mike owen
@mikeperran.bsky.social
One of the Welsh diaspora living in Cornwall
Great 50/50 quiz round - a Tory MP or a James Bond villain in the Hallamshire in Sheffield.
November 10, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Great 50/50 quiz round - a Tory MP or a James Bond villain in the Hallamshire in Sheffield.
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“We asked a hundred people to name a government economic priority. You said: cutting spending on disabled kids travelling to school.”
November 4, 2025 at 8:57 PM
“We asked a hundred people to name a government economic priority. You said: cutting spending on disabled kids travelling to school.”
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I look back at the wall. A trick of distance fills the gap with a willow. Sheep flood down the bank. Huge clouds bowl down the valley which, by the time I reach Coedty Reservoir, is awash with light ✍️ Julie Brominicks
Letter from Dolgarrog
Julie Brominicks It’s a broken black marker-pen line scored across yellow grassland. Behind it is Craig Eigiau. Long before I reach it, the broken wall is visible from the tram road. I’ve seen choughs...
wp.me
November 2, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I look back at the wall. A trick of distance fills the gap with a willow. Sheep flood down the bank. Huge clouds bowl down the valley which, by the time I reach Coedty Reservoir, is awash with light ✍️ Julie Brominicks
@Discovery TNT coverage of the the Ireland v NZ game is already buffering and losing sound. In other words it is crap.
November 1, 2025 at 8:10 PM
@Discovery TNT coverage of the the Ireland v NZ game is already buffering and losing sound. In other words it is crap.
I am guessing your Dad is not the coach
October 19, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I am guessing your Dad is not the coach
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Another solid debunking of right-wing fear mongering. Maybe Ofcom should fine GB News if they don't check the facts before broadcasting.
🚨Christian children were told they'd "be Muslim by year 6"!🚨
😱Sounds outrageous?
You know the drill…
If it sounds outrageous and designed to trigger you into being angry with “other” people, then you need to do some
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😱Sounds outrageous?
You know the drill…
If it sounds outrageous and designed to trigger you into being angry with “other” people, then you need to do some
1/25
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October 15, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Another solid debunking of right-wing fear mongering. Maybe Ofcom should fine GB News if they don't check the facts before broadcasting.
Ok so I am in Rock and somebody in the pub is moaning about the amount of work they have to do on their second home. Oooh had to put in a new kitchen , haven’t had a holiday this year. Used all my holiday up. Ffs
October 7, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Ok so I am in Rock and somebody in the pub is moaning about the amount of work they have to do on their second home. Oooh had to put in a new kitchen , haven’t had a holiday this year. Used all my holiday up. Ffs
The Tory party have turned into the Welsh Rugby Union.
Playing to half empty stadiums/venues.
Terrible policy decisions.
Everything references previous glory days days.
But unlike the Tory party most of our players can’t pass to the right.
Playing to half empty stadiums/venues.
Terrible policy decisions.
Everything references previous glory days days.
But unlike the Tory party most of our players can’t pass to the right.
October 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The Tory party have turned into the Welsh Rugby Union.
Playing to half empty stadiums/venues.
Terrible policy decisions.
Everything references previous glory days days.
But unlike the Tory party most of our players can’t pass to the right.
Playing to half empty stadiums/venues.
Terrible policy decisions.
Everything references previous glory days days.
But unlike the Tory party most of our players can’t pass to the right.
September 29, 2025 at 8:39 AM
@bbcbreaking-bot.bsky.social please explain why the Charlie Kirk sorry is still the lead item on the news.
September 13, 2025 at 7:37 AM
@bbcbreaking-bot.bsky.social please explain why the Charlie Kirk sorry is still the lead item on the news.
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"robust debate"
September 11, 2025 at 8:57 AM
"robust debate"
Well @bbcbreaking-bot.bsky.social how is another under cooked announcement from Reform the lead item on your website.
August 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Well @bbcbreaking-bot.bsky.social how is another under cooked announcement from Reform the lead item on your website.
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Saved this absolute banger from last year because if you told me someone had said it I would not have believed them.
August 9, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Saved this absolute banger from last year because if you told me someone had said it I would not have believed them.
Worldies Victor Matfield and Kirwan say is wasn’t a penalty this is final, he see you Phil Waugh and other Australians.
July 30, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Worldies Victor Matfield and Kirwan say is wasn’t a penalty this is final, he see you Phil Waugh and other Australians.
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Right, so I was asked to take a look at this headline and as you can imagine, there is a lot wrong with it! 🙄
This was initially published in
@thetimes
and then picked up by the usual GB News, DM, Telegraph etc
Let’s take a look….👀
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This was initially published in
@thetimes
and then picked up by the usual GB News, DM, Telegraph etc
Let’s take a look….👀
🧵
1/26 (1/1)
July 4, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Right, so I was asked to take a look at this headline and as you can imagine, there is a lot wrong with it! 🙄
This was initially published in
@thetimes
and then picked up by the usual GB News, DM, Telegraph etc
Let’s take a look….👀
🧵
1/26 (1/1)
This was initially published in
@thetimes
and then picked up by the usual GB News, DM, Telegraph etc
Let’s take a look….👀
🧵
1/26 (1/1)
Why do the BBC always polish up the Royals. This headline could read Royals waste £44,000 on a single train journey from London to Gloucester and piss £0.5m on helicopters.
July 1, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Why do the BBC always polish up the Royals. This headline could read Royals waste £44,000 on a single train journey from London to Gloucester and piss £0.5m on helicopters.
@thewrexhaminsider.com hey pretty sure I saw Ryan Reynolds at Gloucester Services in a Wales FA shirt yesterday.
June 28, 2025 at 8:18 AM
@thewrexhaminsider.com hey pretty sure I saw Ryan Reynolds at Gloucester Services in a Wales FA shirt yesterday.
Just saw @squidgerugby.bsky.social in the crowd
June 20, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Just saw @squidgerugby.bsky.social in the crowd
Why is there a housing crisis in Cornwall? A builder sold this for £850k less than a two years ago. The owner has spent one weekend in it and is now selling it for a 40 % mark up at £1.2m. Where else could assets get that rate of return.
June 17, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Why is there a housing crisis in Cornwall? A builder sold this for £850k less than a two years ago. The owner has spent one weekend in it and is now selling it for a 40 % mark up at £1.2m. Where else could assets get that rate of return.
Nobody suffers like a yacht owner to be fair. Why didn’t they ask for exemptions for people in a shoot or visiting a hunt.
Senedd members torpedoed Conservative calls to exempt yachts and other boats from plans for a £1.30 a night tourism tax in Wales
Tory call for yacht tourism tax exemption sinks
Chris Haines and Stan Senior Senedd members torpedoed Conservative calls to exempt yachts and other boats from plans for a £1.30 a night tourism tax in Wales. Sam Rowlands, the Tory shadow finance sec...
nation.cymru
May 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Nobody suffers like a yacht owner to be fair. Why didn’t they ask for exemptions for people in a shoot or visiting a hunt.
Just like The Fog in Perranporth
May 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Just like The Fog in Perranporth
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Buy cheap houses, chop them up into HMOs, move to Dubai on the proceeds with a maid and infinity pool, then complain about anti business agenda driving you out of UK. At least one implies it’s to dodge tax too
www.telegraph.co.uk/money/proper...
www.telegraph.co.uk/money/proper...
‘I’ve retired in Dubai aged 30 thanks to my property empire’
Landlords with lucrative portfolios live ‘like kings’ in the pro-business emirate
www.telegraph.co.uk
April 29, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Buy cheap houses, chop them up into HMOs, move to Dubai on the proceeds with a maid and infinity pool, then complain about anti business agenda driving you out of UK. At least one implies it’s to dodge tax too
www.telegraph.co.uk/money/proper...
www.telegraph.co.uk/money/proper...
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April 14, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Bloody warm sitting in the garden must be near 20 have those useless feckers at South West Water called a drought and banned hosepipes yet.
April 4, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Bloody warm sitting in the garden must be near 20 have those useless feckers at South West Water called a drought and banned hosepipes yet.