Graham Ward
@yelobeli.bsky.social
Notts County, New England Patriots, Milwaukee Brewers, Nottinghamshire Cricket, Scotland Rugby and Football, Music, Film, TV, Art, Books, Maps, Architecture, Modernism, Public Transport etc.
Born in Lincoln, Raised in Notts, Live in Suffolk, Work in London
Born in Lincoln, Raised in Notts, Live in Suffolk, Work in London
Looking at League 2 odds. Franchise FC is odds-on for promotion, which feels right. Swindon at 6/4 isn't generous. Grimsby 2/1 and Chesterfield 13/8 similar. Rest of market is wide open. I think Notts look a bit undervalued - 7th favourite at 27/10. Bromley certainly worth a punt at 5/1?
November 17, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Looking at League 2 odds. Franchise FC is odds-on for promotion, which feels right. Swindon at 6/4 isn't generous. Grimsby 2/1 and Chesterfield 13/8 similar. Rest of market is wide open. I think Notts look a bit undervalued - 7th favourite at 27/10. Bromley certainly worth a punt at 5/1?
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“A vote for Labour is the only way to stop Reform”
Or
“Labour can actually do what Reform only claims it can do”
The government needs to pick one strategy, not both. The government seems unaware that voters can actually hear it trying both messages at once.
Or
“Labour can actually do what Reform only claims it can do”
The government needs to pick one strategy, not both. The government seems unaware that voters can actually hear it trying both messages at once.
November 17, 2025 at 8:54 AM
“A vote for Labour is the only way to stop Reform”
Or
“Labour can actually do what Reform only claims it can do”
The government needs to pick one strategy, not both. The government seems unaware that voters can actually hear it trying both messages at once.
Or
“Labour can actually do what Reform only claims it can do”
The government needs to pick one strategy, not both. The government seems unaware that voters can actually hear it trying both messages at once.
Labour backbenchers need to really kick off about this, otherwise they are complicit in an utterly disgusting policy. Is this really why Mahmood, Starmer etc entered politics?
The Sun has been told Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will on Monday propose confiscating jewellery, watches, necklaces from asylum seekers to meet asylum costs
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
November 17, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Labour backbenchers need to really kick off about this, otherwise they are complicit in an utterly disgusting policy. Is this really why Mahmood, Starmer etc entered politics?
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"We want to be like Denmark, but without the bikes and functioning public services"
November 17, 2025 at 9:12 AM
"We want to be like Denmark, but without the bikes and functioning public services"
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You can be critical of this gov't - and there plenty to be critical about - without flattening everything into an unintelligible, ahistorical paste. Because doing so, is absolutely part of the problem. It enables "they're all the same" narratives, which never - ever - lead to progressive outcomes.
November 16, 2025 at 7:19 PM
You can be critical of this gov't - and there plenty to be critical about - without flattening everything into an unintelligible, ahistorical paste. Because doing so, is absolutely part of the problem. It enables "they're all the same" narratives, which never - ever - lead to progressive outcomes.
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Ah the 1970s.
Stagflation, three day weeks, collapsing infrastructure. Civil War in Northern Ireland. In yer face racism and bigotry everywhere. Bin strikes. Strikes in general. Blackouts. Industrial decline. Wage inequality. Dog crap everywhere. And households spent 25% of their income on food.
Stagflation, three day weeks, collapsing infrastructure. Civil War in Northern Ireland. In yer face racism and bigotry everywhere. Bin strikes. Strikes in general. Blackouts. Industrial decline. Wage inequality. Dog crap everywhere. And households spent 25% of their income on food.
November 14, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Ah the 1970s.
Stagflation, three day weeks, collapsing infrastructure. Civil War in Northern Ireland. In yer face racism and bigotry everywhere. Bin strikes. Strikes in general. Blackouts. Industrial decline. Wage inequality. Dog crap everywhere. And households spent 25% of their income on food.
Stagflation, three day weeks, collapsing infrastructure. Civil War in Northern Ireland. In yer face racism and bigotry everywhere. Bin strikes. Strikes in general. Blackouts. Industrial decline. Wage inequality. Dog crap everywhere. And households spent 25% of their income on food.
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“I’m a Grok guy” is the single most embarrassing phrase ever uttered in the course of human history.
JD Vance: "I'm a Grok guy. I think it's the best. It's also the least woke."
November 14, 2025 at 2:35 AM
“I’m a Grok guy” is the single most embarrassing phrase ever uttered in the course of human history.
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Keir Starmer is right. The death penalty is never the answer for any country. It’s inhumane, costly & doesn’t deter crime. It has no place in the civilised world. Most of Europe abolished the death penalty decades ago & has been better, safer without it:
www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...
www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...
Starmer rejects MP’s call for referendum on death penalty for criminals
www.independent.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Keir Starmer is right. The death penalty is never the answer for any country. It’s inhumane, costly & doesn’t deter crime. It has no place in the civilised world. Most of Europe abolished the death penalty decades ago & has been better, safer without it:
www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...
www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...
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Using the Nazi bar analogy, if you still post on Twitter, you're a drinker who continues to frequent a pub where patrons attack black and brown customers and the landlord then buys them a drink.
X is in clear + systemic breach of its legal duties in the UK to remove unlawful content from its platform.
Proof: when X users abuse + harass others with the racial slur "paki", X reporting system defends the racist abuse in more than 90% of cases reported.
A new thread documenting this.
Proof: when X users abuse + harass others with the racial slur "paki", X reporting system defends the racist abuse in more than 90% of cases reported.
A new thread documenting this.
November 13, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Using the Nazi bar analogy, if you still post on Twitter, you're a drinker who continues to frequent a pub where patrons attack black and brown customers and the landlord then buys them a drink.
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Whole fucking thing makes me sick to my stomach. An abject fucking liar, a man who lies as easily as he fucking breathes, threatening an organisation which strives for truthfulness. And plastic patriots like the Mail and Farage urging him on. Jackels.
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Whole fucking thing makes me sick to my stomach. An abject fucking liar, a man who lies as easily as he fucking breathes, threatening an organisation which strives for truthfulness. And plastic patriots like the Mail and Farage urging him on. Jackels.
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This sounds fraught
The first teaser for Pixar's #ToyStory5 sees Woody, Buzz, Jessie and the gang facing an all-new existential threat in the form of Lilypad, a frog-faced tablet voiced by Greta Lee.
Andrew Stanton's movie is set to hit cinemas on 19 June, 2026.
Watch the trailer: www.empireonline.com/movies...
Andrew Stanton's movie is set to hit cinemas on 19 June, 2026.
Watch the trailer: www.empireonline.com/movies...
November 11, 2025 at 11:41 PM
This sounds fraught
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Boris Johnson says the idea that criticism of the BBC is being organised by the right is ‘complete and utter bollocks’, which makes me think there might be something in it.
November 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Boris Johnson says the idea that criticism of the BBC is being organised by the right is ‘complete and utter bollocks’, which makes me think there might be something in it.
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“Fearless journalism is what terrifies politicians, and it must not be cowed."
The BBC must stand up to Trump's $1 billion lawsuit - or risk legitimising the president's false narrative of what really happened on January 6
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/if-t...
The BBC must stand up to Trump's $1 billion lawsuit - or risk legitimising the president's false narrative of what really happened on January 6
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/if-t...
'If the BBC backs down to Trump, it doesn’t deserve to survive’ | The News Agents
What’s the next move for the BBC, after Donald Trump’s threat to sue the broadcaster for a billion dollars – and why what it decides will influence much more than its own future.
www.thenewsagents.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
“Fearless journalism is what terrifies politicians, and it must not be cowed."
The BBC must stand up to Trump's $1 billion lawsuit - or risk legitimising the president's false narrative of what really happened on January 6
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/if-t...
The BBC must stand up to Trump's $1 billion lawsuit - or risk legitimising the president's false narrative of what really happened on January 6
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/if-t...
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Brexit reduced the UK’s GDP by between 6% and 8%. That is MASSIVE. #ProjectFear #wetoldyouso
www.nber.org/papers/w3445...
www.nber.org/papers/w3445...
November 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Brexit reduced the UK’s GDP by between 6% and 8%. That is MASSIVE. #ProjectFear #wetoldyouso
www.nber.org/papers/w3445...
www.nber.org/papers/w3445...
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Farage has admitted - boasted - that he encouraged a foreign power to interfere in the media of his own country. Some patriot.
November 11, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Farage has admitted - boasted - that he encouraged a foreign power to interfere in the media of his own country. Some patriot.
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The BBC is in crisis in the same way that GB News would be if you put Owen Jones on the board armed with a veto and plenty of coffee.
November 11, 2025 at 7:48 AM
The BBC is in crisis in the same way that GB News would be if you put Owen Jones on the board armed with a veto and plenty of coffee.
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There is nothing more virtue signalling than saying someone is virtue signalling
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
There is nothing more virtue signalling than saying someone is virtue signalling
Was the Armistice signed at 11am CET or GMT? I’m in the Netherlands today and wondering when is the appropriate time to be silent.
November 11, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Was the Armistice signed at 11am CET or GMT? I’m in the Netherlands today and wondering when is the appropriate time to be silent.
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Perhaps the BBC could offer Trump one of his beloved deals: they'll apologise for broadcasting sections of his speech, if he apologises for trying to overthrow an election, lying about the result, pressuring election officials, urging a crowd to "fight like hell" & pardoning those who did just that.
November 11, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Perhaps the BBC could offer Trump one of his beloved deals: they'll apologise for broadcasting sections of his speech, if he apologises for trying to overthrow an election, lying about the result, pressuring election officials, urging a crowd to "fight like hell" & pardoning those who did just that.
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Trump “I, and state your name…” during the pledge... to a backdrop of booing
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Trump “I, and state your name…” during the pledge... to a backdrop of booing
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Sorry but it is grimly amusing that the BBC DG after all that has come to pass, loses his job for not caving to the fascists enough, rather than too much.
November 9, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Sorry but it is grimly amusing that the BBC DG after all that has come to pass, loses his job for not caving to the fascists enough, rather than too much.
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these are the first 32 seconds of the Canadian Premier League that I have ever seen and they are absolutely perfect
LOL. Atletico Ottawa almost got a goal early on in the Canadian Premier League final
November 9, 2025 at 10:29 PM
these are the first 32 seconds of the Canadian Premier League that I have ever seen and they are absolutely perfect
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Trump getting booed at the Commanders game
November 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Trump getting booed at the Commanders game