John Arnold
@floyduk.bsky.social
Mayor of Sandbach, UK. Sandbach Labour town councillor. Teacher of coding to kids with Code Club. Former host of PhotoWalkthrough video podcast.
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🔪 NEW: Dial S for Starmer ☎️
💥 How NOT to supress a rebellion
📺 Defending the BBC from Trump
🥀 Woke Poppies
🧱 Lego Therapy
💨 Bloopers
With @pimlicat.bsky.social, @sturdyalex.bsky.social & @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social.
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💥 How NOT to supress a rebellion
📺 Defending the BBC from Trump
🥀 Woke Poppies
🧱 Lego Therapy
💨 Bloopers
With @pimlicat.bsky.social, @sturdyalex.bsky.social & @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social.
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Dial S for Starmer: how NOT to supress a leadership challenge
Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 13/11/2025 · 1h 3m
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November 13, 2025 at 6:22 AM
🔪 NEW: Dial S for Starmer ☎️
💥 How NOT to supress a rebellion
📺 Defending the BBC from Trump
🥀 Woke Poppies
🧱 Lego Therapy
💨 Bloopers
With @pimlicat.bsky.social, @sturdyalex.bsky.social & @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social.
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💥 How NOT to supress a rebellion
📺 Defending the BBC from Trump
🥀 Woke Poppies
🧱 Lego Therapy
💨 Bloopers
With @pimlicat.bsky.social, @sturdyalex.bsky.social & @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social.
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Performative nonsense as usual by the orange dictator.
NEW
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
emptycity.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Performative nonsense as usual by the orange dictator.
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Honestly, I did NOT have "punching the air and going HELL YES to Chris Patten" on my bingo card today. But what he says is SO rarely said and needed saying SO badly!
"How shall we treat Mr Farage's concerns? Shall we hail Brexit a tremendous success? Something that has cost the country billions?"
"How shall we treat Mr Farage's concerns? Shall we hail Brexit a tremendous success? Something that has cost the country billions?"
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Honestly, I did NOT have "punching the air and going HELL YES to Chris Patten" on my bingo card today. But what he says is SO rarely said and needed saying SO badly!
"How shall we treat Mr Farage's concerns? Shall we hail Brexit a tremendous success? Something that has cost the country billions?"
"How shall we treat Mr Farage's concerns? Shall we hail Brexit a tremendous success? Something that has cost the country billions?"
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Good morning to all those people who wasted the last decade saying, "there's no point tackling climate change in the UK, because China."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Good morning to all those people who wasted the last decade saying, "there's no point tackling climate change in the UK, because China."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Absolutely right. I criticise BBC News, because we need it to be as good as we know it can be. People like Farage criticise the BBC, because they work for its competitors and don't want it to exist.
🎯 Davey is spot on. "We can have criticism of the BBC, but within that, we need to recognise how valuable an institution it is [and how] precious to our country. And that's one of the reasons why people like President Trump and Nigel Farage, want to undermine the BBC." 👏🏽~AA
November 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Absolutely right. I criticise BBC News, because we need it to be as good as we know it can be. People like Farage criticise the BBC, because they work for its competitors and don't want it to exist.
I'm a big believer in expressing your values with your wallet. If M&S are advertising on GBNews then I'll find somewhere else to buy pants.
M&S are advertising on GB News, a channel notorious for its coverage targeting migrants, Muslims and the LGBTQ+ community while promoting far-right propaganda. Click on the link and sign a petition to urge Marks & Spencer to stop funding hate. #StopFundingHate
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November 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I'm a big believer in expressing your values with your wallet. If M&S are advertising on GBNews then I'll find somewhere else to buy pants.
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![Cartoon by Stephen Collins for The Guardian. Script as follows:
[scene is Winston Churchill in a bbc studio, giving his 'finest hour' speech]
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CHURCHILL:
The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us.
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CHURCHILL:
Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this Island or lose the war.
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CHURCHILL:
If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free
and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sun-
BBC PRESENTER:
Thank you prime minister
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BBC PRESENTER:
Mr hitler, your response?
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HITLER [in the studio]:
Vell zis is hysterical woke nonsense as usual from mr Churchill
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HITLER:
What we are proposing -
CHURCHILL:
Hang on
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HITLER:
Let me finish - what we are proposing eez a simple power-sharing arrangement -
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CHURCHILL:
What's he doing here
BBC PRESENTER:
It's important we hear both sides of the debate
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CHURCHILL:
This isn't a debate
You don't debate fascists
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HITLER:
Oh here we go with ze Godwins law!
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HITLER:
Why must you people always compare ze things you don't like to 'fascists, Nazis, Hitler'...
CHURCHILL:
Because you are a fascist Nazi Hit-
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HITLER [standing up, saluting]:
RAUSS!
BBC PRESENTER:
*Please* Mr Churchill let him speak
[ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreibw4ldc3fhslbvxgy2oqrof2oys5kpgh7zu6a5f3usmx3lf4547qm@jpeg)
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Want to know why the prisons system seems to be suddenly falling apart?
Well, it's not sudden. It's just suddenly being REPORTED. This rot was a deliberate policy choice, and I kept the receipts. Because I'm not the BBC.
(A note on what Tories did to cause this, from The Decade In Tory)
Well, it's not sudden. It's just suddenly being REPORTED. This rot was a deliberate policy choice, and I kept the receipts. Because I'm not the BBC.
(A note on what Tories did to cause this, from The Decade In Tory)
November 10, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Want to know why the prisons system seems to be suddenly falling apart?
Well, it's not sudden. It's just suddenly being REPORTED. This rot was a deliberate policy choice, and I kept the receipts. Because I'm not the BBC.
(A note on what Tories did to cause this, from The Decade In Tory)
Well, it's not sudden. It's just suddenly being REPORTED. This rot was a deliberate policy choice, and I kept the receipts. Because I'm not the BBC.
(A note on what Tories did to cause this, from The Decade In Tory)
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Maybe they have all missed BBCQT, Politics Live, Daily Politics, and This Week for the last two decades, for which Farage has his own dressing room.
Farage accuses the BBC of bias on Europe, immigration, the environment, Gaza, and Trump - to a hall of toadies roaring their approval.
And in the blink of an eye, turns to his actual employer "a much perkier GB News," then remembers "although I have to declare an interest." ~AA
And in the blink of an eye, turns to his actual employer "a much perkier GB News," then remembers "although I have to declare an interest." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Maybe they have all missed BBCQT, Politics Live, Daily Politics, and This Week for the last two decades, for which Farage has his own dressing room.
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Not a moment too soon. Several years too late.
Political Editor New Statesman “SCOOP: Tim Davie is about to announce his resignation as Director General of the BBC, according to a person familiar with the matter.”
November 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Not a moment too soon. Several years too late.
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Genuinely cannot stop laughing at this title and tagline.
November 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Genuinely cannot stop laughing at this title and tagline.
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This is what is happening. It is cynical. It is strategic. It is organised. It is well funded.
And we need to pay attention.
The far right - and their cheerleaders, mimics, tribute acts, and handmaidens have identified two presentational frameworks that give them cut-through and traction. 1/7
And we need to pay attention.
The far right - and their cheerleaders, mimics, tribute acts, and handmaidens have identified two presentational frameworks that give them cut-through and traction. 1/7
November 6, 2025 at 1:44 PM
This is what is happening. It is cynical. It is strategic. It is organised. It is well funded.
And we need to pay attention.
The far right - and their cheerleaders, mimics, tribute acts, and handmaidens have identified two presentational frameworks that give them cut-through and traction. 1/7
And we need to pay attention.
The far right - and their cheerleaders, mimics, tribute acts, and handmaidens have identified two presentational frameworks that give them cut-through and traction. 1/7
I used to teach Photoshop and Lightroom. Over recent years I've been using Affinity Photo (and the other Affinity apps) because there's no monthly subscription. Well now you can get all 3 Affinity apps combined into one for free. Bad news for Adobe. Great news for the rest of us.
affinity.studio
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October 31, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I used to teach Photoshop and Lightroom. Over recent years I've been using Affinity Photo (and the other Affinity apps) because there's no monthly subscription. Well now you can get all 3 Affinity apps combined into one for free. Bad news for Adobe. Great news for the rest of us.
affinity.studio
affinity.studio
BBC is still shilling for Reform. It's shameless and despite constant criticism for years now they've not stopped doing this for even a moment.
So why does the BBC label the academic and economist Faiza Shaheen an "activist" but refuse to do the same for the former academic, turned anti-migrant activist Matt Goodwin?
October 31, 2025 at 11:09 AM
BBC is still shilling for Reform. It's shameless and despite constant criticism for years now they've not stopped doing this for even a moment.
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📌 Everyone needs to listen ‼️
Brava Mallory ~ 📍Michigan 🐥
Brava Mallory ~ 📍Michigan 🐥
October 30, 2025 at 8:11 AM
📌 Everyone needs to listen ‼️
Brava Mallory ~ 📍Michigan 🐥
Brava Mallory ~ 📍Michigan 🐥
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It's all going very well.
October 27, 2025 at 9:03 PM
It's all going very well.
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🃏 House Rules: Defending democracy when the game is rigged 🗳️
🏛️ How to protect truth in an Age of Liars
🪩 Trump seems lost - but so does the US
☑️ Prop 50 - the start of a fightback?
With guest @chrischirp.bsky.social.
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🏛️ How to protect truth in an Age of Liars
🪩 Trump seems lost - but so does the US
☑️ Prop 50 - the start of a fightback?
With guest @chrischirp.bsky.social.
🍊 open.spotify.com/episode/5kYu...
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House Rules: Defending democracy when the game is rigged
Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 30/10/2025 · 1h 5m
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October 30, 2025 at 5:40 AM
🃏 House Rules: Defending democracy when the game is rigged 🗳️
🏛️ How to protect truth in an Age of Liars
🪩 Trump seems lost - but so does the US
☑️ Prop 50 - the start of a fightback?
With guest @chrischirp.bsky.social.
🍊 open.spotify.com/episode/5kYu...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
🏛️ How to protect truth in an Age of Liars
🪩 Trump seems lost - but so does the US
☑️ Prop 50 - the start of a fightback?
With guest @chrischirp.bsky.social.
🍊 open.spotify.com/episode/5kYu...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
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It is way past time for the UK government & the BBC to get off X & for Musk to be treated as a threat to national security.
The world's richest man is using his site to promote civil war, ethnic violence & the overthrow of an elected government.
You won't win him over with another conference on AI
The world's richest man is using his site to promote civil war, ethnic violence & the overthrow of an elected government.
You won't win him over with another conference on AI
Elon Musk: "It is time for the English to ally with the hard men, like Tommy Robinson, and fight for their survival or they shall surely all die" 29th October 2025. 2 million views in its first hour.
October 29, 2025 at 10:11 AM
It is way past time for the UK government & the BBC to get off X & for Musk to be treated as a threat to national security.
The world's richest man is using his site to promote civil war, ethnic violence & the overthrow of an elected government.
You won't win him over with another conference on AI
The world's richest man is using his site to promote civil war, ethnic violence & the overthrow of an elected government.
You won't win him over with another conference on AI
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Collins is on TREMENDOUS form atm.
![Cartoon by Stephen Collins for the Guardian.
[Scene is BBC BREAKFAST with two presenters and a guest on the sofa].
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PRESENTER:
Now - some disturbing new research has shown
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PRESENTER:
that as many as 10 non-Reform political parties may currently operating ‘under the radar’ across the UK.
[Show on screen logos for Greens, Lib Dems, Conservatives
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PRESENTER:
In the studio to discuss this, Nigel Farage
[We see the guest on the sofa is indeed Nigel Farage]
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PRESENTER:
Nigel, what’s your view?
FARAGE:
Well I think this very worrying.
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FARAGE:
And just another reason why we should ban all immigration.
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PRESENTER:
I won’t push back on that
FARAGE:
Absolutely!
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PRESENTER:
Funnily enough, this is what your new show’s about, isn’t it?
FARAGE:
Oop - plug time!
PRESENTER:
Ha ha
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FARAGE:
Yes it’s a 12-part BBC documentary called ‘In Search Of The Political Parties That Aren’t My One’.
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[Show on the TV screen Farage presenting a documentary series titled In Search Of The Political Parties That Aren’t My One. He is wearing his farmer's getup and looking dreamily at the UK from hillsides, visiting pubs and chatting with the locals, etc]
FARAGE:
It’s a really emotional journey
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FARAGE:
with lots of dreamy footage of me looking relatable...
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FARAGE:
as I answer the question:
*Am I the only option for Britain?*
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[Cut back to studio]
PRESENTER:
I won’t push back on that
FARAGE:
Absolutely!
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October 26, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Collins is on TREMENDOUS form atm.
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75,000 on 150 flags? Some vendor (I am sure, entirely unconnected to the Reform councillors) is making a very patriotic killing.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Criticism as Reform-led council set to spend £75,000 on new flags
The council says union jack flags will be flown in 82 locations in a bid to foster
www.bbc.co.uk
October 25, 2025 at 11:26 AM
75,000 on 150 flags? Some vendor (I am sure, entirely unconnected to the Reform councillors) is making a very patriotic killing.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Badenoch is such a dick. Honestly, today was beyond what can be acceptable to anyone. Just utter lies being told, in real time, on the most sensitive issue imaginable.
October 22, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Badenoch is such a dick. Honestly, today was beyond what can be acceptable to anyone. Just utter lies being told, in real time, on the most sensitive issue imaginable.
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May the year ahead be full of light and colour.
Happy Diwali, from everyone at Best for Britain! ~AA
Happy Diwali, from everyone at Best for Britain! ~AA
October 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
May the year ahead be full of light and colour.
Happy Diwali, from everyone at Best for Britain! ~AA
Happy Diwali, from everyone at Best for Britain! ~AA
Americans I'm proud of you. THIS is what you should be doing. Build community, speak openly about your political views, include everyone, march, build momentum, resist, and ultimately TAKE BACK YOUR COUNTRY.
Make America America Again.
Make America America Again.
October 21, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Americans I'm proud of you. THIS is what you should be doing. Build community, speak openly about your political views, include everyone, march, build momentum, resist, and ultimately TAKE BACK YOUR COUNTRY.
Make America America Again.
Make America America Again.
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Next they'll be rewriting textbooks to say Japanese American internment camps were delightful summer resorts.
September 3, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Next they'll be rewriting textbooks to say Japanese American internment camps were delightful summer resorts.
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"We need more working class voices in politics and we need more women in politics. But we also need to defend the working class women who are in there at the moment because, otherwise, all you're saying is: who's next for the lions in the arena?”
September 4, 2025 at 9:57 AM
"We need more working class voices in politics and we need more women in politics. But we also need to defend the working class women who are in there at the moment because, otherwise, all you're saying is: who's next for the lions in the arena?”