Kevin Maguire
kevmag.bsky.social
Kevin Maguire
@kevmag.bsky.social
Journalist. Sunderland Uni visiting prof. England's North East Riviera.
2026 warning to all adults trying to be cool in front of young ‘uns.

“6-7 is so dead,’ declared a kid on the train just now..

Be advised.
January 3, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Gianni Infantino will have to withdraw Trump's Fifa peace prize

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Venezuela latest: Trump says US has 'captured' President Maduro in strikes on country - latest
The US president says Maduro and his wife have been
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January 3, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Good morning from England’s North East Riviera
January 3, 2026 at 8:29 AM
Bomb-happy Trump is more like Putin every day www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Venezuela accuses US after explosions and low-flying aircraft reported in Caracas – live
Multiple loud explosions were reported in Caracas at about 2am on Saturday
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January 3, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Fossil fools will be furious, doubtless sitting in the cold and dark to avoid enjoying the encouraging surge in UK green energy.

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Record year for wind and solar electricity in Great Britain in 2025
Wind, solar and other renewables hit a new high last year but the government is still some way off its clean power target.
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January 2, 2026 at 6:35 PM
The morning after the night before at a bouncing SoL I’ve read every newspaper report of our magnificent performance against Man City.

Think I’m in love with Regis Le Bris.
January 2, 2026 at 9:31 AM
The dwindling minority of Britons supporting Reform UK are likened to a group on a messy night out they would regret then move on from.

Happy 2026.

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World is in better place than when Eden Project created 25 years ago, founder says
Tim Smit also says extreme political views will fade when people realise good things are around the corner
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January 1, 2026 at 7:06 AM
RIP former Military Police officer and pipe fitter turned @M_Star_Online industrial correspondent Roy Jones, 95, who put a smile on the face of Communist revolution and dictatorship of the proletariat.

Back in the day it was a joy to cover the same beat.

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From RAF police to militant trade unionist: Roy Jones’ working-class odyssey
Brought up in the post-war decades on an Ellesmere Port council estate, Roy Jones saw national service as a military policeman.
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December 31, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Roker pier in the sunlight over the waves from Whitburn looking premier league.

You can’t beat a refreshing cliff top walk
December 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Rudyard Kipling(India), Terry Butcher(Singapore), Gyles Brandreth(Germany), late Duke of Edinburgh(Corfu), Harry H Corbett(Burma), Susan Penhaligon(Philippines), Boris Johnson(USA) and JRR Tolkien(India) not British?

Racist morons 👇

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Number of people who say Britons must be born in UK is rising, study shows
Exclusive: Research finds ‘worrying’ surge in support for hard-right narratives on national identity
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December 29, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Bravo this Whitley Bay estate agent
December 28, 2025 at 11:06 AM
RIP ace journalist Bill Hagerty, former editor of The People.

He was a shrewd, kindly and humorous bloke with an engagingly cantankerous side.

Thinking of Liz and his family and all his friends.

RIP.
December 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Nigeria a new frontline in ungodly Trump's culture wars after his lies about a South African genocide against white farmers

Islamist extremists kill Muslims and Christians, as Nigeria makes clear, but he poses as saviour of Christians to appease USA evangelicals

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Why has Trump ordered strikes in Nigeria and what has it got to do with the persecution of Christians?
Parts of the US right have for years been amplifying claims that Christians face violence in Nigeria, a notion the US president has helped to encourage
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December 26, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Surely the Met Police must investigate email evidence "girls" were organised for Andrew Mountbatten Windsor on an official visit to Peru by super rich paedophile Jeffrey Epstein's since jailed little helper Ghislaine Maxwell.

This ain't over.

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Epstein files appear to show Andrew asking Ghislaine Maxwell for ‘inappropriate friends’
Documents give further insight into former royal’s ties to sex offender and raise fresh questions for Donald Trump
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December 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
McCarthyism is back in Trump's USA.

Laughable how Britain's self-styled free speech champions are silent. In reality they defend and promote only their own hate speech.

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Two British anti-hate speech campaigners sanctioned by US state department – UK politics live
Imran Ahmed and Clare Melford among five Europeans hit with visa bans over claims they wish to ‘suppress American viewpoints they oppose’
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December 24, 2025 at 12:14 PM
So Tory boy Andrew Pierce reveals, in between insisting he was right on absolutely everything, the late Queen asked what I was really like.

I could've told her myself: committed republican, ma'am.

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GMB's favourite political pundit ANDREW PIERCE recalls his career
From watching six PMs sweep through No 10 to witnessing the devastating moment of Queen Elizabeth's death, Andrew Pierce has spent a decade as a political pundit on ITV's GMB.
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December 22, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Ho ho ho the Christmas Pierce Vs Maguire special looks back at 2025, a "cough" turbulent year.

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Episode18: Who's Been Naughty or Nice?
YouTube video by Pierce vs Maguire
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December 22, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Tetchy Nigel Farage would have good reason to fear history might repeat itself and he'll never be Prime Minister

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'Farage may be banging on Downing Steet door but Reform UK is slipping'
Reform UK is a new force banging on the door of 10 Downing Street with promises to be different to Labour and Conservatives - but we've been here before, writes Kevin Maguire
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December 22, 2025 at 7:21 AM
The Labour mood has turned against Starmer in 2005

Pierce vs Maguire podcast
December 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Decent start for a new podcast launched in the back end of 2025 but top 10 is the 2026 goal.

@PierceVsMaguire
December 19, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Trump’s 50 lies in 18 minutes yet some people are more upset about one Panorama bad edit.

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50 lies Donald Trump told in his unhinged 18 minute address to the nation
The televised speech was a desperate bid to convince Americans they were imagining not being able to afford groceries, and that everything is getting better. And in doing so, he lied once every 22 sec...
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December 19, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Farage the man not boy Nigel is the big issue.

"what disturbs us is less what happened years ago, hurtful as it was, but rather your refusal to acknowledge your past behaviour or apologise for it.”

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage told to apologise by 26 of his school contemporaries
Open letter to Reform UK leader expresses ‘dismay and anger’ at his response to racism and antisemitism allegations
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December 17, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Strikers vs Streeting.

Who will win the battle for the soul of the NHS in England: Doctors or the Health Secretary?

Here is our latest Pierce Vs Maguire or go to wherever you listen and watch your podcasts.

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Episode 17. Who Will Be The Casualties? Patients Or Strikers?
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December 17, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Make that 10 with seven wins and three draws
Sunderland are unbeaten in our last nine Premier League games against Newcastle(6 wins, 3 draws) and my nervous excitement is off the scale before heading to the SoL for the first top flight derby since 2016.

Please let Christmas come early for us.
December 17, 2025 at 7:16 AM