Mike The Plumber
@ruckman1.bsky.social
Cats, Politics, Transport.
Laughs at conspiracy theories.
Cooking the best curries this side of Sleaford
Laughs at conspiracy theories.
Cooking the best curries this side of Sleaford
Interestingly Sky cut away from the Trump presser during RFK Jr’s stream of consciousness to issue quite a robust fact check.
September 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Interestingly Sky cut away from the Trump presser during RFK Jr’s stream of consciousness to issue quite a robust fact check.
#politicslive has become ‘This Morning’ then?
September 22, 2025 at 11:17 AM
#politicslive has become ‘This Morning’ then?
Peter Kyle’s had a great week……
Free speech being alive and well and now going to university in the pursuit of knowledge.
Free speech being alive and well and now going to university in the pursuit of knowledge.
An actual quote from the Secretary of State for Business and Trade
Too often people go to university to ‘explore research and knowledge’
Look forward to Wes S saying 'too often people go to hospital to have operations' or Heidi Alexander saying 'too often people go to the station to catch a train'
Too often people go to university to ‘explore research and knowledge’
Look forward to Wes S saying 'too often people go to hospital to have operations' or Heidi Alexander saying 'too often people go to the station to catch a train'
September 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Peter Kyle’s had a great week……
Free speech being alive and well and now going to university in the pursuit of knowledge.
Free speech being alive and well and now going to university in the pursuit of knowledge.
Reaction coming in to the news another Tory has defected to Reform
a woman says you 're joking not another one
ALT: a woman says you 're joking not another one
media.tenor.com
September 15, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Reaction coming in to the news another Tory has defected to Reform
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Doesn't it feel like there should be some kind of organised, anti-hate campaign to get public bodies, politicians, media etc to ditch X? (Not sure who would convene it, but still)
September 13, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Doesn't it feel like there should be some kind of organised, anti-hate campaign to get public bodies, politicians, media etc to ditch X? (Not sure who would convene it, but still)
Tommy Robinson attracted approx. 100,000. 100,000 too many for sure.
Pride attracts 1.5 million. We are 15x gayer than we are racist.
Sorry Tommy.
Pride attracts 1.5 million. We are 15x gayer than we are racist.
Sorry Tommy.
September 13, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Tommy Robinson attracted approx. 100,000. 100,000 too many for sure.
Pride attracts 1.5 million. We are 15x gayer than we are racist.
Sorry Tommy.
Pride attracts 1.5 million. We are 15x gayer than we are racist.
Sorry Tommy.
Well…… that’ll keep the Epstein story off the front pages for a few days
September 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Well…… that’ll keep the Epstein story off the front pages for a few days
Mandelson wont go of his own accord. The more the government doubles down on supporting him the more the optics are “covering up for nonces”
Not only does it damage the government and Labour Party, it’s another knife in public trust in politics.
Not only does it damage the government and Labour Party, it’s another knife in public trust in politics.
September 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Mandelson wont go of his own accord. The more the government doubles down on supporting him the more the optics are “covering up for nonces”
Not only does it damage the government and Labour Party, it’s another knife in public trust in politics.
Not only does it damage the government and Labour Party, it’s another knife in public trust in politics.
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It seems inconceivable that Peter Mandelson can remain “our man in Washington”.
Yes, Peter Mandelson did write in the Epstein book, a multi-page letter with photos. Screenshots in thread.
page 1
page 1
September 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
It seems inconceivable that Peter Mandelson can remain “our man in Washington”.
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Hopefully the BBC will follow up on this story to cover the fact the venue mentioned in it had all of its windows put out on Friday night by someone with a hammer. Seems somewhat relevant.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Why I am putting up union jacks on my high street in Sutton - BBC News
"Flagger" Billy Cooper says he is part of a group which has been attaching union jacks to lampposts.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 7, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Hopefully the BBC will follow up on this story to cover the fact the venue mentioned in it had all of its windows put out on Friday night by someone with a hammer. Seems somewhat relevant.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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On the same day in the Telegraph:
![The Telegraph
Rayner tax scandal - £40k tax dodge - Statement
Angela Rayner dodges £40,000 stamp duty
Deputy Prime Minister reduces tax bill for Hove flat by declaring it as her main residence
[Photo: Angela Rayner pictured at the weekend in Hove, where she has just bought a flat Credit: Dan Charity/The Sun on Sunday]
Robert Mendick Chief Reporter. Amy Gibbons Political Correspondent
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![The Telegraph
Money > Property > Second homes
How to avoid tax on your second home
From stamp duty to council tax, shield your wealth from Labour's tightening net
[Photo of houses around a bay - Areas such as Cornwall have added a premium to council tax bills for second homes Credit: iStockphoto]
Fran Ivens Senior Money Writer
29 August 2025 1:21pm BST](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kf2qj56o2vq7jfaq4x4ogp6/bafkreieuwgc2vsmyfcctmf4cnpcqckij2pqdk2gmzajpnihrsqyqmzyr5e@jpeg)
September 5, 2025 at 7:55 AM
On the same day in the Telegraph:
During his congressional hearing #Farage wore not a Union Jack pin but a GBNews pin
Who was he representing? The UK or the media channel he has shares in and is just about to launch in 🇺🇸?
Who was he representing? The UK or the media channel he has shares in and is just about to launch in 🇺🇸?
September 5, 2025 at 9:33 AM
During his congressional hearing #Farage wore not a Union Jack pin but a GBNews pin
Who was he representing? The UK or the media channel he has shares in and is just about to launch in 🇺🇸?
Who was he representing? The UK or the media channel he has shares in and is just about to launch in 🇺🇸?
This is what Kier Starmer should be saying. Take this shyster on, head-on.
Go Raskin!
Go Raskin!
Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him
September 3, 2025 at 5:48 PM
This is what Kier Starmer should be saying. Take this shyster on, head-on.
Go Raskin!
Go Raskin!
Why is suddenly ‘hands across the nation’ for Linehan?
He’s a grubby attention seeker with an unhealthy obsession with strangers genitals.
He’s loving this.
He’s a grubby attention seeker with an unhealthy obsession with strangers genitals.
He’s loving this.
September 3, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Why is suddenly ‘hands across the nation’ for Linehan?
He’s a grubby attention seeker with an unhealthy obsession with strangers genitals.
He’s loving this.
He’s a grubby attention seeker with an unhealthy obsession with strangers genitals.
He’s loving this.
“Save are kidz” in action.
The kids who need saving are those whose parents behave like this in front of them.
Poor fucking guy, minding his own business, takes part in a vox pop, and is then submitted to a tirade of racial abuse by the dreck of British society.
The kids who need saving are those whose parents behave like this in front of them.
Poor fucking guy, minding his own business, takes part in a vox pop, and is then submitted to a tirade of racial abuse by the dreck of British society.
Sky News reporter on covering the migration protests as a black woman
YouTube video by Sky News
youtube.com
September 1, 2025 at 6:16 PM
“Save are kidz” in action.
The kids who need saving are those whose parents behave like this in front of them.
Poor fucking guy, minding his own business, takes part in a vox pop, and is then submitted to a tirade of racial abuse by the dreck of British society.
The kids who need saving are those whose parents behave like this in front of them.
Poor fucking guy, minding his own business, takes part in a vox pop, and is then submitted to a tirade of racial abuse by the dreck of British society.
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As noted elsewhere in this thread, Isaac from Crystal Clean Windows York Limited came over and cleaned the restaurants windows for free and helped remove the graffiti.
That's patriotism! Trying to make your community better. Reaching out and helping others.
That's patriotism! Trying to make your community better. Reaching out and helping others.
August 31, 2025 at 7:48 AM
As noted elsewhere in this thread, Isaac from Crystal Clean Windows York Limited came over and cleaned the restaurants windows for free and helped remove the graffiti.
That's patriotism! Trying to make your community better. Reaching out and helping others.
That's patriotism! Trying to make your community better. Reaching out and helping others.
I’m losing count of all the reasons that validate my leaving the party.
McSweeney really doesn’t see any problem with the collapse of even the soft left support base and it becomes clearer by the day that Starmer has no political compass.
Landslide to double digit seats in 1 election? Possible
McSweeney really doesn’t see any problem with the collapse of even the soft left support base and it becomes clearer by the day that Starmer has no political compass.
Landslide to double digit seats in 1 election? Possible
Dire. The Labour Party is being led by a moral vacuum
August 26, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I’m losing count of all the reasons that validate my leaving the party.
McSweeney really doesn’t see any problem with the collapse of even the soft left support base and it becomes clearer by the day that Starmer has no political compass.
Landslide to double digit seats in 1 election? Possible
McSweeney really doesn’t see any problem with the collapse of even the soft left support base and it becomes clearer by the day that Starmer has no political compass.
Landslide to double digit seats in 1 election? Possible
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This piece by @anandmenon.bsky.social sums up superbly what many people who either aren't 'White British' (or because of their skin tone don't pass as such) are feeling right now. It's a deeply uncomfortable read, but then it's a deeply uncomfortable feeling for them. Do read if you get a mo.
Politically acceptable UK racism is rising, even under La...
As I wrote these words last autumn: “We have made progress... even though that progress remains fragile and insufficient”, little did I realise just how ...
observer.co.uk
August 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM
This piece by @anandmenon.bsky.social sums up superbly what many people who either aren't 'White British' (or because of their skin tone don't pass as such) are feeling right now. It's a deeply uncomfortable read, but then it's a deeply uncomfortable feeling for them. Do read if you get a mo.
Meanwhile in Lincoln, patriotism has reached new heights by the spray painting of a shit, uneven, St George’s Cross on the wall of a grade 2 listed church.
Desecrating a church and vandalising national heritage. A gammony double-whammy.
I’m sure it’s gone a long way to ‘protect are kidz’
Desecrating a church and vandalising national heritage. A gammony double-whammy.
I’m sure it’s gone a long way to ‘protect are kidz’
August 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Meanwhile in Lincoln, patriotism has reached new heights by the spray painting of a shit, uneven, St George’s Cross on the wall of a grade 2 listed church.
Desecrating a church and vandalising national heritage. A gammony double-whammy.
I’m sure it’s gone a long way to ‘protect are kidz’
Desecrating a church and vandalising national heritage. A gammony double-whammy.
I’m sure it’s gone a long way to ‘protect are kidz’
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Two points worth noting on the Farage stuff today.
1. The Tories have completely ceded the August opportunity to get publicity when govt slows down to Reform. Nothing to suggest they're not headed fast towards oblivion.
2. Labour look even more lost than before. Paralysed with indecision and fear.
1. The Tories have completely ceded the August opportunity to get publicity when govt slows down to Reform. Nothing to suggest they're not headed fast towards oblivion.
2. Labour look even more lost than before. Paralysed with indecision and fear.
August 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Two points worth noting on the Farage stuff today.
1. The Tories have completely ceded the August opportunity to get publicity when govt slows down to Reform. Nothing to suggest they're not headed fast towards oblivion.
2. Labour look even more lost than before. Paralysed with indecision and fear.
1. The Tories have completely ceded the August opportunity to get publicity when govt slows down to Reform. Nothing to suggest they're not headed fast towards oblivion.
2. Labour look even more lost than before. Paralysed with indecision and fear.
Zia Yussuf to the British media: “You’re not asking the right questions” whilst Farage refuses to answer questions in totality.
He’s a pound shop Moseley channelling Trump. We don’t need this shit in Britain.
Labour needs to start calling this shit out.
He’s a pound shop Moseley channelling Trump. We don’t need this shit in Britain.
Labour needs to start calling this shit out.
August 26, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Zia Yussuf to the British media: “You’re not asking the right questions” whilst Farage refuses to answer questions in totality.
He’s a pound shop Moseley channelling Trump. We don’t need this shit in Britain.
Labour needs to start calling this shit out.
He’s a pound shop Moseley channelling Trump. We don’t need this shit in Britain.
Labour needs to start calling this shit out.
Meanwhile, just outside Lincoln people are going to prove their patriotism by shouting at an empty hotel
August 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Meanwhile, just outside Lincoln people are going to prove their patriotism by shouting at an empty hotel