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This is the sort of stuff I like, any recommendations for anything I might enjoy but have missed in 2024 # 2024music
2025 favourites
1. Queen of 14th St - Decius
2. Can’t Stand to Lose - HAAi
3. CPR - Wet Leg
4. HOOD (2025)- Kneecap
5. Both of Us - Jayda G
6. Catching Feelings - Cerrone & Christine and the Queens
7. Between You - Factory Floor
8. Drop Dead Gorgeous- Princess Nokia
9. The Feels - Yasmin Lacey
December 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Born 30 Nov 1955, singer Billy Idol. The name "Billy Idol" was coined due to a chemistry teacher's description of Idol on his school report card as "idle". He has stated that the subject was one that he hated and in which he underachieved. He was the lead singer with Generation X. #BillyIdol
November 30, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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#FilmHistory On this day 1983, the Brian DePalma directed SCARFACE, starring Al Pacino, premiered in NYC. Pacino has stated that Tony Montana was one of his favorites of all the characters he's played. The film features 207 uses of the "F" word, which works out to about 1.21 F-bombs per minute.
December 1, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Your reminder of what the Mail, Express and Sun thought about Liz Truss and her Kamikaze budget
December 1, 2025 at 8:20 AM
November 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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#MusicHistory On this day, 1973, Paul McCartney & Wings released their 3rd album, Band on the Run. The iconic cover features Paul & Linda McCartney, Denny Laine & six celebrities (all as convicts): Michael Parkinson, Kenny Lynch, James Coburn, Clement Freud, Christopher Lee, & John Conteh.
November 30, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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If ReformUK get into government next time then we can kiss goodbye to:

Paid holidays

Sick pay

Safer working conditions

Human Rights

Workers Rights

Unions

NHS & healthcare

Social care

Minimum wage

Among many other things.

Every person who knows a Reformer should have the conversation!.
November 30, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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The Telegraph admits that Brexit has been a disaster a mere 9 years after the vote.

Very demure.
Very mindful.
Very brave.
November 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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🗣️ Kim Hellberg:

❤️ 'I will remember this for the rest of my life'
👏 Half-time promise to his players in #Boro dressing room
🔴 His delight at Boro's handling of a 'tough situation'
www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/256606...
Inside Middlesbrough dressing room with key Hellberg half-time promise on 'crazy day'
Kim Hellberg's verdict on Middlesbrough's victory over Derby County in his first game in charge
www.thenorthernecho.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Former Ukip leader denies taking Russian bribes

BBC report connects David Coburn, who joined the Brexit Party after Ukip, to the Nathan Gill bribery case
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Darren Grimes’ Reform council sees financial black hole grow by £11m.

www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ref...
Darren Grimes' Reform council sees financial black hole grow by £11m
The financial black hole of Reform-controlled Durham County Council - where Darren Grimes is deputy leader - has grown by £11.1m in two months.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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✍️ #Boro 2-1 Derby:

😄 Whittaker has the last laugh
👏 Hellberg has his moment at full-time
⚽️ Horror start & admirable recovery
🔄 Brave substitutions
🙁 Defensive concerns
www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/256605...
What happened at full-time as Kim Hellberg has his moment & Whittaker has last laugh
Kim Hellberg made a winning start as head coach as Middlesbrough battled back from behind to beat Derby 2-1
www.thenorthernecho.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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As right wing rags attack the chancellor for her Budget, they can't ignore the disastrous impact Brexit has had on our economy.
November 28, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Reform Party chair banned from the road following drink driving conviction

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/tamesid...
Reform party chair banned from the road following drink driving conviction
The politician was driving over the legal alcohol limit
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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🔎 Inside Kim Hellberg's first #Boro press conference:

🗣️ Key word on repeat
🏟️ Riverside 'wow' moment
⚽️ Immediate tweaks ahead of Derby
💻 Detailed research on squad and side - but refusal to judge prematurely
👊 'The only thing that is important...'
www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/256585...
Inside Kim Hellberg's first Middlesbrough press conference & one key word on repeat
Kim Hellberg spoke to the media for the first time as Middlesbrough's head coach on Thursday
www.thenorthernecho.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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He was also the former UKIP leader in Scotland
November 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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🗣️ Kim Hellberg's first press #Boro conference:

🤝 Instantly felt Boro was 'perfect fit' after meeting Kieran Scott
🆙 Ambition is promotion: 'That's nothing to hide from, that's what I'm aiming for'
👏 'There's the potential to do very good stuff here'
www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/256559...
Kim Hellberg came to instant Middlesbrough conclusion after behind scenes talks
Kim Hellberg tells of why Middlesbrough feels like the 'perfect fit' and sets out his ambitions on Teesside
www.thenorthernecho.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Nice face. Nice eaily identifiable face.

What a big man eh, racially abusing a woman and three year old.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Yate: CCTV released after girl, 3, racially abused in town centre
Police say a man approached a mother and made racist comments while gesturing towards her child.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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“It seems free speech only exists for people who agree with them.” Reform UK's legal threats against Welsh news service @nation.cymru hints at the party taking a more aggressive approach to the #UK media. Read Daniel Boffey's analysis:
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media
Ultimatums sent to publications appear to intensify as Nigel Farage’s party rises in polls
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Ronaldo visits Trump.

Trump is mates with Infantino.

FIFA says Ronaldo can play from the start of the world cup in the USA despite having a two match suspension.
a man in a pink hat is covering his mouth with his hand .
Alt: Will Smith going "hmmmmm"
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.

We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media
Ultimatums sent to publications appear to intensify as Nigel Farage’s party rises in polls
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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"You make music to move people and you don't get to pick who you move. You just don't. It's exclusionary and elitist and I just never felt that way about music, of all things. The great unifier."
- Mark Lanegan

The incredible Mark Lanegan, singer, songwriter & poet, was born on this day, 1964.
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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November 25, 2025 at 1:20 PM