Graham Clapp
@grahamclapp.bsky.social
South Bristol, sport, politics, music & film.
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I swear every time I see a push notification from BBC news it’s some version of:
‘Reform may have lost an election/suffered a massive blow/erupted into civil war…but here is why its actually good news for Farage’s party’
‘Reform may have lost an election/suffered a massive blow/erupted into civil war…but here is why its actually good news for Farage’s party’
June 8, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I swear every time I see a push notification from BBC news it’s some version of:
‘Reform may have lost an election/suffered a massive blow/erupted into civil war…but here is why its actually good news for Farage’s party’
‘Reform may have lost an election/suffered a massive blow/erupted into civil war…but here is why its actually good news for Farage’s party’
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Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Mohamed Khalifa Al Mubarak - can you hear me? Your boys took a hell of a beating. Your boys took a hell of a beating.
May 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Mohamed Khalifa Al Mubarak - can you hear me? Your boys took a hell of a beating. Your boys took a hell of a beating.
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Brian Glanville was fearless, witty and hovered in the press box like Banquo’s ghost
Brian Glanville was fearless, witty and hovered in the press box like Banquo’s ghost
Brian Glanville, who has died aged 93, loved football but detested much about the modern game
www.theguardian.com
May 17, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Brian Glanville was fearless, witty and hovered in the press box like Banquo’s ghost
He hasn’t forgotten, he’s complicit, along with the war criminal Netanyahu.
Trump’s Middle East tour tells us he has forgotten about Gaza, much to Netanyahu’s delight | Yossi Mekelberg
Trump’s Middle East tour tells us he has forgotten about Gaza, much to Netanyahu’s delight | Yossi Mekelberg
As thousands of IDF soldiers prepare to occupy the strip, the president is silent. Israel’s ultra-right could want nothing more, says Chatham House’s professor of international relations, Yossi Mekelberg
www.theguardian.com
May 15, 2025 at 6:48 PM
He hasn’t forgotten, he’s complicit, along with the war criminal Netanyahu.
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The Israeli army is basically admitting to murdering a journalist for “documenting” news.
We don’t know what else to say.
We don’t know what else to say.
May 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The Israeli army is basically admitting to murdering a journalist for “documenting” news.
We don’t know what else to say.
We don’t know what else to say.
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You have to get a very long way through this Sun story labelling the Foreign Secretary "LAMMY DODGER" and a "THUG" before they report his fare was actually paid in full, and the taxi driver concerned admitted trying to scam him out of an extra £600 before being arrested and charged with theft
May 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
You have to get a very long way through this Sun story labelling the Foreign Secretary "LAMMY DODGER" and a "THUG" before they report his fare was actually paid in full, and the taxi driver concerned admitted trying to scam him out of an extra £600 before being arrested and charged with theft
It’s like that old joke about the only thing that’s harder than getting into the Somerset batting line up is being left out of it..
Your Somerset squad for the @CountyChamp match against Sussex starting tomorrow at the CACG 🔥
MATCH PREVIEW ➡️ somer.st/EhRa
#SOMvSUS
#WeAreSomerset
@WPAinsurance
MATCH PREVIEW ➡️ somer.st/EhRa
#SOMvSUS
#WeAreSomerset
@WPAinsurance
May 15, 2025 at 6:35 PM
It’s like that old joke about the only thing that’s harder than getting into the Somerset batting line up is being left out of it..
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Daily Mail catch-22:
Set achievable target: “Target too high. BETRAYAL”
Set unachievable target which is then inevitably missed: “Target missed. BETRAYAL”
Refuse to set target: “No target. BETRAYAL”
Set achievable target: “Target too high. BETRAYAL”
Set unachievable target which is then inevitably missed: “Target missed. BETRAYAL”
Refuse to set target: “No target. BETRAYAL”
Why trying to out-Farage Farage is just never going to work for Labour.
The most hardline, anti-migrant set of policies from any UK Government in recent years and the Daily Mail still portrays it as a betrayal
The most hardline, anti-migrant set of policies from any UK Government in recent years and the Daily Mail still portrays it as a betrayal
May 12, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Daily Mail catch-22:
Set achievable target: “Target too high. BETRAYAL”
Set unachievable target which is then inevitably missed: “Target missed. BETRAYAL”
Refuse to set target: “No target. BETRAYAL”
Set achievable target: “Target too high. BETRAYAL”
Set unachievable target which is then inevitably missed: “Target missed. BETRAYAL”
Refuse to set target: “No target. BETRAYAL”
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“Should die.”
“Should die”
“Should die.”
Completely unnecessarily, from a preventable disease.
(Also, some of the “healthy” survivors will wind up sick or disabled, and I suppose falling into Kennedy’s basket of disposable people).
“Should die”
“Should die.”
Completely unnecessarily, from a preventable disease.
(Also, some of the “healthy” survivors will wind up sick or disabled, and I suppose falling into Kennedy’s basket of disposable people).
RFK Jr talking about the need for doctors to know how to treat measles for those who are unvaccinated.
“Only very sick kids should die from measles.”
No. They shouldn’t. That was the point of the vaccine. We eradicated the virus so children didn’t die.
Sick & disabled kids are not expendable!
“Only very sick kids should die from measles.”
No. They shouldn’t. That was the point of the vaccine. We eradicated the virus so children didn’t die.
Sick & disabled kids are not expendable!
May 12, 2025 at 7:15 AM
“Should die.”
“Should die”
“Should die.”
Completely unnecessarily, from a preventable disease.
(Also, some of the “healthy” survivors will wind up sick or disabled, and I suppose falling into Kennedy’s basket of disposable people).
“Should die”
“Should die.”
Completely unnecessarily, from a preventable disease.
(Also, some of the “healthy” survivors will wind up sick or disabled, and I suppose falling into Kennedy’s basket of disposable people).
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This is Labour's core problem here. The right will never allow Starmer a win on immigration because the issue is central to their appeal and therey' daren't lose it. So whatever he does will never be enough.
May 12, 2025 at 10:01 AM
This is Labour's core problem here. The right will never allow Starmer a win on immigration because the issue is central to their appeal and therey' daren't lose it. So whatever he does will never be enough.
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On 23 March a team of Palestinian medics disappeared, a week later they were found in a mass grave – see their story.
The Gaza paramedic killings: a visual timeline
A week after contact was lost with a team of Palestinian rescue workers and medics in southern Gaza, their bodies were found in a mass grave
www.theguardian.com
April 3, 2025 at 12:15 PM
On 23 March a team of Palestinian medics disappeared, a week later they were found in a mass grave – see their story.
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Sir Elton John’s Aids foundation has been designated as an “undesirable organisation” and cannot operate in Russia, in the latest sign of President Putin’s state-sponsored homophobia
Sir Elton John’s Aids charity blacklisted in Russia
www.thetimes.com
April 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Sir Elton John’s Aids foundation has been designated as an “undesirable organisation” and cannot operate in Russia, in the latest sign of President Putin’s state-sponsored homophobia
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The absolute callousness of announcing a 44% trade tariff against Myanmar this week, of all weeks.
April 3, 2025 at 11:42 AM
The absolute callousness of announcing a 44% trade tariff against Myanmar this week, of all weeks.
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Here's Kemi Badenoch's original comments, which she made despite not even having watched the programme, and despite the fact that the creators of Adolescence had already explicitly denied this conspiracy theory
April 2, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Here's Kemi Badenoch's original comments, which she made despite not even having watched the programme, and despite the fact that the creators of Adolescence had already explicitly denied this conspiracy theory
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“We can’t just send [British troops] all around the world just because we want to tell a story or make an announcement”
Genuinely bizarre to see a Conservative LOTO say this on *the* biggest defensive threat for 80 years.
Genuinely bizarre to see a Conservative LOTO say this on *the* biggest defensive threat for 80 years.
March 21, 2025 at 9:54 PM
“We can’t just send [British troops] all around the world just because we want to tell a story or make an announcement”
Genuinely bizarre to see a Conservative LOTO say this on *the* biggest defensive threat for 80 years.
Genuinely bizarre to see a Conservative LOTO say this on *the* biggest defensive threat for 80 years.
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Some of us have literally been saying this for a decade.
Journalists are trying to understand Trump’s irrational behavior, and are generally unwilling to consider the possibility that it's not some grand strategy, but a madman with increasingly diminished mental faculties.
There Is No Method to Trump’s Madness. He’s Simply Insane.
His defenders try to apply reason to his erratic, nonsensical decisions. That’s a fool’s errand—but fools abound in this administration.
newrepublic.com
March 22, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Some of us have literally been saying this for a decade.
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As a teenager I loved Siouxsie & the Banshees' singles but never bought an album or saw them live. Now I'm listening to all the albums in sequence and good grief they're amazing. The quality level is bananas. Discovering an artist's catalogue rather late is like stumbling across a treasure trove.
March 22, 2025 at 12:40 PM
As a teenager I loved Siouxsie & the Banshees' singles but never bought an album or saw them live. Now I'm listening to all the albums in sequence and good grief they're amazing. The quality level is bananas. Discovering an artist's catalogue rather late is like stumbling across a treasure trove.
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They're burning our people alive again, this scene repeats itself again, and ofc no one will talk about it and the world will act blind as usual. I hate this world
March 18, 2025 at 1:11 AM
They're burning our people alive again, this scene repeats itself again, and ofc no one will talk about it and the world will act blind as usual. I hate this world
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“I want to believe the US will stand by our side, but we have to be ready for that not to be the case”
French President Emmanuel Macron speaks to his nation in a televised address
French President Emmanuel Macron speaks to his nation in a televised address
March 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM
“I want to believe the US will stand by our side, but we have to be ready for that not to be the case”
French President Emmanuel Macron speaks to his nation in a televised address
French President Emmanuel Macron speaks to his nation in a televised address
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PM: can I just remind him [Farage] Russia is the aggressor. Zelenskyy is a war leader whose country has been invaded. We should all be supporting him and not fawning over [Vladimir] Putin.”
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/keir-s...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/keir-s...
Keir Starmer Tells Farage To Stop 'Fawning Over Putin' In Brutal Commons Slapdown
The Reform UK leader has spoken of his admiration for the Russian leader in the past.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
March 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM
PM: can I just remind him [Farage] Russia is the aggressor. Zelenskyy is a war leader whose country has been invaded. We should all be supporting him and not fawning over [Vladimir] Putin.”
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/keir-s...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/keir-s...
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Blimey, the Mail.
Morning.
Morning.
March 2, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Blimey, the Mail.
Morning.
Morning.
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Oh we can do a lot better… 😉👍
#MuskIsDeranged 😵💫
#MuskIsDeranged 😵💫
February 27, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Oh we can do a lot better… 😉👍
#MuskIsDeranged 😵💫
#MuskIsDeranged 😵💫