Dave Brown
@1davebrown.bsky.social
Retired and faffing about in rural Essex. Try and cycle around a bit and follow all things Arsenal .
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What an obsequious, toadying, servile, brown-nosing, corrupt little cunt Gianni Infantino is.
The FIFA 'peace prize' is the most cringe-worthy, pathetic thing I've ever seen in my life.
Football deserves better than this travesty of a ceremony and ruling body.
The FIFA 'peace prize' is the most cringe-worthy, pathetic thing I've ever seen in my life.
Football deserves better than this travesty of a ceremony and ruling body.
December 5, 2025 at 5:43 PM
What an obsequious, toadying, servile, brown-nosing, corrupt little cunt Gianni Infantino is.
The FIFA 'peace prize' is the most cringe-worthy, pathetic thing I've ever seen in my life.
Football deserves better than this travesty of a ceremony and ruling body.
The FIFA 'peace prize' is the most cringe-worthy, pathetic thing I've ever seen in my life.
Football deserves better than this travesty of a ceremony and ruling body.
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New net migration figures at 930am.
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
November 27, 2025 at 7:54 AM
New net migration figures at 930am.
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
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Lowe doesn't need the money but the 'thrill' of engagment can be just as corrupting as the love of cash & if engagement/cash increase according to the extremity of the opinions expressed then you need integrity to resist the temptation to become ever more offensive. This is what Musk has engineered.
Human trafficking.
Rupert Lowe makes more money from using Elon Musk’s website than any other MP.
There is money to be made from mass deportations and talking about mass deportations.
Rupert Lowe makes more money from using Elon Musk’s website than any other MP.
There is money to be made from mass deportations and talking about mass deportations.
November 7, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Lowe doesn't need the money but the 'thrill' of engagment can be just as corrupting as the love of cash & if engagement/cash increase according to the extremity of the opinions expressed then you need integrity to resist the temptation to become ever more offensive. This is what Musk has engineered.
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Is there a prominent Brexiter left who hasn’t torn off their mask to reveal the rancid racism beneath? Boris Johnson’s chief fluffer accusing anyone else of being over-promoted is peak process. The bitterness of insanely privileged men with empty souls knows no bounds.
For anyone still tempted to take Dominic Cummings at all seriously, he's now an advocate of Donald Trump-style open racism.
November 6, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Is there a prominent Brexiter left who hasn’t torn off their mask to reveal the rancid racism beneath? Boris Johnson’s chief fluffer accusing anyone else of being over-promoted is peak process. The bitterness of insanely privileged men with empty souls knows no bounds.
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@mrjamesob.bsky.social Today I can’t decide which story to be more moved by, man buys his disabled Mum a field so she can rescue Donkeys or penniless waitress with a recently bankrupt business finds £800,000 down the back of a sofa to buy her boyfriend a house.
September 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social Today I can’t decide which story to be more moved by, man buys his disabled Mum a field so she can rescue Donkeys or penniless waitress with a recently bankrupt business finds £800,000 down the back of a sofa to buy her boyfriend a house.
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The logic that as energy has fixed costs that MUST all be paid by a Standing charge is flawed.
Pubs have fixed costs. Yet you don't pay a monthly pub-access-subscription then a unit rate for each pint on top.
A pint's cost incorporates the fixed cost, as many industries' do.
Pubs have fixed costs. Yet you don't pay a monthly pub-access-subscription then a unit rate for each pint on top.
A pint's cost incorporates the fixed cost, as many industries' do.
September 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
The logic that as energy has fixed costs that MUST all be paid by a Standing charge is flawed.
Pubs have fixed costs. Yet you don't pay a monthly pub-access-subscription then a unit rate for each pint on top.
A pint's cost incorporates the fixed cost, as many industries' do.
Pubs have fixed costs. Yet you don't pay a monthly pub-access-subscription then a unit rate for each pint on top.
A pint's cost incorporates the fixed cost, as many industries' do.
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A growing number of Labour voices now demanding Keir Starmer start taking on Elon Musk and the far-right.
Here Labour MP Noah Law writes for Byline Times on why it's time for the Government to quit Twitter and start treating Musk as the 'foreign extremist' he now is
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/15/m...
Here Labour MP Noah Law writes for Byline Times on why it's time for the Government to quit Twitter and start treating Musk as the 'foreign extremist' he now is
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/15/m...
'My Government Must Quit Twitter and Call Out Elon Musk's Far-Right Hate'
Labour MP Noah Law explains why it's time for Keir Starmer to start treating the billionaire X owner as the 'foreign extremist' he now is
bylinetimes.com
September 15, 2025 at 8:37 AM
A growing number of Labour voices now demanding Keir Starmer start taking on Elon Musk and the far-right.
Here Labour MP Noah Law writes for Byline Times on why it's time for the Government to quit Twitter and start treating Musk as the 'foreign extremist' he now is
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/15/m...
Here Labour MP Noah Law writes for Byline Times on why it's time for the Government to quit Twitter and start treating Musk as the 'foreign extremist' he now is
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/15/m...
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We have all become addicted to drama, scandal & hyperbole. Some of us are trying to wean ourselves off it & focus on stuff like this. But it can sometimes feel like being a vegetarian at a barbecue.
At the risk of sounding like a government spokesperson, I wonder if we're too gloomy. NHS waiting times are falling, as are net migration numbers. Growth hasn't been fast, but it's improved. Real wages are growing. Inflation is a bit sticky, but much reduced.
September 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
We have all become addicted to drama, scandal & hyperbole. Some of us are trying to wean ourselves off it & focus on stuff like this. But it can sometimes feel like being a vegetarian at a barbecue.
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Residents: "So what's the top priority for your new council? Education? Highways? Social care? Public health? Children's services? Waste disposal? Housing..?
Grimes: "nah mate, flags"
Grimes: "nah mate, flags"
May 21, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Residents: "So what's the top priority for your new council? Education? Highways? Social care? Public health? Children's services? Waste disposal? Housing..?
Grimes: "nah mate, flags"
Grimes: "nah mate, flags"
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These boxes are not moving. A mind-bending optical illusion by Japanese artist Jagarikin.
May 7, 2025 at 1:03 AM
These boxes are not moving. A mind-bending optical illusion by Japanese artist Jagarikin.
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Putting Spurs and United on at the same time tonight violates the #HateWatch protocol.
April 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Putting Spurs and United on at the same time tonight violates the #HateWatch protocol.
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I have my doubts that “we are going to bring loads of terribly paid, horrible to do jobs back to America” is going to be a vote winner across the US. Call me overly cynical.
April 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I have my doubts that “we are going to bring loads of terribly paid, horrible to do jobs back to America” is going to be a vote winner across the US. Call me overly cynical.
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“Pull up, Maverick, pull up! You’re coming in way too fast! Christ, I don’t think he’s gonna make it. Clear the runway! Clear the runway!”
March 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
“Pull up, Maverick, pull up! You’re coming in way too fast! Christ, I don’t think he’s gonna make it. Clear the runway! Clear the runway!”
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I can only think this is all part of the genius' master plan, to explode rockets in mid air, accidentally fire and rehire federal workers, tank a successful social media platform after paying way over the odds for it, and then oversee the plummeting of an electric car firm..its all so bloody clever
March 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I can only think this is all part of the genius' master plan, to explode rockets in mid air, accidentally fire and rehire federal workers, tank a successful social media platform after paying way over the odds for it, and then oversee the plummeting of an electric car firm..its all so bloody clever
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This week’s column. Some (not all) of the coverage I have seen of Myles Lewis Skelly over the last 10 days or so has bothered me. It’s clear many of us are still not mindful enough and do not take due care with language and framing when it comes to talking about black footballers 👇🏻
February 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This week’s column. Some (not all) of the coverage I have seen of Myles Lewis Skelly over the last 10 days or so has bothered me. It’s clear many of us are still not mindful enough and do not take due care with language and framing when it comes to talking about black footballers 👇🏻
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It has struck me for years that if the Tories are really that incensed about Sadiq Khan being mayor of London, they could try doing something novel such as running a candidate against him who is any good whatsoever and has at least a theoretical chance of winning.
December 31, 2024 at 11:48 AM
It has struck me for years that if the Tories are really that incensed about Sadiq Khan being mayor of London, they could try doing something novel such as running a candidate against him who is any good whatsoever and has at least a theoretical chance of winning.
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People who don't deserve an honour: London's longest serving Mayor.
People who do: Gavin Williamson, Evgeny Lebedev, Charlotte Owen, Toby Young, Therese Coffey, Jacob Rees Mogg, Oliver Dowden, David Frost, Chris Grayling...
People who do: Gavin Williamson, Evgeny Lebedev, Charlotte Owen, Toby Young, Therese Coffey, Jacob Rees Mogg, Oliver Dowden, David Frost, Chris Grayling...
December 31, 2024 at 2:48 PM
People who don't deserve an honour: London's longest serving Mayor.
People who do: Gavin Williamson, Evgeny Lebedev, Charlotte Owen, Toby Young, Therese Coffey, Jacob Rees Mogg, Oliver Dowden, David Frost, Chris Grayling...
People who do: Gavin Williamson, Evgeny Lebedev, Charlotte Owen, Toby Young, Therese Coffey, Jacob Rees Mogg, Oliver Dowden, David Frost, Chris Grayling...
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If you bring central London to a halt in order to campaign against catastrophic climate change then you're a "barmy" eco "fanatic" who deserves to be locked up.
If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds
If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds
November 19, 2024 at 10:22 AM
If you bring central London to a halt in order to campaign against catastrophic climate change then you're a "barmy" eco "fanatic" who deserves to be locked up.
If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds
If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds
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Amazing footage of an octopus stretching its tentacles to form a huge balloon, filmed at a depth of around 1,600 meters (5,250 feet).
Video credit: EVNautilus
Video credit: EVNautilus
November 17, 2024 at 12:23 PM
Amazing footage of an octopus stretching its tentacles to form a huge balloon, filmed at a depth of around 1,600 meters (5,250 feet).
Video credit: EVNautilus
Video credit: EVNautilus
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Yes, I will repeat, but I have a fraction of the following here compared to twitter and posts are engaged with and responded to far, far more on Bluesky at the moment. It’s partially a decision of conscience but it also just makes sense for my ‘business’
The engagement on these posts is soooo much higher than what the Guardian was getting on Twitter by the end.
And principles are one thing but if you're a publisher wanting to drive traffic then Twitter hiding external links means it's probably more beneficial to your business to be on here.
And principles are one thing but if you're a publisher wanting to drive traffic then Twitter hiding external links means it's probably more beneficial to your business to be on here.
November 18, 2024 at 8:38 AM
Yes, I will repeat, but I have a fraction of the following here compared to twitter and posts are engaged with and responded to far, far more on Bluesky at the moment. It’s partially a decision of conscience but it also just makes sense for my ‘business’