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Bryce Wilcock
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Business journalist turned PR at @CreoComms.bsky.social, Proud North Eastener and Sunderland AFC sufferer.
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this absolutely outstanding Palladian pile is up for sale and you’re all gonna have to bear with me because this one gets a whole thread

www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
Check out this 10 bedroom country house for sale on Rightmove
10 bedroom country house for sale in Queen Marys Drive, Barlaston, Staffordshire, ST12 for £2,895,000. Marketed by Jackson-Stops, Alderley Edge
www.rightmove.co.uk
June 23, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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fair to say Kemi Badenoch’s last interview on BBC wasn’t a storming success
June 6, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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"I was this pedophile's biggest supporter until he was personally mean to me" seems like a bit of an own goal.
Musk says Trump is in the Epstein files and it is being covered up. This escalated quickly.
June 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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“The Govt acknowledged, for the first time, what successive British governments have spent years denying – that Brexit has damaged Britain. It laid out the figures: the UK has suffered a 21% drop in exports and 7% drop in imports. Finally, the charade is over.”

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Starmer’s post-Brexit reset offers clear benefits – but there is political risk too
While getting UK-EU deal through parliament should be easy enough, cries of ‘betrayal’ may chime with some voters
www.theguardian.com
May 19, 2025 at 7:52 PM
‘Kemi Badenoch urges Britons to have more kids’

Also Kemi badenoch:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Maternity pay has gone too far, says Kemi Badenoch - BBC News
The Tory leadership candidate says the government should be reducing regulatory burdens for businesses.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Tony Blair is literally being paid by a man with one of the highest carbon footprints on the planet - Larry Ellison. The founder of Oracle is his biggest funder & these techsolutionist remarks have to be seen for what they are: tech lobbying

www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Phasing out fossil fuels ‘doomed to fail’, says Tony Blair as he calls for rethink of net zero policy – UK politics live
‘Any strategy based on either phasing out fossil fuels in the short term or limiting consumption is a strategy doomed to fail,’ says former PM
www.theguardian.com
April 29, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Can’t help but picture Michael the Geordie from Alan Partridge whenever Clattenburg speaks
April 29, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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BREAKING NYT:

Pete Hegseth's personal phone number — the one used in a recent Signal chat — was easily accessible on the internet and public apps as recently as March, potentially exposing national security secrets to foreign adversaries. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
Hegseth’s Personal Phone Use Created Vulnerabilities
The phone number used in the Signal chat could also be found in a variety of places, including on social media and a fantasy sports site.
www.nytimes.com
April 27, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.

They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.

From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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A longer version of the Tufts announcement about the abduction of an international graduate student by federal authorities, circulating on Twitter and Reddit.
March 26, 2025 at 5:00 AM
So refreshing to hear millionaire Mark Campbell calling for a wealth tax on the ultra rich on @bbc5live.bsky.social this morning.

If even the millionaires can see the impact it’ll have, why can’t the ministers?
March 26, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Musk is now weighing in on the upcoming German election by campaigning for the far-right AfD. It’s as if the man is hell-bent on reshaping global politics, no matter how extreme the parties he is endorsing may prove to be.

www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
Elon Musk pens German newspaper opinion piece supporting far-right AfD party
Billionaire Trump adviser said his ‘significant investments’ in the country justified his wading into German politics
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2024 at 6:35 PM
“It was incredible. It was Fergie time, I believe in it… something magic happened.”

Ruben Amorim is a brilliant communicator. You can see how he apparently won over Ratcliffe from the off
December 15, 2024 at 7:11 PM
Big North East related scoop by @thetimes.com today.

With ample room for expansion, it could grow significantly with the right level of investment.

Here’s hoping whoever wins the bidding does just that.
December 15, 2024 at 6:41 PM
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FT front page has a story that billionaire financier Michael Spencer whining that top CEOs should be "paid like footballers" to make us competitive.

It then notes the average Premier League salary is £2.1m and the average FTSE 100 CEO earns £4.1m.
December 12, 2024 at 8:54 AM
Talk about lenient sentencing...

Any other industry you'd be facing the sack. The whole place is an absolute shambles.
Baroness Catherine Meyer could be suspended from the House of Lords for three weeks after twice referring to Lord Dholakia as "Lord Poppadom".

A report also says she touched the hair of Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy without her consent.
December 12, 2024 at 1:41 PM
What startles me most about this is how many FB memes I've seen this past week trying to debunk the shift to renewable energy. Think Tanks have a lot to answer for.
Wind, solar and hydropower have overtaken fossil fuel power in the UK for the first time, @ben-spencer.bsky.social reports on a new report from @ember-energy.org

link.thetimes.co.uk/view/633483f...
December 10, 2024 at 12:31 PM
This is how football should be played. What a first half.
December 8, 2024 at 5:18 PM
This is farcical. United is an absolute basket case of a club.
December 8, 2024 at 10:22 AM
Governments are falling and changing left, right and centre. The world is in absolute chaos
BREAKING: French PM Michel Barnier resigns after lower house lawmakers backed a no-confidence motion against the government
December 4, 2024 at 8:37 PM
Reevesy clamping down on tax loopholes so hard even wizards can’t magic themselves out of them 🪄

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Rupert Grint: Harry Potter star to pay £1.8m after losing tax battle - BBC News
The former Harry Potter star is ordered to pay the sum after losing a tax appeal.
www.bbc.com
November 30, 2024 at 12:11 PM
If this was any other protest group or demographic there'd be absolute outrage.

Funny how when it's farmers it's seen as perfectly normal behaviour.
🚨 Tractors have broken down the barricades at the farmers protest in Central London.
November 19, 2024 at 3:34 PM
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A trip down the River Tees, into a world of net zero aspiration riven by high court warfare

on.ft.com/3Cx2phv
Teesside should not risk its clean energy future by fighting
[FREE TO READ] The net zero transition gives the region’s port a historic chance to grow if territorial tensions ease
on.ft.com
November 19, 2024 at 11:20 AM
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They’ve finally unveiled the Harry Kane statue of Paul Hollywood dipped in chocolate.
‘Stuff of nightmares’ statue of Harry Kane unveiled after five years in storage
England star hails ‘proud moment’ as £7,200 sculpture, which has elicited mixed response, finds permanent home
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2024 at 7:52 PM
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They look for all the world like 4 year olds on their first outing to McDonald's
November 17, 2024 at 9:35 AM