NOTHING to stop Farage doing this here.
If you think it “couldn’t happen here” you are dangerously deluded. It can always happen anywhere.
This is a Gestapo & concentration camp system & there is NOTHING to stop Farage doing this here.
If you think it “couldn’t happen here” you are dangerously deluded. It can always happen anywhere.
A man rushed to the Broadview ICE facility searching for his wife. They followed every legal step, but ICE took her into another room and she vanished. He tracked her phone there when the signal died. Police told him to “look up her name online.” He sat in the parking lot, weeping, with no answers.
November 9, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Be VERY clear, this WILL happen in the UK if Reform get anywhere near power after the next election.
This is a Gestapo & concentration camp system & there is NOTHING to stop Farage doing this here.
If you think it “couldn’t happen here” you are dangerously deluded. It can always happen anywhere.
This is a Gestapo & concentration camp system & there is NOTHING to stop Farage doing this here.
If you think it “couldn’t happen here” you are dangerously deluded. It can always happen anywhere.
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Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...
Nederlandse diensten delen minder informatie met de VS: ‘Soms vertellen we dingen niet meer’
Het aantal dreigingen dat op Nederland afkomt is groot, zien de hoofden van de AIVD en de MIVD elke dag: niet alleen Russische agressie, maar ook de opmars van China als digitale macht en binnenlands ...
www.volkskrant.nl
October 19, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...
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Local chap found with a box of model aircraft and notes about the pilots who flew them. Absolute star 🌟
Modellers - the call you have been waiting all your lives for...!
Does anyone have any models of #WW2 aircraft they could drop by a school in Newbury tomorrow?
A group of students wants to film a scene - presumably with them going "Pew! Pew! Nerrrrr!"
Please share 🙏
Does anyone have any models of #WW2 aircraft they could drop by a school in Newbury tomorrow?
A group of students wants to film a scene - presumably with them going "Pew! Pew! Nerrrrr!"
Please share 🙏
three planes are flying in a row in a cloudy sky
ALT: three planes are flying in a row in a cloudy sky
media.tenor.com
October 13, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Local chap found with a box of model aircraft and notes about the pilots who flew them. Absolute star 🌟
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I think the core of why this argument repeatedly appears in discussions is the casual assumption that if you make a vast amount of something then it must be mediocre-to-bad, when the reality in the Second World War was that the Allies were so industrially dominant they had both quality and quantity.
Like this is such a wrong statement that anyone making it should not be taken seriously at all (this piece annoyed the shit out of me at the time and I have not had the opportunity to litigate it lol)
October 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I think the core of why this argument repeatedly appears in discussions is the casual assumption that if you make a vast amount of something then it must be mediocre-to-bad, when the reality in the Second World War was that the Allies were so industrially dominant they had both quality and quantity.
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Brilliant evening at the Wigtown Book Festival interviewing Del Amitri’s Justin Currie about touring with #Parkinsons in front of a large and appreciative audience - believe it or not we had a lot of laughs
September 27, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Brilliant evening at the Wigtown Book Festival interviewing Del Amitri’s Justin Currie about touring with #Parkinsons in front of a large and appreciative audience - believe it or not we had a lot of laughs
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How to deal with Tommy Robinson courtesy of Arkala
September 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
How to deal with Tommy Robinson courtesy of Arkala