Stuart Baldwin 🇺🇦
@stuartbaldwin.bsky.social
Europe>UK>England>Shropshire>Me.
Retired, #pétanque player, #Shropshire via #Manchester #UK. Ally, I hope. No automatic followbacks. Not always entirely serious. E&OE
Retired, #pétanque player, #Shropshire via #Manchester #UK. Ally, I hope. No automatic followbacks. Not always entirely serious. E&OE
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What Labour (and others) don’t seem to understand is that immigration isn’t just an issue for the Reform-curious. It’s an issue for a large number of us who see it as a vital issue not just in itself but in moral, ethical and political terms. 1/4
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All of the companies that make the software I use are increasing their prices, to account for an "investment" in AI.
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
December 4, 2025 at 8:41 AM
All of the companies that make the software I use are increasing their prices, to account for an "investment" in AI.
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
This is school bully stuff. I wonder how he treated any classmates who were a little different when he was at school?
Good morning.
Gonna have a pop at multi-millionaire Dicky Tice this morning.
The same Dicky Tice that hates foreigners in our country, hates muslims, is an MP for Boston & Skegness but lives in Dubai under SHARIA LAW!
Having a pop at children wearing ear defenders because he's a class 1 knobhead.
Gonna have a pop at multi-millionaire Dicky Tice this morning.
The same Dicky Tice that hates foreigners in our country, hates muslims, is an MP for Boston & Skegness but lives in Dubai under SHARIA LAW!
Having a pop at children wearing ear defenders because he's a class 1 knobhead.
December 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
This is school bully stuff. I wonder how he treated any classmates who were a little different when he was at school?
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Welcome Shabana Mahmood to your next four years of headlines!!!
Foreign doctors trained by the NHS face deportation under visa rules
Foreign doctors trained by the NHS face deportation under visa rules
www.thetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Welcome Shabana Mahmood to your next four years of headlines!!!
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November 22, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Putin's ambitions to conquer Ukraine and recreate the Russian Empire pose a once-in-a-generation threat to the whole of Europe. We cannot allow Trump to reward his aggression.
The Prime Minister must use this opportunity to call for Russia to be removed from the G20.
The Prime Minister must use this opportunity to call for Russia to be removed from the G20.
November 22, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Putin's ambitions to conquer Ukraine and recreate the Russian Empire pose a once-in-a-generation threat to the whole of Europe. We cannot allow Trump to reward his aggression.
The Prime Minister must use this opportunity to call for Russia to be removed from the G20.
The Prime Minister must use this opportunity to call for Russia to be removed from the G20.
RIP my 30+ day streak
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RIP my 30+ day streak
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Immigration is NOT tearing this country apart.
Politicians like Farage and Mahmodo are tearing it apart by their divisive rhetoric and dishonest framing of the known facts behind immigration.
I despise them for it.
Now 10 years here isn’t long enough. It has to be 20 years.
What a disgrace.
Politicians like Farage and Mahmodo are tearing it apart by their divisive rhetoric and dishonest framing of the known facts behind immigration.
I despise them for it.
Now 10 years here isn’t long enough. It has to be 20 years.
What a disgrace.
November 16, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Immigration is NOT tearing this country apart.
Politicians like Farage and Mahmodo are tearing it apart by their divisive rhetoric and dishonest framing of the known facts behind immigration.
I despise them for it.
Now 10 years here isn’t long enough. It has to be 20 years.
What a disgrace.
Politicians like Farage and Mahmodo are tearing it apart by their divisive rhetoric and dishonest framing of the known facts behind immigration.
I despise them for it.
Now 10 years here isn’t long enough. It has to be 20 years.
What a disgrace.
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Hard to understand how the UK Labour party has even a single member left, seeing as it it has now become everything that you imagine someone once drawn to joining a Labour party is vehemently against. No one joins a Labour party hoping to punch down on the weakest and advance far right arguments
November 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Hard to understand how the UK Labour party has even a single member left, seeing as it it has now become everything that you imagine someone once drawn to joining a Labour party is vehemently against. No one joins a Labour party hoping to punch down on the weakest and advance far right arguments
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Your occasional reminder, if you’re in the UK, that it is shaping up to be a hideous bird flu season, with many wildlife casualties (including resident birds, not just winter migrants), and, however soft your heart, it is a Really Bad Idea to handle sick or ‘injured’ birds or bring them inside.
November 14, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Your occasional reminder, if you’re in the UK, that it is shaping up to be a hideous bird flu season, with many wildlife casualties (including resident birds, not just winter migrants), and, however soft your heart, it is a Really Bad Idea to handle sick or ‘injured’ birds or bring them inside.
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Bird flu has arrived very early this year and Shropshire is already under DEFRA restrictions. We are receiving regular reports of dead and sick waterfowl. Please do not approach or “rescue” wild birds that are obviously ill - ring your local wildlife rescue for advice and report your find to DEFRA.
Your occasional reminder, if you’re in the UK, that it is shaping up to be a hideous bird flu season, with many wildlife casualties (including resident birds, not just winter migrants), and, however soft your heart, it is a Really Bad Idea to handle sick or ‘injured’ birds or bring them inside.
November 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Bird flu has arrived very early this year and Shropshire is already under DEFRA restrictions. We are receiving regular reports of dead and sick waterfowl. Please do not approach or “rescue” wild birds that are obviously ill - ring your local wildlife rescue for advice and report your find to DEFRA.
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In response to some of the comments:
If you agree with *all* the reporting of a news organisation that is both independent *and* non-partisan, then it's very unlikely to be independent and non-partisan.
This is true regardless of your politics.
Agreeing with all its reporting is the wrong test
If you agree with *all* the reporting of a news organisation that is both independent *and* non-partisan, then it's very unlikely to be independent and non-partisan.
This is true regardless of your politics.
Agreeing with all its reporting is the wrong test
Information underpins democracy and the BBC is a key part of that.
We need to protect our institutions
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
We need to protect our institutions
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
Information underpins Democracy – why the BBC must be defended
Recent events at the BBC have wide-reaching implications for our democracy - and the sooner we realise it, the better
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:18 AM
In response to some of the comments:
If you agree with *all* the reporting of a news organisation that is both independent *and* non-partisan, then it's very unlikely to be independent and non-partisan.
This is true regardless of your politics.
Agreeing with all its reporting is the wrong test
If you agree with *all* the reporting of a news organisation that is both independent *and* non-partisan, then it's very unlikely to be independent and non-partisan.
This is true regardless of your politics.
Agreeing with all its reporting is the wrong test
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SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
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Good morning wulferhampton have a magnificent Monday you manic monsters
November 10, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Good morning wulferhampton have a magnificent Monday you manic monsters
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43 years ago today, readers the world over opened their newspapers and gazed upon cow tools for the first time. happy birthday cow tools. you look great.
October 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
43 years ago today, readers the world over opened their newspapers and gazed upon cow tools for the first time. happy birthday cow tools. you look great.
If one of them says he lives in Clacton, don't believe him.
Three men arrested on suspicion of spying for Russia
Three men arrested on suspicion of spying for Russia
Three men arrested on suspicion of spying for Russia
www.independent.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 12:22 PM
If one of them says he lives in Clacton, don't believe him.
October 21, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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![Feathers McGraw wanted poster - ‘have you seen this chicken?’ Translated into school French “recherché - avez vous vu ce poulet?” [spoiler- we know the ‘chicken’ is really a penguin with a rubber glove on its head in disguise]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jqt2kxibs5wkhdqbep3kdibl/bafkreihmzbw3q5n5hq5ivmka4mm5cfk3apnkk7kjiiyunfsr3hkmwdr6oa@jpeg)
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Thanks
Govts of Australia, Bermuda, Canada, Cayman, China, France, Germany Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Qatar, Singapore, Spain, UAE, US would like to thank UK for letting their entities own UK infrastructure.
Vast profits exported, Britons stare at sewage in rivers.
Govts of Australia, Bermuda, Canada, Cayman, China, France, Germany Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Qatar, Singapore, Spain, UAE, US would like to thank UK for letting their entities own UK infrastructure.
Vast profits exported, Britons stare at sewage in rivers.
If the government wants economic growth it must bring essential industries into public ownership
Successive governments clobber households and small businesses by hiking interest rates to manage inflation, but don’t inconvenience corporations.
leftfootforward.org
October 11, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Thanks
Govts of Australia, Bermuda, Canada, Cayman, China, France, Germany Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Qatar, Singapore, Spain, UAE, US would like to thank UK for letting their entities own UK infrastructure.
Vast profits exported, Britons stare at sewage in rivers.
Govts of Australia, Bermuda, Canada, Cayman, China, France, Germany Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Qatar, Singapore, Spain, UAE, US would like to thank UK for letting their entities own UK infrastructure.
Vast profits exported, Britons stare at sewage in rivers.
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October 6, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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The idea that someone can become British but never English is so agonisingly stupid that it makes me fear for the future of the species.
October 1, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The idea that someone can become British but never English is so agonisingly stupid that it makes me fear for the future of the species.
Note to US armed forces: "I was only following orders" didn't work at Nuremberg and there's a good chance it won't work when the US comes to its senses again.
Hegseth: "We unleash overwhelming and punishing violence on the enemy. We also don't fight with stupid rules of engagement. We untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt, and kill the enemies of our country. No more politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement."
October 2, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Note to US armed forces: "I was only following orders" didn't work at Nuremberg and there's a good chance it won't work when the US comes to its senses again.
Outstanding
New! Cassetteboy vs Keir Starmer.
This took absolutely ages, so if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/cassetteboy we'd really appreciate it. Thanks!
This took absolutely ages, so if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/cassetteboy we'd really appreciate it. Thanks!
September 30, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Miliband says it's 'possible' government should come off Elon Musk's X social media platform
DO IT
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
DO IT
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
September 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Miliband says it's 'possible' government should come off Elon Musk's X social media platform
DO IT
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
DO IT
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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Fixed it:
"UK is ‘least profitable country in Europe’ for drug prices, says massive drug company that wants to scalp more profit."
"UK is ‘least profitable country in Europe’ for drug prices, says massive drug company that wants to scalp more profit."
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Fixed it:
"UK is ‘least profitable country in Europe’ for drug prices, says massive drug company that wants to scalp more profit."
"UK is ‘least profitable country in Europe’ for drug prices, says massive drug company that wants to scalp more profit."