Brian Coventry
@briancoventry.bsky.social
Views are mine. Reposts don’t imply agreement. I believe democracy’s broken. ByLine Times supporter. Open Water Swimmer. 🏴🇦🇺
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There’s no gold medal in the stress Olympics – here’s how to start resting
There’s no gold medal in the stress Olympics – here’s how to start resting
What if the thing we needed more of was to do less? What if this was the year we finally learned to rest?
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2026 at 1:17 AM
There’s no gold medal in the stress Olympics – here’s how to start resting
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Genuinely laughable that this sub-mediocre-opportunistic-as-they-come no-mark could insist he’s putting personal ambition to one side to join Reform.
He says no one could seriously make that argument. Oh they could, Robert. Your vainglorious ego seems to have cut off the oxygen to your brain.
He says no one could seriously make that argument. Oh they could, Robert. Your vainglorious ego seems to have cut off the oxygen to your brain.
Robert Jenrick, "I have chosen to put long standing party allegiance to one side and to put the country first"
Laura Kuenssberg, "You've done the opposite"
"You've joined the party that is ahead in the polls"
"Precisely because of your own personal ambition"
Laura Kuenssberg, "You've done the opposite"
"You've joined the party that is ahead in the polls"
"Precisely because of your own personal ambition"
January 17, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Genuinely laughable that this sub-mediocre-opportunistic-as-they-come no-mark could insist he’s putting personal ambition to one side to join Reform.
He says no one could seriously make that argument. Oh they could, Robert. Your vainglorious ego seems to have cut off the oxygen to your brain.
He says no one could seriously make that argument. Oh they could, Robert. Your vainglorious ego seems to have cut off the oxygen to your brain.
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You mean adding an unpopular politician who fiddled his taxes and claimed public money to heat his horses who stood down before the 2024 GE because the party he was in was so deeply unpopular didn’t help make Reform UK more popular?
I am shocked.
Shocked, I tell you.
I am shocked.
Shocked, I tell you.
January 13, 2026 at 9:50 AM
You mean adding an unpopular politician who fiddled his taxes and claimed public money to heat his horses who stood down before the 2024 GE because the party he was in was so deeply unpopular didn’t help make Reform UK more popular?
I am shocked.
Shocked, I tell you.
I am shocked.
Shocked, I tell you.
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Left: Cooper criticising Iran for portraying "peaceful protestors as criminals as criminals and terrorists"
Right: Cooper Starmer portray non violent protestors as criminals and terrorists
Baron Hain said he's 'deeply ashamed' at Cooper and Starmer conflating non violent protest with terrorism;
Right: Cooper Starmer portray non violent protestors as criminals and terrorists
Baron Hain said he's 'deeply ashamed' at Cooper and Starmer conflating non violent protest with terrorism;
January 13, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Left: Cooper criticising Iran for portraying "peaceful protestors as criminals as criminals and terrorists"
Right: Cooper Starmer portray non violent protestors as criminals and terrorists
Baron Hain said he's 'deeply ashamed' at Cooper and Starmer conflating non violent protest with terrorism;
Right: Cooper Starmer portray non violent protestors as criminals and terrorists
Baron Hain said he's 'deeply ashamed' at Cooper and Starmer conflating non violent protest with terrorism;
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Nadhim Zahawi and family fled to the UK from Saddam Hussein's Iraq as a child refugee in 1978. Unable to speak English when he arrived, he became a hugely successful businessman and an MP before serving as Chancellor of the Exchequor.
His origin story is the very antithesis of the Reform narrative.
His origin story is the very antithesis of the Reform narrative.
January 12, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Nadhim Zahawi and family fled to the UK from Saddam Hussein's Iraq as a child refugee in 1978. Unable to speak English when he arrived, he became a hugely successful businessman and an MP before serving as Chancellor of the Exchequor.
His origin story is the very antithesis of the Reform narrative.
His origin story is the very antithesis of the Reform narrative.
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via @theguardian.com
It’s not ‘fantasy’: I know Nigel Farage abused people for their nationality – because I was one of them | Rickard Berg
I remember him as a racist bully, and his allegation that other ex-Dulwich boys and I are liars tells me he hasn’t changed, says former Dulwich college pupil Rickard Berg
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 2:27 PM
via @theguardian.com
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Nigel Farage here nailing Nadhim Zahawi's absence of principles.
So, turns out Nigel Farage was correct all along, when he said “I thought Zahawi had principles. Tonight we learn he's just about climbing that greasy pole, as so many of them are”?
January 12, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Nigel Farage here nailing Nadhim Zahawi's absence of principles.
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Amazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform.
January 12, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Amazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform.
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It's not voters fault.
It's the fault of a media which deliberately spreads misinformation.
It's the fault of a media which deliberately spreads misinformation.
January 10, 2026 at 11:07 PM
It's not voters fault.
It's the fault of a media which deliberately spreads misinformation.
It's the fault of a media which deliberately spreads misinformation.
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Otherwise - presumably - Reform MPs are happy to cash in on a website that allows users to make abusive images of children.
Liberal Democrats have urged Reform UK MPs who receive payment from X for their posts to donate the money to charities working to combat sexual exploitation, after the site was flooded with AI-generated sexualised images of women and children.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Lib Dems call on Reform MPs to donate income from X to charity amid Grok row
Exclusive: Party says Nigel Farage and colleagues receiving ‘tainted money’ for their posts on Elon Musk’s platform
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Otherwise - presumably - Reform MPs are happy to cash in on a website that allows users to make abusive images of children.
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The Shore, Leith, Edinburgh #scotland #photography
January 1, 2026 at 5:41 PM
The Shore, Leith, Edinburgh #scotland #photography
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Just a gif of the EU flag projected onto the London Eye as part of Mayor Sadiq Khan's London's New Year's Day fireworks 😀
The UK is £90 billion a year poorer because of Brexit i.e. tax rises and spending cuts, it's absurd
One day soon the madness will end and the UK will #RejoinEU ☺️
The UK is £90 billion a year poorer because of Brexit i.e. tax rises and spending cuts, it's absurd
One day soon the madness will end and the UK will #RejoinEU ☺️
January 1, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Just a gif of the EU flag projected onto the London Eye as part of Mayor Sadiq Khan's London's New Year's Day fireworks 😀
The UK is £90 billion a year poorer because of Brexit i.e. tax rises and spending cuts, it's absurd
One day soon the madness will end and the UK will #RejoinEU ☺️
The UK is £90 billion a year poorer because of Brexit i.e. tax rises and spending cuts, it's absurd
One day soon the madness will end and the UK will #RejoinEU ☺️
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024: Keir Starmer, "I firmly believe that the British public want... to make Brexit work"
2025: Guardian, "UK failure to seal EU tax exemption hands industry mountain of paperwork"
End the madness #RejoinEU
2025: Guardian, "UK failure to seal EU tax exemption hands industry mountain of paperwork"
End the madness #RejoinEU
December 31, 2025 at 7:50 AM
024: Keir Starmer, "I firmly believe that the British public want... to make Brexit work"
2025: Guardian, "UK failure to seal EU tax exemption hands industry mountain of paperwork"
End the madness #RejoinEU
2025: Guardian, "UK failure to seal EU tax exemption hands industry mountain of paperwork"
End the madness #RejoinEU
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At a time when billionaires and oligarchs own the majority of our press, when local journalism is in decline, and social media is rife with misinformation and abuse, there has never been a greater need for citizen journalism
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December 31, 2025 at 12:23 PM
At a time when billionaires and oligarchs own the majority of our press, when local journalism is in decline, and social media is rife with misinformation and abuse, there has never been a greater need for citizen journalism
Who funds us? No one...except you. Become a friends of Bylines supporter:
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It's a fun fact but only 17 of them were alive when he wrote the song 36 years ago.
December 31, 2025 at 9:57 AM
It's a fun fact but only 17 of them were alive when he wrote the song 36 years ago.
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A shark that lived 115 million years ago surpassed the size of modern-day great whites, paleontologists discovered
15 Million Years before the Megalodon, This Giant Ancient Shark Prowled the Oceans
A humungous shark that lived 115 million years ago surpassed the size of modern-day great whites, paleontologists discovered
www.scientificamerican.com
December 30, 2025 at 9:06 PM
A shark that lived 115 million years ago surpassed the size of modern-day great whites, paleontologists discovered
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The moments that defined 2025, in pictures 📸
2025 in pictures | ESPNcricinfo.com
Find the story in pictures for matches, Tests, ODIs or T20Is matches. check out from the wide range of on-field and off-field photos
www.espncricinfo.com
December 30, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The moments that defined 2025, in pictures 📸
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Cricket Australia chief executive Todd Greenberg has admitted that a two-day finish to the Boxing Day Test at the MCG is "bad for business".
Cricket Australia CEO: Short Tests are bad for business | The Cricketer
Cricket Australia chief executive Todd Greenberg has admitted that a two-day finish to the Boxing Day Test at the MCG is bad for business
www.thecricketer.com
December 27, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Cricket Australia chief executive Todd Greenberg has admitted that a two-day finish to the Boxing Day Test at the MCG is "bad for business".
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To Prez, this remains one of best community notes of all time. To prove we can’t be beaten this idiot tweets a picture of 5 of our warships, 4 of which had been sunk. The remaining is probably now out of action.
I am surrounded by idiocy
I am surrounded by idiocy
December 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM
To Prez, this remains one of best community notes of all time. To prove we can’t be beaten this idiot tweets a picture of 5 of our warships, 4 of which had been sunk. The remaining is probably now out of action.
I am surrounded by idiocy
I am surrounded by idiocy
Getting seriously fed up with this dipshit
December 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Getting seriously fed up with this dipshit
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A patently stupid and self-destructive idea, pushed by very entitled people who had nothing to lose and Putins disinformation machine and voted for in large part by bigots who thought it would make this country great again.
All to the colossal detriment of the UK.
F*** them all a million times.
All to the colossal detriment of the UK.
F*** them all a million times.
Letter to the FT that stingingly sums up Brexit and the shit creek we now find ourselves in.
A terrible idea (naive, prejudiced and uninformed) that has deeply divided us and left us poorer and less secure… but unwilling to face up to the damage we’ve done to ourselves. While the EU moves on.
A terrible idea (naive, prejudiced and uninformed) that has deeply divided us and left us poorer and less secure… but unwilling to face up to the damage we’ve done to ourselves. While the EU moves on.
December 24, 2025 at 11:51 AM
A patently stupid and self-destructive idea, pushed by very entitled people who had nothing to lose and Putins disinformation machine and voted for in large part by bigots who thought it would make this country great again.
All to the colossal detriment of the UK.
F*** them all a million times.
All to the colossal detriment of the UK.
F*** them all a million times.
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AUSTRALIA HAVE RETAINED THE ASHES 🏆
An epic final day in Adelaide saw an English resistance that ultimately fell short thanks to an incredible bowling effort by the Aussies
The Ashes will continue onto Melbourne for the Boxing Day Test
An epic final day in Adelaide saw an English resistance that ultimately fell short thanks to an incredible bowling effort by the Aussies
The Ashes will continue onto Melbourne for the Boxing Day Test
December 21, 2025 at 3:54 AM
AUSTRALIA HAVE RETAINED THE ASHES 🏆
An epic final day in Adelaide saw an English resistance that ultimately fell short thanks to an incredible bowling effort by the Aussies
The Ashes will continue onto Melbourne for the Boxing Day Test
An epic final day in Adelaide saw an English resistance that ultimately fell short thanks to an incredible bowling effort by the Aussies
The Ashes will continue onto Melbourne for the Boxing Day Test
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Waterfall, John Knox's pulpit, Fife.
December 20, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Waterfall, John Knox's pulpit, Fife.
All mouth from old mate
December 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
All mouth from old mate