Brian Tibbels 🕷 #FBPE
@btibbels.bsky.social
I want to retire but the phone keeps on ringing;
So I'll carry on for now as it pays for my #singing.
#Tenor #choir #choral @Opus48Choir @CherwellSingers #FBPE #centristdad
So I'll carry on for now as it pays for my #singing.
#Tenor #choir #choral @Opus48Choir @CherwellSingers #FBPE #centristdad
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This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy already has over 26,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 this week.
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy already has over 26,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 this week.
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Gill’s conviction for taking Kremlin money is yet more evidence of Russian influence in our politics, as the Russia report itself found. So when will Ministers finally investigate this wider interference? Why are we forced to pursue it in court? @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Gill’s conviction for taking Kremlin money is yet more evidence of Russian influence in our politics, as the Russia report itself found. So when will Ministers finally investigate this wider interference? Why are we forced to pursue it in court? @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
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One might say Farage is not a good judge of character?
Or even worse, maybe he is?
Or even worse, maybe he is?
November 21, 2025 at 1:54 PM
One might say Farage is not a good judge of character?
Or even worse, maybe he is?
Or even worse, maybe he is?
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Gill’s sentence sets a clear legal benchmark – leaving the way clear for Parliament to finally hold a much-needed inquiry into Kremlin meddling in domestic affairs…
This inquiry cannot help but look at events surrounding the EU Referendum
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/21/n...
This inquiry cannot help but look at events surrounding the EU Referendum
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/21/n...
Nathan Gill, Voloshyn and the Kremlin’s European Network
The sentencing of Reform UK's former leader in Wales to ten and a half years in prison should open the door to a broader investigation into the pro-Kremlin network that has infiltrated European politi...
bylinetimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Gill’s sentence sets a clear legal benchmark – leaving the way clear for Parliament to finally hold a much-needed inquiry into Kremlin meddling in domestic affairs…
This inquiry cannot help but look at events surrounding the EU Referendum
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/21/n...
This inquiry cannot help but look at events surrounding the EU Referendum
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/21/n...
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Due to an admin error, we have lost our @oxfordforeurope.bsky.social account. (As you can see that account hasn’t posted for a while). So - after many attempts with the Bluesky team to regain the account - this is the new account.
If you see this, please could you repost and follow back? 🙏
If you see this, please could you repost and follow back? 🙏
November 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Due to an admin error, we have lost our @oxfordforeurope.bsky.social account. (As you can see that account hasn’t posted for a while). So - after many attempts with the Bluesky team to regain the account - this is the new account.
If you see this, please could you repost and follow back? 🙏
If you see this, please could you repost and follow back? 🙏
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Genius! Bravo Scotland!
July 21, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Genius! Bravo Scotland!
At what point do you say enough is enough. Serial offenders normally get banged away for a long time. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Serious pollution incidents by English water companies rose 60% last year
Environment Agency records 75 serious incidents among total of 2,800, with Thames Water being worst offender
www.theguardian.com
July 18, 2025 at 9:19 AM
At what point do you say enough is enough. Serial offenders normally get banged away for a long time. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Lovely rehearsal last night with two young soloists from Enfield Music Service. The Flute and Harp concerto is all about teamwork, and they had it in spades. Saturday will be fun.
March 4, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Lovely rehearsal last night with two young soloists from Enfield Music Service. The Flute and Harp concerto is all about teamwork, and they had it in spades. Saturday will be fun.
Join me and Opus 48 choir on a dramatic musical journey of faith, fire, and triumph in Mendelssohn's Elijah at the Sheldonian Theatre. Tickets from £15. www.ticketsoxford.com/events/mende... #Oxford
March 1, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Join me and Opus 48 choir on a dramatic musical journey of faith, fire, and triumph in Mendelssohn's Elijah at the Sheldonian Theatre. Tickets from £15. www.ticketsoxford.com/events/mende... #Oxford
Can someone point me in the right direction for a kebab with 130g of meat in please. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK urged to act now on net zero – and skip two kebabs’ worth of meat a week
Climate Change Committee issues advice to government on meeting carbon emissions target by 2050
www.theguardian.com
February 26, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Can someone point me in the right direction for a kebab with 130g of meat in please. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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🚨 Ukrainian military officer Dmitry Tishetsky's question to the American people.
#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #DemsUnited
#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #DemsUnited
February 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
🚨 Ukrainian military officer Dmitry Tishetsky's question to the American people.
#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #DemsUnited
#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #DemsUnited
Say it all...
February 19, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Say it all...
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Not sure I've posted this one yet for #HillfortsWednesday.
Feel free to hurl digital tomatoes and cabbages if a) youve already seen it here and I am repeating myself or b) you haven't seen it before and that's just how you liked things. youtu.be/SJxOrNroapY?...
Feel free to hurl digital tomatoes and cabbages if a) youve already seen it here and I am repeating myself or b) you haven't seen it before and that's just how you liked things. youtu.be/SJxOrNroapY?...
Hillforts of the Chilterns: Bulstrode Camp
YouTube video by Chilterns National Landscape
youtu.be
February 19, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Not sure I've posted this one yet for #HillfortsWednesday.
Feel free to hurl digital tomatoes and cabbages if a) youve already seen it here and I am repeating myself or b) you haven't seen it before and that's just how you liked things. youtu.be/SJxOrNroapY?...
Feel free to hurl digital tomatoes and cabbages if a) youve already seen it here and I am repeating myself or b) you haven't seen it before and that's just how you liked things. youtu.be/SJxOrNroapY?...
I was making these for for my children about 20 years ago! Ketchup instead of Sriracha. Way ahead of my time... www.theguardian.com/food/2025/fe...
Lara Lee’s fish finger and sriracha mayo sandwich – recipe
A fast, no-frills pleasure, with every bite a riot of crunch, tang, heat and umami
www.theguardian.com
February 19, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I was making these for for my children about 20 years ago! Ketchup instead of Sriracha. Way ahead of my time... www.theguardian.com/food/2025/fe...
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Hello! Where are all of the awesome people on BlueSky who oppose NHS privatisation? I need to know who to follow next (it’ll be you!). Please repost this and follow me, and I’ll follow you back! 💙🌟
February 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Hello! Where are all of the awesome people on BlueSky who oppose NHS privatisation? I need to know who to follow next (it’ll be you!). Please repost this and follow me, and I’ll follow you back! 💙🌟
Ooops! Forgot to buy the onions. Making beef bourguignon for tonight; is it OK to substitute a jar of pickled onions if you cook them long enough? 🤫
February 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Ooops! Forgot to buy the onions. Making beef bourguignon for tonight; is it OK to substitute a jar of pickled onions if you cook them long enough? 🤫
Fill this in now - it's your duty.
Now on 99,250 signatures!
By almost every economic and financial measure Brexit has been disastrous for the UK - lets get this petition to the 100,000 needed today and start an honest and open conversation about it
By almost every economic and financial measure Brexit has been disastrous for the UK - lets get this petition to the 100,000 needed today and start an honest and open conversation about it
This Petition just needs 5,000 signatures to get over the 100k needed for consideration for a Parliamentary debate
By almost every economic and financial measure Brexit has been disastrous for the UK - lets start the conversation
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
By almost every economic and financial measure Brexit has been disastrous for the UK - lets start the conversation
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
February 11, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Fill this in now - it's your duty.
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Guardian to close more than 80 accounts on Twitter - with approximately 27 million followers - as it quits Musk's 'disturbing' platform.
www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...
www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...
Guardian will no longer post on Elon Musk’s X from its official accounts
Platform’s coverage of US election crystallised longstanding concerns about its content, says Guardian
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2024 at 1:03 PM
Guardian to close more than 80 accounts on Twitter - with approximately 27 million followers - as it quits Musk's 'disturbing' platform.
www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...
www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...
Why Labour? What's wrong with regulations? What's wrong with safeguards? Siding "downstream" of the US? Is it the MONEY talking again? #Labour - you do disappoint time and time again. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
US and UK refuse to sign Paris summit declaration on ‘inclusive’ AI
Confirmation of snub comes after JD Vance criticises Europe’s ‘excessive regulation’ of technology
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Why Labour? What's wrong with regulations? What's wrong with safeguards? Siding "downstream" of the US? Is it the MONEY talking again? #Labour - you do disappoint time and time again. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Can Brexiters who still remain loyal to the Brexit cause be considered the Colin Clumps, Peter Pisspiddle and Gandpa Gapheads AND his goat referred to by Henry VIII in #wolfhall? www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYWG...
Tensions are rising in King Henry's court - BBC
YouTube video by BBC
www.youtube.com
February 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Can Brexiters who still remain loyal to the Brexit cause be considered the Colin Clumps, Peter Pisspiddle and Gandpa Gapheads AND his goat referred to by Henry VIII in #wolfhall? www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYWG...
What used to be Northern Goldsmiths in my youth. Stockton-on-Tees.
February 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
What used to be Northern Goldsmiths in my youth. Stockton-on-Tees.
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HMRC hasn't prosecuted anyone for enabling tax evasion in 5 years.
But it fined 95,000 people who dodged nothing, £100 each because their returns were slightly late.
HMRC, pinching the pennies, ignoring the stolen Pounds.
But it fined 95,000 people who dodged nothing, £100 each because their returns were slightly late.
HMRC, pinching the pennies, ignoring the stolen Pounds.
February 3, 2025 at 5:48 PM
HMRC hasn't prosecuted anyone for enabling tax evasion in 5 years.
But it fined 95,000 people who dodged nothing, £100 each because their returns were slightly late.
HMRC, pinching the pennies, ignoring the stolen Pounds.
But it fined 95,000 people who dodged nothing, £100 each because their returns were slightly late.
HMRC, pinching the pennies, ignoring the stolen Pounds.
Read this...
“Following all this chaos is stressful and exhausting and feels largely pointless given that if I had fallen into a blissful slumber nine days ago and been oblivious to the threats against Colombia, Mexico and Canada, I’d be no less informed and a lot less anxious.”
Denial of Service
How Trump - and Robert Peston - broke the news, and why it's probably time to rethink your information diet.
open.substack.com
February 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Read this...
Need some numbers for this glorious future opera. I'll start you off.
"Gotta pick a pocket or two."
Play out : "Oh what a beautiful morning." or anything from Götterdämmerung.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/f...
"Gotta pick a pocket or two."
Play out : "Oh what a beautiful morning." or anything from Götterdämmerung.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/f...
The Rest is History co-host writing Margaret Thatcher opera
Dominic Sandbrook working with composer Joseph Phibbs on project that will explore Thatcher’s time as PM
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Need some numbers for this glorious future opera. I'll start you off.
"Gotta pick a pocket or two."
Play out : "Oh what a beautiful morning." or anything from Götterdämmerung.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/f...
"Gotta pick a pocket or two."
Play out : "Oh what a beautiful morning." or anything from Götterdämmerung.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/f...