Tony Ellis
@tonyellis.bsky.social
Healthcare comms. MCIPR. 2 kids 💰 2 cats 🐈 Sometimes cook 🍽 Love a show 🎶 Amo l'Italia 🇮🇹 Views my own (who'd want them?)
My timeline on here is increasingly filled with posts on Grok (not interested), Twitter (who cares) and today cricket (not interested and has Musk bought this too?).
November 21, 2025 at 8:12 AM
My timeline on here is increasingly filled with posts on Grok (not interested), Twitter (who cares) and today cricket (not interested and has Musk bought this too?).
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This week is Road Safety Week & a chance to talk about Barbara Castle!
Barbara was Transport Minister for three years yet she was able to introduce the Breathalyzer, a proper integrated transport strategy & more!
This was done despite fierce opposition.
📸 Photo from the Parliamentary Achieve
Barbara was Transport Minister for three years yet she was able to introduce the Breathalyzer, a proper integrated transport strategy & more!
This was done despite fierce opposition.
📸 Photo from the Parliamentary Achieve
November 19, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This week is Road Safety Week & a chance to talk about Barbara Castle!
Barbara was Transport Minister for three years yet she was able to introduce the Breathalyzer, a proper integrated transport strategy & more!
This was done despite fierce opposition.
📸 Photo from the Parliamentary Achieve
Barbara was Transport Minister for three years yet she was able to introduce the Breathalyzer, a proper integrated transport strategy & more!
This was done despite fierce opposition.
📸 Photo from the Parliamentary Achieve
If there's ever a revolution in the UK, it won't be tax or scandals that rally the pitchforks and torches but the posh folks clinging on to their petty privileges like this:
Wimbledon debenture tickets set to win exemption from UK resale crackdown - on.ft.com/4i8pgRd via @FT
Wimbledon debenture tickets set to win exemption from UK resale crackdown - on.ft.com/4i8pgRd via @FT
Wimbledon debenture tickets set to win exemption from UK resale crackdown
Organisers of the tennis tournament warned that a price cap would damage its funding model
on.ft.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:29 AM
If there's ever a revolution in the UK, it won't be tax or scandals that rally the pitchforks and torches but the posh folks clinging on to their petty privileges like this:
Wimbledon debenture tickets set to win exemption from UK resale crackdown - on.ft.com/4i8pgRd via @FT
Wimbledon debenture tickets set to win exemption from UK resale crackdown - on.ft.com/4i8pgRd via @FT
It's wrong, I know, but I've almost become immune to the serial incompetence of the private water companies but this? 2 weeks to own up Southern Water? FFS. The whole board needs to go to jail
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Southern Water apologises for catastrophic spill of plastic biobeads in Sussex
Resulting pollution on Camber Sands beach poses threat to wildlife including dolphins and seals
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
It's wrong, I know, but I've almost become immune to the serial incompetence of the private water companies but this? 2 weeks to own up Southern Water? FFS. The whole board needs to go to jail
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
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Definitely worth paying for a flu jab this year, about £15 at pharmacies!
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
November 9, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Definitely worth paying for a flu jab this year, about £15 at pharmacies!
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The first thing Yaxley-Lennon did on leaving court was to thank Elon Musk for funding his legal costs.
That's Elon Musk who has repeatedly called for civil war in the UK.
As of typing this - all of the major politicians and platforms maintain a presence on X and it is time for them all to leave.
That's Elon Musk who has repeatedly called for civil war in the UK.
As of typing this - all of the major politicians and platforms maintain a presence on X and it is time for them all to leave.
November 4, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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What an absolute hero Samir Zitouni is - doubtless he saved lives that day
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Train hero who saved passengers during attack named
The rail worker credited with saving multiple lives is named as Samir Zitouni.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 11:36 AM
What an absolute hero Samir Zitouni is - doubtless he saved lives that day
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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spread Samir Zitouni’s name far and wide
November 4, 2025 at 11:24 AM
spread Samir Zitouni’s name far and wide
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The best piece of writing about wanking into a cup ever published, and that's a promise. Yoel Noorali had a date with a room, and gave us the dispatch. (Not literally.)
www.the-fence.com/the-miracle-...
www.the-fence.com/the-miracle-...
The Miracle of Childbirth
The gap between thought and action is never as narrow as it is for masturbating. Suddenly it’s happening. Suddenly it’s over. Suddenly you’re back at your desk. But if politics has taught us anything…
www.the-fence.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:41 AM
The best piece of writing about wanking into a cup ever published, and that's a promise. Yoel Noorali had a date with a room, and gave us the dispatch. (Not literally.)
www.the-fence.com/the-miracle-...
www.the-fence.com/the-miracle-...
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The Telegraph with its finger on the pulse of the nation once more.
November 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The Telegraph with its finger on the pulse of the nation once more.
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Next time someone tells you that train drivers "just push buttons" show them this from the BBC
November 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Next time someone tells you that train drivers "just push buttons" show them this from the BBC
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I’ve never donated to Wikipedia before but I set up a small monthly donation as a fuck you to the world’s richest psychopath.
Elon Musk takes aim at Wikipedia
Musk has denounced Wikipedia as "Wokepedia" on X and urged people not to donate to the platform.
www.newsweek.com
December 25, 2024 at 6:18 PM
I’ve never donated to Wikipedia before but I set up a small monthly donation as a fuck you to the world’s richest psychopath.
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Wes on Sarah Pochin: "She's only sorry because she's ccaught and called out"
Very (very!) strong words from the Health Secretary calling out racists and Reform for their disgusting words and actions.
"Reform are not fit to govern" he says.
And I totally agree!
www.instagram.com/p/DQRMBYtAgPi/
Very (very!) strong words from the Health Secretary calling out racists and Reform for their disgusting words and actions.
"Reform are not fit to govern" he says.
And I totally agree!
www.instagram.com/p/DQRMBYtAgPi/
October 26, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Wes on Sarah Pochin: "She's only sorry because she's ccaught and called out"
Very (very!) strong words from the Health Secretary calling out racists and Reform for their disgusting words and actions.
"Reform are not fit to govern" he says.
And I totally agree!
www.instagram.com/p/DQRMBYtAgPi/
Very (very!) strong words from the Health Secretary calling out racists and Reform for their disgusting words and actions.
"Reform are not fit to govern" he says.
And I totally agree!
www.instagram.com/p/DQRMBYtAgPi/
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Very funny - the BFI has acquired the Daily Star's lettuce/Liz Truss video for the national archive, because it is a significant piece of British content that deserves preservation
www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-...
www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-...
Daily Star's 60p Lettuce Liz that lasted longer than Truss immortalised by BFI
The lettuce livestream has been acquired by the British Film Institute’s National Archive as part of a digital collection featuring 400 significant pieces of British online video content
www.dailystar.co.uk
October 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Very funny - the BFI has acquired the Daily Star's lettuce/Liz Truss video for the national archive, because it is a significant piece of British content that deserves preservation
www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-...
www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-...
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On the pronunciation of lieutenant - French as taught in this country was basically mediaeval French up until the 1930s. My granny was horrified to turn up in France in the late 40s to discover she sounded like Chaucer.
October 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
On the pronunciation of lieutenant - French as taught in this country was basically mediaeval French up until the 1930s. My granny was horrified to turn up in France in the late 40s to discover she sounded like Chaucer.
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It's that moment again for National Trust members to vote to keep the entryists out.
Quick and easy to vote and please do so by 31st of October
Quick Vote link keeps the AstroTurfers out.
Then share. Thank you.
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Quick and easy to vote and please do so by 31st of October
Quick Vote link keeps the AstroTurfers out.
Then share. Thank you.
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October 25, 2025 at 10:11 AM
It's that moment again for National Trust members to vote to keep the entryists out.
Quick and easy to vote and please do so by 31st of October
Quick Vote link keeps the AstroTurfers out.
Then share. Thank you.
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Quick and easy to vote and please do so by 31st of October
Quick Vote link keeps the AstroTurfers out.
Then share. Thank you.
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I have rarely read such pompous objections to a planning application www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Underground zip wire plan for Lake District approved by judge
Campaigners say go-ahead for ‘theme park’ attraction in quarry could imperil area’s Unesco world heritage status
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I have rarely read such pompous objections to a planning application www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Manchester Airport is the only airport where you spend nearly as long taxiing to the terminal as you do in the air.
October 12, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Manchester Airport is the only airport where you spend nearly as long taxiing to the terminal as you do in the air.
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Everything he's reported to have said in this BBC piece sounds like he's desperately trying to distance himself, knowing that the connection is real and toxic. If the press were investigating Farage with the same enthusiasm they went for Rayner, he'd be done for.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Nigel Farage 'stunned' ex-Wales Reform leader Nathan Gill took bribes
Nathan Gill has admitted taking money for pro-Russian statements as a European Parliament member.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Everything he's reported to have said in this BBC piece sounds like he's desperately trying to distance himself, knowing that the connection is real and toxic. If the press were investigating Farage with the same enthusiasm they went for Rayner, he'd be done for.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Private Eye always gets it. It’s becoming clear to me that MSM journalists care more about themselves than the story. #ukpolitics
October 11, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Private Eye always gets it. It’s becoming clear to me that MSM journalists care more about themselves than the story. #ukpolitics
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Tory party conference got you down?
Far-right rhetoric left you feeling scared for the future?
Then why not take a minute to enjoy eighteen (18) pictures of Ed Davey on a pumpkin farm with young carers 🎃🚜
www.gettyimages.co.uk/editorial-im...
Far-right rhetoric left you feeling scared for the future?
Then why not take a minute to enjoy eighteen (18) pictures of Ed Davey on a pumpkin farm with young carers 🎃🚜
www.gettyimages.co.uk/editorial-im...
October 7, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Tory party conference got you down?
Far-right rhetoric left you feeling scared for the future?
Then why not take a minute to enjoy eighteen (18) pictures of Ed Davey on a pumpkin farm with young carers 🎃🚜
www.gettyimages.co.uk/editorial-im...
Far-right rhetoric left you feeling scared for the future?
Then why not take a minute to enjoy eighteen (18) pictures of Ed Davey on a pumpkin farm with young carers 🎃🚜
www.gettyimages.co.uk/editorial-im...
@roberthutton.co.uk This must be in the running for one of the best political sketches of the year. On point, funny and a frighteningly accurate reflection of today's Tory party.
It's quite wrong to suggest Robert Jenrick is a racist. Racists believe in something. My SKETCH.
Rob whistle | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine
The day had begun with Robert Jenrick accused of racism. This is of course quite unfair. Racists believe in something. Some of us remember Jenrick as a chubby-cheeked fan of David Cameron fighting the…
thecritic.co.uk
October 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
@roberthutton.co.uk This must be in the running for one of the best political sketches of the year. On point, funny and a frighteningly accurate reflection of today's Tory party.
Love the detail in this scoop. Proper reporting I thought we'd all but lost in the regions.
The story has now been picked up by the local press
www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/people/...
www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/people/...
Police alerted to 'generous and tasty' pre-election buffet after Corby Reform UK candidate woos residents
Northamptonshire Police are reviewing the circumstances surrounding a free event co-hosted by a Reform UK election candidate in Corby, at which members of the public were supplied with a 'generous and...
www.northantstelegraph.co.uk
October 3, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Love the detail in this scoop. Proper reporting I thought we'd all but lost in the regions.