@sandgrownboy.bsky.social
Allotment gardener at over 55°N. Exasperated Labour member, struggling DIYer, careful budgeter. One time cyclist. I’m not selling anything, not touting a business. Not buying nothing neither. Just doing the social. Tend to follow UK based blueskers
Trump talks ‘complete nonsense’ about crime in London, says Met police commissioner – UK politics live
December 12, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Trump talks ‘complete nonsense’ about crime in London, says Met police commissioner – UK politics live
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I couldn’t leave Chicago without getting a cut from my old barber, Zariff!
December 11, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I couldn’t leave Chicago without getting a cut from my old barber, Zariff!
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Comic actor Harry Worth's famous window sequence - first used in his 1960s TV show Here's Harry - was filmed on St Ann's Square, Manchester, at Hector Powes tailor's shop.
December 12, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Comic actor Harry Worth's famous window sequence - first used in his 1960s TV show Here's Harry - was filmed on St Ann's Square, Manchester, at Hector Powes tailor's shop.
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‘Rise like Lions after slumber
In unvanquishable number,
Shake your chains to earth like dew
Which in sleep had fallen on you –
Ye are many – they are few.’
Shelley
In unvanquishable number,
Shake your chains to earth like dew
Which in sleep had fallen on you –
Ye are many – they are few.’
Shelley
October 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
‘Rise like Lions after slumber
In unvanquishable number,
Shake your chains to earth like dew
Which in sleep had fallen on you –
Ye are many – they are few.’
Shelley
In unvanquishable number,
Shake your chains to earth like dew
Which in sleep had fallen on you –
Ye are many – they are few.’
Shelley
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YES YES YES thank you @georgemonbiot.bsky.social 🙏
😩AT LAST someone rasiing the alarm about what Europe's plummeting brith rates really mean!!
"In reality, without immigration there will be no Europe, no civilisation and no one left to argue about it."⚠️
It's. that. simple.
😩AT LAST someone rasiing the alarm about what Europe's plummeting brith rates really mean!!
"In reality, without immigration there will be no Europe, no civilisation and no one left to argue about it."⚠️
It's. that. simple.
December 12, 2025 at 10:22 AM
YES YES YES thank you @georgemonbiot.bsky.social 🙏
😩AT LAST someone rasiing the alarm about what Europe's plummeting brith rates really mean!!
"In reality, without immigration there will be no Europe, no civilisation and no one left to argue about it."⚠️
It's. that. simple.
😩AT LAST someone rasiing the alarm about what Europe's plummeting brith rates really mean!!
"In reality, without immigration there will be no Europe, no civilisation and no one left to argue about it."⚠️
It's. that. simple.
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Save the date!
22-26 August 2027
8000 riders and a guaranteed 2500 places for French cyclists. Preparation begins...
#Randonneur #Audax
www.paris-brest-paris.org/en/
22-26 August 2027
8000 riders and a guaranteed 2500 places for French cyclists. Preparation begins...
#Randonneur #Audax
www.paris-brest-paris.org/en/
Home - Paris Brest Paris
Paris Brest Paris, the oldest and most famous long-distance cycling event, returns in 2027 for its 21st edition.
www.paris-brest-paris.org
December 12, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Save the date!
22-26 August 2027
8000 riders and a guaranteed 2500 places for French cyclists. Preparation begins...
#Randonneur #Audax
www.paris-brest-paris.org/en/
22-26 August 2027
8000 riders and a guaranteed 2500 places for French cyclists. Preparation begins...
#Randonneur #Audax
www.paris-brest-paris.org/en/
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Thanks to those coming forward, trainee teacher numbers are at a post-pandemic high.
We're getting more children back in classrooms, more teachers in front of them.
We promised 6,500 new teachers driving up standards in our schools. Labour is delivering.
Better with Labour. 👍
We're getting more children back in classrooms, more teachers in front of them.
We promised 6,500 new teachers driving up standards in our schools. Labour is delivering.
Better with Labour. 👍
December 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Thanks to those coming forward, trainee teacher numbers are at a post-pandemic high.
We're getting more children back in classrooms, more teachers in front of them.
We promised 6,500 new teachers driving up standards in our schools. Labour is delivering.
Better with Labour. 👍
We're getting more children back in classrooms, more teachers in front of them.
We promised 6,500 new teachers driving up standards in our schools. Labour is delivering.
Better with Labour. 👍
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13 Labour MPs voted in favour of the bill, which was tabled by the Lib Dems.
Nigel Farage did not vote.
Nigel Farage did not vote.
December 10, 2025 at 12:52 PM
13 Labour MPs voted in favour of the bill, which was tabled by the Lib Dems.
Nigel Farage did not vote.
Nigel Farage did not vote.
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When you look at Nigel Farage, never forget that he idolises a US President who sucks up to Putin and despises our continent, culture and values
December 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
When you look at Nigel Farage, never forget that he idolises a US President who sucks up to Putin and despises our continent, culture and values
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Their crime - being against genocide
"The legal limit for holding someone on remand is 6 months, yet 8 young activists have been locked up for over a year. They’ve been on hunger strike for more than 30 days, and you wouldn’t know it from our supposedly “trusted” BBC — total silence."
via Piara Mia
"The legal limit for holding someone on remand is 6 months, yet 8 young activists have been locked up for over a year. They’ve been on hunger strike for more than 30 days, and you wouldn’t know it from our supposedly “trusted” BBC — total silence."
via Piara Mia
December 11, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Their crime - being against genocide
"The legal limit for holding someone on remand is 6 months, yet 8 young activists have been locked up for over a year. They’ve been on hunger strike for more than 30 days, and you wouldn’t know it from our supposedly “trusted” BBC — total silence."
via Piara Mia
"The legal limit for holding someone on remand is 6 months, yet 8 young activists have been locked up for over a year. They’ve been on hunger strike for more than 30 days, and you wouldn’t know it from our supposedly “trusted” BBC — total silence."
via Piara Mia
X is not above the law goodlawproject.org/s/b85130
X is not above the law
goodlawproject.org
December 11, 2025 at 10:13 AM
X is not above the law goodlawproject.org/s/b85130
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Richest 1/1000th of world’s population controls 3 times more wealth than the poorest 50%. "The global wealth gap has become so staggering, and its impact on economies & democratic institutions so corrosive, that policymakers should treat it as an emergency..." www.commondreams.org/news/world-i...
Richest 0.001% Now Own Three Times More Wealth Than Poorest Half of Humanity Combined | Common Dreams
A landmark report on global inequality shows that
the chasm between the richest slice of humanity and everyone else
continued to expand this year
www.commondreams.org
December 11, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Richest 1/1000th of world’s population controls 3 times more wealth than the poorest 50%. "The global wealth gap has become so staggering, and its impact on economies & democratic institutions so corrosive, that policymakers should treat it as an emergency..." www.commondreams.org/news/world-i...
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🔴 REVEALED 🔴
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked £640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group – received more than £640,000 from fossil fuel companies and Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate between 1957 and ...
www.desmog.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:05 AM
🔴 REVEALED 🔴
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
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"UK arms imported by Israel have doubled in 2025.
This is only one part of the UK’s complicity in Israel’s genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people."
www.facebook.com/waronwant/po...
via War on Want
This is only one part of the UK’s complicity in Israel’s genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people."
www.facebook.com/waronwant/po...
via War on Want
War on Want
UK arms imported by Israel have doubled in 2025.
This is only one part of the UK’s complicity in Israel’s genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people.
Keep reading for 4 more thing you.....
www.facebook.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:46 AM
"UK arms imported by Israel have doubled in 2025.
This is only one part of the UK’s complicity in Israel’s genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people."
www.facebook.com/waronwant/po...
via War on Want
This is only one part of the UK’s complicity in Israel’s genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people."
www.facebook.com/waronwant/po...
via War on Want
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Wow -- Russia reportedly plotted last year to plant bombs on US-bound flights (gift link) giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
December 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Wow -- Russia reportedly plotted last year to plant bombs on US-bound flights (gift link) giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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It's no surprise that the UK's new visa restrictions will hold back economic growth.
We're already hearing anecdotal reports in Cambridge that the flagship research sector is finding losing highly skilled staff, and the national picture seems similar.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We're already hearing anecdotal reports in Cambridge that the flagship research sector is finding losing highly skilled staff, and the national picture seems similar.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
December 10, 2025 at 11:57 AM
It's no surprise that the UK's new visa restrictions will hold back economic growth.
We're already hearing anecdotal reports in Cambridge that the flagship research sector is finding losing highly skilled staff, and the national picture seems similar.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We're already hearing anecdotal reports in Cambridge that the flagship research sector is finding losing highly skilled staff, and the national picture seems similar.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Land of free speech wants to ensure your speech is suitable 😡
Proposing it to be "mandatory" to hand over the info, & other details - incl email addresses & telephone numbers used in the last five years, as well as the names, addresses, numbers, & birthdays of family members will also be required.
Proposing it to be "mandatory" to hand over the info, & other details - incl email addresses & telephone numbers used in the last five years, as well as the names, addresses, numbers, & birthdays of family members will also be required.
US plans to start checking all tourists' social media
The potential social media mandate being proposed by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) would apply to anyone visiting, whether they require a visa or not.
news.sky.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Land of free speech wants to ensure your speech is suitable 😡
Proposing it to be "mandatory" to hand over the info, & other details - incl email addresses & telephone numbers used in the last five years, as well as the names, addresses, numbers, & birthdays of family members will also be required.
Proposing it to be "mandatory" to hand over the info, & other details - incl email addresses & telephone numbers used in the last five years, as well as the names, addresses, numbers, & birthdays of family members will also be required.
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Lithuania on Tuesday declared a state of emergency and asked parliament to authorise military support for police and border guards after a wave of smuggler balloons from Belarus repeatedly disrupted air traffic in recent months.
December 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Lithuania on Tuesday declared a state of emergency and asked parliament to authorise military support for police and border guards after a wave of smuggler balloons from Belarus repeatedly disrupted air traffic in recent months.
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carbrain people want all our infrastructure focused on cars so they can pass through an area faster, meanwhile the people that live in that area walk and ride bicycles. it makes no sense to cater to passersby
December 8, 2025 at 3:12 PM
carbrain people want all our infrastructure focused on cars so they can pass through an area faster, meanwhile the people that live in that area walk and ride bicycles. it makes no sense to cater to passersby
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The calls from America this weekend to "abolish the EU" are for one simple reason: the EU is the only thing that can keep European nation-states from becoming Russian or American vassals.
The US has declared rhetorical war on the EU
The calls from America this weekend to destroy the EU are revealing. They hate the union because it's the only thing that can keep European countries from being Russian or American vassals.
davekeating.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:05 AM
The calls from America this weekend to "abolish the EU" are for one simple reason: the EU is the only thing that can keep European nation-states from becoming Russian or American vassals.
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... this is actually fairly snazzy
Branding and logo for Great British Railways unveiled
The new red, white and blue branding mirrors the colours of the Union Flag, and will start to appear from next year.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 11:21 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... this is actually fairly snazzy