Barijohn
@barijohn.bsky.social
UK Lancashire based hiker and crap mid-life gamer. MCFC Fan since 1989. Woke Lefty, Trans Rights and Feminist Supporter.
Twitter ExPat, occasional Facebook user but avid Instagrammer. @baripollard
Twitter ExPat, occasional Facebook user but avid Instagrammer. @baripollard
Well I bet there are a few 👀 from @howiehok3434.bsky.social in the @9320pod.bsky.social WhatsApp group. With lots of 😏😏 emoji from @ahsannaeem.bsky.social 😂
November 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Well I bet there are a few 👀 from @howiehok3434.bsky.social in the @9320pod.bsky.social WhatsApp group. With lots of 😏😏 emoji from @ahsannaeem.bsky.social 😂
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this is actually impressive, making up a brand new nobel peace prize replacement is a genuine innovation in bribery
absolutely nobody does corruption like FIFA
absolutely nobody does corruption like FIFA
November 6, 2025 at 1:16 AM
this is actually impressive, making up a brand new nobel peace prize replacement is a genuine innovation in bribery
absolutely nobody does corruption like FIFA
absolutely nobody does corruption like FIFA
Right... This won't last so whilst it is I'm going to shout about it.
Top 10,000 overall
First in @bluemoonpodcast.com and Second in @9320pod.bsky.social
#FantasyPremierLeague
Top 10,000 overall
First in @bluemoonpodcast.com and Second in @9320pod.bsky.social
#FantasyPremierLeague
November 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Right... This won't last so whilst it is I'm going to shout about it.
Top 10,000 overall
First in @bluemoonpodcast.com and Second in @9320pod.bsky.social
#FantasyPremierLeague
Top 10,000 overall
First in @bluemoonpodcast.com and Second in @9320pod.bsky.social
#FantasyPremierLeague
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Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
November 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
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Can we stop self diagnosing Elon Musk with Autism?
The man is a psychopath and that is nothing to do with Autism.
The man is a psychopath and that is nothing to do with Autism.
October 29, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Can we stop self diagnosing Elon Musk with Autism?
The man is a psychopath and that is nothing to do with Autism.
The man is a psychopath and that is nothing to do with Autism.
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![Cartoon by Stephen Collins for the Guardian.
[Scene is BBC BREAKFAST with two presenters and a guest on the sofa].
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PRESENTER:
Now - some disturbing new research has shown
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PRESENTER:
that as many as 10 non-Reform political parties may currently operating ‘under the radar’ across the UK.
[Show on screen logos for Greens, Lib Dems, Conservatives
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PRESENTER:
In the studio to discuss this, Nigel Farage
[We see the guest on the sofa is indeed Nigel Farage]
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PRESENTER:
Nigel, what’s your view?
FARAGE:
Well I think this very worrying.
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FARAGE:
And just another reason why we should ban all immigration.
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PRESENTER:
I won’t push back on that
FARAGE:
Absolutely!
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PRESENTER:
Funnily enough, this is what your new show’s about, isn’t it?
FARAGE:
Oop - plug time!
PRESENTER:
Ha ha
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FARAGE:
Yes it’s a 12-part BBC documentary called ‘In Search Of The Political Parties That Aren’t My One’.
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[Show on the TV screen Farage presenting a documentary series titled In Search Of The Political Parties That Aren’t My One. He is wearing his farmer's getup and looking dreamily at the UK from hillsides, visiting pubs and chatting with the locals, etc]
FARAGE:
It’s a really emotional journey
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FARAGE:
with lots of dreamy footage of me looking relatable...
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FARAGE:
as I answer the question:
*Am I the only option for Britain?*
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[Cut back to studio]
PRESENTER:
I won’t push back on that
FARAGE:
Absolutely!
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Glory Days for the Waifs and Strays: Identity and Meaning in the Rise of the Modern Manchester City is out NOW via all the usual online outlets.
amzn.eu/d/hbnGuxm
You can only buy signed copies at Deansgate Waterstones, though.
(no, that hasn't knocked a chunk off the price)
amzn.eu/d/hbnGuxm
You can only buy signed copies at Deansgate Waterstones, though.
(no, that hasn't knocked a chunk off the price)
October 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Glory Days for the Waifs and Strays: Identity and Meaning in the Rise of the Modern Manchester City is out NOW via all the usual online outlets.
amzn.eu/d/hbnGuxm
You can only buy signed copies at Deansgate Waterstones, though.
(no, that hasn't knocked a chunk off the price)
amzn.eu/d/hbnGuxm
You can only buy signed copies at Deansgate Waterstones, though.
(no, that hasn't knocked a chunk off the price)
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🚨*𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗘𝗧𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘*🚨
📘To celebrate the release of a great new City book, author @domfarrell.bsky.social is giving away two copies of Glory Days for the Waifs and Strays.
One on X, one on Bluesky.
To enter, ensure you are following us and Dom, and repost this message
Good luck!
📘To celebrate the release of a great new City book, author @domfarrell.bsky.social is giving away two copies of Glory Days for the Waifs and Strays.
One on X, one on Bluesky.
To enter, ensure you are following us and Dom, and repost this message
Good luck!
October 21, 2025 at 12:13 PM
🚨*𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗘𝗧𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘*🚨
📘To celebrate the release of a great new City book, author @domfarrell.bsky.social is giving away two copies of Glory Days for the Waifs and Strays.
One on X, one on Bluesky.
To enter, ensure you are following us and Dom, and repost this message
Good luck!
📘To celebrate the release of a great new City book, author @domfarrell.bsky.social is giving away two copies of Glory Days for the Waifs and Strays.
One on X, one on Bluesky.
To enter, ensure you are following us and Dom, and repost this message
Good luck!
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A man on the streets of the UK is asked about the “problem of immigration” and dismantles talking points with ease.
September 2, 2025 at 12:42 PM
A man on the streets of the UK is asked about the “problem of immigration” and dismantles talking points with ease.
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I feel like every news interviewer needs to do a Paxman on Reform reps right now and just ask again and again and again: What will you do when the Taliban tortures and kills the people you deport?
August 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I feel like every news interviewer needs to do a Paxman on Reform reps right now and just ask again and again and again: What will you do when the Taliban tortures and kills the people you deport?
We should have a No Immigrants Day.....
All the immigrants get the day off and don't provide any services, don't do their jobs and get paid to relax at home. It would shut the pubs, takeaways, supermarkets, factories, public transport, delivery services, the NHS etc. The country would stop.
All the immigrants get the day off and don't provide any services, don't do their jobs and get paid to relax at home. It would shut the pubs, takeaways, supermarkets, factories, public transport, delivery services, the NHS etc. The country would stop.
August 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
We should have a No Immigrants Day.....
All the immigrants get the day off and don't provide any services, don't do their jobs and get paid to relax at home. It would shut the pubs, takeaways, supermarkets, factories, public transport, delivery services, the NHS etc. The country would stop.
All the immigrants get the day off and don't provide any services, don't do their jobs and get paid to relax at home. It would shut the pubs, takeaways, supermarkets, factories, public transport, delivery services, the NHS etc. The country would stop.
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Reform UK, which has a grand total of four MPs, was just given an uninterrupted platform for an hour and a half on the BBC and Sky News channels, in order to talk about its plans for mass deportations
When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?
When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?
August 26, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Reform UK, which has a grand total of four MPs, was just given an uninterrupted platform for an hour and a half on the BBC and Sky News channels, in order to talk about its plans for mass deportations
When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?
When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?
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Very important work by @lgilbert.co comprehensively dissecting and demolishing the myth spread by politicians and "thinktanks" that recent migrants are likely to be a drain on public finances.
www.laurenpolicy.com/p/are-recent...
www.laurenpolicy.com/p/are-recent...
Are recent immigrants a "ticking time bomb" for British public finances?
At a few recent policy events, I keep hearing that dependents on visas are a Problem.
www.laurenpolicy.com
August 26, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Very important work by @lgilbert.co comprehensively dissecting and demolishing the myth spread by politicians and "thinktanks" that recent migrants are likely to be a drain on public finances.
www.laurenpolicy.com/p/are-recent...
www.laurenpolicy.com/p/are-recent...
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Seeing this on the news last night and just thinking: really, well done, you've bought the hammer down hardest on the thing the country most needs, just congratulations to everyone involved.
August 22, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Seeing this on the news last night and just thinking: really, well done, you've bought the hammer down hardest on the thing the country most needs, just congratulations to everyone involved.
So do we think it's @lloyd-scragg.bsky.social @9320pod.bsky.social
August 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
So do we think it's @lloyd-scragg.bsky.social @9320pod.bsky.social
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August 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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I succumbed to the AI Fantasy League team badge.
Any guesses for the prompt......
Not quite right, but actually happy with that 😍
#MCFC #FantasyLeague
Any guesses for the prompt......
Not quite right, but actually happy with that 😍
#MCFC #FantasyLeague
July 29, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I succumbed to the AI Fantasy League team badge.
Any guesses for the prompt......
Not quite right, but actually happy with that 😍
#MCFC #FantasyLeague
Any guesses for the prompt......
Not quite right, but actually happy with that 😍
#MCFC #FantasyLeague
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If you're angry about the way things are, direct your anger up the economic/power hierarchy, not down.
July 23, 2025 at 9:55 AM
If you're angry about the way things are, direct your anger up the economic/power hierarchy, not down.
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Why do so many people feel completely alienated from politics? And when did politics on the left stop being about helping them with the fundamentals in their lives?
I sat down with Labour's Greater Manchester Mayor @andyburnham.bsky.social to find out how he thinks the hard-right can be defeated 👇
I sat down with Labour's Greater Manchester Mayor @andyburnham.bsky.social to find out how he thinks the hard-right can be defeated 👇
Andy Burnham: These Dangerous, Alienating Times Call for Radical Change of Our Politics
From imposter syndrome and proportional representation, to fixing the fundamentals and the 'incestuous' Westminster media-political class – Labour’s Greater Manchester Mayor believes the right can be ...
bylinetimes.com
July 19, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Why do so many people feel completely alienated from politics? And when did politics on the left stop being about helping them with the fundamentals in their lives?
I sat down with Labour's Greater Manchester Mayor @andyburnham.bsky.social to find out how he thinks the hard-right can be defeated 👇
I sat down with Labour's Greater Manchester Mayor @andyburnham.bsky.social to find out how he thinks the hard-right can be defeated 👇
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Pub with vast wine selection from around the globe and tapas dish loved by all
Pub with vast wine selection from around the globe and tapas dish loved by all
This week's pub is one in Burnley town centre and is a self-proclaimed bar and bistro that brings something different to the town
dlvr.it
July 10, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Pub with vast wine selection from around the globe and tapas dish loved by all