Garrie Coleman
@garriecoleman.bsky.social
Family man. MLC mod. Runner. Old music. Progressive patriot. Equality. Ally. #joinaunion. #PUSB. Twitter abandoner. Mids born & bred, now Durham/Tees. “Long-haired communist” - Boss. “Useless git” - Wife.
That singing group who cosplay WAAF rehearsing their set at the National Memorial Arboretum. Now try and tell me Armistice Day hasn’t morphed into an annual jolly, nostalgic celebration. #GMB
November 11, 2025 at 9:14 AM
That singing group who cosplay WAAF rehearsing their set at the National Memorial Arboretum. Now try and tell me Armistice Day hasn’t morphed into an annual jolly, nostalgic celebration. #GMB
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"Zealously Pro Palestinian party"
Genocide is bad actually.
Genocide is bad actually.
What happens if the Greens overtake Labour in the polls? All bets are off | Gaby Hinsliff
What happens if the Greens overtake Labour in the polls? All bets are off | Gaby Hinsliff
They may lack Labour’s party machine, but Zack Polanski’s burgeoning popularity could have seismic consequences for British politics, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:28 AM
"Zealously Pro Palestinian party"
Genocide is bad actually.
Genocide is bad actually.
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NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
Black and Asian staff left feeling ‘deliberately intimidated’, according to chief executive of one NHS trust
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:58 AM
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
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NEW | if the BBC *is* biased, it’s not against the right…
Arsonists cosplaying as fire fighters: Why the right-wing war on the BBC is succeeding
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Arsonists cosplaying as fire fighters: Why the right-wing war on the BBC is succeeding
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Arsonists cosplaying as fire fighters: Why the right-wing war on the BBC is succeeding
The resignation of Tim Davie as BBC Director-General is the next stage in the corporation's collapse into cowardice.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
NEW | if the BBC *is* biased, it’s not against the right…
Arsonists cosplaying as fire fighters: Why the right-wing war on the BBC is succeeding
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/arsonists-...
Arsonists cosplaying as fire fighters: Why the right-wing war on the BBC is succeeding
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/arsonists-...
Probably the best measure yet that the BBC’s doing an outstanding job is that the three most notorious psychopaths in the world at present have all openly criticised it.
November 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Probably the best measure yet that the BBC’s doing an outstanding job is that the three most notorious psychopaths in the world at present have all openly criticised it.
After 14 years of his party in Government, including being the actual Justice Secretary, Robert Buckland on The Week in Westminster just now blaming the collapsing prison system on the Labour govt that left office 15 years and 4 Tory-led Govts ago. 🤦♂️
November 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
After 14 years of his party in Government, including being the actual Justice Secretary, Robert Buckland on The Week in Westminster just now blaming the collapsing prison system on the Labour govt that left office 15 years and 4 Tory-led Govts ago. 🤦♂️
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Armitage said: “Eating the last chicken strip is an act of ceremony. I need to mark the moment of bringing the meal to an end with one last triumphant sweep through the ketchup I’ve so carefully rationed out.”
Devastating! Autistic woman eats last chicken strip without savouring the moment
An autistic woman has eaten her last chicken strip without realising it was the last chicken strip, according to sources. Becky Armitage, 30, was enjoying a meal of chicken strips and chips from her…
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November 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Armitage said: “Eating the last chicken strip is an act of ceremony. I need to mark the moment of bringing the meal to an end with one last triumphant sweep through the ketchup I’ve so carefully rationed out.”
Right wing all out assault on the world’s greatest ever information and communications platform. We gave the proto-fascist at the head of it a state visit and a ride in a royal carriage only for him to come back and kick us right in the bollocks.
November 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Right wing all out assault on the world’s greatest ever information and communications platform. We gave the proto-fascist at the head of it a state visit and a ride in a royal carriage only for him to come back and kick us right in the bollocks.
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As an army veteran I give you my complete respect Zack. This poppy madness gets worse every year.
November 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM
As an army veteran I give you my complete respect Zack. This poppy madness gets worse every year.
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Watching Zack Polanski on Trevor Phillips, it seems incredible to me that interviewers still seem to think the 'I put it to that you are not prepared to annihilate humanity' nuclear question is still seen as some sort of gotcha. It's Rememberance Sunday, we've learned the sum of nothing.
November 9, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Watching Zack Polanski on Trevor Phillips, it seems incredible to me that interviewers still seem to think the 'I put it to that you are not prepared to annihilate humanity' nuclear question is still seen as some sort of gotcha. It's Rememberance Sunday, we've learned the sum of nothing.
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Scrapping the cap entirely is both good policy *and* good politics.
Half measures will "save" some money short-term, but will piss *everybody* off and still leave very large numbers of children suffering from a policy designed to make them poorer.
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Half measures will "save" some money short-term, but will piss *everybody* off and still leave very large numbers of children suffering from a policy designed to make them poorer.
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Food vouchers, free milk and two-child cap: Reeves weighs up help for families
Ministers' long-awaited child poverty strategy is due this month - and it's closely tied to the Chancellor's Budget
inews.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Scrapping the cap entirely is both good policy *and* good politics.
Half measures will "save" some money short-term, but will piss *everybody* off and still leave very large numbers of children suffering from a policy designed to make them poorer.
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Half measures will "save" some money short-term, but will piss *everybody* off and still leave very large numbers of children suffering from a policy designed to make them poorer.
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
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Tees Valley mayor Lord (Ben) Houchen promised renewal. Instead, Britain’s biggest regeneration project has turned into a taxpayer-funded scandal - enriching a few local businessmen while leaving public bodies on the brink.
Watch the latest episode of Page 94, The Private Eye Podcast, on YouTube.
Watch the latest episode of Page 94, The Private Eye Podcast, on YouTube.
November 8, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Tees Valley mayor Lord (Ben) Houchen promised renewal. Instead, Britain’s biggest regeneration project has turned into a taxpayer-funded scandal - enriching a few local businessmen while leaving public bodies on the brink.
Watch the latest episode of Page 94, The Private Eye Podcast, on YouTube.
Watch the latest episode of Page 94, The Private Eye Podcast, on YouTube.
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“All the flags in England cannot conceal the unpleasant, repulsive nastiness and lunacy at the core of Reform. As Reform’s tax hikes and mismanagement in councils from Kent to Durham confirm, the party couldn’t run a bath.”
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www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
'Nigel Farage exposes himself as Thatcher knock-off with spending cut plans'
Kevin Maguire issues a warning to anyone in the working class community who are considering voting for Nigel Farage and his Reform UK party, saying they will "hammer you"
www.mirror.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
“All the flags in England cannot conceal the unpleasant, repulsive nastiness and lunacy at the core of Reform. As Reform’s tax hikes and mismanagement in councils from Kent to Durham confirm, the party couldn’t run a bath.”
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www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Subtle but important difference between honouring courage and sacrifice of our armed forces and remembering those members of our armed forces who died in wars.
Today on Remembrance Sunday, we honour the courage and sacrifice of those who have served in our Armed Forces.
Their service and dedication will never be forgotten. 🌹
#LestWeForget
Their service and dedication will never be forgotten. 🌹
#LestWeForget
November 9, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Subtle but important difference between honouring courage and sacrifice of our armed forces and remembering those members of our armed forces who died in wars.
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Thank goodness!
National Trust council elections saw a defeat for the Restore Trust campaign.
35k members voted to re-elect a slate of council candidates endorsed by the nominations committee
12k - 13.5k voted for candidates on Restore Trust slate
Non-slate candidated
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
35k members voted to re-elect a slate of council candidates endorsed by the nominations committee
12k - 13.5k voted for candidates on Restore Trust slate
Non-slate candidated
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
Voting results from the AGM
Read about the National Trust's 2025 Annual General Meeting and the results from the day.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk
November 9, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Thank goodness!
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With talk of mass deportations and blatantly racist language, have the NF and BNP now been mainstreamed in UK politics?
@goldbergradio.bsky.social hears from @josiah.writes.news @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
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@goldbergradio.bsky.social hears from @josiah.writes.news @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
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Byline Podcast: Off Colour: How The BNP's Rhetoric Went Mainstream
Adrian Goldberg discusses how the language of the far right British National Party have been incorporated into mainstream political discussion by members of supposedly mainstream parties. He's join...
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November 9, 2025 at 7:39 AM
With talk of mass deportations and blatantly racist language, have the NF and BNP now been mainstreamed in UK politics?
@goldbergradio.bsky.social hears from @josiah.writes.news @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
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@goldbergradio.bsky.social hears from @josiah.writes.news @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
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@remembrancewatch.bsky.social
Lest we forget to give way at the road junction.
Lest we forget to give way at the road junction.
November 8, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Lest we forget to give way at the road junction.
Lest we forget to give way at the road junction.
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Anyway, if all the YP people want to get good and bitter about the Greens that'll be great so we don't have thousands of transphobic boomer socialists joining in a few weeks when the YP conference is a complete write off.
November 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Anyway, if all the YP people want to get good and bitter about the Greens that'll be great so we don't have thousands of transphobic boomer socialists joining in a few weeks when the YP conference is a complete write off.
Genuine question. What’s the idea of the purple poppies? #remembranceday
November 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Genuine question. What’s the idea of the purple poppies? #remembranceday
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Flags don’t mean what they used to just months ago. I’ve written about how I think the same is happening to the poppy.
One thing I noticed today on that topic: so many people are wearing poppies that look nothing like the various ones the Royal British Legion sells…
One thing I noticed today on that topic: so many people are wearing poppies that look nothing like the various ones the Royal British Legion sells…
First the flag. Now the poppy
A sombre display of remembrance is being weaponised and policed by nationalists
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Flags don’t mean what they used to just months ago. I’ve written about how I think the same is happening to the poppy.
One thing I noticed today on that topic: so many people are wearing poppies that look nothing like the various ones the Royal British Legion sells…
One thing I noticed today on that topic: so many people are wearing poppies that look nothing like the various ones the Royal British Legion sells…
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