Neil
@nather59.bsky.social
66,married,service engineer, mountain/gravel biker. Keen walker and very amateur bird watcher.
Life long socialist and republican
Music-punk, reggae, ska,indie,
Real ale and amateur wine drinker. Lover of bread and cheese. Long time Celtic fan from afar.
Life long socialist and republican
Music-punk, reggae, ska,indie,
Real ale and amateur wine drinker. Lover of bread and cheese. Long time Celtic fan from afar.
Winter walk today, nice post mill
December 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Winter walk today, nice post mill
Should be a great night in Cambridge
December 6, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Should be a great night in Cambridge
Coming to a street light pole near you £7.99, big discount for Reform
November 24, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Coming to a street light pole near you £7.99, big discount for Reform
3 points away from home, can we dare to hope
November 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
3 points away from home, can we dare to hope
Glad things have moved on a bit
November 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Glad things have moved on a bit
I’ve been musing about hell, and after a visit to and Christmas garden centre I think I may have encountered it
November 16, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I’ve been musing about hell, and after a visit to and Christmas garden centre I think I may have encountered it
Mayor of New York to the left of Labour, wake up call to Labour surely.
November 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Mayor of New York to the left of Labour, wake up call to Labour surely.
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The right wing hacks and their paymasters may be outraged about a likely rise in tax but most of us who use public services know their dire state.
Labour needs to be bold, for a change, and do the right thing.
Labour needs to be bold, for a change, and do the right thing.
November 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The right wing hacks and their paymasters may be outraged about a likely rise in tax but most of us who use public services know their dire state.
Labour needs to be bold, for a change, and do the right thing.
Labour needs to be bold, for a change, and do the right thing.
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You will not find a sadder post on the internet today.
October 30, 2025 at 8:10 PM
You will not find a sadder post on the internet today.
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A woman is killed by a man every 3 days in the UK...
78% are murdered by a partner/ex
Yet not once have I heard Reform talk about this
Not once have I heard them back measures to protect women’s safety
In fact, they voted against them...
78% are murdered by a partner/ex
Yet not once have I heard Reform talk about this
Not once have I heard them back measures to protect women’s safety
In fact, they voted against them...
October 31, 2025 at 10:22 AM
A woman is killed by a man every 3 days in the UK...
78% are murdered by a partner/ex
Yet not once have I heard Reform talk about this
Not once have I heard them back measures to protect women’s safety
In fact, they voted against them...
78% are murdered by a partner/ex
Yet not once have I heard Reform talk about this
Not once have I heard them back measures to protect women’s safety
In fact, they voted against them...
House next to me is up for sale, hoping Andrew Windsor doesn’t move in
October 31, 2025 at 10:26 AM
House next to me is up for sale, hoping Andrew Windsor doesn’t move in
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Braverman deleted this tweet which made me wonder who that previous prisoner was. His name was Junead Ahmed. He was a conman mistakenly released in 2023. She was Home Secretary at the time. Oh.
news.sky.com/story/migran...
news.sky.com/story/migran...
October 26, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Braverman deleted this tweet which made me wonder who that previous prisoner was. His name was Junead Ahmed. He was a conman mistakenly released in 2023. She was Home Secretary at the time. Oh.
news.sky.com/story/migran...
news.sky.com/story/migran...
Farage scuttles back to Clacton, Oh wait……..
October 24, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Farage scuttles back to Clacton, Oh wait……..
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"The idea of deporting people with settled status is disgusting, and anyone proposing it should be immediately drummed out of polite society. Breaking promises made in good faith to our friends and neighbours is racist, extremist and immoral."
I'm basically shouting at the sky here, but still.
I'm basically shouting at the sky here, but still.
It’s racist, it’s extremist and it’s immoral
The right is still calling for deportations, and the government is still being cowardly about it. Also: London’s first green belt; some notes on a shark; and some news, on my next book.
jonn.substack.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
"The idea of deporting people with settled status is disgusting, and anyone proposing it should be immediately drummed out of polite society. Breaking promises made in good faith to our friends and neighbours is racist, extremist and immoral."
I'm basically shouting at the sky here, but still.
I'm basically shouting at the sky here, but still.
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The Conservative immigration proposals cannot be allowed to stand without a profound and widespread statement of moral condemnation inews.co.uk/opinion/tori...
October 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The Conservative immigration proposals cannot be allowed to stand without a profound and widespread statement of moral condemnation inews.co.uk/opinion/tori...
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Katie Lam, the shadow home secretary saying legal migrants need to be deported (The Times) will be seen by many as the most racist comment we’ve heard in recent years. Why this isn’t headline news is scandalous. Which will translate to many as acceptance and agreement. Britain needs to get a grip.
October 22, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Katie Lam, the shadow home secretary saying legal migrants need to be deported (The Times) will be seen by many as the most racist comment we’ve heard in recent years. Why this isn’t headline news is scandalous. Which will translate to many as acceptance and agreement. Britain needs to get a grip.
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(Prince) Andrew needs to be fully investigated by the Metropolitan Police.
Repost if you agree.
Repost if you agree.
October 21, 2025 at 8:03 AM
(Prince) Andrew needs to be fully investigated by the Metropolitan Police.
Repost if you agree.
Repost if you agree.
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The thing they never talk about is how much the UK as an economy & a functioning society is dependent on immigrants. Most of the press don’t care to share such facts either & just parrot anti-migrant rhetoric. It pains my brain to keep seeing such stupidity.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Tory MP criticised after demanding legally settled families be deported
Katie Lam said move would make UK ‘culturally coherent’ and that a large number of people ‘need to go home’
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:37 AM
The thing they never talk about is how much the UK as an economy & a functioning society is dependent on immigrants. Most of the press don’t care to share such facts either & just parrot anti-migrant rhetoric. It pains my brain to keep seeing such stupidity.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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The more I think about her actual words, and how appallingly under-reported/understood they still seem to be, the more shocked & disgusted I am.
Given Lam's appalling comments, the UK government needs to make it free for those with permanent leave to remain to obtain British citizenship, to promote people making the change, and to make it quicker.
They need to do that to remove understandable anxiety.
They need to do that to remove understandable anxiety.
October 21, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The more I think about her actual words, and how appallingly under-reported/understood they still seem to be, the more shocked & disgusted I am.
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Says much about the Tories that Katie Lam is called a rising star after advocating policies that are immoral, racist and downright nasty.
Sunday Times interview Tory "rising star" Katie Lam
She is clear she wants lots of legal migrants to be told to "go home" so as "to leave a mostly but not entirely culturally coherent group of people"
(The interviewer suggests she is scrapping ILR or stripping people of it)
She is clear she wants lots of legal migrants to be told to "go home" so as "to leave a mostly but not entirely culturally coherent group of people"
(The interviewer suggests she is scrapping ILR or stripping people of it)
October 19, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Says much about the Tories that Katie Lam is called a rising star after advocating policies that are immoral, racist and downright nasty.
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On the centenary of Thatcher's birth, there have been predictable calls for a memorial to her memory. But Britain's 2300 food banks serve that purpose already.
October 13, 2025 at 6:29 PM
On the centenary of Thatcher's birth, there have been predictable calls for a memorial to her memory. But Britain's 2300 food banks serve that purpose already.
Just asked to see Patrick, blank looks all round
October 12, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Just asked to see Patrick, blank looks all round