Alanfromwigan
alanfromwigan.bsky.social
Alanfromwigan
@alanfromwigan.bsky.social
Likes: Wigan Athletic, England cricket, science, The Beatles, cats & real ale
Dislikes: Brexit, Bolton Wanderers, the pejorative use of the word "woke"
April 2, 2025 at 6:15 AM
February 3, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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🔥 Youth Mobility Scheme debate today!

Please write to your MP right now.

Or if you have already- send a follow up to chase or to argue their reply.

This is the beginning of the campaign.
January 15, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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RIP Jimmy Carter - you were a deeply good man. ❤️
December 29, 2024 at 9:51 PM
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Jimmy Carter wrote “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid” in 2006:
December 29, 2024 at 9:40 PM
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Clip from yesterday's show...

Starmer is seemingly so scared of the Single Market he's willing to fill the trade hole with murderers and rapists.

youtu.be/6Tpvt9Uk4g4
Starmer Filling E.U. Hole With Murderers & Rapists
YouTube video by aidThompsin CLIPS
youtu.be
December 13, 2024 at 6:34 AM
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More evidence from new polling that the Labour government's Brexit red lines are seriously out of step with public opinion.

54% of 2016 Leave voters, and 59% of Red Wall voters, would accept Freedom of Movement for Single Market access.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Majority of Brexit voters ‘would accept free movement’ to access single market
Europe-wide polling finds UK and EU leaders now out of step with public opinion and pursue ‘ambitious reset’
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2024 at 6:49 AM
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Here's how badly Labour are messing up...

(They dig the Brexit hole deeper and deeper every few days by constantly reinforcing their ludicrous red lines.)
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
December 12, 2024 at 4:45 AM
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December 11, 2024 at 12:31 AM
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New post: The politics of stupid
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2024/12/the-...
The politics of stupid is believing that the way to deal with Farage or Trump type populism is to do what Farage or Trump happens to be shouting about at the time.
The politics of stupid
I had a conversation on social media recently that went a bit like this (and I’m paraphrasing): ‘I want massive reductions in immigrat...
mainlymacro.blogspot.com
December 10, 2024 at 9:02 AM
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Why is the government not capable wiping the floor with Nigel Farage every single day like this? Alastair Campbell effortlessly destroys him over his Brexit legacy which by almost every economic and financial measure has been disastrous for the country
December 6, 2024 at 6:41 AM
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The biggest shock of the Haigh resignation is discovering that once upon a time the police actually investigated a stolen phone.
November 29, 2024 at 7:39 AM
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Express poll needs more input.

Link takes you directly to the poll, bypassing the Express website, so you won't boost their ad impressions.

(Note: ignore the bit where they ask for your email address. It's optional.)
xd.wayin.com/display/cont...
November 25, 2024 at 10:05 PM
From Russia With Likes: Nigel Farage Dominates Social Media During General Election – Boosted by Bots Stoking Racism – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2024/07/03/n...
November 24, 2024 at 9:32 AM
November 21, 2024 at 2:06 PM
"Expat" or migrant. This excellent article from Central Bylines explains.
centralbylines.co.uk/opinion/resi...
November 20, 2024 at 7:30 AM
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Fancy Woke Fillings sounds like the name of a band.
November 18, 2024 at 10:26 PM