@scottfenton.bsky.social
Music lover, Sunderland fan, pragmatic left of centre.
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There was a time when I'd have cared deeply about the BBC.
But they adopted a deliberate policy of kowtowing to the right, backing away from every fight, believing compliance would protect the license fee, and the right would leave them alone.
Stand up to bullies, or get knocked down by reality.
But they adopted a deliberate policy of kowtowing to the right, backing away from every fight, believing compliance would protect the license fee, and the right would leave them alone.
Stand up to bullies, or get knocked down by reality.
November 10, 2025 at 5:34 PM
There was a time when I'd have cared deeply about the BBC.
But they adopted a deliberate policy of kowtowing to the right, backing away from every fight, believing compliance would protect the license fee, and the right would leave them alone.
Stand up to bullies, or get knocked down by reality.
But they adopted a deliberate policy of kowtowing to the right, backing away from every fight, believing compliance would protect the license fee, and the right would leave them alone.
Stand up to bullies, or get knocked down by reality.
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Another very pertinent fact that I have not seen mentioned ANYWHERE: In 14 years of Tory rule we had 14 Prisons Ministers - six in a single year, at one point - and a total of 11 Justice Secretaries, including Grayling, Raab, and Truss. In 13 years of Labour it was three: Irvine, Falconer, Straw. 🤔
November 9, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Another very pertinent fact that I have not seen mentioned ANYWHERE: In 14 years of Tory rule we had 14 Prisons Ministers - six in a single year, at one point - and a total of 11 Justice Secretaries, including Grayling, Raab, and Truss. In 13 years of Labour it was three: Irvine, Falconer, Straw. 🤔
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CHEMSDINE TALBIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!! 😱😱😱😱😱
October 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
CHEMSDINE TALBIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!! 😱😱😱😱😱
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THAT’S IT!! WE’VE DONE IT!!!!
CHELSEA 1-2 SUNDERLAND!!
CHELSEA 1-2 SUNDERLAND!!
October 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
THAT’S IT!! WE’VE DONE IT!!!!
CHELSEA 1-2 SUNDERLAND!!
CHELSEA 1-2 SUNDERLAND!!
@mrjamesob.bsky.social, I know the phone in is long finished, but i'm listening on catch up. Anyway, not that you asked, or are even interested but, here is my (modern) mini parked next to a Sierra Saphire, once considered a big car.
October 20, 2025 at 2:27 PM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social, I know the phone in is long finished, but i'm listening on catch up. Anyway, not that you asked, or are even interested but, here is my (modern) mini parked next to a Sierra Saphire, once considered a big car.
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Hope is catching on 💛 Across towns and cities, people are showing that unity, care and community spirit still matter. Thank you to everyone taking part.
#WeekendofHOPE
#WeekendofHOPE
October 18, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Hope is catching on 💛 Across towns and cities, people are showing that unity, care and community spirit still matter. Thank you to everyone taking part.
#WeekendofHOPE
#WeekendofHOPE
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... And then tomorrow I can phone up to ask for a refund for the 2 trains that failed utterly.
And still 2 more trains and a tube that could go disastrously wrong.
Remind me how this is cheaper and better than a nationalised service?
And still 2 more trains and a tube that could go disastrously wrong.
Remind me how this is cheaper and better than a nationalised service?
October 7, 2025 at 5:44 PM
... And then tomorrow I can phone up to ask for a refund for the 2 trains that failed utterly.
And still 2 more trains and a tube that could go disastrously wrong.
Remind me how this is cheaper and better than a nationalised service?
And still 2 more trains and a tube that could go disastrously wrong.
Remind me how this is cheaper and better than a nationalised service?
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It helps to be able to spell the country you say only you are competent enough to run.
October 6, 2025 at 2:06 PM
It helps to be able to spell the country you say only you are competent enough to run.
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The stupid people causing this hate will be crying soon when there are no workers to keep the country going. We are heading downwards very fast.
October 6, 2025 at 9:15 AM
The stupid people causing this hate will be crying soon when there are no workers to keep the country going. We are heading downwards very fast.
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We can't tax billionaires, because they might take their tax avoidance to another country. But we can drive out brilliant people who do much-needed work, contribute to our society and culture, pay tax, create jobs, and have done nothing wrong. That's fine, apparently.
October 6, 2025 at 9:15 AM
We can't tax billionaires, because they might take their tax avoidance to another country. But we can drive out brilliant people who do much-needed work, contribute to our society and culture, pay tax, create jobs, and have done nothing wrong. That's fine, apparently.
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Just got a haircut, and my lovely barber, a Turkish guy who employs 6 people, and has a wife who's an IVF technician, is shutting up shop and moving to another country because his Indefinite Leave to Remain is under threat by these venal, stupid, posturing politicians, left and right.
October 6, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Just got a haircut, and my lovely barber, a Turkish guy who employs 6 people, and has a wife who's an IVF technician, is shutting up shop and moving to another country because his Indefinite Leave to Remain is under threat by these venal, stupid, posturing politicians, left and right.
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Javier Milei had to beg a bail-out and already needs another. Argentina's economy is in a tailspin. Gov't bonds and peso in freefall. People starving, throwing rocks at him.
Farage last year: "He's amazing. It's Thatcherism on steroids. Cutting and slashing expenditure. That's leadership."
SHARE!
Farage last year: "He's amazing. It's Thatcherism on steroids. Cutting and slashing expenditure. That's leadership."
SHARE!
October 1, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Javier Milei had to beg a bail-out and already needs another. Argentina's economy is in a tailspin. Gov't bonds and peso in freefall. People starving, throwing rocks at him.
Farage last year: "He's amazing. It's Thatcherism on steroids. Cutting and slashing expenditure. That's leadership."
SHARE!
Farage last year: "He's amazing. It's Thatcherism on steroids. Cutting and slashing expenditure. That's leadership."
SHARE!
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"I hope Starmer wakes up tomorrow morning and feels ashamed about what he has done," says man who unveiled this poster the day Jo Cox was assassinated by a far-right terrorist.
September 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
"I hope Starmer wakes up tomorrow morning and feels ashamed about what he has done," says man who unveiled this poster the day Jo Cox was assassinated by a far-right terrorist.
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Nigel Farage doesn’t think the Prime Minister should have free speech in this country. But he’ll tell foreigners that yours is somehow under threat from the Prime Minister. He’s a whiny little liar. Always has been. Always will be.
September 30, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Nigel Farage doesn’t think the Prime Minister should have free speech in this country. But he’ll tell foreigners that yours is somehow under threat from the Prime Minister. He’s a whiny little liar. Always has been. Always will be.
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How weird that this should have disappeared from the Telegraph archive...
September 29, 2025 at 9:29 PM
How weird that this should have disappeared from the Telegraph archive...
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There seems to be some *confusion*
among Reform supporters over Nathan Gill being one of them
“But, but, Reform didn’t exist when he took his Russian bribes”
“But, but he was in UKIP”
“But, but it has nothing to do with Farage, he barely knew the guy”
So here’s a little history lesson 👍🏼🧵
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among Reform supporters over Nathan Gill being one of them
“But, but, Reform didn’t exist when he took his Russian bribes”
“But, but he was in UKIP”
“But, but it has nothing to do with Farage, he barely knew the guy”
So here’s a little history lesson 👍🏼🧵
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September 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
There seems to be some *confusion*
among Reform supporters over Nathan Gill being one of them
“But, but, Reform didn’t exist when he took his Russian bribes”
“But, but he was in UKIP”
“But, but it has nothing to do with Farage, he barely knew the guy”
So here’s a little history lesson 👍🏼🧵
1/14
among Reform supporters over Nathan Gill being one of them
“But, but, Reform didn’t exist when he took his Russian bribes”
“But, but he was in UKIP”
“But, but it has nothing to do with Farage, he barely knew the guy”
So here’s a little history lesson 👍🏼🧵
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No immigrant has ever sacked me, or cut my wages, or offshored my job, or closed my hospital, or stopped my mum's disability benefits, or crashed the economy.
Those things were all done by white English men who went to Oxford and wore a nice suit.
Those things were all done by white English men who went to Oxford and wore a nice suit.
September 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM
No immigrant has ever sacked me, or cut my wages, or offshored my job, or closed my hospital, or stopped my mum's disability benefits, or crashed the economy.
Those things were all done by white English men who went to Oxford and wore a nice suit.
Those things were all done by white English men who went to Oxford and wore a nice suit.
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If you are still in denial, wake up. It’s truly deteriorated to this level
September 21, 2025 at 1:56 AM
If you are still in denial, wake up. It’s truly deteriorated to this level
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This happened yesterday in Chicago, I don’t know who she is, but this woman never laid a finger on that man.
He shot her in the face with rubber bullets, shoved her to the ground, and put her in a chokehold.
He definitely intended to injure her!
He shot her in the face with rubber bullets, shoved her to the ground, and put her in a chokehold.
He definitely intended to injure her!
September 21, 2025 at 9:00 AM
This happened yesterday in Chicago, I don’t know who she is, but this woman never laid a finger on that man.
He shot her in the face with rubber bullets, shoved her to the ground, and put her in a chokehold.
He definitely intended to injure her!
He shot her in the face with rubber bullets, shoved her to the ground, and put her in a chokehold.
He definitely intended to injure her!
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September 15, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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I need you to understand what this country feels like right now for those of us who look different. I'm sitting here, trying to plan for Saturday, make sure I don't even need to go to the corner shop for milk, like it's Christmas Day or lockdown. Why? Because I live near where Yaxley-Lennon will 1/
September 11, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I need you to understand what this country feels like right now for those of us who look different. I'm sitting here, trying to plan for Saturday, make sure I don't even need to go to the corner shop for milk, like it's Christmas Day or lockdown. Why? Because I live near where Yaxley-Lennon will 1/
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This is the new leader of Kent CC.
People need to think carefully before sanewashing this dangerous nonsense for its "whacky fun" or "camp energy". To paraphrase Goldblum: "Oooh! Ahhh! That's how it always starts, but then later there's running and screaming."
Good job @ayeshahazarika.bsky.social.
People need to think carefully before sanewashing this dangerous nonsense for its "whacky fun" or "camp energy". To paraphrase Goldblum: "Oooh! Ahhh! That's how it always starts, but then later there's running and screaming."
Good job @ayeshahazarika.bsky.social.
September 9, 2025 at 10:45 AM
This is the new leader of Kent CC.
People need to think carefully before sanewashing this dangerous nonsense for its "whacky fun" or "camp energy". To paraphrase Goldblum: "Oooh! Ahhh! That's how it always starts, but then later there's running and screaming."
Good job @ayeshahazarika.bsky.social.
People need to think carefully before sanewashing this dangerous nonsense for its "whacky fun" or "camp energy". To paraphrase Goldblum: "Oooh! Ahhh! That's how it always starts, but then later there's running and screaming."
Good job @ayeshahazarika.bsky.social.
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I saw someone ranting about Coldplay the other day and I thought, look, these are decent, humane, good-humoured people who actively support refugees, climate activism, LGBTQ rights, inclusivity, etc. Even if you hate their songs, they're really not the bad guys in 2025
September 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I saw someone ranting about Coldplay the other day and I thought, look, these are decent, humane, good-humoured people who actively support refugees, climate activism, LGBTQ rights, inclusivity, etc. Even if you hate their songs, they're really not the bad guys in 2025